DEFINITELY MINE

Life isn't exactly a bed of roses, i was tired of running and at the same time tired of staying.

It is officially two weeks since Daniel and i moved into this apartment, it isn't really in a good shape but there is nothing i can do about that.

I turned on the TV only to see him being interviewed. He forgot everything about me and our son, he forgot who we are and how much we mean to each other and most importantly he forgot about the love we once shared, it wasn't his fault but i can't help but blame him for what happened. He wasn't supposed to go there but he did anyway and now he will never remember who i am, who Daniel is and what we once mean to each other.

I quickly turned it off before i could think about the past again, i learned the hard way that no one can be trusted and i have definitely accepted my fate.

I prepared dinner much more earlier knowing that Daniel will throw a fit if i haven't made one.

"Momma, am back" He yelled while walking into the living room.

"Am in the kitchen"

"Brian and i had a lot of fun, his dad took us to the museum which was really boring but he later took us to the amusement park which was more fun"

"Really? And did you enjoy yourself?"

"Yes, i wish you were with me on the rides"

"Next time." I said.

I woke up early, made breakfast and prepared Daniel for school, Work went by really fast and in a twinkle of an eye it was nearly time for me to end my shift.

"Amelia, Mr Dave wants to see you in his office" Julia said and i hummed an okay.

I walked into the rather small yet cosy office to see Mr Dave and a young petite lady having a conversation.

"You asked of me sir."

"Come in Amelia, Meet Josephine, she is the fiancee of the CEO of Anderson's Airline"

He already has a fiancee?.........

"Nice to meet you ma'am. Am Amelia" I said weakly.

"It is nice to meet you too. "

"Josephine here needs a wedding planner and i decided that you are the best person for the job" Mr Dave said.

"My wedding is in six months time but i want it to be perfect, Mr Dave here recommended you and i would love to work with you" She said with a smile and i had no choice than to agree to the contract.

The next morning, i ended up at the address she gave me which was the penthouse. Everything looks the same, the flowers, the garden, the playhouse and the house i used to call home itself. I walked inside and immediately saw Mrs Gloria, the head cook

.

"Ma'am, ohhh i have missed you"

"You can't call me ma'am Mrs Gloria"

"You will always be ma'am to me, you are the lady of this house."

"Not anymore"

Before she could start talking anymore, he and Josephine walked in, he looks different from six years ago, a new hairstyle which suited him and he looked happy.

"Babe, this is the event planner i talked to you about. Babe, meet Amelia, Amelia this is Ethan, my husband to be"

"Nice to meet you sir" i said and he hummed. Still not good with first impressions.

Mrs Gloria looked at me with a defeated and a pitiful smile like everything was going to be okay but i know it is not. Clearly not.

"How about we get started?" Josephine asked and i nodded.

After hours of getting to know what she wanted for her wedding, she finally took me to where she wanted to have the reception.

"I don't know why Ethan keeps this place hidden but it is spacious and enough for us to be able to hold the reception here"

This was our secret place, where we use to hide from my parents, his parents and work. It was where we get loose without anyone knowing, it was where we made Daniel, it was where our love always blossom.

"It will be able to do the trick" i said.

"I can't wait to become Mrs Anderson" she said and my heart clenched.

"How about we have a drink?"

"Am sorry, i can't. I have to pick my son from school" I said while picking up my bag.

"No problem. i will see you again, probably next week"She said and i replied with an okay.

I got home with tears in my eyes but quickly cleaned it before Dan starts to ask questions, maybe it was better this way. We weren't meant to be.

Work went by and going to the Anderson's became a regular thing, he is rarely around which makes it more comfortable for me .

I was helping Josephine pick out wedding dresses because she thought it would be best if i come up with the dresses when Della walked in.

"OH hi Delle, meet Amelia my wedding planner and Amelia meet Sofia, Ethan's younger sister"

I know Della probably even more than any one in this world, she was my best friend even before i met Ethan and she was more like a sister to me but we stopped being friends to avoid controversies. Not a lot of people knew about Ethan and I relationship.

We were planning on publicizing it when he had the accident. His mother revealed that if Della and i were seen together, the paparazzi will talk and she didn't want a problem for her son which i respected.

"We are friends from school no need for the introduction" Della blatantly state.

"OH and for the record, my name is Della Delle, it shouldn't be hard to say right?"Della said. Okay, she still has her crazy behaviour.

Josephine couldn't say anything.

After what seems like minutes but were mere seconds, Josephine revealed that she has a meeting and i should pack up and leave when am ready. The meeting am sure is non-existent.

"Am going to fucking murder you" Della yelled immediately Josephine left.

"Am sorry"

"Really!!! That's what you could come up with. You fucking disappeared from the surface of earth, i looked for you but couldn't find you. It is almost as if you were hiding from me. Or are you?" She asked.

"NO NO NO, i wasn't hiding"

"You do realize that anytime you lie, your eyebrows move up"

"Shit"

"You owe me a fucking explanation" She screamed like a maniac. I wonder how we became friends in the first place.

We ended up going to a restaurant to catch up on old times.

"So you mean, my mom was the one who told you to stay away from me." She asked and i nodded.

"That's weird because she actually was helping me in finding you. Something is fishy here. Not up to a week when you left, she introduced Josephine to Ethan"

"Not bad"

"Will you be serious?. Am not joking"

"And am not either. She probably introduce them to each other so that Ethan won't try to recover his memories"

"And are we also forgetting the fact that she didn't want you two to get married, she was the reason Ethan kept you as a secret and was also the reason why those kidnappers kidnap you at that time. Think about it, why would she introduce them to each other when he has barely recovered and from what Ethan said she introduce her as his girlfriend"

"WHAT!!!!"

"Yes, so right now we need to figure out what is fishy and make Ethan regain his memory before he gets married to that stinky woman"

"And how exactly do we plan on achieving that?"

"We do what all detectives do"

"Which is???"

"Go to the scene of the crime"

"I don't know about this"

"Trust me on this"

"I can't believe i actually listened to you and followed you here" I said while facing Della. We drove for more than six hours and got to the Junkyard where the accident happened. I don't know the reason why Ethan would come here but i know it isn't for any good reason.

"I need to make a phone call before we decide to start any form of madness" I told Del.

"Whatever"

I quickly check up on Dan by calling his friend's mom who assured me he was doing okay before going back to meet Della.

"Why on earth would Ethan come here?. Did he tell you why?"

"No"

"Let's take a look around maybe we will find any thing"

"You do realize that the incident occurred about six years ago"

"We will find something. Be positive for once.."

"If you say so"

Minutes turned into hours and hours into days and days into weeks but we ended up not finding anything.

"You know what i give up" I told Del

"Let's just look around for a few more moments, am sure we probably missed something"

"And i can assure you we didn't"

We were about fighting on the issue of looking deeper and not looking when an old man walked over.

"Have been seeing you two here often than i even use to see my daughter" He said.

"We are ehmmm......actually looking for something"Del said

"And what exactly is that?" He asked.

"Yes, Del tell him what exactly we are looking for"I told her with a hint of obvious sarcasm to which she rolled her eyes.

"Ehmm.....My brother had an accident here about six years ago and like people used to say if somethings bad happens, you visit the scene of the crime first"Della explained.

"Is he the rich man you are talking about?"He asked and we both nod our heads at the same time.

" I have always wondered why he was visiting an abandoned Junkyard but i think i can help you guys."He said and we both stared at him.

"You see, no up to two days after the accident a man came over to my place asking me to get rid of a particular car, i didn't think of anything about it until i saw in the news that the rich man had an accident in the car"The old man explained.

"Ahhh....... Amy, his car was reported missing right?" Del asked and i replied with a yes

"Do he perhaps tell you his name or anything?" i ask.

"No but he told me to send the dash cam of the car to a particular address. The only reason why i am telling you this is because you seem close to the man who had an accident and the man who sent me to destroy the car must have an ulterior motive. That's the only reason why i am helping you. I have done many bad things in my life and i do not want people to suffer because of my actions again." He explained.

"Thank you sir. Can you give us the address?"I asked.

He took us to his house and gave us a paper and lo and behold the address turned out to be Ethan's office. Both Del and i stared at the paper before staring at each other.......

We stood in front of Ethan's office staring blankly at it. Someone working here that we probably know has something to do with Ethan's accident.

"Why exactly are we staring at this place again" Del asked.

"I have no idea" I replied.

"Let's go in" She said while dragging me in.

I have never been here in all the years Ethan and i have been dating, he was sacred of what the media will say, or do and write about me.

Yes, it was a form of protection but at the same time i hated it because had he told the world about me, the media would have helped in disclosing who i was to him.

We got to his secretary table with Della asking if Ethan is around, am not quite sure what we will do once we get to his office but again this is Della that am talking about.

She is normally crazy and acts without giving anything a second thought, which always make us both end up in trouble.

"Is my brother around?" Del asked.

"Yes ma'am but his fiancee is with him. Let me make a call to him"The secretary said.

"Never mind"Del said while waving her off.

We walked into what revealed to be a gigantic and exotic office space. It is big, spacious and had everything it needs. I saw him with Josephine on his lap.

"You didn't mention that you're going to come over" He said to Del.

"Do i need to ask for permission?" Del asked and he said no.

"Amelia, i didn't ask you to come here and our appointment isn't due till tomorrow" Josephine said while standing up from his lap.

"I was the one who invited her" Del stated.

"But she works for me , you can't just invite her anyhow"

"Really, i didn't know that there is an exclusive contract you signed with her stating she can't work with other people"Della stated.

"You really need to watch your mouth"

"And you need to watch your actions around me"

"You two need to stop behaving like kids" Ethan said.

"But sh......."

"No buts" Ethan cut Josephine off.

"I don't really understand why you two hate each other guts, Can you all just leave. i need to work" He asked.

"Including me?"Josephine.

"Yes including you Joe" He said and she stormed out.

We got out of the office only to meet the eyes of Josephine.

"Consider yourself fired" She said while glaring at me and walked out.

"Thank Goodness" Del said.

"Dude, i just got fired and you're thanking God about it. Are you of your mind?"

"And are you okay with planning your boyfriend's wedding?, you guys have a kid for crying out loud" She said or perhaps yelled. She kind of have a point.

I smiled remembering the face Del made when she realized that i have a kid.

....................Flashback................

After we got to the restaurant where we were catching up on things when Josephine reintroduced us, i remembered that Daniel will soon be getting out of school.

"I have to leave soon" I told Del

"Why???"

"I need to pick up Daniel"

"Daniel who?"

"My son" I said.

One

Two

Three.................................

"Am going to fucking kill you, you have a son, a fucking child..........wait for who?.......why am i even asking a stupid question..... it is obviously for my brother right???"

"Yes, he is your brother"s child"

"Ohhhh...Thank God, i thought for a moment that hey maybe she slept with someone else but then remembered that you can't do that shit"

"Why did you think so?"

"Seriously? You are asking that kind of question. You are the only people who makes me feel single in all areas. And you two literally can't really function without each other. It is just unfortunate that he doesn't remember you" She said and i nodded.

We ended up going to Daniel's school to pick him up since Del said she wanted to meet him.

"Good Afternoon ma'am, Are you momma's friend?" Daniel asked.

"Yes, you can call me aunty Del"

"And you can call me Dan, only close people can call me by that name"

"Cute" Del stated....

...................End of Flashback..................

We were about leaving the office premises when i saw Ethan's Secretary enter a particular car, Ethan's mom car. Maybe am thinking too much about it.

The next day, Del and i met up because she said she got a lead on something, i wasn't exactly sure what it was but i went anyways.

"So i had no choice but to sneak into my mom's office last night"

"Give me a good reason why"

"She got a weird phone call last night and it was as if the person was threatening her"

"What made you think so?"

"You know that look one give when he or she has been caught red handed, but the main issue here is that in found this documents in her office" She said while showing me the shot of documents she took.

"Why will you find it weird that your mom is sending money to someone's account. She probably is paying them for their job."

"Indeed, the person is Ethan's Secretary"

"Am not seeing the problem here"

"Why in the world would my mom be paying here 2 million dollars monthly and for fucks sake she is just a secretary, Ethan is already paying her for her job."

....OKK, Something is definitely fishy...

"Now that i think of it, i saw her entering your mom's car yesterday"

"Great, we have a lead"

...............I can't believe this girl is turning me into a detective.............