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Lily met Joe a very handsome young man who likes her and has been treating her as a lady should be treated. Initially, she wanted nothing to do with Joe but as time went on with Joe being persistent, she had no choice than to start liking him because she couldn't help but like him.

When Joe and Lily met, he was surprised that she has not seen certain places that he was asking her about as he began to wonder if she crawled out of a hole. He promised himself that he will make sure that he takes her around the city and out of the country to visit new places which he has started doing already.

Joe is from a wealthy family whose wealth has been passed down from generation to generation but he has also strived to be successful which is the reason why he uses his money and not his family's money. Most times, he even denies his family's name because he doesn't want people to see him as a rich brat. What attracted him to Lily the first time he met her was her naivety. He couldn't help but wonder how she has survived all through the years with this kind of mentality that she has. After learning that she lives with Jay the musician, his only mission on earth became how to get her out of Jay's house because he knows that he might lose the battle of winning her heart if she keeps living there.

Sometimes, Joe finds it funny and laughs at himself as he couldn't believe that he who can get any lady he wants is struggling to win the heart of someone who is in love with another. Lily having feelings for Jay is nothing new to Joe but he can't help falling in love with her. He feels that Lily is different because she looks pure and innocent despite trying to appear ruthless sometimes. She's just not portraying the part well and whoever sees her will instantly know that she is trying to be tough but woefully failing at the job.

Lily has made up her mind to leave Jay's house because she has been working and schooling, and just as Joe had said, it's not right for her to continue living in Jay's house because guys who are interested in her might get a wrong idea about her living arrangement. She told Jay on the phone that when he returns from the United States, there is something that she will like to discuss with him. Jay tried his best to make her tell him on phone but she told him that it's a matter that they can't discuss on phone but in person and that really got Jay worried.

While Zahid is still trying to win back Najiba's love, his other two wives did the Unexpected. The two of them told him that they are divorcing him on the grounds of deceit. They told him that they will not file a law suit against him because the only thing they want to do is get as far away from him as possible as he has abused them mentally for a long time. His wives were very pained to know that they were going to visit different gynecologist for fertility treatments without knowing that they were not the problem. His first wife wrote him a letter where she stated her grievances and told him of how wicked he is because sometimes he follows them to see the gynaecologist and behaves like he is concerned unknown to them that he has had a private discussion with the gynecologist already and if Najiba had not gotten pregnant, none of them would have known that he did a vasectomy and they were just stressing themselves for no reason.

Zahid was happy to divorce his other three wives but promised himself that he will not divorce the woman that he is in love with rather he will do everything in his power to win her love and he has started doing that because there has been no recent news of him being with any woman as it seemed that he has become celibate and even ignored Nadira.

Najiba's mother has already told Zahid not to give up because his wife still loves him and all she needs is some convincing.

 After setting his eyes on his son, he came to realise that there is a different kind of love you feel for a child and he promised himself that he will do everything possible to be in that child's life as he's only father which is why he promised himself that he will never divorce Najiba because he loves her and their son.

 Chris and Doja's wedding plan is in full swing as Doja has given up the idea of trying to involve Chris's parents in the marriage. He had to stop trying to involve them after she told him the reason why she doesn't relate with her family.

Chris's mother left her father while she was much younger and until today, she knows nothing about her mother. A few years after her mother left, her father remarried and her stepmother began to treat her worse than a slave. Just went Chris thought that that was the height of the suffering that she was going to receive, her father began to abuse her sexually. With nobody to complain to and nowhere to go, the abuse continued for years and when Chris became nineteen years old, she couldn't take it anymore as she kicked her father between his legs one night when he wanted to have sex with her and ran away from home. When she ran away from home, she went to her mother's sister and explained everything to her. Her aunt got very angry and pained as she berated Chris for never coming to her earlier but the woman couldn't blame Chris for a long time because after her sister left the marriage and her daughter behind, she never checked up on the girl either.

Chris's aunt paid her dad a visit and blackmailed him that if he doesn't provide everything that his daughter needs to live a comfortable life, she will make sure the world hears about what he has done. That blackmail was the reason why Chris went to a university and lived a comfortable life without people knowing about her situation back home except Jade, Candace, and Jay.

 Chris never stepped her feet back in her father's house or even had any contact with them after the day she ran away. She always remembered her dad and stepmom telling her that they are doing her a favour by allowing her to live in their house because she will never make it in life alone and that is the reason why Chris kept struggling throughout her adulthood to make sure that she prove to them that she can make it without them.

A week later, Jay arrived from the United States at night and when he got home, he walked directly into Lily's room because he couldn't wait to hear what she wanted to discuss with him. When he entered, the first thing his eyes saw were her suitcases which were parked and that has been what he feared most. He looked at the young lady smiling before him and asked her what she wanted to discuss with him but she told him to get some rest that they would talk the next day. Jay looked at Lily and said, "why don't you just say it to my face right now that you are leaving instead of telling me to wait till the next day before we discuss this?" 

"I wanted you to have some rest before telling you. I will be very ungrateful if I leave without letting you know as you have done so much for me." 

Jay walked up to Lily, held her and began to kiss her aggressively. "Lily, do you want to tell me that you don't know how much I love you? Are you trying to leave to punish me because you know that I'll be miserable without you?" 

Lily was surprised to hear Jay saying all these but before she could reply, he claimed her lips once more and before Lily could think straight they had already crossed the line. Jay made love to her all night that the next day, she was too tired to even pick up her phone when it was ringing so Jay picked it up and when he saw that it was Joe calling, he told him never to call this number again because this is Lily's husband speaking.

Lily was about protesting when she heard that statement and Jay told her that if she opens her mouth and say one more word in defence of Joe, he will make sure that she doesn't get off that bed in the next one week so Lily just resolved in her heart that she will apologize to Joe any day she sees him.

Finally, today is Chris and Doja's wedding. While the bride was being dressed up, Candace surprised everyone by saying that she had a confession. "I know where Richard is and we've been speaking but I don't want him to be arrested because no matter how hard I tried to hate him, my foolish heart still can't let go as it keeps loving him. I know that I'm foolish so please none of you should tell me that." 

Jade walked up to her and said "you are very wrong if you think that we will judge you and call you foolish. Sometimes we can't choose who we fall in love with and you still loving Richard and protecting him from the law after everything that he has done to you and your family shows that you are human and just like every other human being, you also have your weaknesses which you don't deserve to be judged for." The ladies all hugged each other and smiled with tears before they finally left for the church.

Many people were in attendance including Shulamite and her husband Max along with their daughter Rachel. I tohan and Jamil were there as well as Jay and Lily who were also in attendance as they are now together and Jay is planning a huge wedding that has never being held in the city for Lily.

Immediately the couple was pronounced husband and wife, they heard a commotion outside and without any warning a bullet hit Chris before she could hear the sound of the gunshot. After Doja saw his wife's white wedding dress stained red with blood, he lost his mind and didn't even stop to think as he ran towards where the gunshot came from and jumped on the lady who shot the gun as he picked up the gun that flew out of her hands and put a bullet straight into her head.

Everyone in attendance were filled with fear and shock as nobody expected Ima to attend the wedding and try to kill the bride.

The couple could not attend their reception as the bride was taken from the church to the hospital while Ima's lifeless body was taken away. Luckily for Chris, the bullet hit her arm and the doctors said it's just a flesh wound.

 Chris was happy and sad at the same time. On one hand, she was happy that she did not lose her life on the day of her wedding and on the other hand she was sad that the day which was supposed to be one of the happiest days of her life was disrupted by Ima and everytime it's her wedding anniversary, she will always remember this event.

Four months later, the three friends Chris, Jade, and Candace found themselves having a sunbath at the beach as they reminisce old times.

Jade looked at all of them and said "I who thought that I'll never find a man to love me, is happily married to Cody. Chris who dreaded being a mother is finally the mother of two very handsome boys and you Candace who has always been a saint is having a Bonnie and Clyde relationship with Richard." 

Candace laughed and said "I am not Bonnie but Richard is definitely Clyde." 

 They all hugged each other as Chris said "indeed, we were all in the Hands of Fate and she played her cruel games with our lives but we made it in the end." 

THE END.