London, England
April 17, 2025
"Steve! Steve!" Karen called. "Yes mum!" Steve exclaimed from his room. "Get ready for the college." Karen said. "Ugh... Mum, please not today... Please..." Steve said. "No, you have to go today as tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will also be your holiday." Karen said. "Mum." Steve said. "Steve." Karen said. Steve went to his room frustrated and got ready for the college. "Yes, here comes my handsome Prince." Karen said. "What Prince who cannot fulfill his own will?" Steve asked. "Yes , yes, you will fulfill your will but after you marriage and till then you're my son, my own son." Karen said. "I'll still be your son, mum." Steve said. "Yes, yes, I am his stepfather." Lauren said bitingly. "Stop it, Lauren." Karen said. "I am going to college." Steve said. "Steve, please..." Karen said. "Please mum." Steve said. "Steve stop." Sophia said. Steve stopped. "Oh, so you now obey your sister-in-law?" Lauren asked. "Are you jealous?" Steve asked. "Steve!" Karen exclaimed. "What mum? He is my stepfather and you want me to respect him? A man who is responsible for the death of my father." Steve said in high tone. Lauren went to slap Steve but Sophia held Lauren's hand. "How dare you stop my hand?" Lauren asked. "Lauren! Stay away from my wife or else the consequences will be bad." William said. "STOP IT!" Karen yelled. "Mum... Please, we can't let this man live in this house. Either he will live in this house or we will live in this house." Steve said. "I will not leave this house." Lauren said. "Okay, Steve and William, pack our bags. We're leaving." Sophia said. "Please, stop it." Karen said crying. "Mum, tell him to leave." Steve said. "Lauren, get out of this house." Karen said. "What? You know Karen, I don't have anywhere to go." Lauren said. "Please Lauren, get out." Karen said. "Please, Karen... Please..." Lauren said. "I said GET OUT!" Karen yelled. Some neighbours gathered outside the house. "Go away, Lauren." Joseph, a neighbour, said. "Don't you interfere in our family matter. "Don't forget, he is my father, Lauren." Sophia said. "Not your real father, he is your Godfather." Lauren said. William grabbed Lauren's collar and threw him out of the house. Lauren fell on the ground. "You will have to face bad consequences for this, William." Lauren said. "Go away." William said. "Especially you, Steve." Lauren said. "Go away." Joseph said. Karen starts crying. "Please mum, brace yourself." Sophia said. "Thank you so much... Thank you so so so much." Karen said crying. "What?" Steve asked. Karen showed them some injuries on her neck, back and stomach. "He did these?" Steve asked. Karen continued crying. "I will file a complaint against him." William said. "Thank you so much, my sons and my daughter." Karen said crying. All of them hugged Karen.
"And yeah, there is a news I had to give you." Karen said. "What?" Steve asked. "Mr Gordon sent a proposal of his daughter for Steve." Karen said. "What? But mum, I love someone else." Steve said. "Who?" Sophia asked happily. "Someone from my university." Steve said. "Keep him on hold mum. And you, tell her to come home and we will meet her here in this house." William said. "What? But..." Steve said. "No but, tell her to come tonight for dinner." Sophia said. "What will she say to her parents?" Steve asked. "That's your problem." William said. Joseph came running. "What happened, papa?" Sophia asked. "Turn on the TV. A girl of Steve's university was killed in a road accident." Joseph said. "What?" Steve exclaimed. William quickly turned on the TV. "It is from Abbey Road, that a girl is killed in a road accident. She was going to her university, Queen Mary University of London. According to sources, her name has been confirmed as..." The reporter said.