As soon as Gabriel and Rosalind left Lydia’s house, Gabriel drove to his apartment. Once he was in his apartment, he contacted his lawyer immediately.
“John, it’s Gabriel. I need you to send an agreement letter to Lydia Robinson tomorrow morning that she’ll release all her rights as Jane’s mother. Please also state that Lydia won’t meet Jane nor me again in the future.”
“Right, I’ll create a draft soon. Has she agreed to that?”
“Yes, she agreed to that. For her agreement, I’ll give her a half million dollars.” Gabriel also added, “Oh, by the way, I turn the speaker on so Rosalind can hear our conversation too.”
The lawyer whistled as he heard the amount of money. “A half million for the mother’s right, huh?”
Rosalind nodded. Holding Jane’s hand, she walked to the car. She took Jane’s luggage from the little girl’s hand. After giving the luggage to Luca, Rosalind entered the car with Jane. Luca placed the luggage in the baggage, then went back to the car and waited for Gabriel before they could return to the WLS. Gabriel approached Lydia and nodded. “Everything is done. I hope you won’t contact Jane or me again.” He took a deep breath. “Thank you for the past. You were a part of my life back then. I’m leaving now.”Lydia said nothing. She could only stare at Gabriel’s back until he entered the car. After a while, the car left the area. She clenched her fist and shook her head. A smile spread across her face. “It’s not over yet. You will be mine soon, love.”The first day Jane stayed with Gabriel and Rosalind was exciting. They were busy preparing the little girl’s room. Gabriel wanted to hire an interior designer, but Rosalind and Jane refused it because they wanted to decorate the room by
Rosalind rushed to check from aisle to aisle. When she finally saw Jane stare at a small table, she let out a relieved sigh. “Sweety, next time you must tell Mom first if you want to wander to the shop, okay?”“Yes, Mom.” Jane nodded. “I’m sorry because too excited to see many things in the shop. I forgot it was a huge shop.”Rosalind smiled and shook her head. “It’s okay. I was excited too when we first came. Now, let’s go home, sweetheart.”They walked hand in hand to the car. Luca saw them from his seat. He immediately got out of the car and opened the backdoor for Rosalind and Jane. But then, unexpectedly, a guy grabbed Rosalind from behind and covered a cloth to her face. Jane who saw what happened screamed, “Stay away from my mom! Help! Help! Somebody help!”Luca ran to reach Rosalind and the guy. “What are you doing? Release her!”“Stay away. Otherwise, you will meet your Creator today.” The guy picked a knife and drew the knife in Luca’s direction. “Easy, man. We can talk abo
Gabriel took a deep breath because a lump formed in his throat. It was shocking to hear about the accident, knowing how Rosalind might be hurt, but then it was Luca who got wounded instead of Rosalind.But what Jane said was even more devastating because he realized how deep Lydia already harmed the little girl with her evil words. He knew he had to bring Jane to a psychologist to have therapy.That’s when the sign ‘Operation’ didn’t shine anymore. A few nurses pushed a bed. A doctor approached Gabriel and Jane.“Mr. Luca Russo’s family?” the doctor asked.Gabriel shook his head. “No, but I’m his employer. How is he?”“Mr. Russo’s condition will need at least two to four weeks to recover. Luckily, the knife
Meanwhile, in the police station, the police interrogate the villain who tried to kidnap Rosalind and hurt Luca. Two detectives asked him many questions for hours. Since the bad guy didn’t want to answer anything, they stopped the interrogation for fifteen minutes.After the recess, a pair of different detectives were assigned. They weren’t patient with the criminal because they still had a lot of cases to handle.One of them said, “If you keep refusing to admit what you’ve done, we will press the highest charges on you. Kidnapping attempt max charges twenty years. Wounding someone with knife max charges for ten years, but from our record, it’s not the first time you are involved with the assault. So you may face fifteen to twenty years’ charges.” The detective tapped the table with his fingers. “Thirty-five
The WLS staff asked some people to move the furniture to Jane’s room the next day. Later, Gabriel left the apartment and went to the dock where he usually visited whenever he needed time alone. He stepped into his yacht that anchored to the dock, sat on a couch, then took his phone. After dialing a number, he waited.“Mr. Da Costa, what a surprise!” the police commissioner said. “How are you?”“Well, to tell the truth, I’m not okay, sir. I need your help,” he said. “Oh, what is it? If I can help you, surely I will. Just let me know first.”“So here is the thing. Your detective told me yesterday that the one responsible for trying to kidnap my fiancee, Rosalind Miller, and stabbing my driver, Luca Russo, is someone I knew in the past, Lydia Robinson.”“Go on. I’m listening,” the commissioner said.“Recently, I made an agreement with her. She would release all her rights as a mother and let my fiance and I adopt her daughter.” He stopped for a second to take a breath. “Her daughter isn’
Warning: the chapter contained physical violence. Reader discretion is advised.The head of prison informed the guards, and the guards informed all the gangs’ leaders about Lydia’s sentence and her case. Since child abuse was one of her charges, some leaders of the gangs only grinned and smirked to hear the head of prison gave them a privilege of bullying Lydia.Rapists and child abusers were the worst offenders any prisoners could do that would earn them the worst punishment from the prison gangs, because some of them also had children at home. So, spreading information about Lydia’s charges would guarantee a worse punishment for Lydia in the prison.When Lydia entered her cell, her inmates sneered at her. “Look who’s coming!” one of them said.“
A day after Lydia’s death, Gabriel and Rosalind went to the church again to repeat their vows. Gabriel even sent the wedding invitation to Maxwell since he wanted to ensure the billionaire would back off for good after seeing his wedding with Rosalind had taken place.Jane walked first through the church’s isle as the flower girl. She carried a small basket filled with red rose petals. Her smile was wide and bright as she took her time to spread the flower with her step. She wore a white dress from lace with a rose pattern all over her dress. Then she sat next to Anna who was on the first row.“Well done, sweetheart!” Anna said. “You look so pretty.”The little girl beamed to hear the praise. “Thank you, Grandma!” Jane hugged Anna and grinned. “I can’t wait to see Dad and Mom!”
Rosalind looked around to search for Lynnette. When their eyes met, Rosalind signaled Lynnette to approach her. When Lynnette was beside her, Rosalind smiled at Maxwell and Axel. “Please meet my bridesmaid and best friend, Lynnette Martin.”Lynnette offered her hand to Maxwell. “Hello, I’m Lynnette. Nice to meet you.”Maxwell shook her hand and nodded. “I’m Maxwell Taylor. Pleasure to meet you. This is my son, Axel Taylor.”Lynnette smiled at Axel and offered the boy her hand. “Hi, Axel, do you want to play? Maybe Jane wants to play with us too.”The little boy didn’t reply for a few seconds, but then he nodded. Lynnette and Axel walked to approach Jane. Three pairs of eyes follow how Lynnette asked Jane to play with them in the playground church. Then Jane and Axel ran