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Chapter 158Caleb ignored the many greetings from the employees as he made his way through the elevator and to the office where Xavier had now occupied as the acting CEO.It was just a few hours into the day yet he was already brimming with indignation over what he had just read in the morning papers.As he reached the outside of Xavier's new office, the secretary stood from her desk.“Good morning, sir.”“Morning,” Caleb replied without any emotion. “I need to see Xavier.”“Uh…”Caleb frowned at the apprehensive look on the secretary's face.“What is it?” Caleb snapped. He knew that he was transferring his aggression to the innocent lady but after what he had read, the slightest thing provoked him.“Mr Xavier has asked not to be disturbed for any reason,” she replied shakily and swallowed hard.Caleb sighed and clenched his jaw. He knew that the woman was fearful only because of Xavier's rigidity and high-handedness in dealing with his subordinates but he was not in the mood to wait
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Chapter 159“I don't know what in the world I'd do without you, Mann,” Xavier said to Mann that evening with admiration as they shared a bottle of whiskey in his car.“It has also been a pleasure to work with you, boss,” Mann replied.“I still don't know how you managed to pull that one off.”“Let's just say, perfect timing.”They clinked their glasses together and then gulped down the whisky.Xavier waited for the burning sensation to subside before speaking again. “Maybe a little too perfect,” he replied with a smile and refilled his glass.“Have you also arranged the other issue?” Xavier asked.“There's almost nothing a poor and desperate man wouldn't do for good, easy money. The man is more eager to lie than the devil as long as he gets the rest of his dough,” Mann replied.“Good, good,” a wide smile cut across Xavier's face as he noticed how perfectly the whole plan was going.“Anyway, here's the package for that idiot Marcus. If he tries to say anything stupid, show him his plac
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Chapter 160By the time Xavier returned to the office, his secretary informed him that some members of the press had called in to have a word with him.Xavier informed Rose of the development and assured her that there was nothing to worry about and he would take care of everything.Afterwards, he went through the names of the reporters, did a little research and then granted audience to the reporter whose news house had the highest media coverage.“Let her know that if she arrives even a minute after the arranged time, she might as well kiss this interview goodbye,” Xavier said to his secretary who then relayed the news to the reporter.As expected, the reporter had come earlier, precisely five minutes before the agreed time, and beads of perspiration lined her forehead and also settled above her lip. With the way she was breathing heavily, it was obvious that she had hurried down to the office as fast as a bolt of lightening.The interview did not take as much time as the reporter
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Chapter 161“That was the best three weeks of my life!” Allison squealed with ecstasy as she dropped the last bag that contained her and Shawn's clothes.“Same with me,” Shawn said and planted a quick kiss on her lips.“Are you still going to convince your folks to Greenville University with me?” He asked with desperation.“Shawn,” Allison sighed. “You know how heady my dad can be. I've argued with him way too much about that,” she gave a small smile. “But you can drive down once in a while to see me,” she added placatingly and Shawn shrugged.“Yeah, well er, I'd better go get the car. I'll be back in a few minutes.”Allison watched him walk out of the treehouse before she turned in the direction of Brenda's room.“Brenda! Dave! Aren't you guys done with your cuddling yet?” She teased. “It's been a little quiet in there.”The door suddenly opened and Brenda walked out, arranging her shirt.“Don't be ridiculous, Allison. We were only packing our stuff.”“I see… with your hair and skirt
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CHAPTER 162Both Brenda and her friends were uneasy as they walked into the station.“This was a silly idea,” Dave whispered with a deep frown.“Well, we've already gotten here so there's no point in backing out now,” Shawn whispered back.“Brenda?” A voice called out from one of the hallways and the four of them turned.“I'm Detective Cain,” Cain smiled and looked them over, hoping they were not a bunch of teenagers who had come to play pranks. After all, after the bounty was increased, more stupid calls had increased as well and they seemed tired of it already. “You said you had information for us?”“Yeah… um, about the missing woman,” Brenda stammered.“Alright then. This way please.”Cain led them through the noisy hallway to his office.“Please have a seat. I'm all ears.”“So we've uh…my friends and I stayed at this treehouse in the woods for about three weeks and on one of the days we decided to go hiking. There was this man who lived in a shack. We asked if he wanted to come a
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Chapter 163As the cars sped deeper into the woods, Cain's brows furrowed.Why the hell would anyone decide to spend their holiday in a place so dark and creepy? He then began to suspect that Brenda and her friends were playing pranks on them just like everyone else had been doing.“If this turns out to be a hoax, one of those kids will be going home in a body bag,” he said frustratedly after they drove for another ten gruelling minutes.Tanner chuckled. “Let's be a little patient. It may be worth it after all.”Cain then picked up his walkie talkie.“Officer Barnes, this is Detective Cain. What are the kids saying? We ain't there yet? Over.”“Detective,” Barnes replied. “The kid says were close, their treehouse is just around the corner so the shack can't be that far. Over.”Cain dropped the walkie talkie and gripped the steering harder. Five minutes later, he noticed the police van in front begin to slow down and the police officers were already getting out of it. He parked at a si
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Chapter 164Diane was seated on her sofa, watching TV as she sipped tea from a porcelain cup.It was way past midnight but she didn't seem in the mood to go to bed yet.She heard the wood of the stairs behind her creak a little and then turned to see Abigail rubbing her eyes and yawning.“You still up?” She asked.Abigail gasped softly and placed a hand on her chest. “You scared me for a while.”“Sorry about that. Why are you up? It's past midnight.”Abigail sighed. “I’ve been trying to sleep. It's been three days since I sent that application to Lauren Pierce and there still hasn't been any response. I guess they don't like the idea of a pregnant woman modeling for them,” Abigail shrugged disappointedly.“You may be pregnant but you're still beautiful as ever. You're gonna get the gig, Aby. Don't sweat it,” Diane said with a proud smile.“I know, it's just… I never wanted to settle as a face model, but well, I guess it's better than nothing,” she ran a hand over her swollen stomach a
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Chapter 165“I got a mail. I got a mail!” Abigail said excitedly and all the traces of sleep immediately vanished from her eyes. “What mail?” Diane asked as she walked out of her room, fully dressed with a mirror in her hand.“From Lauren Pierce. All the applicants have been asked to come down to the agency for screening. I have less than an hour! At least one good thing has happened within the week!” Abigail squealed and rushed to get ready."Oh, really?!""Yeah, the email had been in my spam for two days now. I didn't know until I checked it" she squeaked excitedly. “I'll need to take your car, Diane,” she yelled from the bathroom.“Suit yourself,” Diane yelled back and then said to herself. “I'm sure Scott would be eager to drive me back home tonight.”“I heard that! He's your new boyfriend, isn't he?” Abigail said and Diane laughed.In less than thirty minutes, Abigail dressed up in a comfortable yet elegant dress and arrived at the fashion agency. As she stepped out of Diane's
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CHAPTER 174Minutes after Marcus revealed all he knew, dozens of patrol cars as well as two helicopters were despatched to the location Marcus had given.One of the helicopter pilots sighted the house from above and the officers, including Caleb quickly moved towards it.They kicked the door of the building down without hesitation and as Caleb ran in, his gaze immediately fell on Jane's weak body sprawled on the bare floor. Caleb rushed to her and wrapped his arms around her. This time, he did not hold back his tears.Her body and clothes were covered in dirt, some parts of her body was swollen and there were a few cuts in different places, but still she didn't lose her beauty.Jane muttered something with her eyes half closed.“I'm here, baby, I'm here. You're gonna be okay. It's all over, you'll be fine,” Caleb didn't mind that some droplets of his tears fell on her face, all he knew was that he had finally found her and he was never going to let go ever again.Some medical attenda
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CHAPTER 173“He's a lying bastard! How can you believe all that?” Xavier asked Ross who had asked to question Xavier immediately Lorenzo told them everything.“It's not something we would want to believe as well, Mr Xavier, but he showed us the millions of dollars as proof,” there was a look of disappointment on Ross's face. “You do know that drug trafficking is a really serious offence, right?”“There is nothing to prove that I'm involved with this man!” Xavier yelled. “How do you know if someone didn't pay him to lie against me?”“He gave us a perfect description of you and said you came around every week to collect the profits that belonged to both you and coincidentallly Marcus Dreame.”“This is outrageous, Ross.”“Trust me, Mr Xavier, the whole situation has also left me totally dumfounded, but it's also helping to put the pieces together.”“What pieces are you talking about, Ross? What the hell is all this? I deserve more respect than this, don't I? How and why would I get mysel
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CHAPTER 172Four days and there had been no word from either Xavier or Mann, no newspapers to tell him what was going on outside, and they were running out of food. And he still haven't received a cheque from the weekly profit as usual. Marcus was totally losing it.He paced from one end of the house to another.“That fucker!” He said through his teeth, imagining Xavier amassing all the money to himself. He reasoned that Xavier had probably withdrawn himself from situation and had left him and Jane there to die of starvation. And probably enjoying all the money and profit from their illegal business. The thought of that sickened him. Xavier had probably come to his wits end and had decided to keep his slate clean.But Marcus was not one known to easily let go.He knew he was eventually going to go down, and he would stop at nothing to bring others involved down with him.“You'll be a dead man if you step out of that door,” Jane said weakly as she watched him put on his camouflage.
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CHAPTER 171Lorenzo sat at his desk, brooding.Two days had passed and neither Xavier nor his scary looking second hand man had come to collect their weekly profit.He looked down at the stack of money in the bag on his desk. If he took even a note from it, Xavier would know and would kill him without thinking twice. He was a man not to be conned and also a man to be feared. But as he constantly stared at the pile of money, he felt his walls of restraint breaking down. The sight of money always enticed him but tampering with Xavier's money was like signing his own death warrant. He quickly zipped up the bag, swallowed some sedative pills and then looked up Xavier's address on his computer. It was better to get the money to him instead than let it stay another day in his office.___Lilian was wrapping her wet hair up in a bun and preparing for lunch when she heard the knock on the front door.“Don't worry, I'll get it,” she said to the house worker who was setting the table.“Hi?” She
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CHAPTER 170Lilian, who had heard from Caleb about her mother and uncle's arrest quickly returned back to the state to see them.Rose on the other hand, had just spoken to the detective and was still in a state of shock. Tears rolled down her face as she stared at the photos of her and Xavier sprawled on the table. She had initially thought that Stella was bluffing when she said she had kept some clues for her lawyer to give the police if anything happened to her.The door suddenly opened and an officer popped his head in.“Ma’am, your daughter is here to see you,” he informed.“What? My daughter?” Rose asked with surprise and began to clean her face while stacking the photos together hurriely. “Take everything with you,” she told her lawyer. “Leave immediately.”Lilian stepped in just as her lawyer walked out.They both stared at each other for a long time and Lilian's steady gaze was like hot iron searing her heart. Every second of silence that passed reminded Rose that she had now
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CHAPTER 169“You're lucky my lawyer is already on his way. You'd better start preparing an explanation for why you had the guts to touch me!” Xavier ranted as the officers led them through the station.Rose on the other hand did not even try to struggle because she knew they were guilty, and her conscience kept battling with her. She did a very bad job concealing the shock expression that was spread across her face. As she watched the officers lead Xavier to one end of the hallway, her eyes landed on two familiar faces and her eyes widened with shock.Stella's parents! Stella's dad was consoling his wife who was shaking and sobbing uncontrollably.“Rose… you…” Stella's father said when their eyes met, but before she could respond, the officers led her away. She could still hear Stella's mother's voice.“I told her to stay away from their family, I warned her…”Xavier was taken to a dimly lit interrogation room, the room was hotter than usual and Xavier swiftly adjusted his tie, the
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CHAPTER 168“I'm sorry… what? What's that supposed to mean?” Xavier asked with his brows furrowed in annoyance. Fear flickered in his eyes but he squared his shoulders and maintained an annoyed visage.“Mr Xavier you have a right to remain silent. Anything you say now can, shall and will be used against you in the court of law…”“You can't arrest us!” Rose said. “What the hell did we do? What's all this about? This is an insult to my person!”Caleb watched with his spoon frozen in his hand. Things were happening too fast for his brain to process and he almost thought he was hallucinating when an officer walked to his mother and ordered her to stand.“Hold up! Hold up!” Caleb finally said to the officers as he stood up.“What's all this about?”“They are being arrested as prime suspects in the murder of Miss Stella Rosman,” the officer explained. Rose and Caleb exchanged glances and while Xavier was able to maintain his composure, Rose visibly went pale.“This is crazy! I barely even k
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Chapter 167It had been two days since Marcus was revealed to be the prime suspect in Jane's disappearance. And the forensic tests came out fine that Marcus was the owner of those male accessories as some combs in the bathroom had his hair samples which were tested. The police officers had combed the woods for two whole days yet there was no sign of either Marcus or Jane and there was also no clue left that could lead to them.“They couldn't have just disappeared,” Rose said one morning as they were having breakfast.Caleb had only taken a few slices of his toast and then walked to the living room with his coffee. His mother had been trying to make conversation with him for the past few hours but talking was the last thing he wanted to do. He was preparing to step out one last time with a few officers to search deeper into the woods. He turned on the television.“Have they found out if there's an insider yet?” Rose was speaking only on the topics that related to Jane because she kne
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Chapter 166“I still don't understand why it's so difficult for you to put a call across to him!” Marcus shouted. “We've been waiting for hours for fucks sake!”They were now in a bigger house with lesser windows and only one sofa as furniture. Mann was staring out blankly from one of the windows.“You know, Mr Dreame, you complain too much for a man.”“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Marcus scowled and lunged towards him.“You come in at the middle of the night and sweep us all away without explanation and you want me to be quiet and act like nothing happened?”“No, I'm only asking you to be patient,” Mann replied cooly.“Don't tell me that bullshit! My patience expired hours ago. Now call up Xavier.”“Boss is the one who would make the call to us. I'm in no position to call him unless in a serious emergency…”“This is a serious emergency!”“No, it isn't, Mr Dreame. This is just you acting like a scared little girl. Even the woman's doing better than you.”They both turned t
