Adele's Pov The flight to Washington was delayed, so by the time Dan and I landed we were exhausted. We took a cab straight to our hotel. “We would have gone to a restaurant for dinner but I am really tired.” Dan said dropping on the bed. “We will order room service what will you like?” He looked up when I didn’t answer and saw I had my phone to my ear, then I sighed again in frustration. “I am calling Brenda but she isn’t picking up. I wanted to see how Jay was doing.” I said. “Relax. Jay is fine. He is at my dad’s place remember? He has Brenda to watch him during the day and my Dad during the evenings. He will really enjoy himself.” “I am calling your dad too. He isn’t picking either. I wonder why?” “Maybe that aren’t with their phones.” “Or maybe something happened to Jay and they are too scared to tell me.” I said fearfully. “Babe stop it. You are scaring yourself.” He came to put his arms around me. “Jay is fine. Now take a shower while I order some food, then w
Jason Turner’s eyes widened when Chris Richards walked into his office that afternoon. “Chris, what are you doing here?” He asked. “Nothing much just came to discuss a couple of things.” He grinned, sitting in the visitor's chair. “Like what?” “I am sure you heard Adele was taken in for questioning, why didn’t you come to see her?” “I was busy.” “Too busy to see your daughter?” “I don’t see how it is your business.” “Adele is part of my family, so yes, it is my business. Especially since you are mad at her for no good reason.” “If you have only come to talk about Adele, then you should leave.” “No, I didn't come to only talk about Adele. I came to take a look at one of my new offices.” Jason looked confused. “What new office?” “This one, of course. Your company is now mine. I have bought all your shares.” Jason’s jaw dropped. “You are joking!” “Nope. I am not.” “You can't do that! We had a deal!” ‘Which ended the minute you paid Vera to steal my company
Adele stared at him. “Dad! What are you saying? Stop talking like that.” She said looking round. “I am serious. We need to kill Chris. That is the only way. And we need to do it now.” Adele just stared at him, too shocked to say anything. “We will think of a way to do it so it won't be obvious, maybe-“ “Stop, Dad! Enough! I don’t want to hear anymore. What is wrong with you? Is the company more important than your sense of right and wrong?” She asked angrily. “To hell with right and wrong! This is our company, Richards has stolen it from us and I will do everything to get it back.And you are going to help me. All this is your fault, so you must help me sort it out.” Adele stood up furiously, “I am going to pretend I didn’t hear you say any of this Dad. I know you don’t mean to it. You are just upset. My advice to you is to take a vacation and let me handle everything. I will try to get the company back, but we are not killing anyone.” “Listen to me-“ “No, you listen to
Zoey’s eyes widened. “What are you talking about?” She asked. “Let me explain.” He said. “At the same time I told Hal to find a girl, Lucy and Karen were looking for a way to get Adele to sleep with a guy and loses her boyfriend, so Hal arranged everything. He brought Adele and Dan together but maybe because it was dark and they didn’t see each other, and probably didn’t meet earlier on so they don’t know what happened.” “I can’t believe this! So Hal threatened to tell Adele?” “Yes, I went to try and talk to him, then ended up threatening him in anger and a hotel worker heard. “ “You must keep it from Dad. If he knows you’ll be in big trouble.” “Yeah, I know. The cops are investigating and have some leads from the gun. They may know about Lucy and Karen’s role soon, and if they arrest them they may talk. Which is why I have to leave here. But fucking dad won’t give me any money.” Zoey looked worried. “What do you mean?” “They have an idea where the gun came from, but the
Adele moaned softly as Dan ran his tongue from her neck to her stomach, then in-between her folds. She cried in pleasure as it settled on her hard, wet, clit and began licking it. “We shouldn’t be doing this.” She gasped, squirming on the couch. “Mmm..” Dan mumbled licking her walls and sticking his tongue in deeper. She clawed at the couch, trying to hold back her cries of pleasure as he replaced his tongue with his fingers. She went dizzy with excitement as he finger fucked her, inserting two , then three fingers. Just before she lost control he removed his fingers and she felt his hard dick inside her. “Shit!” She couldn’t stop that cry from escaping her as he fucked her hard and fast. The danger of getting caught increased the excitement. She put her shirt to her mouth to stifle her screams as she came. Dan came seconds after her, growling deeply. “We could lose our jobs over this.” Adele said panting softly as they lay recovering on the couch. “Over what?” Dan asked
Adele’s Pov I ran out of the building and into my car. I was so shocked I was trembling. I buried my face in my hands, trying to control myself. I couldn’t believe what I’d just heard. Was Chris my father? No, there had to be some mistake; my mom would never have cheated on my dad, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was true. I remembered one incident that happened years ago. It was my tenth birthday, and Dad had gone away on a business meeting, and Tina had refused to throw a party for me, telling me that she was ill and wasn’t strong enough for the stress of organizing a party. I was sad most of the day when I thought of how I would be spending the rest of the day alone. As I left the school, a car pulled up in front of me. I was frightened and ready to run when I saw the driver. “Hi, Mr Richards,” I said shyly. “Adele. Are you on your way home? Hop in let me give you a lift.” He grinned. I knew Chris and my dad were friends, although he hardly came arou
Dan came into the room. “What is going on?” “Dan, you are back early,” Adele said, embarrassed. “I came to see how you were doing. Just as well I did, so I could hear the secret you have been hiding from me.” “I wasn’t hiding it. I just found out yesterday and am still in shock,” Adele explained. “I was going to tell you this evening.” “She is right, Dan, she found out yesterday even though I have been telling Chris to tell you guys earlier.” “I knew something was up when Dad didn’t show up at the office this morning.” Dan said, sitting beside Adele. “well, you better tell me everything.” They heard a car pulling into their driveway. They recognized it as Chris' car. “Guess he is here to tell you himself,” Rachel said. Everyone tensed as Chris walked into the living room. “Before you guys say anything, let me say I am sorry, I know you are all mad at me.” “Yes, we are.” Rachel snapped. “Why didn’t you tell us, Dad?” He sat beside Rachel and sighed. “I didn’t want to upse
Adele’s PovEveryone was quiet after Chris finished talking.“Does my- Jason know I am not his daughter?” I asked finally.“No,” Rachel said.“I would like to tell him, but not yet, not while he is going through so much,” I said softly.“I understand.” Chris nodded.“So now we all know the truth, what now? Does it change anything? Because it doesn't for me.” Dan said.“Me too. Adele has always been and is still my daughter.” Chris said.“And you, Adele? How are you feeling?” Rachel asked.“I honestly don’t know, it’s a lot to take in,” I said slowly. The truth was that I felt numb, the whole thing felt so unreal. One minute I was thinking of Chris Richards as my father in-law now I find out he is my father.“Take your time, babe, don’t rush it.” Dan kissed me and stood up. “I have to return to work, or do you want me to stay with you?”“No. Go to work, and I will be in tomorrow.”“I will go and pick up Jay,” Rachel said. “Give me a lift, Dan.”They walked out, leaving Chris and I.“A
Adele’s Pov “I am letting her go that’s what. What you are doing is crazy Tina! And I won’t support you.” Dad said. “You idiot! I am trying to help you solve a problem!” Tina yelled. “Just like I did with her useless mother.” “What?” I asked wide-eyed. “What do you mean? Did you have something to do with Claire’s death?” He asked. “Yes I did dumbass! What else was I suppose to do. You said you couldn’t be with me because you didn’t want to divorce her so I had to kill her. You mentioned she was going to Palo Alto to see her stupid friend so I waited on a quiet part of the road pretending I had engine trouble, when the fool stopped to help, I hit her on the back of the head and drove her car off a cliff. So your problems were solved.” “How could you be so evil Tina?” Dad asked shocked. “Shut up! I did it to help you. You should be thanking me! Now lock them up and stop being an idiot.” “Never! You have done enough. It ends now. I was an idiot to have had anything to do with you
Tina met Jason the same place she had met Adele. “What took you so long?” She asked suspiciously. “I went by a longer route. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t being followed.” He explained. “Okay, so you have everything?” “Yeah,” he said pointing to his case. “I heard you kidnapped Adele too?” “Yes to increase the ransom.” They began walking to the beach house. “She was the target, I used her son to get her. Tell me about Adele being Chris’ daughter, Claire cheated on you? I am not surprised. She was as useless as her daughter.” “There isn’t much to tell. Chris just told me she wasn’t my daughter, it explained a lot of things.” They got to the house and met Karen having lunch. “Dad! I was so happy when Mom said you were joining us. I hope you aren’t mad I didn’t tell you I was leaving?” “No. I wish you had though. Where is Adele and Jay?” “There.” Tina pointed to a door. “Let me see them.” Tina picked up a bunch of keys on the table and opened the door. Adele and Jay were s
“How could we be so stupid?” Dan groaned. He was pacing the living room very upset. “I was the idiot.” Chris said. “I should have known what Tina was up to when she didn’t want Adele around. In fact I should have had bodyguards here the minute this happened.” “It won’t have helped. From what the housekeeper said Tina didn’t rush in and kidnap her she lured her away.” Rachel said. “Jay and now Adele have been taken. What kind of an idiot am I not to have seen this?“ Chris asked helplessly. “Beating yourself up won’t help. We have to find a way to get them back.” Rachel said. “I am going to talk to Jason, he is going to tell me where his crazy wife is hiding.” Chris fumed. “I will come with you.” Dan said. “No. You two stay here and let me handle it.” Rachel said and left. Jason was staring at his dinner when Rachel walked in. “It is time to come clean Jason, where is Tina? Chris is right, you know where she is and you are hiding it from us.” She said. “I am not in t
The phone call had shaken Adele and Dan, but Rachel told them not to get upset. “Tina is trying to get to you guys, don’t let her win. You have to be strong.” She said. “I'm trying but it isn’t easy,” Adele cried. “Tina is crazy, what if she hurts him?” “She won't, she needs him to carry out whatever evil plan she has. Don’t worry, she will call again.” Two days later, Tina called Chris during lunch time. “Hey Chris, how are you? I'm calling you because you have what I need.” She said. “ You evil bitch! Where is Jay?” “The brat is fine don’t worry.” “If you harm him-“ “Why should I? I need him. I have no intention of hurting him. I just want to make a deal and I will let him go. Having him here is annoying.” “What do you want?” “Money.” “How much?” “I will tell you, but first call Dan and Rachel to your office by 4 pm. I want them to be there when I call. Do not call Adele.” “Why only Dan and Rachel? And why 4 pm? What are you up to?” He asked suspiciously.
Tina called Jason as he drove home. “Tina, what is going on? Is Karen with you?” He asked. “Calm down she is. I know you didn’t want her to know about our plan, but I couldn’t help contacting her. I hope you are not mad?” “Not really, although I wish you had told me first. Did she take Adele’s son?” “Yes, the brat is here.” “Tina that is kidnapping! She could be in big trouble! Why did you get her mixed up in this?” “Relax, no one is getting into trouble. We are going make money from this. I needed her help to pull it off.” “Money? How?” “From the ransom of course.” “Tina this is a bad idea.” “No it isn’t. Just calm down and leave it to me okay?” “Sure, take care of Karen, and please keep in touch.” When Jason got home he sank into a chair feeling tired and upset. He had guessed something was wrong when he tried to call Karen and couldn’t get through, then when he'd come home Marie had told him Karen had packed her bags to go on a camping trip. He had guessed s
Adele’s pov I couldn’t stop crying. Dan sat beside me trying to console me. Brenda was crying quietly in the armchair and Chris was on the phone, calling everyone he could think of to help find Jay. “This is all my fault,” Brenda said “No it is,” Dan said. “You didn’t get there on time because an accident delayed you, and I am very sure the accident was caused by Tina.” “It is my fault.” I cried. “I caused this. I brought Karen into our lives. You warned me Dan but I was stupid enough to trust her!” “Stop blaming yourself. It’s not your fault she turned out to be a witch, you couldn’t have known.” “Dan is right,” Chris said, None of you are to blame. We will find Jay, and arrest Karen and Tina, I promise.” The housekeeper led Dad into the room. “I got your message,” he said, “what’s going on? You said Karen kidnapped Jay? That’s impossible why would she do that?” “Because she is a psycho just like her mom and she needs to be stopped!” Chris fumed. ‘It is time to come
“Calm down Brenda, there must be some mistake,” Adele said trying to control her panic. “No! I got here and I couldn’t find him!” “Okay, I am on my way,” Adele said. She was trembling as she hung up and told Dan what had happened. “Calm down babe there must be a mistake somewhere. We will go to the school together.” He said. On the way to the elevator, Chris called him. “Dan I need to see you.” “Not now Dad-“ “It's urgent.” “I will wait in your car,” Adele said. Dan almost ran to Chris’ office. The man who had been with Karen was standing next to Chris. They were listening to a recording on a mobile phone on Chris’s desk. “Dad please make it snappy,” Dan said rushing in. “Listen to this.” Chris said. “I am in a hurry dad, tell me what it is.” “I found out where Zoey and her mom are living, somewhere across town. I sent one of my people to them to see what they were up to, and found out they were planning to hack into our company and steal millions, so I sent this guy to
She thought about the lunch and laughed, did the stupid Adele believe she was trying to be her friend?She is dumber than I imagined, Karen thought.She went to her room to wait for her mom’s call. It came an hour later.“Mom, I have been waiting.”“Sorry honey, I wanted to make sure you were back, how did it go?”“Better than I expected, I have the information.”“Meet at the usual place.”Karen hurriedly drove to the beach. Tina entered the car as soon as she stopped it.“I have everything Mom. I went to Adele and pretended I wanted to work with her, the fool believed my good girl act. I was able to get the info you wanted about her son.”“Smart girl! I knew I could rely on you. I have been gathering some information too and now have an idea of his routine.”“But why go through this stress, Mom? Can't we go straight to Adele?”“We can but it’s more difficult. Using her son to get to her is easier.”‘Okay, you said Dad is not to know about it?”“Not yet, till I'm sure he can be of hel
It was past dinner time when Karen came home.“You are late for dinner.” Her dad said.“Yeah I went for a walk. I have thought about what you said and you are right, Adele heading the company isn’t so bad. I want to work with her.”“I am glad you see things my way. I will call her tomorrow and tell her you are coming over.”“I hope we will be able to mend out relationship.” Karen smiled falsely.The next afternoon she walked into Adele’s office.“Dad told me you would be coming.” Adele said.“Yeah. I need a job. Sitting around waiting to hear from mom is driving me crazy.”“I am sorry about what happened. Chris has promised to help if she gives herself up.”“Dad told me. We are grateful. And I am sorry for all the awful stuff I did and said.” Karen said sounding remorseful.“Let’s move past that. I have a job for you in the media department, would you like that?”“Sure. I would love it.”“Okay, you can start tomorrow.”“How about you tell me a little about the job.” Karen said.“Sure.