SOPHIE’S POV"What!?" I let out another distressed shriek, gawking into space in a disoriented manner."which..which hospital." I stammered, blinking excessively."St. Louis is a little far away from the house; I'll send you a cab now. Wait, where are you?""Brookfield," I whispered with my eyes closed, inwardly wondering what was really going on."The mall?" She asked further."Yeah, the mall," I affirmed sloppily. I opened up my eyes again, which were now probably going red."I'll send you a cab. Please be here soon," Olivia said, and she hung up at once.I got off the phone looking so flustered and unaware that I didn't realize the moment Amelia rushed up to me after my shriek."What happened, Sophie? Anything matter? That was pretty loud."I waited for some time and inhaled deeply."It's my dad; I just got a call that he was attacked," I said finally, turning to face her. She stepped back for a second, bobbing her head sideways. It was her turn to scream."No way! Attacked? By who
ELLIOT’S POV "Good gracious." I blurted out of surprise when I saw how much time had gone by the time I was done with changing into another sleeve shirt and tie in my office restroom.It was already 2:50 p.m., which was about 30 minutes before the presentation time with Eleanor Group. I hurried out of the room into my office, picking up my briefcase and dropping it on the broad brown desk abruptly, fiddling with my tie for a second, and then going back to the restroom a second time to gaze at the Cheval mirror stand, checking if I got the knotting of the tie right. I nodded quickly in satisfaction, returning to the office again to grab the briefcase one more time. I exhaled and had already made a calculated swerve toward the door when it occurred to me that I had not cross-checked the documents and files containing the project I would be presenting. "Fuck." I swore under my
SOPHIE'S POVI came out of the police station looking even more confused than when I left the hospital.Instead of just settling on one line of thought in my mind, what was happening now was the bobbling of multiple conflicting thoughts.I hugged myself as Iwalked dejectedly toward the car park. I found myself second-guessing my decision to go and make a report.What am I even doing? Shouldn't I have waited a little while?But then again, why should I bother waiting when they didn't wait for me to incriminate them before going after my dad, even to the extent of trying one or two tricks around my kids?Maybe telling the police was the best option. I tightened my lips and nodded stubbornly, trying to convince myself that it was indeed the best option. "But what if telling the police also meant that I was giving them the go-ahead to go hard on those I loved? What if I was just endangering my kids and everyone else with this move? Would I ever be able to forgive myself?”These conflicti
ANONYMOUS POV I paced about the dimly lit room restlessly with my phone firmly glued to my ear, wondering why Quavo or none of his boys had still not bothered to call to update me. This job was supposed to have been done and dusted hours ago because I paid the necessary charge and even added a top-up when I came to meet them yesterday.The worst part was that even now that I have decided to reach out to them, they are still not picking up. I just hope that girl is already off the face of the earth, and I hope the reason they were delaying answering was because they were trying to clean up their mess and leave no tracks for the police."I just hope so," I mumbled under my breath. The call I placed had rung out again without an answer for the second time. I redialed the number impulsively, blinking multiple times, with frustration beginning to set inside of me. Finally, I heard the brief little bloop sound and the corresponding
SOPHIE’S POVI woke up the next day feeling a bit lightheaded after a very long, dreamless night. I let out a small groan as I opened my eyes slowly, adjusting to the gleaming rays of sunlight that filtered in through the open curtains. I rolled to one side of the bed and back again before I finally got up from the bed, stretching and yawning simultaneously with a hand over my mouth.The wall clock was reading 8:30 am when I looked up, and that was when it suddenly occurred to me that today was May 20th."Oh my God!" I exclaimed in happy realization.It was my triplet's birthday; how am I just remembering? I pulled off and pushed my bed aside, climbing down from the bed excitedly and heading for my children's room as I thought about how special today was to me. Despite everything, I was eager to make today as memorable for them as possible.I opened the door to their room slowly and quietly as I watched them with a gentle, satisfied smile unfurling on my face. The three of them were
General POVThe merriment and festive atmosphere inside Harrigton's mansion skyrocketed as the birthday party organized for Owen and his siblings went into full swing. The sound of laughter filled the air, and a number of the guests with their kids joined the dance floor, surrounding the triplets and moving charismatically to the sound of the various danceable tunes being played by the disc jockey.After the presentation of gifts, games, and the opening dance session was over, the MC came on stage to announce that it was time for the chief host's address, which was to be given by the celebrant's grandfather, who also doubled as the organizer of the event, Mr. Harrigton.He came forward meekly to the center of the stage, clutching a glass of wine in one hand, and with the other, he collected the microphone with a proud smile on his face. He greeted everyone present, thanking them for taking time from their busy schedules to join in his celebrations. He also thanked them for bringing
Elliot's POVIt took about 5 hours before the tech team called me back. My heart raced with anticipation when I heard the ringing sound of my phone and the sight of their contact ID displayed on my screen. I had given them specific orders to call me only when they had information on who the culprit was, and if they hadn't discovered it yet, they wouldn't have dared to call.Now that I was very sure that they had gotten the person, I couldn't help hesitating for a while to think about what I was going to do to this person who has caused me and my company so much embarrassment, this person who had made us look like amateurs before Xander of all people, just because of greed and personal aggrandizement, he or she was ready to sacrifice and sell out the company's security without looking back. What a traitor. I snarled and sprang to my feet to grab the phone."Who did you find?" I asked in a straight-to-the point kind of tone."Sir, we've really taken our time to conduct the IP check mult
SOPHIE’S POVI described the previous estate where our old apartment was located to the youthful looking, before I got into the car with the kids who kept throwing inquisitive glances at me, asking me with their eyes if all was well. Their stares did not change even when we finally pulled up in front of the gate, instead it became more intense.As soon as we climbed down from the yellow col ored Corolla and pushed the car doors closed again. I paid and waved absent mindedly at the driver as he reversed and drove off in the opposite direction.I stood to stare at our old gate for a moment with my hands on my waist. My mind was saddled with the heavy weight of mixed feelings and from beside me I could still sense the piercing stares from my kids on my skin. "Mum, why are we back here?" Owen, who could no longer contain his curiosity, asked to take a step forward. I turned to him and noticed that Isabella and Nathan were also waiting on my answer with their hands spread apart and ha