Caleb's sight lingers on Melanie's disappearing silhouette as she hastens towards the Apple Store and he can't help but feel a mix of wrath and curiosity."It was just sex, ”"Don't read too much into it." Melanie’s words stick in his thoughts as he sees her disappear in the mob.“She is hiding something... Her emotions run deeper than she admits,” Caleb mutters“It has to run way deeper than she is letting on” Caleb's thoughts churn as his grasp on the steering wheel tightens, his mind racing with questions as he parks the car properly.“Why did she shut down the conversation?”“What was she afraid to reveal?” Different questions flood through his train of thought again.With a long breath, Caleb steadies himself and walks out of the car. He takes his time surveying the crowded retail atmosphere before making his way to the Apple Store.As he enters the store, he sees Melanie scanning smartphones, her countenance intent, so he approaches her gently, not wanting to shock her."Have yo
“This is the second time you are trying to make me discuss this issue today, and I see what you are doing but I won’t fall for your trap” Melanie reads the room, refusing to not only give Him an answer but also stop walking side and side with him as she hurries to their room.Caleb makes a mental note to continue to find out things that will break down Melanie’s walls completely, but he doesn't push the issue further as she has seen through him.As Caleb and Melanie return to their hotel, Caleb's mind remains focused on the lead about Shirley."Riverview Gas & Go," Caleb mutters to himself, recalling the name of the gas station where Shirley's car was spotted as he set down the shopping bags."Everything okay?" Melanie notices Caleb's distraction and she asks him."Just thinking about the lead on Shirley." Caleb nods."What's the plan?" Melanie's expression turns serious.“I'll get my team to review the security footage from Riverview Gas & Co to see if we can identify any suspects."
Caleb and Melanie drive to the shopping mall instead of going straight to the apartment where they think Shirley is being held hostage because Caleb thinks it won’t make any sense to just storm in without a plan, so Ryder and the other team members wait for them at the shopping mall for them to discuss their plans extensively and as soon as Melanie and Caleb arrive, they locate their people on the last floor of food court where Ryder reserved in advance for the meeting.“Alright, what is the plan?” Caleb asks, getting straight to business.“I feel that since the victim is being held hostage in the warehouse on 12th Oakland Lane, just a block from this shopping mall, we will move in quietly, probably in groups of twos or threes to avoid detection” Ryder informs everybody even though they are privileged to the information of where Shirley is being held hostage.“I hope you know that I won’t be allowing you to leave me behind here right?” Melanie’s eyes lock on Caleb.“You are not necess
Location: Blackwood, Orion. Alistair makes it a point of duty after being bribed by his best friend, Caleb, to get out of bed early so that he can ensure that the project with the Sinclairs does not flop. Even though Alistair and Caleb are business partners, Alistair is more of a sleeping partner and he hates it when he has to make important decisions for the company because he is majorly in the business to support his best friend and to also prove to his father, the almighty Julian Roland, a self-made billionaire who built his empire through strategic takeovers, ruthless negotiations and savvy investments that he is not just a notorious playboy, serial dater and party animal that is always spending Roland’s family fortune like everybody in their family thinks he is, but his mind has always been. Most of the time when Alistair has to do things for the company, Caleb is always in the perimeter, but now that Caleb is out of the country, he is kind of scared but he still loves the fa
Alex wakes up early feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day,“Alex, I need updates on the progress with Calleb Wellington as soon as you get to Orion” his uncle Ethan Sinclairs' voice echoes in his mind.Alex got to Orion yesterday and if he was to obey Ethan, he should have gotten back to him yesterday night, he didn’t really have much to tell his uncle but he still has to call him to update him even though there is barely anything to tell him, and he answers on the first ring.“Uncle, good morning” Alex greets while trying to compose himself because Ethan can be scary when it comes to business.“What is the update…” Ethan questions him and he rolls his eyes to the side because he kinda he saw the fact that his uncle will not care whether he got to Orion safely, but now that his uncle does not care, it doesn’t sting any less. “I’m meeting Caleb Wellington today to finalize the project details.” He informs.“Excellent!” Ethan exclaims.“What’s the plan?” He asks.“Honestly, Unc
Ryder drives the car, while Caleb tries to engage Melanie in a conversation so that she won’t close her eyes, but her eyes are starting to close despite the effort he is making.“I promised your sister to take care of you, but I ended up putting you in harm’s way,” He blames himself, as Ryder is focused on getting them to a proper hospital. Ryder is able to find a proper hospital and he screeches the car to a halt before running towards the accident and emergency section to obtain a stretcher that will take Melanie inside.Caleb gets out of the car eagerly, clutching Melanie’s limp body as he starts running towards the hospital, he meets Ryder and the nurses bringing the stretcher midway, so he puts Melanie on the stretcher so that she can be comfortable.“What is wrong with the patient?” one of the nurses inquires as they make their way inside the hospital.“She got shot” Caleb answers as the other hospital rushes to transfer her to a hospital bed.“If she got shot, then I am sorry
After the small talk between Caleb and Melanie, he talks her in and encourages her to get some rest because he can tell that the anesthesia hasn't worn off completely. After she finally drifts into sleep, Caleb watches her sleep for a while before he returns to the waiting area so that he won't disturb her, but in getting there, his phone buzzes in his pocket, and he gets it out to silence the phone so that Melanie will not be disturbed but on getting the phone out, Alistair’s name flashes on the screen, so he excuses himself, stepping out of Melanie’s room into the hospital corridor. “Hey, Alistair,” Caleb answers, his voice low. He walks away from Melanie’s door, noticing a larger crowd lingering outside Melanie’s door. Hospital staff, visitors, and what looks like reporters mingled, their faces a blur of curiosity but he doesn’t think much of it, assuming it was just the hospital activity so he focuses on Alistair’s voice, listening intently. “I’ve been trying to reach you, Ca
Caleb Ryan- Wellington!” Sophia calls out Caleb’s full name, which is really suspicious for somebody like Sophia.“What’s up babes,” He greets her.“Don’t baby me!” she says, brushing his greeting aside. “What have I done this time?” Caleb asks, rolling his eyes and bracing himself up for a lecture.“You are in Pearl Coast doing God knows what, but you did not think of coming to visit your son, the mother of your son, and my parents” She lists out his sins for him but Caleb’s brows are furrowed in confusion and his eyes are darting back and forth trying to figure who revealed his location to her.“How do you know that I am in Pearl Coast?” Caleb throws the question at her because she knows that it is either somebody told her, or she has been stalking him aggressively because the only people that he told about his journey to Pearl Coast were Alistair and the team in charge of maintaining his private jet.“I noticed that your location on your snap suddenly changed from Orion to Pearl C
“Is it just me? Or does it really feel like Aiden is struggling to decide if he wants to like me or not?” Melanie points out after Aiden walks away from the table and Caleb shoots her a strange look. “What is there to decide? You either like someone or you don’t like them, there shouldn’t be any in between,” Caleb points out but Melanie shakes her head because she doesn’t agree with him. “So what is there to plan now? Are we keeping him or a we letting him go back to his mom where he truly belongs? Melanie asks and Caleb pauses to think. “You really want him here, don’t you?” She paints out and he shakes his head. “I honestly don't know,” Caleb answers her. “If you don’t know if you want him in your life or not, why can’t you just settle without a fight?” Melanie asks him. “Settling without a fight is way too easy for her, and I am guessing that she must be expecting that, but when my lawyers are done gathering the evidence of how poorly she raised him,” Caleb informs “ You thi
Melanie and Caleb retire to bed fulfilled that night and in Melanie’s point of view, she can feel closer to her daughter more than she felt before, and In Caleb’s point of view, his perspective about Melanie not being able to stand him starts to change because he saw her genuinely laugh and smile, the type of smile that reaches her eyes and he felt really content because who could have thought that Dawn's death will make Melanie to stop running away from him as a person but laying herself down as a living sacrifice. Melanie and Caleb’s grief journey continued throughout that week, with at least one highlight of the day. On the first day, they started by creating a memory garden, where they planted trees and flowers that held special meaning to them. The next day, they decided to take a cooking class together, they learned how to make different baby foods that Caleb learned after he found out about her, but she didn’t even stick around to try. On the third day, wrote letters to the
Melanie, Tony, Olivia, and Alistair return to Caleb's mansion to join Caleb because the day is far spent, but Melanie hasn’t been able to do so much out of the list of activities that she has set out for the memorial. As they pull into the drive way, the day has been emotionally draining, but she tried her best not to let it weigh her down, while she did everything with a smile on her face, so that nobody will be worried about her mental health, and with Alistair, Olivia and Tony, she had a lot of fun while trying to face her grief like a big girl.As they step out of the car, Melanie's eyes land on Caleb, who is standing by the entrance of the house, and she rushes to hug him because she didn’t realize how much she missed him and wanted him back. A warm smile appears on his face as he sees her full fit, and Melanie can’t help but feel a flutter in her chest as she takes in the sight of him.“Hey,” Caleb says as she approaches him before Olivia and Tony step out of the car to also gre
After Melanie ends the call with Kalinin and Ryan, she makes her way out of Caleb’s inhouse office and she heads straight to his room where she realizes that the room looks and feels different to what she is used to, but she isn’t able to pace it till she sees the note on the bed.“Good morning sunshine, you mentioned that you wanted your thinks moved out of your room, so I supervised them moving your things from your room to mine… once again, I am sorry for speaking to you the way I did yesterday,” Caleb apologizes again and she walks into his walk-in closet to see that a space has been created for her in the room.She exits the walk-in closet for the bathroom and she realizes that all the toiletries on her own side of the bathroom are composed of the toiletries that she was into when she was staying with him, just that everything is brand new.“I have no idea the products that you used now, but these were the ones that were in your bathroom, so I just asked him to have new ones sent
The next morning, Melanie slowly opens her eyes, groggily taking in her surroundings. She is still in Caleb’s office, sitting in his chair, but as she looks down, she notices her body is covered with a soft, plush blanket.“Could it have been one of the stewards that needed to clean up?” she mutters, feeling a sense of surprise and wonder, trying to recall how the blanket got there because she didn’t remember covering herself before she went to sleep, and she is certain that she didn’t bring a blanket with her to the office the previous night.As she lifts the blanket, she sees that it is one of Caleb’s because it has his distinct monogram, embodied on the corner. A faint smile crosses her lips as she realizes that Caleb must have covered her with the blanket while she was asleep, and her eyes scan the room, searching for any signs of Caleb, but he is nowhere to be found. She wonders if he went back to his room to sleep or left for the important meeting that he mentioned the previous
“Can I be brutally honest with you?” Melanie speaks up after a while, and Caleb raises sb eyebrow at her, curious about what she has to say. “I have no idea about what the hell I am doing and I don't think I have ever lost anyone close to me to be able to grieve properly…in short the closest thing that I have lost was my puppy” Melanie informs him. “Do you want to go upstairs to get the full gist?” Melanie asks him and he considers for a moment.“Not exactly,” He answers her“I have an important meeting at work tomorrow and I really need to get some sleep,” Caleb excuses.“Can't Alistair stand in for you at the meeting, as usual? Or doesn’t he know that you lost your daughter?” Melanie asks him multiple questions.“I haven’t told anybody on my side, not even my mom … so no, he doesn’t know and even if he does, there is no way he can stand in for me because the only thing he has been used to doing over the years is running the night club with me, so I left him to take care of the nig
As Melanie steps out of the hospital ward, she is met with the bright hospital light that seems to mock her somber mood, and she squints her eyes, scanning the area to see if Caleb eventually changed his mind and decided to take one last look at his daughter, till her eyes land on Ryan who is relaxing on the wall, waiting for her.Ryan’s face is etched in concern as he watches Melanie approach him. He can see the pain and grief, written all over her face, and his heart goes out to her as he envelopes her in a warm hug.“Hey babes, I’m so sorry about Dawn…I can only imagine how you must be feeling,” Ryan says, his voice soft and gentle.“Funny enough, I was imagining what it was going to look or feel like to be one of those mothers who found anything that their children did to be cute, but now I just feel so lost,” Melanie scoffs, her eyes welling up with tears that she blinks back.“I’m here for you, Mel…what can I do to help?”Ryan nods sympathetically and Melanie takes a deep breath.
“Is it just me, or did the doctor just leave here?” Melanie questions Caleb after staring into space for a while, but he doesn't give her an answer, he is just standing there trying to process the news of his daughter's death. It is not until Kalinin steps out of the ward, her face etched in sadness as she envelops her in a hug that Melanie recalls the previous 5 minutes.Kalinin was with the doctors in Dawn's ward while they tried to save her, she has just witnessed the devastating loss of the young child, and her heart goes out to the grieving parents. As she walked past Caleb to give Melanie that is standing in the hallway a hug, she could see the anguish and despair written on his face. As Kalinin hugs Melanie, she doesn’t say a word or do as much as move, her eyes are just dating back and forth, trying to process everything. Kalinin tightens her arms around Melanie, holding her close as she starts to do so uncontrollably. “I am really sorry sister…I had no idea that she was a
The drive to the hospital was a tense and uncomfortable one, with Caleb and Ryan barely exchanging a word. The air is thick with animosity, and the silence between them is palpable. Caleb is still fuming from their earlier conversation, and even though Ryan agreed for him to drive his car, it doesn’t make Caleb feel any better, judging from the way he gripped the steering wheel tightly, his knuckles white with tension. Ryan seated beside him, stared out of the window, his eyes fixed on the passing scenery because he thought that it would make things less awkward, but as they drove, the only sound was the hum of the engine and the occasional beep of the car horn. The tension between them was so thick that it seemed to have a life of its own. Despite their mutual dislike for each other, they both knew that they had to put their differences aside for the sake of Dawn. They drove in silence, each listening in their thoughts, as they navigated the bustling streets. As they approached