WRITER'S POV Karen stopped in front of the restaurant. She stared up at the signboard as if trying to reaffirm she was at the right place. Of course she had chosen here and knew top off her head she was at the right place. Yet for obvious reasons she felt jittery coming alone to meet a man she knew she wasn't supposed to meet. She momentarily wondered if she should have informed someone before coming…just in case. She was probably going to regret it but she wanted to do this. She had to do it. As she wanted the place was filled up just in case her guest decides to move mad. Nothing would happen. These people here would be her shield. Taking a deep breath, she finally sauntered in. Just as she tried to figure out where to sit, she sighted Collins at the far edge of the window adjacent to the entrance. She dragged in another breath before she headed over there. “Hey.”Collins saw her and quickly stood up. “Hello,” he said as he pushed out a seat. “Please sit.”For a split second,
WRITER'S POVCollins stepped away from the door. His eyes squinted. Again, Margaret didn't look like she was just messing around with him. “What rubbish are you talking about?”“Have a look.”She played a video and pointed her phone to his face. Collins stared horrified at the phone screen, his face drained instantly of colour. “What…where…”“So, how many years will it be? Oh, I even heard the girl in question didn't make it. Poor kid.”He tried to snatch the phone but Margaret retracted her hand before he got the chance. He glared at her. “Who are you…who the fuvk are you…”Enraged, he reached to grab her but she overpowered him and twisted his arm and didn't stop until he groaned before she left him. “You bitch… what did you do to my father…who are you!” Collins drew in a sharp breath, the sound rough and controlled as he tried to steady himself. Margaret smoothened his hair and eased out the numbness in his fingers. How long she had waited for this moment…how long and hard she
WRITER'S POVJessica's sharp burst of laughter reverberated through the room. She could not believe it. Still reeling in disbelief she collected the iPad from Craig and took another look. “Are you sure of this?”“Yes. It's very certain Miss Karen made the post. We hacked into the database of the account that posted the story and it was opened with her ID and phone number,” Craig explained. “Wow! That bitch! She is even cunnier than her little friend. How should I punish her? Kidnap her and beat her to death? Hire a killer to kill her without having to see her disgusted blood? First, I need to see Jay. Prepare the car…”“I'm afraid, ma'am, but you can't step out now.”She halted and tilted her head just enough to cock her brow at Craig. “Why? Isn't the news dying down already?”“Some reporters are still hanging out around Adams group. They probably are waiting to see you return to work.” “Those jobless bastards. They should really get a life,” Jessica groaned in exasperation. She
KAREN'S POV When Jay told me he was taking us somewhere for the weekend, I hadn't imagined it to be here or anything like this at all. Actually, I tried everything to have him tell me where but he wanted it to be a surprise and in his words, ‘it was no place in particular’. And silly me had imagined us wandering the whole of Denva City. It must have been the excitement and the curiosity of the whole vacation thing but I couldn't bring myself to sleep. Knowing Jay as someone that rarely had time to have fun, I was afraid he would come up with something boring and end up making us miserable. The only time I saw him come close to having fun was when he played with a kid when I still worked as his maid. How time flew. The arrogant man I had tried to seduce in a club who ended up being the young master of the house I worked at was now my boyfriend. Who could have ever believed it? I wasn't sure what to expect in this but it was our first time going away for more than 24 hours. After
KAREN'S POV It was one of the fewest times I ever wished twenty four hours didn't have to end so quickly. After the exhilarating night, it would have been exhausting if I had to wake up early the next day for work or anything at all. It was already mid day by the time my eyes saw daylight. It was the warm light rays that woke me up. The window, although still closed, allowed a generous trail of sun rays trickling inside. Jay was nowhere to be found. Thinking he would be somewhere in the suite, I called out to him but no response.Something in me kicked. I had seen a similar scenario. Like those times when a man brought his lover for a vacation only for the woman to learn it was actually supposed to be their last time together. Stepping outside the suite and I was welcomed by the workers going about their duties with the nice smell of food and fresheners. I walked up to one of them. “Hello. Excuse me…have you seen a man…”“Yes. He is somewhere around. How about you sit in the wa
WRITER'S POV“What’s wrong?”Jay asked frozen Karen. Karen didn't move. Her hand dropped lifelessly beside her. Every bit of colour was drained from her face as she struggled to process what she had just heard.“I’m sorry, but I have to leave now,” she mumbled absentmindedly and her legs broke into a run. “Wait, Karen!” Jay rushed and grabbed her arm.“You are going the wrong way,” he said. Karen looked and saw she was heading towards the back of the building. She let out a shuddering breath. “I have to go…”“Please, tell me. What's wrong?” Jay demanded softly. “Tina was shot in front of my house,” Karen murmured. “Shot? How…”“I need to leave now. I need to go to her…Tina needs me…” Maybe this was the answer she needed. Tina was more than a best friend. She was her family and she would not have to be made to either choose her or not in order to be with a man. If there was one person who had always been by her side and she would never want to lose, it was Tina. “Jay, about what y
KAREN'S POV From learning that my friend got shot to hearing the worst news of my life. My friend of many years had wanted me dead because she wanted my man. I couldn't move in my seat. I couldn't, even if I wanted to. I shut my eyes hoping to wake up and find out that everything was all a nightmare until I felt my hand being grabbed and the cold metals clasping my wrist. Maybe it was because I was already numb of any feelings at all that I didn’t feel a pain as the thing locked my arms together. As I was being cuffed, I heard Jay try to speak to one of the officers. Didn't make out his exact words nor the officer’s response but soon they started to take me away. Down the hallway, the pitiful and judgemental gazes of people washed me head to toes. I followed humbly as they led me outside. “I'm coming to the station with her,” I heard Jay say to the officers as they pushed me into the hilux. “No. You don't need to. Officers let's go,” I refused. The last thing I wanted was to wa
WRITER'S POV A FEW HOURS AGO BEFORE KAREN'S ARREST “What!” Jessica's yelp and her palm finding Craig's face happened in quick succession. “Say it again. What did you just say?”Craig’s jaw grinded. It pained him how he had been foolish to want to accept the challenge of tolerating a spoiled brat. Now he was too deep into the shit to take a step back. “It was Miss Tina that was shot. The hit man mistook her for miss Karen as she saw her coming out of Miss Karen's house.”“Simple job! Just a simple thing to do. Useless people! Can't get anything done right.” Then she spun at Craig, “You brought that idiot to me. You told me he was skilled. What happened? He couldn't take care of one person, just one person! He has been caught and he shot the wrong person. Who did you fuvking bring to me!”She stalked to the wine rack to grab a drink, each step she took fueled by barely contained fury. She had to do something before the man said a word to the police. She had to do something. She had