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"He is not picking up," Luke said looking at Sarah as his face contorted."Don't look at me like that," she blurted. "I am not the one who's not picking your call." She added blinking at him.He rolled his eyes at her and slapped his hand against his desk. He was still at home when he called the first time and Benson didn't pick up because he was busy. Now, Luke was already at work and Benson wasn't there yet. It had been more than an hour since he said he was on his way. "Ugh," Luke sustained a grunt, drumming his fingers on the table. "Where could he have gone to now? He never could help but stray…" Sarah asked kneading her temple with a finger. "I wish I knew… We have to tell him," Luke gesticulated. "If this will work, we have to tell him as soon as possible and time is not on our side.""Try him again," Sarah said, curling her fingers into a fist and gritting her teeth. Luke nodded and dialed Benson again. He heard the phone ring outside the door to his office and raised his
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71As Benson sat on a chair in front of the counter, he started digesting all he had discovered from Luke.He only sat by the counter when he knew he would get drunk on strong alcohol. He needed to wash off the sudden hatred and anger that coursed through his veins as 'Gemini' was the only word in his head as he drove to the bar.He knew he was being set up but he hadn't thought about who could set him up. He had asked the question a hundred times in his head but never thought about an answer.He ordered a shot of whiskey and after swallowing greedily, he pressed his lips together and gritted his teeth.I have never cared about the competition… I just did my best and earned myself a seat at the top.He ruffled his fingers through his hair and spread his palms on the counter. His expression sank and droplets of sweat appeared on his temples as he twisted his jaw in utter confusion as to why Perry Clarkson would go as dirty and desperately cruel as drugs and murder to wreck him when all
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“She is not staff here? What do you mean she is not staff here?” Martha exclaimed, contorting her face and squinting her eyes at her partner. “Nobody recognizes her and we’ve been through every staff record and talked to all of them too. None of them fit the very blurry shot we have of her,” he shrugged and held his waist. “It is obvious she is an outsider that came in to look like a nurse here so she can have access to the slab room.”She stood up from the chair and drummed her fingers on her desk, setting her gaze straight ahead at nothing. She raised her face to him, staring at him expectantly. Ge shrugged and looked away.“Fuck,” Martha splayed her hands in the air in frustration. She tightened her jaw and ruffled her fingers through her hair. “We have to have something on her. This cannot be a dead end. They always make a mistake. We just have to find hers.”“Why did she come the first time? I mean, we know the second time was to do all that to Ana and leave a souvenir.”“She kn
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73"That was a win," Sarah gave Luke a sultry smile."Stop that," he whined. "We can't do that here," he said and waved his hands in the air, looking about his office."What…" she raised her brow, pretending not to know what he was talking about. "I'm just excited that we have a win, at least," she rolled her eyes sashaying as she walked up to him after locking the door."What is what? You just locked us in here and you are looking at me like that," he said sizing her up. "Don't act like you don't know what you're doing," he added."Well, smart ass, I am excited like I said and I can't but nail this moment with something more exciting," she whined, gesturing as she spoke."You are insane," he muttered as he backed away from her."You're driving," she hissed and exhaled. "I love it when you run away like that. It just makes this more enjoyable.""Oh my god, Sarah, stop," he stretched his hands in front of him when his back touched the wall and he realized there was nowhere to go and hi
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74It had been about a week since Alita saw her mum at the hospital. They talked on the phone but that wasn't enough for Alita. She was missing her too much and wanted to see how she was doing. Dr. Chris's treatment is taking longer than expected.Alita had decided to lay off visiting the hospital as it had been crawling with cops ever since she buried cocaine inside Ana. She had been scared they might recognize her from the security footage of the hospital.They were days when she waited for the police to come and arrest her but they never came. She had almost abandoned her plan from ample fright but somehow managed to hold on to it.Her mother had been at the hospital for about a month under rigorous treatments. She always complained about the injections but then stopped after about three weeks.Alita was breathless and her body was bouncing up and down due to Benson's thrusts but she managed to speak. She said, "I have to go and see my mum today." She sustained a moan and dug her f
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75Martha stared keenly at her computer screen as she sat on her bed, keeping the laptop on her lap.She had collected all the tapes from the hospital and the station so she can watch them again and try to figure out who the con artist is. She had watched the tapes over and over again and was still watching them.John had convinced her to take a break while he did all the necessary work so she stayed at home. But she couldn't really rest or even sleep as her mind bugged her with a thousand questions to which she had no answers."There's got to be something here," she whispered as she squinted her eyes while rewinding the tapes from the hospital back to the beginning.After watching everything from start to finish and still not getting anything, she gingerly tossed the laptop to the side of the bed and threw her head backward so that she would lie on her back on the bed.She had been married before but her husband was murdered. It was why she became a detective so she would find her hu
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"Would you let me take the car?" Alita blinked at Benson as she pulled away from him. "Right now, you can take whatever you want and it wouldn't matter as long as you are as happy as you make me," Benson muttered. She smirked and wrapped her hands around her neck. She pulled him closer, raised her heels, and kissed him as her body mashed against his. She pulled her face from his and said, "Thanks... you make me happy, BA.""Same, Alita," he smiled after cupping her face in his hand. "You can take whatever you want in my life as long as you are mine through and through," he peered into her eyes and pecked her head, then pressed her head to his chest. She fit perfectly under his jaw. "I love you, Benson Astor," she muttered in a moan. "I love you too," he said in a rasp."I want to stay here and hug you all day but I have to go see my mum now if we are going to that party that I dread so much," she said as she listened to his heartbeat."You dread it?" He asked, pulling out of the h
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77As Martha walked back to the car, she brought out the phone and examined it."How did she get this?" She asked herself and then raised her head to John who was already standing by the car. "It's Ana's," she added."What the hell? How come we didn't get this amongst her belongings? How does she have it?" John shook his head side to side as he flickered the phone in his hand, looking straight at Martha."I have no idea. Don't look at me like that," she raised her chin and entered the car."This just keeps getting more interesting. I feel like we can land a big one with this one," he said as he sat in the driver's seat after opening the door."It feels bigger and shadier than what meets the eyes," she said and pursed her lips. "And she is rooting for Mr. Astor," she nodded."Actually," John said keeping his eyes on the road."You think she actually saw her?" Martha said, pale-faced as she turned to look at John."We don't really know for sure. We still don't know her angle in this so
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It took a few days for things to come back to normal between Alita and Benson. It almost felt like the getting-to-know each other phase of their relationship just with serious sexing and less conversations, and she was sleeping on the same bed with him, yet.Alita had changed a bit in about a month they were separated. She had gatherer enough money to start her dream styling firm to incorporate her into the fashion industry, where she had always believed she belonged, which meant she had no time for nannying, although it wasn't all that necessary because she was used to taking Julie with her already. The problem was that Benson missed her presence more at home.They managed and in no time, came back to full connectivity.Benson kept his break up with Alita away from his mother. He couldn't afford her drama. And she was going to scold him for letting Alita go.Alita too didn't tell anyone. Sarah thought her disappearance was because Benson impregnated his ex-wife. She was shocked when
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Benson stayed in his house almost emptying his bar. He switched his phone off so nobody would disturb him. He was devastated. He had been living a lie all the while. Many times, Sarah and Luke came to look for but he never came out. It didn’t look like he was in the house.He just had to call off their engagement. She went too far and he couldn’t live with it. He couldn’t help but imagine how his life would have been if Alita came out and told him she Julie was his flesh and blood.It was unbelievable. Chris had assured him that he was impotent and that they had tried everything but nothing worked. He had to know for sure and the only way to that is to go back to the beginning.For the first time ever since that day, Benson went out of the house. He went to the hospital to meet and confront Chris about what Alita had told. There had been too many lies and falsehood around his life in the recent days and knowing this one truth or lie, whichever it would turn out to be, would be liberat
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“I was scared you would leave me if I told so I didn’t. This is me as I am, covetous. I don’t regret keeping this away from you but I am sorry I did. I mean it when I say I would do anything to keep you with me forever, and this—this was something I thought I had to do. I love you and I don’t want to lose you,” he peered into her eyes. “Please don’t hate me. Don’t stop loving me. I there were many times I wanted to tell you but how does a man walk up to his dear love and tell her to forget about any dream of ever having her own children?”“I knew, Benson,” Alita looked down as she pressed her lips together. “I knew if I stayed with you, I wouldn’t have any children but it didn’t matter to me because I love you so I stayed. I got so wrapped up in my mind with jealousy and contempt that it escaped my mind. I felt threatened and intimidated by her that I let her get in my head with her selfish words,” she leaned of the wall and held her hands in front of her.“You knew. How?” Benson’s br
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The moment long waited for was there, and Alita wore a smile that evening as Charity stated she was leaving. It felt unreal that the whole ominous atmosphere was clearing already.“It is nice having you,” Alita waved her hand at Charity. “You can pop and high any time you want,” she lied.I don’t want to ever see you here again.As the door slid open, Alita shut her eyes and drew in a long breath, absorbing the relief in the air. She had missed the feeling. Her joy was cut short when she heard Charity’s voice.Haven’t you left?“I can’t go like this,” CHarity exclaimed, shaking her head as she shut her eyes. “I wanted to keep it to myself, but I just can’t,” she sniffled.Alita glanced at Benson, and he bobbed his head. “What are you talking about?” she held her hand to her chest.“He knows,” Charity pointed at Benson.Alita turned to Benson and batted her lashes numerously at him.“Know what exactly? Where are you driving?” Benson inclined his head and folded his hands across his che
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Alita was shocked to see the door slide open. Benson just walked to his room, and they were the only two people that could open the door.She balled her fist, waiting to see the figure standing in front of the door. She couldn’t see the face of the woman but as the door slid wider, she recognized who it was.Freaking Charity!Charity was the least of people she could expect to see. Many questions raged through Alita’s mind but the most outstanding was how she could open the door.“Benson,” Alita Bellowed crossing her hands on her chest as she jotted her hips, giving Charity a once over.“Yeah, babe,” Benson answered from his room.“You have a visitor,” Alita pushed her lips forward as she swayed her body from side to side.“I don’t have plans to—“Hi there,” Charity flickered her fingers in the air, smiling excessively as she looked over at Benson. “I let myself in,” her eyes went round. She looked around and observed the living room. “Things have changed here, haven’t they?” she snic
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At Sarah’s wedding, Alita wasn't the only one wishing to enjoy the bliss of a wedding day and, after it, the certainty that comes with elevating their commitment to a more permanent situation.Benson had the intention to propose to Alita the day he came back and met her in a pool of blood. He had planned it all head in his head. The band, everyone involved.He wanted it to be a prestigious surprise. She had always said she wished she was a princess, and he wanted to make her feel more than that. She was his queen, and he wanted to show her that she deserved to have everything she wanted.Benson felt he was ready to move forward with their relationship. She was perfect for him, and he needed to ensure that she remained his till the end of time.Before the morning he had intended to propose to her, he had planned how everything would go with everyone he thought necessary to involve. He would ask her out for a date and then surprise her when she got out of the house with her favorite ban
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"Let's go on a date," Benson said pouring wine into two glasses form them. "We haven't gone anywhere, we haven't gone out ever since…" his eyes snapped close as memories of almost losing Alita to the jaw of death flashed through his mind–not sonething you wouldn't want to remember, not even randomly. "What do you think?" He asked.Alita's face lit up and she giggled sharply. "Are you serious right now?" She squinted at him as she extended her hand and collected her drink. She gingerly whirled the glass before a sip and moaning to the taste that surprised her. "This is amazing," she nodded and took another sip. "What in God's name do I say to that?" She pursed her lips and raised her chin, playfully scowling at him."I don't know," he laughed softly, looking the other way as set himself on the arm of the chair she was seated on."You must be high," Alita jabbed her finger into his side and he yelped moving away. "Should you when ask me about it? You could have surprised me," she scrunc
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126Julie was Alita's only company as the days went by. As expected, everyone around her was distant. She would sit on the bed in Julie's room and talk to her, even though she knew Julie wouldn't understand what she was saying, it was comforting that she could talk to someone about the burden in her heart and how everyone all her loved ones were avoiding her.Sarah blocked Alita and cut all contacts from her. Alita went to their apartment and saw that Sarah had changed the lock. She went to Luke's house but didn't find anybody at home. It was while walking back to Benson's place that she realized they would have gone for their honeymoon.They say no mother could hate her own but it wasn’t looking like it for Alita. She hadn’t heard from her mother ever since her confession. He called but got no answer, texted but got no reply. She tried to go and see her at Chris’s apartment but couldn’t. One time, she was standing right in front of the door but froze when she raised her hand to knock
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Dumbfounded and dwindling between anger and confusion, Benson cleared his throat. The place went absolutely silent. “Why didn’t you say anything about it? You could have told me. I feel betrayed right now,” he face-palmed. “I just want to go home,” he breathed heavily. “I can’t believe it at all. I just can’t believe our friendship was built on lies all this while. We promised to…” Sarah whined and cried. “All this while, Alita, I thought we were best friends. I told you everything and I thought you did the same,” she turned and wrapped her hands around Luke, looked up at him, and muttered, “please take me out of here.”“Please don’t leave me like this,” Alita extended her hand as she moaned. Her throat patched as she watched Luke lead Sarah out of the room. She was too weak to move and she couldn’t possibly follow after Sarah when Benson was there also preparing to leave.“Let’s go home,” Benson looked at Alita with pain in his eyes. She wiped her face and dragged herself up.Ivy sa
