“Someone found the plant?” Mrs Rhoda Bennett asked, furrowing her brows.“Yes mom. I was so scared. He even told me that you broke down in the process.” Evelyn responded, scrutinizing her Mom's body.Mrs Rhoda Bennett was as confused as ever.“Who exactly told you all this?” She asked, pinning herself down on a nearby chair.Evelyn rolled her eyes, thinking of how to go about the explanation. She could barely recall Mr unknown's baritone voice but couldn't imagine what he looked like.“He said that he is your personal assistant.”“What? And you believed him?” Mrs Rhoda Bennett asked with a scowl.Evelyn's eyes were swimming in curiosity.How would she have known that Mr unknown was lying to her? He had this convincing aura that seemed to possess her through the phone and besides everything he said was the truth.How could she have known that she hadn't employed a male personal assistant when she hasn't slept in the Mansion for weeks?“You should have called for confirmation.” Mrs Rhod
“Why haven't you reported me yet to the corps or sued me to court?” Evelyn bit her lips in bitterness as she watched her Mom making a smirk out of each word she spouted out. “Oh, I understand. You might have possibly sued me but needed some evidence to prove me guilty.” Mrs Rhoda Bennett said between short scoffs. She retracted her hands which were tucked behind her back.The long, black gloves which stopped at her ankle came into view.Formerly, she would take off everything in the bathroom on the rooftop after watering the plants and change back to her normal clothes.But for a few days, something about Evelyn felt suspicious.She guessed that Evelyn had made research of what the plant was about and thought there was nothing to hide anymore. “Now you have all the evidence you need. C'mon, you can take a picture of me on this and give it to the reporters. This is enough evidence.” There were hints of mockery in her voice.“Mom, please stop all this.” Evelyn shrieked, the veins aro
Wait a sec, it was only Isabella that knew the passcode of the main door.“What if the reason I received that tricky call was because of her?” Mrs Rhoda Bennett mumbled, baring her teeth.Because for goodness sake, Mr Bennett was in a critical condition. It would be difficult for him to see or climb the staircase leading to the rooftop.“Let's head home immediately. Something seems very fishy.” Evelyn said, tensed.They both rushed out from the restaurant and walked to where Mrs Rhoda Bennett's car was parked.They both climbed in before the driver speed of.“Drive with your highest acceleration.” Mrs Rhoda Bennett commanded harshly and grabbed her phone.She dialed Isa's number and hesitated to pull the call through. She first thought of how to interrogate the latter to pull words from her mouth.Finally, she pressed the button and listened as the phone began to ring.Back at the mansion, Isabella has received a warning message from Raymond.“I think we have to leave through the back
“Really, your name is not on the family's register?” Isa mumbled with a smirk, pretending not to know anything.“Is that the reason why you treat me so badly? Don't you think that if you behave properly, your name might be fixed on the family register?” Isa asked, hoping that Mr Bennett was listening to their conversations.Mrs Rhoda Bennett had earlier called to get words out of Isabella's mouth but right now, it seemed as if Isa had taken charge.Why would Isa even give her tips on how to win her father's heart in order for her name to be added to the family's register?It wasn't her deliberate intention to mumble those words to Mrs Rhoda Bennett but she had to in order to get her to spill more words.To Isa, Mrs Rhoda Bennett had come too far to go back. The latter has created many damages that left scars in her heart. Scars that she wasn't sure could ever be erased until she accomplishes her revenge game.To her, it was better off that way. She wasn't hoping for Mrs Rhoda Bennett'
“Where are you?” Was the only word that slipped out of Mrs Rhoda Bennett's lips.Isa was mute and shot a glance at her Dad.She hung up and redirected the call at Raymond, telling him to get the car ready as she was bringing her father along with her.Her shoulder dropped two inches away from her father. How on earth would she make him follow her? Her eyes suddenly became watery with her own tears.His outlook was traumatizing her. She didn't know when she started crying until she felt something salty in her mouth.There was no time for all the tears right now. She advanced towards Mr Bennett, muttering all the courage in her.Whatever way it might take, she was determined to take him along with her.She was sure that wherever Mrs Rhoda Bennett and Evelyn were, they would be speeding towards the mansion.“Dad, we have to leave right now.” Isa pleaded, grabbing his arms but he rebuked her and let his arms slide off.Isabella broke down into tears. What exactly is going on with her Da
Few moments later, a deafening silence crawled inside the room. The last sound he heard was the bang from the door. It dawned on him that she had left the room.His heart pace subsided all of a sudden. All those while she was there, his heart was beating non stop. He has suddenly become scared of Mrs Rhoda Bennett and wondered what her next plans could be.He had that driving urge to follow Isabella but he stopped himself for only one good reason. He didn't want to make matters complicated for Isa.To him, he has already done more wrongs than good to poor Isa. He should only be thinking of means to rewrite his wrongs and make up for not being a good father to her.He gradually sat up on the bed, holding back the excruciating body pains.Why exactly did he sit up on the bed? There is only one thing he did whenever he sat on his bed that way. The same way he had been doing for weeks now.He always pondered on his sickness. He wondered why he never got better despite the drugs he took on
This time around, the commissioner was invited to Walter real estates to cross check the progress of the last contract that was signed between them.As Isa walked through the corridor leading to the conference room, she smelt a tense air in the atmosphere.She had thought that the meeting was meant for just her and the commissioner. She was shocked as her gaze met with Douglas's eyes.With the grimace on his face, she guessed they might have been waiting for a long time.“I am sincerely sorry, everyone.” She said and bowed her head apologetically.Her eyes shifted from Douglas and settled on the faces of two other men, putting on oxblood and shiny black designer's suits.She figured out that she was the only woman in their midst.The last figure that nodded to her words was the commissioner. He had a hidden smirk on his face. She didn't know if she was the only one that noticed his lips curved up and his constant mouth chewing.“Why are you coming in at this time? I assume that your a
“Besides, why are you acting so concerned?” He asked, pinching his chin.Raymond was mute and stared into a different direction.“Oh, I see that your likeness for her hasn't changed for one bit.” Douglas mumbled with a scoff.“What are you planning to do with her?” Raymond asked and threw a glance at Isa walking out through the gallery.“I'm still thinking.” Douglas chuckled.How did they suddenly become this close?Raymond's fist clenched. Did he just hear him say think?How could he be so cruel to a woman that helped him get to that position? A woman that accepted to spend the rest of her life with him.“You can have her if you want.” Douglas's words dropped like a bombshell in his ear.“You know I can't. You both are still married.” Raymond chipped in.He was eager to find out what the latter had up his sleeves.“Haha…don't force words out of my mouth.”“I know that you have always had eyes on her. So you can have her if you want.” “Huh, I'm not interested in her anymore. What wil
He suddenly pulled the car to the side of the road. Everything seemed like a dream to him. It's barely ten minutes since they drove out of the morgue and barely fifteen minutes since those uniformed men took the pathologist and the morgue attendant away.How possible could it be that they were both found dead? Actually the Airlines news station doesn't give fake information.“The pathologist and the morgue attendant are both dead?” Isa asked, perplexed.“How could that be possible?” He replied with scrutiny on his face.A while ago, three uniformed men who claimed to come from the Federal Government came and cuffed them out of the morgue.According to the news, their death didn't result from any form of car accident.Which only means one thing. Those men were sent to kill the pathologist and the morgue attendant.But why? Raymond shaked his head vehemently as a series of thoughts stormed into his head.If those men truly came from the Federal Government, they would kill only the path
She had a grimace on her face as her eyes scanned through it.“Let me take a look.” Raymond said and she gave it to him. His lips parted in shock and disappointment.He shot a hostile glance at the pathologist and felt like strangling him.“You had the original results in your briefcase, why then did you choose to tell us lies?” Raymond shrieked at him.“I am sorry.” Mr Fabian pleaded with a sober voice.“There's nothing to be sorry about. I know quite well that this is the same reason why the Government is desperately searching for you.” “You go about, giving people fake or forged results. How do you feel after doing it?” Raymond's tenor voice sent cold shivers across Mr Fabian's body.“Do you even think of the damage or pain you bring to those people?” “You hide the truth from those that desperately need it.” He said, his veins all popped out around his neck. He felt a little bit of exhaustion. His last words emerged out with a faint tone.“Who paid you to do this?” Raymond asked
At this point, Raymond couldn't ask for anything more. Their goal was to run an autopsy and walk out with the results, not to make a poor innocent man lose his job.They watched him as he went inside the frizzy room to speak to the anatomist on the phone. Raymond had no choice than to let him do his own part of the deal.“He will be here in at least twenty minutes.” He whispered to them as he walked out of the room.“So we could quickly go out and grab a drink, right?” Raymond requested, cutting an eye for Isabella.“Yes, you can go.” He replied with relief. Raymond seems to give him a hard time.While they were away, he wished they could disappear and never come back. To him, Isa wasn't the problem but Raymond was the problem he had.Minutes later, they both walked back inside the office energetically. Isa was holding two cups of the creamy juice.“You can have this too. You are a good man.” She said and handed a cup to the morgue attendant.He collected the creamy juice with a grin
Raymond couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't stand eavesdropping on the morgue attendant. He heard everything the latter said to Mrs Rhoda Bennett.He angrily pushed the door open and walked towards the man, stopping some inches away from him.Isabella didn't feel his absence. She was petrified the moment she saw her father's cold body. “Are you trying to sell us?” Raymond started, noticing the man's trembling lips.“What I'm I even saying? You were actually selling us, huh?” Raymond said and saw the man trying to hide his phone behind him but he grabbed the phone from him and went directly to the last call made.His jaw dropped in shock. He had actually assumed that the man was speaking with Mrs Rhoda Bennett but it was only an assumption until now.“So you are her accomplice?” “That's why you persisted on seeing his bio before letting us get access to him?” Raymond asked bitterly.“How much were you even paid?” He asked rhetorically and punched his fist in the air.“You know wha
Isabella and Raymond both narrowed their eyes in confusion. They got their mind wandering like wildfire. There's a lot of dots that need to be connected. For goodness sake, Mrs Rhoda Bennett earlier told the Corp that she went for an urgent business meeting.Since it was urgent, what time did she get to still register Mr Bennett's body to the morgue?Talking of how she walked inside the mansion; like she heard the news on reaching the gate.She even passed out in front of everyone.It could be that she heard the news during the meeting and went straight to the morgue from there.Or what is this whole thing all about? The witch is so smart that nobody has ever caught her in all her acts.“Please sir, what time was Mr Bennett registered yesterday?” Isa asked, curiously.“Ma'am, I'm afraid but I can't tell you anything more until you provide the original copy of the bio used to register him here.” The man replied and pinched his brows.Isa cast a tiresome glance at Raymond.“I can't be
On the express road to the city, Raymond had to ask for directions to the hospital where the ambulance came from.He couldn't bear seeing the look on Isabella's face anymore. She looked so pathetic, embracing the brown envelope like it meant the whole world to her.“Isa, I don't like what you are doing right now.” He mumbled and pressed the deceleration button. “What I'm I doing?” She mumbled, trying hard not to look up at his face.“If you are confident that you did nothing wrong, why then are you avoiding looking up?” He asked, keeping his gaze glued at her.Isa kept mute. She couldn't feel the breeze from the high speed of the car. She imagined that something had gone wrong and finally looked up to check for herself.“Just the traffic.” He responded before her eyes met with his.At that moment, she swallowed a lump. She felt wet tears gathering in her eyes. She must have been deeply in tears that's why she didn't notice it on time and now, Raymond's gaze.She just wished that he d
She stubbornly struggled with him. Corp Bellick's rage heightened instantly. He forcefully locked her wrists inside the cuffs and escorted her to the Hilux.He didn't care anymore. She must have thought that this case would turn out like the numerous cases where they got a special order from the general not to meddle into Bennett's family affairs.Not anymore. Not when Mr Bennett died a cold death. He knew the general and of how much he hated Mrs Rhoda Bennett.Perhaps, he would use this opportunity to reopen her formal cases; the cases that were buried due to Mr Bennett's influence.Mrs Rhoda Bennett turned around and her last gaze fell on Isabella.Isa bit her lips. She could feel the pit of her stomach churned in excitement. This is exactly how she would punish each and everyone of them.She knew that in no time, she would be granted bail. She assumed she would use Mr Bennett's burial as a key excuse.She didn't care, she just wanted to do what she always wanted to do.“An autopsy.
“But you know what, I aren't acting any drama this time around. I'm doing this for the safety of my health.” Mrs Rhoda Bennett mumbled and snapped her fingers.Isa ran her eyes over the latter's body in scrutiny.No matter what she said, she wasn't ever going to take in her words.She felt this was the only opportunity for her to pay her last respect to her father.That last picture of him couldn't leave her memory. She continued replaying his soothing voice in her head. She wouldn't have believed it if someone had told her that it would be the last time she would get to see or speak to her father.At this point, she felt like giving up on everything; her revenge plans. She felt like backing off and running away to a far away land.Because for some minutes, she wondered what would be her yield if she eventually won the battle.Would she be the only person to celebrate her victory? Her Mom and her father have joined their ancestors.What if she backs off and disappears to a far away c
Back at Bennett's mansion, Raymond drove into the compound at a high speed. He drove in with a high speed, not expecting to see any other car in the parking space except for Mrs Rhoda Bennett's car.There was a black Acura parked beside Mrs Rhoda Bennett's car.As she climbed down from Raymond's car, she stared intensely at the car. “It's just a car. Why are you mopping at it that way?” Raymond teased, following her gaze.“C'mon, we have to go in. Once everything is over, I am going to get you exactly this type of car if that's what you want.” He added and jammed the car door.Isa's gaze wouldn't tear off one bit from the Acura car. It didn't seem as if she was staring at the car in admiration.The car reminded her of something.What exactly? She mumbled to herself and racked through her brain.“This car looks familiar, right?” She asked Raymond with a curious glimpse.“I don't think so.” Raymond replied with a shrug.“If you say so.” She responded and turned around to go into the ma