I got home after a while, I rested a little bit then took a shower while preparing to call Liam, I heard a knock on my door"Who is it?" I asked while listening on the door“It's Benny" She replied, Benny the P.I I said to myself before I went over to open the door"What are you doing here?" I asked her“Can I come in?" She requested"I don't want you in my house" I replied her while still standing in her way and blocking the entrance to my apartment“Please, I...am just trying to help" She said to me“Why?" I asked her suspicious“Because I don't think this is your fault, it's his and that son of a bitch should pay, please, just let me come in let us figure this out" She explained and I thought about it or a second "Come on in" I said to her and moved out of the way for her to come in“This place is really nice" She commented while looking around"Thank you' I said to her "I'll be selling it soon" I added"Oh, am sorry about that" She said"What's she saying?" I asked her so that sh
After they left my apartment. I picked up my phone and dialed Ana’s number “Hey girl, how are you doing?” she said once just picked up but I didn’t respond “Hey, Mia, are you there? What happened? Did you meet up with him? What did he say?” she asked worried“i…don’t…” was all I could muster up before I went silent again“Girl, you have to talk to me okay”“Can you come over?” I asked her“Of course I will come over” she replied and I was grateful for her answer “then we talk, right?” she added“Then, we talk” I repeated“Alright, I will head over the minute I finish up from here” she said “Yeah, pack a bag” I said which was a way of letting her know she will be spending the night over“Okay, then I have to go home before coming out okay?” she said “Okay” I replied“Alright, see you soon, bye” she said“Bye” I replied before ending the callI went over to the bathroom and took a cold shower, then climbed up my bed and wrapped myself in and sobbed, I have been holding in the tears
After he left I laid down and cried some more then slept off from there. After what seems like an hour, my phone rang and woke me, I picked it up to know who was calling and it was the private investigator, I signed and dropped my phone, after like two minutes it rang again, I picked it up without looking a the caller ID this time “Leave me the fuck alone!” I screamed“Geez Mia, it’s me, Ana your best friend” Ana said from the other side of the call“Oh sorry, I thought you were someone else” I apologized“Okay but what is wrong, I just called to check up on you” she said“He came here and got me a riled up” I explained“Who? Liam?” she asked“Yea coming here to tell me to choose him over my life and career and…and accusing me of not loving him because I would tell him to stay” I explained“Oh no, he crossed the line this time, am coming over so we can talk okay?” she said“Wait for me okay? I won’t be long” she added“Alright, am waiting” I said before ending the callI went to the
After much crying and deliberation, Ana made sure I had stopped crying before she prepared something for me to eat, which i took and slept off not long after. I was asleep when she returned to work as her assistant has been calling her that a client has been waiting for her. Ana kissed me on my forehead then I felt her cover me with a piece of blanket, I opened my eyes and raised my head up.“Are you leaving so already?” I asked Ana with a sleepy tone“Sorry I have to go now, I have a client waiting for me at the salon but i will be back as soon as i can” She replied“Alright I understand, go on and be safe okay” I said to her while she picked up her bag and keys and exitedI went back to sleep as soon as she shut the door, I needed the rest anyways, it has been a rough couple of daysAna’s POVRushing back to my saloon after leaving Mia’s house and my phone kept ringing and distracting me from the road which is very irritating, does she have to call every two minutes?“I’m on my way
"Hey girl, don't do anything rash, just put down the gun and we can talk this out" Rose my assistant said with her hands up but Ken's ex-wife just pointed the gun at her instead. "Shut up!" she yelled"Okay, okay, am sorry" Rose apologized "You" she said turning the gun again to me and I shivered "I don't want to hurt you, I just need you to stop seeing my husband" she said to me"I promise you, am not seeing your husband, if anything, he is the one that keep showing up. I don't want anything to do with any of this, if you want your husband, you can have him so please put down the gun, you don't want to do this" I replied as calm as I could, even though i tried hard for my voice to be steady and to not give me away, it still sounded shaky"Tell him to come back to me, apparently he listens to you" she said still pointing the gun at me. I was so scared that I was sweating all over and my legs were shaking if not my whole body, I mean I like the man but am not dying for him"Can you p
“I never lied to you, I never did” He turned and said to me while looking into my eyes“I know” I replied, nodding my head“I wish I could take this all back, but I can't so-” He dropped his hands slowly as he said this to me“I know you can’t say anything, I don’t even know what the fuck am saying but I mean it, I will give her anything she wants as long as I can have you” He said but I just sat there looking at him and thinking, If only I can see through him, I would know if he meant what he just said. If only.“She’s going to sue me for it and have me disbarred” I said to him softly“What can I do to stop her?” He asked and I was silent just looking into his eyes“What can I do to help?” He asked again but I kept my silent“I would go back to her like you wanted me to, I would do that” He suggested and I just nodded my head in agreement“Thank you” I said to him feeling that's something we both can agree on considering the circumstances“But I won’t be able to see you anymore” He a
I picked up the phone and answered the call“It’s Ana’s assistant, Rose” I said to Clara who’s with me after hearing the voice of the person I was speaking to. I could hear her voice shaking as she narrated an incident in Ana’s salon, that a woman attacked and shot at Ana inside the salon.“What? Is she okay?” I asked over the phone and Clara looked at me surprised“We are at the hospital” Rose said “The one closest to the salon” She added"What about the shooter?" I asked"We called the police and they took her away" she replied“Alright, I will be coming over now” I said to her before ending the call“She said some woman shot at Ana’s in her saloon” I said to Clara who has been waiting to know what's going on then I got up to go dress up. After a while I came out ready to leave then Clara requested to go with me and I accepted. We rushed into the hospital like we were been chased by a ghost“We are here to see Ana” I said to the nurse at the front desk“And you are?” The nurse aske
I walked over to where Mia and Clara were standing waiting for me“Are you okay Ana” Mia asked me“Yes I am, let’s go now” I repliedMia and Clara took me home, they bought something for me to eat on our way to my place, I pushed myself to eat as soon as we got in, I took the drugs given to me by the doctor, Clara and Mia made sure of that. After hours of talking, it was almost dark and the atmosphere was calm, Clara woke me up“I have to go now” Clara whispered to me calmly, Mia heard her voice and got up from the seat where she was sleeping“Really? You can still stay a bit more” Mia suggested to Clara in a sleepy tone“No, we can do this another time okay, I still have some work to get done” Clara replied“Alright, I will see you tomorrow” Mia replied, I laid down to listen to them motionlessly and Clara picked up her things and left. After some hours Mia had to go too since she had something to attend to and work the next dayMia’s POVI got home from Ana’s house very tired and st
Mia's PoVThe next morning I prepared and headed to the office, I had a plan and the plan was to expose my boss for who he truly is and what he has truly done. I know he is smart enough not to implicate himself so I have to be very crafty with this. I need to push the call ight buttons or all is lost. I don't have the evidence the P.I gave me with me anymore since they were confiscated by the police after Liam dragged me into his mess once again. I have to be really smart about this actually because I do not have any other plan, if this doesn't work, I don't know what next to do. I have just one shot and I plan on making good use of it. I took a taxi to the office, ones I entered the premises, I told my secretary to let Mr. Edward know am here and that I want to meet with him. After she made the call, she told me that he said to send me in, which I know he wouod,. He must have been curious as to what brought me back here with everything that is going on in my life right now which am
"He said one thing at a time and promised everything is going to be alright" I said sitting down on the couch and stretching out my legs. It's been a really long day and my legs are aching badly. A massage would be such a bad idea right now. I desperately need one"Ana, do you think am stupid?" I asked"What? No, not at all" she answered quickly and I smiled"You are a good friend and I know you love me but I need an honest answer this time please" I said to her"Mia, you are the smartest woman that I know, I don't think you are stupid, you just made some wrong choices that's all and hell, who doesn't at some point?" She said"I'm not so sure about the smart part" I said as I started to get emotional again and tears started to line up"Mia, opening your heart to someone doesn't make you stupid, you were in love, it's not something that you can control, we can't control who we love" she said in a sweet voice"I don't know, I feel really stupid, I feel so empty" I said sobbing"Hey stop
"Liam took me there to see a building, he wanted me to start up private practice there, to start my own firm in the middle of nowhere. His wife said some things about him being an isolator and a control freak and am seeing that now"This is bad Mia" she said taking a sip from her glass then her phone began to ring, it was an unknown number. She picked up"Hello, who is this?" She asked"Hi Ana, this is Liam" he replied "It's Liam" she said to me"What?" I asked coming closer and whispering to her to put it on speaker"How the hell did you get this number?" she asked him"I just spoke to my lawyer, we really need to talk to Mia, it's really important, is she there with you?" He asked ignoring Ana's question"No she is not, whatever you want to tell her, you can tell it to me, i will just pass it on later" she said to him"I know you don't know me like that but I promise I didn't do all these things am being charged for, am innocent. It's just my wife and her lawyer that is doing all th
Mia PoVWhen we got to Ana's place, I sat down like someone whom the body was present but the mind was absent. Ana went over to her fridge and got out a bottle of alcohol and two glass cups. We came over to the couch and dropped them on the table then poured out the drinks into the two cups, and slide one my way as she took up her own glass and drank from it, a slight frown appeared on her face as she did"Are you going to tell me what happened now?" She said taking another sip"He was laundering money and dealing with really dangerous people" I said still sitting still"What? Mia did you know about this?" She asked surprised"No, I did not. You know I can never involve myself in something like that. Why would you even ask that" I said looking at her"Then why are they in your house and taking all your stuff?" She asked still doubting that I didn't know anything at all about the crimes "He asked me to move some money into my account but that was to keep it away from his wife, not bec
Ana's PovI drove over to Mia's place after she said not to come pick her again, I waiting for over an hour but she didn't come in, so I went across the street to get dinner but when I came back up the door was unlocked and wide open and there were police all over the place tossing everything around and moving things. I was so shocked I thought I went to the wrong room, but looking inside I realized I didn't go to the wrong room, I am at the right room, all of Mia's properties were there and the police officers were just touching everything."What the heck? What is going on here?" I asked as one police officer rushed out to stop me from entering the premises "is Mia inside that house?" I asked the police officer but before he was able to respond, Mia showed up, she was coming from the stairs and has no idea about all of this."You again?" She said to the police officer that came out to stop me from entering the place, I guess they know each other or have met at least"What the hell is
"Good news, he accepted to let you meet with him, he should be here any second" he said and I breathed out in relief and my face brightened up"Thank you" I said happy he did me the favour"Sure" he said. Then the door opened up and another officer led Liam into the room in handcuffs. I should really get used to seeing him like this since it's now happening more often. After the other officer brought him in, he left the room"I will let you two talk" the nice officer said before leaving us both alone in the room and closing the door behind him"Hey, listen" Liam started but I could wait for him to talk not after what he put me through today and all the things I found out about him"What the fuck Liam" I said upset"Look, listen to me. It's my wife and her lawyer lover, they are the ones setting me up, they are the ones doing all this. I can tell you I didn't do anything. They had all this planned out" he said desperately"Do you know how worried I was, when those guys carried you, I
"Look the charges are all legit" he said apologetically but still confident"You should know that his wife is really on to him, she could have plotted all of this, believe that woman is crazy, I wouldn't put it pass her, maybe you should be focusing on her instead torturing me" I said upset"No, this isn't his wife. He has been doing this for a very long time now, even before he met her,tl this one is on him not her" he said"Okay I think am gonna go" I said getting off the car seat but he got off the driver's seat and stopped me "Please just calm down, I know this is a whole lot for you but being angry about it isn't going to make it go away and besides where are you going to go?" he said to me"No am not upset about what you are telling me, I guess am just angry at myself for not figuring it out on time. You think you know someone but–shit!" I said with a mixed feeling. This is just all too much"Hey listen, you know I really can drive you back to the city, instead of sitting here
Once he heard my reply, he parked by the side of the road and got down from his car"Hey, are you okay?" He said coming toward me, I became scared and alert I took some steps backwards to put a space between us at least to give me a headstart if something should happen. What is he is a psychopath or a kiddnapper or a killer? There were many things running through my mind and my insecurities set in. If anything should happen to me here, nobody will know because Liam drove me out here very early in the morning, I didn't get the chance to call or tell anybody where I was headed and now I am left here no phone, absolutely nothing on me but my cloth"Obviously not" I said still suspicious"Well, did your car break down somewhere? I can help you to fix it, I am not a mechanic but I know a few things" he said nicely. How is he so nice, it's awkward I thought to myself"No" I said keeping my eyes on him and studying him"In that case, can I give you a ride back to wherever?" He asked"Do you
It was a building, a complete building. I did not know if I show uod get excited or not. "Liam what is this?" I asked a little confused"It's a building, you can start your firm here. I mean it looks a little bit old, we can fix it up a bit" he said smiling. I stood there still confused, why would I want my firm an hour away the city? Was he joking and I specifically told him I don't want to go private"It fit the profile perfectly, it's spacious has all the equipments and fittings intact, you will love it, let's just take a look inside" he continued"Liam, we didn't talk about this, you didn't think this is something you should have mentioned to me before now? Instead of driving us out here this early?" I asked a little upset"Just wait a second okay, let's go take a look inside first, am sure you will love it" he said. I just felt that he wasn't hearing me"I'm a city girl, I love the city, I don't want to be here Liam, out alone here in the middle of nowhere?. All my friends are i