CARMENMariah was going to get caught – that was the one thing I kept telling myself after the detectives had mentioned getting a search warrant for Solene’s house.“The warrant is going to be difficult to get,” Detective Johnson informed us. “We don’t have something concrete to prove that they’re hiding something very huge. As the officers who had been there said, they might just be an ordinary mother with her college daughter, who must have been intimidated by all of the people wandering around in the neighborhood and probably told the taxi driver to take her into the garage for extra safety.”“They also mentioned that there was another car in the garage,” the second detective mentioned, causing my heart to skip a beat. Of course they had seen the Mini Cooper.If they decided to check the security cameras’ new footages from that day, they would notice the car pulling out of the garage, and they could possibly trace it back to me.“If her mother had a car and was at home, why didn’t
CARMEN“My husband attempted to kill his mother.”I stared myself in the mirror of the police division bathroom and shook my head as I said that. That didn’t make sense to say, especially since his intention was not to kill her.I had asked for the bathroom as soon as I walked in as the pressure of everything had taken a toll on my bladder and I had to let it all out. Besides, I didn’t even know how to start my sentence – one that would grab the attention of the officer that I would be talking to.“Do you know the missing woman, Mariah Hayes? Well, I am her daughter-in-law and I think I know who is behind her going missing,” I said.“This isn’t working, Carmen.” I placed my hands on my head.I figured out that I would have to come up with something right on the spot as that would work better and the pressure would make me think of something to say.I grabbed my purse and walked out of the bathroom to find the officer that I had been directed to.“You were in there for quite a long tim
CARMEN“What are you doing here without me?” Jasper asked, raising his brows at me and shifting his gaze between me and Detective Johnson.“Oh, I wanted to get some new information on the case. I thought you would be a little busy,” I made an excuse, but it was obvious to Jasper that I was lying.“You know I will never be too busy to get new information on my mother’s case. Did you come here to report something that you just found out?” He stepped forward, standing directly in front of me.“She didn’t, Mr. Hayes. You know that we wouldn’t find a new development without telling you about it. You’re her son, one of her two closest relatives,” Detective Johnson stepped in with a smile, helping me out of the money situation.“I think I should head out now,” I said, side stepping him and starting to walk away from him when he held me by the hand, causing me to stop.“Why don’t we just go together?” he offered.“I’m going to see my mother,” I responded, wringing my arm out of his grip.Once
CARMENDave and I pulled away from each other with immense speed, using the sheets to cover up our nudity as my mother stood at the door, unable to hold her balance so much so that she had to hold on to the doorknob to keep her balance.“Mom…” I trailed off, not sure what to tell her as she stared with her mouth opening and closing as she was also lost for words.“What…” She looked between me and Dave, pointing before she finally exploded and started to scream at us. “What have you done?!”At the reminder of her gravely serious this was, Dave and I got out of bed and scrambled to get into our clothes as my mother bombarded us with question after question.“How long has this been going on?! Do you know what you have just done?! Is this why you had Steve sent away?! Carmen, I’m talking to you!”“Mom, please!” I shouted, raising my hand to my head from the stress. “You don’t understand. Dave and I have been seeing each other even before you got married to Steve.”“That is not a good enou
CARMEN“Mom!” I whispered as aggressively as I could to get her attention and stop her from going on with the call she was currently on with Kate, but she stepped away from me and walked off.“How are you doing? Are you at home right now?” She questioned Kate, and I grabbed on to her hand until she looked at me so that I could shake my head and let her know that telling Kate about it would be a big mistake.“Are you busy?” She stared at me this time, firm and silently telling me that she was going to do it and there was nothing I could do to stop her.“No, I just wanted to find out if you had the time to come over to the house. There’s something important that Carmen and I would like to talk to you about.”My eyes widened when she said that, and I shook my head, but it was already done late. She was now smiling as Kate replied to the offer.“Yes, Carmen is here,” she confirmed.As soon as she hung up, she gave me her full attention and cocked her head to the side.“What? Did you reall
CARMEN“Jasper, did my mother call you?” I asked, standing up as panic filled my entire body when I heard his loud and angry question about me and Dave.“You’re not even going to deny it?” He scoffed, confirming from my answer that whatever he had heard was true. “Where are you right now?”“We can talk about this, Jasper. Are you home? If you’re not, go home and I’ll come meet you there. I’m on my way,” I told him and headed straight for the door, but Terri stood in my way before I could reach the handle.“No, Carmen. I am not going to wait for you at home like some child. Tell me where you are right now and I’m going to pick you up,” he ordered, the tone of his voice letting me know that arguing with him over it would do nothing but prolong the issue and make him angrier.“I’m at Terri’s apartment,” I finally gave in, not making eye contact with Terri as I feared that she would be disappointed in me for telling him where I was when he was that angry.He hung up the phone, and I gave
CARMEN“Jasper,” I cried out as I went for the second option I had after finding out that he had locked the door – I started to open my purse and reach for my phone. “Please, don’t do this.”“I’m not going to do anything to you,” he assured me, his voice dangerously low.In a bid to dial 9-1-1 on my phone, I made the mistake of letting my purse fall to the floor and took his attention to my hands to see what I was doing.“You’re not listening to me, Carmen!” He yelled, grabbing my phone from my hand and throwing it aside.He stepped away from me and raised his hands in the air to show me his gesture of surrender and harmlessness.“I said, I am not going to do anything to you. I’m not going to hurt you,” he said again, walking even further back.“Open the door,” I requested, causing him to frown at my request.“We’re not done talking. We need to finish this right here and right now before any one of us walks out of this room,” he argued, and I nodded. “The first thing I need you to do
CARMEN“What?” I asked as Jasper stared at me after his command for me to call Kate and tell her what I had been doing with Dave.“You heard me, Carmen, but if you want me to tell you again, I want you to call Kate right in front of me and tell her what you have been doing behind her back with her husband, who happens to be your stepbrother,” he repeated.“Jasper, you know I cannot do that right now. It’s not my place. If anything, Dave should be the one who tells her about it,” I told him, my tone pleading.“Carmen, do you want to get a divorce?” he asked, sounding over and done with my words.“Why are you asking me that, Jasper? You just said you would want us to scrap everything and have us start all over again,” I reminded.“And I told you the one thing for you to do in order for that to happen,” he countered.“She deserves to hear it from the right person, Jasper—”“And what about me?!” he yelled, interrupting me. “Do you think I deserved to hear it from your mother? Why didn’t y