Derry went silent for a while trying to process what Devon had just revealed to him. If Mr Adam Shawn's account is still active, who is using it? He thought."What do you mean the account is active? Who is using it?" Derry questioned."His daughter, Lily Shawn," Devon announced.Derry went silent upon hearing Lily's name linked to the account and recalling what Devon had told him earlier about the account being used to pay the criminal who ran Lyla over. Lily is a good person, so why would she do that? He knew Lily and Lyla had not been on good terms initially, but they are okay now."Are you sure?" Derry asked sounding surprised rather than angry. "Yes sir, the payment was made directly from that account but through multiple others before reaching the contracted person. This kind of move is never easy to trace but my men are good," Devon explained trying to displace his competence in the process "My men will be picking Lily up for questioning," he added"No, wait, I will let you kno
"Derrick, Lily fainted," Derry said as soon as the call connected. "What?" Derrick almost screamed on the phone "I am coming over," he added without waiting for an answer to his question.He hurriedly packed the document he was working on into his cabinet, grabbed his car keys, and stepped out of his cabin. He realized he didn't ask where Lily was but already suspected she was at the same hospital as Lyla. He called Derrick back to confirm why Lily was. "Which hospital?" Derrick asked as soon as the call connected and disconnected the call after getting his answer.He ran into Marcus who was heading towards his cabin. Marcus frowned seeing the serious expression Derrick carried on his face."Is everything okay, sir?" Marcus asked with concern, reading the expression on Derrick's face which changed to worry."No, everything is not okay. Lily fainted," Derrick replied, and Marcus's eyes widened."Ask Rosy to take care of my afternoon meeting and meet me at the car garage," Derrick said
Lily had told Derrick everything Lyla told her at the hospital without revealing Lyla was the one who told her. Derrick was finding it hard to believe that Rosy is confident would do such a thing and hence wanted to know Lily's source of information but Lily went silent. Derrick who was sitting on the bed next to Lily, leaned forward, his face inches away from Lily's."How did you come by this information?" Derrick asked, staring questioningly into her eyes with a serious expression.His closeness to her face and how he was staring into her eyes made the simple question he asked translated into something difficult for her to answer. She swallowed hard staring back at Derrick. In Lily's mind, Derrick sounded more like he was questioning if he could trust her words."He was questioning her credibility. Does he ever trust her?" Lily thought.Lily's facial expression began to change with each thought of Derrick questioning her credibility."Do you think I have a reason to lie to you?" Li
Derry had just disclosed to Derrick what Officer Devon had told him from his investigation and Derrick was left stunned but his shock was slowly replaced by anger and he didn't fail to show it."What are you saying?" Derrick asked sounding a bit irritated."I am not saying anything. Just calm down. I asked the officer to halt the investigation. I know you trust Lily but I don't. I mean she is a nice person, but I don't know her that much. If she is doing something shady behind that innocent face, we are sitting on a time bomb here," Derry stated."Don't speak like that about my woman in my presence," Derrick chided "Wait, why are we even concluding? Is she the one managing the account? She just recovered her memory not long ago," Derrick defended."And how long ago did the accident happen?" Derry pointed out raising his eyebrow and sipping on his drink.Derrick angrily hit the glass from his hand and it shattered into pieces hitting the ground."Don't say things you know nothing about.
"So Lily is still using his father's account but will she plot something that evil?" he thought, still hugging Lily."I think, I want to go lie down for a while," Lily said in a dull voice and freed herself from Derrick's embrace and headed for the bed.Derrick stood rooted to the spot and watched Lily as she climbed into bed and curled herself up like a shrimp. He watched her for a while and entered the bathroom to get ready for work. He had dosed off in the car and only entered the house when the sun started coming up. He returned to the bedroom, dressed up for work and exited the bedroom. Lily was still curled up like a shrimp in bed.In the garage, Derrick got into his car and drove out of the compound towards work. His mind remains blank all through the journey. When he arrived at work, it was past 10 a.m. He parked his car in the garage and entered the building. The first person to meet him was Rosy."Hello Mr Mingle," Rosy greeted with a smile."Hello," replied Derrick trying to
Lily's steady breathing made Derrick aware she was fast asleep but he was still unable to sleep. He wished Luis was around at this moment but he was still not back from Mexico. He was handling everything on his own and didn't even know what was happening or how to handle it any more.He carefully got out of bed not waking Lily up and left the bed. It was 3 a.m. He took a quick shower, changed his clothing, and left the bedroom for his study. After working himself up with office work, he was now tired and he fell asleep on his laptop.Knock! Knock! Came the sound on the study room's door. Derrick got up abruptly, his face a little puffy from lack of sleep and the laptop keypad traced to his face. He scanned his environment and remembered he had come to his study. The knock on the door came again, startling him. He composed himself and responded in a deep hoarse voice."Came in," he cleared his throat to sound better and repeated his sentence.One of the servants walked in looking like s
Derry looked at the document in his hand for a long time unable to react. He searched his memory, trying to recall how this could have happened. Unable to find anything he decided to withdraw the case."If I filed this complaint, I could withdraw my charges, right?" Derry inquired."Yes, Mr McClean," Devon replied after hesitating."What is the problem?" Derry questioned noticing his hesitation."That rule does not apply to criminal cases. With a life lost and attempted murder, this is a criminal case," Devon explained."Lyla is still alive," Derry pointed out."Yes, but she was pregnant and now the baby is gone," replied Officer Devon.Derry ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He totally forgot about Lyla's baby."Okay, I will get back to you. In the meantime, do everything you can to make sure Lily is comfortable. If you can, move her to your station. If she must spend the night, I would rather she is at a place I can trust," Derry said expressionlessly."I am not sure abou
Lily had been arrested and put behind bars. Derrick had left to get her food since she had not had anything to eat. An officer was guarding her cell but he got distracted by the music he was listening to and hence did not see something was happening to Lily. Another officer heard Lily scream and he rushed in only to be greeted with a scene where the guarding officer was nodding his head with an earpiece in his eyes and Lily was on the floor motionless."Open the cell immediately," the officer yelled slapping the guarding officer on the shoulder.The guarding officer opened his eyes immediately, removed the earpiece from his ears and noticed Lily lying on the floor in the cell."Open the cell I say," the officer repeated.The guarding officer opened the cell but before he could get to Lily, the other officer whom Derrick asked to look after Lily pushed him aside and knelt beside Lily and checked her pulse."She has a pulse, call the ambulance immediately," the officer ordered the guardi