Double update!
“Shouldn't he be behind bars for murder then, has the law become selective now?” Rose sniffed still in denial.“Since it was self-defense, no. He's on the right side of the law. But would that have been your preference? To see your husband arrested?” Micheal asked. Rose was stunned as the word ‘Husband’ made her insides turn.But before she could respond, a deep voice answered behind her, “Will you visit me every day if I get arrested?” “Ethan?” “Mr.Sinclair.” “I didn't know you called my wife over without letting me know,” Ethan commented. His tone sounded displeased and made the detective shift uncomfortably. “My apologies, it won't happen again.” The Detective responded.Rose looked from Ethan to Micheal and back to Ethan, “You knew?”“Yes, but I didn't want to stress you. I'll handle it. Come, Daisy is waiting.”Rose felt her stomach drop. How did her daughter find herself in Suncity?“Why is she with you?”“She wanted to learn how to skate, that town is nice but has no prop
“What are you doing here?” Zoe fumed as she stood from where she sat.She was now three months pregnant and still staying in the penthouse Ethan gave her. She had a smug look as she walked towards Rose and rubbed her belly as if to rub it in her face. Rose ignored her and stepped forward. She knew Zoe too well and on her way here, she had thought through all the possible scenarios of how the conversation would go down but none of them prepared her for how she would feel when she saw the baby growing inside her.“Is it truly Ethan’s?” Zoe laughed, “What? You can’t believe it? I told you. It’s me he’s always loved. You were just an inconvenience and now we have been reunited. Don’t tell me you came back because you think he’ll take you back!”“I wouldn’t dream of it,” Rose responded with an eye roll.“Good, because I’m starting to think you’re becoming so desperate with the way you’re faking those unfortunate events.” A mockery in Zoe’s tone made Rose boil in anger. “You think I put m
Zoe’s breath hitched as she stumbled back, her eyes widening in shock and terror. The masked man stepped inside, his presence dominating and suddenly a large space felt too small. She clutched the knife in her hand, her knuckles white with the force of her grip. "Who sent you?" she demanded, her voice trembling despite her efforts to sound strong. "What do you want?"The masked man didn’t answer. Instead, he took slow, deliberate steps toward her, his gloved fingers flexing as if warming up for an early morning exercise. His silence was more terrifying than any words he could have spoken.“Was it Rose?” She trembled. She hid the phone behind her hoping Franchesca would open her voicemail on time. “You don’t get to ask questions, sweetheart.” He took another step forward.Zoe’s heart pounded in her chest, her mind racing with desperate thoughts. She couldn’t put a finger on who sent the man before her. No matter how much she tried, she had too many people she had offended and couldn’
“Is Mr. Harper in?” Natalie asked David, his assistant.“Yes, he is,” David responded with a hidden smile.Zane had always been reserved and never wanted any women around him. At a certain point, the media even tagged him as gay and suspected that he and David were a couple. Seeing him obsess over Natalie relieved the pressure of constantly planning his blind dates. Natalie smiled at David and said, “Thank you.” She bypassed his station and knocked softly at the door. Her face was beat red from how embarrassed she was from the previous week’s encounter. He ended up paying for the clothes and her mother having no shame insisted on getting more if he didn’t mind, so Zane left Natalie with his black card because his father called him for an urgent matter.As soon as he left, she snapped at her mother and they had a fight which led to them being thrown out of the shop.Natalie let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding as the deep voice answered from behind the door.“Enter.”She
“I threatened your pregnant fiance or whatever you and Zoe are,” Rose said coldly.“You threatened her to stay away from me?” Ethan asked, amused that Rose was now stronger than she was years back.It was rare for Rose to speak her mind let alone confront someone.“You think it’s funny?” Rose glared at him.“No, I think it’s hot and I just might have a shot at winning my wife back.”“In your dreams!” “Daisy would disagree!” Ethan protested. But Rose didn’t answer that. She couldn’t bring herself to respond for fear of saying the wrong thing, that might give him a hint that she was his real daughter until she was certain he wouldn’t take the kids away.They were in the showroom where they had a list of models that needed to be approved as the ones who were going to wear the jewelry they were launching. Rose looked at her watch. They still had an hour before the models started coming in.“Why are you even here? Need a new toy to play with?” Rose asked as she pretended to be unbothered
One week earlier…..“Good job everyone. Please make sure she is checked on frequently if anything goes wrong, call me immediately!” Franchesca said as she removed her scrubs. “Yes, doctor.” They responded as her Assistants took the file from her. Franchesca felt beat and her body was sore. She was one of the best female doctors who worked under Dr. Marvin. So, patients he couldn't operate on, she had to take up. Sighing heavily as she sat in her office, she pulled her phone out of her drawer and checked if she had missed any calls. Francesca was Zoe’s only true friend and the only one who truly cared about her without wanting to use her connections.Franchesca wasn’t from a wealthy family, she had to go to Med school and work very hard to be one of the best surgeons so she could take care of her family and fulfill her dream. Sighing when she found none, she finished her shift and went home. That night, she received a call from Zoe but she was too tired to pick up and let it go to v
“Mrs Sinclair came to me with an update and asked us to look into it discreetly.” The detective began.“What update?” Ethan asked. It had only been a few minutes since he arrived at the station and was sitting in Detective Micheal’s office. “She mentioned that the person she was suspecting to be behind those events was Zoe Smith.” The detective paused to study Ethan’s face.“Proceed with the investigation. Unless you did and you called me over to give me news of your findings?” Ethan raised his brow.“No, we called you over for something else but I thought you should know.”“What did you call me over for?” Ethan asked, running out of patience.“I called you over because we found Miss Smith dead this afternoon.” The detective sighed and removed his glasses before proceeding, “She was murdered and her friend is the one who found her.”“Which friend?”“Francesca.”Ethan nodded. He didn’t know how to take the news. He wondered if the ex-husband she kept running away from was the man behi
“Please calm down, Mr. Sinclair.” Detective Micheal stood when he noticed the temperature dropping a few degrees lower.“I should calm down?” He cocked his head to the side.Silence.“My wife was in danger and I should calm down? Shouldn’t you be arresting her?” His voice was so cold.Ethan stood and ran a hand through his locks, his mind was spinning and he felt suffocated. Anger bubbled inside him as the realization hit him.The roses Zoe picked, were deliberate. She knew Rose was allergic.Calls at awkward times.Every little thing he overlooked began hitting him like a slap in the face and a stab to the heart. Rose was right to leave him. He did hurt her. So much so that he practically killed their child himself. His grey storms turned to Francesca, “I will have your license revoked, and you will never work as a doctor ever again. Your job is to fucking save lives and now you’re playing God by deciding who lives and who fucking doesn’t? Don’t you know who I fucking am?” He stood