Anna woke up and when she looked out her window it was dark out, she immediately got up from her bed and opened the adjoining door that led to Emma's room but her daughter wasn't there. She checked her heart monitor on her phone and saw that everything was all right. She put on her slippers, left her room and ran down the stairs to find Emma. As she reached the bottom of the stairs she could hear her daughter's laughter coming from the dining. She walked in there and she found Dylan and Emma, sitting down on Emma's playmat. Emma was dressing Dylan up with her toys and stickers while Dylan tried to work on his laptop. Emma was the first to see Anna and then she ran to her mother. “Mummy, you're awake!” She screamed and Anna carried her up and held her against her chest, relieved that she was ok. “Yes sweet girl, what are you up to?” Emma asked her daughter as she wiggled her way out of Anna's arms and ran back to her playmat. “I'm playing dress
After Anna's embarrassment died down, they all sat down for dinner and Emma didn't complain about her food being different, she ate everything and then took her drugs like a champ. Both Dylan and Anna put her to bed and they made sure that her wristband was on and her baby monitor was on. “Well, goodnight.” Anna said as she turned to go to her room but Dylan stopped her. “Anastasia wait.” Dylan said as he held onto her hand. “Would you like to join me for a nightcap?” Dylan asked her, Anna knew that it wasn't a good idea, she became a blabbermouth when she had alcohol in her system. “Yeah, sure.” Anna said going against what her gut told her to do. Dylan let go of her hand and they both left Emma's room and walked downstairs towards the bar. Anna sat on one of the barstools while Dylan went behind the bar. “So what would you like?” Dylan asked Anna. “Surprise me.” Anna said to him and then Dylan started pouring and
After taking out his frustrations on Kendra, James felt a little bit better but he still had a problem to deal with. He left Kendra who was passed out on his bed. She had red welts on her back and on her butt from where James flogged her with his belt and his handprints were all over her body. James put on his clothes and walked down the hall to his home office. He sat down behind his desk, trying to come up with his next course of action, he had to do something, he couldn't let Dylan win. He logged on to the dark web and texted his guy. “About what we talked about, I need to move up the timeline.” James wrote and he waited for the guy to reply. “When?” The guy asked James. “Next week.” James told the guy. “Do you know the target location?” The guy asked. “London,” James replied him. “That's going to be tricky, but it can be done.” The guy told James. “I want to be there when it happens.” James typed out, he was ti
The next day, after having breakfast with Anna and Emma, Dylan went to work after he promised Emma that he would be home on time to have dinner and put her to bed. Anna was quiet throughout breakfast, Dylan didn't know if it was because she was hungover or because their conversation the previous night was heavy. So he didn't bother her or say anything about it. Dylan walked into his office and as usual, Lucas was there waiting for him. “Good morning Lucas.” Dylan greeted as he took his seat behind his desk. “Good morning sir. It’s good to finally have you back.” Lucas greeted back and then took his seat. “It's good to be back, so what's on the schedule for today?” Dylan asked. “As you instructed, you have a meeting with Hugh, Luke and Kingston in thirty minutes and then after that, it's your meeting with the investors and the board,” Lucas told Dylan. “Ok, thank you Lucas. What of the other thing that we talked about, have there been any developme
After Dylan left for the office, Anna let out a huge breath of relief. She felt so awkward around him knowing that he now knew her deepest fear and she just needed some space from him so that she could recalibrate. She made sure Emma ate all her food and then she also made sure that she took her drugs. Emma was taking a nap and Anna decided to call her mother back, she had been calling ever since they left for London and Anna had been ignoring her calls, but after her conversation with Dylan last night, she decided to call her back. She dialled her mum's number and waited for her to pick up the call. Just when she thought she would be getting her voicemail, he mother picked up. “Hello, hello, Anastasia is that you?” Her mother asked and hearing her mother's voice after all these years made Anna sob. “Yes mother, it's me.” Anna told her. “Oh my baby, it's so good to hear your voice.” Anna's mum said and all of a sudden Anna started to get angry.
A day earlier. After James's father left his office, he immediately booked the next flight out of New York to London. The ultimatum that his father gave him motivated him even more, his father wasn't someone who laid down ultimatums like it was nothing and whenever he did, he always followed through. James texted his guy on the dark web and told him that the timeline had been moved up and he and his team were to meet him in London today, he would text him the address when he arrived. After he sent the message, he packed up his laptop and every other thing that he would need from his office and then he went to his room. “James baby please…” Kendra tried pleading with him but James didn't want to hear any of it, he was pissed. He slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground. “You bitch, how many times have I told you to not come into my office. I want you out of this house now and don't come back.” James shouted at her. Kendra held her hand to her bruis
“James, what are you doing here?” Anna asked him and then she backed away slowly away from him. James walked up to her and dragged her back by her hands. He held her with her back against his chest. “No, you're not going anywhere, and don't even bother calling for help, your bodyguard is currently occupied,” James whispered in her ears, and then Anna felt something hard poking her at her back, she realized that it was a gun and she became even more scared. “Now I'm going to let you go, and you're going to keep quiet. Nod your head if you understand me.” James told her and Anna nodded her head and he let go of her hand. She turned around and faced him, he was still pointing the gun at her. “What are you doing here James?” Anna asked him, her voice cracking. “Well Anna, did you think that I would let you get away from me,” James said, and then he ran his fingers down her face and Anna recoiled in disgust. “I'm with Dylan now, me and you are done,
After Anna had settled down, Dylan took her hand and they both walked towards the detectives in charge of the case. “Gentlemen, what do we know?” Dylan asked them. “Not much Mr. Knight, your security guard was hit from behind so he didn't see who attacked him. We've questioned everyone that was at the park and they didn't see anything either.” The detectives said. “How is that possible? A little girl was taken and no one saw anything?” Dylan asked them, he was pissed. “It's possible that she just walked away with them.” The detective said. “No, she knows not to go anywhere with strangers, she was taken.” Anna finally spoke up. “Are you ready to give your statement Mrs. Knight?” The detective asked Anna as he brought out his pen and notepad. Dylan squeezed Anna's hand in support and comfort. “We came to the park and Emma ran off to play with the other kids and her bodyguard Josh was with her. I set up under the tree over there whe