"All of my properties go to Lucas Santinello and my other two children, Logan and Lusia are to find their own ways in life, I babied them enough."In that moment, it was so silent that blood pumping in four people's heartbeats were loud and beating."Wait... What?!" Lucas yells just a second after the announcement. "Who is that again? Can you read it again?"The lawyer hides a smile and looks down into the documents in his hands again. "The name here says expressly Lucas Santinello."Lusia and Logan share a look of shock. "Check very well, he didn't mention our names?" Lusia asks, at the edge of her chair already."He did."Her face lights up immediately. "Now that's it. What did he say about us?""He said and I quote, my other two children Lusia and Logan are to find their own ways in life. I've babied them enough."The smile slowly drops from their faces.The lawyer packs his documents into one bag but he doesn't stand up. "As the will has been read, Mr Lucas, you'll need to come a
"Mum?""Yes, Maya?""Why does that woman, Connor's mum, dislike you so much? Isn't she supposed to be your sister?" She asks as Mikayla sits at the edge of her bed to read them their bedtime story.Mikayla bites her lower lips, wondering how to tell them or if she can tell them. She looks for help towards the doorway where Lucas leans on and is watching them.He smiles and nods..."Okay, rather than a bed time story, I'll tell you the story of two sisters, okay?"Maya nods while Miles turns his body to face her so he'll concentrate."So, once in a time, there was this small baby that was left behind by her parents at the door of an orphanage. She grew up there and when she was three, a family that had no child adopted her. Two years later, that family gave birth to their own child. We'll call her El and we'll call the first sister Em.""Em for M in your name." Miles mutters and Mikayla rubs his head fondly."Ever since Em became conscious, her family has always let her know that she w
Stella stares at the empty side of the bed that had been scattered by her husband very early that morning, basically less than ten minutes ago.She uses her hands to touch the side and it's very cold to the touch, just likes he's been to her for over two weeks since Price had died.Something is bugging him and she knows it, her deep subconscious knows what it is too but she doesn't want to admit it... It'll ruin them all.She pushes herself up from the bed and heads downstairs to get some things done. There's basically nothing to be done. She's not hungry and neither does Reese take breakfast before going to work lately so she doesn't need to wake up early to cook for anyone. All she's been busying herself with is house chores, doing house chores on end, cleaning places that aren't dirty and all of that. She's even taken up gardening as a pastime and while working a garden, she can take a rest and let her mind wander with the sunshine shining on her face, warming her face and warming
Lily's anger simmered just below the surface as she hailed a taxi and headed to her Dad's company.Anderson Affairs. She couldn't believe her father's audacity. Pushing Price down the stairs, killing him, and now trying to act like nothing was wrong? Unacceptable.Being stiff necked and... Just there, like nothing happened.It's getting on her nerves now that she's out of the house. She has to right the wrongs or Price will never rest in peace, and neither will her heart settle as well.She gets down in front of the company and glances up to look at the name glittering in the afternoon sun.She had always been looking forward to inheriting it when Reese retires, but now, if he retires tomorrow, it's getting liquidated immediately.Her determination only gets steeler and steeler as she pushes open the door to the company building and enters, completely walking past every regular protocol and just right into the elevator.As she burst into her father's office, his assistant looked up i
Luc's at work when the message comes in."Yes?" He asks as his secretary pushes open the door and comes in."I received a call that requires your attention sir.""Okay...? Are you trying to keep me in suspense? Come on, what is it?"His secretary takes a deep breath. "I received a call from Anderson's Affairs, right from the secretary to Reese Anderson, the CEO."Lucas looks up to meet his eyes. "Right from the boss? What did he want?""He says that Mr Anderson wants to meet with you...""With me?""Yes. He said for business purposes."Lucas's face hardens. He remembers their last encounter that he had gone to visit them at home. The man he left behind didn't seem like someone who would want to meet over anything at all.But curiosity gets the better of him and he's willing to know what Reese wants, what he wants so bad that he should ask to see him, for business."When did he say he would love to meet?""Today, if possible. He's actually still on hold.""Ah, I see. Tell him I'm not b
Already on his eighth glass of wine, Reese glances angrily at the large double doors of the hotel and he curses. "That trash bag."He swigs the whole glass of wine at once and returns it to the breakfast table where he had sat. He dropped a single bill on the table and proceeds to leave.Just then, he hears the door and then footsteps coming to that side. He turns to check if it's his visitor and sure enough, it is. Lucas strides towards him, one hand in the pocket and the other one swinging his car keys in his hands. He stops and then smiles, a supposed to be charming smile but in the situation, it's far from it.It's more of a mocking and degrading smile."Oh, hi. Something came up and I had to make a detour. Why don't we have a seat?" Luc smiles pretentiously as he pulls up a chair for himself and sits down.Reese smiles back, his own smile just as strained and pretentious."I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long?" Luc asks as he settles down."Oh, not at all. I came here t
Stella, in the dead of the night, wakes up and looks to her side.She absentmindedly noted that Reese is not in bed. She doesn't bother to put on her slippers and heads down the stairs, past the living room, into the kitchen.It's her kitchen anyway so she doesn't need any light to know where things are. She walks over to the knife cabinet and pulls it open. She rifles around, her head up, her eyes staring blankly into the cabinet.She lays her hand on the largest knife and pauses, then she pulls it out of the cabinet.There, in the deep dark, she stares at the tiny glint of the knife...The minutes pass by and she just stares at the knife, seeing it and not seeing it at the same time.Suddenly, blinding white light floods the kitchen and the knife drops from her hands with a jerk.Reese peers into the kitchen and sees her bending to pick the knife, return it and close the drawer."You startled me." Stella remarks as she walks over to meet him by the kitchen entrance.He looks into th
Coming back to herself a bit after Stella tells her the news over the phone that same morning that her father has said he's going to return the Wood's money since he's gotten another sponsor.She'd been cold on the phone.Returning some money does not and can not stand in place of a child that's been lost... She feels terribly cold in the house alone. All the ice cream in the fridge has melted and the food almost spoilt.She swipes it all into a large trash bag after setting aside some ingredients that are still good enough to make something.She looks at the counter at the end of her house chore and eyes the ingredients she had salvaged, to see what she can make out of them. The only option she gets is noodles since that's basically the only thing she does not have to go to the grocery store to buy.She opens the overheard cupboard and picks out one medium large ramen noodles. She proceeds to cook it to satisfaction and even the aroma of the food gets her hungry even before it is rea