Lusia stumbled out of Lucas's office building, her mind reeling from the confrontation. She couldn't believe her own brother would turn his back on her like that. As she walked down the street, she received a chilling call from an unknown number.The same number that has been calling her since the previous day... With the same words and the same threat."Hello, Lusia," a menacing voice said. "If you don't provide us with two billion dollars within 48 hours, your precious children will be shot to death. And you'll get to watch it all on video call."That one is new.She'll watch her own children get shot to death?! Lusia's blood ran cold. She frantically looked around, but everyone seemed oblivious to her terror. She almost got hit by a car as she stumbled across the street, her eyes welling up with hot tears.Desperate for help, Lusia remembered her younger brother, Logan.They had all separated years ago after their parents' death, but now she needed him more than ever. She hails a
"I met Lusia today." He announces at dinner and even to do it costs him a lot of courage. "Lusia? Your sister? Why?" "I didn't bother to hear why I just chased her away... She just affects me in a negative way." "I'm sorry to hear that... Are you okay?" Mika asks, placing her hand on his. He looks at her and opens his mouth like he's about to tell her something but then he changes his mind. "I'm fine now." "You told me you were going to continue the story that night but you didn't... Why not tell me now?" "Oh, where did I stop back then?" "Where Lusia called you a name while asking for your parents will. Did she really say all of that though?" Luc nods. "She did. She called me a bastard and asked the legal practitioner to share the will amongst herself and Logan. I was disappointed and hurt and angry, so I lashed out at them..." *Flashback...* That night, right about eight minutes after the burial is completed and the casket covered, Lucas walks down, all of his hair drenched
(Back in the past.)Lucas hits the ground, unconscious after something is hit in his head at the back. At that exact moment, Logan throws the plaque in his hands back at the lawyer who catches it immediately, afraid of his award getting broken.Lusia rushes to Lucas's back. "What the hell Logan?""Just knocked him out. You know stubborn he can be, he really can just go like that and leave it to years before this will is read."He whisks over on the lawyer. "I believe we are complete now. Will you read what you ought to read or should I make you too?"The lawyer shies back, shaking his hand in the negative and his head in the positive. "I'll read it, I'll read it." He states fast.Logan pats his shoulder like he's his boss or something. "That's good then. So, what time should we be expecting you at the family home tomorrow?""I'll be there by twelve pm." He replies, his voice shaky."Be there by ten." Logan finalizes and turns to Lusia. He pushes her out of the way gently and lifts pas
Alex paced back and forth in Danielle's apartment, his mind racing with worst-case scenarios. Her phone was unreachable, and her house was scattered, as if she had left in a hurry. He tried calling her friends and family, but no one had heard from her."Where could she be?" Alex muttered to himself, frustration etched in every corner on his face.Alex looks around a little bit more. He's Danielle's ex-boyfriend. He had come over to return her key and met the door unlocked. Some of the things in the house is already rotten, fruits and food in pans which means it's been a while since she's been missing.He decided to go to the police station to register her as a missing person. As he waited in line, he couldn't shake off the feeling of unease. Something must certainly, have happened to her because she won't just up and leave."Can I help you?" the officer at the desk asked."Yes, I need to report a missing person," Alex replied. "My ex... friend Danielle. She's been gone for days, and I
Alex picks it up immediately and presses the phone to his ear. "Hello Detective? Please tell me you have something for me once again."His sounded relieved on the phone. "Yes, Mr Alex. She's just left the state for New York. We tracked her card movement and she's in New York truly. We were able to reach her..."Alex's heart jumps in joy. "She spoke to you?""Yes, she did. She told us not to worry about her and to tell you the same thing that she's doing pretty good in New York. Nothing is wrong over there and that she got a job there.""Oh." Alex sounded disappointed but then he masks it immediately. "I'm sorry for bothering you then Detective.""It's fine, I was getting a little bored at that desk anyway. I'll turn in for the day, have a great ni... Oh, it's morning already. Guess I worked all night."Alex chuckles at his weirdness and him rambling to himself. "How about I make up to you for the night I kept you up for? Let me please buy you dinner sometime."He pauses on the other e
(Back to the Past.)Very early in the wee hours of the morning, Lucas wakes up in the chair and sees that he's been tied up with a long rope.It doesn't take him long to see that it's a joint of long ties that seemed terribly familiar and also that he's been locked in what used to be his own former room before he moved out to start his own life, away from home.He fiddles with the ties with his tied hands as well and sees that they were tied quite well and he can't even figure out where the actual final knot is since there are knots after every single tie.He gives up in about thirty minutes of struggling to find and lose any of the knots at all but he doesn't succeed.He leans back in the chair and takes a deep breath of his own room. It's stopped smelling like it used to, it used to smell of mint leaves, oh how we loved that scent and never stopped buying the scented automatic freshener that always kept his room sprayed.He turns his chair laboriously to look at the windows and sees
While doing rounds through the mall,. Mikayla along with other relevant executives and Danielle, her secretary are doing the daily checks to know which of the shops earn well and those that don't so they can be on their way."What about Hermes?" Mika asks as they approach the shop."It's earns better than a dozen of others.""Hm. What's their average weekly income?" She asks Danielle who checks the iPad in her hands."It's about four hundred and forty thousand dollars.""Okay, that's fine."As they walk on, Mikayla notices a woman behind them.She turns to look and she branches away, into another shop.Mikayla whispers to Danielle. "Make sure security keeps an eye on that woman, she's been following us a while now."Danielle nods as she leaves the crowd to go do what she's been asked to do."You all can go, I want to stop by somewhere."All the executives behind her all nods and excuse themselves to go do some other activities as well and she walks forward.She stops in front of the S
Mika holds out the chair for the young girl to sit in.Angela sits and removes the cap, letting her deep brown hair falls around her shoulders as she looks around the office, curiosly taking it all in."How are you?" Mika asks first, watching her as she retains her composure."Fine ma'am. Thank you for meeting ma."Mika laughs lightly. "I would meet you in a heartbeat. Your mum told me all about you then, even showed me pictures of you." Mika smiles, nostalgic. "How is she now?"The girl looks down at her laps. "She's dead." She replies, her voice soft and emotional.Mika crosses over to her side of the table and puts a comforting hand on Angela's shoulder. "I'm so sorry to hear that. When did this happen?"She sniffles. "Last week Monday."Same time that the Anderson's had decided to swap husbands."Naturally?" "No. She was pushed into the mouth of a moving vehicle and it..." She's unable to finish the sentence and fully burst into tears. Mika hugs her neck from the back and pats he