"Sir, she was found dead in the debris of a construction site but no one knows who came for her body" he replied hesitantly and Ethan lifted his head to look at him."What are you saying?" Ethan asked moving from his relaxing position. "According to an eyewitness, she saw her with a man. From the way they were walking, he didn't suspect anything. He thought they were a couple until he saw the man lead her into the construction site. He suspected a foul play so followed to see what was happening. That was when he saw another man. Both men were masked and they hit her with a stick and left her there. She was lying there in a pool of blood motionless," the guard narrated as he had been told. "So she was murdered," Ethan concluded and pressed his teeth together looking very angry.Despite everything that had gone on, hearing that she was gone his heart shattered into pieces and his soul became sad within him."Get out and find whoever did that to her," he ordered and the guard left imme
"Yes, what do you want?" she asked with a frown."You are needed at the station to answer some questions?" replied the officer."Questions about what?' she asked."When you get to the station you will know," replied the officer."You know who I am right?" she threatened. "With all due respect, ma'am, we do know who you are and we only need you to answer a few questions," replied the officer.She frowned at the officer's response and fetched her phone from the table. She typed something and sent it. "You two lack manners and someone needs to teach you," she said relaxing on the sofa. The officer wanted to react but his phone rang. He answered it and brought the phone to his ears. "Yes, sir," he said "Okay, sir," he said and put the phone back into his pocket and looked at Mrs Carter.She is a Carter and things with them are always different. "Can we have a few minutes of your time," asked the officer."You have already taken it," she replied. "We understand you do know Ms Patric
He got up and stopped the video recording and posted the video on his social media handle. In less than a few minutes, the video went viral and some people shared it with the caption, family scandal. Mrs Carter saw the video and frowned. She has been pinned to a murder. In a few minutes, the video had become the most searched and read. Other gossip channels also picked up the video and generated their own content from it. "What the hell is going on, with my name pinned to murder?" Mrs Carter called and yelled at someone. "Ma'am, I am sorry. I am watching your social media handle and anything posted that has your name, good or bad gives me a notification. I didn't get any this time which is very strange but not to worry, I will take it down before it spreads," he assured. "You surely are clueless about how viral the video had gone. How do you intend to take it down?" she asked infuriated. "I do have my ways, just give me a few minutes to work on it," he assured. "Work on it fas
He read the message and there was a picture of Olivia lying in a pool of blood on construction debris. He dropped his phone to the ground and sat down heavily on his chair with his heart broken and shattered into many pieces. He got up and paced up and down the office recalling memories of Olivia when she was born. He was there at the hospital. Her mother held her briefly for what seemed like thirty seconds before passing away. The baby was given to him. He held her in his arms and looked at her beautiful cutie face. She kept opening and closing her mouth indicating she was hungry. Next, he heard her cries. A nurse prepared a baby's food and brought it to him to feed her. He fed her and put her to sleep. He took care of the paperwork and brought her home but his wife, Eva, did not want the baby in the house. She will not even look at her. Jonathan was just a two-year-old boy and Camila was still a baby. With his wife's refusal to help him take care of the baby, he did what he though
She was not sure what was worrying her the most, the fact that Olivia was dead, the fact that it was her fault or the fact that she didn't know where to find her husband. She left her room and found Camila still standing in the corridor. She walked past her and she wondered what was happening. She followed her and realized she was going out of the house. Unable to follow her. She went back upstairs and knocked on Jonathan's door. "Please open it?" she cried."What is it Camila?" he said as soon as he opened the door."Mum just left the house," she informed him with her hand holding her belly."So?" he asked surprising Camila."Jonathan what is happening in this house, It is past 10 pm, Dad is not home and now mum has also left the house and you comfortably ask me this question?" she replied angry at his unconcerned behaviour."They created their problem so let them fix it. What has that got to do with me?" he replied."Jonathan what are you talking about?" she asked."Dad is not hom
At the Carter's Ethan decided to get serious with Jacqueline knowing Olivia was no more. He sent her a message and she called him immediately. They spend the night chatting and Ethan felt it was a good distraction at the moment.The next day, at the Garcia's, Jonathan was awake getting ready for work. When he came down to the living room and headed for the front door about to step out of the house, the servant approached him and asked him if he would wait a while for breakfast."No, I am already late," he replied and went out the front door with the servant watching him get into the ride he had requested. She closed the front door and went back to the kitchen to continue making breakfast. Jonathan had only done fifteen minutes of his journey when his phone started ringing. He checked the caller ID and it was from the office."Who is at the office this early to be calling me?" he thought since it was just 5 in the morning. He answered the call and frowned. "Hello?" he said. "Please
The call dropped and the phone started ringing again. Just then a hand touched him on the shoulder. He turned to find out who it was and frowned."Geez!" he exclaimed and got up from the seat."Who are you?" he asked looking at the strange-looking man in a baseball cap, shades and a nose mask. "Come with me," said the person."I am not going anywhere with you. Who are you?" Jonathan asked again looking at the person's eyes.The person does look familiar but he was wondering who the person was and why the disguise."I will tell you once we are outside," replied the person and the voice sounded familiar too. Jonathan looked around and followed the strange-looking man out of the hospital. He realized he was walking towards the hospital's parking space. He followed occasionally looking around to ensure he was safe. He went to a parked SUV with tainted glass and opened the door for him. Jonathan looked around, looked inside the car and back at the strange person. "Don't worry, you are
"He tried to take his own life," Jonathan replied and Camila's hand flew to cover her mouth in shock.'What happened?" she asked after she had calmed herself down."I don't know. Maybe out of guilt for how she treated Oliva," he replied. "What do you mean?" Camila asked. "Wait did I not mention to you Olivia is our half-sister?" he reminded. "You did but why will Dad want to take his own life because of that?" Camila asked already feeling there must be another reason her father would want to do that to himself. "Camila, if you have a child you ignore all her life and when she shows up at your doorstep, you turn her into a house servant. Treating her like she wasn't human and when she got married by fate, you allowed your partner to destroy her marriage, will you be able to bear the shame when the people you adore find out?" he asked. "Well, it is shameful but unless Olivia is dead I don't see why that would be a reason for him to attempt suicide. I agree he messed up but that is
Ethan knocked and entered Camila's room and closed the door. The moment he closed the door, Camila came to him and kissed him. Ethan froze and for a moment didn't know what to do. She was heavily pregnant and pushing her felt like a terrible option. Opening the door was also not a good idea, what if Olivia sees them? She might misunderstand the situation. Ethan held Camila's shoulder and held her at arm's length pulling away from her. "Get a hold of yourself. I am neither your boyfriend nor husband. Do you go about kissing every man you are attracted to on the street? Have some dignity and respect for yourself. You make yourself too cheap and that is why you never attracted me and with this attitude, you will not attract any good man out there," Ethan said in one breath to Camila looking very angry. "You think I am cheap?" Camila said almost on the verge of tears. "It was one thing to be cheap and another to act like one. You are not cheap, you just present yourself as one," Ethan
At Mr Garcia's home, later in the day, Mr Garcia heard a knock on his door and he went to answer it. It was Mr Carter and a young lady. He invited them in and ushered them to the living room. "You are welcome," Mr Garcia said and Olivia stood to her feet looking at Mr Garcia.Mr Garcia looked at the young lady wondering what she was doing."Daddy," Olivia said and Mr Garcia stared at her."Olivia?" Mr Garcia said."Yes," Olivia replied."How? I saw the image, I.....I....," Mr Garcia said alternating his gaze between the lady before her and Mr Carter. "Mr Carter found me and saved me," Olivia replied and Mr Garcia instantly became emotional.Mr Garcia covered his mouth with his hand and uncontrolled tears began to fall from his eyes. Olivia got emotional too and hugged him."Forgive me, my daughter. I didn't protect you as a father. I abandoned you and watched while people treated you badly. I don't deserve you. I am so sorry," Mr Garcia said while hugging Olivia."It is okay, Dad. I
The next day, a Saturday, the news channels were hit with shocking news of Mr Carter being alive. Mr Garcia was sitting behind his TV when he saw the news of Mr Carter being alive. His eyes widened. "Isabella, come quick," Mr Garcia shouted from the living room."What happened?" Isabella asked as she descended the staircase into the living room."Look," Mr Garcia replied with his eyes fixated on the television set as he pointed to the screen."Mr Carter is alive?" Isabella asked in shock."So who did we bury?" Isabella asked and Mr Garcia shrugged his shoulders.Isabella sat down and Mr Garcia increased the volume to listen to what the reporter was saying."The city of New York woke up to an interesting news about Mr Carter the well-known billionaire whose burial service we held at the church a couple of months ago and later sent to the grave to be buried to be very much alive. As you can see behind him, he was supported this morning by one reporter when he was exiting the courthouse
At the prison, Mrs Carter was told he had a visitor. She was so happy. She left the prison yard teasing Mrs Garcia and Jacqueline."You see when you marry the right man. Everything works in your favour," Mrs Carter said and left knowing Mr Carter had come to get her out. Mrs Carter entered a room and frowned seeing the person who had come to see her."Who are you and what do you want with me?" Mrs Carter asked proceeding to the provided seat."Hello, I am a representative of Mr Carter. He asked me to give you this," the lawyer said and Mrs Carter smiled."Aww, my handsome hubby. I know he would always come through for me," Mrs Carter said and took the envelope from the man as she sat on the seat opposite the man.She quickly opened it to see the content. A white sheet came out and she frowned seeing the title on the sheet. DIVORCE. "I would advise you not to give him a hard time but just sign your part and you will be promised a peaceful day in prison," the lawyer said offering Mrs
Mr Garcia was immediately shuttered. His wife will be in prison for 15 years. "This is all my fault. I failed to put my feet down as a man and allowed all this to happen," Mr Garcia thought unable to get up from his seat. He watched as they took his wife away to begin her jail sentence. "What does this mean?" Jeremy asked Mr Carter. "I don't have to do anything. The properties will come back to Ethan," Mr Carter said. "Jeremy, you and Ethan have come a long way. I know you had your difference from college but I beg you to be a better person than my son is. Aside from honouring a great woman, he did something great for me, I chose Olivia for Ethan because I believe, that with Olivia, Ethan would be a better person. Just forgive him and let's move on as a family. I appreciate what you did. Standing for what is right despite family relationship," Mr Carter said to Jeremy."It wasn't a difficult decision to take. Growing up, I heard some stories about my uncle even though I didn't kn
"Do you have any other anything else you would like to present in defence of your client?" the judge "That will be all my lord," Mrs Carter's lawyer said. "Okay, this case is adjourned till late afternoon," the judge said.The judge left and the courtroom became noisy. Mr Carter stepped out followed by Ethan, Olivia and Jeremy. "With the way things are going how do think this would end," Jeremy asked Mr Carter. "Well, at least the side of Mr Martin and Mr Green is clear. My wife and Mrs Garcia may go down together. They worked together on this," Mr Carter replied "Will you reveal your identity and testify against your wife like you earlier planned?" Jeremy asked. "It may not be necessary with the way things are progressing but if anything changes, I will," Mr Carter replied.Just a distance away from Jeremy and Mr Carter, Ethan was also engaging Olivia in a conversation."I am so sorry for everything you went through," Ethan apologized. "It is in the past now. Let's just move o
"Mrs Carter found out that Mrs Garcia had filed the case against her and Mrs Carter decided to teach Mrs Garcia a lesson. The kidnap was on the stage and Mrs Garcia was framed. The documents here prove, that all the payments made from Mrs Garcia's account were false. Exhibit D shows Mrs Garcia's statement from the bank. The two documents were printed days and you can see, in one document, the numbers were manipulated to make Mrs Garcia look guilty," Mr Wilson said.The judge looked at all the documents presented. "Council, what do you have to say in defence of your client?" the judge asked"My lord, thank you. My colleague presented a lot of facts with evidence to prove his point. I must say he presented a convincing story but here are the questions; Mrs Carter and Mrs Garcia had conversations on the phone had always been about the welfare of their children. It was true Mrs Garcia misunderstood the late Mr Carter's choice of a bride for his son and assumed it was her daughter, Ms C
Ethan thanked the servant and left for his room. In his room, he sat on the sofa in deep thought of everything his father had told him. Ethan realized when it comes to life and living it, he fails to think on his behalf. He rather allows close relatives to think of him. In his anger, he never gives the one who offended him a chance to at least explain. Ethan lay in bed recalling lots of things that had happened in his life and how he handled them. Unable to sleep, he got down from his bed and exited his room. He wanted to go to Olivia but looking at the time he decided not to disturb Olivia. He heads for the balcony. The light on the balcony was off and the city light was the only light providing some visibility to the balcony. He entered the balcony and found Olivia sitting on the chair. He sat next to her and took her hand in his. "Olivia, I am sorry for how I treated you when we were married. I never protected and never listened to you. I caused you more pain than I claimed to lo
"Ethan, I am sorry for all the trouble I caused you during our college days. They were not deliberately done," Jeremy apologised and the two hugged each other. "Ethan, please stay and work with me," Jeremy requests and Ethan obliges.Ethan put aside his resentment towards Jeremy and they did a great job at the company together. All the guards Mr Martin brought on board to monitor everyone were sent away. The guards were unhappy but since they didn't have any contract with the company and the one whom they had a contract with had been arrested, they had no option then to leave. The operations of the company were placed back in the previous working system. Employees who were terminated by Mr Martin were all called back and compensated for the injustice done to them. While Ethan and Jeremy handled restoring the operations of the company, Olivia was tasked with handling the new client's request.It was soon 6 p.m. and Ethan asked Olivia to call it a day while he stayed back with Jeremy t