"We'll leave in three days" Giovanni emerges from outside. "So soon. I thought this time you'd stay longer" Roselyn says. "We have to get going, we can't stay here for long, be says as we enter back inside. We have dinner and Roselyn shows us to the room where we would stay. I process the fact that I have to share a bedroom with him for the first time ever as soon as I see the bedroom. My mind becomes flooded from memories of that night. "You can use the shower if you want dear" Roslyn suggest in a kindly voice. She then gives me a knowing look.She looks between I and Giovanni as we were awkward with each other. "Oh for Goodness sake stop acting like virgin couples. You're acting like you've never had sex before, Giovanni, remember Samantha, Evelyn... Camila" She says putting emphasis on Camila's name. My eyes widen in surprise and Giovanni clears his throat looking pointedly at her. She giggles and I smile, I had never heard an old woman giggle. "Oops. I'll get going now. Make
SOON YOU SHALL WALLOW IN YOUR OWN GRAVE MOTHER'S FAVORITE. I place a hand on my chest and try to control my breathing, was mom alright? Who was sending these texts and why? Try to stay calm Emily.Giovanni rushed to my side "Emily what's wrong?' I point at my phone and he takes it.He reads it his expression dangerously calm, like he was about to do something off the hook. "Do they know I'm here? Are we safe?" I ask him drawing nearer to him, trying to stay calm. He holds me and gently uses his hands to caress my shoulders "No one knows you're here. "What about my mom? I've been trying to reach her but her number is going through. I'm worried Giovanni" I say, my voice breaking at the end. What if something happened to mother? The thought alone left me shivering. Roselyn walks in "Is everything alright dear?" She asks, a worried look on her kindly face. I didn't want her to know about the texts. I try to smile but I was too anxious and restless, Giovanni's hold on me was what preve
I stare at my mother's lifeless body, it felt like I was in a nightmare that I wasn't waking up from.Wake up mom, please. Please wake up. I cradle her and touch her cheek, it was cold. Her lifeless eyes stared back at me and the image would haunt me for the rest of my life. My heart ached, I just wanted my mom to wake up. Giovanni holds me tightly and I feel his steady heartbeat on my cheek. I get up and stare at my bloodstained hands and look up at his shirt which was now stained with blood. "What are you planning?" Giovanni asks looking at me carefully. "Whatever you're planning to do, don't do it, just calm down Emily""Calm down, don't tell me to calm down, they killed my mother" I yell. I was angry and I blamed myself, I should have protected her, What was happening? Why are these things happening to me. I suddenly remember the threat my mother said she had received. What if it's connected. Whoever killed my mother is still out there and is waiting to kill me. Well they can c
"I don't, I don't understand—what does this mean?" I hold the paper up.I stared at the shocking evidence spread out before me. It couldn't be true, could it? He had handed me a stack of photographs, voice recordings, and proceedings - all pointing to my late father's involvement in an illicit drug organization.My initial reaction was sheer shock. I couldn't comprehend how my father, the CEO of a respected company, Rivera's shipping could have been a part of any of this. Anger and confusion boiled inside me as I struggled to make sense of it all."You expect me to believe this?" I exclaimed, my voice trembling with a mix of fury and confusion. "How dare you come here and accuse my father of such heinous crimes? What proof do you have?"Clark remained calm, his gaze steady. "I understand your disbelief," he said, his voice measured. "But these documents, these recordings, they hold the truth. Your father was deeply involved in this organization. I obtained this information through mont
Giovanni leads me out of the bathroom. Clark gets up as he sees us approach the place. I still had doubts about him and everything that was going on but I would trust Giovanni, it seemed like he was the only person I could trust right now. He is after all my husband. He was the only family I had left. "Did she call the police?" He asks. The tension in the air is palpable, and I can't help but wonder what Clark knows and what Giovanni is still hiding from me. "I'll take her home," Giovanni says to him, he nods his head and looks at me. "Take care, Emily," He says to me as I and Giovanni walk out of the restaurant with Giovanni holding me so close, I thought he would crush me as I entered his car, the bodyguards scoured every corner and when they were sure that we weren't being watched, we journeyed back to his home. Once we reached the mansion and I got out of the car, a feeling of sadness washed over me, if only I had listened to Giovanni, I should have made sure Mom and I went back
"What do you mean suspect? This must be a mistake detective" I say, he looked liked whatever I said to him would just go into one ear and out the other. "I was with my mother the night of the murder, I watched the murderer shoot her down," I protested, the memory of that night creeping into my mind. From what I've heard, if Reynolds pegged you as a suspect in a case he would stop at nothing to pin you down "I was the one who called the police." I admit. He furrows his eyebrows in confusion "You called the police? When? We haven't gotten any call regarding a murder for the last two weeks" It was my turn to make a face of confusion"What do you mean? But someone took my call, a man, he talked to me""Listen, whoever you talked to wasn't one of us There's no record of the phone call you made to the police whatsoever," He says as a matter of fact. "If you even called the police." He adds a tinge of suspicion to his words. "Are you suggesting I'm lying?" I ask incredulously. "Who knows?
What Victor Reynolds said to me before he left that day still haunts my mind, every second, day and night. The words that left his lips kept me awake that night. I was able to stop Reynolds from acting on his threat to Leonard. I resumed work and it seemed things were back to normal but that was not the case. In fact, things were far from normalMy mother was dead, my father is allegedly a drug lord and a criminal and who knows other nefarious deeds he had done and I'm a target of people I don't even know of. Giovanni's hiding something from me.And the fact that Reynolds reveals that whoever I called that day wasn't a part of them. So who did I talk to? How is that even possible? Was this why Giovanni and Mother didn't want me to go to the police? Giovanni already says the police had something to do with her death. But how?I groan and plant my hands on my hot face. Who do I go to to answer my questions? Everything was so messed up. A knock on my door makes me look up and Mark sau
I stare at Talia Kong in sheer astonishment wondering who exactly this woman was and what her past relationship with my father entailed. The only thing I knew for certain was that I wasn't about to relinquish control of my company.I rise from my seat, making sure to maintain eye contact as I address her firmly, "I have no intention of selling my company to you. Whatever leverage you believe you hold over me, I can assure you that you don't."A sly smile curls upon Talia's lips as she retorts, "Oh, really? You underestimate me. I have the power to destroy you." Her eyes, gleaming like twin orbs of obsidian. Her presence casting an ominous shadow. I raise an eyebrow, not backing down, and boldly respond "Whatever you're planning, I want to remind you that, I am not my father. I will fight back".She chuckles darkly, her eyes gleaming with a hint of menace "You see, dear, what you fail to grasp is that there are many others who are also out to get you. You're not the only one with enem