Amy watched as the lady took her seat. Amy studied her features. She was beautiful and young,probably two years younger than her. The outfit she had on was gorgeous. Her red hair was in an updo. One could not tell if it was dyed or not but the color did fit her. "Don't worry dear, have a seat," Mrs. Smith, who had not spoken for hours said. "I apologize, Alexander and Erin. You know mom and dad already. Busy as always. They informed me at the eleventh hour to come in their stead." The lady said, taking her seat. If she addressed them casually then she must be a close relative. "Your mom called me to let me know, don't worry," Mrs. Smith assured. She waved over one of the maids to serve the lady. She channeled her focus on Reynolds beside her. His face showed no emotions. It was blank and that was concerning because before there had been remnants of smiles. They were all gone now. Apparently it had something to do with the lady. This piqued Amy's interest royally. "Ann here is one
"Where did you get that from? Amy eyed her wrist. "I guess you must've seen the piano back home. Reynolds and I got this. We both loved the piano so much that we used to go to shows together. He had suggested one evening that we get a piano so the next day we went shopping for one. We did not get the design we were looking for, so Reynolds drew one himself and had it custom made. After that he got me this bracelet and I got him a key chain. Such great memories." Ann stared at the ceiling as though she was lost in the memories. Amy was in deep thoughts herself. She did not want to draw conclusions already, but this could only mean one thing. Reynolds was not over Ann yet or even worse he was still in love with her. This bothered her because she did not think she was up for the drama this would bring. She was not going to admit the fact that it stung for some reason. Amy shook off the thoughts and finished applying her lipstick. She excused herself after that. She met Reynolds in th
It was a fine Saturday morning. The sun was already out and Amy sat in the living room contemplating what she should do for the day after breakfast with Reynolds. Today, breakfast went without any surprise and now here she was, bored out of her mind as to what she should do for the day. She had not brought up the topic of Ann. She'll wait for the right time to pour out her questions. She looked outside through the large glass windows. The day seemed promising and she did not want to waste it. She'd accept in a heartbeat if anyone asked her out. By anyone she meant Reynolds who had barely spoken at breakfast. He had been deeply immersed in whatever he was doing on his tablet. Since that was not going to happen she had left only two options. She could get her kindle and read in the library or she could go out with her kindle and sit in the garden. The latter sounded refreshing so she decided on it. She stood from the sofa and walked to the staircase. She saw Reynolds descending th
She walked to where the supplies were and picked up a polished and sleek pistol. Reynolds came to stand beside her and did same but opted for a classic revolver. Both took their position at the shooting line. "Go on first," Reynolds said. Amy aimed with determination at the bullseye on the target board. She pulled the trigger,and the bullet went straight to hit the bullseye. She turned to Reynolds who only smiled and aimed at his target board. Within seconds, his bullet hit the bullseye as well. The sound of shots rang out intermittently as both focused on their targets. The game continued until it was left with the last shot for each of them to make. Amy could already smell her victory. She aimed at her target and just as she pulled the trigger, her phone rang making her lose her aim and shooting below the bullseye. She groaned. Who in the world would be calling her now. "Aren't you going to answer that?" Reynolds chuckled. He had clearly won the game. She whisked her phone from
Reynolds sat at his table in his study. He twirled his pen between his fingers. When he had entered the study and sat down, he realized he couldn't get any work done because Amy Bennet, the woman with his last name was evading his mind. Who knew he'd be looking to hang out with her. Initially when she was to move in his space, that is his home, he had psyched his mind that he would consider her to be someone who needed a place to stay and that she would leave as soon as she found another place. With that, he had been quite at ease. Because the thought of having someone else sleep next room had kept him awake a couple of times but here he was, looking for chances to be with her. How ridiculous of him. He couldn't help it but liked the way her eyes lit up when she got excited about something or how she had glared at him when she lost the game. Reynolds could have just let her win, but he knew he'd never hear the end of it if Amy realized he had cheated for her. He laughed, shaking
On the ride home, Amy let her mind wander to Diana Bennet, Reynolds mother and her mother-in-law. Mother in-law sounded absurd to her, but she had no choice, she would learn to put up with the name tags until she could get her freedom back.She casted her mind back to when she had first met her at her father's party and then when she went over to their place to drop off some flowers. Amy was a good judge of character and even though she and Reynolds mother hadn't had the time to bond she could tell the kind of person she was.Diana was quite short but what she lacked in height she made up for in beauty. She was very beautiful, most of the wives of wealthy men were expected to be beautiful but Diana's beauty had a particular softness and natural touch to it. She could tell that she was pushy and liked to have her way most of the time. Well she had to come up with a plan to stop her from going into Reynolds bedroom no matter what.The car came to halt, jolting Amy from her seat and cut
Amy and Mrs Diana turned in unison to find Reynold standing behind them. "Oh Reynolds, you've made me a very happy mother". Mrs Diana went over to him and enveloped him in a hug. Reynolds looked at Amy from over his mother's shoulder and raised his eyebrows at her. Amy averted her eyes and fixed them on her feet. "What did I do to deserve such show of affection mother?" Reynolds pulled away from his mother and asked."Your wife here just told me of your intention for the two of you to have children. And so early at that, I'm so delighted" She said and put her arms around his neck in delight. Amy turned to look at the expression on his face, fearing what it might be but still looking anyway. The muscles on his face had been stretched out taut , as though he was trying to keep his mouth shut.His eyes had turned into slits and immediately Amy caught his eyes,she pushed herself off the bench. "I...I was just so excited and before I could catch myself I had already spilled the news and
Reynolds sat in his seat, swiveling from side to side. After leaving the office last night he had assigned two guards to trail Luke and keep an eye on him. Reynolds knew he had to do more than just watch him but he couldn't trust himself not to go into blind fury and beat the crap out of Luke.He hated sympathy, he was ruthless to his enemies, surely Luke was an enemy now and he was going to deal with him as such. This was why he did not fancy the idea of keeping friends. After what Nicholas and Ann did to him, he decided not to let anyone in but Luke was easy, he was always there, even with his occasional spells of anger, he was still stuck and he had come to love being around him and his wife.Not anymore, Luke had taken a document very crucial to the survival of his father's company, something that could destroy the company if it landed in the wrong hands. At that point Luke was dragged into the office by two bodyguards. "Let go of me!' he struggled."Luke, have a seat, ' Reynol
Reynolds was shocked while listening to detective Jones.An enemy in disguise indeed .He didn’t know how to tell Amy but he had to tell her somehow .He had to figure it out .Meanwhile ,At the Smith ‘s house poor Ava was on a call with one of her friends when she heard a sound on the door .Two policemen entered as soon as she turned the knob.Hello miss Ava Smith ,I’m Sergeant Eliot with my colleague Sergeant Collins you’re under arrest for the possession of herd drugs and frame up .You do not have to say anything as this may harm you.Her dad tried intervening but Ava was silent as they led her to the vehicle .Tell me who’s the culprit Reynolds ,why are you quiet say something .Is it someone I trust ,someone close to me ,one of my friends ?Please say something .This suspense is killing me .Amy said Amy calm down.I know it’s hard to believe but Ava is behind this .Ava?Amy screamed in shock oooh wow but why will she do something like this ?I haven't offended her in any way and I’m
The next day, detective Jones called to inform Reynolds about the current developments.He informed Reynolds that he had in possession the parcel of cocaine that was found in Amy‘s bag. Meanwhile, Amy was seated close to Reynolds, listening to the whole conversation, but decided not to contact any of her friends to inform them about the current developments.She didn’t even want to know what they had gone through at the detectives office. She had been so down lately and decided to ghost them since that last incident .Her last trimester has been so tiring that she had to stay at home Detective Jones informed Reynolds that he was done with the interrogation, and the next thing to do was to call all attended people for fingerprints, and that will be the final straw of the investigation.I believe after this we’ll know who the real culprit it .Thank you for trusting me and I’d like to start with your mom and Amy,s mom first Mr.Reynolds ,he added.Reynolds quickly put a phone through hi
Detective Jones held what he wanted in his arms but covered so as not to destroy the evidence .It was the parcel of cocaine that had been found in Amy’s bagHe was so confused at the moment as to whether to take the evidence to work or leave it in his apartment.After several questioning ,he decided to leave it at home .The Bennets were still worried that the case was taking more than usual because they wanted to clear this up and plan for their wedding meanwhile the twins and Ava were preparing for their interrogation.Lieutenant Hoffman put a call across Sergeant Arnold and asked him to be available in his office in a minute.When he arrived ,he questioned if he had seen someone enter his office that morning but the sergeant replied in negative .Detective Jones arrived at the office later than usual .He was already expecting a tense environment.He had two more persons to interview the twins and Ava.Why had he not thought about her ,she was also close to Amy .He decided he wouldn
"How could you tell that detective that I had issues with Amy?" Sarah screamed at Jessie. Without waiting for her to reply she launched again, "and you eavesdropped on my phone call? Jess you eavesdropped on my phone call with my husband and went ahead to snitch on me to make yourself look good". "I did not snitch on you Sarah at least it was not my intention to, he was just so persistent and made me say it" Jessie said slowly. "How could you throw her under the bus to save yourself Jessie?" Ava asked and shook her head in disappointment.The first day of the interrogations had ended with only Jessie and Sarah being the first two to be interrogated. Ava had asked everyone to meet after the whole day to get to know what happened and as a form of emotional support but things were gradually going South between Sarah and Jessie. "I…I didn't know what to say Sarah. It was like he was seeing into my soul and I couldn't shake the feeling off that was why I told him the first thing that
Detective Jones picked up the next file in front of him; the name on it read Sarah O’Brien, she was Luke's wife. Luke who happened to be the personal assistant to Reynolds Bennet and his close friend too. In a way she was the closest to the Bennet’s and would probably have more information than any other person could. He flipped open his note to where Sarah’s name was scribbled and peered at it, so far he had not been able to deduce any falling out or argument between her and Amy but that was the scary thing. The hidden resentments were usually the worst because when it manifested it usually was fatal. A knock sounded on the iron door and he pushed his chair back and rose to his feet, it was time for the next person.“Sarah O’Brien right?” detective Jones asked and stretched his hand to the woman at the door. “Yes,” Sarah said and took his hand. “Please step into the room” he said and moved to one side, giving her just enough space to go in. He watched her walk into the room and
Detective Jones stood behind the door of the compact sized room used as storage for the numerous files which harbored the cases that had been brought to the station since it had been erected. Cases some of which had been investigated properly while some cast away and long forgotten, their files now accumulated with dust and fraying at the edges. They filled the room at one end and spilled into the other end at one side. Detective Jones had spent half of the night moving and shoving things to one side of the room, leaving the other side of the room bare but which now had a small table with two chairs one on each side of the table sitting in it. He planned to convert the room into a makeshift interrogation room just like the one they had and used in the headquarters when they brought in people for questioning.Detective Jones yanked the cranky door open and strolled into the room, he walked towards the only window in the room and pushed it open, letting the slant ray of sunlight fil
Amy weaved through the throng of people as she made her way to the table where her friends sat. Sarah stood up and hugged her as well as she could, given that the size of her stomach had increased by 3 since the last time they had met, which was at her baby shower. “How are you doing Amy? You refused to see any of us for almost a week since that incident” Sarah said and led her to a seat. “Are you finally out from your hiding?” Carie said and placed her hand on Amy’s lap. “I wasn’t in hiding, I just needed to get some things straight” Amy said to them.“We were all so worried about you Amy, we called your office but your secretary said you were not yet on seat. You refused to take our calls or respond to our messages, I hope you don’t blame us for what happened that day” Ava said. “I am fine guys but there is a problem, I am not allowed to speak or talk to anyone who was present during the baby shower because there is going to be an investigation because I was obviously framed fo
Reynolds sat in the waiting area waiting for the police superintendent. It had been 3 days since Amy's arrest and their last meeting and he couldn’t let it pile up any longer, he came in early in the morning because he needed to do something about the whole situation. He had contacted Luke the night before and they discussed strategies and plans to go about Amy’s case and how to prove that she was not guilty and they had come up with plans which he was here to try out.The door to the office opened and the man stepped out and gestured for Reynolds to come in. “Mr. Bennet please come in” he said and Reynolds followed him into the office he had been in for like the 5th time in one week. “I want to know what types of investigations are being carried out on my wife’s case,” Reynolds asked. “Well Mr. Bennet, we have not yet commenced investigations on your wife’s case” the superintendent said and rapped his fingers on the table.Reynolds was having a feeling that at this point this cou
“Mr. Bennet I’m sorry but that will be quite difficult to achieve at this moment. We don’t take it likely with drug offenders and the case has been transferred to the DEA’s table” the police superintendent said to a grim faced Reynolds who was sitting in front of him. “How is that even possible? You arrested my wife last night and in the space of less than 24 hours the case has been transferred to the DEA’s table? I know the amount of paperwork involved in transferring cases Mr. Superintendent so do not try to fuck with me. I want my wife’s case transferred to the headquarters” Reynolds said again. “Mr. Bennet I’m afraid that cannot happen, this is my jurisdiction and it is a sensitive case which…” “Don’t tell me it’s a sensitive case Goddammit” Reynolds shouted and banged the table in front of him with a clenched fist. “I want my wife out of that cell this minute and for her case to be transferred to the headquarters or else I will subtly fuck you up in ways you cannot imagine