Casper caught it and so did Caddaric. The Callahans smiled. It lasted for just two seconds but they smiled. “Did you see it?” Caddaric asked Casper. “I did,” Casper affirmed. Now that they were certain that the twins had their humanity, they felt more at peace. “Florence, the woman who stole his wallet looks like you or is it you?” Casper showed the video to Florence and she was shocked. “No. I can never wear what she’s wearing,” she denied it. The description of the outfits as given by both of the Callahans were indeed true. Casper made a call. When he hung up, he said, “One of you better disappear.” Cal one stood up and went to the washroom and in less than five minutes, Madelyn, Florence’s mother, hastened to the hotel room. “You summoned me, Mr. Casper Blade. Did my daughter do anything wrong? I will take her punishment,” the woman pleaded with tear-filled eyes. “It has not come to that. Please sit,” Casper said politely before asking, “Ho
“I took your wristwatch so I could find you if I found out that I was pregnant,” she said truthfully, Cal’s hands tightened around hers. “Are you? Are you pregnant?” He asked with excitement that could not show on his face, erased by her response, “Gladly, no.” He hated the relief in her voice when she said no but recalled something and said again, “But it’s just a few days. Take the test again. In two weeks perhaps. We might even be married by then.” When Florence discerned the desperation in his tone, she was amazed. She thought he’d hate her and be rude to her but he seemed different. It only meant that the person she spoke with earlier on was the other twin. She no longer felt relieved when she explained, “I know because I saw my period when I woke up that morning. It was the reason why I had to rush home since I had nothing on me.” Cal’s lips pursed and he comforted her, “It’s alright. We can always try again. I just l
“Vikki supplies cleaning materials to the club and casino. Her husband joined a bad gang and was killed but I don’t think he fathered her daughter, due to how young he looked,” Juliet explained on the phone to Caddaric. Everything happened in her club and she knew the girl in the video and her mum. “Can you tell me where she lives with her daughter? I need them,” Caddaric asked and said. Reaching the academy that morning, it was not hard to find the bad seniors after talking to the Garnet maidens so Casper was dealing with them. “I will send you their address,” Juliet confirmed and asked, “Are they in trouble?” “I can’t tell for now but her daughter belongs to us. We already caught the senior who claims to have sold her to Don Frank. The latter died ten years ago,” Caddaric explained. “Then I think it’s the reason why Vikki had to work. She seems like the type who once lived a very lavish life. Once she said that if her husband had not died,
Caddaric received information from Casper that Florence had been marked so he said sternly to Sue, “I will send you to your real mother and twin sister but you shall both bear the same name and no one should know that there are two of you. Florence is the name of your twin sister. She would explain things to you.” Sue was dumbstruck. Twins? Now she was getting upset with the woman she had known all her life as a mother. She had been denied her time with her sister and she wished Caddaric had told her before the woman left. No wonder she was afraid and thought she was going to be punished but rather got compensation. “So, my name is going to be changed to Florence?” Sue asked seriously and was eager to meet her twin sister. “All your records and identity would be destroyed. You are Florence Garnet II,” Caddaric explained. Sue did not seem happy but when engulfed in the warm embrace of a middle-aged woman who looked like her, she began to shed tears. Madelyn was so
The Callahans have been in Mexico for three days. They were able to track Cleo’s location but have not heard any feedback, whether good or bad from her. They were getting worried and impatient, on the verge of breaking into Jim’s so-called mansion. Two days to Cleopatra’s wedding with Jim but she had not made headway. Every time, she insisted on staying back at the mansion when she had the chance and searched for vital information but got none. Jim never entertained maids. A cleaner would come every morning to clean and leave after two to three hours. Time was running out and Cleo was still clueless as to what Jim did for a living. Sometimes, she was tempted to believe that Jim was indeed innocent of all the accusations but her instincts would insist on him being guilty. Tomorrow, they will be headed to NY for the wedding so if Cleo did not step up, then she’d have to marry Jim to continue her search or give up on the whole thing after breaking up with him, which
“This marriage will give us their protection and we will not have to hide our business anymore. For as long as we use her to threaten them, they will overlook all that we do. Can’t you see that we can’t get more women because everyone is on the lookout for us?” Jim asked helplessly. Justice’s tone softened as he cautioned, “You have to be careful. I will go and check on the packages.” Jim knew that he meant the women in the basement and reminded him, “We are leaving tomorrow for NY.” “Then let’s have some fun before tomorrow and don’t bring her along,” Justice said and was about to walk away when Cleo asked innocently, “Does your friend hate me? You did not introduce us. Jim, I feel like you are ashamed of me. You don’t want me to know about your friends and family,” she faked being hurt, and somehow, her eyes reddened instantly. She had to do this as proof that she had not heard their discussion and did not know about Justice’s relation to Ji
Women lay on top of each other like sardines because the room, though big, was too small for them. They looked drowsy and just a few of them were alert. When they saw her, they were afraid. “Please don’t hurt us,” one of them said. Cleo’s heart was pained when she saw how they had still been tied together in their condition. Her knees touched the cold dirty floor while she comforted them, “I won’t hurt you but what are you doing here?” She asked in a hushed tone in Spanish because the woman addressed her in the said language. “We were kidnapped and brought here. Every time they come for someone; she does not return. We are starved, so we’ll be weak and can’t escape when given the chance,” she spoke bitterly. Cleo continued to interact with her in a low tone in Spanish. “But you look strong.” “That’s because I’m the last person to be brought here. The longer you stay, the weaker you get and get eliminated. Did they kidnap you too?” She asked pi
“Why do you want me to sign a prenup?” Jim was not liking it. A wife was a means of support in hard times so what if Cleo died? Then everything of hers would go back to the Blades? How ruthless. He arrived in NY last night with Cleo and was having a final meeting with the Blades before the wedding took place. Cal one had passed information to Claire to calm everyone but not make it look suspicious that Cleo was disguised and had not turned her back on the family and Junior as they thought before. “Did she not tell you? My granddaughter has a net worth of billions so how can we be sure that you are not marrying her because of money? Tomorrow, you would ask for a divorce and ask her to split her assets. We can’t allow that,” Casper said sternly. He came with a few other Blade seniors but since he was the head of all of them, he took over the discussion. “Then she would have to sign a prenup against my wealth too,” Jim bantered. It was just as they had told him. The