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BLAIR’S POV “When I found out you were family, I didn’t know how to tell you.I wasn’t sure how you’d react, because heck, it took months and I also didn’t know how to react. I wanted to be mad that father never looked for me, but with a daughter like you, how could I be?It’s sad that things have to end like this,But I am just glad to have met you and also shared moments of bliss with you. Jane is not who she says she is. She owns a couple of properties that you could trace her misdeeds to, Down town…”I listened to Steven’s message over and over and over again. The first part of his message always brought tears to my eyes. It was a voice message, delivered in his last moments, without the knowledge of Brian and my father. Since Steven did not give them the permission to listen to it, I didn’t either. The message was on Steven’s iPad and it had automatically become mine. It had been seven days since Steven’s demise and his funeral service was two days ago. In all the days
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BLAIR’S POVRight after dinner, my father followed me to my room and continually tried to persuade me to stay. “We all just can’t leave,” he said,“Someone would need somebody,” “Well, I am afraid, I cannot be that person, father,” I countered. I did not want to stay. I couldn’t. My heart was set on uncovering Jane’s schemes and I had her thoughts at the back of my head, all through the period of our mourning. I had kept the information I had on Jane as a secret and all that Steven was trying to uncover, just before he passed. Deep in my heart, I knew that this was up to me. It was the reason Steven delivered the message to me, and not anyone else.We both knew that Brian was likely to react violently, taking the law into his hands, and my father was likely to not believe a word that we said, unless we had concrete evidence. As far as Ashley and my father were concerned, Jane was an angel, and until we are able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that she was not what he thought
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BLAIR’S POV “Happy Birthday, my love,” Jane gave my father another peck. No one was more confused than I was. My father seemed pretty surprised too, but if he was, who told Jane that we were going to be returning today?I watched my father’s confusion slowly melt into a smile. He then gave Jane a tight hug and followed with a kiss on her forehead. “Thank you so much, my love,” he appreciated. “Aww,” the crowd exclaimed and clapped, like they were witnessing some top tier love story. I was blown away with disgust. ‘How could my father be so welcoming of her?’ Jane had abandoned my father in the hospital for weeks. She hoped that he would die, after cutting him off every medical service. Now she shows up with a surprise birthday party and that was it?Everything was blown away, just like that?“Common, everybody, the party is outside,” Jane announced. Everyone delightedly went out, except me, who just headed straight to my room, the attic. I couldn’t bear to watch this eye sor
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BRIAN’S POV I was more devasted than I had ever been. ‘The sting of betrayal from Stacy and her stupid cousin?’Well, to be fair, that did not surprise me much.‘The death of the longest living family I had?’Steven had been the most instrumental person in my life and I never imagined my life for a day without him. Living days, running into weeks without him felt very surreal. I keep wishing everyday that he at least told me, before taking the decision of exchanging his life for Mr. Williams. However, I understood his decision not to.Never in a million years would I have consented to him making such a switch. As much as Mr. Williams was important to his family, I still didn’t think that Steven was a fair price. I still thought that it was quite a heavy price and an unfair trade. Coming to terms with it was not a reality I was willing to adopt. I spent all my days at his grave side in the mission, and fully ran the company from home. ‘Blair turning down my marriage proposal
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BLAIR’S POVWith a public declaration of war, I could not comfortably live in the house. It felt like I was walking on egg shells and constantly had to watch my back, since it was impossible to tell what Jane had up her sleeves.I spent most of my time around my father and while I kept waiting for him to at least, question Jane on why she had to lie about my identity, he said nothing. My heart sank into worry, with every passing day and I had nothing to do, but continue living in the peace they were all trying to pose. Father never questioned her lying about my identity and Ashley went about, being the perfect daughter to Jane and my father. Every time I would complain to my father about not questioning Jane’s running of the company, or any of her decisions at all, he would say, “Jane has equally been through so much,Making tons of sacrifices for the family and company.She deserves a break, but because of me, she doesn’t get any.I know it’s hard for you, Princess,But try to g
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BLAIR’S POV “I’m sure you were never at the company, Miss. Williams,” Jennifer said, right after I narrated my both encounters at the company to my father. “What?” I blurted, my jaw dropped.‘Was this a joke?’ My mind was running wild. “I was at the company a few weeks ago, and you personally told me that the company was in a bad place,” I said, my tone was gradually rising and I was losing all my mind. “Uhm, Miss. Williams,” Jennifer called softly. “I haven’t seen you in the office since forever,” she said, “But I am sure that even if you were here, I couldn’t have given you the report of a struggling company,” “Mrs. Jane Williams manages the company well, and we have not had a reason to struggle.”“She works tirelessly to see that the company runs smoothly and even without paying herself, she reinvests to boost the company’s capital.” Jennifer said, avoiding eye contact with me. When I observed critically, I noticed her gaze was more distant than it was. She was scared and
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BLAIR’S POVIt was almost immediately I dropped Sebastine’s call that Jennifer walked out of the office and was coming towards me in the garden. The garden in the company’s premises was a small one, planted and nursed by my mother, as I learned. I took my eyes away from her the moment I saw her, expressing how much disgust I was filled with. “Your father is worried about you and asks that I get you,” she said. I rolled my eyes and paid almost no attention at all to her. “Miss. Williams,” she called, trying to look into my face. “Blair?” she called again. “Stay away from me, you coward and traitor,” I yelled in her face, pushing her away from me. Luckily, she didn’t fall to the ground and I was delighted about that. I still found my heart very concerned about her. Jennifer took a deep breath and took a few steps closer to me. I could not believe her nerves. “Blair, listen to me,” she said softly. “Not only is my life at stake, my boyfriend’s life is equally on the line.”T
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BLAIR’S POV Jane and I followed the police officers to the hospital, where we identified Jane’s body. Tears were flowing down my cheeks, in never ending streams. “So, her vehicle last control and she drove right into a tree, setting her car bonnet on fire,” the police officer explained, showing us footage from the cameras on the road. “The police on duty in that street were able to get to her on time and put out the fire, but she was badly injured and by the time we arrived her, she had given up on fighting.” His every word only took another chunk of my soul. “Excuse me,” I said, requesting the tablet from the police man. After watching the footage, a couple of times, I noticed a tiny shot into the tire at the driver’s seat, just before she lost control. I played the video again in slow motion and confirmed my suspicion. “This doesn’t look like an accident,” I said, pinching the curiosity of the police officers and also Jane. “Officer, this is a clear case of assassination,”
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BLAIR’S POV My family was happy. I just became the owner of one of the high-ranking companies in Vegas. My boy just turned one, how could I not be ready. Now I could categorically say that my life had never been happier. All I had been fighting for, for as long as I could remember and now had, and the very last thing on my list, was getting married to the one man that had been able to love me, through thick, thin, storm, hails, the rain of fire, brimstone and Sulphur. Through fairly good times and the bad times, through moments where I struggled to love myself. I couldn’t be more delighted. Contrary to Brian’s request, we were having a quiet wedding with the people that mattered the most to us. The very ones who watched our love story began in the craziest of ways, the ones who loved us through the toughest times and encouraged us to love each other through what felt like the possible. Tears flowed down my cheeks, with no apologies whatsoever to my makeup, as II walked down the
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BLAIR’S POV I stood in front of the court, with a racing heart. For the last three months, we had been going back and forth with the company’s case in court and this was the day for the court’s final verdict. With Jennifer’s help, we were able to pull down some of the board members, who were then in the picture and they had given their testimonies to the best of their knowledge at the time.Some of them had also patched their relationship with my father, understanding that at the time, he was being manipulated and couldn’t have been able to help himself. The others thought it was wise to maintain their distance, saying that they were only offering the help they could for mine and Jennifer’s sake and didn’t think it was necessary to have a continuing relationship with my father. In it and through it all, we were grateful that they even showed up, some of which were outside the country already, but all returned for a justifiable cause.“Common, let’s go. I know we have this.” Brian
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BLAIR’S POV “Blair!” she ran to me with a hug,This was not one of Jennice’s tricks at all. It really was Jennifer. I was filled with awe. “What?” Jennice asked. “You really didn’t think I was going to let that evil sister of mine kill my only child, did you?” Jennice asked.“What?” I was still stunned. All of me was vibrating. “Oh, sit down.” Jennice said. “I had Jennifer when I was quite young and since my stupid lover would not take me and the child and I was still trying to find my foot in the world I was left to live in, I couldn’t keep her.” Jennice began to explain. “I figured it would be better for her to be in an orphanage, than out here with me and so I took her there.” “It ached my heart that I began to travel a lot and lost track of keeping an eye on her, so she began to go through so much stress.”“When I returned to fix it, I realized my twin sister was after her life.”“Jennifer really was involved in that accident that day, but I stole her from the vehicle and
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BLAIR’S POV “I could not believe my ears. “Please, show up alone first.’ She pleaded. Before could be asked twice, I fled out of the house, swiping the keys to the car from the table.It wasn’t long after I left the house that I got a text with a location. I diligently followed, not thinking about whether or not I was going to get myself in trouble, or probably kidnapped. I still had my suspicions on who had called and all I could call it was suspicion, since I wasn’t sure yet and it would have been the most unbelievable thing. I followed the location and arrived almost in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing but trees all round I was beginning to think this was some prank call or an attempt at being kidnapped. If it was, I couldn’t even be mad and all I could now do was pray to be successfully out of here. ‘Maybe I had reacted a little too quickly.’‘What was I even thinking?’ I was lamenting and asking questions.I kept trying to reach the number over and over again, bu
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BLAIR’S POV Sebastine did not wait to see his father before we left.Luckily, I could leave, although, with a bandaged arm. The bullet had been taken out and the wound was going to slowly heal and I was definitely going to keep seeing Dr. Bruce to make sure that I was fine. Sebastine signed every single thing in his name back to his father and he was leaving the Maldives to literally start a new life in Vegas. He chose us. My only excitement was that we arrived just in time to save him, because I wasn’t sure how I was going to react to losing another member of my family, especially to suicide. When we arrived Vegas, we dropped over at Brian’s house first. Sebastine was going to be living with Brian, before he is able to do anything else.He was done with college and could easily get a job, even though Brian had already promised to include him in the company. Sebastine, had declined both Brian’s, as well as my offer, to work in the company, saying he was tired of family ‘hand-m
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BLAIR’S POV We walked into Sebastine with a gun in his hand, just about to fire a bullet into his head. Brian flew for him and I could only stand there in tears, since I had Regal in my hands and couldn't quite get involved in any rigorous fights. Sebastine was hell bent on ending his life, as he began a struggle with Brian for the weapon. “Let it go, Brian!” He yelled, “you both, get out of here!” “Let me be!” He and Brian continued the war for the weapon. “Sebastine, no, please, I beg you.” Ever single word I uttered was choking in tears. “It doesn't have to end this way, please,” I continued. “What other ways does it need to end, Blair?” He probed, “huh?” Luckily, Brian was stronger than Sebastine, sho had spent quite a number of days, without food, but this did not in any way deter the struggle. I took a few steps closer, towards them, trying to beg Sebastine to let go already. “Argh!” I groaned in pain, as a bullet flew out of the gun and right for m the region between
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BLAIR’S POV At this point, I was giving up on everything. I was losing hope and thought about letting the company go, but my father was still out here fighting and if he was not giving up, I couldn’t throw all his hard work by doing same. I was quite weary of it all, but had to continue. If there was a slightest chance to get the company back, I had to encourage myself to hold on to it, until we made it big enough to win us back the company. I woke up on this fateful morning with the most disturbing thought. I was restless all night and failed to have any good or proper rest. “Are you okay?” were Brian’s first words that said hi to me, as soon as I opened my eyes. It was pretty obvious that I wasn’t and I had swollen eye bags from not getting any sleep at all. “You need to reach out to Sebastine,” I said, shocking Brian hard with my request. “I am really worried about him, Brian,” I continued. “He is all alone and as if it was not enough that he has criminal parents, he hurt
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BLAIR’S POVI always knew that Brian was struggling to deal with the challenges that came with being my life, but what I didn’t know was that it had gotten as bad as stuffing himself with alcohol, to the very point that he was sick. On the first occasion that Brian retuned in this manner, we had just gotten married and since I didn’t know if he was alcoholic or not, so I didn’t quite care. The second occasion was the week he was to get married to Stacy and he was unhappy, from the innermost part of his soul. Now, he was here and lamenting over being with me and just how difficult it was. It melted my heart that even in that drunken state, he could still think about me and mention that he was willing to love me, despite everything. However, I couldn’t stop thinking,‘If he was in this much distress, was it worth it?’ I helped Brian clean up his body and got him to rest, while I walked downstairs to make meaning out of my day. “It’s a good thing they found their way home.” Collins
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BLAIR’S POV I now had more thoughts on my mind than running a company, after the period of our grieving. Collins had filled me with questions that all I really did was just lay down and thought through his words, over and over again. ‘Was there a right time to stop loving? If there was, when was the right time?’‘What if we are just making the people we love unhappy, by being with them, because their hearts would rather be elsewhere?’Collins already confessed to never seeing Stacy smile this bright, or laugh as hard as she did, when she was with him, and even I was already sick of how all Brian and I ever did was solve one chaos, after another. I was already so convinced that all my presence ever did was fill his life with problem after problem, and it was quite evident now that he was struggling to love me, and who could blame him?Brian and Stacy obviously got carried away in their chats and the extended period they had to work together, neither of them remembered to return on
