“CHARLES GIDEON. GOVERNOR GIDEON.”With a sinister smile drawn on her face, Cath couldn’t help but chuckle at the end. For the name that was not just familiar, but a shady one is once more knocking on her door. “So, you decided to run for politics and from all places in this state.”Her mind is currently on the path that’s kicking her journalistic nature. For she already knew more than a thing and two about the person that will be her target. Not an easy one to cross, but she already put him down then and this time it is not that difficult to do so for a second time. “Now I understand your worry for your gran-gran Monique.” She assures the twins and especially Monique with his smiles and words. “Do not worry, gran-gran is alright, mommy will come for her aide.”“Really mommy?”The twins ask her in unison and excitement. She immediately nods in response and assurance that put huge smiles on the twin's faces and cheered her with. “For now, I want you both to be good and especially be
“DADDY!”The twins call in excitement and run toward Sam who just arrived and panting. He just went into a sprint and was in a hurry to arrive at the hospital. “Speaking of the devil.”Doctor Lee whispers with a sinister smile drawn to her face and winks at Cath. A bit puzzled, she just let everything flow and see what will about to happen. “Monique, Cole, are you alright?”Sam immediately asks his twins and looking at their bruises and wounds worries him more. Worse he is now disappointed and angry by what happened. “Did those boys get their punishment?” He quickly follows with another one and immediately looks at Cath with a mixed expression of anger, worry, and disappointment. “Cath, what happened, did you—”“Hold your horses for a bit daddy.”Monique quickly stops him with her little hands in front of him in a commanding way, rather than a request. “First of all, both I and Cole are alright. We have a few bruises and Cole with some wounds and two, but Doctor Lee is done examin
“FOOLS!”Governor Charles Gideon screams, slamming the table with both of his hands and throwing the stack of documents from his table. “I apologize Sir.”The bodyguard of his son Cedric apologizes. “I failed to watch over the young master and prevented such a thing from happening.”He poorly explains while holding his breath from time to time knowing the punishment that is like hell that he is about to have. “Stupid! I do not want your apology, go and make yourself useful. Do your freaking job!”Charles commanded in his deep and angry voice. Shouting at his employee and pointing his finger to the door that his son’s bodyguard immediately heeded. “You are all useless!”He continues to scream, throwing everything he sees in front of him. Shows his dominance, anger, and disappointment that his close employees and those who are afraid to cross him know him. “You know that nothing will be solved with that kind of attitude.”A sexy blonde woman enters his office. Locking the door with
“WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.”“Nanny Ester, everyone!”The twins cheer in delight after seeing the old woman nanny Ester greeting them in front of the mansion with all of the housemaids in two. “You are all here and already?” Monique asks in surprise and gladness before the two of them Cole looks back at their gran-gran expecting an explanation and two. Yet, rather a confirmation that they wanted to hear from her. “Mom?”Sam asks Adriella in surprise. Thinking of what just his mother ate and she changes her mind about letting Cath clean the entire mansion as her test and what she initially planned. “Does this mean, mommy, pass your test gran-gran?”The little girl excitedly asks with a bit of a squeal that Adriella is no surprise to here from her witty granddaughter. “What do you think?”She teases a bit. Especially that all along she knew that her grandchildren and her daughter Lindsey is helping Cath all this time by giving her the advice that she needed to win her approval. “Is th
‘IS SHE CHEATING ON ME?’The only thing that’s currently running inside Sam’s mind for almost an hour now since she heard Cath talking secretively on her phone. “That’s impossible.”He rationalizes. Calming his nerves weighing the facts and the possibility of things. “She wouldn’t do it. I am just overthinking a bit. I shouldn’t jump on the gun. Right?”Worse than convincing and trying to make things make sense for him. Sam is turning his mind into disarray and more than how chaotic it is right now. “Cath is not like what you are thinking, you know her.”He whispers to himself and might as well turn into a crazy one. He’s walking back and forth in the same spot and in a straight line that could straight up turn anyone dizzy just by looking at him. “Damn! This is driving me nuts!”Now having a headache and two and have been in the dilemma for an hour. Sam completely forgot his work and the pile of documents that he needed to go through for the day. “I should have spied on her.” He
“ONE thing that you need to know young lady. This job is unlike any other, if you are thinking that this is like a walk in the park then you are dead wrong.”The warning that Cath receives from the best detective in the entire police department of division seven. A kind of insult that she isn’t fun of hearing that is underestimating her. “First of all, I am not a young lady. Never wore any fancy dress to present myself like those dolly rich girls out there.”Cath emphasizes, contradicting the detective’s words with the stance of shutting everyone who is looking down on her. “Second, I didn’t choose my profession today to be scared of a mere gunshot.”She added, grabbing the disassembled gun in front of her and swiftly assembling it like a pro in minutes. “And third, do not dare look at me as a lady reporter and underestimate my skills.”Immediately pulled the trigger and fired directly on the dummy target a few feet from their location in the practice shooting field of division sev
“LOVE?”Jun smirks, taking the conversation to be the funniest and silliest thing he ever heard in his entire life. Even though he is always asking about the matter. “I do not have the time for that.”He briefly explains and drops the case like it was nothing and not even worth talking about for a second. “You do not have the time?” Nadia asks in a tone that is both intriguing and teasing him. Knowing that he knew more than anyone else why he is acting all reserved about the topic. “Why?” Nadia added. “Because you are this country’s best detective and had many things at hand to even think about it for a second.”She hides the term with its pronoun knowing how sensitive Jun is regarding the topic. Yet, she is a journalist, and a journalist had the habit of pocking into someone’s business especially if it is interesting enough to be sold. “What are you pointing out about Nadia?”Jun asks in a serious and a bit of a dismayed tone. But Nadia is not having any of it, and for being use
“I will be gone for quite some time. Make sure that everything is in proper order while I am gone. Report everything to me and keep the documents of the cases that I need to take from the very urgent ones done to the petty ones, understood?”Jun directed and commanded his assistant officer and current partner. While he keeps everything inside his office secure and takes the necessary documents that he needed and fast. “Yes sir!”His young partner, but capable junior detective Harry Jones replies with a hand salute toward him. “Sir may I ask where you will be for the days of your absence, sir!”Still, a bit stiff and needs working and a lot of practical experience. Jun shove those annoying contextual characters and expressions of Harry in the meantime. Especially since he is in a hurry for a very important case. “I’ll inform you everything once I had it all under control.”Eyes wide and Harry knew that his senior detective and direct superior had a big and dangerous case up on his s
“MOMMY!” The twins, Monique and Cole opens the door and runs up to her with excitement and twinkling adoration to their eyes upon seeing her. “Wow, you look like a princess, Mommy.” “You do, you do!” Monique’s comment with wide smile and agreed by Cole. Admiring her beauty as she is dress in a sophisticated white dress. Her wedding gown and the day that she will finally tie the knot with Sam. After all the problems that are resolve, the secrets that are said, apologize, forgiven and done. With the twin’s biological mother gracefully out of the picture by her death. Everyone is there in that very special day to witness and congratulate them. “Thank you.” Cath smiles and giving the twins one kiss each on their cheeks. Making the twins giggle more in excitement. Just then, the wedding coordinator knock on the door and asks her. “Miss Catherine, shall we?” “Of course.” She couldn’t contain her happiness and smiling all the way through. With the wedding theme of like mystical fore
“HOW long has it been since then, Leo?”The expected meeting, but the unexpected expression and tone that is in a mix of disappointment and anger that Cath is showing right in front of him. Left alone in the headmistress office and at first glance they are seem to share a casual tea time. He looks down, not in shame, but a bit of worry from how things unfolded. Which makes him think if he is regretting his decision of giving Cath a clue about the past.“Or should I call you now with your known name, Aaron?”“Tell me, do you hate me that much after what you have learn, Cath?”“Hate you? Why should I? You didn’t do anything to me which needed me to resent you. Instead I am the one who should be asking you of that question, for I failed to recognize my old friend.”Old friend. The words that means more than the shallow meaning of it. Words that will disappoint anyone, for it means more than just a rejection, but a total abandonment towards someone who only thinks about one person and dea
MORE than being stripped of everything that he had, Harry is slapped with the truth and faces the wrath of Adriella in her calm demeanor whom everyone knows that it is worse than a tyrant in that kind of mood. “You do not need to explain anything to me but sign the divorce papers, right now.”“I-I…”Definitely shaking within his wits, Harry couldn’t even utter a single word nor look at the face of his mother-in-law worst towards Lindsey whose expression is indistinguishable for lacking nothing to see. Worst with the atmosphere in the room that is getting heavy and dreadful upon their conversation that a while back is going smoothly and just like always. Only to be struck by the divorce papers and the secret that Harry is been hiding for almost a month now. “I stayed quiet and compose for the sake of Lindsey. But since it all comes to this and the fact that you are caught red-handed. There is no need for further discussion.”“But I… I only did it once, or maybe twice or thrice, but t
“WILL this be alright?”Lindsey’s worry and her thoughts about what Sam decided upon after what happened. Hiding the fact that they were kidnaped. Letting Jun handle the rest with the pieces of evidence at hand and the new ones that were suddenly sent to them just a while back. With all of them know that it was from Beatrice, leaving Francis in the air and saving herself. “This is better and the appropriate thing that we should all do.”Cath seconded, forcing everyone to have this talk and all from Sam’s protest. With her injuries and critical state in the first few hours after they are saved. Luckily Cole wasn’t hurt in any way nor the child is traumatized. But make sure, Sam sends his son to the psychiatrist, and is currently under the care of Adriella. Lindsey recovers fast, and can now move on her own, unlike Cath. “Let’s just leave it to Jun and Nadia. They both know what to do.”She added, hiding the fact that she doesn’t want Sam to know about the organization that Francis on
DAMN alive and still breathing despite his injuries and the gunshot that he just receives from Aaron a while back. Francis stands before Cath, with his gun up a bit shaking from his wound, but directly pointing it towards her. “I may stupidly fail at first, but this time I will not fail to end your life. You who put me behind bars, Catherine Wayne.”“Cath!”Two familiar voices echo in the air, but before Cath could look and see for herself who could those two people be? Francis fired his gun, missing Cath’s vital spot from his shaking hand due to his injuries. Yet still, inflict Cath with another injury and a gunshot to her left arm. Stumbling backward made her lose her footing and leads her to fall to the cliff.“Damn! Just die!”Two gunshot echoes, now directly to Francis's legs leaving him impaired and down helpless. “You cannot save her, she is gone! You failed to save your girl, Samuel Lawrence!”Consumed with anger, Sam clenches his hands tight, yet he didn’t blow up on Franci
STARTLED and quickly stops in her tracks, now standing and still. Lindsey instructed Cole to close his eyes and cover his ears. Do not let go no matter what happens and wait for her to say so. “Do you understand, Cole?”“Alright, aunt Lindsey.”The little boy replied and quickly borrow his face to Lindsey’s chest. Being an obedient child, Lindsey could feel the fear of her nephew with Cole’s shaking body and cold hands. “Stop, or find yourself swimming in your blood.”More than a familiar voice and the only person right now that Lindsey could think of who. She slowly looks back and is not surprised to see the Governor, no, Francis, pointing a gun right in front of her and with a cursing look on his face. “Just how low could you go for doing this to our family? Are you desperate to establish your dominance over us that you are going this far for your selfish desire?”“Low? Who, me? Tsk! Do not make me laugh Miss. Lindsey Lawrence.”Their exchange made it clear and more than to Linds
TRAIL OF BLOOD is visible from near. Cath’s breath is heavy and her sweat is dripping from her forehead. She’s easing the pain from the gunshot wound that she got to her left arm and right leg. Dragging her heavy body and following the path that she instructed Lindsey at first if anything might happen and they needed to separate. “Tsk!”She clicks her tongue in anger and irritation. Tired and has been losing a lot of blood after she fought and struggled against Ivy. Now holding the gun that almost took her just a while back. “CATHERINE WAYNE!”The name, her name that Ivy screams in anger at the last second when she pulled the trigger and put a hole in its forehead. Ending a nightmare that she took within her hand and fails to put her back behind bars. “Almost. Just how many it is right now?”Suddenly reminisced and the similar danger that she took and choose for her career and passion. She chuckles and a bit rested behind a large tree. Ripping her bolero and tying it around her leg
GUN shots can be heard from a distance and back. The exchange and the loud crash with the blow of a bomb shake the ground for a few seconds. Holding on to a tree while tightly holding Lindsey’s hand with her right one, Cath held her ground looks back when Lindsey screams in surprise at what just happened. Starling Cole awake, that worried Cath even more than she is under a lot of stress right now. “Lindsey, are you alright?” “I am. I am just startled.” “Mom? Mommy?” “Cole.” They both immediately coax the child back to sleep. Lindsey covered Cole’s ears while hugging the little boy tight into her arms. “Mommy, aunt Lindsey, what is happening?” “Don’t worry Cole, that was just nothing, just go back to sleep.” Relieved that the little boy is still sleepy and that it didn’t give them the hard time to coaxing it back to sleep. Cath looks around and a few steps away from where she instructed Lindsey to stay covered and safe with Cole. “Tsk!” She couldn’t help but click her tongue
“THIS is what you need to do.”Instructions that Beatrice needs to follow. Things that she is hesitant at first to do since it might drag her name along with the danger that she just run away successfully from Francis. But with Hiro’s assurance and the things that Hiro just told her. The plan and the fact that the organization has Cath, Lindsey, and Cole, the truth that the organization is the other party that is rubbing Francis's patience, and the little deal that Hiro on behalf of the organization strikes a deal with Cath. Is more than a heavy reason for her to believe. No, she had no choice but to believe. For in between the organization and Francis, added with the fact that Cath strikes a mutual deal with the organization. One thing is only left for her to choose from, and that is to follow the plan Hiro just told her about, and put everything of the blame on Francis.“I got it. I’ll prepare everything as soon as possible. I’ll call you when everything is ready.”“Thirty minutes.