“GRAN-GRAN loves testing every woman who wants to be with daddy.”Monique started, emphasizing the word love and how cunning their grandmother is, especially to those women who wanted to be associated with the name Lawrence. “She always tells that we should be vigilant to those fake women who only wanted the name of Lawrence for their own benefit and do not really care about daddy especially the two of us of Cole.”Cath grasp the gist of Sam’s stepmother’s way of protecting them. She couldn’t help but agree and respect Adriella’s ways. Admitting that one should really look for the welfare of the whole family and especially Sam when it comes to those women who only wanted the influential and powerful name of Lawrence. “Well, there are some who really wanted daddy, but no one of them ever likes the both of us of Cole.”Monique continues with her expressions that are emphasizing each word that she just said. Which made Cath realize a thing of how hard everything went down for the twins
ADRIELLA’S test. The two words that Sam should be worried about are more. Yet, he is not even thinking nor feeling it right now knowing Cath and his confidence in choosing the right girl. Even though that Adriella is someone that could not be pleased easily. “That smile of yours.”Adriella softly said, smiling with a mix of longing and a proud tone that showed on her face. “How long has it been since I saw this smile of yours? Ten years?”She remanence, not the precious nor memorable moments. But the time when all of Sam’s worlds started to crumble for the relationship became torture for him and the entire family for four years. “I haven’t seen you this inspired and so much in love since I married your father and I become your mother.” Adriella recall. “I admit that-that girl is making you happy right now and that she is the one that you wanted to be with forever. But I need to do what a mother needed to do. I do not want to see you depress and down just like in the past, Sam.”Sam
“I see where this is all going.”With a sly smile, but a supportive tone that Adriella doesn’t want Sam to notice just yet. She hugs her son and Sam replied with the same back. “You’ve been through so much, I just want to make sure that this time she is the right one for you.”She whispers that Sam completely understands where she is coming from. “I know mom and I thank you for that.”Adriella wants to honestly confront Sam and ends up teasing him for what she learned. Confess to her son what she is really up to and why she came rushing back. Yet, not for now. “You do not need to besides mothers always know best.”She was a bit teases and reminded of the line that she always used since then. The fact that the test that she needed to do is only a façade to what she truly wanted to see and prove to herself that Cath is the one that will complete Sam. “I’ll just be here for a while, and you should take a rest now. You need to be early for work. Goodnight son.”“Goodnight mom.”They b
“EVERYTHING is under my control.”Adriella smiles cunningly. While taking a sip of her favorite wine, with her plan at hand and in motion. Taking it all with the proud approval of her daughter. “It always had been, right, Mom?”Lindsey's wide smile and excitement. Knowing that she had now another ally to make her little schemes run smoothly and flawlessly like what she wanted it all to be. And this time, her new companion is more powerful than anyone that she already had. “Wait and see darling, this is all going to be fun and exciting. And in the end, it will be all worth it.”Couldn’t wait for the next few hours. Lindsey and Adriella polish everything from the tiniest detail to the grand scale. All to test Cath and to prove that she is worth the name Lawrence and so much more. “NANNY Ester?”Sam calls, a bit puzzled for no one so far greeted him for the day. What’s more, his office clothes are not placed and prepared on his bed which his nanny always did for him every morning. “W
“IF it is only for the day. Why not?”Too much for thinking that she got everything under the bag. Cath wanted to be eaten alive by anything or the earth would swallow her alive right now for what she is hearing and ends up into. “You know that I am not playing.”Cath tries to make sense of the running naughty mind that Sam had right now. While Adriella is back in her little world and relaxing. Waiting and observing everything unfolds from her little scheme. “So do I.”Sam replies with his eyes that are screaming all the dirty things that he wanted to do right now. “Besides, Mom’s offer is something that I couldn’t just slip away right now.”Sam’s teasing, and looks at her from head to toe with that dirty look and smirk. Cath needed to run away quickly before it is too late. “Look at the time!”She chuckles pointing at the grand clock in the living room. “The twins will be late if I will not wake them up right now. So,”Cath pulled her hand and successfully did so from Sam’s grip
BEEN in a public market multiple times in the past, especially in the early years after she runs away to chase her dream with a broken heart. Cath is a bit confident that she can pull her first task off, for how hard could it be to buy everything from the list?“And I shouldn’t have thought that.”She disappointedly whispers to herself upon seeing the long list of ingredients that Adriella wanted her to buy and carry alone from the public market. “Such a long list.”Deeply wanted to complain, yet she restrains herself from doing it. It is as clear as the sunny morning that Adriella wanted for her to end up without any arms to use at the end of an hour. “You do have the list and the money, right?”Adriella made sure, almost running just to catch up on her, and quickly gave her a basket for the ingredients that she will be buying. “I do, thank you.”Cath awkwardly smiles, knowing that at this point she shouldn’t be rubbing the wrong side and making Adriella upset in any way. Especial
TOO much chaos in a day, yet Cath couldn’t just back away when someone, as entitled as this woman in front of her, insulted her in the worse possible way. “Wasting food is a sin. Do you know how many people are starving? And just for a piece of meat, you think that you can act like an uncivilized person?”Her blood is boiling. For is there is one thing that will tick Cath’s patience, that is wasting a portion of good food. “Not on my watch.”She immediately took the already broken eggs and throws them all to the entitled woman she’s thinking now as ‘Karen’. “You, bitch!”That entitled ‘Karen’ screams in anger and throws her tomatoes that were from the entitled woman’s basket. But quick and witted, Cath caught it all one by one and put the tomatoes in her basket. Which in turn amuses the crowd and cheers for her. “I told you, didn’t I? You shouldn’t waste food this good.”Now a bit contradicting since she throws the broken eggs at that entitled woman. The ‘Karen’ blows in rage and
“WHO the fricking hell is that guy!”Lindsey screams while Harry is trying to control her temper and her words while they are inside their car and spying on Cath. “Calm down will you Lindsey.”He convinces his wife who is a bit an hour on the edge of running to aid Cath ever since the trouble that Cath just went through. But worse this time when they are seeing Cath with the man Lindsey is smelling trouble. “How could I calm down? Didn’t you see just how he acted like the chivalric knight towards Cath? If he trying to steal my brother’s future wife.”On edge and dismayed, but more like in rage. Lindsey is troubled and in a panic about what is happening and how her mind is playing at her and the possibility of it all. “Will you hold your horses for a bit Lindsey?”Harry almost screams, scolding his wife but not to the point that Lindsey will burst crying at him, for not being used to him scolding her.“Let’s not jump to conclusion and take it one step at a time.”Harry reasons that
“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.