Veronica sat down on her couch and looked around admiringly. “What a mighty fine place you got here. What's your name again dear?”“My name is Angela.”“Angela. What a pretty name. A pretty name for a pretty girl, that's what I always say”Angela chuckled lightly. “Thanks. Veronica, I'm sorry to ask this, I kinda have a little trouble with my memory lately, but have we met before? There's something familiar about you.”“Met? Familiar? Me? Why, I sure don't think so. This is the first time I'm seeing this face. I'm pretty sure I would remember”“Oh. Then I guess it's in my head then, sorry about that.”“Why, it's no trouble.” She opened the plate in her hand and the delicious aroma of noodles filled the room, making Angela's stomach grumble loudly. Her face turned red with embarrassment as Veronica gave a soft giggle.“I'm sorry” Angela mumbled but Veronica waved it away. “No need to apologize dear, the aroma of my food tends to do that to people. Here, it's for you”“Thank you, but
“Tristan? What are you doing here?” Angela was surprised to see him standing at her doorstep with Leo but she also didn't look pleased to see them. She looked between the two men and frowned. Something was wrong.“Is there a problem?” She asked.“Can I come in?” Tristan asked. She looked between them again, sighed, and moved for them to come inside.“Actually, I'm not coming in. I just brought Tristan here so he could meet you.” He gave her a small salute. “See ya!” Saying that, he left.As Tristan stepped inside, he couldn't help but noticing boxes all around. He turned to her as soon as she shut the door.“Are you moving again?”Angela felt like she didn't have any reason to lie to him, after all, she would soon be far away from him.She lifted her chin slightly as she replied, “yeah, I am”“Again? Why? And where are you moving to?”“Not that it's any of your business, but I'm moving to New York”“New York? Why?” he was exasperated.“I'm assuming you didn't come here to talk
It was ironic that a slap started this whole thing and now it seems like a slap would end it, but he wasn't about to give up.“I said, get out!” she screamed, interrupting his thoughts.“Angela, aren't you going to listen to my…”“Your what? Explanation? I'm not interested in hearing anything that comes out of your mouth, I just want you out of my house right now!”He stared at her angry face with an ache in his heart. She believed everything she heard and there’s nothing he could say to convince her it wasn’t true. Why would Ivy call him to say such. Unless… Ivy knew. Slowly, the pieces of the puzzle began to form in his mind. Ivy! Of course. How did he not realize that this was her plan all along. He recollected how she had ‘innocently’ tried to come between them, how she somehow always knew the right time to call and the right thing to say. How could he have been so stupid that he didn’t realize it sooner? Her sudden niceness to Angela was all a front. She knew Angela lost her
The bullet had gone through his stomach and he was bleeding profusely.Tristan’s eyes were gradually closing but he was fighting to keep them open and Angela began to sob. She placed her palm on the bullet hole in his stomach trying to apply pressure to limit the bleeding. “Put pressure on it, please” she yelled to Alan.Alan got on his knees and placed his two palms firmly on the bullet hole.“Please, Tristan, just hang on for me. Somebody call an ambulance” she yelled again at one of the bodyguards.“Miss Cameron, the ambulance may not get here in time.”Alan answered, panic written all over his face.“So what do we do? Just wait here and watch him die?” She asked with frustration and tears streaming down her face.“I suggest we take him to the hospital. It would be faster that way.”“Then, let’s not waste any more time.” She stood up as the two bodyguards lifted Tristan up and they quickly headed to the car. They placed him gently on the seat.“Can you sit, or would you prefer to
“You killed Tristan?” she asked, a wave of disbelief washing over her. Leo looked smug as he responded “yes, I did.”“Liar!” she spat. He brought out his phone and showed her the video his assassin took while shooting Tristan. She paled, feeling blood draining from her body, as she watched him fall on his chest.Ivy was dumbfounded and pissed at the same time. “Why?” she asked, shaking with rage. “So we can finally be together. I figured you didn't want to be with me because you were obsessed with him, so I got rid of him. You're welcome by the way.”Suddenly, Annabelle waltzed right into the conversation with a broad smile. She gave Leo a look of admiration as she said, “I couldn't help overhearing your conversation. Did I hear you say Tristan is dead, like actually dead?”Leo gave her a sinister grin. “Indeed. He's probably rotting in hell as we speak.”Annabelle squealed happily and jumped for joy. “Finally! I'm free from that spoiled mama's boy. He thought he could get me, but
The surgery lasted for a grueling ten hours, causing growing anxiety among the family members as doctors and nurses hurried in and out of the operating theater.The surgeon called it an exploratory laparotomy. Ivy had arrived hours earlier, acting sympathetic and maintaining a friendly facade. However, Angela wasn't deceived by her act in the slightest. She couldn't believe she had once fallen for Ivy's pretense. Now, knowing that Ivy might be connected to Tristan's situation only made Angela more irritable in her presence.She avoided Ivy as if she were a contagion while they all awaited news from the surgeons. Despite Ivy's attempts to strike up conversations, Angela ignored her subtly, trying not to arouse suspicion from Tristan's family. She planned to confront Ivy later when they had privacy.Travis paced around, made numerous phone calls, grumbled about being stuck at the hospital despite important work at the office. Marie sobbed, mumbling to herself, likely in prayer. Taylor
Her heart started racing in excitement. She could finally put an end to this madness. Once he confessed, she could expose Ivy and Annabelle. She pulled out of the hug gently and said, “Taylor, I think I should go home and change. My clothes and body is covered with blood.”“That's true.” Taylor sniffed and gave her a watery smile as her cheeks turned bright red. “I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me.”“It's fine. I don't mind at all.” Taylor gave her a small nod and she went to Marie.“Mrs Perry, I'm going to head home so I can get changed. I'll be back as soon as I can.”“Call me Marie, dear. And it's okay, go get changed.”Angela thanked her and left quickly. Alan was waiting for her in the lobby, Ivy wasn't there again and she assumed she had gone home.“Alan, please take me to my house.”“Yes ma'am” He fell in line beside her, keeping up with her pace.“Did they catch the assassin?”He asked as they walked out of the hospital building.“They did and he's finally ready to t
She decided to go to the hospital first and leave the interrogation till morning since she had promised Tristan’s mother that she'd be back. When she entered the ward, her heart melted at the scene in front of her. Taylor was asleep on the chair and Marie, who had not noticed her presence, was gently pulling a blanket over her. She kissed her hair like she was a child and it made Angela teary-eyed. Her mother never treated her like that. She treated Annabelle a bit better but it was nothing compared to the way Marie treated her children.She looked at Tristan’s closed eyes. He looked so serene and handsome. Tristan was the only person who treated her with so much love and told her how much he loved her too. She didn't want to admit it but recently, she's been getting more and more flashbacks of her time with him before the amnesia. And she remembered everything that happened between them last night.Thinking about it made her blush and at that moment, she wished he was awake so she c