“What do you mean someone is in the house?” Avery asked, standing up from the table immediately. He was able to see a little from the dim light of Dora’s flashlight, so he went to her, collected the flashlight from her hands.“I saw some men with covered faces, they were walking around the back of the house.”“What?” Avery exclaimed. “Have you alerted security? How can unknown men break into a security conscious house?” He asked, flashing the torch on Aaron’s face and his brother shrugged. Just then then, lights came back and Avery scanned the dining room.Zoe!Where the hell was Zoe! He almost screamed, fear enveloping his chest.Without a word, he dashed out of the house, still holding the flashlight in his hands. He ignored the other servants who watched in awe, probably wondering why he was in so much panic. The road to the bathroom seemed long enough as his heart continued to beat loudly in his chest.If the maid had seen unknown men in the house, then what if something had happe
“What the hell are you doing with it?” Zoe asked, surprised that he knew about it.“And what the hell are you thinking leaving that sort of weapon in my house?” He snapped back. “Aren’t you supposed to be smart and know that it could put us in trouble?”“Maybe I am not smart.” She retorted, freeing her hand from his grasp. “Maybe the first thing that comes to mind after finding a freaking gun in my garden is not to hide it considering that it might be evidence to a crime.”“Well, maybe you shouldn’t have kept it back under the grass. Maybe you should have kept it in a place where no one would find it if you were thinking of being a detective.” He responded.“And also, maybe I didn’t think of that because it is not natural to have a gun in a perfectly normal house.” She snapped again, pacing the kitchen while he watched in awe.“Or you kept the gun because somewhere in your heart you think this is happening because one of my personalities did something very terrible.” He said, surprisi
“Oh, come on, power interruptions happen all the time. Even here in the company, we have had numerous cases of power interruption.”Jacob said as he walked closely behind Avery to his office. Avery nodded his head, agreeing with his personal assistant even though a large part of him had a lot of doubts.As they opened the door to his desk, Charlotte stood from her seat, bowing to Avery who completely ignored her. He pushed the door to his personal office open and admitted himself and Jacob inside.“What are my schedules for this month? I think it is time I take my family out on a vacation.” Avery said, taking his chair at his desk and swirling it around. Jacob gave him a rough look as he dropped a tablet on his table, his tall build complimenting the navy-colored suit he had on.“You do not need a vacation, Avery.” Jacob said to him.“As a matter of fact, I do.” Avery replied. “Mia and Zoe are losing their minds because of our current situation and I do not want to be the guy who take
Aaron snatched the document off Avery’s hands and returned to his seat knowing fully well that he was being stared at with anger.“You said to me that you were no longer operating, Aaron.” Avery said, going closer to his table. “Now you also lie?”“Listen…”“You always say that you are so many things except a liar, Aaron.”“Oh, come on.”Aaron groaned out loud, frustrated with being spoken to as if he were a child. Avery always claimed to be the responsible son and he was happy that he was, but that didn’t mean he enjoyed being treated like a teenager. “I didn’t lie to you, Avery.”“Really?” Avery said, clenching his fists in anger. “You told me you were closed for now and if I can remember vividly, you repeated those exact words this morning when we spoke. That…” he pointed to the document in Aaron’s hands… “doesn’t look like something that has been closed.”“It is just a shipment that has been on its way even before the whole thing started. I was just going through it so that it woul
The week went by quietly and smoothly for the Trents. They had managed to put off the breaking in incident behind them and were now living their lives as they were supposed to. Avery opened the door of the dressing room in the evening of Wednesday to see Zoe sitting by the mirror, allowing the makeup artist to do his magic on her with her eyes closed. He walked over, smiled at the artist before placing a kiss on Zoe’s already made hair, breathing in the scent of her vanilla flavored shampoo in the process.“Look who is back.” Zoe said, a smile spreading across her face.Things have been very good between them. The more they lived together, the more he fell in love with her. Although she hasn’t totally confessed her feelings for him, he sure knew she felt the same way about him. He was becoming softer by the day and his personalities have given him some peace by not coming out for the past week, allowing him live his life.“Are you dressed?” Zoe asked, her eyes still closed while the m
Zoe stared at her, wondering how possible it was that she was present at her wedding when in fact just few people had attended. She and Francis got married in a very casual garden and had not more than twenty people present because they had thought they didn’t need people as long as they had each other. But seeing this very beautiful lady who threw flashy stares at her husband say she had been there, didn’t sit right with her.“Are you sure about that?” Zoe asked, studying her and she smiled sweetly.“Of course. I remember being in Maples then to teach a modeling class and getting dragged to a wedding because my friend and I thought it was pitiful that the ceremony was scanty.” She replied. “When we got there, I was surprised that it was Zoe Madrigal tying the knot.”“Oh yeah?” Avery asked.“Yeah. I also remember wanting to come say hello but we were called up for an emergency and had to leave.” She continued. “What happened? You got divorced?”“Uhmmm…”“Yes.” Zoe replied immediately,
Avery stood perfectly still watching his mother’s body being wheeled out from the house. There were red and blue siren lights flashing round the building and if no one stopped the sounds of the siren, he was going to dismantle the ambulances with his bare hands.God, his mother was dead. She was gone and it was all because of his recklessness. Zoe warned him, Mia had warned him but he had only thought them as being hysterical because they were women.And now, look what that had gotten him.He leaned by the wall outside the house, still looking at the body the police officers were asking him to identity. There was no way in the world he was going to identify that his mother was dead.“Mr. Trent. We know this is a difficult time but before we take her away, is this your mother?” They asked him but he couldn’t bring himself to answer the question.“Mr. Trent?”“Yes, she is the one.” Zoe replied, adjusting the white shawl she used to cover her shoulders as she came closer. She watched Ave
Zoe turned off the television in her mother’s house and sighed in distress. The news about Felicity’s death was over all channels she tried to watch which almost drove her crazy. She still couldn’t believe that her mother in-law was dead. Felicity didn’t look like someone who could die so easily like that. How simple was it to end someone’s life with just a bullet from a finely made gun.Felicity’s death reminded her of how Francis had died. He too had been shot but while she had not been there to witness Felicity’s, Francis’s own was still vivid in her mind.Things were falling apart in the Trent family. While Mia was giving everyone the silent treatment, Simon still occupied Avery’s body and he wasn’t looking like he was leaving soon. If this was how Avery dealt with pain, it was a really twisted way to do it.“Are you okay, Zoe?” Margery asked as she watched her daughter going lost in thought.Zoe on the other hand blinked twice before turning to focus her attention on her. “I am f