AURORAIt has been a couple of days since we found out Kent has been released from his so-called prison and in that time, he has been able to be employed in Crane’s Industry, making him my competition. Andre was so pissed about it. He wanted to march down to the courthouse to demand what happened.“It’s no use Andre,” I said to him, softly. I get how he is feeling. If my attacker was released from prison, I would have a hard time, coming to terms with it.“I just can’t believe Jacob would do something like this, poach Kent,” Carina said with disappointment in her voice.“Yeah,” I said softly, clicking my pen on the table.“We need to respond,” Madeline who hasn’t said a thing spoke.I chuckled, “this isn’t the Mafia, Madeline. They didn’t steal our cocaine,” I said to her.“But they might have. An employee who made threats against you and attacked another employee, almost sabotage a deal was just given a free ride by Crane’s Industry. It might be a call to arms,” she said. I looked a
AURORAI stared at the one figure in my past, I haven't been able to find. He seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth but right now he is staring at me.“Miss Aurora,’’ he called out my name again and I felt a rush of anger go through me.“Don't…call my name,” I thought about yelling but my eyes fell on the beautiful child in front of us.“I know you must hate me,” he said with his head down, “I didn't mean to say those things all those years ago,” “It's too late for any type of apology, Steven,” I said, trying to walk away.“Why are you mad at Daddy,” the child's voice echoed in my ear.I turned around and smiled at her then looked at him, “you have a daughter,” I said to him.“She is the reason I said those things. Her mother had a very long labor and the doctors said the only way to stop it was a CS,” he said, almost crying.“Why didn't you tell me or Jacob at the time. You had to trust Katherine?” I asked him.“I didn't know it would result in you going to prison. I
JACOBThe rain seems to be pouring heavier than the weather forecast predicted. I'm supposed to be on my way down to a construction site but I can't. I'm stuck at home with my mother and sister, who seem to be having a time of their lives by making mine miserable.“Mom, I told you. I'm taking a break from Katherine because I can and I want to,” I said to her for the tenth time.“What do you have against her?” She asked and I cast an annoying look at her “What do you mean by what I have against her? Huh?” I asked, because I don't seem to understand why she is always supporting her even after we found out Aurora wasn't behind the jewelry theft.“What does she have on you, Mom?” I asked and my sister Amy chuckled.“Something funny, Amy?” I asked her and she pouted.“She doesn't have anything on me. I just think that you should be kind to her considering what she has on you,” she said, turning the tables around.“I can handle myself mother but I'm not sure you can,” I said to her firmly
AURORAI stood in front of the large building, wondering if I should go in or not. It looks different from its earlier appearance months ago and now with the wisdom and help of my employees it has turned out to be an exquisite mansion. I really hope Sophia is proud and happy about our work.“I am so proud of your work,” I heard her voice behind me. Right on cue.“Thank you very much. I'm glad you like it,” I said to her.“Like it. I love it,” she squealed, with her baby bump bouncing.“Well, you certainly know how to throw a party,” I praised her, glancing at all the decorations in place for the housewarming and also searching for someone.“If you are looking for my brother, Jacob, you are in for a disappointment. He isn't coming,” she said and I kind of felt sad.“No, I wasn't,” I said, trying to hide my blushing face.“Oh come on. It's okay to want to see. After all he is still charming,” she said, smirking at me.“Okay, Sophia. I see what you are doing,” I said to her and we both l
CARINA“Shit,” I stared at the “no access,” notification on my laptop and grumbled at the sight.I have been on this for the past few weeks, I have been able to breach some firewalls but this seems to be eating at me.I promised Aurora, I will get whoever is trying to manipulate her. Whoever is behind this money trail is our best bet. I took my laptop with me and headed to the kitchen. I need more coffee. I stared at the pot on my bed stand.“This is a lot of work,” I said to myself as I got to the kitchen. I got to the coffee pot in the kitchen and it was empty.I ran my fingers across my hair and stared at the big large cup.The doorbell rang and I raised an eyebrow and checked my phone for the time. Aurora isn't arriving until an hour later and Andre is out of town. Maybe she decided to skip the party after all.“Aurora, why aren't you at the party?” I asked as I opened the door to see an unwelcome face.“Jacob,” I cleared my throat, “what are you doing here?” I asked him, trying
AURORAI watched as Martin and his men took the room apart, looking for clues about Carina. The look on their faces didn't seem to bring any assurance to me.Madeline is doing her best in talking with the police but their presence here just seems to irritate me, especially the presence of the detective who once accused me of being behind the invasion into my company.“I held Carina's coffee cup, she probably left her room to get more coffee to continue her work. Is that what happened? Did I place her in danger?My phone began to ring and I put it off and the sight of the caller's name. It was Andre, I'm sure he is just calling to tell me his progress but I don't want to break down on the call and have him lose focus.“Andre right?” I heard Madeline's voice beside me.“Yeah, I don't want to get him distracted,” I said to her.“I understand,” she said, looking at the police.“Let me guess they think I had something to do with it,” I said to her and she scoffed.“No, but they don't belie
AURORAI have been crawling up in my room since Carina's kidnapping. I couldn't shake off the feeling I was being watched ever since that day and it's giving me the creeps.It's bad enough that Diego is back in my life but I have to watch Jacob and Carina work together to figure out where he is.We still haven't heard anything from the police about some of the evidence we found where Carina was held, thankfully we took pictures.I stood up from my bed and headed to the bathroom, I slashed some water on my face and stared at the mirror.“You need to eat something,” I heard Diego's voice and I turned around, only to see myself in the very dark room he kept me all those years ago.“I won't until you tell me what you want from me,” I said, firmly at him.“Honestly, nothing really. I just want to be close to you,” his hands trailed my cheeks and I could still feel the chills down my spine.The part of town where I stayed in Spain was scared of Diego, I didn't realize that at first until he
AURORAI looked at both Carina and Jacob. Carina is trying to pitch us the idea and Jacob seems to be buying into it.“What do you think, Aurora?” I heard her voice like it sounded coming from a distance.“What?” I asked, trying to figure out what she said earlier.“You spaced again. What's going on?” She asked and I sighed.I stood from the sofa and began walking around the living room.“This is our only bet in catching him,” Jacob said to me.“Don't you think I know that?!” I yelled. “I want him out of our lives for good,” I said, pointing at Carina.“Then what's the problem?” Carina asked and I gave her a look.“I always had this feeling that we didn't escape on our own,” I said and she looked at me.“What do you mean? We fought our way out,” she said.“Yeah, with a bag and bucket against heavily armed men,” I said to her.“What are you saying, you think Diego wanted us to escape?” She asked and I nodded.“Well, that is just sick!” She said and sat on the sofa.I squatted beside he