AURORAI scoffed and laughed heretically. It's amazing what the law can do to someone.“Are we back to when we first met, Detective Caleb?” I asked him and he shook his head.“No, we are not, Aurora,” he said and I stared at him with a straight face.“Then what the hell are you doing accusing me of trying to kill myself, my best friend and Martin!” I yelled at him.“I'm not!” He yelled back, “I'm only stating the evidence to you and if you will allow me finish,” he said.“There more?” Carina asked and I sighed.“When I saw your name on the payment account I knew something was not right. I went to my superior, giving what happened the last time and you bringing in the senator,” he said and I smiled.“The senator is still a friend,” I said to him and he nodded.“Exactly. My superior told me to see if the trail ended there,” he said, looking at all of us. Wondering who is going to pound on him first.“It didn't end there, did it?” I asked him, folding my arms.“I traced the money to a ma
JACOB“Hey, come here!” I yelled as I raced my son through the gardens.“I'm going to catch you,” I giggled as he made me turn around.“No, you are not,” he said in his little tiny voice.“Gotcha,” I picked him up from the ground Swinging him around.“Put me down!” He yelled as I tickled him.“Come on, you have to wash your hands, your Mom won't be happy with me,” I said to him as we walked back into the house.“Mama,” he raced into the house.“You have to wash your hands love,” I heard Katherine's voice and I walked towards the kitchen.“Get away from him!” I yelled as I took my son away from her.“What are you doing here?” I asked her, my breaths were no longer even.“What do you mean by that?” She asked, rubbing her protruding belly. “I'm your wife, I belong here,” she said.“No, you are not,” I shook my head violently, shielding my son away from her with my body.“Okay, now you are scaring me,” she said. I picked up my son, holding him tightly.“You are supposed to be in prison.
AURORA“Come on, Carina. We are going to be late!” I yelled at her to hurry. Today is the grand opening of the children's hospital I have been building for the past months.Linda has outdone herself by creating a stunning facility and I can't wait to fully give myself and a lot of dignitaries the grand tour.“Here, I'm ready,” she said and I rolled my eyes, “oh, time for you to go munchkins,” I said to Olivia and Gabriel.I picked up their crawler while Carina held their bags.“You ladies look stunning,” Maria said as she got out of her car.“Are you pregnant again?” I asked and heard Carina chuckle behind me.“Wow, two goals for Braden then,” she said and Maria rolled her eyes.“No, I'm not. It's menstruation heating pads,” she said and I nodded.“Where is Sophie?” I asked as Carina handed the baby's bags to her.“She's in the car. She's beating herself up over you and Jacob,” she said and I sighed.“She doesn't know what happened between us,” I said to her.“That's exactly what I to
AURORAIt's been a few weeks since Linda's arrest happened. The hospital opened and I have been trying to juggle being there and also at Clinton Empire.Steven has been doing a nice job but he isn't fully qualified in the administration duties of a hospital like Linda. “The girls are asleep so we can talk,” I said to Madeline and Carina.“How are they holding up?” Madeline asked.“They both want their Linda,” I said and she smiled.“It's so surprising how Anne has gotten close to Linda in such a small period of time,” Carina said and I smiled weakly.“Linda made a mistake and she has paid her due,” I said then looked at Madeline, “I'm the one she offended, isn't there anything I can do for the charges to be dropped?” I asked her.“In an ideal world yes but someone is pushing for you not to testify,” she said and I sighed.“You said you were going to find out who, any luck?” Carina asked.“Not yet but I'm not going to give up, Linda is family,” Madeline said.“What about enemies of he
AURORAI got out of my car and took a deep breath. Being back here brings a lot of painful memories.I know this place is not as horrific as the cell in the Police Precinct but they are all the same. I walked into the building and came face to face with the Warden.“Welcome, Miss Clinton. It's a pleasure to receive you,” she said and I scoffed.“The pleasure is all yours warden,” I said to her. She directed me through the hallways of the prison until we got to a visitor office.I know she made this just for me because I was visiting today.“She will be here in a minute,” she said and I nodded.I placed my hands in my pants suit, lifted my blazers up and leaned against the window with my feet up the wall.I never planned on visiting Katherine. I already beat her, so there wasn't a need to. But these charges against Linda are not warranted and I will not let it ruin the life of a woman who decided to change.The door of the visitor room opened and Katherine entered with two guards and
AURORALooking at all these faces reminded me of what I had survived to get here. I don't need anyone to tell me they are proud of me. I am proud of myself.“She is a brilliant strategist, an intelligent woman, the best boss and above all my best friend. It is my honor to hand this award to you, Aurora Clinton.”The sound of my name brought a lot of applause as I walked towards the stage. Andre was by the stairs and he helped me on it. “Thanks Andre,” I whispered as I walked towards Carina.I took the award from her and kissed her cheeks, “you deserve it,” she said as she walked away.“Hi everyone,” I said, speaking directly at the microphone. “It's an honor to receive the female CEO award. This is one of the most important awards on the planet right now and I do not take it lightly,” I said and everyone clapped.“I'm grateful to my parents for finding me and entrusting me to take our company to the heights it has reached right now and to my best friend, Carina. You bring out the bes
AURORA“Do you think this is a good idea?” Carina said as she helped package my gift box for the employees in the company.“What good idea?” I asked her, and she signed. Standing on one leg.“I mean you just met him, don't you think having a date now is a little bit early?” She asked and I scoffed.“What on earth do you think of me Carina?” I asked her. She clicked her tongue, “I'm sorry. I just don't want you to make the same mistake,” she said.“Don't worry, I'm not going to sleep with him. It's just a date besides I will have Martin with me,” I said to her and she laughed.“Wow, you must think that man loves you more than his girlfriend whose brother is your date,” she said and I stopped walking.“Now, you just made it complicated,” I said to her and she laughed.“How's Andre?” I asked her, “I haven't seen him around apart from the office,” I said to her.“Oh, he's good. We are good. He's just helping his sister, Claire and his niece get settled in their new place. His niece is st
AURORAI honestly can't believe this. The only reason Sam came on a date with me is to find out about Sophie, Jacob's sister. Why does he try to ruin everything for me.“I'm sorry, I had to do it this way,” Sam said and I scoffed.“I don't think you are sorry,” I said to him, “because if you were, you wouldn't have done it in the first place,” I said, standing.“I can explain,” he stood up as well, “let me explain,” he said and I sat down.“You better have a damn good reason for doing this to me,” I said to him with anger in my voice.“I didn't know she was your ex-husband sister. If I had known that…”“What, you would have changed your mind?” I asked, cutting him off. He sighed and looked at me, “no, I won't have,” he said and I nodded.“That's good to know Sam. Very good to know,” I glared at him.“I just want to know my son, Aurora. That's all I ask for,” he said and I shook my head.“Why?” I asked him, “you said yourself, you sold your sperm to get money to buy drugs and I'm sur