CHAPTER NINETY SEVENSALLYONE MONTH LATERIt's been a month already, and I've been struggling to move on from Mr Grande's victory in court. I knew that it would be very difficult to win over him, yet I didn't know that he would be able to bend a whole lot of things so easily. It was very obvious that his allies were lying. "I was only asked to spy on the company, and nothing else. Mr Grande didn't do any harm to Sally's company," Ralia had told the court. It was very obvious that her defence wasn't adding up. But I didn't have any evidence to back up my accusations. The court only asked Mr Grande to compensate my company and killed the case afterwards. "You do not have any solid evidence to back up your plans, Mrs Sally. What do we hold against the accused right now? Your words?"The judge's words pierced my heart. I couldn't stop reminiscing on everything, even though it had been a month already.I felt defeated. I didn't care about the compensation that took Mr Grande days to
CHAPTER NINETY EIGHTALEXANDER My car pulled up in front of a bungalow in a remote part of the city. My driver stepped out of the car to open the door for me and Clinton to walk out of the car. Clinton and I walked ahead while my driver stayed back. He rested against the car while watching us while we went ahead. Clinton and I had been doing underground research about the families for a while, and we finally decided to pay them a visit today. We were at the house of the man who had died. His wife and daughter were the ones who lived in the house. I stood in front of the house and rang the doorbell, then I stayed back and waited for a reply from inside. After a while, the door opened, and a woman stuck her head out of the door. It seemed like they had been living in fear ever since the accident. "Go," she shouted at us as she waved her hands at us. "We just want to talk to you," I told the woman in a pleading manner. She didn't even ask our names or what we wanted. She just ask
CHAPTER NINETY NINE SALLYI had just returned from the meeting with the investors outside the company. I was still fuming after bumping into Alex's father. I was angry about the proud look on his face when I saw him. He even gave me a daring smirk. I shook my head and tried to focus on my work, but since I couldn't focus, I decided to close for the day. I was still packing up my things when I heard a soft knock on my door. The door opened afterwards, and immediately when I turned around, my eyes met Alex's eyes. I sighed deeply, I didn't know why I was excited to see Alex. "Alex," I called, as I walked up to him and hugged him tightly. He hugged me back, and I stayed in his arms, trying to get over my tough day. He wrapped me securely, and I enjoyed the comfort of his embrace. He finally pulled me away gently and stared into my eyes. "Sally," he called in a calm tone. "Alex," I responded and smiled. "Will you like to eat out with me?" He asked. There was a smile on his face
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ALEXANDER I kept checking my wristwatch after Sally left. What type of press was that? Why was she taking so long in there? I wanted to go check up on her, but I decided to cut myself some slack. I could no longer eat my food. I kept stirring my food around, and I ended up not eating anything from my plate anymore. I decided to check up on Sally since she wasn't back yet, and there was no sign of her coming out of the convenience. I was close enough to the female restroom when I heard her whimpering and wincing softly from outside. I rushed in, only to meet a man tearing her clothes. I pounced on him and began punching him hard, while Sally stayed back watching us and crying. I punched the man so hard that he began to bleed badly. Sally hugged me from behind and began to sob."Alex, please," she pleaded with me. She pulled me up, and I decided to listen to her and just let the man go, even though I felt like killing him at that point. "Take me home," Sally
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONEALEXANDER The next day, Sally and I had breakfast together with Beverly. She seemed to have gotten over what happened. Surprisingly, the breakfast was peaceful. It wasn't always that way. Beverly didn't try to get on Sally's toes as usual, and neither did the two compete against each other. In fact, we ate quietly, and I drove Sally to work afterwards. I bade her goodbye before going to work. When I got to my office, I called Clinton and told him about the man who tried to force himself on Sally. I called in an artiste to quickly sketch him while I described him. I handed the drawing over to Clinton. It was perfect since the artists did a very good job in the drawing. "I want you to make inquiries about him and tell me everything you found out.""Yes, sir," he responded and walked away with the picture.I went back to work, completely forgetting about the fact that I had asked Clinton to get information about the man. I was still busy with work when I
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWOBEVERLYI stood by the window watching Alex and Sally as they left the house happily. He even opened the door for her to get in, and he drove her himself. I folded my fist and watched them in anger as they drove out of the compound. I was pissed. Seeing them happy and together was so annoying. I walked back to the couch and sat there with my fingers placed on my jaw. "Are they putting up a show for me to see?" I questioned myself. My spy always told me about how they fought and kept malice before I came into this house. They seem to be getting closer recently. They even came home together, and Alex stayed in Sally's room for a long time last night."Are they falling in love already?" I asked and gasped. What if they were already in love? I stood up to my feet and began to pace the sitting room. I wouldn't let that happen. There must be a way to separate them. While I was pacing my sitting room, my phone began to ring, and I quickly picked up the phon
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREEALEXANDER I walked into the police station prior to the call from the officers. The police officer handling my case was there to receive me. There were two other officers in the room as we settled. "We found something interesting about the accident that we think you would like to see. It would also help.""Tell me about it," I requested. They played a video on their system for me to see. A middle-aged man was seen returning a truck to a shop where trucks were hired. It wasn't a large shop. A small shop where about two other small vehicles are parked. "Who is the owner of this shop?" I asked them."He's a middle-class man. He feeds his family through driving trucks and vehicles. I feel like he hires them sometimes, too, just to get extra money."I sighed deeply and sat up. "The truck driver hired this truck on that same day of the accident, " the officer told me. "So, what do you think?" I asked him. "He was paid to kill Sally, and you saved her in
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURSALLY I watched the press conference from my office. Tears pilled up in my eyes, but I didn't let any of it drop down. I kept holding them back in. I saw how difficult it was for Alex, yet he still went ahead to do it. After he was done, I picked up my phone and dialled his number. I wanted to be the first person to talk to him after the press conference. Luckily, he picked up immediately after I called. "My love," he called. I blushed because he had never referred to me as that before. His voice came out very weak. I could tell how sad he was from the way he spoke. "How are you doing?" I asked Alex. "I am doing very well, Sally," he responded. "At least, I am glad to have taken this off my chest. It feels so good."I smiled deeply. "I am ready to take whatever consequences that come with it. I hope that everything will fall in place soon."After ending the call, I decided to go back to work. I signed and prepared a few documents before being call
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN SALLYSEVEN YEARS LATER I walked around the kitchen as the maid prepared the banquet for dinner. While I was supervising the dinner, I could hear my kids laughing and playing in the sitting room.Alex had already left the house a while ago. He gad gone to pick his father up from the prison. We were glad that they had to reduce the term he was supposed to serve in prison, seeing that he was good during his stay. I was excited that we would no longer have to frequent the prison with my kids just to say hello to their grandpa."Mom!" Lucy cried as she rushed into the kitchen. "Lucas hit my eyes."I patted her head and whispered, "Sorry," to her.She ran off, feeling excited about the fact that I apologised on behalf of her twin brother. I didn't meddle in their fights. I just apologised on behalf of the other person, and it was okay.I knew that Lucy was more troublesome, but I would never take sides. I didn't want any of them to feel that I loved t
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIXSALLYI felt my life slipping away from me. All I saw was darkness. I felt like I was floating. I couldn't open my eyes even though I wanted to..I could hear people running around, even though the sounds echoed. I could hear the machine beeping very loudly. I heard the doctor asking the nurses to chathe the defibrillator. I could feel it on my chest severally. I wanted to just rest. I wished that they would stop trying to revive me and let me be. I could feel my floating body moving up and down without my consent.I thought I was going to die, but the doctors and Alex were not ready to give up on me. They kept trying until I opened my eyes. Alex gasped when he noticed that I opened my eyes. Everything stopped, and everyone stopped moving."Sally," Alex whispered under his breath before rushing towards me. He hugged me tightly and whimpered. There was a celebration in the room. My parents rushed in with Jessica and Diana when they heard the celebrat
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVEALEXANDER Before we got to the hospital with the ambulance carrying Sally, I already called her parents and told them to be on their way there. I had to hold Jessica throughout the journey because she was having a panic attack. She kept asking me if her sister would die. I didn't know how else to assure her that Sally would be fine. I was also hoping, just like her. I didn't have any supernatural powers.We got to the hospital, and while she was being transferred to the bed, her parents drove in. Her mom alighted from the car before it even stopped and rushed towards us. Her heart was racing as she approached us. "My daughter," she cried out in pain. She held Sally and began to cry and call out Sally's name. She was pulled away from Sally by the nurses, and they wheeled Sally into the ward where surgery would be conducted on her.Jessica hugged her parents tightly. "Thanl goodness, you are safe," Mrs Anderson said as she turned her daughter arou
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOURNARRATORSally's heart sank immediately when she heard the gunshot. She turned to Jessica immediately. She sighed when she noticed that Jessica wasn't hurt. She only shut her eyes tightly with her fist clenched. "This is not a toy, Sally," Beverly warned.She intentionally shot at the wall to make Sally see that they weren't joking about killing Jessica if she didn't sign the papers. "One," Beverly counted. Sally was already shaken. She remembered how she felt after hearing the gunshot. When she thought that Beverly killed her sister for real. Her hands were shaking.She knew what Beverly could do, and she could not afford to lose her sister. She knew that she would end up signing the papers even after they killed her sister."Let me have the papers," she requested. James handed the papers to her, and she quickly placed her signature in every single place that it requested.James collected the papers from her. He had a triumphant smile on his fac
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREEALEXANDER I was panicking, but I stayed calm until we got to the office. I told Clinton what was going on, and he advised that I tried calling Sally again, which I quickly did, but I could not reach her..I became alarmed. I kept calling going Sally's number. Sometimes, it rang, other time, it didn't. I kept trying to reach Sally even though it was getting frustrating. When I called again, it was switched off. This made me stand up to my feet. "Calm down, Alex," Clinton advised me. I could not think straight. I logged into the app and tried to track Sally's phone again, but it got disconnected. I could no longer track her, and it was because her phone was switched off. "Let me have your phone," I asked Clinton. "Of course," he replied as he dipped his hands into his pocket and brought out his phone. He handed his phone over to me. I took it from Clinton and dialled Sally's number. It was still switched off. My head began to spin.I had a bad
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO SALLYI tried to steady my thoughts as I drove to the location on the map Beverly forwarded to me. I was sure that I didn't leave any traces, and I was certain that no one followed me down to this place.As I drove, I could feel my hands shaking terribly. A lot ran through my head at the same time. I finally got to the location. I parked my car outside the building, and alighted from the car..I called Beverly to inform her that I was at the location. After a while, she arrived with two men. I opened the car boot for them to get the money. They pulled the bag out of the car and dropped it on the floor. They opened the zip and quickly searched through it."It's intact," one of them to Beverly. "We can't trust this woman," Beverly told them. "We have to count the money first.""Where's she?" I asked Beverly. "We would only release her to you after counting the money and making sure that it is complete."I didn't want to go in with them, but my sister
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONEALEXANDER I found it difficult to sleep. I had walled in on Sally when she was demanding money from her mom. I knew that she cried the moment I walked in and saw her eyes. Even though Sally kept insisting that she was fine until she slept off, I knew that she was not fine. She was only saying so to get me off her back. I tried to go through her phone, but it seemed like she had deleted her recent calls. The only call I saw was that of her mom and other unimportant calls. I walked back to the bag lying on the floor of our room. I opened the bag and stared into it for a while. I hoped that all was well. I returned to the bed and kept rolling there. I didn't even notice when I slept off.The next morning, I felt someone shaking me tenderly. I opened my eyes slowly, and I rubbed them with both hands. When I opened my eyes widely, I saw Sally seated in front of me. She was smiling, but I could tell that the smile was a fake smile."Morning, love," she
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BEVERLYI was excited when my driver walked into the small house with Jessica. I didn't believe my eyes at first. How would I have known that it would be so easy to get Jessica."Hard nut to crack," I teased her as I touched her chin.She whimpered fearfully."Was this the reason you came to my school the other day pretending to be nice?" She asked me.I was just smiling at her as I touched her chin. She slapped my hands off."Hold her!" I ordered the driver who had brought her in. He held her hands tightly, and she struggled with him. "Let go of me!" She commanded with so much authority.I grabbed her chin and squeezed her face.She whimpered as she struggled to free herself from my grip, but I wouldn't let her go. "Who do you think you are to think that you can behave whichever way that pleases you?"She spat on my face immediately after I freed her from my grip. My eyes and mouth opened widely."I knew that a prostitute like you should not be trust
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY NINESALLYI walked out of the meeting room and went straight to my office. immediately when I sat down, my phone began to ring. I stared at the screen and saw that it was Jessica who was calling me. I smiled because I had missed her. I wondered what she had to say this time.Nevertheless, I picked up the call. "Hello, Jessi," I called out, but there was no response.I continued calling out Jessica, but there was no response from her end. I kept calling Jessica's name, but still, there was no reply until it hung up. I tried calling her again, but there was no response. I dialled her number thrice. When she didn't pick the third time, I decided to let her be..I left my phone in my office and decided to go supervise the packaging of the scandal goods that had been reproduced. I strolled around the room and made sure that everyone present there had something doing.I also supervised the faces of those who were in the team just to ensure that there were n