I went to Judith's home. I didn't know why I felt more relaxed here than elsewhere, as if I belonged here.Or, only in here, I can really let go of things.I was preoccupied with the matters concerning Judith's death.I called Marie and told her all the ins and outs of this matter. I wanted to see if her husband Jerrold can check whether there was any report about this.After that, I searched for the list of associate directors of the Hospital.I had also come in contact with grandma's attending doctor at that time, so I should have some impression.There were four associate directors in the hospital. I scanned them roughly and soon focused on a photo of an associate director named Matt Parma!'That's him!' I told myself!"My grandmother's attending physician was this man."I looked at the doctor's resume from the Internet again. He was the youngest among all the associate directors. In comparison to other associate directors, he should be the most inexperienced.How could he be an a
"Please Reed, I beg you, I've never asked you for anything, and I also know how bad I have been treating you, but please, help me out here, just this once." Lita pleaded.Reed's back was turned to her, she was in deep thought, what Lita was asking of her is something she just can't do, she knows her mother and father will definitely kill her if they find out. Lita's wedding is tomorrow, their father owes a rich billionaire, and since they couldn't pay their debt, the man decided to take Lita as his wife. Lita was Reed's younger sister and she was the most beautiful, thereby, making her the most loved. Everyone in town admired Lita and no one ever seems to notice Reed. Even their parents favored Lita the most. Lita was in love with someone else, a guy who claims to be wealthier than the man Lita was suppose to marry. Lita has fallen head over heels in love with him due to the fact that he claims to be richer, and now, Lita was planning to elope with this guy. Now, she wants Reed to
Next day.... Reed woke up with a start as she heard someone banging on the door loudly. "Open this door right now Reed." Her mother yelled from behind the door. Her heart skipped a beat, she thought her parents would have realized that Lita was gone. She hurriedly got down from the bed and rushed to open the door. On opening the door, she was welcomed with Helen's hateful glares. "G.. good morning mother." She stuttered. Instead of replying to her greetings, Helen rewarded her with a slap. "Are you forgetting what day today is?" "Today is your younger sister's wedding? She should be getting ready already, and instead of you waking her up and helping, you are busy sleeping." Helen yelled. Oh no, mother has no idea about Lita fleeing. Reed thought. What should I do? She panicked. "Go prepare breakfast, then go get Lita and help her get ready." Helen said, then turned to leave. Oh no, I have to break the news to mother, we have to leave this morning. Reed ran after Helen. "Mot
Dave was staring at his bride from the corner of his eyes, he was glad that he'll be getting married to the most beautiful lady in town. "Do you, Lita Defiant, take Dave Mitaka to be your husband?" The priest asked in a loud voice. Reed didn't answer, her heart was beating so fast and she was sweating profusely. Her mother has strictly warned her not to take her veil off until she gets to Dave's home. She was already imagining what Dave will do when he finds out the truth, what will happen to her when he finds out he was married to her, the ugly one and not her beautiful sister. Dave frowned deeply, his bride was taking so much time to answer and it was getting on his nerves, he was a man with little patience. The priest cleared his throat loudly, then he repeated his question. "Do you, Lita Defiant, take Dave Mitaka to be your husband?" Dave nudged her arm, bringing her back to reality. "I I do." Reed stuttered. A small smile appeared on Dave's lips. "Do you, Dave Mitaka,
The veil fell from Dave's hand when he saw Reed's face. "W.. who are you?" He asked in shock as he moved back a bit. Reed bit the bottom of her lips nervously. She raised her head to look at Dave, and he looked like he'd just seen a ghost, or rather, he'd just seen the most ugliest looking person ever. "I asked you a question, who are you?" He barked, causing Reed to let out a fearful yelp. "Where is Lita? Why are you here instead of her?" "I... I'm her elder sister." Reed stuttered. "What?" Dave said in shock. Reed wasn't surprised that he didn't know her, after all, her parents never allowed her to meet him whenever he comes by. They believe if he sees her, it'll bring them bad luck, so whenever Dave comes to see Lita, Reed was asked to stay in her room and not come out. "S s sister?" "Lita has no sister, who the fuck are you?" "I told you, I'm her elder sister, Reed Defiant." "This is crazy, I can't believe this." "Where's Lita? Why are you here instead of her?" Dave
Dave grabbed Reed by the waist and pulled her closer to him. Reed let out a fearful yelp, as she struggled to free herself from his hold. "You're not even that beautiful." Dave said, ruining his fingertips down her face. "But that doesn't mean I won't have your body." "And don't even think of struggling, you should only do as you're told, otherwise, you'll regret it, I swear you'll regret it." He said manically. "P.. please." Reed begged, but he pushed her on the bed and got on top of her. She tried pushing Dave off but he slapped her again."Didn't I say you shouldn't dare to struggle." Dave said darkly. "Don't make me order for you to be flogged." He threatened. The thought of getting beaten scared Reed, she had no choice but to give in, all she could do was cry silently. Dave got off her, then he pulled her up. "Strip." He ordered. *W... what?" Reed panicked. "If I have to repeat myself, it'll be with a slap." He barked. Reed's hand went to her back, she was trying to op
The next day, Reed woke up from the pain, feeling like the lower part of her body had been ripped apart. She couldn't believe what had happened last night.On her wedding night, Dave had treated her as if she was his enemy and took her virginity. What Dave had done had ruined all her previous fantasies.The bed side beside her was already cold. A drop of scarlet blood on the snow white sheet looked particularly irritating.Reed got up and went to the bathroom to take a bath despite her pain. After freshening up, she looked around Dave's room for a new bed sheet and changed the sheets.She then proceeded to walk out of the room heading downstairs.Standing at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor, Reed saw Dave, sitting behind the dining table with a file in his hands as well as having breakfast.The golden sunshine in the morning shone on his side through the half opened window, making him look warm and holy.Over the past years he had been visiting the Defiant family home, R
Reed squatted in the cormer and said nothing. Because of the pain, her spine was hurting and she was afraid her dad would hit her again which might end up with her breaking her spine.Dave glanced at Reed. To her surprise, a bit of complex emotions flashed through Dave's black eyes.After a long while, he said. "Let's talk about it later."After, the Defiant couple, Lita and Dave sat in the living room.When Mr. Defiant saw Reed, he scolded, "Go upstairs right now.! I'll hit you again if I find you here in the next minute!"Reed saw Lita sitting next to Dave while holding his arm intimately. The two of them held each other's hand with their fingers intertwined.This was how a couple should look like....Enduring the pain, Reed looked at the stairs in front of her which seemed like a tall ladder in the air.Every step she took, the pain from being hit earlier made her sweat. However compared to the physical pain, the psychological one was more painful.Althought she had no idea how thin
I went to Judith's home. I didn't know why I felt more relaxed here than elsewhere, as if I belonged here.Or, only in here, I can really let go of things.I was preoccupied with the matters concerning Judith's death.I called Marie and told her all the ins and outs of this matter. I wanted to see if her husband Jerrold can check whether there was any report about this.After that, I searched for the list of associate directors of the Hospital.I had also come in contact with grandma's attending doctor at that time, so I should have some impression.There were four associate directors in the hospital. I scanned them roughly and soon focused on a photo of an associate director named Matt Parma!'That's him!' I told myself!"My grandmother's attending physician was this man."I looked at the doctor's resume from the Internet again. He was the youngest among all the associate directors. In comparison to other associate directors, he should be the most inexperienced.How could he be an a
We walked to my house. I took the elevator to go up, and Dave followed.When I reached the upper floor, I did not look at my door first, but at Oogway's.Oogway and I started from being neighbors. Then I thought perhaps everything was not just a coincidence.It was planned by him.I walked out of the elevator and opened the door with the key. Then I went in and found the Property Ownership Certificate.There was a black cloth bag put together with the Property Ownership Certificate, which stored the pink necklace that Dave had given me.I hesitated for a moment, and then put it into my bag.This necklace was so expensive. Maybe I could help Dave by selling it.When I went out, Dave was waiting at the door. He looked at me with a solemn face. "Have you made up your mind? If you don't want to sell it, I can...""Let's go." I interrupted him. "I don't want to live next door with him anymore."'He' meant Oogway.Dave didn't say anything else.He accompanied me to the Real Estate Bureau wi
It took about half an hour for Comfort to come out.As soon as she opened the door and saw me standing there, she was scared to take a step back and barely stood still. Then she looked at me and said with impatience, "What are you doing? Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night!?""Tell me clearly what you just said. What was wrong with grandma's tube?"'Today, if I don't figure this out, how can I sleep! That was what I thought.As I spoke, I switched on the lights in the corridor.The orange light shone on Comfort's face.The woman's face was still pale because of the shock. She said impatiently, "I don't know. You need to ask your father.""I'm asking you!" I threatened her. "I still have the video of you that year. Listen, anyway, you know what's my situation now. I don't want to be alive anymore. I'm not afraid to announce it in public and have a life and death struggle with you!"In fact, I was not sure if the video of Comfort I took was still there.But I still needed to
Judith's home looked the same as before, and the furniture wasn't changed, which made me gratified.After entering, Comfort said, "You can stay. I'll come back tomorrow morning. I'll go first.""Don't you want to stay here?" I looked at Comfort in surprise."I, I have a place, I don't live here!" Comfort's face was full of panic, as if she was afraid that I would ask more.At that moment, my mind suddenly became clear. I walked over and grabbed Comfort's hand, "No! If you want the exchange for my apartment, you must stay here with me for the night!""I won't stay!" Comfort shook off my hand with all her might!Her eyes were filled with fear!It was as though she resisted being here!What was she afraid of?Even though I didn't have a clear head on this day, my mind was unusually clear at this very moment.I pulled her and said, "No, then I won't do the exchange."Hearing this, Comfort immediately hesitated and begged, "I, I want to go back and take care of my husband...""You can ask
My heart went from anger, to panic, to numbness.In the end, I didn't even know when this farce would end.I didn't know how many tears I had shed.However, when I came to myself, the people around me seemed to have dispersed, as if the police had come to stop them.In the end, I was left alone.I felt like I was deprived of all my feelings.I couldn't feel sadness, anger or grief.I stood up. I was pointed at by passerbys when I made my way back, finally, I arrived at the No.1 on foot.Along the way, I was in a daze.I didn't quite remember what happened.I went home, took a shower, changed my clothes, and sat down on the sofa.My brain was in a mess.I completely seemed to have entered a state where I couldn't help denying myself.As I sat there, all I thought about was... all these things happened because of me.Because of me, the studio was destroyed.Because of me, all the orders had been cancelled.Because of me, my mother's life was exposed to the public.Because of me, Dave's
At nine o'clock the next morning, I found Harry's number on my phone. He was my attorney in the case of Helen.In fact, as long as the details of the trial and evidence would go public, things on the Internet would be refuted.I called Harry, and made an appointment at ten o'clock in the morning in a cafe near their Law Firm building with him.After hanging up the phone, I went out.Dave was very busy recently, so I did not disturb him. I took a taxi and went to the place that I had appointed with Harry.After arriving at the entrance, I paid the taxi fee and went upstairs to wait for him.Since it was in the morning, the cafe was almost empty. So I chose a corner, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat down calmly.It was only 9:30 a.m.I sat there, thinking over and over again about how to speak to Harry later.If Harry would refuse me or hesitate later, I would have to say something to move him.I practiced countless versions in my mind.At 10 a.m. I saw Harry opening the coffee shop's d
At this time, Marie's phone rang, after listening on for a while, she turned around and went out with a dignified look on her face.I followed Marie out and heard her. "Ms. Sarah, please listen to my explanation. This is an unwarranted rumor. Our designers are not such kind of people. Excuse me, Mrs. Sarah..."She didn't go on meaning the other party hung up.Marie put the phone in her pocket and turned around with disappointment.She looked at me and immediately squeezed out a smile. "The last project has been cancelled, too. It's good. We can rest for a while."Her words made me even sadder.All of this was because of me."I'm sorry. Originally, I thought it was only my own affair, but this also affected the people around me.I went back and Scarlett said, "Alina, why don't you also hold a press conference like Teresa?""No." Marie said behind, "Do you think the Michaelson family opened the press conference at random? They have already distributed questions to the journalists, and
I hadn't used my mobile phone for the past few days. I seemed to be used to it. Although I had my mobile phone, I didn't have time to check out the news.What did they find again?I tried my best to suppress the fear in my heart and clicked open the news with trembling hands.Looking at the news, it was just as I thought.Someone went to visit Helen, who seemed to have gone crazy, and said I killed Lita on the yatch.The man recorded a video stealthily. On the video, Helen only showed half of her face as she said with tears, "In order to let her let Lita off, we gave her all our property. But Reed was too hard hearted, she still didn't agree. She watched Lita being burnt to death in the end!"All the foul mouthed comments about me spread on the Internet.Netizens were crazyly searching, and they found out Lita's disappearance, Dave and Teresa's wedding, and I who should already be dead.This time, every line was actually very easy to piece together to form a complete clue!Because o
The four of us went silent at the same time.Upon seeing this, Desmond had no choice but to stand up. "You can continue. I'll go in and get some drinks."Although he had left, we did not continue either. I was bored for a while so I planned to go to the stern to see what they had gained from fishing.I took a few steps to the stern and saw that only Jerrold and Dave sat there.I was afraid of scaring away the fish, so I kept quiet.Before I got close, I heard Jerrold say, "He has spent a lot of money on this issue. If there is no higher bargaining chip, it will be very difficult to suppress this issue.""What's the price?""At least this." Jerrold said and raised his hand. I thought it was five million, and then I heard him said, "Fifty million."Hearing this number, I was astonished to breathless.Originally, I thought it was already expensive, but I did not expect Jerrold to say, "And now you know the things in which people are most interested are not only the private life of stars