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Audrey sighed looking at the dead body. "So you're saying you don't remember anyone that could have had a motive, or hold a grudge against your husband?" She asked Joanne.Joanne nodded, her face looking sad, and her eyes watery. "It's not like I know everything he does.""When you saw him this morning, didn't you notice something was wrong?" Levi asked.The question made Joanne furrow her brows at the remembrance of the morning weirdness. "He..he was looking kind of unsettled. Not going to work alone was weird, because he's always serious about it. He said he was feeling under the weather, but refused to see a doctor." She told them."And apart from this morning, you didn't notice anything else weird about him." Audrey probed further.Joanne nodded. "As far as I know, yes. Although I kinda felt he was keeping something from me. I can't really tell what it's based on, but just a feeling."Audrey looked at Kevin, and the C branded on his body. She just hoped the case won't be a lost on
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6th October. Wednesday."So early in the morning, Nick," Leo muttered looking at the pics he sent in his phone. The pics happened to be his sister and her mother, and scrolling down, his eyes narrowed at the pics of her death, and the guy who ran her over."She was killed, Leo. I asked Jace if he knew who that careless guy is, and he said yes. The guy's name was Vic...Victor Fields who was once alive but was killed due to this very operation. He wasn't careful, and let himself get caught in the CCTV. He was once working for your father and was a partner to the recent right-hand man in the organization there on your side, Lionel Stone. While he was alive, and they were here, Victor was the right-hand man of the boss, they were the ones ruling this place til he did the careless operation. Those times, your dad didn't seem to have right and left-hand men by him. After Victor died, he promoted Lion to stay by his side and handed the throne to others. I even discovered that Lion was his on
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7th. October. Thursday."Your case is becoming interesting, isn't it?" Emily asked trying to glimpse at the paperwork they were working on.Audrey blinked and turned to look at Emily in uttermost confusion... "Okay? What are you doing here?""Your case. It's pretty interesting. Homicide, and human branding. The latter itself takes things up a notch, doesn't it?" Emily rambled on.Audrey nodded. "Okay, then go mind your business."Emily sighed. "We should talk, Audrey. Our cases are aligned."Audrey's brows furrowed. "How?""Not here," Emily whispered. "We've got a mole."Audrey and Levi frowned. "Wh...""Let's talk later. We'll meet at Lacy's by 3." Emily dropped, and left.Audrey turned to look at Levi. The confusion was still written on her face. "What was that all about?"Levi shrugged. "Thanks to curiosity, we'll have to meet her."..."Florence is a mole!" Audrey exclaimed in shock, and with widened eyes "Shh." Emily shunned her and looked around the restaurant. "Don't shout i
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8th October. FridayMr. Hodge squinted his eyes at all his lackeys as they kept busy doing one thing or the other. He wondered which one of them is the traitor. He sighed knowing he had to be careful, and trust no one. Once he finds who that traitor is, his death or her death is already signed."Randolph!" He called.Randolph looked at him and ran towards him. "Boss.""Go call Lionel and Owen." He ordered.Randolph nodded and ran downstairs to call them.If there are people he actually trusted, it is Lionel who has been with him for decades, Owen whom he watched grew up, and Randolph who's very wild, and can be heartless.Whoever that traitor is, they are the ones that'll help to fish him or her out.He saw Owen and Lion walking towards him as he stood still watching.They were wondering why their boss called them in the middle of working. He probably got something for them to do. A very typical life. Goes round, and round like a carousel. A carousel of crime."Boss, you sent for us.
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9th October. Saturday"Mr. Creo."Vincent looked up as his secretary entered. "What is it?""Your girlfriend is here to see you." She informed.Vincent sighed wondering if he should just allow her in. Ignoring her won't help anything cause she'll just keep coming. "Let her in." He gave the go-ahead.His secretary nodded and left. He looked and saw Carmen entering with a smile on her face. She stood in front of him. "Good gracious! I was doubting you'll let me in.""You're right to doubt."She walked and sat on his chair. "Whatever it is you're thinking is wrong, babe.""And what am I thinking, psycho?"Carmen breathed out since she could feel the anger in him all over the room. "Um, you're probably thinking my baby is not yours due to the misunderstanding. You should let me explain."Vincent rose a brow. "Are you sure you have an explanation? Carmen, you lied to me.""I didn't lie to you. That day I went to Carson's mall, but it wasn't for me. I didn't even know if I was pregnant.""
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Entering their room with a tired Alexa dragging her feet on the ground, Leo kept thinking about the mole. He hasn't gotten the chance to talk to Emily about it yet. He watched as Alexa sat down looking very exhausted, and it made him wonder how she even tries carrying herself up sometimes or even walking. He's always scared of her falling.He walked up to her and sat beside her. "Feeling okay?"Alexa looked at him and nodded even though her breathing was uneven. "Yeah, I am. Just feeling really tired.""You want me to bathe you, and afterward give you a massage?""Um,...the bathing part, I don't think so, but the massage, I'm okay with it," Alexa replied with an awkward smile on her face.Leo furrowed his brows at her. "My love, why so shy? I can bathe you. We can bathe each other, or just shower together."Alexa frowned at him, but inwardly, she was smiling. Her husband just refers to her as 'my love'. "Um, that phase, I don't think I'm ready yet.""What phase? The my love part, or t
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"What? What are you talking about? I thought...""If we keep waiting, I keep losing money, and right now we've got a big-time client in need of transportation to get his drugs to the country. I insisted on helping him.""But, sir, not long ago, your goods were confiscated."Mr. Hodge shook his head. "I think their focus has been diverted. I don't think I need a negative answer from you, William."William sighed getting scared. "Um, okay. I'll get things ready.""What things? And who are you talking to?"William immediately turned to Vincent with wide eyes. His heart began beating profusely, and painfully. "Uh, to someone.""Who?" Vincent asked again.William blinked. "Someone....unimportant. It's a friend of mine who's celebrating a birthday."Vincent nodded not knowing if he should buy that. William has a lot of friends, and unfortunately, he doesn't keep tabs on all of them. He wouldn't know if he was lying about the friend celebrating his birthday.William just stood still hoping h
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10th October. Sunday.The next morning, Alexa kept looking at Leonard in confusion. His face was slightly bruised. When did he get into a fight?"Did you go anywhere this morning?" She asked.That was the question Leo expected her to ask since he planned it all. He made sure Alexa didn't meet him on the bed, and he cooked breakfast for her, so when she woke up, she'll think he went out and got into a fight so he nodded. "As a matter of fact, yes." He answered, dropping the food beside her."Where did you go so early that you got into a fight?" Alexa asked worriedly."I went for morning runs. I needed it. And then I met a guy that annoyed me, and we got into a fight." Leo replied to her and sat beside her close to the food on the bed."What was the fight about?"Leo shook his head. "Details aren't important. Just know that I didn't mean it, and it was all defense. The guy was just mad. For one, I think he mistook me for someone else."Alexa nodded. "Okay, but you need to put ice on tha
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The greatest shock Alexa received in all her life was when Leo knelt down on the ground with a ring in hand and ask the question she has never heard anyone ask her. "Will you marry me?"She was overwhelmed by that question. It was totally unexpected. Out of nowhere. It officially became one of the happiest days of her life.Her smile was broad and uncontrollable, and after saying yes, immediately after he stood up, she engulfed him in a hug.Their kids and friends just stood there happy since it was all planned by all of them.The wedding was not that grand, but it was perfect. The happy smiles on their face made things different from when they had their first.This time, there was love in their eyes. They were happy as they looked at each other.Back then, it was just pain, confusion, and different negative thoughts in their heads when they were about to join them together. There was just no smile on their faces no matter how much they wanted to force it.It's funny how different thi
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Throughout, the kids were restless since they have no idea what was going on. They haven't seen their mom and their dad since he saved them from the wicked men."I'm pretty sure everything is going to be fine," Joseph spoke out, shaking his head at their brooding expressions as he came out of the kitchen."Don't talk to us, Joseph." Damien shunned him in a bad mood.Joseph took a seat on the couch by their left. "I understand you guys detest me, but I'm sure you've understood why. I'm not a bad person, you know."Damien scoffed. "Whatever.""He's right." James chimed in, coming out of his room. He closed his door shut and walked closer to the kids. "He's also a victim." He made known, sitting down on the couch opposite Joseph.The kids kept quiet wanting him to talk further."He's a kid without parents. Homeless. He saw an opportunity and grabbed it. He's sorry for everything he did just because he was looking out for himself. He's also helped to save a lot of kids like Kara. The cops
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Leo's eyes widened in shock and horror as he held his wife firmly from falling to the floor. "Oh, my God."Alexa was choking as she was finding it hard to breathe, blood spilling from her mouth and the part she got shot which was her back.Leo knelt on the ground with her in his arms still in shock at what happened. He couldn't believe it. His... His wife got shot. "Alexa." It came out with a shaky breath.Her breathing was heavy, she was finding it hard to even say anything to him."We need an ambulance." Leo's voice came out shaky once again, but the war was still going on."This shouldn't have happened." The boss's voice was filled with regret."I'm sorry, boss. She came in the way." Mason apologized.Leo sighted Harrison and his goon hiding and immediately knew they were the ones who shot his wife. He knew they were hiding, but he thought it was just to save themselves from being shot.Fury tore through him. He didn't wanna kill anyone, but he was not ready for that man to go scot
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(November 3rd. Wednesday)Leo stopped his car and came out of it arriving at the place Harrison Lewis said they should meet. It was like an isolated express where people and cars don't really pass through.His eyes were fixated on the old man and the other guy standing next to him and behind them was their car.It was obvious the old man was Harrison Lewis and it made him realize he actually never met him til now."It's an honor to meet you, Leonard Hodge. I'm honest." Harrison said with a smile.Leo looked around the old man since there was just one thing on his mind and that was saving his precious kids."Where are my kids?" Leo asked really wanting to see them.Harrison nodded. "Yeah." He looked at Mason. "Bring them out."Mason nodded walked to the car and opened it. He urged the kids to come out which they immediately did since they saw their father.Leo's eyes softened as he saw his kids. He was in relief seeing as they were looking fine.As Aria was about to run to her dad, Mas
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The boss looked around the whole room, nodding his head and showing how pleased he was with it. "I didn't know you bought a house here, Mason."Mason nodded. "Yes, boss. It was actually for a reason, though."The boss looked at him. "I'm thankful you came back, but I've been having this burning question. How did you know?"Mason sighed. "It's Carmen, boss.""Carmen? Don't understand.""You said I should trail her on which I did. I was shocked when I heard her speaking to Leo via voicemail about what she's done for him. She was...she was the traitor, boss."The boss blinked and stumbled back a little due to missing his steps. "No. No way."Mason nodded. "It shocked and angered me. It was through her I know of the raid."The boss let out a shaky breath, finding it unbelievable. "Can't believe this. Where's she now?"Mason looked away. "I had no choice.""No choice on what?" The boss asked inquisitively."My...my anger got the best of me, boss. I shot her on the spot." Mason dropped hopi
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Leonard's heart felt like it was put on a stake as he kept pacing on the porch of his house, looking worried and extremely restless.It's been hours since the mission to get his kids safe and sound, but he hasn't gotten anything. All he could get was a stupid voicemail from Carmen making him wonder how much senseless she can be.His phone began ringing making him stop in his tracks. He looked to see it was Emily and for some reason, he just felt there was bad news coming and he could only hope he was wrong."Emily..." He said after taking a calm breath. He heard her clear her throat making him sigh. "Don't tell me it's bad news.""I'm sorry, Leo. We had it all covered thinking everyone was where they were meant to be, but we were taken by surprise. Harrison Lewis and one other together with your kids escaped."Leo rubbed his head in frustration, feeling so annoyed and knowing the choice he was now left with. "We failed then. We lost our only chance.""Leo, there could be another way."
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(NOVEMBER 2ND. WEDNESDAY.)"So tell me, Mason. Are you on her tail?" The boss asked over the phone.Mason nodded. "Yes, boss, but why? Why am I following her?"The boss shook his head. "Don't know. I just have a gut that she's up to something.""Something like what?"The boss sighed. "That girl has been calm lately. She doesn't come to me anymore...it's like she's creating an arm's length between us. She doesn't even talk about the anger she has toward the Hodges like she does then, so I'm having a wild feeling that something is not right with her.""And what do you think you'll get, boss?" Mason asked as he tailed Carmen carefully."Don't know. I feel she's sleeping with another man. She probably met someone to abandon me for and I won't condone that, because when I saved her, there was a pact between us."She's meant to be his if she wanted the whole world which is something he could provide for her."And what if she's betraying you, boss? What should I do?" Mason felt like asking.
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"Ring. Ring. Ring."Leo's phone began ringing cutting short a long conversation as he attempted to calm Alexa down, telling her everything was gonna be fine since she couldn't stop complaining and then sobbing and then crying, showing how sad she was that their kids weren't with them.He's also sad, but all he's gotta do without choice is try calming Alexa down.He sighed, picked up his phone from where he kept it and looked at the familiar number. It was Damon's. He blinked at it, definitely knowing it wasn't his son, but his enemy.A call he's been impatiently waiting for.He answered the call. "Harrison Lewis." It sounded more like an inquiry.Alexa gently sat up, her gaze fixated on Leo, looking curious.He heard the man chuckle. "Of course, you guys cracked that. Damn it's been so long since I've heard my name.""I know everything, Mr. Lewis. Yes, I cracked a lot, but what is it you really want? How stupidly far can you go, since after all, you started stupid?"Alexa let out a wo
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Carmen shook her head with a smile at the little kids in front of her. The boys just sat on the one bed inside the cage, quiet and sad, while the girl just lay down."So these are Leonard Hodge's little devils. I've heard so much."The boys looked up at her, recognizing her. She's Kara's mother. But they just looked away. No matter how strong they act, in the end, the reality of them being kidnapped, and taken from their parents were getting to them."Oh, look how sad you are." Carmen pouted at their facial expressions. "You are supposed to be tough, right?"Aria started sobbing obviously tired of what was happening. Missing her mom and dad. She doesn't know how long she can bear it.The heat due to lack of AC and the fear of eating their food that might be contaminated. Everything was so disgusting to her and it tired her. It felt like she was in jail. Now she knows why people don't like jail.Damon sighed as Aria's crying wasn't helping matters. He had to confess, that urge to also
