"I just called to inform you that Angela Anderson is Bryce's legally married wife and she is pregnant for him," the chief announced and Susan froze. "Susan, are you there?" the chief questioned, following Susan's long silence."Susan, are you alright?" Eva asked realizing Susan had been silent and staring in the same direction for a long time. "Susan!" she called out to her again, tapping her gently.Susan snapped out of her moment and realized the chief had been calling her name from the other end of the call."Yes, I am here," Susan replied with a frown. "Let me call you back," she added and slowly brought her hand down."What is it, Susan?" Eva asked curiously seeing how down Susan looked."Bryce is already married," the words escaped Susan's lips and Eva was surprised."What do you mean Bryce is already married? He married who?" Eva asked."Angela," Susan replied still in a state of shock."What!" Eva reacted. "When, how?" she asked."I don't know but she is even pregnant for him
"No, wait. I will call James and Darren over, too. I want them to hear what you have to say," Mr. Anderson said, and Zora just nodded. Mr Anderson quickly fetched his phone and called James and later Darren. Zora and Mrs Anderson moved back to the living room joining Elorm."Now we just have to wait a couple of minutes more and they will be here.Back at the police station, the chief has received everything he needs to ensure Angela gets a life jail sentence if not a death sentence.The chief sat behind his desk going through the report making sure there was nothing that was going to raise any questions. "Okay, everything checks out," the chief said out loud. "I just need to submit this to the court for the state trial," he thought and smiled. The chief stepped out of his office for his lunch break. As soon as he left an officer walked into his office ensuring one more was watching. The officer quickly walked to the chief's table and started looking at the case files on his desk. No
Bryce stood up from behind his desk and exited his office. He is not a drinker but at this moment, alcohol was making sense to him. The pain he was feeling in his heart was too much to bear. He grabbed the car keys and headed for the front door. Josephine saw Bryce walking towards the front door and he didn't seem like his usual self."Sir, forgive me for asking, but is everything alright?" Josephine asked."Does anything look alright in this house?" Bryce questioned in his deep voice without bothering to turn to even look at Josephine who was standing behind him."I am sorry, Sir but you look troubled," Josephine pointed."Get back to work," Bryce ordered. " I don't pay you to question me," he added."Sir," Josephine tried again."Don't make me repeat myself," Bryce said."Yes, Sir," Josephine said and stood there watching Bryce resume his walk.She stood there and watched him walk out the front door. As soon as he did, Josephine hurried to Martin's room on the next floor. She knocke
"Good morning Mr Moore, my name is Detective Darren. I am with the police headquarters," Darren introduced."Detective Darren, I am listening," Bryce said thinking the officer was calling to inform him that his mother's body had been released for burial."Mr Anderson would like to meet you for a very important discussion. It has to do with his daughter, your wife," Darren said and Bryce frowned. Aside from his family and the chief, no one else knew he was Angela's husband. If this detective knows Angela is his wife, does it mean the chief recorded this? Bryce thought, but he calmed himself, knowing an investigation was ongoing so anything linked to Angela could be recorded."What is the discussion about?" Bryce asked."I am afraid this is not a conversation to be done on the phone. He is willing to meet you anywhere convenient for you," Darren said."I don't want to meet him," Bryce said recalling the report Ian shared with him which proved that Angela was guilty of the crime she was
The news of Mr Anderson started trending on social media platforms, and gradually, the story was turned against Angela. From the belief that Angela could be innocent, and the murderer was still out there on the street, to Angela's accomplices were still out there carrying out Angela's orders. Bryce became furious and became extra cold.Patricia's body was released for burial and Devon quickly took care of it as he didn't want anything to interrupt the upcoming engagement party scheduled for the weekend which Bryce didn't care about. The funeral for Patricia Moore was held on after her body was released Wednesday evening. At the small ceremony which was held at the family home with very few people, Bryce found himself standing next to his mother's casket. The report from Ian which he had read occupied his mind. His anger towards Angela grew and so was his hatred for her. He felt betrayed and regretted ever allowing himself to fall in love with her. He was now doubting the paternity of
At the station, one of the officers went to see Angela in her withholding cell. "How are you holding up in there?" the officer asked, but Angela sat on her bed in silence. Well, tomorrow, a judge decides your fate. And from what I hear in the news, there is no salvation for you," she said, and Angela kept her head lowered, not showing any reactions to the officer's words."The Moore family are having an engagement party tomorrow after burying Mrs Moore today," she said and Angela raised her head to look at her. "Ah! Finally, something got your attention," she said and giggled. "Such is life, people enjoy happy moments, while others cry and some are in your kind of situation, facing a judge," she said and Angela wondered why the officer was there running her mouth."Okay, I will leave you now. Just came to let you know, your days of staying in a withholding cell end tomorrow," she said and left the place."This could only mean Bryce is moving on with Susan," Angela thought feeling hur
Bryce left the police station and went home. When he arrived, Josephine welcomed him, but he ignored her."Sir, your father was here. He asked me to give you this?" Josephine said holding out a brown envelope to Bryce. Bryce paused in his steps and turned to look at Josephine. His gaze moved from her face to her stretched-out hand. He stared at her hand for a while before accepting the brown envelope from her hand. Josephine left his presence immediately. Bryce went for his study. He sat behind his desk and placed the envelope in front of him. He stared at the envelope for a while before picking it up to open it. He brought the content out and it was a threat from his father requesting him to marry Susan after the engagement or risk losing everything. Bryce frowned after reading the content of the letter from his father. There were other documents inside the envelope. The document listed all the properties owned by the Moore family. They were all in Devon Moore's name.Bryce droppe
"What the hell are you talking about?" Bryce asked, turning to face Mrs Anderson, who was standing on her feet."Yes. Ten years ago, your father, my husband and I turned Angela into an orphan," Mrs Anderson repeated."I already know the story of how Angela's parents died. The greedy man whose greed had no end caused his own doomed," Bryce said through gritted teeth. "What do you hope to gain, twisting the truth and accusing my father?" he questioned. "Are you looking for salvation for your murderous adopted daughter?" he threw the words at Mrs Anderson."Paul Adams was greedy and that is why we killed him," Mrs Anderson said."If you killed him, that is your family's business, don't involve my dad in your crime," Bryce said sternly already believing Mrs Anderson was just there to make up a story to defend Angela's criminal act."Give me ten minutes of your time. That is all I ask for?" Mrs Anderson requested."You have already exhausted ten minutes of my time. So get out," Bryce said
Bryce stared at the document and laughed. He didn't even take it from Jay's hand. Jay pulled up his phone and was about to call the police but five officers entered."No need to call, we are already here?" the officer leading the officers said."Good, this man here is trespassing on private property," Jay reported."This is how I know you are fake," Bryce said. "Let me tell you a story," he said."When I noticed something about the Davis family wasn't right, I started doing my private investigation. I realized you were onto me. I tasked some people to watch you and report everything you do to me. I knew you were going to attack my home so, I had this fake document prepared and left there for you to pick up. I spoke with someone at the office and told him that if anyone comes to authenticate this document, they should confirm it's legit. I made you believe I was focusing my energy on your mother and my uncle but I was watching you. When your mother was sent to prison, I knew you would
Within a few minutes, all channels on the TV were announcing the change of ownership for Diamond Corporation, now PEG Industries. Ivan after addressing the employees and informing them of what to expect, had his people go through the employee's contracts. He terminated all employees who were above 6 months old in the company. To him, they have worked with Bryce and will be loyal to him. When he was done, he only had three employees left. Zora who was just a week old and two employees who were just two months old in the company. "You are Zora," Ivan said staring at Zora who had been brought to his office, the office used by Bryce."I am going to let you stay and work, as," Ivan said and picked up Zora's contract. "As HR manager. You will help my boy here recruit new employees starting tomorrow," he said. "I will reduce your salary by 40% because of your relationship with Bryce. This is your punishment. I am only keeping you because you knew your place when my lawyer announced me," he
Ivan left the living room, holding the company document and smiling from ear to ear. He climbed the staircase to his bedroom floor and walked down the hallway toward the huge master bedroom door at the end of the hallway. Two guards stood on either side of the door. As he approached, they opened the door for him."Bryce, Bryce, by sunrise, you will lose everything. I am now the new owner of your company and also have the documents that make you the heir of the Moore family," Ivan said and smiled.When Matilda Davis brought Bryce to the Davis family and presented him as the new Don, Ivan was worried, because he thought he was being trained to become the new Don. When he asked his mother, she told him to focus on his training. He had someone run an investigation on Bryce. After finding out about who Bryce was, he started monitoring him. When he realized Bryce was onto his mother, he also made his men move. He wanted to be the one to bring Bryce to his knees, so he kept his findings to h
She sent her location via text to Elorm and got up from behind the study desk. She put the documents into her drawer and walked towards her closet. She went through her clothes and grabbed a sexy black small dress. She slipped into the dress. She stood in front of the mirror and was about to apply some makeup when she remembered Martin."What if he is back home now?" Zora thought. She quickly thought of an excuse to give and still go out of the house. With a convincing thought in mind, she packed her makeup tools into her bag and grabbed a long jacket. She quickly wore it over her sexy small dress. She put on her shoes and exited her bedroom. She locked the door and started walking towards Martin's bedroom door. She stood behind Martin's bedroom door and knocked. She had already planned on what to tell Martin as soon as he opened the door. She waited a while and there was no response. She knocked again and tried opening the door and realized it was locked. She turned around and wal
"Take the device off Zora's phone once this is over. I will be right back," Martin said to Bernard and exited the office after Bernard had acknowledged. Martin left Bernard's office but didn't go up to Bryce's office. He walked toward Zora's office and opened the door without knocking. As he had suspected, Zora was not in her office. He already knew she was looking for the company's document. He left the place and walked towards the elevator. As soon as the elevator door opened and he stepped inside, Elorm took a peek at the hallway. He heard the footsteps in the hallway and next was Zora's office door opening which was the office next to his. This is why he came out to see who it was once he heard the elevator door open. He caught sight of Martin's back before he entered the elevator."Hmm, if I want I can take Zora away from you and you will not stand a chance. I know her better than you but that is not my motive now. It's a shame, you will all go six feet under soon," Elorm though
Bernard was in his office when his monitoring device picked up Elorm's conversation. He recorded everything.The day went by normally, with everyone in the office going about their duties. Elorm appeared to be showing how committed he was to his new job, which left Zora confused about who he was and his intentions. She knew there was no evidence that Elorm indeed poisoned Angela, but one thing was clear: He lied about his health condition."Was it to get my attention and get back with me?" Zora thought while sitting behind her desk in her office.She recalled things that had happened since the day Elorm showed her his medical report and she thought he was dying. He had kissed her that day. He unexpectedly kissed her again during the company launch and at the hospital, he almost took things beyond a mere kiss, had she not had the will to stop him. He was going to take her right there on the couch with Angela lying on a bed in a coma in the same room with them. "He just wanted to win m
"He used you to harm Angela. I am going to use you to punish him," Bryce said and Zora raised her head to stare at him. "Now listen to me carefully. Tomorrow, you will go to the office and act normal. By normal I mean he must know that you know his correct health status. Onboard him and let him start work," he added and Zora expressed confusion."Is that all that I am supposed to do?" Zora asked staring at Bryce."Yes, give him the job, and don't change your attitude toward him," Bryce echoed, and Zora nodded. "I am done," he said and at that moment Angela woke up."Zora, you are here?" Angela said drawing everyone's attention in her direction. Zora smiled and walked up to her and stood by her bedside. She held Angela's hand in hers and smiled."I am glad you are awake. How are you?" Zora asked and Angela smiled.Bryce and Martin just stared at the two women chatting."Where is mummy and daddy?" Angela asked and Zora turned to look at Bryce and Martin."They travelled," Bryce quickly
"What are you talking about?" Zora tried to play smart."Who is he?" Martin questioned and showed the picture to Zora. Zora stared at the image of Elorm on Martin's screen and gulped. "It's not what you think. He didn't do anything. I was with Angela when he left." Zora tried to shield Elorm and Martin frowned."So why did you lie about it the first time?" Martin asked."He is my friend and he has cancer. He is dying. I didn't want you to add him to your list of suspects. He is a good man," Zora defended."Is he your ex?" Martin asked and Zora lowered her head."Yes," Zora replied in a low tone. "He broke up with me when he found out about his health. He didn't want to drag me into his problems," she added."So you want to go back to him?" Martin asked and Zora raised her head to stare at his face."No," Zora replied with a frown."So why were you kissing him? I saw you twice. Is it part of a healing process?" Martin asked feeling hurt about Zora meeting up with her ex."I didn't ki
Martin stared at her carefully. Zora's heart raced in her chest and Martin picked something staring into her eyes. She appeared to be hiding something."Zora, tell me the truth. I know someone came here. Don't lie to me," Martin said and Zora hardened her heart.She couldn't bring herself to give Elorm away. She was sure Elorm didn't do anything to Angela. If anything, she believed someone may have come in after Elorm left."I was alone with Angela. I left to use the washroom. When I came back, I didn't see anything amiss. I sat down and dosed off. I heard some beeping sound and opened my eyes. I was greeted with the scene of people surrounding Angela's bed," Zora narrated."How long were you in the washroom?" Martin asked."I am not sure but I was there for a while," Zora replied and Martin frowned."What were you doing in the washroom?" Martin asked trying to calculate how long Zora was in the washroom and the possibility of someone entering Angela's ward and exiting without her not