Chapter Twenty: Who is She, Rico?

Avery, Tara, Newton, Martin and Jide dashed out of the elevator immediately it stopped on Rico’s office floor as the scent of fresh tears tingled their nostrils. They were worried that Derek might had gotten some nerve to come himself leaving behind him destruction. Without slowing fo a beat, they rushed to Tiana whose head was hidden behind her desk.

“What’s wrong Tia?” Tara demanded worriedly, lifting the female’s head to for bruises or any other indication that Rico might have taken the imposter head-on. She growled lightly when Tiana ducked her head deeper behind the desk. Stepping back, she gave the pup space to pull herself together. The pup’s teary sniffles made her old heart ache in pain.

When Tiana finally lifted her face to look at them after wiping her face with the back of her hand, Tara cursed silently, the poor pup’s face was swollen with tears and despite the brave smile plastered on her face, Tiana