It was late in the afternoon. Elaine was discussing something with her team members. And when the discussion came to an end, the team members walked to their respective works, Zarah and Mack were still with Elaine when Mack poked Zarah and spoke up in a teasing tone, "Hey, what happened? You seemed to be dumped by someone." Though Zarah knew Mack didn't mean to hurt her but she was hurt because it was the truth by her heart. She wasn’t dumped but she felt that way and she was jealous of her. Mack stood up as well when his phone rang but turned to Zarah before leaving, "Hey, listen. I didn’t want to hurt you, okay? I was just joking. I am sorry." Zarah forced a smile and nodded at him. When Mack was out of their sight, Elaine turned to her, "Zarah, what happened? You indeed seem to be lost in deep thought." Zarah got closer to Elaine, "You know I was thinking about Mr. Henderson." Elaine stared at Zarah not getting what to say. This wasn’t something she expected to hear from her a
The sound of Cannon's heavy breathing faded away and Sam's screaming voice filled the air as he called Cannon's name and it paused Elaine in her place, her phone slipping out of her hold.That time the conversation with Sam from last night buzzed in her mind. He wasn't lying or wrong about the mafia people. Cannon was really in danger. She knew it there and then.We happened to have moments in our life. Some of them are cross-road moments. That moment changes everything through the convergence of destiny and choice.When we must need to decide whether to go in the same direction or change the course.Elaine could feel that moment had appeared in front of her last night and she chose to remain persistent in her direction. She had the chance to stop Cannon. But she didn't. She jolted out of her thoughts after a few minutes and picked up her phone from the ground. The call was cut off by then.She called Cannon again and held it on her ear with a shaky hand. She just wanted Cannon to p
Sam sat on the bench beside Elaine and held her gently as he spoke up, "Elaine."Elaine spoke up before Sam could say anything, "No, it can’t be the truth."Sam shook Elaine gently, "Listen to me. The operation was a success. The doctors have made some progress with him. They made it to stop bleeding."Pausing for a moment, Sam added, "He is heavily sedated and they are moving him to the ICU now. So, they can monitor him closely over the next one or two days."Elaine seemed to be visibly somewhat relaxed hearing him. The thought that scared her to death was gone. Sam continued, "The doctor said one person can meet him at one time. You want to go first?"Elaine shook her head. Confused why Sam wasn't getting angry with her. But whatever be the reason for his still cool behavior, she wasn't ready to face Cannon now, not at least when she was drowning deep with her guilt.Sam left her there as he walked to the cabin. Pushing the door open, he entered and walked to Cannon. Hurt and angry
Elaine was scared to death when Cassandra shared the truth of Ryan getting missing. Hina and she were out with Ryan but then suddenly, they were nowhere.She got even more panicked when Sam's words got ringing in her ears. He had said about assigning some people to follow her and Ryan. Then what about them? She was immediately out of her apartment to talk to Derek who had taken her here from Cannon's place.Though she found him there but the other car that was around her place since Cannon was shot, didn't get into her sight.Derek was also confused about that. Just when he was about to call Jace, one of the people who was supposed to be here, Elaine reached him, "Derek, Ryan isn't at home. Where is he?"The words made Derek worried and the only thing that was crossing his mind, he didn't utter that to Elaine.He called Jace instead of imagining scary things. But seeing him taking eternity to answer his call, Elaine rummaged through her bag and took out her phone with shaky hands."Do
Elaine took Ryan to the room where Cannon was in without bothering others' protest. He wasn't looking as dreadful as he did when she first saw him in the hospital. There was machine beeping by his bedside but his face and body wasn't mangled as before.As soon as Ryan came face to face with Cannon, he turned to Elaine. His face flashed confusion. Elaine smiled at him as she sat on the chair by the bedside with Ryan in her arms, "Here he is, baby. Call him.""But he is sleeping." Ryan whispered. Whenever he tried to wake Cassandra up from her sleep, Elaine never let him do that. Then?"It's okay. He has slept enough. You can call him now." Elaine uttered as she turned to Cannon."Friend?" Ryan reluctantly uttered.Elaine corrected him softly, "He is not your friend, Ryan.""But he said he is." Ryan said. Elaine could feel Ryan liked the idea pretty much of being friends with Cannon. She added softly, "He is your Dad.""Dad?" Ryan asked Elaine as he visibly seemed to be confused. He had
Elaine was in middle of the meeting when Sam called her. For a moment she thought of ignoring it but then the probable reason behind his call crossed her mind and she answered the call immediately, "Is he awake now?""He is." Sam barely uttered the words before Elaine spoke up, "I will be there soon.""Okay." Sam cut off the line with a smile and walked back to Cannon. Elaine rose on her feet, "Mack, you handle it. I have to go."The people at the meeting exchanged confused glances and Mack who was briefing the project requirement stopped as he spoke up, "Elaine, you can't leave at the middle of the meeting. Watson won't be happy with it.""I will deal with him later but I have to go now. I am sorry." the people kept staring at Elaine confusedly as she walked out of the room. She was always sincere in her job. But for a few days she didn't seem to be like before. They didn’t have any clue but they could feel something was wrong. Zarah voiced out finally, "Who was Elaine talking abou
Cannon never saw it coming to this point and couldn't be more relieved that Elaine and Ryan were in the penthouse within his sight. Otherwise he would have been hell worried given his condition, he wouldn't be able to get out of bed let alone reach them.When his little son kept laughing, running and jumping all around the penthouse, as much as he wanted to, he couldn't go after him. He would have gladly endured the pain and played with him but he was forced to do otherwise.Sam, Elaine, Hina, Mary, someone of them was always near and his standing on foot was forbidden. And they made it for a week.His parents also seemed to be enjoying their time with Ryan. As much as his relationship was bad with them, Cannon didn't say much about their being totally different people with Ryan. He kept silent, letting Ryan have all happiness in his life and feeling happy with it.Though it wasn't necessary, a checkup was conducted on him again after one week for Cannon in bed. And only when the res
As soon as Cannon entered the study, Ethan spoke up, "What are you thinking of doing? Have you gone crazy?" "I am doing exactly what my duty is." Cannon stood firmly, "I am not going to go back on my words." Getting Cannon's determination in his words, Ethan offered, "Okay. Let me handle it then." "No need. I will do what I am supposed to do. You don't have to worry." Completing his say, Cannon was about to leave but Ethan stopped him, "Cannon, it's about that bas.. I mean crazy Kings. Anything can happen." Cannon gave him a side glance, "So? Are you worrying for me right now?" not believing his father was finally worrying for him now only after he had survived death for the second time. Really! "Cannon, please." Ethan tried to make him understand but he didn't give him the chance, "It's okay. I can manage it." and left the study and walked to his room, somewhat angry at Sam. Why did he have to talk to Ethan about all this? He could feel if Hunter was behind the bars now, it