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77: CLARISSE’S PLANS
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In Love Again 78: COINCIDENTAL TRUTH
“Yes, I understand. Thank you for your help inspector.” Asher said and hung up the phone.He glanced at the beautiful garden from the balcony of the private restaurant and sighed before walking back into the room where Simon was having a celebration lunch with barrister Mike and Mr. Gabriel. The room was designed in a medieval Japanese style, with white curtains and a sliding door. The scent of fresh flowers blew into the room from the garden, the white curtains rustling with the breeze, and the three men sat around a rotating dining table filled with various Japanese dishes. This place was barrister Mike’s favorite place and to please him, Simon had invited him here for a ‘thank you’ meal.Simon looked up the moment Asher walked into the room, “How was it?” Simon asked and Asher nodded.“He's been arrested,” Asher answered and Simon nodded with satisfaction.“That’s good. I would waste no time in making sure he pays for every one of his crimes. But before that…,” Mike said with a sm
In Love Again 79: MAKING AMENDS 1
The ride to Alvira’s home took about fifteen minutes from where they were, Simon helped himself out of the car the moment it came to a stop and stopped Asher who was about to follow, “I think it’s better if I go alone.” He told him and Asher nodded, returning into the car and watching him go to the house himself.The house was dark inside when he looked at the windows but Simon still decided to knock even though he guessed there was no one there. He knocked twice but received no response, and wanted to knock one more time when someone spoke up behind him.“Why are you here?” He heard Emily’s voice and turned around to see her stern unsmiling face staring at him seriously. She was obviously just coming back from her part-time job with the way he saw things.“Good evening aunt….”“What do you want?” Emily interrupted him directly, not caring for his greeting.“I…” He glanced at the dark house behind him, “I came to see Alvira?”“What for? You think you haven’t caused her enough damage a
In Love Again 80: LANA’S MOVE 1
Simon returned to the hospital that night but ran back to Alvira’s home every other night at every chance he got hoping to see her all to no avail, other than that, his life slowly went back to normal and the dangers lurking in the dark were no longer there. The following week, however, brought a surprise that made Asher wonder if his guess the previous week was indeed true. Lana came visiting. Simon, who had finished his daily physiotherapy session, taken a bath in the private ward, and changed out of his sweat-soaked hospital gown into a pair of gray suit pants and white dress shirt walked out of the bathroom with the support of the wall and was shocked see Lana standing in the middle of the room staring at him shiny eyes. Lana finally decided to come see for herself after giving it a lot of thought. Even though she had meticulously planned out how to get Simon back, she had to be sure that he was really able to walk and she could only believe it when she saw it with her own eyes
In Love Again 81: THE WALKER’S HEART 1
The car drove out of the hospital premises when the men were done making complaints about Lana’s intrusion and making sure she never came anywhere near Simon’s ward again. Simon was seated in the back seat of the car, eager to go home as planned. He felt a little helpless when it came to Alvira, he had been trying to meet her for the past few days but had been unable to. It was almost like she was not in town at all but he knew she had to be in town as her exams were still ongoing, it was just that she had been avoiding him so well that he felt helpless.What he just didn’t understand was why the men stationed to watch out for her never caught a glimpse of her. Asher had those men stationed at the school gate daily to see if Alvira would go home and when she came in or left the school premises. But they never saw her.With a frown on his face, he said to Asher who was driving in a good mood, “Asher, do you know if we could get some students to help us look for Alvira in school.” He
In Love Again 82: THE WALKER’S HEART 2
Ben noticed the confusion on his face and clarified, “I never planned to take it back. As for other things…,” Ben sighed and gently placed the file in front of him. “I promised your dead father that I would watch over you as if you were my own, even though he was already dead when we got to the scene. At that time, Sarah wanted to adopt you officially, but I stopped her.” Jared was even more surprised.Ben continued nevertheless, “I thought you would hate us, your father died working for us, and it would be unfair if we allowed you to be bound to our family all your life. So I refused to sign the adoption letters. I thought that one day if you got tired of being a part of our family and wanted to leave, it would be easier for you to do that.”Jared was even more stunned when he heard this. The walker thought he blamed them for his father’s death. He was surprised, but Ben no longer cared about this. “This…,” He tapped the envelope, “Is the transfer of ownership of the TV station I
In Love Again 83: LANA’S MOVE 2
In the state maximum prison, on the other end of the town, the security door to the visiting area opened with a loud ‘boom’, and Josh walked into the small cubicle with handcuffs around his wrist, which were removed before he sat down. He flashed a pleasing smile at his visitor, his second-hand man, Dylan, and they both picked up the phone.“How was it, were you able to contact her? Did you relay my message to her? Why didn’t she come visiting?” Josh asked a lot of questions in one go, a condescending look on his face. When he was arrested, he was first sent to the detention center and was then brought to jail along with the Walkers’ family doctor, whose case was tried first. The doctor was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and his medical license was revoked. As for him, he was still waiting for the proposed date of his trial. Since he was brought into jail, he had been living a life of luxury, thanks to the money sent to him by Dylan.The case was in less than a week now, and h
In Love Again 84: MAKING AMENDS 2
A knock resounded on the door of Alvira’s home two days later and Emily rushed downstairs to open it thinking it was Alvira whom she had invited back from school but was surprised to see Sarah smiling at her.“Hi, Emily!” Sarah greeted with a bright smile, surprising the woman who was not expecting to see her.“…Madam Sarah,” Emily greeted, “What a pleasant surprise, please come in,” Emily said as she stepped aside for Sarah to come in.Sarah was pleased at her warm welcome, she walked into the house quickly, only then did Emily see Simon seated behind her, not attempting to come in.She gave him a helpless look and sighed, her brows no longer as twisted as they used to be in the past one week. In fact, she was not mad at Simon anymore, in the past one week he had been coming to her home nonstop, asking for her forgiveness, even though she sent him away and never told her daughter, she still observed him closely. The young man never left immediately, he always stayed in his car and w
In Love Again 85: SIMON’S HEART 1
“Alvira, Alvira please!”Simon, who didn’t know he was being discussed, shouted, Alvira turned around and was shocked to see him standing on the stairs, no… on his feet.“You… you can walk.” Alvira stuttered with shock and Simon smiled as he climbed the stairs, while holding onto the railing for support.Yes, he could walk, but it wasn’t smooth yet. His nerves which had been compressed for so long made his legs feel like they were not his, especially his right leg, it was still a little stiff and hurt when he put in too much effort to walk especially when he climbed stairs, so he walked unnaturally as if his legs were mechanical and not his at all. Alvira stared at him, eyes wide, hardly believing what she saw and forgetting her anger. Her eyes drifted from his legs to his face and she saw how pale his face became as he struggled to walk up the stairs. She didn’t know when he had the surgery or how long he had been undergoing therapy to get back on his feet, but seeing his pale fac
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