Detective Adams halted at once. A thrill went through her. She recognized the tone of his voice at once. It was the tone of someone who had fought so hard to stay strong but could no longer hold on.It was the voice of a man that had finally broken and was ready to tell the truth. But there were doubts. What if he was telling her one convincing lie or the other to distract her from finding out the truth?It seemed very unlikely. His tone was unmistakable. She knew she'd come dangerously close to the truth and she wasn't going to miss the one chance at grabbing hold of the truth.She twirled around, stepped forward and unstrapped the metal frame that held his face in place for the ice cold water to drop on it. She set his face properly. She needed to see his face while he told the truth."I see you're ready to talk. So by all means, go ahead." She took a seat.Max Walker chewed on the corners of his mouth for a few long seconds. He seemed to still be having trouble telling her the trut
Shaped like a rattlesnake, the man curled himself up on the wall. He pressed the barrel of his pistol against his neck and closed his eyes as if embracing a lover.He savored the feeling of power that enveloped him. He looked down at the unsuspecting humans moving to and fro the hallway, oblivious of the fact that somewhere in the building, danger was lurking and lying in wait for somebody that was being held in the building.They were right to be bothered. He'd not come for any of them. He'd come specifically for one person; one person who'd broken the code of conduct or was about to and was going to pay dearly for it with his life.It was uncomfortable, crouched in his hiding place, but the dull ache in his thighs was a small price to pay for what the man whom he'd been told to kill had done.Just a millisecond ago, he would have been caught had his sharp ears not picked up the sound of the approaching footsteps easily or his eyes not caught sight of the approaching shadows.In his
Emily sat still, taking her breathing slowly. Edmund's announcement had somehow pinned her to the seat. She did many wild guesses in her mind but could not exactly pinpoint what the problem was.She could not remember the last time she'd seen Edmund looking so broken and serious at the same time. Had someone died? What did that have to do with Charlotte being pregnant? Was there some sort of connection that she'd missed in all these?"Only my mother knows about the pregnancy right now and I'd like it to remain that way. If my father finds out about it, there are chances that he could find out that what we have together is a lie too. I don't want that to happen."Emily still could not see where she fit in his story. She didn't keep her thoughts to herself."First of all, congratulations on your baby."She wasn't at all prepared for the outburst that followed from Edmund."Do I look happy to you?" He barked. "Do I look like I want this baby right now? But what choice do I have? He's bei
Randall stood there, transfixed at the spot. His heart lurched forward. What did Amy Johnson know that was powerful enough to ruin his chances of being with her? Had she heard something she shouldn't have heard?He wasn't sure. He'd been very careful. Standing there before her like a prisoner that was about to receive his sentence, he tried to hold his true emotions but they'd still shown on his face somehow.He was confused and surprised at the same time. Amy Johnson soon put him out of his misery."I feel like I've been dumb the whole time," she began. This can't be good, Randall thought to himself."I mean, I should have seen the signs. Every time we met, it was because you wanted to find out one thing or the other from me. Like that's literally all we do during our meetings. It got me thinking. Did it mean that if I had no information to trade with you, we'd never get to see?"Randall was not sure he was following where she was headed, but he listened patiently. She was yet to hi
Emily had always hated to be at Dally Villa. Other than the first time she'd been there, she'd never really enjoyed her visits there since then because of the fact that her therapy sessions with Jason and the shrink were held there.Every time she came to Dally Villa, she was one step closer to being caught and that was something she did not even want to imagine.But today, however, Dally Villa seemed like an escape route for her from all the chaos that had been going on in her life. First, she'd found out that Charlotte was pregnant for Edmund. Next, the news of SkyNet continuing to drown despite all her attempts to keep it afloat ruined her day.She needed some time away from her life and from reality. Jason had been more than elated when he received the call from her, informing him of her visit. He'd told her that he would close from work soon just to come be with her but Emily was not sure she wanted that. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts by the poolside. And that's exact
Detective Camille Adams doubled her footsteps as she neared the elevator. She took it all up to the fifth floor of the building where the technical department was located.About sixty seconds ago, she'd received a call from the new technical crew member, Charlie Rodrigues informing her of the discovery he'd just made. It changed everything.She hoped with everything in her that Charlie was right. Because if he was, then there was still hope that this could still be sorted out. She was running out of breath when she finally reached the monitoring room.Charlie was seated there, a knowing smile on his face. She'd come to hate that smile so much. And he always had it on every time they met in the hallway or at the driveway or anywhere else they bumped into each other.It gave her the impression that he knew something she didn't know. It further buttressed her incompetence. Despite the fact that it would look as if she didn't know what she was doing if Charlie eventually sorted things out
After being dull and lackadaisical with work for the past couple of days, Emily was surprised when Edmund suddenly came back to himself one day at the close of work and told her that she was going home with him to fix some things that he'd noticed were off-course.Apparently, he'd taken a look at some of the account books and the proposals that were sent from where deals were supposed to be signed and had noticed major discrepancies in them.That had pushed me back into his senses. The next thing she knew, he was yelling at everyone and asking that everything be made right.They'd set out for his mansion at about 7 pm. Emily reckoned that she'd be working overtime for two hours maximum. She hadn't mentioned to Edmund that she had other things to take care of but she hoped that two hours was more than enough time for them to patch things up and rest for the night.When they got to his mansion, Edmund set her up at his home office while he went away for some minutes. Emily got to work a
Hot tears burned her cheeks as they rolled and fell all the way down to her neck. Emily was so broken that for a moment, she contemplated calling Mia to cancel her appointment with her and Dre.Then, she thought better of it and decided that she wasn't going to cancel their appointment. She would meet with Dre and talk things out once and for all tonight. And as for Edmund, she wasn't going to do any favors anymore for him from now on.She took a cab to Blitz and Glamor Square, one of the most beautiful parks in the city where they were supposed to meet. When she got there, she called Mia who informed her that she was on her way.Satisfied with her response, Emily put a call across to Dre. She never answered, but she was rest assured that she would soon be there, she gave up and took a seat by one of the benches in the park.The night was bustling with the cries of the nocturnal creatures that surrounded the park. Lovers were littered to her left and her right. The whole park was infe