Flashback:No! Mom, it can not be true.You have the DNA report in your hands; What more proof do you need.Allora can not do this to me. She loves me, she's innocent, and she can not deceive me.You gave your sample, and you are the one who collected the reports. How can you not believe it when you see it with your own eyes, Mason?Why did she do this to me mom? I love her so much.She does not love you, I did not want to hurt you, but I can not hide it from you.Ruby showed a video.Taken from a distance, it showed Allora leaving Zara's house, followed by Dan.“How long do we have to meet like this?”The next video had Allora staying at Zara's house with a shirtless Dan following her, "Allora, wait!" “It was all a mistake,” Allora was crying."I know. I won't tell Mason, do not worry.”The third video was taken at a restaurant where Daniel held Allora's hand. The audio was not clear, but Mason could vaguely hear Allora asking, "When do you leave Zara?"Dan asked instead, "Wh
When Sharon opened her mouth to retort, Elijah grabbed her shoulder and shook his head. Looking at her haggard form, he sensed that she needed more than company; she needs to rest before she can resolve the issue with Mason. Now that court was involved, they could not do much; otherwise things would get difficult for Allora.On the other hand, Allora felt terrible for forcing her friend to leave as soon as they arrived and that too when she was the one asking for her help, but she needed to leave her emotions alone to think clearly. After sending them off, she went to her room and lay on her bed feeling dizzy.She does not remember when sleep swallowed her.She did not know how much time had passed, but her sleep was disturbed when she felt someone stroking her cheek. The moment her eyes opened, what she saw was Mason sitting on the edge of the bed. A scream escaped her throat, realizing she'd locked the door; so how did he get in?"It is okay, it is me," he tried to comfort her, s
Zara's broken voice made Mason's eyes widen. "Zara, are you okay? W-""Abi, why did not they kill me? Why did she let me rot?" her sob clogged Mason's throat."Zara, please tell me, where are you? I will go get you."However, the other side was left blank."Zara? Zara, can you hear me?""Damn it! Tell me, where are you?""The woman speaking to you has fainted," an unfamiliar voice spoke from the other end."Who are you? What happened to her?""I found this woman unconscious near the beach. She looked like she had been attacked, so I called the ambulance. She came to and asked me to call her number," said the boy."Which hospital?"Mason did not know how he drove all the way across town to the hospital, as told by the boy on the call. He ran to the front desk to ask for information on the patient who was taken to the emergency room."Doctors are examining the patient. You can go to ER 3, go straight ahead and take the corridor to the end. The ER is on your left," the receptionist sai
When the memories of last night came back, she cringed and crawled back, "Stay…stay away from me," she said in a shaky voice."Are you scared of me?" Mason did not like the way she backed away in fear."What did you do to Sharon? What…" she stopped to look at her clothes which were the same ones she wore at Sharon's house, and stammered, "you… you carry chloroform like a perfume, you kidnapped me , are you....are you going to lock me up?""What? You think I am going to do something like that? Do I look like an obsessive stalker to you?" Mason said.When Allora neither denies nor justifies again, he understands that she is looking at him as an obsessive psychopath who wants to keep her prisoner."Just freshen up and head out for breakfast, or we'll be late," he huffed, not believing she could imagine him like that."Late for what?" She questioned him, still skeptical of his intention."Office," he shrugged before adding, "or do you want me to lock it up until I get back? It is your c
"I promise I will be there as soon as possible.""Mother is right. Please listen to her andeat your food."Of course, the apple of his eye, a twinge of unknown emotion, intensified his anger.When Allora heard him cooing Zara, she wanted to throw the phone away. Baffled by her extreme reaction to the conversation and enough of her affection for her best friend, she walked away, but after taking 2 steps, Mason caught her wrist. When she turned around to look, he was still talking to Zara as he looked at her."Yes I promise."In the next second, he hung up and asked, "where are you going?""I thought I was disturbing yourmoment, now leave my hand."" Are you jealous?" he vents.Allora let out a scornful laugh, "Without a doubt, Mr. Ali, you are old enough to be with whoever you want without permission.from anyone."Back to Mr. There. Her response angered Mason, "so you do notDoes it matter if I hook up with someone?""Of course not , why would I?" Allora snorted, howeve
Ruby was trying to calm her anxious state."Why do not you answer my simple question, Mom? Are you hiding something?" Mason asked, a trail of sweat on his mother's temple."No…it is just that you do not sound like yourself. I am not hiding. I went two hours ago," her mother replied."Did you go home directly, or did you go somewhere?" he asked, taking steps towards Ruby."Of course," Ruby replied, rummaging through her purse."But I saw you meeting a man at the cafe near the hospital," the moment he announced, Ruby stumbled."I...""Of course, you always believe in evidence. I am glad I amloading one. You want to see?""Abi...""Mason...he...was..." he interrupted Zara and Ruby."But my question is, why would you lie to me now?" Mason stopped right in front of his trembling mother."He was... a jeweler. I gave my jewelry to polish," Ruby lied, fighting the urge to look away."I came to announce good news, and here you are, stuttering to answer a simple question," Mason smiled, but
Adjusting Zara Helena in the chair, he sat there looking at the light over the operating room. During the 2 hours, he asked her several times to come back to the ward, but she did not move.Her heart fluttered as she saw nurses coming in and out carrying bags of blood, but none gave them a clear answer. He was emotionally numb from the whole revelation, even though it was his mother who had destroyed his happy marriage. Seeing her on her deathbed, it was not his place to dwell on her betrayal."I am sorry, Mr. Ali, we did our best. It is up to your mother now," the doctor said as he emerged from the operation, as Mason and Zara Helena ran towards him."What do you mean?" Mason tensed, seeing the doctor without hope.They were in the doctor's room when he finally said, “When she was brought here, she lost a fair amount of blood and the blow caused a severe head injury. Our brain needs a constant supply of oxygen through the blood and the blood loss from this injury has impacted th
"You do not have to skip your office for me," Zara Helena said as she was eating."I am scared," he confessed and suddenly felt the burden lighten. "Aunt Ruby will be fine and-""I am scared to face Allora," Mason interrupted."What?!"Eventually, he narrated everything that had transpired from the night at the club to his staying over at her place."Oh my God! So…you mean," she exclaimed, covering her mouth. "Wait! Did the aunt know about this?" she asked.When Mason shook his head, Zara Helena continued, "So are you two hooking up now?"Mason was embarrassed thinking about the past and how he had treated her so far. Like after that passionate night he spent with her, her emotions towards him never changed until the moment he called her a whore. How she still trusted him and gave herself to him only to be called a whore. How he disgraced her at the office party and how he's forcing her to be with him.He stiffened when the thought of her leaving him came into his mind. No matter how