"Your fighting and strength only arouses me... Ivy Wright."The sheer shamelessness of the man in calling her full name, along with get husband's last name, giving it away that he knows she is a married woman scares Ivy even further but she stops fighting him and lets her arm go limp in his hand so she won't give him any satisfaction.*"Do you really think this product you're showing me right now is worthy of the market? Do you even know how brutal sellinf anything is?" Ashton starts, as soon as the lights of the room return and the projector goes off.The man who presented the slideshow stands stock still by the projector, listening to Ashton. "Even if it is a good idea which I agree with actually, do you think your forms of marketing are going to be sufficient enough to sell this product? Because..." He's momentarily distracted by the vibrations of his phone and then it lights up with a message. "Excuse me." He checks the phone and sees a message from Ivy.Without any other word a

"Hello? I'm so sorry I'm calling so late but I have reliable information on where Arielle Brown is right now..."The police officers on the end spring up and into action, getting into their black van and driving right for Richard's house with the instructions given to them by Ivy.The two cars arrive at the perfect moment, at the same time and thankfully, the men had enough sense to put off the siren that would have given them away.Inside, Arielle has located the zipper behind the chair and has frantically began to pack the money into the bags she brought with her while humming and muttering to herself, sounding happy and elated. "That bastard won't see this coming. He stole it anyway, it doesn't matter if it is stolen from him too...""Is that what you think?" Ivy's voice rings out in the silence of the night, making Arielle stand stock still. She looks up and sees Ivy standing by the door, flanked on every side by men, including Ashton who has a small winning smirk on his face."Wha

The dawn of the next morning meets Richard, sitting blankly on the floor of his living room.Apparently, he had not let there since the day before since he's still in the same dress and still the same bewildered expression on his face. Suddenly, he moves and turns around, turning to face the couch that his money had been hidden just less than twelve hours before. He stands up halfway, and walks with his knees to the chair, not feeljnf the sharp cuts of the glass shards into his knees. He pushes it out so the back is facing him. He puts his hand through the open zip and feels around, feeling nothing.Arielle had made sure to pack everything and he was pretty sure that Ivy and Ashton rechecked just to be doubly sure that she had left nothing behind.All of his one point seven billion dollars plus has been packed and taken from him, without even as much as a fight from his end. He glances behind him at the few hundred dollar bills that Ivy had thrown to him before she left."Fuck! Fuck i

Ashton deposits the money taken from Richard's house in a new bank account and locks it, making sure no one except himself and Ivy will have access to it, whatever they want to use it for, still unknown to them both.While at work, he receives a call from his mum, asking him about his welfare and about Ivy, how they are doing and all that. He smiles as he responds to her, his heart warmed.At least even if he didn't have his mother for most of his life, he has a woman he can call one."I just wanted to check up on you both but I'm sure she will be at work now as well. I'll give her a call as well.""Alright Mum. Take care of yourself.""Before I leave, have you seen or heard from Richard lately?" She asks, her voice taking on a small tone.Ashton sighs... "Yes, I saw him yesterday. I went..." He pauses as he hears a voice climb into the receiver."Ma'am, Mr Richard is here and he is asking to see you.""Send him off." Judith responds, putting the phone away from her ears and covers th

Both men in the room look at the polygraph and then looks at one another. The detective adjusts his clothes and sit back down, looking at the woman who's eyes is now filled with tears and running down her face. "So you don't remember what happened?""Not at all." She replies tearily. "When I woke up, I met myself on the ground, nobody else in the ground and her phone in my hands.""It didn't worry you that she was nowhere to be found even after she threatened you with a knife?"Arielle goes silent and then looks up, using her free hand to wipe her eyes. "I did. Honest to God, I did. But there was nothing I could do even when the news started to announce her missing. I tried so hard and so much to remember but nothing came back to...""Why did you deny everything at first then?""Because I knew that everything was going to work against me. If it came out that I saw her last, I would be the main suspect. The Wright's already had their eyes on me and traced her to my house, that was my