*** *** ***"Are you saying you were scared of Ryan?" Grandma Joan finally addressed the issue at the dining table, days later, "that you had to back down?"Mrs Bruce cleared her throat and averted her gaze from Grandma Joan. "Go on,go on, say something." Grandma Joan continued, "You too Sasha, you were with her and yet you were just useless around her.""Grandma Joan." Sasha whined, "You should have seen Reaannnd. He was so scary!!" "And he scared you?""Yes grandma, I was scared. That eerie look still gives me goosebumps.""So if Alina wasn't going to live, both of you would have left her suffering on the bed?""Shouldn't we be grateful she is alive." Mrs Bruce muttered shyly, looking to her husband for help."Don't look at me like that, you know nothing I say is going to change anything," he mouthed at her.She sighed in response, Grandma Joan was the head of the family now and no one can go against her wish."Are you trying to go against me?" Grandma Joan said."No, I'm just say

*** *** ***", Thanks for coming on such short notice." Jonas smirked, "Please have a seat." He gestures to the sofa opposite him.Adams stares at him warily but sat down, "if this is about the case. You should know I am trying my best on that and there wasn't much I could in the hospital.""Oh.. no no... I didn't call you here because of that." Jonas waved the topic away, "I called you here for something else entirely."Adams frowned at him, "what's that?""You see, my dear sister recently lost a huge amount of money.""Who? Tricia?""Sadly so.""And what do I do about that. She lost her money due to being careless, how does that affect me?" "That's where you come in." Jonas grinned, "The money was stolen from her and you are going to find the robbers and help us recover the money." He hands over a tape to Adams."That's everything you need to know about the case. Directly from the source.""I don't do cases like this. There's nothing challenging about this case. Anyone can do this.

*** *** ***Justin set his lips grimly, glaring at Ryan, "Fine." He said in resignation finally, "What do you want to know?""Everything." Ryan smirked.AJustin sat on the floor with a sad smile, sending glances his daughter way to make sure she's okay. "Doctor Thomas was just a client. Yes, I received a letter to kill him, but I didn't, same goes for Javier,they must have done the jobs themselves, that means they'll be coming for me soon, please, you have to let me go. I can't die like this!""Who are the they?" Ryan asks, ignoring Justin's cry of help. "I don't know, I swear, I have never seen them.""Yet you work for them?!""For the sake of my family." Ryan scoffs, "I brought you here not because of Javier or Thomas. I want to know about the accident you were involved in three years ago and eighteen years ago."Justin gulped, cast a worried glance Hayley's way, this wasn't a the way he planned for her to know of his dark fast. "What are you talking about, I don't remember anyt

*** *** *** The doorbell rang, Alina dropped her laptop on the bed and went out to answer the door.She didn't bother hiding the surprise on her face when she saw her family through the peephole. Maybe they are finally hereto beg her back into the family.She opened the door, a small smile on her face, if they were here to beg her, what is with the expression on their face."Grandma Joan?" Alina called, backing into the living room to let them in.Grandma Joan pushed past her, with a glare on her face."What's going on?" Alina asked again, is everything okay?""Excuse me ma'am, you're under arrest." One of the cops appeared from behind Grandma Joan, "Under arrest?!" Alina looked around, confused, "For what?!" "Don't play dumb with me Madison." Grandma Joan warned.Alina chuckled dryly, "Trust me Grandma, I have no idea about what you are talking about now.""Is this how we are playing this game now?""Playing what game?!" Alina wore a confused look, if only you would stop beating

**** *** *** Grandma Joan threw her purse at the nearest wall angrily. "Did you see that?!!" She screamed in anger. "That crazed looking boy has the effontery to dare me!! Go against my order!!" "Calm down Grandma Joan." Sasha said softly, loss on what to say. With Grandma Joan grumpy, the rest of the week is going to be sour, they wouldn't be able to ask for anything. "What happened?" Mrs Bruce smirked, sitting with one leg crossed over another. After the break down with her car, she had went back home angrily but the look on Grandma Joan's face as entered was enough to tell Mrs Bruce everything didn't go as they planned, and that was enough to make her day. Grandma Joan glared at her in response, "Your daughter is bringing shame to this family, is that how you brought her up? To disgrace us later on." "Of course not, we both brought up Alina together in this house, so all the blames can't go to me alone!"Grandma Joan clutched her fist in anger, "Are you talking back at me?"