“Liam.’’Liam turns to look at his cousin, Cassandra. She is wearing a red tracksuit and has her hair in pigtails.‘’Cassandra?’’ Liam questions.She wrings her fingers.‘’Listen, I’m sorry about the other day, I was going through too many emotions. I was sad that mom died, then upset when you broke that news to me.’’Liam nods.‘’So, hmm—she left seday.veral letters and a thumb drive for me. Also, a copy of my adoption papers, and my original birth papers.’’Cassandra takes a shaky breath.‘’The funny thing is, I remember meeting those people before. They used to come to my parties, but I think my thirteenth birthday was the last time I saw them.’’‘’I’m sorry, Cassandra.’’‘’No, it’s fine. I’m glad I know the truth now.’’She turns to walk away, but Liam stops her.‘’Annie’s stop is still vacant; I just can’t seem to find anyone good enough to take her spot.’’‘’Ar—are you sure?’’‘’I am. We are family, after all. And I think you will be great.’’Cassandra smiles. She throws herself

‘’Wow,’’ Miranda says after Liam recalls what had happened earlier. ‘’I was watching the news and couldn’t believe it.’’Liam sighs. ‘’I’m just glad we got her back.’’‘’Can you imagine if you decided to stay or had gone there a few minutes later?’’‘’I really don’t want to think about that. I told Cassandra that she needs to be more careful.’’Miranda nods. She gets up to sit in Liam’s lap, but he pushes her away. ‘’Sorry, but I need time to think about this.’’‘’Ok, well, I’m going to finalize a few things.’’****While Liam is out trying to get some gas, two black SUVs pull up beside him. Not really giving it much thought, he continues to fill his tank up.Soon there is a voice. Four men get out of each of the car, and they all immediately rush towards Liam, surrounding him.He looks around at them all, marking their faces since they aren’t hiding their identities from him.‘’You, who are you?’’ A fat man step forward, clearly he is the leader for the rest.‘’What’s it to you?’’ Li

The next day, as soon as Liam gets to work, he receives a call from an inmate. It is a collect call, which he considered refusing but he is too intrigued to know who would be calling him from a place like that.The man on the other end says. ‘’Liam Tate, I see that you are still on your high horse running Wellington. Anyway, I am not calling for that, I want ten million dollars and I expect it as soon as I get out tomorrow.’’Liam sighs before saying. ‘’Whoever this is, you have some nerve calling me, and you should be careful what you say over those phones, calls are always monitored, and you might just lose your chances of getting out.’’The person says. ‘’Don’t worry about that. I won’t get into any problems for asking my good friend for some money. Besides, I think I deserve the compensation after all you did to me.’’‘’I’m not giving you any money,’’ Liam says calmly.‘’It isn’t that difficult, we can find a solution to that, Liam.’’Then, the man says again. “We suffered because

Cassandra meets with a man who says he has an amazing business deal for Wellington Group.After seeing her approaching the table, he gets up.‘’Hello there,’’ he smiles.Cassandra returns his smile and takes his outstretched hand.‘’It’s nice to meet you.’’The man doesn’t stop smiling or lets go of Cassandra’s hand, instead his grip gets tighter and she had to pull her hand away.‘’Sorry, I got nervous just now. I didn’t expect to see someone as beautiful as you coming up to me. I guess Wellington stepped up their game and got rid of that old hag. I guess Liam likes shitting on even the best person.’’Cassandra stares at him for a while, wondering if he had been living under a rock to not know that Annie is dead.‘’I wouldn’t say that.’’‘’Call it what you must.’’ He waves for her to sit.‘’So, what interesting offer do you have for me?’’‘’Umm, straight to the point I see.’’Cassandra nods. ‘’Yes, I have several other meetings after this, I am a very busy woman. Sorry, but I didn’t

‘’Anyway, I can’t pay back that loan. I don’t think I even want to,’’ Mark says as he enters his office again.Cassandra is baffled by his words. “Why?”‘’I believe when that Tate kid bought JCDA, all the previous contracts have been terminated. I never got a new draft to say there is a new owner or anything about how the payment would be worked out.’’‘’Y-‘’‘’Listen, I owe 300 million in loan. If I should pay Tate back, then I would have to pay back all those other companies first, seeing that I went to JCDA last for a loan.’’‘’Why so much? How come you owe that much?’’ Cassandra asks.‘’I am a businessman; I am trying to save my company.’’But what he doesn’t know is that while he was on the phone, Cassandra looked through the important files on his computer that he foolishly left open. She already saw that apart from JCDA, Mark only owned one other loan company. He had paid another five million dollars, which was more than what he borrowed from them.‘’I have a lot on my plate an