112The sounds of strings playing interrupted Colin's sleep as he slowly opened his eyes and saw Shawn sitting on a chair in his room playing a guitarEmerald's guitar to be precised.She has no much interest in music but the guitar was the gift her mom gave her on her 15th birthday so she she had no other option than learn unless she would want to give it out to someone but she wasn't ready to do that.Slowly, she started to lose interest in it as the guitar always find a way to Colin's room."You are awake?" Shawn smiled as he watched Colin getting out of bed"You can play guitar too?" Colin arched his brow "Is there something you are not good at?""I am not good at taking care of myself" Shawn scoffed "What are you doing in my room anyways? Since you are in our house I know damn well you are not here to talk to me, you are obviously here for Emerald""I am here for the both of you" Shawn shrugged "But I went to Emerald's room first and she threw me out before I could even say a wo

114"So your Dad is currently in London?" Colin asked, holding Marissa's hand as they both walked down the street late at night.Marissa's Dad had texted her, telling her to meet her at a Cafe in Hackney by a particular timeShe had informed Colin and they decided to go together since it would be Colin's first time seeing him too."Yeah" Marissa replied with a smile "I miss him so much""Same here" Colin teased"Of course you do, you haven't seen him before""It doesn't matter. As long as we gonna be sharing the bond between a father-in-law and son-in-law""I know right?""By the way, do you think your Dad will be able to convince your mom? You know..... About the....." Colin's voice trailed off, not ready to divulge the remaining words."I am not sure" Marissa sighed worriedly "My Dad does not really have a say in our family""I kinda saw it on the news but I thought they were just rumours ""They were not just rumours, you know my mom came from a rich family right?""Yeah ""Well...

116"Emerald, please listen to me" Colin pleaded, walking hurriedly after Emerald who seems like she was going to have a huge fight with someone so early in the morning."Stay out of this, Colin. You following me is already do annoying" Emerald said angrily, not willing to listen to anyone who speaks or try to stop her at the moment"I know you miss her a lot and i am not trying to stop you from meeting her but you can't meet her while looking so angry. You're gonna scare her""I don't care""What in the world is wrong with you? Why won't you listen to me? At least listen to whatever I have to say before leaving""Colin, you are the last person I wanna listen to right now. At least fix your attitude towards your mom before advising me" Emerald hissed"Emerald, this is about your mom. You need to hear me out" Colin pleaded.Emerald suddenly stopped walking and so did Colin, she turned around and gave him a deadly look which was enough to scare away an angry wolf"Colin..... We have bee

118Axel grabbed his jacket and walked out of his room, getting ready to leave for Islighton to meet JennyIt's been a while since they met.He was so focused on his phone, checking out some items he could buy for her as a visiting giftHe saw so many items but couldn't think of which one to pick. It was a relief when Jason walked out of his room, yawning and stretching as if he spent the whole night doing something stressful."Hi" he greeted.Axel moved closer to him, who knows? He could have a solution to the problem at hand"Where are you going so early?" Jason asked, still stretching his arms"I actually have something to ask you" Axel said and showed him his phone on which he was currently on a shopping website"What is this? Do you wanna get something?" Jason asked"Yeah, but it's not mine""Then for who?""Someone""Okay then" Jason nodded and returned his phone"I am not done yet!" Axel snapped and gave the phone back to him again "I want you to help me pick up something for

120Anita was tied to a chair in a dark room of which she has no idea how she got intoRight after Shawn handcuffed her, her eyes were blindfolded and she was escorted into a carAnd after a short journey, she was escorted somewhere and was forced to sit on a chairShe was tied down before they removed her blindfold, probably scared she might run awayShawn was watching her but not really, he was on his phone smiling and giggling every seconds"Where are the others?" Anita finally spoke up after observing her for a whileShe did that just do she could be sure if he is harmless and of course, he isThat at least relieved but still made her scaredWhat if HE was here to kill her? Will someone like Shawn be able to handle him?"Why do you ask? Is there something you wanna tell them?" Shawn glanced at her"Is there something I need to tell them?" "Yeah" Shawn nodded "You need to tell them who has been giving you orders to poison people with an overdose of fentanyl""No one is giving me o