122"You guys dug your own grave, no one is living here alive" Martin said and leaned on the wall after giving a signal to his thugs to start beating them up"Martin! Are you crazy?!" Marissa yelled at him while hiding behind Colin "We are not here to fight you so stop this at once!""That's too bad, I am here to fight" Martin smirked.Shawn stepped forward and punched one of the thugs on the face and to everyone's surprise, he fell and pass out immediately.Shawn himself was surprisedHe didn't even add so much energy in the punch, why in the world did he collapse like that?"I guess the big look is all for nothing" He shook his head and clicked his tongue.At this sight of the unfortunate scene, the remaining thugs stepped back while looking at Martin with a pleading eye"Why are you guys looking at me? Do what I paid you to do!""We are sorry boss, but maroon just passed out" One said as the remaining two dragged maroon away from the room"Well.... It seems you paid them for nothin

124Shawn sat in front of the police station with his head bowedHe felt sad and angry at the same time, he had mixed emotionsHe clenched his fist so hard as an ambulance got ready to take Anita's body."Shawn!" Colin ran to the scene, panting heavilyHe look startled as they brought out Anita's body so much that he felt nauseous and had to run from the scene to throw upHowever, this time, the way of murder had changed.But he was not really sure of the style so he had to go back to Shawn who was still sulking"Shawn, it's okay " he tried to comfort him "I am going to catch that bastard and kill him" Shawn said with an evil glare"It's okay Shawn, we are going to catch him but..... Do you know anything strange about Anita's death?""Yeah, she wasnt killed with a poison....." Shawn paused and gnashed his teeth "she was strangled""Strangled?" Colin arched his brow "Yeah, I took a quick look at her body, she had a bruise on her neck""Wait.... How in the world was she strangled? Don

126Axel was born 26 years ago back when Mrs Williams was in her final years in the college.When Mrs Williams got pregnant with him, She got rejected by her boyfriend who insisted the pregnancy was not his and was not ready to take the child.She couldn't allow the child to ruin her future, knowing fully well raising him on her own would give her a hard time.During the pregnancy period, she went on hiding for nine months after telling everyone she would be on vacationNo one knew where she was, she ignored everyone's calls and textsNine months later, she gave birth at a private hospital of which she asked the doctors and nurses in charge to keep a secret to them all.Her elder sister Mrs Wilson who was diagnosed with fibroid and couldn't give birth was asked to take in the child but he would be taken back at the age of 7, at that pointPeople would think Mrs Williams was just taking him.However, no one knew Axel had the mental disease known as Antisocial Personal disorder.Axel's

128Marissa sat in her room with a puzzled lookShe knew Axel used to be her favourite cousin and all but now he is now in a position he can no longer be trusted.But her mother is not someone she can trust either.She didn't know who to believe exactlyWhy would Axel be her brother?And why would her mother lie about that?She hesitated a lot before giving it a thought to go to her mom's room.Without knocking, she barged in and met her mom working on her laptop"Why are you here? I am busy, I can't talk right now""But I have a lot to ask you" Marissa replied coldly."We can just talk about it later""I said I wanna talk!" Marissa blurted out and furiously turned off the laptop"What in the world do you think you are doing?! I was so damn busy!" Mrs Williams yelled back her "I said we can talk later!""I need to know the truth about Axel, who is that guy for real?""What do you mean who is that guy? He is your cousin obviously""Mom!""What?! What in the world do you want me to say?

130While preparing to leave for Islighton, Marissa was almost all dressed upHer stomach was slowly starting to get big so she put on a comfortable dress, her hair was all done and she was done with her make upYeah, Axel is currently being a jerk but that won't still stop her from looking good for her dear.Her eyes moved to her shoe rack, trying to check out a heel which would be great with her dress but then she noticed some of her foot wears were missingAnd they were mostly heelsThere is only one person who is so obsessed with heels and that is Catherine.She sighed, trying to hold in her anger as she walked out of her roomOn her way to Catherine's room, Mrs Williams came out of her room which was just in between the two sisters room, all dressed for work."Marissa, I am sorry I won't be eating breakfast with you guys, I have......""It's fine" Marissa interrupted.This isn't Mrs Williams first time of skipping breakfast so why was she suddenly making up an excuse?After the i