Estelle, along with Silas and the little girl Ava stepped into the hospital, each one including Ava buried in their thoughts regarding Emma who was lying unconscious in the intensive care unit where she had been for some time already. Ava couldn’t help but look around anxiously and with an expression of concern on her face, Silas could only wonder what was going on in her mind, she was too little to be going through any of what was happening, it was not normal or at all okay for any five year old to go through any of that and he wasn’t even glad that he had to be a part of it in any way. But there was not much he could do, the only thing he could do was what he was doing now, he then looked at Estelle, his expression hardened a bit, and even though he felt he had a lot to say, he decided not to say anything and just remained silent until he had met with the doctor who then led them to where they would see Emma. But that was all they could do, see her, they could not go in and talk

Antonio exhaled lightly and sank back into his seat when Sophie had left. He couldn't stand her presence anymore and felt suffocated whenever he even stayed in the same room as her. He began to play with a pen on his desk as he continued to wait for the goods that he had bought. As he did so he also thought deeply and hard about what he would tell his people who were beginning to question him, he had put on a bold face in front of Sophie but all that he had said was not necessarily true, his mind was in a mess and all or most of his workers were now expecting money that he knew they would never receive, he didn't plan on giving any of them a single cent. So he had to fix things somehow, the only reason why he had agreed to their terms at that time was that he was in different need of help and was focusing on one thing at a time, but as of this moment, his only real plan was to sever whatever it was that tied him to anything incriminating and at the same time keel all of the possessi

He gets In his car and makes his way to one of his villas at the edge of the city. No one knew he owned it, not even his lawyer. It was his hideout for whenever he wanted to be alone. He got to the villa and went straight up to his room. The entire villa was maintained by one woman, and she did a great job of keeping the house clean. Arriving at his room, Antonio tried to call his lawyer, trying to assess the damage, but his line had been barred.“What the hell? Barred? But it was functioning just a while ago,” he muttered angrily and tried another line but the same result. Out of anger, he flung the phone across the room, and it fell, breaking upon impact.“Fuck!” he frowned and paced about his room for a while, and his maid quickly rushed into the room, hearing the sound of something breaking.“Sir Antonio, are you alright?” the matured lady, Rosa, asked as she rushed in.“Yeah, yeah,” Antonio sighed and looked at his damaged phone.“You know what? Can you do me a favor and get

In the boardroomThe atmosphere in the boardroom was thick with anticipation. Silas, a commanding presence with an air of authority, stood at the head of the table, his eyes scanning the faces of the gathered board members.“Thank you all for coming,” Silas began, his voice steady and firm. “Today, we address the matter of the DNA test results.”He looked over at the corner where the police officers he was here with today stood. And with a flicker of his wrist, one police officer came forward, handing him over a brown envelope.Silas took the brown envelope, bringing out the documents within, lifting it up in the air so everyone present in the boardroom could see so there'd be no chances of anyone accusing him that he'd slip anything in.“May a neutral person come forward?” Silas announced and a junior officer appeared before him from the crowd. He hands the documents over to him. “Distribute them.” With that the junior officer nodded, beginning from the first person, he went one aft

A week laterIn the courtroom, filled with a shimmering sense of hope, Leonard stood in his small wooden cubicle before the judge.Everyone present, expecting nothing but good judgment. Through the thick lenses of the judge looking down on everyone from her high seat, with a hand she picked up her gavel with one hand and struck it twice on the gavel stone.“Leonard, you are hereby acquitted and released from all your charges,” she declared with a sounding voice as light applause began to fill the room.As Leonard made his way out of the court, a whole flock of people including the press, news reporters, broadcasters, the media were outside waiting for Leonard to emerge and once they got sight of him, they all came running to him at once.Lenoard tried his best to stay composed as multiple cameras and mics were getting shoved in his face. “Leonard, look here!” One reporter said, “No, Leonard look here,” another blurted out. “So you were really accused?”The questions kept rolling and