The next morning, after barely getting enough sleep, Liam groped his way to the bathroom to clean up. Since Nelson was around, he wasn't going to hurry out, instead, he was going to have breakfast with them. Apart from his presence, he has already made that decision the previous day. While cleaning his teeth, his phone began to ring, guessing it was his mother on the line, he quickly dashed into his room and then recovered his phone. “Mom.” He called, placing the device against his ear. “Hope you had a good night's rest.” She asked. “Yeah, what about you?” “I'm okay.” Now applying shaving cream on his jaw to shave his stubbles, he kept on staring at the screen of his phone since she had gone mute again. After what seems like forever, she took in a deep breath before saying, “I'm sorry about how I had reacted last night. I was so mad that I couldn't control my rage, making me speak harshly to you.” “Come on mom, you did nothing wrong so you shouldn't be apologizing. I understan

Immediately it was the official closing hours, Liam gathered his belongings and then began to head towards the exit. He was already placing his ID card on the sensor when Mr. Jones walked up to him. “Are you leaving already?” “Yeah, is there an issue?” He was searching his face for an answer but he didn't give any expression away. “I'm sorry for indulging you during your leave period. You can decide when you next want to go on a leave and I will grant it.” “Yes sir, thank you.” He replied with a little bow. He wanted to give the file containing the decrypted message to him so he would pass it to his mother but on a second thought, he held onto it like it was his second skin. He was already stepping out of the building when he turned around and then began to run after him until he got to where he stood. “Sorry to bother you, please pass this to my mother.” He said, pushing the envelope into his hand. “I will.” Liam was about to say something else but his ringing phone interrupt

Just when one of the men was about to pull the handle of Liam's door, Dave appeared from nowhere and then tapped his shoulder. “What are you doing?” He asked with a tiny voice feigning to be scared. To make it look more real, he was rubbing his hands on the fabric of his pants as he darted his eyes around. “Who are you?” The man asked, turning in his direction. Meanwhile, Liam was slowly passing out. He was scared that his life was finally going to come to an end even before he started it. “My boss is going to kill me if he finds out someone got into this car other than me.” He rapped. Pushing his hand into his pocket, he pulled out an ID and before he could get a proper view of it, he slipped it back in his pocket. “Please, I don't want to lose my job.” They were still going back and forth when Alaric called out to his man and after a few minutes, they all headed inside the casino. Now seated in the passenger's seat of the car, Dave pulled out his laptop and then connected a fl

Still smiling at her, Alaric closed the gap that separated them and then pushed his hand forward, gesturing to her to take it. Slowly, Naya shifted her gaze to Nelson who was already staring at her. He was wondering who he was and what relationship they shared. “Naya.” Alaric called with a little voice. “I'm sorry, I can't go with you until I meet with the manager. He had restricted us from leaving and I don't know why.” She shrugged, showing the extent of her frustration. “I know why.” He chuckled, making the siblings snap their heads upwards at once. “What are you talking about?” Naya asked with an eye roll. Holding more tightly to Nelson, she pulled herself up and he followed suit, “Don't tell you were the one who asked him to hold us hostage.” She said, eliciting a nod and coy smile from him. “I can't believe you are this petty.” She huffed, rolling her eyes at him. She was filled with anger and no matter how much she tried, she couldn't contain it. “Who are you?” Nelson as

While waiting for Naya and Nelson to return, Liam was on his laptop when his mother's call came through and at once he received it. With a voice dripping with anger mixed with disappointment, she said, “Alraic went ahead of us.” “What did he do?” Liam asked, trying to stop himself from creating scenarios in his head. “I submitted the evidence to the police, somehow, he learnt of it and then he managed to shut them up. They even went to the extent of destroying the evidence.” “I still have the original with me.” He replied with a calm tone. “You do?” “Yeah, I made a duplicate just like Dave has asked me to. He already sensed something like this was going to happen.” Madam Aurelia went quiet after this. No matter how much she tried to do a background research on Dave and find out who exactly he was, she couldn't come up with anything tangible. “Have you found anything about Dave?” She broke the silence. “Not yet.” Pushing his hand into his hair, he let out a low sigh before sa