Jonathan Donald showed no outside response, his face an inscrutable mask as he digested the information. An agonising silence stretched between them until eventually, he spoke. “ An emotional donation, MS. Robert. Easily, you are a woman with remarkable drive and vision.” His steely aspect bored her.” But I’ve toast. What makes you suppose I would entrust my substantial coffers into the hands of someone like yourself?” Clara’s impeccably arched brows knit together in confusion.” I am hysterical I do not understand the question.” “ Of course you don’t,” Donald said with a shake of his head.” You are Robert. A family that values plutocrat and status over all additional- indeed introductory mortal decency.“ Her blood turned to ice in her modes. Ever, some way, this man knew. He knew all about how she had ruthlessly cast Michael away like a piece of scrap after using his hard work and immolation to elevate her status. But Clara was nothing if not a consummate pantomime. Widening her eyes

Diana didn’t like the men that Liam had brought to the team to carry out their plan. She didn’t like that they were Asian and liked to stay only with themselves. They rarely mixed and had no known associates in the city. There was no one she could ask about them. When she had confronted Liam with this, Liam had said to trust them to carry out the task. And when she had asked him where he found them, he had kept mute and walked away.Diana realised that to do what she needs to do; she needs to have an alternate plan. It was then that her mind went to action; concocting plans for alliances and meetings. She was at Liam’s house one afternoon; she had always been in Liam’s house since the time of her release from prison, when an idea struck her to visit the police commissioner for help. She stood up and walked to the door.‘You are not supposed to leave the building.’ One of the Asian men announced.‘I am going for a stroll.’ Diana responded.‘You know that you just got out and your famil

Young woman, get a hold of yourself. I am still your mother and I deserve respect from you. That which you have read from the newspaper is just a story until it is proven. And I have done nothing wrong but to care for you and your brother, so keep your judgmental attitude to yourself.’‘Mom, this is where you get it wrong. The city has decided to hire an investigator into the matter and sooner than later, you will be found out. You have to leave the city as soon as possible.’‘No I will not. There is nothing that ties me to that drug deal and the investigator will soon find out. Moreover, we can get in contact with the investigator and make sure they are on our side.’‘Mom?’ Clara exclaimed‘Don’t shout at me. That is the difference between you and me. I see opportunity where you see challenge and I take that opportunity in its stride. So, get off my phone if you have nothing else to talk to me about.’The phone line went silent and as Clara put down her phone she couldn’t believe tha

Liam looked at her and said in a low voice. ‘It is over.’ He willed his way out of the door and was now in the hallway. She ran after him, she didn’t care if the neighbours heard or not. She will let him go like that.‘What do you mean? How can you say it is over?’ she cried. She wanted him to see the way she felt about him, even feel her brokenness. She had a lot of questions on her mind. She wanted his reassurances; his calm, calculated voice to tell him that we can pretend to be quarrelling while continuing our affair. She held on his shoulder and when that was not enough, wrapped her hands around his chest, stopping him from moving forward. It didn’t seem to work. He managed to wrest himself out of her clutch and walked away. As she stood watching him walk away, the scene from the breakup in her last relationship flashed back to her mind. Something in her melted and tears rolled down her eyes. Then she charged at him, determined to get him to come back to her. She was bent on not

Clara stood at the door with a smile on her face. Michael almost didn't recognize his wife, unlike the morning when she left home, she was putting on a red fitted jumpsuit that hugged her body and displayed her curves so effortlessly. Her black heel called for attention as she strolled to her chair and sat down. "Clara, what exactly is going on here?" Michael asked. He forced himself to ignore the change of outfit and the full make up on her face. She tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear. "No reason for you to act unreasonable now, Ash, just sign the papers and take the house plus a car and ten million dollars." His eyes squinted. It was like he was staring at a whole different person. "What is the meaning of this? A divorce? Out of the blue?" "It isn't out of the blue, Michael, obviously you have seen the signs I have been giving you." "Yes, I did see signs but I thought it was because you were stressed from work." Michael fell silent as she broke into a mocking laughte