77. As Macy was being dragged away by Richard, what she did not know was that she had created quite the stir in DC as a whole.When she was doing it, she wanted to just shame Angela and make people hate her and at least let everyone know that Angela was a fake but what she hadn’t banked on was the fact that it was now going to be a police case.She and May had called some tabloid journalists and they had put a small microphone on Macy and whatever she and Angela were discussing was being transformed through video and audio.At the start of the broadcast, only a few hundred people were tuned n but word spread like bush fire when people realized that the famous actress the tabloids had talked about was actually Angelica Philips.No one could believe that the woman who had an angelic smile just like her name was a devil reincarnate.If they hadn’t seen and heard it by and for themselves, they would have thought that someone somewhere wanted to tarnish the name of the queen.If Macy had
78. “Hello?” May picked the call for she was the one who received and it was a new number.They had expected that when people started watching the live broadcast, those who knew Macy like the Philips family would start calling her and as such, Macy left her phone with May.At this time, Richard had already arrived and he was standing next to May outside the room where Macy and Angela were as they watched what was happening on the phone.“Hello, I want to talk to Macy please,” Andy said when he realized that the one who had received his call wasn’t Macy.“She isn’t available at the moment,” May answered and as she was about to hang up, she heard the name.“Tell her it’s Andy,” Andy said and May looked at Richard.“Who is it?” Richard asked.“Andy,” May said simply and she put the phone on Richard’s outstretched hand.“Hello?” Richard said as he put the phone to his ear. “Who is this?” Richard asked though he already knew it was.“I am the one who should be asking you that question. Who
79. "Andy baby, how are you?" The Jones matriarch asked as she encompassed her son in a hug.Andy bend and laid his head on his mother's shoulder and he felt like he had a million and one things to tell her but he didn't even know where to start.He relished her warmth for a while and then raised his head."Are you okay?" Mrs Jones asked as she looked at him.Andy looked at his mother and felt tears sting his eyes and his nose.He looked upwards and breathed in and when he looked at his mother again, he had a small smile on his lips though it didn't reach his eyes."I am well mama. I am well," he said as he walked past her into the house.He didn't want her to see him she'd tears.He had tried not to get hurt by all that he heard Angela say but there was no helping it.He could still not believe that Macy was right all along.Andy always thought that Macy was jealous of them as Angela always said but now, he knew better.He walked into the living room and found his father who was sitt
80. "I want to kill her! I want the damned bitch dead!Oh my goodness.My baby boy.My baby boy.Mama is so sorry.I swear I didn't know.How could I have known?"On the other side of the city, things were worse in the Philips home.All along, they had been lying to the Philips matriarch that it was Macy who didn't want to come back home.They told the old lady that Macy had refused to stay in the same house with Angela and when she tried asking Macy, Macy just went with the flow for she didn't want to worry her grandma.She also knew that if she told the old lady the truth, the other family members, her parents to be precise, would deny everything and back up their adoptive daughter whom Thwy treated better than their real one.Macy didn't want to argue with them and she was waiting for the right moment to drop the bomb and this was better than she had expected though she didn't know that she would also revisit old wounds at the same time."But she might be under the influence of a d
81. Macy let Richard lead away from that room and she felt like she was in a dream.Seven years ago, she was still that naive girl who had come from a small village in rural Connecticut and had thought that Angela had her interests at heart. Weren't they sisters after all?She thus still believed it when Angela said that she was sorry for all the pranks she had pulled on Macy and that she wanted to apologize.That was why and how Macy found herself in the hotel with Angela where her drink was spiked.She wasn't sure if it was the food or the drink but she had been drugged and her body was on heat.Through her stupor, she could tell that Angela had organized for men to sleep with her and the last thing Macy wanted was to lose her virginity to strangers.She had talked to Andy earlier in the day and he had promised her that he would return and she had even taken the key card at the receptionist.She was ready to give herself to him because he had proven to be a good man who had waited
82. Macy looked at Richard long and hard and decided that this was the prize she was to pay for what she decided to do to Angela.She knew that she wasn't worthy to be with Richard for he was a good man and deserved a good woman but she wasn't that.The fact that she had slept with someone she didn't know made her feel dirty and like she wasn't worthy.Even though she loved the child she had carried and loved with albeit for a few months, she hated herself.But on the other hand, she was happy that the man was unknown for had he been known who UT was, she was sure that she would have been forced to marry him and that was something she didn't want to live with.She wanted to be free and do what she wanted.She this decided to tell Richard everything and make him realise that she wasn't worthy to be called mama by Mel.She didn't talk in the vehicle and Richard didn't push her.She waited until they came to the villa and luckily enough, Mel was asleep and she thus wouldn't have to prete
83. “Where are you?” Richard asked Ash through the phone.“I am at the company.We are preparing a story to back up Macy’s claims because I think that the Philips might do something to try and protect their precious daughter,” Ash said as he and the PR director of A+ House of Entertainment went through that recording of Angela’s confession again.“Let Cash handle that. I need you home.Let’s meet in your villa right now,” Richard said and his voice sounded urgent.“But isn’t Cash on the other drug case?” Ash asked.Since that day someone had stolen their truffles, Cash had been sent to infiltrate that organization and he was already in and had already gathered a lot of incriminating evidence but he was not yet done.“He can take a break for a while.Just come, I will call him,” Richard said and hang up.He knew what Cash was doing was important but not as important as what he wanted to do.This was a matter of top priority and he would and could stop even the running of his company fo
84. “What is it Asher. Speak,” Richard spoke in a low voice because he was already losing his patience with his brother.Ash knew very well that the last thing he needed was to make Richard angry at and with him.“That day, I found a bracelet in the beddings.It was golden and I thought it must be the girl’s because it was feminine and I thought that the owner would look for it and we would give it back if it was important but no one came forward.“I am sorry that I did not tell you about it at that time,” Ash apologized but looking at Richard, he got opposite of what he expected.Instead of Richard being angry at him, he was smiling.“Are you okay brother?” Asher asked his brother who was standing there looking as if his mind was far away.“How about eh security footage?” Richard asked.“She came at night and since she came to your quarters, the corridor was all dark and when she left the next morning, she was facing down and we didn’t catch her face.Only her long dark flowing hair