Laura simply knew it would be best to not say anything concerning her plan B. She glanced at everyone in the study and inhaled before talking."Grandmother, I guess there's supposed to be something we can use to bring Feran and his entire family down. I think they could be a secret that can ruin Feran's reputation. I just need to learn about it and after that it would be a cake." Laura smiled and shrugged. Ma'am Miguel gave her a worried look and she rolled her eyes to her mother. "Don't worry, grandmother. I'll find a way," she assured and they all went silent, not uttering a word against Laura.Two days later, the Anderson family were having dinner in the evening. They all had a gloom on their faces which didn't sit well with Jeana so she decided to cheer them all up."Hello everyone, what's with the faces you all have now? You guys should cheer up, please.""Jeana, don't try to change our mood, please," Zoey requested in a calm way. "Dear, it's been going to a week now and we've n
The next morning, the Anderson family were having breakfast, quietly at the dining table. Sir Leo cleared his throat when some of the members of the family were almost through with their food and he is said:"Jeana, you had Feran brought back from London. He's in the city, right?"Jeana dropped her spoon and stared at Zoey. Just like she had thought last night, Zoey or her daughter, Anna must have told everyone before she arrived at the dining room about her entering the house quietly last night and what she BB told them about Feran.Zoey felt a bit bad for telling the family about seeing Jeana returned late last night and about Feran so she decided to apologize."Jeana, I'm sorry if you think it was wrong for me to tell everyone about what you said to me and Anna last night. They just needed to be aware that Feran is back in the city.""It's okay, Aunt Zoey. You did nothing wrong," Jeana said with a smile. She looked at everyone and nodded. "Yes, I had Feran brought back to the city
"Why shouldn't we call the police?" Lovisa asked and Jeana shook her head."I'll just get her out of here," Jeana said. She grabbed Laura's arm and pulled her along with her out of the house.Laura groaned when Jeana walked out and tossed her like a paper ball, letting go of her."Don't you dare show up here again or the next time you do,I won't be lenient and I'll make sure you leave this house in a police car that day, and that is a promise not a threat, Laura. Be warned," Jeana said, pointing at Laura. She attempted to head back Inside but Laura stopped her."Hey, Jeana, what do you think that your secret will stay hidden forever? That's laughable, you know." Laura chuckled as Jeana flicked a stare at her. "What secret are you talking about?" Jeana asked, acting oblivious of what Laura was talking about."Stop acting dumb. I know you're keeping something from everyone. You and Feran are hiding something from your family. And, tell me something. Why are you keeping Feran's were abo
After receiving Laura's call in his study, Elijah arranged the files on his desk to rush out to go meet up with her. He arose from his seat to leave the study when his driver, Thomas,walked in with some files."Good evening, boss. Your P.A just dropped these files, they need to be signed by you,boss, " Thomas informed. "I'll do that later or tomorrow morning. Right now, I need you to take me somewhere and…" Elijah abruptly paused and stared at a letter at the edge of the table. "Just forget it. I will drive myself. Leave the files.""Boss, your P.A said it was urgent and I think it would be good if you sign it now so I can go give it to him at his place.""That idiot," Elijah groaned, sitting back. "I'm surely going to fire him when my plan works out well and I grow the company after getting what I want from that chump, Feran," Elijah muttered and gestured at Thomas to drop the files for him to sign. Thomas walked over and stood next to him, helping him turn the document pages where
Fernando left and when Jeana and Feran entered their room, Jeana decided to ask him some questions, with hope that he would be able to answer them."Feran, you…" she said almost in a high tone but Feran Interrupted."Hey, keep it low," Feran said with a low voice. "I don't want anyone to know that I'm back.""What? They're fast asleep. They won't wake up anytime soon. Wait a second, do you want to hide here? In your house? Come on, they are surely going to know sooner or later.""Yes, by tomorrow. I just don't want anyone to find out now.""Okay, fine. I've got some questions for you, Feran.""Jeana, what is it?""You first tell me what is going on, Feran.""What do you mean?" Feran asked."Please," Jeana said and clasped her hands. "Stop pretending to be oblivious of what I'm talking about.""Can you talk to me more coherently?""Why did you make everyone believe that you are sick and you orchestrated this weird plan to fool everyone while you stay in some sort of damn place. You nev
After Feran and Jeana walked into the dining room, they took their seats."Who was it?" Sir Leo asked."An intruder?" Zita asked. Feran shook his head and glanced at Jeana who adjusted slightly on her seat. "It was a crazy person who missed his way and forced his way into the house. He has left.""You just have the knack of handling things well," Greg said. "You took after your father, Feran."Sir Leo chuckled. "Yeah. That's true.""And Jeana took after my lovely Aunt Zita," Anna chirped in. Zoey frowned. "Zita? Why say that?""You know, Feran left and she couldn't help eating alone without him next to her. She went out to check what was keeping him from coming in quickly. Jeana is really a definition of 'don't let go when you've got it back,' " Anna teased and they all laughed. Jeana blushed, looking aside."You know the woman handled so many things and couldn't have some time with her husband so you can't blame Jeana for being clingy-like now," Zoey said. "You know, I think I'll h
Jeana had already learnt that it would be best if she didn't try to force Feran to open up to her. She just felt good about how confident he was and talked and she admired him. Almost remembering her father who would talk with confidence almost like Feran too, she looked away, blinking simultaneously so as not to shed any tears."Jeana, are you okay?" Feran asked. She looked back at him to see the genuine concern in his eyes and she couldn't help but open up to him."You just reminded me of my father. He talks with confidence sometimes like you do. You know I miss him."Feran nodded. "Come here." He held her hand and pulled her into a hug, patting her head. "Don't cry. I'm sure he wouldn't like to see you looking sad."While he hugged her, consoling her, the door was pushed open and Zita walked into them. Jeana quickly broke the hug and sniffed, turning her back to her."Hey beautiful couple, you know one of the vans just left with Zoey, Anna, Lovisa and Greg to the hotel where the pa
"What's wrong, Elijah Gomez?" Feran asked aloud when he walked up to him.Elijah glanced around and ignoring him, he turned his back to him and continued with the phone conversation. "Hey, you better search well. I had kept the documents there with the notes…""Sir, I'm truly sorry but I didn't see any of what you asked me to bring. I'm truly sorry, sir."The call ended and Elijah slowly turned to face Feran. He felt humiliated as the Anderson family walked up behind Feran."What useless claims did you just make?" Zita asked, infuriated."Your son owes me. It's Vicentzo and…."Zita slapped him across the face before he could complete his sentence, causing him to stagger back."How dare you, idiot? First you accused my son, Feran and you've got the nerves to want to drag my late son into this? How dare you, you worthless piece of trash?!""I…I…am n…" Elijah stuttered in great embarrassment but before he could complete his statement, sir Leo grabbed his collar and Feran punched him so h
Laura couldn't believe what Elijah had asked for. His eyes were gloomy and filled with the intention to kill, and she knew that this was not going to end well. Having the kind of feeling of somewhat fear in her, her heart throbbed furiously, as the words sank deep and her head absorbed the thought of what he just said. How come he still wanted to kill Feran? She didn't understand what the hell he was talking about. Her eyes twitched as she heard the words, and her heart couldn't take it fully. "I'm not going to do what you say, Elijah. I can't believe you still want to take Feran down. What the hell are you doing? I know you don't know what you are doing, or maybe you don't know the repercussions of it. You should stop having those sinister thoughts in your head, Elijah, or you might end up killing your already black soul," she said. "You know, I only spent a year in jail and did you know what I was thinking all those while? Feran. I was thinking of how to destroy him. I think
"Elijah has escaped. I'm sure he's going to think of hurting one of us," Zoey said, getting scared. "No, Aunt. He won't hurt any of us," Feran said. He quickly called Fernando, who had taken Lovisa and his son, Frazier, to the mall. He ordered him to get them back home safely and ended the call after telling him to tighten the security of the house when he returns. Zita eyed Laura. "I'm sure you know that he was going to escape, right?" "You can't be trusted, Laura. You're a sly woman!" Zoey's accused. "No, Mrs. Anderson. I had no idea. And you don't have to worry. Feran is here. I won't think of joining hands with Elijah to cause harm to any of you because you all are genuinely good," Laura said. "I know my presence is not that appreciated here so I would like to take my leave so you guys can celebrate the girl's birthday well." "Sorry about the accusations, Laura," Jeana said. "Can't you stay for a while?" "I would have loved to but I need to head somewhere else urgently, I'm s
Laura was speechless for a while after Mary revealed who sent the flowers. Unlike her mother who was obviously In a rage, Laura found it so nice of Feran and Jeana to send her flowers."Give me the card," Laura asked, stretching out her hand to Mary."Laura, you shouldn't…" Mitchel paused and glared at Mary as she gave the card to Laura.Laura smiled and read the message on the card.'Hello, Laura, we are saying a big congratulations on your safe delivery. Though it's a bit late, try to overlook the time you got these flowers and rather accept it with our sincere joy for you. Hope your child is doing well. Do take care of yourself. Our regards to your child. Your well-wishers…. Jeana and Feran.'A drop of tears rolled down Laura's cheek and Mitchel was surprised when she lifted up her head, Laura chuckled and sniffed."I can't believe they would wish me well and send flowers to me. This is really great.""What's wrong with you, Laura?" Mitchel asked, jerking up to her feet. "What's go
A month later, Feran got a call from one of the companies manager. He received some bad news that one of the company workers had stolen an important journal. "What's wrong?" Jeana asked after they had breakfast. She saw the look on his face despite him telling her that all was well, she still didn't believe him."I'll go to work now." Feran arose from the couch and went to the bathroom to ease himself, when he came out, he saw Jeana dressed up."Are you going somewhere?" He asked. She gave him a strange look and nodded."Your sisters will be visiting soon. You don't need to go over there to see them." He thought she wanted to go pay her sisters a visit."I am not going to pay anyone a visit. I'm coming along with you, Feran," she said."Excuse me?""Yes?""What did you just say?""You heard me right, Feran. Let's go to work." Feran took.his office bag."No. You are going no where with me," Feran refused."What is wrong with you, Feran?""You are pregnant, Jeana. You shouldn't be work
Silence filled the room after Laura had left. One after the other, they all came forward to apologize to Jeana."Jeana, dear. I'm sorry I didn't even utter a word when you left," Greg said. "Please forgive me.""No, Uncle Greg. You did nothing wrong." Jeana shook her head."We all didn't bother to check things from your perspective but kept quiet after Zita humiliated you and asked you to leave," Zoey said and sighed. "Jeana, I'm sorry. I'm the worst person to you.""Come on, Aunt. You're my best person," Jeana flattered."Laura had good timing but her future is ill-timed now. That sly woman should never have anyone to call 'love'. She doesn't deserve anyone's love," Anna said."You all don't need to apologize, please. I'm the one expected to apologize. I didn't even get to apologize properly to you all before leaving the house. I'm sorry I deceived you all. Honestly, I didn't want to do that before. I wasn't going to keep the truth from you all for long. I wanted to tell you all befo
Laura couldn't bring herself to admonish herself nor could she believe that Feran had any evidence of her. She felt he was lying and was just trying to mess with her mind to force her to spill out the truth."What are you talking about, Feran?" She asked when she found her voice. She glanced at everyone and fixed her gaze on Zita whose stern look was pushing her to quiver but she clenched her fists, lifting up her chin and shaking her head. "F…Feran is saying something which I can't understand. Feran, stop it, okay?" She pointed at Feran. He held her finger and pulled it down.He took out a report from an envelope and held it up to her face. "This is your original pregnancy test." He gave the report to Zita."Laura is actually five months pregnant now. She lied that she was six months pregnant and brought a made-up pregnancy report."Zita went through the report and gave it to Zita who went through it and passed it onto the other family members."Lie! You're lying, Feran! You want to
Feran was in his office when Fernando walked in to give him some new information."Sir, I've been keeping an eye on Jeana as you said," Fernando informed."How's she doing?""She and her sisters are struggling to live.""What?" Feran arose, mystified. "It's been two months since we parted ways and she hasn't bothered to call or come to me for help.""I know her well not to have another misconception about her. Sir, Jeana is a woman of self-respect and values. I'm sure she doesn't want to have anything to do with you again so as to not cause any problems."Feran sighed and sat down. "What has she been doing to sustain herself and her sisters?""She's been working in a cafe as a waitress for over a month now. Her immediate younger sister, Kayla, also started working a part-time job.""What else do you have about her?""I don't think she's in a good shape. She looks tired sometimes when I see her.""Maybe I'll pay her a visit soon.""Sir, you've got some businessmen to meet in the next t
When Laura entered the car to head back to the Anderson house, her phone beeped. It was a message from an unknown number. She guessed who the sender was before opening the message.'Meet me now in the jailhouse,' that was the message. Laura tossed her phone to the seat and locked her fingers."Elijah," she muttered.The driver tilted his head and asked her."Ma'am, did you say something?""Hm, no. Start driving," Laura said. While he was driving back to the Anderson house, she thought of a way to get him to stop the car and leave so she could go to see Elijah. She didn't want the driver to take her there because she knows for sure that Feran was going to know about it and would find out that she came to visit Elijah, and if that happens, he might start thinking there's a connection between her and him and start doubting her.She didn't want any of that to happen. She thought harder when the driver was just ten minutes away from the house and finally sneered when she got an idea.She s
Anita was surprised and so excited that she kept stealing glances at Feran while he was driving. She couldn't believe he was taking her out for the first time. She wondered if his mother had asked him to.When she got a hunch that Feran's mother, Zita, must have asked him to look after her well and make her happy, she smiled broadly at Feran who returned her smile with a fake half smile that seemed genuine to Anita.While Feran kept driving, then it hit Anita. She glanced at him and saw he had a smile on his face. She was amazed and wondered if he had any other intention. 'No, he wouldn't be thinking of dumping me elsewhere, would he?' she thought, and glancing at Feran, chills went down her spines. She recalled how her family treated him. The times he was maltreated by her family, all flashed in her mind and her lips parted when she recalled when he promised them that he was going to get revenge and make them pay."Feran, where are you taking me to?" She asked suddenly, panting. Fe