Sandra sped through the huge open gate, and drove through the yard, into the garage, and then Sandra hit the brake pedal hard. She had to hit the available flight back to North Hill just to get some issues settled.Her little interaction with Gary had her in all her feelings, and her mood was a mess as she pushed the car door open and stepped out onto the concrete of the front walk. In front of her was a two-stories, enormous fancy mansion with glass panes and a white wraparound porch. Palm trees were lining the driveway and an immaculate flower bed was along the side. It showed how much the Larson had put into renovating their building in the recent time. However, to her, none of that concerned her if not for the pending issue she had at hand.The frown she had on didn’t leave her face even after she got to the front door of the mansion and hit the doorbell.As she was about to ring it for the second time, someone opened the door, and she was met by a tall man in his late sixties
A gentle knock on the door made Mr Bamford look up from the case file on his desk and stared ahead, calling out, “Come in.”When the door opened, his secretary Kirby entered his office with a soft smile, saying, “Sir, there‘s a visitor for you.”“‘Who?” Mr Bamford replied without looking up from the case file, still reading through the information about the crime he was currently investigating.“Madam Alora,” The pen in his hand dropped on the sheet as he lifted his head slightly to glance at his secretary with an eyebrow raised.Then he rested back in his seat and sighed softly, “Send her in,”“Yes, sir,” Kirby said with a nod.Silently, Mr Bamford watched her walk out of his office and waited until she closed his door before turning his attention back to the papers on his desk.A couple of minutes went by, and then the door opened again, this time to reveal Mrs Haye. She had her hands tucked into the front pockets of her black fluffy coat as she stepped inside before closing the doo
The sound of her room door opening made Fallon raise her head off the pillow and gazed at her mother, standing in the doorway, smiling at her. “Can I come in?” Mrs Gilbert asked cheerfully, closing the door behind her and stepping inside the room.Slowly, Fallon sat up from the bed, hugging her knees as she rested her head on her kneecaps, feeling a sense of sadness welling up within her as she watched her mother approach her with a warm smile and sit down beside her on the edge of the mattress.“James made chicken soup for dinner with rice and vegetables.” Mrs Gilbert told her kindly.Shaking her head slowly, Fallon said with a sad smile, “I‘m too full already, Mama.You should go ahead and eat without me.”“Fallon, you have been here all day. You missed breakfast and now you're trying to skip dinner?!""You have barely put much in your stomach. That‘s not healthy!” Mrs Gilbert chided her, gently squeezing Fallon‘s hands. One look at her mother and Fallon could see her concern clear
The dining hall was eerily quiet as everybody slowly digested what Alora had revealed. “A man like Bryan Checks is getting involved with our family?” Kyle, Alora's first son, Sandra's father questioned, frowning slightly.“Why? How can a man like that possibly be interested in helping Fallon and Gilbert though?!” another person exclaimed angrily, clenching and unclenching his fists, feeling angered and confused.Looking at Alora, Raphael frowned slightly at the stress he saw in his grandmother's eyes and mumbled, “He is someone that never just gets involved with people without ulterior motives! He loves money and power… nothing else matters to him.” “Money, power, and women,” Clarie, Raphael's mother added.“What?”“We are all missing the bigger picture here. Fallon is a woman. Bryan is a man. Men usually get protective over the one they are interested in and would do whatever it takes to keep them protected no matter what, right mom?”It was like a light bulb switched on in Alora‘
A look of fear sparked in Clarie's eyes as she helped Kyle tie his tie around his neck, and when she got done, she whispered, “Honey, our daughter has suffered a lot.”“What is that supposed to mean?!” Kyle said, sounding quite annoyed at the sudden turn in the conversation.Lowering her voice, even more, Claire continued, “Silver GIlbert insulted our daughter when she went to the motel yesterday. Sandra was quite devastated when she came to see me yesterday.” At his wife‘s words, Kyle‘s brows knitted together into a tight frown as he uttered coldly, “Is that so!?”“I know Sandra did wrong by marrying that man, but Silver GIlbert doesn‘t have the right to discipline our daughter when you, her own father, have never raised a voice against her.” Claire said, looking up at him with watery eyes as she cried. “Do you understand what I‘m trying to say?” “I know what you are saying… Silver GIlbert should worry about training her daughter and not mine. But since she has crossed the line, the
Gary's aptitude had been strange towards everyone in the recent time, therefore they were all perplexed seeing him come to breakfast."Gary, what's up?" James said.Gary took his seat and with a soft sigh, he said, "It's nothing much, just something little which I have to attend to." Mrs Gilbert pushed towards him a plate of rice. 'Thanks Mrs Gilbert." Just the moment he was about to dig into his meal, he suddenly felt his phone vibrate, checking the screen, he immediately excused himself."A minute please." He left his meal untouched heading towards the balcony immediately."Are you sure he is fine?" Ryan said with a half filled mouth."No idea. Perhaps Fallon should know about it," James turned towards Mrs Gilbert inquisitively. Thankfully, Fallon wasn't at the table.The moment Gary reached the balcony, he recalled the number and said. "Tell me, Micheal, how far with the investigation?""It's going quite well, boss, but then to make the investigation easier, I had to get an accomp
“What?! Are you not going to get her?!” Alora questioned loudly, feeling anger grow when she saw the way that James was glaring.“Hmm–umm, you are her step–grandma,” James mumbled beneath his breath in annoyance as he tried to ignore the anger building up in him.After hearing those words, Alora knew James wasn‘t fond of her, and she sighed out her frustration, putting her hands on her hips.“Fallon!!” Alora shouted as loud as she possibly could. Her voice reverberated through the entire apartment, and James stared in disbelief for a second, annoyed at the scene she was creating. “Fallon, Silver!” Alora screamed as loud as she possibly could. A frown crossed James‘s lips as the silence continued, and Raphael glared over at them before saying, “Can one of you go and get her!?” Walking into the lobby, Mrs Gilbert‘s expression grew darker than ever at the sight of Alora and Raphael.“What are you doing here?!” Mrs Gilbert asked harshly, causing Alora to flinch back slightly from the ton
The calınness in Gary’s expression never left his face as Raphael met his eyes with a look of madness in his gaze and took a step toward him and Fallon.Before Alora could say anything else to Raphael, Ryan walked in between Raphael and Gary as he tried to roam over to them.“I will fuck you up if you don’t take a step back now!” Ryan threatened while pointing to Raphael, his voice low and serious as his hand clenched into a fist. "You should know who to mess with, but I will urge you once, ‘it’s not him.”A sense of fear shot through Raphael as the warning bell sounded in his brain as he backed off a few feet.However, it didn’t last long as he sneered and said, “You are just an idiot like he is. Living under same roof with two women. By leaching on them. So how dare you meddle with my business, you asshole! You don’t want to mess with me and if you keep interfering with this, you will regret it… so back off.”Frowning at Raph Mrs Gilbert shook her head and said, “Ryan is not an e