Oliver was surprised by what he heard but he already moved on and was happy for them. The only sad thing is that the woman he dreamed of being with started a family and made it happen with his stepbrother. "Are you okay?" Oliver was startled when Julie snapped her fingers, "You're thinking deep again?" "Uhmm.I'm fine. Anyways, I thought you were busy at the shop today?" "Merideth invited me here at the mansion and I couldn't refuse her and luckily Adam agreed to let me go out to the shop for a while," she shared, "And you? What are you doing with Carter?" There is curiosity in her eyes."We just met on the road, his car had a flat tire, then he had an emergency, and he had no choice but to ride my motorcycle." "Really? You drove him with this motorcycle?" Julie pointed to where Oliver was sitting, "Are you serious? So you had time together?" Julie thought that the stepbrothers might be starting to get close. "Nah. We didn't talk. We're not on good terms," Oliver lied, he couldn
Carter acts like he was amazed at what Oliver said, "That's heart-melting but I can't trust someone who had a history with the person I love. Who knows? Maybe you will take revenge and steal from me what you lost?" he said sarcastically, he's trying to trigger his emotions, "Some guys will kill because of betrayals but you're just crying like a baby," He laughed remembering the time were he planned the proposal to embarrassed Oliver. "Why would I? Is there any reason to take back the woman who left me for another man? Because if I know she was taken from me. Then I will take her back," Oliver responded which also played along with him, "You won't like my revenge if I found out something to give me a reason to take back what I lost." Before, Oliver felt that Merideth didn't want to marry Carter but he let go of the doubt little did he know that his thoughts were accurate because Carter was the one who framed Merideth to leave Oliver. The woman on the side, Julie, felt nervous as she l
"What did you two talk about?" Oliver asked he wanted to know what Merideth have said to Julie, "Let's talk about it later. We need to go back to the shop," she said and Oliver nodded giving her the helmet. The other staff was with Adam inside the bakery assisted him in managing customers, and he was in a good mood because of Julie's consent for them to have a date on Valentine's Day. She is also willing to change for her to stop his vices, which as smoking. "Why did you let her come to the Thompson's mansion?" Oliver dictated while Adam knew nothing about it. "What are you talking about?" He pauses at what he's doing for a moment, "Julie visited Merideth and you're aware Carter doesn't like anyone else close to her wife that is connected with me," Oliver said, he was worried for Julie that Carter might involve her. "What? I didn't know she went there. She asked permission to me that she was going somewhere to buy a gift for his uncle's birthday," Adam was a bit disappointed becau
The baker was in her uncle's house, taking a rest after Oliver drove him back to their neighborhood. She's restless, she's pacing back and forth, worried about what she discovered from her best friend. Many things are going through her mind, and she doesn't know what to do next. "Julie, you need to know about this," she remembered her conversation with Merideth earlier. "About what? You're making me nervous by that stare of yours," There's a reason why Merideth invited her into the mansion. She planned to meet with her to reveal something."I've found something weird, I've found it years ago and this is the time I'm prepared to share it with you," Merideth showed a newspaper, and placed it on the table. Julie looked at it and read the headline and an article. It's about an incident that was about the disappearances of children who were victims of kidnapping. Some kidnappers were pursued by the law before, but some of them were never caught. "No way. This isn't my Uncle Ben," she den
"Damn. Why did she lie to me?" Adam was pissed off. If he knows in the first place that Julie is going to the Thompsons' mansion, he will not let her go there. He knows Carter is after his friends because they are connected to Oliver. "Wait. It's already late in the afternoon. She still didn't come back," Oliver tried to call her to check but she was not answering her phone. "She might be sick?" Adam worried and tried to text the baker but it also didn't respond to him. Someone entered their shop, it was Uncle Ben who used to own their bakery shop. He walked normally, smiling at the guys on the counter. "Where's Julie? Is she at your home?" Adam asked and he nodded. "Yes, she was at home earlier, unexpectedly she gave her farewell. She decided to take a leave, she wants to visit her mom in the province," he said but both guys were confused. "What? Why so sudden? We're not aware that she wanted to take a vacation. She has many plans and we're having a date this Valentine then she'l
"You want to take revenge for me? But why?" Oliver seriously looked at his friend stuttering to answer. "B-because I hated him for mistreating you. You were like a brother to me, Oliver. So I wanted to defend you. While your step-brother is treating you like a stranger, you are being humiliated by many people, an important person is robbed from you, he's hurting the people you love, and the worst thing he did is almost kill you," Adam said, he is no longer afraid to confess what he knows and he no longer cares if Oliver gets angry with what he reveals. "And what does he have to do with Julie's sudden departure?" He asked, "I want to know everything. Just be honest with me," Oliver was tired of his friend playing mysterious. "I'm not sure about this but Julie might leave because she's afraid you might despise her, Carter has something against Julie and it's about her father who is in prison and killed your mother in the past," what he said made Oliver shocked, "Her father is a murdere
Adam regretted that he thought more of himself than others, then he had many chances to help his friend who was suffering because of what Carter was doing but he kept quiet and played safe so that he would not get involved and to protect himself, he was so guilty seeing his friend suffering from some incidents that he can prevent, "I'm very sorry, Oliver. If only I was brave, I hope this is not happening in your life. There's no more secret Oliver, now you know everything, it's up to you to decide what to do. I'll support you wherever you go, and I'll understand if you want me to disappear like what Julie did." "Adam, no matter what you have done. I will always understand. Don't be afraid to be honest, because I'll rather be with an honest person hurting me with the truth than a liar comforting me with a lie. Thank you for your revelation, it's just amazing I wasn't eaten by my emotions or else I've been punching you for keeping that for a long time. I'm just trying to calm but I'm br
"So what's your plan?" Both guys are still inside the shop, taking time to talk together. There was no one else inside, the two of them were left to close it later at night."I've been planning this from the start," Oliver began, "I want to take revenge before but it was a nonsense reason because I just want to take revenge for my success to brag it to others. You know I've been hurt by the words people threw at me. That I have no direction in life. No steady foundation, ending up roaming everywhere to find a temporary shelter. I was astray. You witness how messed up my life was. You saw my struggles trying to keep my head above water, I did survive many storms but you were the one who held my hands when I'm drowning. Without a friend like you, I'll end up dying of hunger," before Oliver answered his question, someone wanted first he shared the reason for his change of plans."Ever since my life started to be chaotic, I already feel that what happened was planned. I have no idea what's