Magnus held the last Cuban cigarette he had in between his fingers, parked on the other side of the road.The tip was lit, smoke billowing from its ends. Magnus took a deep breath, trapping the nicotine in his lungs for some seconds before he let it out.A cloud of smoke flowed from his mouth, temporarily obscuring his vision.He waited in his car, waiting for anyThe thing about being a PI is that it will reach you with patience. Getting people to reveal their deep, dark secret isn't easy. It takes time and with lots of patience, you can wear them out eventually discovering their hidden secrets.Sean Lambert’s money was sitting pretty in his account and any moment from now, the man himself would be calling to request an update.The bad part is, that Amelia Cruz was way smarter than Magnus gave her credit.For the past week, she'd been careful not to visit any suspicious places or talk to suspicious people.Taking the route that led to her house, Magnus parked several feet away, a bin
Two days ago….(Before the visit to Chloe's home)Moriah kept tapping her pencil against her mug, deep in thought.Her gaze darted towards the clock as she checked the time. He was late.She knew it was a deliberate attempt to make her wait and get more antsy.Fucking Clement!The door opened and the man he was thinking about walked in, his face all smug.“Took your sweet time getting here, didn't you?” She spoke up, stopping the pen. “Well, you know what they say, Mother, beauty takes time,” Clement smirked, taking a seat in front of her.“Really? So does scheming and plotting against your brother.” Moriah retorted. Anger bubbled up in her lungs but she managed to restrain it. “How could you, Clement?”“Is this why you called me here?” He had a bored look on his face but Moriah knew that it was just a front to mask his true feelings. “To whine about your favorite son?”The pen in her hands snapped due to the force she applied on it but Moriah calmly drew her hand back, adopting a ca
“Prove it,” Clement spoke. “If you're on my side, I'm going to need you to prove it to me.”Moriah was torn. There's no way she thought that he would dive straight in.Squaring her shoulders and raising her chin, she nods. “Okay, fine. What do you want me to do?”“Chloe.” Folding his hands behind his back, Clement walked around like he was in charge. “Sean loves her, even way more than Amelia. If you can get her to hate him enough to not talk to him anymore then I'll know you're on my side. Sean would be heartbroken, and henceforth useless.”He stared at her, waiting for her to come to a verdict. A part of him told him that Moriah would be up to it.She might act like a ruthless businesswoman when it came e to it, but to her family, she was as gentle as a bird.Seconds ticked by while Clement waited for a reply. The ideal thing would be to say no and find a way to work together with Sean and bring Clement down.The maternal side of her knew that Clement was only inflicting hurt on Sea
While Chloe followed the doctor in, she shit off a text to Maeve, telling her to keep Ethan occupied a little longer, just until she had a beating of the situation.“Please, have your seat.” He opened the door, a pleasant smile on his face as he ushered her into the sterile-looking room.The small office was bereft of any personal items save a mug that says ‘Best Doc Ever’ and a calendar that looked to be abused judging by the number of marks it had on it.“Nice office.” Chloe offered, not sure what to say in this scenario.“Thanks,” Robin said taking his seat at the other end of the desk. “So, Miss…?”“Chloe.” She eagerly filled in. “My name is Chloe.”“Right.” He waved it off, diving straight into it. “Like I said earlier, your uncle's wife's case is quite severe.” Sliding a pair of files to her, he prompted her to take a look. “The car's airbag deployed immediately after the hit so that helped her head stabilize a bit. The only part I'm worried about is the rest of her body…”The d
Moriah was pretty eager to meet up with me.Shortly after the call, she directed me to her office in downtown New York. According to her, a space in her schedule just magically opened up when she called.Chloe sensed something fishy but she kept it to herself, boarding the next bus out of the hospital while making sure neither Ethan nor Maeve saw her and tried to stop her.She couldn't handle either of their troubles at the moment.Lambert Inc was only twenty minutes away but it felt like an eternity away, with Chloe looking out the window watching cars pass by.Anything to keep her off the impending meeting that could equally decide if Christy lives or dies.The cab pulled up in front of the massive building, putting an end to the thoughts swirling around in her mind.Leaving the cabbie with a handsome tip, Chloe hesitated for a second, not sure where to go from here.Moriah, ever the gracious hostess anticipated that which was why there was a man dressed in a black suit who hovered
Chloe looked at Moriah in shock, wondering where this was coming from. “This is a joke right?”“So you see any clown here?” Moriah replied, her face as cold as steel. It was hard to equate this woman with the same person who was all smiles at the engagement party. Granted, it was only a week ago but the sudden change gave Chloe whiplash.“How can you tell me that?” Chloe sat up, struggling to make sense of this scenario. Even though she might have returned Sean's ring, that didn't mean she wanted to wipe him off her memory forever. “I love Sean.”“Yet you're sitting here without his ring on your finger.” Moriah cooly stated a pointed look at my bare ring finger.Aware of Moriah's scrutiny, she pulled it out of view. “Whatever issues Sean and I are having are ours to face, not yours.”“I'm not trying to meddle but you see…” she stood up from her perched seat, circling Chloe's chair the way a predator would. “The last time I caught Sean in a similar position, I stepped back and allowed
Hastening her steps, Chloe practically ran down the stairs until she got to the third floor. Even then, her heart skipped a beat when she saw a man who had his back to her, looking scarily familiar.With her heart in her mouth, Chloe managed to suck out of sight before he turned.She wasn't sure she could deal with seeing Sean today, not after everything that had happened.The folder Yvonne gave to her was burning a hole in her bag, and as soon as Chloe got into her she whipped it out.Licking her suddenly dry lips, Chloe had a sense of deja vu when she stared at the file.Instinctively, she knew that it had the power to change the trajectory of her life but at the same time, she couldn't help but pry it open.It was similar to a mouse who saw food in a trap but went there nevertheless.Opening the file, her eyes ran over the details not sure whether to be disgusted or stunned at what she was looking at.The first page turned out to be phone records.It showed a call being made from L
Armed with the truth, Sean ran over his lines thinking about how he wanted to plate the truth towards Chloe.When Magnus told him what the security guard said, he only dug deeper.Just like he thought, the entire thing was one big lie. Not only was Amelia's unborn child, not his, but it belonged to a gardener…the man Magnus saw Amelia with was the father of the child.It wasn't surprising but Sean loathed Amelia for the destruction she brought with her false accusations, which was why he was out to set things straight. Hopefully, he could talk Chloe over to his side and they would live happily ever after.“I thought you promised me she would be here!” Sean ground out to the man next to him, tapping his feet on the floor of the car. “We've been out here for over an hour and not once have I seen her!”Mr Pontus, Sean's head of security shifted around nervously as Sean grew more agitated. “Sir, I promise you she's in there.”“So hasn't she come out?” Sean barked, fisting his fingers. He