“Vivian?” She shuddered and slammed the drawer of files she was just rummaging.She looked like a deer caught in headlights with open mouth and a slight sheen of sweat on her forehead.What are you doing?” Alphonse stood in total surprise where he had been for the past five minutes watching her.She opened her mouth and closed it before running her hand through hair to arrange it.“I was just uhhhh” she started to stutter looking for words or an excuse to cover up for what she been caught red handed doing.He tilted his head waiting for her to continue but no more information was forthcoming so he concluded himself.“Stealing.” Alphonse replied for her nodding once before entering the office and closing the door behind him.The tension in the air became tight and Vivian's heart thundered in her chest.He set his briefcase down on the desk, stood opposite her and folded his arms.He gave her a few moment of silence as they both threaded carefully in big office space.After Harry had be
“The pauper finally sees heaven” Ursula said from the stairs as her So Kate stiletto heels made loud scary pointy steps when she descended the steps, everything about her just screamed evil and the young man in front of her amplified her zeal for that.Alphonse arranged his suit and looked at her with a small smile playing on his lips, he came prepared today after a long sleepless night.“What are you doing here boy?” Her always bright red lips moved slowly and languidly as she got closer to him."Hello Ursula" he greeted her but she simply stood in front of him and folded her arms with her chin up waiting for him to state the reason for his first and unusual visit to her house.“I came for my ledger” he said and Ursula scoffed before she rolled her eyes, turned and walked to a chair.She sat down and eyed him from top to bottom with disgust.Alphonse waited for her to welcome him to sit but since no invitation was forthcoming he lowered himself into the chair behind him, an action th
"Break this whole nonsense down for me. Who was conned, why was I stolen?" Paul said and he picked up the birth certificate and stared at the old crusty piece of paper, the writings almost fading and the corners missing fragments of paper."Ursula Montgomery here met Jake Edmund at a party and they had a one night stand. She, being a gold digger like she accuses everyone of, came back to him with fake pregnancy tests a month later telling him she was pregnant and she needed to be married to cover up for the shame of having a child out of wedlock. Jake being the gentleman he was decided to do the right thing and get married to her. Only a few months into their engagement, before the wedding, Jake found out it was all a lie and Ursula had clothes stuffed in her stomach all this while" Alphonse said and Paul shut his eyes as the disbelief washed over him."Oh my God," he muttered loud enough for everyone to hear."In order to save herself she cried back to him the next day with a child t
“I’m going to kill you. And when I do I will feed your meat to the vultures and your bones to the dogs, your rightful place” Ursula started.Alphonse nodded, taking in all she was saying but in reality he had a recorder on all these while.The tape was going to prove useful to him when he needed it most and it would because all he had said to Paul, Ursula had not denied it one bit rather she agreed to everything he had said and added some self incriminating evidence to it.“No you won’t, you no longer have any power. You have no money, no back up, no asset or dime to your name because Jake purposely left nothing to you and lastly you have no son. You are now alone. You have lost” Alphonse said with wide glee filled eyes.“Shut up you bastard swine, illegitimate son of a pauper. I should have killed your mother when I had the chance. I should have killed all of you. Save myself the stress of going through Thai now but I was being a good person then and look where that has got me" she t
“Jennifer Warner” Alphonse said to the reception in the rehabilitation center he entered with Paul.Paul’s heart beat loudly and twice as fast as he looked around the whole room, his life was changing today and he had Alphonse to thank for that.The receptionist nodded and went through some files before looking back up.“Oh, that’s the woman you brought in. She’s been hysterical this morning, talking about her son, Bryan” The receptionist said and both Paul and Alphonse froze.“What?” Paul asked to be sure he heard correct, while Alphonse was surprised the woman was coherent enough to remember her past.“She has no one named Bryan. At least not that we know of, we’ve traced her past as far as we could and we could not come up with any family member or friend bearing that name” the receptionist said and before Alphonse could say anything Paul spoke up.“She does” Paul said and both Alphonse and the Receptionist turned to look at him.“I might as well start accepting it from here on” Pa
Ursula puffed smoke from her mouth and Margaret sat watching her for the past ten minutes.She had heavy eye bags under her eyes and looked like she had not slept a wink, coupled with the red puffy eyes that gave out the fact that she had cried all night. Ursula Montgomery now had no one on her side other than her newly found minion sitting behind her on her balcony.She had summoned the weaker woman and since she came here, Ursula had just been in her robe smoking cigarettes.With only a look of disgust to welcome her into the empty home, no words have been spoken since.Margaret was uncomfortable and wanted to leave, so she looked for something to say to speed up her visit.Margaret first cleared her throat before sitting up straighter in her seat, her red fur coat today not getting the attention she had hoped it would.“So what do you plan on doing now that Paul is no longer with us” she said all of a sudden and Ursula’s head whipped dangerously to face her.A low guttural growl e
“Ursula fled in the middle of the night” Peter said to Alphonse as they both sat down in court that morning. Today was the court hearing for Harry’s case and they decided to be present only they sat behind. Alphonse had vehemently refused to be a witness in the case but he provided all the information and evidence needed for the court proceedings. The case was between Harry, the state and the families of those that he had cost pain, something everyone was sure he would not be able to escape from this time around. “What?” Alphonse asked in surprise, he had wanted to catch her when she would least except but the police had planned it before him. Ursula knew she had been a sole contributor to hiding Harry and she aided in hiding evidence, sure enough she was going to have jail time. She was going to serve in prison and when her case and that of Jennifer Warner came out she would have no hope of ever seeing the outside world again and she knew that so escaping was the only option an
“Vivian is under control for the meantime” Peter said as he poured alcohol for both him and Alphonse in the balcony of their house.Alphonse stuck his hand in his pockets as he stood and admired the view, he had chosen to take the day off today and enjoy the comfort of his home.It’s been two months after the trial of Harry and two since Paul went away, for some time they had peace.The last he checked on Paul, he was training to be an engineer and he was doing pretty well in it and happy. Jennifer Warner, Paul's mother also reconnected with her children and her seizures and hallucinations had reduced a bit.Jillian, the nurse they met on the day of their visit kept her company most of the time and gave Paul and Alphonse feedback on her health.Jennifer always looked forward to seeing her children, especially Paul, and she also formed a bond with them.Hannah had gone back and last Alphonse heard she and Cornelius had broken up.Alphonse inhaled and exhaled loudly and large with a sm