Five days had passed since Emma's disappearance, and the police investigation had yielded nothing. Leonard was frustrated and desperate, convinced that someone was helping Emma's ex-boyfriend. But he had no proof, and the authorities were moving too slowly for his liking. Just then, Sophie appeared at his doorstep, tears streaming down her face. "Leonard, I'm so worried about Emma. I can't bear the thought of anything happening to her." Leonard's instincts screamed warning. "What do you know, Sophie?" he demanded, his voice firm. Sophie feigned shock with her eyes darting around. "What are you talking about, Leonard? I'm just trying to support you during this difficult time." Leonard's anger simmered just below the surface. "Don't play dumb, Sophie. You know something. Tell me the truth." Sophie's mask began to crack. "I don't know what you're talking about. Maybe you should focus on finding Emma instead of accusing me of things I haven't done." His patience snapped. "You're not
Leonard had conducted a private investigation on the location Sophie was sending the money to and he decided to go there by himself. He arrived at an old cottage house and he could easily tell this was the place because it reeked of alcohol and smoke. He tiptoed gently and was surprised to find the door a jar , he went in and saw Sophie tied to a chair. He looked at her and saw a mixture of sadness and relief in her eyes , he immediately untied her and gave her a very big long hug so tight she whimpered a little due to the pain before he realized and let go of her. He carried her in his arms and took her to his car then they drove off as fast as they could, all through their drive no words were spoken. When he thought he had gone far enough he stopped the car and looked at her. "I am so sorry, this is all my fault , if I had not allowed you go alone that night you wouldn't have been in this circumstance " he said crying, "No no Leonard, it's not your fault please don't blame your
Without much ado, Ava came out of her room and saw her father staring at the door after her grandparents had gone. " Daddy, are you okay?" She asked him but he didn't say anything. She was still a young girl and he was still internalizing everything. The main point was that he knew that they were lying but they had gotten the results from a very reputable hospital in the country.He dares call them the best. Three of the best hospitals had confirmed that he was not his father's son.Estelle was distraught too but she was busy with making sure that the company was in order, leaving things to Antonio was going to cause a disaster so he didn't want to involve her. She was even supposed to come that night but he told her not to bother."Daddy..." Ava's light voice called through the room and he turned. His daughter was a gem. She refused to leave when her mother came to take her away. He was very surprised but was pleased.His life was in shambles and he didn't know what to do at all. The
Emma bit her lip in contemplation but she was thinking about still telling him the truth because that could change the way things were going. She waited to see what would happen with the way Leonardo was behaving. there was a problem he had to sort first before thinking of the next ones that he could do with or without."Just tell me what is happening and I'll make sure that you don't have any problem. Is it at your work place? Tell me." Leonard demanded. She said that it was good news but she was not willing to let him know about it and that told him everything that he needed to know."Okay, I will tell you when I return. I just want you to be fine before i say a word." Leonard sighed, he had come to understand that she was a very lovely head but she was also very stubborn. It was one of the things that kept her from being destroyed by her Ex boyfriend. that memory always left a sour taste in his mouth. " Is there anything else you want me to do for you, babe?" "Nope, I'm getting s
Leonard was astounded by the words and at the same time, elated. He would never have imagined that Emma would get pregnant at least not this fast. He was very happy with everything that was going on and wanted to have the best of things to himself."I'm so happy that everything is falling into place. I can't even get annoyed anymore. Thanks for carrying my daughter." He said and she chuckled at him. "How do you know that it's a girl? I mean, you can't know these things can you?" She replied and he smiled at her."Tell me, what do you know about children and pregnancy? You are not a doctor." She chided him.He snorted and stared at her for a minute. He knew what he was saying and that was nothing but the truth. He was the reason she was here without a doubt at all. " I know that you are probably thinking about something else but we'll be fine." She assured him.Leonard needed no reassurance because he already had his plans mapped out and one of which was making sure that he got out of
Upon Leonard's arrival to his parents house, he met the front door locked, but funnily, the lights were on which took him by surprise. They never left the lights on whenever they were leaving the house because of the cost. It was even ingrained in visitors at least today but he didn't understand what was happening right there.He checked under the flower pot to know what was actually wrong with them. He needed to ransack the house and see if he would gather any evidence that would vindicate him. He would rather he went away at least for the first part of the year after getting the answers he desperately needed.As he slotted the keys into the door, it opened immediately which was also surprising, this never happened at least in history. His guts rejected being in that house but he was already outside the house. Obviously he would like to find the answer. There was nothing that would stop him again. It was the best that he could do for now. He kicked the door open and walked in, he w
A handcuff was already placed around Leonard's hands and he was being taken to the police station. Camera lights flashed before him and all before the next news hour, he was already on the tabloids and every media platform. It was a big mess and he was waiting for his lawyer.Estelle had rushed Emma to the hospital immediately after she heard her scream. This was terrible and he never expected that she would be losing the only child she had for her brother and right now that another issue had surfaced, she didn't know how to navigate this.Reaching into her pocket, she fished out her phone and dialed Dominic's number because that was the only person that she trusted to handle her case. " Oh, my goodness. I don't know what to do, babe. I'm lost. Just start coming. my brother can't go to jail." She told him in a frantic tone.Dominic had already heard the news and knew that the family was in a state of dilemma so he did what he should have done earlier. He immediately put a call through
“There is nothing that you can say that would make me release this little girl to you. You can't make me do that not in this life, not ever what sort of rubbish is that? I bet you already know what's up and the right thing that you should do yet you're still trying my patience. Now I don't have the time for all of this, kindly move away from me." Estelle fired at the lawyers.How dare they say that they wanted Ava in their custody. It was a total mess and she was already feeling very annoyed at the way things were going. "Now, tell me who do you want to become her mother?" She asked them. After the girl had learned to love Emma like hers they suddenly wanted to spring up this issue. " She can't live with Sophie if that's what you are asking for." She replied and they stared at her probably wondering why she was acting that way but it wasn't anything serious other than she doing what she should done from the beginning.Barrister Franco cleared his throat at the way she was speaking. H