"I'm sorry but I have to do this," Detective Maverick held up his handcuffs and swiveled his head in Liam's direction in the back seat of the car. Two police cars just dropped by at his old apartment to conduct a search, if cyanide poison could be found.Wordlessly, Liam raised his hands and they were handcuffed by the detective before he was pulled out of the car. They didn't want him to move or touch anything while they searched his apartment.He was helpless and didn't know how else he could defend himself when his most trusted person told lies with his name, and then Doctor Beisten.Liam felt broken but his outward appearance didn't show it because of how perfectly he controlled the expression on his face.They took him in and began the search.Liam just sighed in distress, he raised his cuffed hands to facepalm. It felt too surreal to return to his old home and have the police there, trying to look for a poison which of course Gibson and Doctor Beisten had left. He was accused o
"How could you do such a thing without my knowledge!?" Hunter lashed out."What else should I have done, sit back and do nothing?" Charlotte didn't even flinch."Ted would've handled things as promised." Hunter gritted out. They were arguing inside the room."You expect a man whose wedding ended up in ruins to carry on with the plan? Someone whose supposed wife ran away with the said Liam," Charlotte huffed and put her hands on her waist."You don't want Liam dead anymore?" For a moment Hunter forgot he was enraged, upon hearing what Charlotte just pointed out."Who said I don't want him dead?" Charlotte let out a slight shrug, "Someone could send him a package that'd blow him up in a cell, just like they did to Ted's bride. Luckily it was the security who opened the package.""What are you talking about?" Ted's eyes lowered in confusion because he couldn't fully comprehend what he just heard from her."Nothing," Charlotte was turning away from Hunter when he caught her wrist and turne
Stevie-Lou knew she was about to do what she'd spend the rest of her life regretting. Having arrived at work fully prepared for that morning, because her boss literally just told her to betray Liam by lying to the public that he did kill Emily.It was cold but her palms were sweaty, despite how she had rubbed them over her blazers to keep them moisture-free.They were getting prepared to deliver the news as early as 8 AM.Her boss, Mr. Murphy, pushed a coffee into her hand without her approval."I trust you'll do a great job as always, Stevie. Just go over there and follow my instructions," with a reassuring smile on his face, he put his hand on her shoulder."Just drink up and prepare to climb up there in the next ten minutes. Remember you aren't hurting anyone, it's just your job you're doing." He added before withdrawing his hand.Stevie-Lou gave him an awkward smile with a flippant nod.After skimming through the report she was asked to memorize, she dumped the coffee into a nearb
"It was Cyanide poison and not Strychnine,""Why do we have Strychnine then?" Detective Maverick put the empty bottle of poison on top of the table.Doctor Beisten looked from the detective to Liam, before shrugging a little, "Who knows if he used it on her too."Liam just scoffed and rubbed the side of his jaw. The man had been caught red-handed but he was still telling lies. Gibson on the other hand was unusually quiet, looking anywhere else but Liam."Here is Emily's diary and this is a report she got from you, Doctor Beistein. On the 15th of September, a day before she died," Detective Maverick pushed the diary and the test report to Doctor Beisten.Liam who was yet to utter a word, smirked and folded his arms across his chest, as he watched the two betrayers who were seated opposite him at the table. They were dumbfounded.Detective Maverick gave them a few minutes to go through Emily's diary and the report before he signaled his men to come forth."Doctor Beisten, Mr. Gibson, y
It was hard for Liam to accept that Avery was in love with him, the way she just confessed her feelings to him made him completely caught off guard. He didn't know how to handle this, everything she said about him and Stevie-Lou was true, but then she told him to stop caring for Stevie-Lou because she, Avery Duffer, was in love with him.How could he ever accept that or stop caring for the one woman who made his heart quake in his chest, with just a little gesture from her?Liam took one good look at Avery before pulling away from her."I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but I just see you as a friend, Avery Duffer," He said at last because he couldn't force himself to give her the love she wanted from him."But we kissed once," Her eyes were blurring with tears."You initiated it. I tried as much as I could to reciprocate your feelings but it was just impossible, my mind was on Stevie the entire time. Even though she was with Ted as of then."Avery raised her balled fist to her ches
"You need to get me out of here," Charlotte Price looked like she was going to pass out as she held the cell gates.Messy hair, dark circles around her eyes, and dried lips. She didn't look herself at all. Charlotte Price who reeked of wealth, power and lived an extravagant life was lowered into an ordinary woman in a cell.Hunter hated seeing her like that, though. She looked a shadow of herself. She was at her brand when the police stormed in, handcuffed, and put her into the back seat of the car. Something he least expected because he believed Liam would stay in jail, only to have the tables being turned and Charlotte was arrested."I am trying my best, Charlotte. But you need to just wait for a few days, there has to be a trial in court before you can be released," Hunter's voice was unusually quiet."What!? I have to stay in this cell, can you not bribe the guards or something!?" Charlotte yelled with her eyes blazing with fury."It's not done that way, according to Gibson's clai
Liam never expected Stevie-Lou to accept him when he made his bottled-up feelings known to her at last, he thought it'd be awkward between them or she would turn him down. He was close to believing the latter when she shut the door in his face and left him standing outside like the biggest loser on earth, only to have her return and initiate a kiss.His heart wanted to burst right out from his chest because of overwhelming joy. He never thought he would like someone else apart from Chloe who gave him his first heartbreak, but then came Stevie-Lou. She was different, pure inside out and she was always around when he needed saving. It seemed as though the time they were making an escape from Bryce Canon, pulled them together. Plus Stevie-Lou's unsuccessful wedding with Ted Price pulled them closer to each other.He woke up to Jake dropping a tray of food next to his bedside."What is this, room service?" Liam asked through a yawn."I-I-I haven't cooked f-f-for anyone aside Stevie, so c
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around the truth that you're clumsy Thomas," Stevie-Lou told Liam later that day when he was clad in Jake's clothes and they were set to leave. "You were skeptical about accepting the camera from me because you thought I was poor and I spent my life savings to get such a costly camera for you," Liam chuckled to himself."You got that right, who would have ever thought it was Liam Price? No wonder you always tipped down the front of your cap to hide your face, whenever I was near to take a closer look."They laughed over this as they walked side by side. It was fun for Liam, to be with someone he actually had feelings for. Aside from that, no one knew he was Liam Price. A lot had happened and to be honest he didn't fancy being on the news and blogs. Talk about unwanted popularity attracted by his wealth.Stevie-Lou had her camera in her hands, she was taking photos of the things she deemed worthy of her attention. There was a genuine smile on Liam's