"There's a carnival happening tonight," Tori was saying to her boss."The Spoon festival?" Nathan asked. Tori nodded in agreement. "Yup." "Okay, what a funny festival if you ask me." Nathan remarked. Tori shrugged. "Well you're right. But so is our final guest on the list. The man is a fashion icon, as well as an artist. He's everything weird." She said, ending her statement with a slight chuckle. Nathan nodded. "Okay, but how come I've never heard of it before until now?""Parker Ryan is a very complicated man and also very secretive. Really, he's popular but not everybody is allowed in his business. That's why he's almost the most important man on our list." Nathan took a moment to digest all she'd thrown down. "And now the issue is how to meet him, huh?" Tori nodded. "We need to find a way that can make him stand out. He knows his worth and that alone will make him very difficult to meet. We need to think smart." "Well, men like that always turn out to be very sentimental."
When Evelyn arrived home, Owen was already back. Where he'd gone to, she didn't know. She didn't really care either. The man was a grown up! "Urgh! I'm so fucking tired." She grunted as she set her bags down and fell to the couch. "What happened?" Owen asked, tuning down the volume of the TV playing a Rihanna song. He loved Rihanna so much and had hoped what his mother had to say was good enough for him to have tuned her song low. "Regina, that bastard! She was this close to humiliating me in front of everyone!" She sighed, recalling the last part of how their meeting had ended. "Too bad for the accident though."Owen was already getting pissed off after hearing she had let him reduce the volume of Rihanna's song all because of Regina, then stopped at the part when she mentioned an accident. "Are you okay?" He asked, wondering whether it was his own mother that had been entangled in an accident. "Wait, what accident? A car accident--" "No, not me. And yes, it was a car accident. H
Owen and Evelyn went to the hospital where the queens had described.Once they'd arrived, Evelyn began to preach to her son, despite the fact that he hadn't been listening. "His name is Richard Jones, and he's also a finalist at Oxford. Now I don't want you to start feeling bad--Owen!"With lazy eyes, he managed to meet his mother's, hers filled with calm madness. "I'm listening." He wished he was.Evelyn knew he hadn't been listening. "This is serious. The love of your life left you for another man, and you need to realize that things are going to change here. She's with her mother, and I do not like to believe that Regina would welcome us with open arms. So use your head, and don't cause any form of--""Yes mother. I got it!""No you do not!" The woman's palm furiously hit her forehead. Well, she tried. With a loud sigh, she signaled for him to step inside. "Let's go then,"Inside was typically what the inside of any hospital would normally seem like, except, this one was filled wit
Evelyn was furious.The moment they arrived home, she threw her bags down and faced Owen. "I warned you, but did you listen? No! Now look at what you've caused.""It wasn't really my fault, mother. You and Mrs Regina hate each other. That's why she never blessed our relationship." Owen snapped back at her. "Oh you fool. Don't you get it? You're a nobody now. She hates you and your family. That's why! Especially now that you're useless! Look at my darling Doris, she's a strong woman who has done nothing but bless this family at every slightest moment she gets.""Seriously? You'll compare me with her too?" He couldn’t believe his eyes. Everyone suddenly forgot how well he used to do, and now Doris was the new responsible child! "Well guess what? It won't be long! I promise you that I'll become even more rich and better than that daughter of yours! I promise." And with that, he stomped out. Evelyn couldn't only gasp at the shock. "You? What could you possibly do, huh? What!" She yelled
That night when Nathan closed from work, he decided to schedule their meeting. She had mentioned that her name was Isla, and that she was a family member of Pedro, but not his daughter. He had made a reservation at a little restaurant just near his work place, and had mentioned to his wife he won't be home early. What was she going to say to him? Why was she even message him? Nathan didn't know, and those were the questions he hoped to find answers for. He decided to tell himself that and not otherwise. That it wasn't due to the fact that the lady was beautiful. ✩★✩"Hi," the woman before him said with a warm smile plastered on her face. "It's an honor to finally meet you, you know." An honor? Who exactly are you! With a relaxed face and calm expression, Nathan asked. "Not to keep us waiting, could you spill what it is that you have to say?" The woman's face dissolved into a warmer smile, and she did so with a seducing attempt. He couldn't tell why, but there was something sedu
Tori sat in her office, impatiently checking through the series of files she'd received from her search partners. There was a name there, but nobody seemed to have been able to access it. It was like she was a ghost, except, Parker assured Nathan his daughter is very much alive and that she just didn't want to see him. "Madison Ryan, where are you?..." She found herself questioning when her phone suddenly buzzed on the table. "Mom?" Why was she calling? "Oh hi mom," "Hey Tori, how are you?" The woman on the other end asked. "Well, I'm at work. How about you?" She replied, then waited for her mother's sarcastic response."Really? Oh I'm sorry, I think I've dialed the wrong number. Been meaning to speak with my daughter."Tori could've sworn she felt her mother rolled her eyes. She always did. "Well, here you are now, speaking to your daughter. Can we hurry up now? I'm busy stalking someone at the moment. Can I call you later?""Of course not. It won't be a minute, so just listen."T
That day when Nathan came back from work, he went straight to visit his butler. He hadn't even called, because he needed no excuse from Fernando. The old man had a lot of explaining to do. When he arrived, the man called for a maid to offer him drinks, but Nathan respectfully refused. "Here," he dropped his phone on the glass table before him, sliding it towards Fernando's side. "What is this supposed to mean?" Fernando was eerily calm. He always was, but something about him seemed to have changed. The way he carefully examined Nathan with those intimidating eyes of his... When was Nathan even becoming intimidated by his supposed butler??"Because that is the truth." Fernando replied, simply."The truth??" Nathan was suddenly growing impatient. "You sent me this horrifying message about giving up? That easily?" The message was read as follows: young master, this is a formal message with its theme being that it is not too late to settle things with your rival, Manuel and his follo
That morning, Trevor had spammed Nathan's email with a ton of messages asking that they should meet. Now he didn't know why, but he knew it would be up to no good.The night before after his discussion with Fernando, he had texted Tori filling her in on some important details. Tori too made confirmations of Nathan's words by alerting him that her mother told her the exact same thing.They were to meet that morning, and she had announced she would be running a bit late since she had some personal issues to attend to.He knew Trevor would be up to no good. Yet, he was working with Manuel and perhaps he could gain something of interest.Tori would never agree to the meeting anyway and so it must have been a good thing she wasn't around.He replied to the latest email, stating that Trevor was welcomed to visit anytime to his office, preferably as of instant.Five minutes later and there was a knock at the door.Nathan quickly did a two seconds prayer hoping it wasn't Tori already. When the