Katerina rolled out of bed, covering her mouth with one hand to hide a yawn as she stretched the other over her head.Jumping out of bed, she walks towards the bathroom to take a leak. When she was done, she moved to wash her hands at the sink staring at her reflection in the mirror.She almost couldn't recognize who the woman in the mirror was.The usual dull and ashy pallor wasn't present anymore, instead a vibrant and energetic woman took her place.Between the session with Amber Green and spending more time with Tyler and Eliza, she was slowly recovering the woman that she was meant to be.The only thing that she was putting off was visiting Mom and Dad. She had been spending the past couple of days staring at school pictures and various books that held memories from another lifetime.While she was currently happy, she still couldn't help but feel guilty, as though she was robbing them on some sort of chance.Sighing to dispel each sad thought, Katerina splashed water on her face
Tyler woke up with a smile on his face, his eyes still closed—the thoughts of the memories of what happened last night into his memory.Casually rolling over to the other side, he reached for Katerina, only to meet with a cold, empty space.His eyes flew open immediately and he sat up surprised. “Katerina?” he called out, only to be met with silence again. Flipping the covers back from his body, he swung his leg over to the other side of the bed slipping his legs into the slippers.He checked the bathroom but she wasn't there.Thinking she was downstairs, he went down the stairs only to see Eliza cooking up a storm.When she heard the sound of footsteps approaching, Eliza turned around with a smile on her face, a spatula in the other hand, and an apron tied over her matronly body. “Good morning, Mr redwood!”“Good morning,” he returned her warm greeting. “I'm sorry but have you seen Katarina around? I've been looking for her.”Her smile has dimmed. “No, sorry sir. I thought she was up
The contents of the letter were not what he expected at all and it was also quite lengthy. It read,“Hey, Tyler I know that you might be surprised when you see this but trust me this is not something that I planned to do. But as I sit here writing this letter while watching your sleeping face…I had to ask myself certain questions, like if I ever knew you in the first place. Something came to light that made me realize maybe I never did. I don't know what to say. I'm sure it just sounds like a crazy goodbye but I just want you to know how much I still love and care about you….”The last couple of lines in the letter appeared to be smudged and blotted out by some of the removers… it looks suspiciously like tears if he was being honest. Holding the letter in his hands, the reality of what had just happened soccer punched Tyler like a freight train.Katerina had left him.The question ‘To Where' was the first place his mind went to. She was suffering from ADA, so she didn't know a lot of
Katerina sighed with regret cradling the phone to her chest before placing the phone back on its hook.Estelle was right there to give her moral support “It's okay darling, you did nothing wrong.” She rubbed the side of her arm. “He's a monster and you're too special to be with monsters.”She rolled her eyes, tired of the suggestive talks ever since she came here. Her parents have been trying to brainwash her into believing that Tyler was some kind of monster, a bad person that needs to be punished but she couldn't reconcile that with the man that she knew and spent time with yesterday.It was a little bit hard to convince herself to leave but then again she had this feeling in her guts that said she should trust Dylan.Packing up her bags was the hardest thing she had to do but she did it anyway, however, she regretted ever coming here. Not only did she not have memories of these people that claimed to be her parents but there were also reminders that stated they were very much invol
Katerina and Dylan exchanged a glance before they bolted out of their seats running towards the kitchen, in search of Esther thinking that something bad had happened, only for them to get there and realize that she was just staring down at her phone. “Honey, do you want to give us a heart attack? I damn near broke a leg trying to get to you!” Dylan complained.The news that something was wrong when Esther slowly raised up her head, her eyes wide and filled with horror. “Dy…Dylan, I-I…”Dylan didn't need any other explanation, immediately hurrying over to her side. As soon as he was close by, she laid her head on his chest after so while he tried to comfort her.“What's going on?” Katerina asked, genuinely confused.Esther kept crying, mumbling incoherent things but once she felt better a bit, she leaned up to whisper into Dylan's ear and whatever she might have told him must have been horrible because instantly his face went pale, bereft of all color.He's talking about looking like
Katarina retired herself in the accounting room where she sat observing how their stocks plummeted by the second. She had to place a call to someone she had who was a reporter to help her find who leaked the news of how the family supported the mayor with illegal money for his re-election process to the press.Unfortunately, the person had no leads leaving her back at where she started.With every minute that passed by, she grew restless, the feeling of helplessness threatening to overwhelm her.She wasn't one for religious activities but at this point, she was at her wit’s end and she offered a prayer to whoever was listening, believing that there was no loss in trying in the first place.Two hours later, Leeland reported back to her that two of their big-time investors had pulled out and their stocks now we're down to 40 percent.The stocks were down by 60%, that is the end of their company they would have no choice but to liquidate and set up the rest of the shares or declare bankr
A knock sounded on her door making Katarina ways her tired head up.She was currently using an office that belonged to one of the regional managers who was not in the country presently. Ever since this rumor thing started and the stocks started going down, everything has been crazy for the past couple of days.She has not been able to sleep regularly or even properly as they were always monitoring the stocks, trying to reach out to probable investors so that they could pump money into the company and elevate their sales game but everybody kept turning them down. Quite frankly everybody seems to have given up and it's made Katarina look as though she was fighting a losing battle but she refused to give up hope.It was in times like this that she missed Tyler fiercely, but nevertheless, she tried to keep her chin up and a positive disposition around her knowing that the minute she threw in the towel it was as well as gone. “Amanda, how can I help you?” She asked the young woman steppi
“Hey, honey how did it go?” Dylan's head popped up when he heard the front door open. Katerina looked like a drowned rat, her hair hanging limply around her neck as she walked forward, looking sad and defeated.“Come over here,” Esther and Dylan set up worried about their daughter. “Are you okay?” they surrounded her, enveloping her with all the love and comfort she could ever need, and just like that she broke down, tears running down her face.“I couldn't do it! Mom, I'm so sorry I couldn't do it…our company is going to go down and everything that you guys have ever worked hard for is just going to go down to drain like that!” She wailed.Esther and Dylan's eyes met over their daughter’s head.Esther took the lead. “Honey, you're going to have to start from the beginning. What happened to you you look terrible?’Katerina summoned the courage to look up and face her parents telling them the truth. “I lied to you guys, there's no investment, there's no broker or personnel that I'm wor