"Hello?""It's me sire, I was just calling to check in on things.""Oh? Thanks Matthew. But this isn't your number.""You're right. It isn't. Your grandfather insists on leaving you to handle things on your own but I just had to give you a call to know how you're doing.""Thanks, I'm okay. He has been asking lots of questions about my marriage with Lauren but I don't think anything major will happen from it.""Good to know. And did he tell you the reason she was arrested?""Yes. Apparently she tried to kill someone.""What? She did?""Yeah. To be honest it's still kinda puzzling that Lauren would do such a thing. I mean sure she has done some bad things in her life, but murder… it's shocking.""I guess that's why they say you can't judge a book by its cover. One might look harmless on the surface but they could be as dangerous as a wild animal.""A wild animal?""I didn't know what else I could use to compare their dangerous nature."Jason smiled at his butler's comment and from the c
As the evening casted her shadowy garment, when the breeze became brand-new and placid, the time of joyful reflection had arrived. He needed to clear his head, and so he decided not to take the car, he dashed out of the police station, plodding into the silent street of their little town. He decided to take a slow walk, slow enough for him to clear up all the mumbled thoughts from his mind but not slow enough to miss his ride. Thankfully, his grandfather's friend had been delayed so he had an additional thirty minutes. He needed to think straight - alone. The cool breeze pricked his skin, holding the scent of earthy fragrance around the surrounding. When Jason was seventeen, he had met Lauren and he had been attracted to her ever since. Sure she didn't know who he was but he always viewed her as a loving, kind, and caring woman. Then they had fallen in love, and he was even more convinced that she was an angel on earth. If his mother in law was the one who got arrested, he wou
FLASHBACK."Mother, I want you to do everything possible to make me Jason's wife again. And I don't want Erika, or any other woman, to get in my way.""Really? Why does it have to be that loser?""I can NOT lose like this mother! Do you have any idea how ridiculously lame it would be for me, Lauren Kings– your daughter– to lose against that… that nobody?!" Competition was one other thing that her mother responded to. Lauren watched with pleasure as her mother frowned, obviously pondering what she had just said. "Are you really okay with that?""No." She said quietly, then added more firmly. "I am definitely not okay with that. Erika or whatever her name is has got to go. Don't you worry Lauren, I am going to handle this. You just leave it to me!""Thanks mother. Once I'm Jason's wife again, I will gladly hand over the company to you."After their discussion, Mabel immediately sprung into action, Lauren putting the company as a reward made her mind go into overdrive. She thought about
FLASHBACK.Mabel's mind was spiraling to out of control and she couldn't stop herself from pacing around the room. She had consumed almost a whole bottle of alcohol, hoping to drink her worries away but it wasn't working. If Julian's plan didn't work as it was supposed to, she could spend the rest of her life in jail, or worse. Why was he still alive? She specifically asked the doctor to make sure he never recovered. So what happened?Did they apprehend the doctor?Or maybe he confessed out of fear? That was possible, since the Decker family was a very powerful one.What was she going to do?Just then her phone vibrated and she hurriedly went to check it. It was a message from Julian.(I hope you're not planning on doing anything stupid. Just sit tight and do as I tell you, or going to jail will be the least of your worries.)After reading it, she tossed the phone aside in anger. She had to do something about him as well. If he went on with his threats, she was sure that one day he w
"Mr Decker, I am really sorry to bother you so late at night, but it was rather urgent." Jordan said, her voice vibrating with urgency."It's okay, what's up?" Due to the six hour delay of New York's time, she wasn't calling late at night. Rather it was quite early in the morning."I do not know if you have heard but, your ex wife has been arrested and is currently in police custody." She reported."Yeah, I heard." She seemed to be trying her best to prove to him that she was worthy of her job again and it almost made him feel bad that he had replaced her. "Uh do you know what her offense was?" He asked, hoping it would make her feel better."From what I heard, she was arrested for the attempted murder of Rose Sinclair.""Oh my goodness, is that so?" He did his best to sound surprised because he knew it pleased her that she was the one giving him the information."Yes. But she is not the one who did it— or try to do it— anyway, she is not the culprit."Now that was news to him. While
FRANCE."You wanted to see me?" Meredith had called him early that morning, not quite long after his discussion with Erika, and she had asked that they went out because she had something to ssy but Jason didn't want to go too far away from Erika because of her condition, so he said he would go to her room instead."Bro, I have big news.""What's that?""I know what happened to you as a child.""What?" Matthew had given him the details, leaving out only one part, the most crucial part ,and that was who was responsible. Could it be that his cousin knew who kidnapped him as a child?"I know it may be shocking but I know who was responsible for your kidnapping.""Are you going to tell me who it was?" He asked eagerly."I will, or at least I was going to.""What? What do you mean by that?""Look at you bro, I haven't even mentioned any names yet and you already look so pissed. I can tell that you are clenching your jaw real tight now. And just look at those fists, if you punched someone wi
NEW YORK."So?""What?""So what if sister Lauren was the one who made the suggestion? It doesn't change the fact that you were the one who pulled the trigger and not her. Besides, she is your daughter, as a mother what you should have done when she said that was to advise her. You know how she feels about Jason, you know she was desperate and her desperation was what pushed her to such resolve. So when she told you, you should have found a way to talk her out of it. I mean, it's not even like you want her to marry Jason, but because she offered to give back the company, you jumped right into action. And it's not even like you managed the company well when it was under your control.I just… I don't understand you mother. Now that things have turned out this way, what's going to happen?. Tell me, how do you plan on getting her out of it?""I don't know!!!" She barked. "I just, I know that I will think of something. Just leave me be.""One week. That is all I'm giving you mother, a we
Back at the police station, when Lauren said he cheated on her with Shantel, hearing he name brought back memories, warm memories from Jason's high school days. Back in those days, Jason was as poor and being poor could be. The orphanage where he grew up managed to pay his tuition fees until he turned eighteen, so after that time he was left to fend for himself.He engaged in different menial jobs, delivery boy, dog walker, even mowing people's lawn… anything that could fetch him money. Then he met Shantel.Her parents weren't millionaires but they were wealthy enough, and out of the allowance she got, she would buy things for him. The two were really close that even other people thought they were a couple. And who knows, maybe they might have been… if he had never met Lauren.Fast forward to a few years in the future, when she kissed him without his consent, he wasn't offended. He never had the intention of cheating on Lauren with her but he didn't hate her for kissing him, because