She had been left frustrated about everything that had happened most especially having to put up with the acts of recent acts. She had to— she had seen the way he looked at her like she was the worst being he ever saw and very much wanted to change that reputation but how?It occurred to her that she had wronged the Carp family once and doing that again was the last thing on Josie's mind.“You are doing well, love." She flinched when she heard the voice … looking back she saw her grandfather walking toward her.Josie sighs. “Don't you think I am doing too much of this?” She questioned.He could sense her frustration but knew definitely she had to keep up with that act -“What are you saying, don't you think of going easy on him, do you want to seem like a weakling?" He hollered.A feeling of anxiety crept through the room, and she could feel her heartburn from it.“I just feel,” she sighed." You feel that my dear is a flaw, that is why he ridiculed you the first time and I won't let
Josie turned around quickly tracing the sound to a room where an expensive antique lay shattered on the floor.Logan stood a few feet away, his face pale and his hands trembling slightly. He glanced up at Josie and she could read the guilt in his eyes which infuriated him more."I'm so sorry, Josie," Logan began, his voice barely a whisper. "I didn't mean to—""How could you?" Josie cut him off. "Do you have any idea what you've done?"Logan swallowed hard, his gaze dropping to the fragments of the vase scattered across the floor. "It was an accident. I swear, I didn't do it on purpose. I just tripped, and—""Accidents," Josie interrupted, her voice rising. "It's always an accident with you. Every time you come near something important, you destroy it."Logan flinched at her words, the hurt evident on his face. "I know it looks bad, but I didn't do it intentionally. I care about you and your family. I would never want to hurt you like this."Josie shook her head. "But you have, Logan.
Logan stared at her for a while. He didn't know what to expect but she seemed shy and he wanted to make her comfortable."Please come to Anna," he said, trying to keep his voice steady.“Hi,” she said softly, offering a tentative smile. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”“No, not at all,” Logan replied, trying to hide his frustration. “What brings you here, Anna?”Anna fidgeted with her hands, clearly uneasy. “I wanted to apologize,” she began, glancing around the room as if searching for the right words. “For how Josie acted. She’s my best friend, and I know she can be... intense sometimes.”Logan blinked in surprise. An apology for Josie’s behavior? After everything that had just happened? “What do you mean?” he asked, unsure of where this conversation was heading.Anna sighed and took a step closer. “I know she was upset about the vase, but it wasn’t fair for her to lash out at you like that. I just... I wanted to come and say sorry on her behalf.”Logan felt a deep pang in his chest.
Logan at that moment paces around the room, he was anxious and pondered to himself if she had been able to go ahead with the plan, deep down in his soul he felt that bit of nudge telling him that he made trusting the strange lady with the number not still, there was that bit of certainty she would pull through.He halted right there at the door and peeped out of it, In a way the hallway seemed deserted-Like before he felt the need to strategize, her room was just down the hallway and all he had to do was prevent the errors he had made earlier. He wasn't Intrigued by everything that was happening and had paused, taking in the scene. While walking to where his destination which was Josie's door, he had stalled for a minute trying all she could take in the view of everything all at once -She made a non-strategic error of not closing her door properly so that from where he stood he could hear most of everything they had been saying, he was being careful about his actions, the last tim
Logan had just walked into the room but very much to his surprise, he did not see Anna in the room. She was just talking to Josie right now. Where could she have possibly gone to? He wondered. The sudden disappearance of Anna left him speechless. It also made him angry because it only meant that he wasn't paying much attention and that was why he did not notice when she left the room."Logan?" Josie called and Logan turned to look at her. He was a bit surprised to see her standing there, instead of Anna."Yes Josie," Logan said trying to act normal."Is there a problem?" Josie asked him."Problem? Why would there be a problem? There is no problem," Logan said, giving a weird laugh."So what are you looking for in this room?" Josie asked him."Looking for? I wasn't looking for anything. Actually, I thought I had some strange noises in this room so I thought to check it out. I was just about to take my leave when you walked in," Logan lied."Hmmm," was all Josie said.It was obvious sh
Logan wasn't the only one to hear the sound of the car driving into the compound. Josie did too. She got up from where she sat and began to walk towards the front door to welcome her grandfather but just as she got to the door, she stopped. "Do I have to show Grandfather the note?" She thought. It seemed as if she was beginning to have second thoughts about the whole thing. She knew what her grandfather was capable of doing if she told him what Logan had done. Different thoughts began to run through her head and it was as if her head would almost explode from all the thoughts that gathered there. Suddenly, she heard the voice of her grandfather ringing in her head. "You have to be a strong Carpe Family Woman. All the women in the Carpe Family for many generations were strong. Not a single one of them was weak and you shouldn't be the one to drag the family name into the mud by being a weak woman."Those words seemed to awaken something inside of her and she made the decision to sh
One look from Logan stuck a cord in her and she could feel it deeper in her soul, it was a look that seemed daring to make it difficult for her to think clearly about the moment, she watched it burn too, and somewhere in her mind, she wished to herself that she had not overreacted.Logan was still kneeling when they all walked past him, he could feel that bit of anger rousing deep in his soul but what more could he do about it?It felt that he was succumbing to fate, perhaps it was all fate's wish for him to feel such humiliation.“I am sorry." She muttered-“Don't." He didn't look at her but she could feel that scornful look from him, making her not only panic but have that belief that whatever it was that could between them it was definitely over— there was no Hope for the nearest future, just Hate!He listened as she left without saying anything else, it was not out of the ordinary to believe what was being said, she could as well have meant it but thinking of how much she felt hur
There was no way she was agreeing to any of this, As soon as she heard what the content was all about Josie Carpe walked out of the room, there was no way she was going to do this She could as well do anything else but going to that ball party with Logan was definitely out of it, Not when Angelo would be attending.She was quick to tell this to Don Moreno as she walked out, displaying her huge displeasure about the incident.“You just have to remember you are doing all this for the sake of the family." He muttered.Somewhere in her mind, she felt she was being manipulated to suit all of their needs, she was the one being used sacrificially, still, there wasn't much she could do about the entire situation as it seemed to run crazily at the back of her mind.“What more do you want from me!" She flung her hands tirelessly as she stomped in.Don Moreno had made his words finally and she knew what that was, she couldn't just get herself away from any of it, it was right there at a point wh