*** ***"Heyy, what's going on with you. I have been seeing you staring into nothingness since morning.""Yeah? Really?""You look particularly stressed too, is something going on with you?""No... Nothing is wrong." Alina says quickly, walking around the counter and disappearing into one of the rooms."Olivia was hot on her heels instantly."You can talk to me Alina, what is bothering you so much?""Leave it Olivia.""I'm not going to leave it. I don't care of you push me away or not. I'm always here for you. I know somehow you are hurting, let me make it up to you. Should we have a girl's night to relieve ourselves from these stress and tension building.""I don't need one.""Come on Alina, if you think for one second that I'm going to leave you, then you better think again.""What do you want Olivia?" Alina asks quietly, with a sigh.""I want to know what bothering you. Is it because...""Grandma Joan called me for a meeting" Alina announces."Omg!! Is it because of the restaurant?
*** ***Ryan was out, taking a night stroll. Over the past days, he's always felt like he was been followed which was why he is taking night stroll, hell bent on catching whoever it was following him or confirm if he was just hallucinating.He glanced back from the corner of his eyes and disappears through an alley, waiting for the person to follow after him.Then he doubles back just in time to see the person looking around.He walks stealthily towards the person and places a pocket knife on his follower's throat."Who are you and why have you been following me?"He felt the person stiffened."Devin, my name is Devin!.""Am I supposed to know you?""I am Alex's personal assistant.""Alex Morbian?" Ryan asks."Yes." Devin nods.Ryan removes the knife and returns in his pocket, "Why have you been following me? Does your boss or you're here or did he put you up to this?""I need your help." Devin turns around to face Ryan."My help?" Ryan echoed."Yes." Devin replies and falls on his kn
*** ***"Yumi!" Jonas scoffs, watching her retreating figure.Yumi stops in the kitchen, her hand on the cabinet, as she tried to calm her racing heart.Jonas is awake!! Her brain kept reminding her, she didn't know if she should be happy or not. It was really crazy.How did he wake up so fast.Even more so, he lost his memory, meaning she can make him believe whatever she wants him to. This is a miracle in disguise, yet, why is she so scared?It's not like anyone is going to burst her lies. No one was there except her, Jonas, Adams and Trish. And those two know better that to appear before Jonas..She takes in steadying breaths, calls Dr Thomas and returns to the room with a lemonade, Jonas favorite drink."Oh, look who's back!" Jonas says sarcastically."I got you your favourite drink." Yumi tells him."You were so eager to get me a drink that you ran outside?""And to also call your Doctor.""You mean yours? Because I only know of Doctors in a real hospital, not at home and they
*** ***"Can I talk to you?" Ethan asks, entering the room he shred with Ryan."Sure, what's it?"Ethan sat at the scoots a chair closer to him, to seat. "Don't you think it is time for you to stop the facade, let everyone know who you are, let the fear you.""I don't think I am ready for that just yet, not when I have a family that still wants me dead to get my inheritance.""If you stop with the disguise, you'll get more and even tighter protection."Ryan furrowed his eyebrows, "are you saying you don't want to be my bodyguard anymore?""What?! No! I would never do that. But, as you already know I am not always there to protect you.""I am well capable of protecting myself.""No doubt about that. But still, you've been in hiding for a long time..""That's right!" Ryan agrees."And you are barely getting anything done with your disguise, instead, you are getting more added to your plate.""So coming out is the best answer?""I think so." Ethan nods. "You've changed, a lot from when y
*** ***Devin sat by a bridge, legs dangling above the water as he thought about Ryan's condition to help Alex.With a devil of a father and self centered boss like Mr Morbian. How is he going to get his hands on the deed to the company.It is a mission impossible!Devin groans into his hands, angry with himself. If only he had not listened to Mr Morbian. If only!!Mr Morbian doesn't trust anyone, not even the bank to keep his deed. The closest person to have his trust would be his wife, Melinda..But if by some crazy chance Melinda knows where the deed is, there's no way she would willingly disclose. She loves her husband so much she would take a bullet for him and although she cares about Alex in her own way, she never interfered whenever Mr Morbian was hurting Alex. Right now his only option is to surrender to Mr Morbian, even at the cost of his life.If he can some how get closer to Mr Morbian, closer enough to be able to tell where a man like him would keep the deed to his compa
*** *** ***Even though a part of her knew he couldn't be the one, she couldn't help herself as she walked down the path that leads to his apartment."Yeah? How may I help you? Olivia answered the door."Oh hey, it's you. Forgotten soul. Call your brother for me.""How can you remember a forgotten soul?" Olivia taunted "And whatever do you need Ryan for?""It's none of your business. Kids shouldn't interfere in adults matters.""When you learn to talk with manners come back."Olivia stepped backwards and slammed the door on her face."Wait!" Zara yelped, eyeing the door, "You are not going to slam that on me, right?"Olivia fixed her a look slams the door in her face.."How dare you Olivia?" Zara screeched, hitting her hand on the door furiously."Like you said it's my brother's house and I can do whatever the heck I want!" Olivia yells back.Zara stomps her foot on the floor angrily, how was Olivia still living with Alina."Do you need help?" Zara heard a voice sound behind her."Spe
*** *** After her confrontation with Ryan, Zara walked back to her apartment dejected. Age needs a plan, know who is after her. Even as she walked back to her apartment, she constantly threw furtive glances over her shoulder, see if she is being followed. Zara enters her apartment tentatively, a bottle of champagne in her hand. Her eyes quickly signed the environment for any forced entry or anything out of place, but everything seemed to be in place. She collapses on her sofa, popping the champagne open and taking a huge swing from it. If Ryan didn't know anything about it as he claimed, who then is after her and threatening her. She ran away from Australia to avoid all that and how it seemed like her past is catching up to her. Suddenly a noise came from her kitchen. She became alert instantly, her senses wide and calculating. She contemplated going to check for the source or running away. Finally, she took the baseball bat in the living room, heading to the kitchen, her mind r
*** *** She let out a shaky breath and went to pick it up. Her fingers trembling as she opened it. "Don't you think this is the state of your dead boyfriend now?" The note said. It fell from her hands, anger slowly replacing the fear. Whoever was doing this to her and sending her this messages is clearly mocking her. She couldn't report her predicament to the police, else, they'll look into her boyfriend's death and find her guilty as threatened, then at the end, she would be regretting her decision behind bars. She shook her head vehemently, shaking away the image that appeared in her head and bringing herself back to reality. Something about the cat and the box felt familiar to her. She frowned at it, racking her head. Then she remembered. She had seen something like this before the death of her parents. She had arrived from school earlier before her parents got back from work and had seen a black cat close to a box. The only difference then is it was a freshly dead fish, un