Arlene Daystar stepped out of the Cadillac with her bag in her hands. She was dressed in a black and white dress with a pair of shades that concealed her identity. She was standing in the parking lot of the hospital where Rylan had been born. This place was familiar to her because she had been here a couple of times. Arlene looked around to make sure that nobody was watching her. When the coast was clear, she walked into the building. She was here to see someone important; Dr. Mathew Mayer. He was the man whom Arlene had paid to get for the extinction of files of Rylan’s birth. She had paid a good sum of money only to realize many years later that she had been scammed. The rage on her face was concealed by the shades. She was going to let him see it when she got into his office. Dr. Mayer had put her in this mess. If he had gotten rid of Rylan’s file and they had planned, none of these would have happened. Since she was back in town. She had no other choice than to pay him an impromp
“What do you have to say about this, Detective Reynolds?” Lieutenant Wesley asked as he read her notepad. Jain was standing in his office, and behind her was Stanley who was leaning on the wall. After going through hee notepad, Stanley had been disappointed that she had continued her investigation on Rylan Daystar and was forced to report her to the Lieutenant. Jain couldn’t believe that her partner would do such a thing to her. She knew that this would happen if Stanley had gone out, and here she was now. She had been careless enough to keep her evidence close to the reach of Stanley. And he had taken that opportunity. She could perceive the smell of tobacco coming from behind her. Stanley was smoking a cigarette. “I was trying to get more information from the cases we are under, sir,” Jain explained. “Detective Stanley here told me you’ve been after Rylan Daystar for a while now,” Lieutenant Wesley said leaning on his desk. “Is that true?”Jain’s eyes went to Stanley who was beh
“Just look at it!” Seth Mannen said, pointing at the projected image before him. It displayed a picture of the casino and what the place looked like now. The factory had begun construction, and it looked like a nightmare to Seth. A place where he once owned now looked like it was a dark, gruesome place. He could no longer recognize the place where the casino had been situated. Rylan had done a perfect job in making sure that no inch of the casino remained. There was nothing to prove that one of the places that was enjoyed by the citizens and also tourists existed. It was totally gone. Forever. Before him sat Noah, Cody, and Leon. They were the only ones available. Lana wasn’t here as he had expected. It seemed her fate had been sealed. This was all her fault by the way. If she had agreed with them, they would have been able to stop this from happening. Rylan would be dead and they would still have their company. But she had chosen to act saintly and tell Rylan everything. That had c
Lana Pierce dumped her basket of groceries on the counter and sighed. It was about time she got to the counter. She had been waiting in line for almost fifteen minutes. Impatience has been one of her virtues lately. She couldn’t stand people anymore, especially what her colleagues had done to her. They had tried to kill her because she was against murdering an innocent man. And she was certain they were going to do it again. The lady at the counter, a black woman with plump cheeks whose braids were tucked under the store’s cap on her head, moved her jacket to the side and began taking out all the groceries. She passed them through the machine, and when she was done, she packed them all into two brown grocery bags handing them to Lana. Lana got it from her and nodded in satisfaction. “Thank you.”The woman nodded, chewing her gum recklessly. Lana found it to be a slight nuisance. “That will be forty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents,” the woman said. Lana brought out her credit ca
The maroon hatchback stopped behind Lana’s car and the two men stepped out of it heading towards her. Lana was slipping out of consciousness and she could smell her blood. She had a cut on her forehead which had blood oozing out. She could hear footsteps coming towards her. Maybe it was helpful. “There she is,” a voice said. “She’s still alive,” another said in surprise. “What do we do with her now? The boss said we should make sure she’s dead.” “Well. I got an idea.” Lana battled with her mind to hold onto reality, but her efforts were futile. She was going to die and there was no one coming to save her. She managed to open her eyes one more time and she caught the sight of two pairs of shoes standing a few feet away from her. The rain was still pouring, and she could see the water flowing just over her head. Wondering how that was possible, she slowly slipped into oblivion. Allen squatted and came face to face with Lana who was already unconscious. He could see blo
It was cold, dark and silent. Lana Pierce could feel herself drowning deeper and deeper into the darkness with every passing second. How had she ended up here? She didn’t know. All she knew was that she wasn’t going to make it out. There was one thing on her mind. The person behind this was no other person than Seth Mannen. She was certain that this was his doing. She was paying for going against them. She fell deeper into the water, she realized that he had won. There was no coming back from this. Lana could feel herself running out of oxygen. Her lungs were burning, crying out for oxygen, but Lana knew no matter how she struggled, there was no escape. Nobody was coming to save her. This was the end. Her end. Her life flashed before her eyes. There were a few moments she regretted. The one at the top of the list was staying with Rylan when he had urged her. He knew that Seth would come after her again, and therefore he couldn’t let her go. But Lana had been stubborn and had refused
Rylan watched a black sedan pull up to the driveway in a rush. This perplexed him. He recognized the vehicle in a split second. It was Dayton’s. He was back. That was surprising to Rylan. He had ordered Dayton to keep watch of Lana and keep her safe. Whatever he was back here for, Rylan knew it wasn’t good. Williams appeared behind Rylan. He noticed that his focus was outside the window. “What is it, master?” He asked at the same time a thunderclap rattled the silent night. It was still talking heavily, and Rylan wondered if it would ever stop. This wasn’t something he had seen before. The downpour was terrible and a flood should be expected. “It’s Dayton,” he said, watching the sedan. Dayton stepped out of the car in a hurry and rushed to the other side of the car. “Something is wrong,” Rylan confirmed. “What?” Williams asked, confused, but Rylan didn’t answer him. Rylan didn’t even hear him. He was beefing towards the door. He swung it open and watched Dayton pull out a body f
Lana Pierce opened her eyes slowly as she came back to consciousness. She ran her hands on the surface which she laid on and realized that it was soft. It was a bed. Lana was relieved to know that this was reality. The last thing she remembered was slipping in and out of consciousness an uncomfortable number of times. As she tried to recall what happened, her head ached in pain. “Ouch!” She gasped softly. A figure moved beside her. She turned her head and met Rylan who was looking at her with a crooked smile on his face. His amber eyes were out of color and his face was pale. His dark brown hair was ruffled and fell across his face. She was confused. How did she end up here? The last thing she found was drowning when she saw a figure in the darkness reach towards her. It was then she recalled everything. She had been drowning in the harbor after her body was dumped in there by two men. She could remember her lungs crying out for air as she ran out of breath. The continuous inhalin