Cassie evidently did not appreciate how the whole situation had gone. She had been angry even before they worked out and now she was standing before Derek whtonhad called her a Nanny.Seeing Avery standing there with the people she was familiar with, Cassie was not pleased, her anger was surging within and she looked like any moment she was going to erupt like a volcano. She had so much on her mind and these people were not allowing her to have a few moments to herself.She had rushed to the house after hearing about what happened with Davide and left all that she was doing just to arrive here and be insulted by not just Avery but Derek also.She understood that the reason why Derek had called her a nanny was because they really wanted to keep Davide's secret from the public but Derek could've at the very least decided not to give Avery any reply because he didn't owe her one.Cassie felt very bad.And it was not helping that Avery kept laughing like she was high on serotonin. She lik
Davide couldn't believe what Cassie was saying. He could process her words. Davide could admit that regarding his parents death, he was a bit sensitive. He knew nothing about his parents, all the memories he had of them had been completely wiped away and now he just sees their pictures and they feel kike complete strangers not the people that birthed him.He had always thought that even though the police didn't catch the person who killed his parents, that person would be millions of miles away.However, suddenly Cassie was talking about them and not just that, she was insinuating that the person was close by and not just that, the person worked in the company.Davide couldn't even fathom the person's motive for killing his parents, the more he thought about it, nothing made sense to him. The person was obviously not close to him but if Cassie's words were true, then that person was calculative.It could be that it was the same person that had tried to kill him. Davide had hated assum
Davide left Zeta alone, he didn't understand why she had been behaving like that, why it seemed like Cassie was such a bother to her.Davide could not allow himself indulge in the mystery of Zeta's issues, he had other things to keep himself busy with, he was late to work and he knew when he got there he would be forced to stand outside for maybe an hour or two and it might be that today he wouldn't be as lucky as the other day when Miss Donalds came in and saw favor in him.Now, Davide had to live through the excruciating experience of standing outside for hours.He hadn't slept well the night before because he had been worried about Cassie and was thinking of a way to apologize to her and get her to forgive him and so he woke up late, he had decided at first that he would just call in sick but that would mean putting up with Zeta all day and he wasn't really cut out for jt so he had no other choice but to go to work where he would be far from Zeta.However, at work he was equally fa
Davide didn't understand her words, she had said something about an embarrassment and he began to wonder what could have happened that resulted in an embarrassing situation.His eyes lingered on the girl for a while longer, she didn't look like what had happened, no matter how horrible it was, it didn't seem to have any effect on her at the moment or maybe she was just very good at hiding her feelings away from being seen. If the latter was the case, it was quite pitiful that she wore a mask all day, everyday just so that nobody could see what was behind it. Davide shook his head and he began to hope that that wasn't the case. The girl looked nice and even though he had never had a conversation with her until they suddenly met, he could tell from her eyes that she was a good person and moreover there was the never faltering smile on her face.Davide didn't want to prod he didn't wasn't to come off as annoying to her or rather intense, it was more than enough what she had already sai
In the midst of the whole ordeal, Davide gave Elma a quick scrutiny and saw that for a fact that this was not just any average woman and she was not with the company. From her outfit, he also guessed that she had been hired for one thing or another by the company and she looked like she was well known and respected in the country. He immediately panicked. The woman was looking at him from where he stood upstairs and she was glaring at him. Davide couldn't allow himself to put the blame on the cleaner, so he quickly descended to where the woman was standing and all through, he was apologising for what had happened. When Davide stopped in front of the woman he saw that only a small part of her skirt had gotten wet, her shoes were also wet but they weren't the kind of shoes that were easily affected by water. Truthfully, she had nothing to worry about and her scream prior was just proof of how hysterical the woman could be. Davide saw this and immediately wanted to raise his head bec
After deciding against making the call, Davide walked back into the hall, he was angry and embarrassed about what had happened, he knew that due to what Mr Lee had pulled, a lot of people would have their eyes on him. And he wasn't wrong. As he stepped inside, he saw that those people even though they were working, some were sneaking glances at Mr Lee and now that he was back into the hall, the few people that saw him couldn't take their eyes off him and kept staring like he was with their souls. Davide was shy and really ashamed no matter how much he wanted to stop himself from feeling the shame, he couldn't. Mr Lee had made him look like a child, treating him like a child that was being scolded for taking something that did not belong to him, Davide was really ashamed. He watched from beside the door how Mr Lee spoke to the others, commanding them like they were slaves, like they were invalid humans and he was at the top of them all, like he was better than all of them combined a
Davide was suddenly uncomfortable, he shifted in his seat as he looked over at the person who had asked the question. He didn't expect that such news would follow him everywhere.However, the person who had asked didn't look familiar to him, Davide could swear that he had never met him.before in his life, he began to wonder from where that person would have known him from and could even tell that he was Avery's husband.The table soon.became quiet as everybody began to look.over at Davide, Darla was beside him, looking at him, probably expecting him.to.refute the news or even say something else but Davide had no.idea what to say so he could only stare at the person."What do you mean to keep a husband?" Another worker asked.The one who had asked then shrugged, "you know, he's married to the woman and he doesn't do shit, she works, brings money home and pays for all his bills".Davide wanted to choke and die. He was suddenly full and wanted to leave immediately, but unfortunately he c
Davide had no clue how to feel about what was before him. He wanted to be angry. He was angry but at the moment he could only let out a short laugh out of disbelief because what he was seeing should not be real.Avery was lying on the bed, and a doctor was sitting on a stool beside her, running a transducer over her abdomen. What was more aggravating for Davide was the smile on Avery's face as she saw him.He looked towards the ultrasound machine that was displaying the image of the baby and he could see that not only was the baby alive, it was healthy.He wanted to yell at her, to scream, to pour out the frustration he had been feeling all day, everything that has been wrong with his day, he wanted to throw Avery off the table, he was fed up with her games and wanted absolutely nothing to do with her."What is it?" She asked as she saw the expression on his face. "Can you not see the long line of women and can't you see they are all with their partners? Why do I have to be the one wh
Davide and Mr Lee decided to check on the designers. The car ride had been silent, upon the discovery they just made considering Avery and even Mr Lee himself, one would believe they would be talking non stop about it but surprisingly, they weren't.They were both silent. Keeping their thoughts in, wondering if the other would like to talk. "How do you feel?" Mr Lee broke the silence, "you've been quiet, it makes me anxious".Davide chuckled, "I'm just thinking about what happened"."You have a suspect in mind" it wasn't a question, it was more of a declaration because it was the truth. These past few days, Mr Lee could say that he knew Davide to a extent and he knew that Davide had been thinking about this since Avery had said itFor Davide to have been told that he knew who the person was, his thoughts had not been able to settle, the erraticness of his heart was what shut his mouth up. He could not voice how he was feeling, where was hurting or would he come up with what to do abo
Cassie and Avery were no doubt excited about this. Seeing that Avery knew a lot about fashion and knew a lot of designers, Cassie decided that in this secret mission of theirs, Avery was going to be her assistant."I think it'll help tremendously if we were to leave the country". Avery said.Cassie, Davide and Mr Lee looked at her in confusion. They couldn't understand how this would help, they couldn't see it from her point of view.Avery recognized the confusion in them and only smiled before further explaining: "I know Cassie would be the last person they would think to search, but she will still be on the list, they know you guys are together and that Cassie is obviously on your side. So the best way to ensure that they don't find out about this, is to do this in another country".Davide nodded his head, "you're right," he said. "Leaving the country is a good pla
Mr Lee sounded so broken as he talked about his father. When he had told Davide about his family, he never really went into details about anything, only sliding over the surface as he spoke about the things his parents had put him through. He didn't talk about the punches, about how he had to defend himself against them, about how he had felt to see the man he called his father, the man he was supposed to love, the man that was supposed to be his hero turn into his greatest adversary. He never spoke about how those punches destroyed him, he only talked about how his mother's words broke him acting like the effect of his father's actions had not in any way affected him when in actuality it had made him less of a person. He had lived with the trauma, he had received abuses, punches from people just because it felt natural. But he was an adult now and he knew nothing about fighting back. He could not fight back because he was broken, he had been made less by the most important person to
Davide's heart was beating against his chest violently like drums at a carnival as he waited impatiently for Avery to say what she wanted to say. He was anxious, he wondered if Avery was confident in her own answer, if she really believed that she knew the person.He figured that if she really does know who it was that had come for the gold, then he would know that person as well. Sure, Avery did know a lot of people that he didn't know but the list of suspects was reduced to the people that Avery knew who also knew Davide. This attack, this hate was only against him. It was too strong to be said that It was targeted at the people that were around Avery. This person was coming for Davide directly and so he must know them.A fear gripped his heart, he had known for a while now that the person who was plotting against him in such a way was an acquaintance or even a friend, but being met with facts that proved his deductions had been corr
It did not cross Avery's mind that that was a question she should be asking a perpetrator who was clothed in black clothes. She was, however, anxious and also very scared. The physique of the person was tiny, they looked short and for some reason very curvy.Avery kept scrutinizing the person as the two of them stayed in the same position, eyes focused on the other. Avery wss unrelenting, she was not going to back down, she had been trying her hardest to atone for her sins and now that it seemed she really didn't need atonement the least she could do was give back what she had taken. But this person was going to rob her of that chance.It was highly impossible that Avery was going to let them.The person's eyes darted around the room, possibly looking for an opportunity to escape, but it was unlike it seeing that the room was messy and the only way that they would be able to escape was to jump over heaps of clothes or maybe fly, and it was very impossible that the person could fly.Av
The car ride was silent. But it was mainly because they both just got in. Avery wanted to say a lot of things to him but they mostly just circled around the words: "Thank you".She didn't know where to begin, his eyes were on the road as he drove, she wondered if she was the only one feeling this way. It wasn't so hard to guess that he was just being nice, he just pitied her. Though she felt that maybe it was more than that, maybe there was something else but she couldn't really say. She didn't know how to start the conversation. She didn't know how to start telling him thank you.Mr Lee however was more nervous than she was. He was sweating in places he didn't think existed. His heart was beating very fast and he was surely in need of a conversation.He wanted to talk to her about what happened, however, he was worried that maybe she would get the wrong idea, it was mainly that he wanted to talk about when the depression started, when she started to feel like there was nothing holdin
Cassie had not been expecting that Davide would suddenly ask her that question and especially at a time that really wasn't conducive. They had just more or less had a slight misunderstanding, they were still regulating being a couple. This was the first relationship she had ever been in. And although for Davide it was different, he had even been married but this was all new to her.She had had flings in the past, she had had one night stands but never a relationship. She loved Davide, truthfully. She had always loved him and when he came back into her life, it had been an earth shattering effect on her. She did imagine how it would be like to get married to Davide but it was still so soon. It was too soon for her. "I know you might think that I'm crazy that I'm making a very hasty decision but if everything goes south with this then i want to have the experience of being married to you before I die" Cassie shook her head, "you're not going to die." She had wanted to deflect, probabl
I don't care," Avery said, "I don't care if I die, I have nothing, I have no one in this world anymore. I only bring pain so yes, let them exterminate me. I have lived a fulfilling life".Mr Lee's heart lurched at those words. He was the only one other than Avery who had ever found himself at that place in life where he couldn't bother himself to stay alive, the time where he had just left the hospital. Then it had dawned on him that his mother would prefer that he was dead. At that time, he actually wanted to die, he didn't know what he was staying alive for. His family didn't want him, life was too hard, nothing was going his way. He really wanted to die and get it over and done with.He related quite well with what Avery was feeling and he pitied her because he knew how hard it must've been on her to make that decision that she didn't care. She was being brave but also very suicidal. He recalled the conversation he had with Davide, looking at her, he could see the shadow of that wo
Cassie got serious, she adjusted in her car and then looked around to the people who were with her."An address came to my phone" she said, "it said I would find the person who tried to kill my mother there".Avery's heart skipped a beat. If she had been holding a glass of anything, that glass would've fallen down, scattered, never could it be glued together again.She didn't need a professor to let her know that those people had discarded her. Since she didn't have anybody they could threaten her with, now they wanted to do away with her. Avery wanted to laugh, she shook her head slightly, her mother left her, her daughter did and now even these people wanted to leave her. Avery felt like she was no different from a used tissue, once she had served her purpose, she was thrown away into a waste bin.This was the waste bin she had found herself. She was also kind of happy that they didn't try to kill her, rather they wanted someone else to send her to prison. "And of course I didn't