“Rose, I did not mean to..." Rex tried to explain."Just shut up!" Rose yelled, blocking her ears with her hands."What happened to the baby?" Patricia asked."She had a miscarriage," Rex explained."Did you cause it?" Patricia asked.Rex raised his eyes at her"She caused it herself," Rex explained.Silence fell in the room."Good for her," Patricia stated and started the car.The whole ride to the office was in silence.They arrived at the car park and Patricia was the first to get out of the car while Rose and Rex remained in the car. "Are you two coming? The board is waiting for us," Patricia asked."Just give us a minute, we will be there," Rex replied.Patricia handed him the keys and walked away.Rex turned to face his wife."If this is overwhelming to you, I can arrange for you to go on vacation to clear your head, and then I can join you," he suggested.Rose rolled her"So that I wait for your dead body?" she asked. "Rex, I know you have some plan, but my father will kill yo
Rex looked at his watch again. He was not going to wait any longer, so he began texting his watchers.In a second, a call popped up from them. Usually, when the watchers called, it was bad news.“Where is he?” Rex asked.“Sir, the CIA director was found in his garage some twenty minutes ago, unresponsive,” a voice replied from the other end.Rex got up immediately and walked out of the restaurant.“What do you mean? Was he attacked?”“We are not sure,” they replied.Rex closed his eyes, trying to control his temper.“We had eyes on him, no one was in his compound, but when he walked into the garage, he never walked out,” they reported.“Why am I hearing about this now?” Rex lost it.“Sir, we were waiting for him outside, no threats entered, so we thought there was only a little delay,” they tried to explain.Rex was tempted to curse, but he held it all in. He was partially to blame; those were the words knocking at the back of his head.Peter was not the type to sit back and wait to b
Rex took his wife to the bedroom and the two closed the door behind them. Rose took a seat on the bed and began wiping her tears. She was trying hard not to cry but the tears kept betraying her. Rex got on his knees and grabbed her by the hands.“No more tears, this is why I did not want to involve you in this,” Rex rubbed her arms.“No, no, you lying to me would have been more of a problem,” she replied and got up. She walked to the wine cabinet and grabbed herself a bottle of wine.“No, no," Rex ran to her and grabbed the wine out of her hands.He was not going to let her slip into depression because of her father’s stupidity. He had watched how Patricia deteriorated with Peter sitting back and watching so he was not going to let his wife fall into that shit. “Let's go out, helicopter ride to clear our heads," he suggested. “No talking just the two of us enjoying clean air.”Rose, who was on the verge of shouting but she paused.“Come on, it will be fun," he smiled.“How are you
Rex and Rose walked to the car after completing two rounds of helicopter rides. Rose couldn't stop smiling; the silent ride were refreshing and allowed her to calm down and think. They got into the car and Rex started the engine."Let's not go home yet," she quickly stated. She was not in the mood to see her father’s face. Rex turned to face her."The sun is still up, it's not like we have kids to run to," she joked.Rex stopped the engine. "What kind of plans do you have?""Anywhere, surprise me," she replied.Rex smiled and grabbed his phone. He sent a text and started the engine."Where are you taking me?" Rose asked, noticing he did not take time to make plans. "I thought I was supposed to surprise you?" he asked."Well, I changed my mind, I want to know," she replied.Rex looked away and went on driving."Rex, seriously?""Just hold on, we are almost there," he urged her.Rose folded her arms.After some minutes, the car stopped at the mall.Rose rolled down the windows."A ma
“Movie first, then we eat later," Rex finally found the words after a long pause. He pulled her closer and embraced her in a tight hug.There was a sense of relief in the air"I am out of words, I do not know what to say," he whispered. "Should I thank you first?"Rose smiled, "No need for that, justice should come first," she added and asked to leave. "Remember today we are Peter Banks free," she added and led the way."Yes, yes, of course," Rex let go of her and grabbed her hand.Rex could not contain his excitement, he could feel his hands shaking because of excitement. Having eyes on Peter Banks was a game changer. The two walked to the car, making sure no one had tampered with it.With Chelsea, anything was possible. It was different when it came to dealing with Peter Banks, who had a daughter to protect and he was always putting her first.The old fool forgot to take that into account. Chelsea did not care about Rose or anyone but herself.If Rose was in the way, she was goin
“Good morning, father-in-law," Rex walked down the stairs. "I noticed you have been sleeping in your office for the past two days," he pointed out in a mocking tone. "Where I sleep is none of your business," Peter replied."It's my business, especially since you are old and your bones need a comfortable bed to sleep in," Rex mocked and walked to the door. " I do not want to be the one to be at your bedside since your wife and daughter are not talking to you. "Soon karma will catch up with you," Peter yelled.Rex paused at the doorway, turning. The old man was lacking in his vocabulary."Karma? Are you sure that is the word you are looking for?" he burst into laughter and decided to walk out."You will regret ever turning my family against me! Mark my words, you will regret it!" Peter yelled.Rex ignored him and joined Patricia and Rose in the car.He couldn't help but notice that they were using a bigger car and had a personal driver in the front seat."What took you so long?" Rose
Rex followed his wife into Patricia's office and took a seat. He could tell his wife was very angry with him.“What took you two so long?” Patricia asked.Rose raised her hand to stop her husband from revealing where they actually went.“We just bumped into some workers for some pleasantries,” she lied.Patricia stared at the two but decided to go on with the meeting. She wanted to find out how far Rex was with cleaning the dirty money in her company.“25% done, you have to know that moving such amounts of money in huge quantities would attract attention,” he replied.Patricia hit the table in irritation.“You know when the authorities connect Peter to the CIA director, they will find the dirty money,” she was almost yelling.“Mom, calm down,” Rose cut in. “Rex is right, we can't move that money in bulk.”“Sorry if I am pushing, but Peter is a dog with rabies and we are locked in a cage with him,” she explained, her eyes wide. “If we do not kick him out, he will bite us,” she warned.
The entire restaurant came to a standstill, trying to understand what was going on.One of the workers walked to the table.“What's going on?” she inquired.“You tried to poison my son-in-law, that's what is going on!” Patricia yelled at her.The waitress looked at her in confusion but the sight of the black juice in the corner of her eyes shook her“Wait a minute,” she tried to grab the glass but Rex blocked her.“No one is touching the glass until the FBI get here,” he ordered and sent a text to a certain number.“Most FBI agents are under Peter’s circle,” Patricia reminded him.“I know that, do not worry I have people,” Rex replied and raised his eyes to find Rose shaking in a corner.He walked to her and grabbed her hands, “I am fine, I did not take a sip,” he smiled.“Is it dad, right?" she asked.Rex pressed his lips, trying not to alarm the situation that was already alarmed.“Rex, I am not a kid, I can handle the truth," she reminded.“I am not sure Rosie, let's not jump to co