Ivan wished he could close his ears as well. All he wanted to hear was nothing to process his thoughts in silence but just then, his phone began to vibrate in his pocket. He opened his eyes with a sigh and took it out. It was Trevor calling. His eyes trailed from the phone to the doctor who already got the message to excuse himself. He planted a hand on Ivan's shoulder in an attempt to comfort him. “You have done nothing wrong so you have no reason to hate yourself.” How could he tell the doctor that he did? Apart from ignoring her symptoms, he tagged her a drug abuser and for a moment didn't care about whatever happened to her. He only responded with a weak smile. “I can tell already that she is a strong woman and a good fighter. Nothing will happen to her once we have faith. Don't brood for too long, it will ruin your handsome face.” The doctor's lips formed into a weak smile as he spoke. He then turned around to leave and Ivan answered his call. “Hello?” The tone of Trevor's
Mr and Mrs Banks stared expectantly at Ivan as he stood there with his hands behind his back.Alfred could feel the tension in the hall rising up and from the way Ivan was acting, nervousness glimmered in his eyes and sweats rolled down the side of his face. It was almost as if Alfred could tell what Ivan was about to say and the trouble that one wrong word could cause for them was something he wanted to avoid.“About this marriage plans–” “The plans!” Alfred cut Ivan off abruptly. They all stared surprisedly at him and at the sound of his voice.Alfred chuckled nervously. “The marriage plans… uh… we were thinking about pushing the marriage forward a bit because of Ms Banks’ condition, how about next month?” “No I–”“Don't worry about it Young master Wayne,” Alfred cut him off again while wearing a bright smile on his face. “I will take care of everything related to the marriage plans and the postponing date. I believe you have class later today so you can just get going. I'll call
A soft sigh left Ivan's mouth though not to the notice of Charlie. Slowly, his eyes traveled to the figure that was standing next to Charlie and a sad sigh let his mouth, one he bothered not to hide. There was an emptiness in Tara's gaze where she stood as she eyed Ivan up and down without saying a word. Ivan remembered– though he hated it now– that there was a time when getting to catch a glimpse of her beautiful face was more than enough to bring him happiness but now…. Just looking at her made him feel angry but there was something else he was feeling for her. What was it? Empathy? Why was he feeling that way for her? His deep blue eyes bore into her and almost as if he was a seer, he could see how sad of a future she had drawn for herself. But now was not the time to be thinking about that. Now, his main focus was to escape from Charlie without wasting any time. Charlie looked behind Ivan at the men in suits who were watching him rather too closely that it made him feel unco
The air seemed to cease for more than a minute. Tara stared back with a fierce gaze at all of them who were now staring at her. None of them had expected her to express herself so openly, especially since Charlie was standing right there. But she cared less about what they thought, after all, her very own boyfriend didn't even care enough to respect her presence before talking about being with another woman. “Do you have something to say?” Charlie’s brow arched as he asked her. Tara wanted to speak but bit back on her tongue and cursed herself in her mind for being such a coward. Normally, she was always a coward in front of Charlie out of the fear of what he might do to punish her but she hated the fact that she had to be a coward while Ivan was standing there and watching her quietly. He had known her as a fierce girl who always spoke her mind no matter the consequences and that was because that was the kind of girl she always was. But ever since she drove into the devil's tr
Charlie let out a growl like a ferocious animal, no one had ever dared humiliate him like that especially in front of the watchful gazes of the other students. “You will all regret this! Tell me where to find your boss! I will get you all fired for your foolishness!” He spat out with anger causing his blood to rise. “You'll give yourself a heart attack Charlie.” Ivan said coolly. “A bet is a bet and you lost out of your arrogance. I'm sorry but it can't be helped no matter how many times you scream and try to threaten us.” Just then, the dean of the school walked by and noticed the abnormal activity that was going on. “What is happening here?” He asked as he walked towards the scene. Charlie's eyes widened as joy filled him. He knew for sure that the dean of the school would definitely take his side no matter what. “Oh thank goodness!” Charlie sighed with relief. “Dean! Dean! Come and help me! These men are trying to rob me and it is all because this foolish boy here gave them th
Just a few months ago…Tara laid on her bed, her conscience eating her up like a ravaging parasite as it has always done ever since she got with Charlie. How could she know so much about his evil plots and not say anything to anyone just because she didn't want to lose anything. Because she didn't want any loss, she chose to let other innocent people suffer. An idea popped into her head and she didn't even bother to think it twice before doing it. She would feel less guilty if she had someone to tell everything to or at least something. Her mother was the least person for her to talk to. The woman was barely around and she knew she could never depend on her the day she saw a scar on her and Tara confessed it to be Charlie's doing. Unlike what she had expected, her mother told her to endure the pain so she could enjoy a bright future in comfort and wealth. She was an only child with only fake friends around her to spend money with her. She could have had one true friend at least
The small group of friends and family went silent and watched Ms Wayne do her thing. She reached into her bag and took out a laptop and some wires. “What are we going to do with all of these wires?” Trevor's brow arched as he asked. He couldn't hold in his question any longer and he wasn't really the kind to watch in silence and patience like the rest of his group. But Ms Wayne didn't mind his question and gave him an answer without breaking her focus from her work. “I'm going to connect four androids together. This phone,” she pointed at Charlie's phone, “this phone,” Tara's phone, “my own phone and my laptop. All of them will be linked together.” “Why do you need to connect them together? And why is your phone a part of it?” He watched intently at what she was doing as he laid down another question. “Well you see,” Ms Wayne started. “These two phones–” Tara's and Charlie's, “--both hold secrets that we all need to know. It would be stupid of us to take the risk of going through
The group dispersed to stretch their limbs while the files were being transferred and Ivan went outside the café for some air. He couldn't take his mind off the things he had seen on Tara's phone no matter how hard he tried. He wished he hadn't opened the phone yet but what difference would it make? He would still see the images later on anyways. The sun shone less than it had before as the evening breeze began settling in. He raised his hand to check the time on his wrist watch. About three hours had passed since she started the transfer, how long would they have to wait? More importantly, what kind of files were on the phone– both phones that three hours weren't enough to transfer everything? Or was she having some difficulties but didn't want to alarm them? He had too much to worry about these days. His mind was starting to wear off and he told himself he would go on a long vacation with his wife and step son when everything was settled. He nodded his head to confirm his own