The explosion threw everyone into confusion. It affected several other wards. Thankfully, Pierce and the children were already outside. However, Roxanne who was just a few wards away got knocked unconscious. Breath seizing from her lungs. Audrey and Jessica weren't left out. But they weren't totally knocked out. They got up as soon as possible and headed in different directions. When Jessica arrived in Queenie's ward, she fell to her knees seeing the charred corpse on it and wept bitterly. When she got up, she looked more lifeless than when she got flung aside by the explosion. "Roxanne is not breathing!" Audrey yelled as she made her way into Queenie's ward. Jessica realizing she couldn't lose more of her friends, got up and headed outside with Audrey. They got into a white Land Rover and drove out. They drove to the nearest hospital where Roxanne was instantly placed in an ICU. "Queenie is…dead." Jessica muttered as she looked up at Audrey. Audrey nodded and looked to the
"That was Natasha and she's threatening me with Gabriel's life." Audrey said almost immediately. Pierce sighed. He knew very well the kind of person Natasha was. He intended to walk to his children's room when she stopped him. He raised a brow at her. "Lucas and Roxanna are having some alone time. I don't think it's nice to interrupt them." Pierce chuckled at her words and agreed to walk downstairs. "The Knights have been in search of Natasha for months but somehow, she manages to evade all three forces. The Verlice, Knights and the Conglomerate. I refuse to believe she only has Sullivan and Raphael backing her up." Pierce said as soon as they settled on a chair at the balcony. "I thought of that too. Jessica informed me of someone who has been paying frequent visits to Hiltonia. He comes and leaves at odd hours." Audrey said. A name popped up on Pierce's mind at the sound of her words. "Salto Grande?" "You know him too?" Audrey asked in surprise. "Yes and we're business part
"So the plan is to move in with the conglomerate?" Lucas asked in a room filled with vengeful people. Liam, Audrey, Roxanne, Lawrence, Cheetah and Lynx. A baby rocking chair sat in the middle of them, moving itself back and forth. Pierce stood over it as he stared lovingly at his children. "I do not wish to undermine your plans. But have you stopped to think what Natasha will do to that man if she gets the least nervous about your meeting?" No doubt, the question was directed at Audrey. Audrey stared back at Roxanne and drew her lips into a thin line. "That's why we need to be discreet. Only in that way can we overthrow her." "You're not being realistic here, Audrey!" Roxanna scoffed. "Natasha knows how important Gabriel is to you and that is why she's using him against you. Not to be rude or anything but given Natasha's disposition, I doubt that man is still alive." An eerie silence descended on the room full of people. Even the children who had been giggling happily stopped an
"Natasha, I will hunt you. And when I find you, I will kill you." Those words were the last thing Audrey said to Natasha that evening before leaving the cabin with Gabriel. Gabriel Lynch was an orphan and at such, his funeral were attended by colleagues and friends. Audrey was the last person to leave his tomb. After leaving a dahlia flower, she mumbled incoherent words before leaving. As soon as she turned, she saw Sullivan standing behind her. Months ago, Sullivan was said to have run out of Hiltonia. They had no idea why but didn't care since he was none of their business. Like she had always done, she intended to walk past him when she heard him say, "I have something to tell you." "I'm not interested in whatever you have to say. Now, move aside." Audrey scoffed instead and pushed him out of the way. "It's about the person you think is dead." The man said after a moment of hesitation.Audrey stopped but didn't look back at him. "Let's talk in the café beside the burial grou
One Year LaterIn a farm land, Queenie squats a little as she weeds out unwanted plants which seemed to be choking the crops. She gets interrupted when Gerald walks into the farm and gasps. "You've been gone for hours and I've searched the entire village for you. Who knew you'd be here… wedding out plants, so unbelievable!" Queenie chuckled and straightened up. "I had the usual memory burst that I've been having for a year. However, it was different this time." Gerald raised a brow as he walked to her. "What was the improvement?" "I kept hearing the name Jessica. Everything else was blurry." Queenie said with a sigh, "The excruciating pain that came with it didn't let me return back to sleep." "And you thought the best thing was to come out to weed?" Gerald scoffed. "Since I had nothing else to do, I reckoned doing it would make me relaxed. It did though." She chuckled and proceeded to squat back again when the man held her back. "You can always pay a visit to the beach. The s
Audrey drove back to the city and straight to Pierce's house. She was greeted by three adorable children who sighted her right from the gate. The three children of Queenie took their first steps at the age of one. How that an addition of six months had been added to them, they're legs had undoubtedly become a little firm to walk freely. "Aster!" The girl was the first she took into her arms before bending to cuddle with the boys, Aaron and Adrian. "How have my babies been?" She said, as she touched their heads. "Adjrain yiyi mished you!" Adrian, the shy one said with great difficulty. "Auntie missed you too, darling. Guess what Auntie also brought with her?" She asked with a smile, jerking her eyes around the two including Aster who couldn't help giggling in her arms. "Shweets!" It was a word they had all mastered. And as a result, they replied together. Dipping her hand into the bag she walked in with, she gave them each a candy, then handed the rest of the back to the three
Neo frowned heavily. "What do you mean, Ms. Knight? You didn't come all the way here to accuse me of something I have no idea of, did you?" Natasha scoffed and walked forward. She swirled the glass of cup in her hand for a while before she say, "Are you saying you're not Gabriel Lynch?" "How many times do I have to tell you! I don't know him!" The man yelled furiously. However, the next moment, a slow smile crept onto her face. It was a sweet and at the same time, scary one. "Let me go before the Devons realize that I am missing and comes for me! Don't forget that you're on the run from your familiar and the many enemies you've made." The man threatened, trying to break free from Natasha's men who held him down. "Without my family, I can easily overthrow the Devons. What gives you the audacity to think your little family scares me?" The lady scoffed and emptied her glass on him. "For one year, Audrey has thought you were dead. And as a result, I've lost countless people who, if
In a suburbVarious men placed stickers of Queenie Knight literally on every surface and tagged her as missing. A man walks up to it and pulls out the ones he can. After reading the caption, he squeezes them and dumps inside the wastebin next to him. Then he whips out his phone and makes a call. "They've found out she's alive." The person on the other end gives him an instruction which he nods furiously to and walked away. He got into his car and drove to a cabin. Inside, was a reasonable number of people. Without a word, he walks to their middle and stands. "Stop the news of Queenie Knight being alive. If you see anyone still hanging on her pictures, kill him." The group hummed in response and he walked out again. ..."Just today I lost three men." Pierce frowned as he examined them. Half an hour ago, he had gotten a package and it was mandatory that he signed before it'd be given to him. Then three body packs were thrown to him and the delivery men opted to drive back when