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CHAPTER 36 -

Mrs. Anderson jerked back like Imani had slapped her, her face expression says it all. Imani smirked.

“What? You can’t do it? I mean, you’d care for an old woman and get paid…you won’t find any sweet deals than this,” Imani included obviously rage baiting Mrs Anderson.

“No!” she shouted, standing up, wiping her tears angrily. “I can‘t do such work like that! I‘m Mrs. Anderson!Have you forgotten who we are? ! I‘m not a cleaner! I‘m not a maid! You want me to clean some old woman mess?!”

Imani stared at her. “You said you‘d do anything.”

“I meant a real job!” Mrs. Anderson said, her voice sharp now. “A chance for our family!”

Imani scoffed, “Your Son already fumbled that chance. Now, you have just lost that chance as well,” With that she picked out the landline and it connected to the security.

Emily looked at Imani, shocked as the security came in.

Imani just nodded to security. “Please escort her out.”

Two guards came in. Mrs. Anderson started screaming as they led her out, being escort out by the guards.

“You‘re heartless, Imani! You‘re wicked! You‘ll regret this! My son loved you and this is how you treat his mother?!”

The door closed and again, silence fell in.

Imani sat back down, her hands running through her hair. She let out a breathe,

Emily leaned in with worried eyes,. “Ms. Imani, are you okay?”

Imani took a deep breath. “Yeah, I am.”

“Emily?” she called. “We‘re going to visit Luke at the prison.”

Emily blinked. “What? Now? Why?”

“Because I need to hear it from him,” Imani said, standing up and grabbing her bag. “I need to know why.”

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SUN PRISON, Visiting Room. 2:00 PM.

Luke was brought out in an grey jumpsuit, handcuffs off, hair messy, eyes dark. He had looked a lot messier than Imani remembered.

He sat down across the glass, picked up the phone.

“Imani,” he said, his voice breaking. “You came. knew you‘d come.” His lips grew wider.

Imani didn‘t smile. She picked up her phone, her eyes cold. “Luke, I‘m here to ask you one thing,” she said. “Why did you do what you did?”

Luke looked down. “I — I don‘t know how to explain it,” he said. “I was just tying to let you know how much I love you. I’m sorry, Imani.” He mumbled.

He looked up, tears in his eyes. Trying to buy Imani sympathy.

“But Imani, I have realize that I loved Imani so much and I‘m sorry. I really am. I love you. I‘ve always loved you. Even when I was married to you, I loved you. I thought if I did those things, you’d love me more and you’d come back to me,”

Imani just laughed… and no, not a happy laugh. A tired, bitter laugh.

“Luke,” she said, shaking her head. “It‘s too late to regret. Five years ago, I longed for that love but now, I feel nothing. You’re nothing to me now,”

Luke‘s face fell. “Imani —”

“You broke my trust,” she repeated, her voice stern,“Not once. Twice. True, You were my first love and I gave you a second chance as a partner because I trusted your ability as a CEO but what did you do? You fumbled it,” She leaned closer to the glass.

“Sorry doesn‘t fix that, Luke. Sorry doesn‘t bring back the nights I couldn‘t sleep because how you treated me….Sorry doesn‘t bring back the hate comments thrown at me..”

Luke wiped his face. “Imani, please. I‘ll do anything. I‘ll spend the rest of my days in prison if I have to but you have to love me back—” He said but Imani already stood up, putting her bag on her shoulder. She was about leaving.

Luke suddenly slammed his hand on the glass. “Wait!” he shouted. “Is it because of Killian? Is it because of Killian you‘re doing all of these?”

Imani stopped. She turned slowly. “What are you taking about now?”

“Tell me the truth!” Luke said, his eyes red. “You only came to see me fall because of Killian Morgan! Because he was the one who forced me to do a video that you weren’t involved! He‘s trying to take my place! Is that why you won‘t forgive me? Because of him?”

Imani looked at him for a long time. Then she smiled, small and cold.

“Luke,” she said, “don‘t worry about Killian. Instead you should be concerned about your mother who has been begging not to be chased out.”

Luke froze. “My mother? What happened to my mother?”

Imani picked her bag, “Now you have something better to worry about. Till we never met again, Luke,” She hung up the phone and walked away.

She brought out her phone as soon as she got outside, “Killan was the one who begged Luke to make a clearance video?” She thought dailing Killan’s number.