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IN LOVE WITH DAVE: MY HOT STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 19
CARMEN“I don’t think I understand.” I shook my head, confused. “What do you mean you didn’t find a video like that?”“It’s not on the phone, Carmen,” he attempted to confirm once more, but I wasn’t buying it. It was just not possible.“But she…” I paused, my mind taking me to a place of near impossibility. “Do you think she deleted it?”Dave sighed, shaking his head. “If she’s using it against you, I don’t imagine that she would have deleted it so soon. Then again, you’re engaged to Jasper. If she has nothing to worry about anymore, maybe she did delete it.”I looked towards my mom. She was going around, hugging people and sharing air kisses. If I tried to test her…“I’m going to get information about it,” I informed Dave, heading for my mother before he could stop me.“Mom,” I said to her just as she was picking up a glass of red wine from the tray of a butler.“Oh, my darling daughter,” she mused, hugging me and laughing. She smelled like coconuts and wine, a contrast that seemed t
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CARMEN“We’ll be having a double wedding between Carmen and Jasper with Dave and Kate in one month. The invites will be getting sent out from next week. We would love to see you all there on that special occasion,” Mom announced, and the crowd cheered and clapped.I looked at Jasper, wondering if he knew about all this since he would have talked to his father about it, but his expression was just as confused as mine.“You didn’t know about all of this, did you?” I questioned, just to be sure that I wasn’t being deceived.“This was not what my father and I discussed. We talked about holding it off for a little over four months. I don’t understand. Wait here, I’ll go talk to him—”“I’m coming with you,” I interrupted him, walking with him to where Frank stood, accepting the congratulatory greetings from whoever would give them to him. It took a while of us waiting in line with the people who wanted to say a thing or two to even reach him.“Dad, what is this?” Jasper asked his father wit
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CARMENBefore I could comprehend the heaviness of what this person had just said to me and how to handle the situation, the person hung up, and a text which said the exact things that the man over the phone had said popped up on my screen.My eyes skimmed over the text I had just received from an unknown number, wondering if my brain was starting to make things up.I looked behind me to see my mother and Dave – the only people who knew about the incident. They couldn’t have possibly sent the text; I was with them.A floating bar showed on the bottom of the screen; a sure sign that the person behind the unknown number was typing. Then, another text came in.‘I’m quite curious, though; why did you do it? Why did you kill him?’I gasped, my hand going up to cover my mouth.Someone else knew, and it was either because my mother had told them about it, or they had found out about it coincidentally.‘Who are you?’ I texted frantically, sending it and biting my nails nervously.“This is bad.
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CARMENMy stomach turned, and I felt all of the wine and the small bits of food I had taken that evening travelling up my throat as I stared at the picture that was taken of me by someone I had to regard as a danger and a threat.“You look shaken up,” Dave said as he approached me, causing me to almost jump out of my skin in fear as I hugged my phone close to my chest.“Dave, I’m in big trouble,” I announced, walking towards a less crowded area of the room as he followed closely.“What’s wrong? Is it the wedding? Our parents are already considering moving the date, so—”“Someone texted me. He has the video that we have been looking for,” I said, cutting him off.Dave creased his brows in a frown of confusion. “What do you mean? I thought your mom had the video. Why would someone else have it?”“I don’t know. I don’t know if she’s in on it with him, but it doesn’t seem like it. He threatened me, Dave. How could she have trusted a stranger with a video like that? Do you think I should c
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CARMEN“You’re the blackmailer?” I stood in place, not sure whether to walk forward or turn around and leave. “But… You saw the video.”I shook my head in disbelief as I was starting to piece it all together.“When you said you didn’t find the video on my mom’s phone, you lied about that?” I asked him, waiting for his confirmation even though I already knew what the answer would be.“Hold on, Carmen.” He walked towards the boarded-up windows of the house, peeking through a small opening. “You brought your mom?”“Of course, I brought my mom, Dave! I was genuinely scared for my life, and I had to tell her about it. Couldn’t you have approached me and just told me that you wanted to see me in a place like this?”“That was supposed to be a part of the plan. I had to get a voice-changing app to call you. I wanted you to tell your mom about it, but I wasn’t expecting her to come with you. Come with me.” He took my hand, leading me into the kitchen area of the abandoned house. There was a si
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CARMENI followed behind my mother and the worker who was leading her to the master bedroom, where Steve was.“The doctor said his health should have been bad for so long for it to get to the stage that he’s in now,” the worker informed us, opening the door to the master bedroom.Steve Wilmer lay in bed, an IV hooked to his arm, his eyes closed and his breaths shallow and unstable. A doctor stood over him, injecting even more liquids into his IV bag. The worker left us in the privacy of the room.“What happened to him?” Mom asked the doctor, who only picked up a piece of paper and started to take notes.“You’re Mrs. Wilmer, correct?” He raised his eyebrows.“Correct.” Mom confirmed with a nod.“And your husband, has he ever complained about any pains lately – heartaches to be specific? Any dizziness? Difficulty in breathing, perhaps?”“Steve has never complained to me about a thing. If anything, he’s the healthiest person around. He would tell me if he had a problem with his health. H
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CARMENWe all stood, frozen, staring at the doctor as he looked at us for a head nod at the idea of a toxicology test while we all tried to process what he had just told us about Steve.“What do you mean by that?” Mom was the first to speak. “We all eat the same thing; there’s no way Steve would be poisoned. The staff make sure to restock the kitchen each and every two weeks, throwing out everything that needs to be thrown out.”“Mrs Wilmer, you need to understand that we are not sure about your husband being poisoned,” the doctor explained and corrected her. “The toxicology test will help us figure out if we’re right to think he’s been poisoned. An investigation could follow if we find odd chemicals in his bloodstream.”“Just do it. We have to figure this out one way or another, right?” Mom said, crossing her arms.“He’ll need to stay at the hospital for a few more days,” the doctor informed us. “He needs to be monitored closely without fail in such a critical condition.”“We underst
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CARMENThere was not a single thing that I wanted to discuss with Frank Hayes, but I didn’t know how to tell his son that without having to feel guilty or having to lie about how I felt about his father.“What do you mean? Why does he want to see me?” I asked, pulling away from Jasper’s grip one more time. His grip was still solid as he looked at me with a smile.“He said it’s about the wedding. There are certain rules we follow in the Hayes family if you haven’t already been told. I’m sure he wants to tell you all about them and how to get along with the other members of the family if you come across them.”“Then why can’t you teach me the rules?” I frowned. “If it’s your family, you should know what they are, right?”“Believe me, Carmen; I would if I could. The problem we have is that even I struggle with these rules sometimes as they may seem too strict. It’s not going to be as horrible as it seems. I’ll be around, I promise.”Deciding to take his word for it, I gave a defeated sig
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