~SIERRA~They say one shall never forget their first love, and Damian happened to be mine. I know I've lived the past five years forgetting him, but here I am, ready to kiss him, or will I? I brought myself back to my senses as I opened my eyes, which I didn't realize were closed, then pulled away. No, I couldn't let him do this; I was here for my children, not myself.I don't care if he did it to protect me; he still hurt me, and a normal person would have spoken to me about it. Yes, he saved my life, and that is the only reason I'm giving him a chance with my children.There was silence for a moment. I could feel the tension growing between us. “About Cassie,” I tried to clear the tension.“Hmm...” he hummed and moved backward. I looked up so I could see his face, and I saw a hint of hurt in his eyes. Well, I've never imagined this day—a day where I would reject Damian and he would be hurt. It was always vice versa; Damian was the one to reject me, and I was the one hurt.“Do you kn
~SIERRA~With his facial expression, I could tell he was still surprised, but I could also see the guilt in his eyes. He opened his mouth but ended up mumbling words that didn't make sense. “They've been suspicious of your similarities with Nathan; I'm sure they will be so happy to know that you're their father,” I said, trying to make it seem less awkward. Damian didn't respond with words but a nod. I was about to add more when suddenly the detective joined us and asked if I could speak to him privately. Of course, I decided to go with him without second thoughts; it might be about Carl.“I'm sorry for interrupting,” he apologized as we reached his office, but I shook my head to show that it was okay and then asked about Carl. If the chief changed his mind, I knew it was risky, but I was willing to take the risk. His text said he was coming here for me, but I didn't trust it. I also didn't want him to come here because my children were here, and again, I didn't want them to get invol
~CASSIE~I left Sierra scrolling through the voice notes. I had no idea what they were about. I just told her what Lily told me. I was surprised that she didn't notice how anxious I was. I thought she would notice the earpiece, but she didn't. I mean, how could she when I covered it with my hair? Well, I was glad I did what Lily asked me to. Now it was time for me to leave the country. She promised to help, and even though I didn't completely trust her, I hoped she wouldn't play me.When I reached back to the van, I started talking to Lily. “You said you would have everything ready for me to leave the country, right?”“Of course. You did a good job, and I am going to help you, but first, we need to celebrate,” she said, and I agreed. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I was afraid of Lily; she scared me. I mean, how did she manage to fool Damian and Sierra when she was behind everything? And Carl, who was a Mafia member—how did she get to him? However she did it, Lily was dangerous,
~CASSIE~I didn't want to die. Sure, I killed someone, but I didn't want to kill that doctor. Lily forced me to. I knew if I didn't kill him, she could have killed me, so no, I was not as evil as her, and I didn't deserve death, so I took in a shaky breath before I nodded. Maybe he could save me.Maybe I'll live.“I have a plan,” he said, and my eyes widened to show that I was listening to him. “I'll give you a drug that will make you seem like you're dead, then talk to one of the doctors to declare you dead. That way, you can have enough time to plan your escape,” he said, and I nodded. “And there's an effect; the temporal drug can cause your death, but that's the best I can do.” Again, I nodded without responding; this was better than real death.“Thank you,” I said, and he nodded.“Just pretend like you don't know anything so she can be less suspicious,” he said, and I again nodded. I didn't fully trust him; what if he was faking it? What if this was part of Lily's plan to kill me?
~CASSIE~After an hour, we reached Damian's home, and the guards instructed me to get out of the car. “We will wait for you here; just go and get what the boss sent you to, then come back,” the one who was driving said, and I nodded even knowing it was a lie as they planned to leave me here, I got out of the car and looked back at the car which stopped, it has been driving behind us and was the same car I saw at Lily's house. The guard who was assisting me got out of it and asked me to get it.“We are going to drive away now; remember to keep it cool; everything will be over tomorrow,” he said and gave me the car keys. We were a distance from Damian's, which I knew was for safety reasons. "We will call the boss trusted doctors in the morning but don't worry, I'll talk to one of them who will declare you dead but secretly help you,” he said, and I nodded, ignoring the unsettling feeling. Everyone was going to think that I was dead; just the thought of that made me so uncomfortable.“Th
~SIERRA~No, nothing was making sense now. I walked to the bed and sat down, as I felt like I was losing my mind. “What?!”“It's a long story. I know you think I'm dead, but I'm not, and I need your help,” she said, and I bit my inner cheeks as I thought I was dreaming. “I will explain everything to you.”“No, when did we become friends?”“Listen, I have nowhere to go; Damian probably hates me, and I can't even think of Ava, as I know she hates me too.”“Well, maybe you didn't hear, but Damian has been arrested for your death, which I now see is unjust because you are very much alive.”“I know I heard it, please. I need your help, Sierra; my life depends on it. I will explain everything, why I faked my death, and...”“Oh, so you faked your death?” I sarcastically asked."Sierra, please, trust me; I want to help Damian.”"Well, he doesn't need your help because, fortunately, your body was poisoned and you were not home all day, so Damian is kind of saved.”“I know that, but trust me, t
~SIERRA~“Lily is behind everything.” She said, and I confusedly looked at her. “She's been the one sending you those notes.” I was still confused. What did she mean by that? Sure, Lily betrayed me, but that was because Damian forced her, and no matter how she has been behaving lately, Lily was still the reason I succeeded. When Damian divorced me, she was there for me; she helped me book a ticket to Texas. I even remember her offering me a place to stay when Damian left me in the hospital. Lily was a good person, and I knew there was no way she would ever do such a thing to hurt me.“Cassie, do you know what you’re saying?” I asked as there was no way Lily was behind this; she even lost Lucas all because of the mysterious Carl, so how was it that she was behind the notes? “And besides, we do know who’s behind the notes; we are just trying to get to him.”“Don't try,” she said, and I shook my head in confusion; this was not the Cassie I knew. “Carl is dangerous, and Lily is working w
~SIERRA~I looked at Cassie, who was on her knees, her hands joined together in a begging position. “Sam?” I stood up from my seat as she walked in.“What's going on here? Please don't tell me you set Mr. Winters up because I won't believe you.” Sam was in shock; her eyes were on Cassie, who was still on her knees. Luckily, Beatrice had already closed the door as she left. “It's not what it looks like; I can explain, Sam.”“Explain what? There's nothing to explain here; you set up Mr. Winters; oh my god, was this your way to take revenge?”“Sam…”“She didn't set him up; I did.” Cassie took the blame.“What?” Sam turned to her and said, "It's obvious the two of you set him up, oh my god.”“No,” Cassie stood up, “Sierra has nothing to do with this; I'm here because I need her help.”“It doesn't matter; she still knows you're alive and kept it from the police.”“Police?” Cassie panicked. The mention of the police scared her. I mean, she should as if she killed someone, right?"Cassie, s