Chapter 61Keeping In Touch Isabel Reece."You're a silly little thing!" I giggled when my toes curled in anticipation. "It's almost evening and you still haven't decided what you want to have for dinner yet."Connor peeked out of the shower curtain as I sat on the toilet seat doing my business. One of his eyes was closed tightly as it was covered with suds, and I could imagine the rest of his body was covered with soap and lather."Oh, really?" He smirked. "I remember saying that to you every single evening. How the tables have turned, yeah?"I giggled again at that and he sent soap and lather flying my way."Yeah, I guess." I wiped off the lather that had become non stop thrown at me, flushed the toilet and wiped my ass."Are you done?" He asked me and pushed his head back out again. This time his handsome face was clear of lather, and his blond hair was still filled with it. "Come and join me." He pouted and I kicked the bridge of his nose with my fingers."Don't be silly. I just
Chapter 60Bait And Underground SourcesRowan Nightshade."Things are getting worse, sir!" Catherine hurried into my office with her tablet in hand. "The numbers are not good, sir. The stock prices are falling and investors are beginning to dump their shares."I glanced at her tablet and went back to the pile of work on my table. Of course, I knew that someone was actively trying to sabotage my company. And not just mine, but my friend group. All of us were suffering similar issues with our companies, and Daniel's company was the first company that had fallen. It had been crushed by this anonymous person.We didn't know who it was, or what their motive was, but this person was steadily winning."What about the other thing I asked you to investigate?" I didn't look at her as I spoke. What was in front of me was worth more than what she was showing me. "About Elara Winterfell and her whereabouts?"I felt the change in temperature when I asked the question. She turned somber at once and
Chapter 59A Visit.Six Years LaterElara Winterfell.I paced up and down the doctor's office, my hands hanging by my sides nervously. I didn't know what to do now that it had come to this."Isn't there... Isn't there a way?" My voice quivered. "Like, something... Do something, doctor. Please... I'm begging you." I didn't know when I broke down and started crying.Dr. Fabian stared at me empathetically and shook his head."Elara..." He called me gently. "For now, there isn't anything I can do. This thing... This sickness... I haven't seen anything like this before." He took off his glasses and set them on the table, wiping his eyebrow that had begun to fill with cold sweat."But, my son..." My voice broke once more, and I felt the tears falling from my eyes. "He is dying, doctor! My little boy is slowly fading away, and there is nothing I can do about it? Is that what you're trying to say? I would have to stand and watch him die?"He did not respond for a while as I was mouthing off a
Chapter 58The Footage.Rowan Nightshade.The hospital was filled with family again immediately I stepped in, and the moment Connor spotted me, he came in and held me by my jacket."How long will this keep happening, Rowan?" He gritted his teeth in anger, his face was already red. "What she did at the engagement party wasn't enough, was it? What's her plan? To kill all the women in the house?""Everything is still under investigation..." I used a lot of strength to pull him off my body when a slap came and landed on my face."Investigation?" This time, it was Samantha, Isabel's mother that came in front of me with bloodshot eyes. "You were told to arrest her since the night she pushed Isabel down the stairs, and now this? Are you aware that your wife has just lost a lot of blood too? Are you aware that she has also lost the pregnancy she was carrying?""Natasha was pregnant?" My eyebrows shrunk together at that revelation. How was that even possible? Ever since she came back, we never
Chapter 57Freedom And A New Life.Elara Winterfell.The car was speeding past the highway as I sat quietly inside the car, deep in thoughts. Sinclair Baclava. The first time I had met him was ten years ago when he stepped in front of my father's compound then, beaten battered and confused. He had just lost his father, and instead of his mother to stay with him and help him out with the affairs of the mafia, she had preferred to hook her talons on my father.All in all, Sinclair Baclava was almost like my step brother. My father wasn't married to his mother yet, but... I don't think it matters now. Sinclair had picked himself up and turned into something ruthless, that was the only way he had been able to build back his father's empire, becoming one of the most ruthless mobsters in the country. He had made it clear that he didn't want to have anything to do with me or my family, but I was really desperate now.When I borrowed money from him while I was pregnant, it was with the hopes
Chapter 56 She Is Gone. Elara Winterfell When my eyes adjusted to the dim lights of the little cell I was thrown into with my children, the sky was already turning darker. Kareem had made sure to give me an earful of threats for hurting Natasha and Isabel. Something along the lines of... 'You're going to regret this' and 'You'll be lucky if you come out of here alive.' I had told him over and over again that I never stabbed Natasha or Isabel, but he didn't believe me. I was dragged into a cell like a criminal, but I was still thankful that I had my children with me. They were fussing in their cots, but I couldn't pick them up. I had blood still trickling from the surgery I had weeks ago. "Wait! I need a doctor!” I called the policeman on duty, who was whispering to Kareem, showing him the area where I was still bleeding. He turned meaningfully to Kareem, who only glanced at me once before shaking his head, and that was all it took for the cop to turn a blind eye to my situa