ANMELDENIan and Lily exchanged a glance at Liora’s response as they wondered what it was she wanted to do.Liora turned and headed out of the unit, pulling out her phone to dial a number.“Liora!” Ellen called from behind.After the restructuring, they had seen less of each other, and now Liora didn’t really want to speak with her.“Yes,” Liora muttered as she got closer.“Doctor Luke wants to know if your team will be attending the government program," Ellen stated.Her eyes were neutral as she waited for her to respond.“You mean the same program everyone keeps asking us about?” Liora asked, raising her brow.“Yes,” Ellen mumbled with a nonchalant shrug.“I am not sure. Why does he want to know?” Liora asked, eyes narrowing in suspicion.“You should ask him that yourself; I was only sent to ask you.” Ellen said and turned to walk away.“That’s really all?” Lioar asked in surprise.Ellen turned back and asked, “What were you expecting?”“Nothing,” Liora muttered.“Because you have everything
Over at the Ashford head office, Travis paced the length of his office, totally lost in thought.“Did you just hear what I did?” Felix asked.“I think we have seen this an uncountable amount of times," Alex mumbled.“Yes, I can see what you’re seeing.” Travis muttered, still pacing.“This is good news," Felix said.Felix sat in the lounge, following Travis with his eyes while Alex, who sat beside him, had his eyes fixed on the tablet he held.“Yes, it is," Travis said, smiling as he brushed a hand through his hair.“But you look frustrated. What is it?” Felix asked.“It’s been months of looking for Doctor Athena or even trying to get ahold of Doctor Green," Travis stated.“I know, and thankfully your father is still stable.” Felix pointed out.Travis nodded and said, “This is going to take a lot of my attention. Our projects are getting noticed and all, but there are other things that I am focused on right now, one being…”“Getting Doctor Athena to help you, I know," Felix said, cutti
The voices from the television drowned out into the background as Liora read the message on her phone.It was the answer to the information being shared on the news, one she had expected would reach her before coming on air."What is it?" Lily asked, still waiting for Liora to respond.Liora was staring at her phone with a deep scowl on her forehead."Looks like I finally got the notification," Liora whispered, finally looking up from the mail.She had thought it was a text, but the email provided more context, and she needed time to go through it quietly."Looks like you kids know this guy," Betty said, narrowing her eyes on them."Julian!" Amelia shouted, pointing at him."What did I do?" Julian shouted, shocked at the accusation.Amelia and Adrian had a mischievous glint in their eyes as they kept pointing his way. Obviously trying to throw the suspicions off themselves.Betty, Lily, and Liora turned to stare at him, patiently waiting for him to speak."We met the guy at the mall.
Amelia glared up at Michael and shot out her tongue at him. Michael’s reaction was epic as he stared at the girl in surprise, unsure what had caused it.“Bad uncle!” She said in her little angry voice.“What was that for?” Michael asked, taken back by the little girl glaring up at him.“I guess I am not the only one who thinks you look like a big bad uncle.” Travis whispered to Michael.“It’s a warp!” Someone shouted, signaling the end of the shoot.Before Michael could say more, Travis looked down at her and said, “Looks like we are done here. Let’s go.”Julian walked over with Adrian, following Travis, Alex, and Amelia out the door. Travis kept grinning as he thought about what just happened.Amelia had a very satisfied smile on her face too as she walked with pride beside Travis.“Bad uncle," Amelia said again.“I am sure he isn’t that bad, okay? And you should not shoot out your tongue at people.” Travis said, smiling down at her.“Okay,” Amelia responded with a nod.They rode dow
At the White Medical Center, Liroa sat at her desk, waiting patiently for Scott to speak.For the first few seconds he didn’t say a word before he finally asked, "Are you there?”“Yes, I am. Is there something else you wish to discuss?” Liora asked.Lily and Ian were both sitting in front of her. They were going over a few reports that Liora needed to get through with the team.Liora wanted to get back to the meeting but from Scott's pause she knew that might not be the case anytime soon.“Yes, I would like to have a meeting with just you. Is that possible?” Scott asked.“Me? Is this about the project?” Liora asked, her brows furrowed in confusion.“No, hmm, well, yes, in a way.” Scott responded.Liora wondered what exactly it was he wanted to say that had him saying yes and no at the same time.“Okay. Like I said, I have a lot going on right now, so if it isn’t so urgent, why don’t we meet when we come over next week? That saves us the time of trying to set up an appointment right no
Liora blinked, her eyes narrowing as she wondered what game he was trying to play.For a minute she thought he was joking. She thought surely he did not just ask her how bad he treated her.She had nearly lost her life, and here he was, asking her how bad it had been?"What did you just ask me?" Liora asked"I said how..." Travis started to say."And you have the guts to really repeat it?" Liora snapped cutting him off."You really don't..." Travis tried to say again.“If you think I am st*pid enough to fall for whatever pretense you have written all over your face, then you’ve got a long way to come out of your delusion.” Liora said, cutting him off again, her voice dripping with so much disdain.Before Travis could say more, she turned and walked away. He stood there staring at her, his mind at race to understand what his heart was feeling.“Are you sure that was a good idea?” Felix asked, stepping out of the car.“I don’t know. I just thought maybe she would say something you know.
Before Nicole could say another word, someone called out to Doctor Athena, signaling for her attention."Oops, looks like my attention is needed," Liora grinned, dropped her empty glass of wine with another waiter, and walked away."F*cking b*tch!" Nicole cursed under her breath."That must be a th
Fiona looked at the door, surprised that someone had come to visit. To her knowledge, she was not visiting anyone.“Did you order something?” Fiona asked Julian who was coming down the stairs.“No, I did not," Julian responded.The twins had on their shoes and jacket, eagerly waiting to hear the wo
Michael Ashford walked into his father's office, hoping to have his case plead before him."Michael, what's wrong?" David asked as he came in.Elizabet Ashford was seated with him also. She had brought him something from the house."Mom, what are you doing here?" Michael asked."What else? I came t
Travis's eyes narrowed, his attention drawn in by the pain he saw in her eyes. He felt it draw at his heart, and for memories unknown to him, he felt pain.The ringing of her phone stopped before she could even pick up the call."You what?" he asked."You get the h*ll out of my sight, Travis Ashfor







