"I didn't-" I tried to explain but he would listen to me. He carried her in his arms and stomped out of the house.
I couldn't believe what was going on. I only pulled my hand away from her grip and she fell. I should have avoided the situation from the very beginning.
"If anything happens to my grandchild, I will kill you myself," Sara said to me before she went after her son. It was all messed up. I was all alone.
I waited for feedback but got none. Minutes turned into hours but Damien wasn't back. While waiting patiently for him to show up, Mother suddenly stomped into the living room and pointed her fingers at me. "You have done enough now, Abigail. You even went as far as killing a child, for what reason?"
My eyes went round at the revelation. Kill a child? The child didn't make it?
.....
"Please can I make a call to someone?" I requested for the tenth time, but the officer ignored me again. "Please, this is important." I cried.
He rolled his eyes and finally took his gaze to me. "Why bother when you don't have anyone to help you out? Just forget about it, you are stuck in here all your life."
"Just help me, please."
He let out a deep sigh and finally agreed to my request. He opened the cell and led me to his table where a telephone was.
Would they ever accept her back? I was selfish. I abandoned them all because of some stupid love and when everything went south, I needed them again.
I know they wouldn't forgive me but I was ready to try. I swallowed hard the bile making its way up to my throat and dialed the number I had memorized since I was little. So grateful he never changed it.
"Hello?"
I let out the tears lingering in my eyes, allowing my pain to flow along with it. Hearing his voice brought so much relief but memory of how they had tried to stop me but I was too blinded by love to realize what they were saying to me was the truth.
"Hello?" His voice came again on the other end.
"Father," I called in a low, almost inaudible voice that I wasn't sure he heard me, but to my surprise, he called out my name.
"Abigail?!"
I nodded even though he wasn't there to see me. "It's me, father." I cried.
"Where are you? What happened to you? Did anyone hurt my baby?" He questioned at once but realizing he was beginning to panic, he took in a sharp breath to calm himself, before he requested. "Turn on your location now. They will come to pick you up."
"I am at the police station. I am calling through an office line."
"Police station? What are you doing there?"
I sniffed and pursed my lips, not knowing how well to speak out my situation to him. He made it easier when he added, "Don't worry, you will be out of there immediately."
The call hangs up...
I was taken back to my cell and I immediately found my way to the bed. I was rest assured again but my heart was so cold and heavy, remembering what had happened to me. How it all turned against me.
I rested my head on my knees, feeling so weak. The rumbling in my stomach reminded me of my emptiness. I had nothing to eat yet.
I was still occupied with the different thoughts running through my head when suddenly, I heard a familiar voice call out to me.
I raised my head and my breath hitched. "Damien?" Did he finally realize the truth? Was he there to rescue me? So many questions ran through my head in just those few minutes that ran by.
He stared at me for a while and that got my heart beating fast, threatening to pull out of my chest. I was curious to know why he was with me even though he said he never wanted to see me again.
"Why did you do it?" He suddenly asked, breaking off the hope I was building again. He was there to insult and push me away again.
I rested my back against the wall resignedly, letting go of my hope. He would never believe me. He believes Jenna more than me even though it was so obvious those pictures were edited. Who was the one taking the pictures? In one of the pictures, I was staring directly at the camera and so was Jenna, who was tied behind me.
She is a good actress and she did her role well.
"You won't believe anything I say, so why are you here?"
He scoffed and shook his head, "I just need an answer. You committed a great crime and you aren't bothered about it? You made me lose my child."
I opened my mouth to reply when someone beat me to it, "Abigail?" I tilted my head to where the voice came from and I couldn't explain the huge relief that surged through me immediately.
"Edward!" I called and stood up. It's been a while and I finally got to see him again. I just wanted to step out and hug him so tight, but the bars stood as a barrier.
He rushed over to the cell and took my hand in his. "What happened to you?"
"So this is him? This is the man Rose and mother talked about?" I heard Damien come beside me, bringing my attention to him. He scoffed and pointed accusingly at me. "You bloody cheater!"
My body felt numb, I could feel my hands tied up behind my back, my eyes felt heavy, yet, I struggled to have them open.“Wakey wakey..dear cousin” Charlie said“W..what’s going on?” I asked in a hoarse voice.“You’ve got to wake up” she said again.I felt a slap across my face, my eyes shot open. “Charlie?” I struggled to speak.“Hey Abby, you’re finally awake” she said, a smile on her lips as she took off the hoodie from her head, crouching down to meet my gaze.“What are you doing?” I asked, noticing the blood dripping from my head.“I’m just reclaiming what’s mine, the Conner Empire, Cyrus, it’s all mine and you dared to take it from me, I can’t let you have what I’m supposed to have, you’ve been stealing from me way too much” she started, standing up.“What does Cyrus have to do with all this” I asked, wincing in pain.“I’ve loved him from the very beginning but you always have to have things your own way” she said, anger in her eyes.“Why didn’t you say something? You could’ve
“Just try to run to the bathroom, I’ll quickly close up the door” I whispered to her.The moment I unwrapped my arms around her, I rushed to the door, forcing it shut as she rushed into the bathroom.“What’s going on?” I muttered, forcing my back to the door to keep it closed.“Who on earth called reporters to our home?” I muttered under my breath.“Jenna! No wonder the house was empty when we walked in..it was indeed a trap” I said, quickly rushing to the bathroom door as I lightly tapped on the door.“Abigail, how are you coping?” I asked, I could hear light sobbing.“I’m so sorry about that..please just get some clothes and I’ll drive you home” I said, rushing back to the closet to get her some dry clothes.I took up some clothes from the closet and knocked on the door.“Abigail, I have some clothes..” I said “I’ll look away, please wear some clothes so I can take you home” I said, looking away from the door.Then I heard the door open and my hands went empty, she had taken the clo
Abigail’s POVIt’s been weeks since I had gotten a whiff of the rumor that started years ago, I searched through the database and all records, and they all came back with the same result, the Conners being the rightful owners of the empire.‘I think I should call up Charlie and clear up the misunderstanding,’ I thought to myself when I heard her voice from my phone.I noticed it was coming from the camera set up done by Cyrus.“I’m going to make her lose Conner Empire..once she falls right into our trap” she said onto her phone.I couldn’t phantom who she could be speaking to but I had a pretty good guess.After what Damien had told me about Jenna and her plot, it had become obvious that she was in fact in cohorts with.“You need to let her get into your home, I’ll make sure she walks right into our trap” she repeated into the phone, using the voice changer which made me confirm my suspicions, Jenna had no idea who she was.“Abigail’s going to stay at your fiancé’s house, you are to o
Damien’s POV‘Why on earth would she send a message to me like this?’ I thought to myself as I sat behind my desk.‘If she was having a fallout with her cousin, why would it affect me?’ My mind had been restless since the moment I had opened the envelope and what if she was right about us being under surveillance, then it would truly be a very disaster.I looked around the room, there was nothing that seemed out of place, the more I scanned the room, the more I doubted her words.For the whole day, I sat restless for fear of being watched but most importantly, I feared that this would cause our collaboration to take a drastic turn, she may not be as available as she was to come around and handle the work with me.After working hours, I took up my bag as it was time to get home, I wasn’t even able to accomplish much as my mind kept wandering back to Abigail and her safety.Taking my car key into my hand, I immediately got a call on my mobile, in an attempt to take my phone together wit
I looked at the picture and the newspaper in front of me.“She forgot to burn these, didn’t she?” I muttered under my breath.“If that’s all, you can leave” Cyrus said to the staff as she quickly scurried away.I stared at the evidence that showed more of the truth. She must have hidden them and completely forgotten about it.“That was taken in spring break, years ago” Cyrus muttered, holding onto a picture of the three of us smiling together and rustled up news papers that were wrapped close to the pictures with a carving of the headline ‘THE CONNERS ARE NOT THE TRUE OWNERS OF THE EMPIRE, GIVE BACK THE COMPANY TO ELIZAR’ it read.The paper dated back to twenty years ago, I stood there, frozen, unable to understand what was happening.“My parents stole the empire?” I muttered.“Let’s not jump into conclusions Abby…it may be something else, this happened twenty years ago, it may not even be real” Cyrus said, taking the paper off my hands.“I mean we don’t know that..this may be what’s
Jenna’s POVI had done as C had instructed, I put in a listening device in Damien’s car key very early this morning. I didn’t understand how C had gotten the package so fast and so late at night and how he knew my address but I didn’t care, if he was able to get the number on my new phone, he definitely had his means that I couldn’t question.“Ma’am” the helper called out, snapping me back to reality.“Yes” I shot her a nasty glare.“Your phone’s been ringing..I brought it down for you” she said, handing me the phone, the caller ID was unknown.I quickly dismissed her with a signal as I answered the phone call.“Have you done what I’ve asked?” C asked.“Yes” I paused to look around me, the living room was empty.“Although I haven’t been able to get any sounds from him since after I heard his car move but it seems that your fiancé has started to lose interest in you” he said.“Wh..what do you mean? What did he say?” I asked, even when deep down I knew the truth, he wasn’t as attracted