RECLAIMING LOUELLA

From the top-floor office in the Verlice building, the London sky was getting dark as it was approaching night; the sound of the bustling city below the building could barely be heard as Adan Verlice focused on the words his assistant spoke. The satisfaction of finally hearing those words was indeed great. Adan Verlice smiled at his victory of finding his estranged wife, who had run away and taken his only child from him, who was but a month old."She is currently in Switzerland." His personal assistant, Justin George, continued speaking. "Saint Moritz, to be precise. The house she is currently living in is under her real mother's name. According to our report, the house was bought in cash, which was also one of the reasons why it was hard to trace the transaction." "And my son?" He asked. "He recently began attending a preschool." Adan leaned back in his chair; he clenched his teeth as he thought of Leah Jennings, his wife whom he married. Or rather Louella Curran, which was her r

Minutes later, the sound of the helicopter's blades was heard, then faded and became inaudible. His lawyer had taken the mouth swab and left after Adan had left. She wondered how he had found his way, as Adan had left before him. According to Terri, Adan left with one of the big, burly men, who was probably his bodyguard, and his lawyer left in a car with the other bodyguard. When she was in London with him, he didn't have a bodyguard. What made him get one?Louella gently patted Jack's back; he was already asleep again in his room. She left the room, not after checking him one last time. As she reached downstairs, Rose was seated on one of the chairs in her living room. She gazed at Louella with a face full of questions. Louella sat down on the opposite chair and spoke first, "We need to leave this place as soon as possible, Mom. I don't know how Adan discovered my real identity and location. I had to sign that ridiculous contract. If the paternity test comes out, we are done for."