James
“I’m on your side,” I grunted, battling to get more words out.
“For ten years, they have moved me from one prison to the other. In those years, I have had the luxury of being in a cell alone. Judging by the reaction you gave me after I told you my name. You did a terrible thing of hiding that you know me. This has Charles’ lackey written all over it. Tanaka wants to add pressure on me and, too bad, he sent the wrong man.”
“I don’t work for Charles.”
“I have heard that before,” he scoffed, pressing his elbow harder on my throat, “I’m going to enjoy gutting you like a fish. I have nothing to lose.”
I heard a flick as Sebastian snarled, bringing the
JamesI was nearly stabbed to death by Sebastian if it wasn’t for the guard who came to tell us to stop making such a loud ruckus. He lingered for a moment near our cell as me and Sebastian stared at each other. I knew the moment he moved away; he was going to finish what he started. So I took the guard lingering as my only chance and whispered my truth.“Kioni and Adam are alive,” he narrowed his eyes at me, “I’m not working for Charles or Nick. I never did. I was working on a case to bring them down, but they kidnapped my sister because of a bracelet.”“Stop talking.” he warned, but I pressed on.“They tried to pin the murder of Jay on me, but Nick was the one who killed him. I’m in this mess
HarperI have never been inside a mansion before. Nancy and I watched Morgan’s house in awe. The house was enormous for one person. If this was under better circumstances, I would have taken photos. Morgan had offered his help for us to stay with him until they figured this whole thing out.“This house is insane,” Nancy whispered while looking up at the enormous living area.“Can’t believe I’m standing inside his house,” my eyes were wandering around the elegant interior.There was no time for a tour in the house since it was late. One of Morgan’s staff, Elenore, had been told of our arrival and led us to our guesthouse. I can’t even call it a guest house because it looks like those resort hotels people go to in Europe for a vacation
NigelThe department was in code purple. Everything was high alert, and the calls kept coming. Bodies were dropping. One person was responsible for such chaos in a short period. It was one hit after the other.I might have kept my wife safe from all of this, but others weren’t lucky. Shapiro and Ridley blamed me for being selfish because Morgan had Nancy and Harper hiding in his mansion, as they call it. We all do what we have to do to keep those we love safe. I wasn't going to apologize for not worrying about them when I was in the middle of saving those who were being targeted.We narrowed down a list of anyone who had been in a case involving Matthews and worked from there. We had dispatched teams for several locations with one led detective going with a task force. Even Romans was not sitting in an office for this one bec
AdamSeems I would not leave the hospital anytime soon. My sister was sleeping. I went to check on Dani. She was still unconscious and on heavy medication. Nigel told me he didn't know what had happened yet, and he was waiting to question her when she woke up.Morgan was out of surgery and wanted to have a chat. I honestly don’t know how to thank him for everything he has done so far. He had proven himself trustworthy. I walked in on him on his phone.“You can bring me the papers to go over and I will explain the rest.” There was a pause and a sigh from him. “I’m fine. It was just a scratch. I can work. Just do as I say. Okay. Bye.”“Glad to see you are fine.” I gave him a nod.“I’m
NickMy father had failed, and the evidence I had on him was now useless. Everything had gone to hell. Adam had made sure of it and his appearance back in the spotlight had caused waves that every Chanel was talking about it. There were a lot of titles going around after he made everything public knowledge.Turner kids alive.Turner Corp ten year conspiracy revealed.Charles Matthews gangster, not business man.Where is Nick Matthews?Could Frank and Olivia be alive in a dungeon somewhere?Charles Matthews, the billionaire murderer.Even international news outlets wanted in on the scoop and truth. Social media was the worst because Adam was trending and almost at the two million mark on Twitter feed. There were a lot of shares, retweets and
Nigel Adam’s stunt shocked the entire country. It’s been a week since he made that public declaration and people are still talking about it. Not only did he accuse his father’s friend Charles and Nick. He publicly named names of everyone Charles was in cahoots with. That list was endless, and he recklessly put a huge target on his back because he was the number one enemy to many people. The case was not just in this department. It was opened in many other states and internationally. Technically, I was on the case, but the big guys had joined the party. I was answering to the team that was assigned the case. Tori, my cousin, was the one leading the investigation. They had taken over the station and we were just bystanders or errand guys for them. They had our hands tight on a big leash. I was pissed. I was sitting in the brief room lis
Adam“Do you think it’s the right time to ask Dani out?”“That’s the question you want to ask right now?” Morgan exclaimed, staring at me.“Yes,” I looked behind to where he sat and his jaw dropped.I was at Turner Corp in my father’s old office. The place I used to spend all my days after school as a teenager when he was not around. I looked outside the glass window again. There were a lot of memories here. This is where my father and I bonded over the years before they killed him. I clenched my fists and took a deep breath.I was waiting for a bunch of old men and woman to call me to the conference room. They needed a few minutes to settle down before we got to business. They had their
AdamThe move I just made was bold and dangerous. The board was powerful, and they had connections. I was out of commission for ten years and people are going to be weary of me. They will not trust me to run things. I didn't care that much about that factor because my list of trustworthy people at the moment was few.I was going to stand with my risk because I had the capital for it. Sebastian signed over all the money to my sister and me the moment they released him from prison six days ago. He was the one man that took me by surprise. He didn’t want the money, regardless of how much I offered. Instead, he offered to look for Nick.I would not force the man, so I agreed. He might not want the money, but he had the right to be a member of Turner Corp. The other person I would love to have a seat at board meetings. Not any of