LEONARD'S POV.It's late now, and we are already settled on the bed ready to sleep. I couldn't help but keep staring at my wife who doesn't seem to be in a good mood and seemed lost in thoughts.It kinda bugs me. I wonder what has gotten into her."Babe," I called her for the nth time, but she refused to answer me. She kept ignoring me.I sighed. I was planning on taking her out tomorrow, but with this sudden behavior of hers, I'm not so sure anymore.Something is definitely going on in her head. Obviously about me.I hope she's not thinking twice about...My phone ringing distracted me from my thoughts but happened to get my wife to look at me.I slowly sat up, carrying my phone off the vanity. I furrowed my brows at the caller ID."Who's calling you at night?" Alexa suddenly asked.And here I thought she lost her sense of speech.I looked at her. "A friend."I stood up and walked straight to the door on my way out of it."Can't you answer the call in here? Or is there something stop
3RD PERSON POV.Lion, the boss's right-hand man, and Owen, his left-hand man walked to where their boss sat since they were called by him."You sent for us, boss." Lion acknowledged.The boss nodded. "Yes, I did.""What is it about?" Owen asked with interest."I heard the drug trafficking was a success." The boss began.Lion nodded. "Yes, Sir. We were going to report it to you.""What about the gun smuggling?" He asked."It was equally a success. Luckily, the police don't have an inkling of who we are." Lion reported."I told you guys I hate receiving information from rumors, didn't I?"They both nodded."Apologies, boss," Owen said with a bow."I want things to really go smoothly. I'd hate if the police are on to us. None of us have been caught, right?" The boss asked.They shook their head."None, Sir."The boss nodded. "Good.""Anything else, boss?" Lion asked.The boss sighed and stood up. "As you know, my life's plan has been postponed, but I need you two to work out things for m
ALEXA'S POV.Four days later. (September 1st. Wednesday.)What am I gonna do? I feel so stupid as I'm in the middle of things that I can't comprehend. Everybody around me seems to be suspicious.My godfather. My husband. Even my friends.Weirdly, we don't always talk like before, and I have a theory about why?It's because they're scared that they might let something slip.I already feel stupid, but I wonder if they actually think that I'm that stupid to not notice those kinda things.Wait... I need to put these things together from the time my doubts all started.I leaned back on my office chair as I circle around in thoughts searching for the time my suspicions started arousing.Oh yeah. I was in the hospital, and they made a statement about how my pregnancy shouldn't be in the way of my going back to work. It shouldn't be suspicious, except for the fact that they changed their thoughts, and that I should wait til I give birth.That was suspicious, right? Enough for me to suspect th
ALEXA'S POV.I kept giving glances at Leonard, as we sat on the couch watching TV. I was wondering if I should confide in him. I mean, I don't know if I should. I don't know who to trust if my own godfather sparkles with doubts all around.Or should I? He seems to know a lot of things. He probably could have an idea."I know you've got something to say to me." He said. His eyes are still fixated on the movie he's watching. Of course, he noticed it. He always notices.He looked at me. "What is it?""I..." I stuttered, then cleared my throat. "I just wanted to show you something," I told him with a firm decision to let him know.I handed the file to him, and his eyes narrowed at me. I know he was getting confused.He opened it and was scanning through it."Can you read it out loud?"His brows furrowed at me, but he nodded. I know he has caught a glimpse of some of what is written there."Please, Mrs. Hodge, this isn't something you should doubt. I'm informing you to let you know that c
LEONARD'S POV.2nd September. Thursday.I entered my room and stared at my wife with a smile as she still slept soundly on the bed. It was a long night yesterday, so she's probably really tired to still be sleeping til now since it's already nine in the morning.I don't really have much to do until I find out the time when the truck containing the drugs will arrive, so I'm guessing I'll be home for a while.At least, my wife won't be alone for a few days, cause I know that after Tuesday the war has officially begun.We're already in a new month, and my wife has been pregnant since June. The days are counting, and in the next five months, bad things can happen if I don't play my games well.My dad is no longer hiding. He's showing himself which means he's ready to do something bad.I sighed and walked up to her. I lay on the bed and planted a kiss on her forehead."Hey, baby. Wake up."She was still unresponsive.I planted a kiss on her lips. "Wake up. It's morning."She let out a breat
PHOEBE'S POV."We have to talk to Leonard." Emily seriously said.I nodded. "I agree. Who would have thought? Thank God you didn't get caught." I said in fear since she almost did.I find it so hard to believe that that godfather is the devil in all these. He's the trash in Alexa's life and made his own son a pawn."Leonard knows what's going on. We've investigated enough on our own. It's high time we work with him, and tell Alexa the truth. She needs to be careful." Emily stated."I know it was her godfather she saw on the day of the accident." I reckoned.Emily nodded. "Me too, and the danger isn't over. Alexa is still alive because of somebody, as I overheard, and I have an idea who that somebody is."I furrowed my brows. "Who?""Leonard. I know it's Leonard. One way or another he's involved. He's not blind not to know what his father is involved with."I nodded. "Then let's call Alexa. We don't have Leonard's number."She sighed. "I know Alexa suspects something going on. She's no
EMILY'S POV.3rd September. Friday."My wife complained about you guys being up to something, but I never would have thought what it was. It's very risky for you guys to be involved." He told us.I shook my head at him. "We've gone too far to back out, Leonard. Your dad needs to answer to justice."He nodded. "I know.""You never knew your dad, but how did you know about his business?" Phoebe asked.He chuckled in disgust. "Marrying Alexa wasn't my wish. My dad used someone against me to bench me."I and Phoebe glanced at each other at the information."Who?" I asked."My mom." He dropped.My eyes widened. "Your mom?"He nodded. "My mom is in his hands, so I had no choice, but to comply with him. Although, I don't regret it now."I smiled. "That's good to know, so what's your plan?""Well, my plans involve you since you're a detective."I furrowed my brows in confusion. "What do you mean?""I've told you everything already, but my dad being a syndicate leader is what we are going to u
ALEXA'S POV.4th September. Saturday.Seeing the trailer up front, I matched my brake to stop my car from going further. I was surprised to see it didn't budge. I kept stepping on it, but it didn't work.My eyes were wide in terror at the trailer still there, as I kept stepping on the brake.I frowned. "What the hell? What the hell is happening?"Everything was dawning on me, and my chest rising up, and down in rapid breaths.Panic seized my brain, as I couldn't stop my car from moving."Oh my God!"I looked around, and my brows furrowed as they caught something...I don't know, but I could feel someone pushing me. The pushes were becoming annoying, then my eyes opened.I sighed seeing Leonard looking at me with relief on his face."Damn it! You scared me."I furrowed my brows. It was just a dream?"Were you dreaming?" He asked.I nodded. "Apparently.""What was it about?" He asked again."Acci..."Realization dawned on me. Accident? Car accident? Brake failure?It felt real. Could it