LOGINMARK“Shit!” I exclaimed in a rage when we left Donald Shell’s presence and drove out of the company.“Mark, you need to calm down,” Vector told me, making me more upset.“What’s there to be calm about?” I asked Vector, almost snapping at him. “We have just gone there and fooled ourselves,” I added painfully.Vector looked at me with surprise.“Why would you say that, Mark?” He asked me.“Isn’t it obvious?” I asked in return. “That voice doesn’t belong to the detective, and that is why Donald Shell wasn’t moved,” I added. “If it truly belonged to him, why didn’t I recognize it myself?” I questioned Vector further.Vector was dumbfounded as he listened to me, but I wasn’t moved by his reaction. I was more concerned with the fact that going to Donald Shell and confronting him had not just been a total waste of time, but also humiliating.Usually, it should have been me humiliating Donald and asking him to get the hell out of my office, but this time around, I had just given him the chan
MARKDonald Shell’s reaction was very blank. As much as I tried to pay close attention to him, I saw nothing.I glanced at Vector to find out if he caught any reaction without saying a word, but from Vector’s look, he also didn’t get any reaction from him.“What is this?” Donald Shell asked me after the recorded call stopped playing.It was very short, but I ensured that Donald Shell got to listen to it over and over again, but still, nothing. He was even acting as though he merely listened to something unfamiliar.“Don’t you recognize the voice?” I asked Donald.“Am I supposed to recognize it?” Donald Shell asked me in return.I was already getting pissed off, but a part of me was also wondering if Vector hadn’t made a mistake. If that was truly Donald’s cousin, there ought to have been something, especially as it wasn’t expected.Yet, nothing.Donald Shell couldn’t be that good of an actor, could he?“That’s your cousin, Detective Kent,” Vector responded impatiently.Apparently, he
MARKFinding where Donald Shell was didn’t cost Vector and I anything. However, I was pained that I had to go and see him in Mr. Silver’s company; the very one he stole from Alexa.I drove in without being stopped or checked, and I noticed that Donald Shell had changed the securities.“He changed the securities but didn’t even have the decency to hire efficient ones,” I said with a scoff.Usually, being that they hadn’t seen me here before, they were supposed to ask questions, or better still, confirm from Donald Shell, their boss, before letting me in. What if I came to harm Donald Shell?“Bunch of fools,” I added painfully.Maybe they didn’t deserve my insults and anger this much, but then again, being here, knowing that Alexa was supposed to be the one running the company just made me really upset.If Alexa had simply listened to her dad and me, this wouldn’t have happened. It was just so unfortunate that she had to lose her inheritance and the only legacy Mr. Silver would have lef
MARK“Are you sure of what you just said, Vector?” I asked Vector.“I have been thinking about it since I heard his voice, and yes, he is the owner of that voice,” Vector said.But still, I doubted him.“Vector, you do know that if you are wrong, it is going to be messier, right?” I asked Vector further. “Being wrong is going to cost me everything,” I added.Vector stared into my eyes with confidence and said, “Mark, I am sure.”There was still doubt in my bones because this was Donald Shell’s brother, and a detective as well. If anything went wrong, I would go in for it. Vector didn’t have much to lose as I did.Also, Donald Shell was my sworn enemy.If this came out to be a false allegation, Donald Shell would have an opportunity to attack me all over again. For now, I did have the upper hand, and I didn’t want to give it to him any time soon. He was a devil.“What if it turns out that you were mistaken?” I asked Vector. “When we were dealing with the case of Oscar, I heard his voic
MARK“Have you recalled who the voice belongs to?” I asked Vector for the umpteenth time.Ever since he said that the voice sounded familiar, I gave him time to try as much as he could to recognize it, but Vector hadn’t been able to. I was even beginning to think that he really didn’t recognize the voice.Or maybe he thought he did.“Not yet, Mark,” Vector told me.“Shit,” I responded in frustration. “We can’t spend all day waiting for you,” I added.Noelle was still with this bastard and I had limited time to prove to Alexa that she could count on me. Just as I thought of Alexa, she called her own cell phone using the house line, and I picked up almost immediately.“Alexa,” I said into the phone.“Mark, have you found her?” Alexa asked immediately.I swallowed hard and looked at Vector, who in turn, was also staring at me.Goodness, I hated that I would have to give Alexa a negative response, but I couldn’t lie about this. She would even get enraged if she found out that since I left
IVY“What?”I was very dumbfounded by the information Jack just gave me. The words were still ringing in my head.“Everyone knows now, Ivy,” Jack repeated deeply.I stared at Jack as though the words were foreign to my ears, and instantly, only one thought came to mind.“Alexa,” I muttered.“What?” Jack asked because he didn’t hear what I said.“It’s Alexa,” I said, a little more loudly.“Who is that?” Jack asked, but almost immediately, it dawned on him who I was talking about. “Your stepsister,” he mused.“I can’t believe that she would do this,” I said, my anger rising.“She knew you were alive?” Jack asked me.“Of course, Jack!” I responded. “I had to go to the house when I escaped from that deranged doctor, but she kept asking me to leave and threatening to expose me. Even after leaving, she still did it?” I asked no one else in particular.I thought Alexa was better, but apparently, I was wrong. She wasn’t any better.How could she do this to me?I left her alone, and she had th
MARKI could barely get the sex out of my head, but more than that, I couldn’t stop thinking about Alexa.“I need her,” I told myself as I arrived back at my office.Before we went to Toronto, I knew that I needed Alexa. In Toronto, I knew that I needed her, and the feeling was the same when we got
ALEXA“That seems really deep,” I said after what Mr. Gerald said.I was itching for more, and I could barely hold myself from falling on my knees and pleading with Mr. Gerald to tell me everything I needed to know, but I still had to be patient. The time was ticking, and I ought to have left Trans
ALEXAHow dared Mark walk out just like that? Wasn’t he the one who always accused me of using emotions when it came to business?“We should go ahead,” I stated with annoyance.Mark was being too full of himself and I was pissed off. This wasn’t his company, and not only his suggestions was welcome
ALEXA“We will keep in touch, Mr. Silver. I am going to have further conversations with Mr. Gregory, and relay all that I need to with you,” Mark had said a few minutes ago before leaving.“I thought we were going to have a private conversation?” My dad had asked him, surprised he was leaving right







