Chapter 53: LoraHe suddenly felt a sharp pain on his shoulder followed by a cold drip of liquid down to his arm. But he never took his eyes on him, he barely blink while glaring at the skinny man. “Ernan! Stand back!” The fat man shouted at him and he bow down.“I apologize, Sir. His disrespect was unacceptable.”“Whatever, look at the young man. Have you seen how brave he was? He didn’t even flinch.” His amused eyes lingered around him. “How old are you?”He didn’t answer him so he stood straight and nodded. “How old is he?” He asked the skinny one.“He is seventeen years old, the only son of the Hernandez-” someone came in and signaled the skinny guy called Ernan, “Robert has words for you.” And the masked guy who came in walked to him. He saw him whisper something and the boss look at Nick. “Chain him well, and put him down.” He said before he walked out. They checked his chain and added one. They put down Ben and chain him on a chair. After checking it all he went out an
Chapter 54: Her DeathFera’s POVHer left hand flew to her mouth, she seemed like forgot how to breathe and just looking down. She knew it was Fred’s voice.“Your lying…” she almost whispered.“She was found dead in her car near the hospital,” his voice never sound joking. She knew that he would never pull a prank like that, especially in her situation.“You allow this to happen? Fred, is trusting a wrong decision?” She couldn’t believe it, her tears were shamelessly running down. “Fred, why do things failing on your watch lately?”“Is trusting me a wrong decision? You can never trust a Fuentes, Fair and they never trust anyone either. Why are things failing lately? Maybe because these things aren’t meant to be watched by me.” And the line cut off. She returned the phone to the police and let her tears fall. She didn’t bother wiping it. ‘This is what they want, to see me cry, to see me crawl and helpless.’‘This is all my fault if she didn’t visit me. They wouldn’t trap her alon
Chapter 55: Hunger StrikeFera’s PovDays had passed and she never heard anything from Nick, Lora, and even Fred. No one ever showed up to visit her, she wasn’t expecting them to be but she was still hurt that no one showed up even though she knew she will make them leave. Ironic, yes.Lately, she secretly throws her food and eats nothing, she would take a bite but didn’t eat enough for her stomach. She didn’t feel like eating anything like she was full but not. Looking at the inmate with her, they act like they were just in their houses. Doing chores and doing things to entertain them, there would be a little argument sometimes but mild. She stared at the window on her side, ‘It doesn’t feel new, I used to live like this. As if this scared me.’ It’s not that she didn’t get what was happening. She knew that someone was trying to make her suffer. But suffering wasn’t new to her, it was not that she couldn’t fight back, she was tired of fighting back anymore when she had nothing
Chapter 56: Her Personal Butler“Miss Fuentes,” he bow his head down and Fera signaled her to sit down. “Good to see you, Miss Fuentes. I apologize I took long to show up.” He sat next to her on a bench watching the other inmate playing basketball. It wasn’t safe to talk in that place but they had no other choice. “How’s everything, Baldo?” During her stay in that jail, she managed to calm her system up. She had made up her mind and was ready to face her problem. “Everything is honestly not fine after the news about you being in jail blew up. Your father’s enemy has been meddling in the transactions local and international. They are trying to ruin you completely, they saw this as a vulnerable situation for you and the best time to move. Fred had been trying to patch up things out of the country. Lora’s sudden…” he took a long breath and glanced at Fera before going on. “ Lora is a huge loss so is Felicidad.” She nodded, she was crossing her arm and trying to think straight. “
Chapter 57: Grandad’s Warning Nick’s POV“Who’s nana Felly?” He asked and they went silent. “The woman you took care of her,” Lora answered and he remembered the old woman she was in her baby picture.“They killed her, that means there is a possibility that it was them who killed her father too.” Ben fell into his thoughts but Lora wasn’t thinking the same. “I honestly don’t know. Miss Fairly wasn’t telling me something. If she would just tell me what she saw happened that night. How did she find her father’s body or why did she escape from their house that night? She would walk just like that and live with his father without reason.” Lora had been wondering since then. “Maybe she did really kill him.” Horrified Nick instantly turned his head to his cousin so as Lora.“That’s insane!” Lora angrily spat before Nick could.“I may don’t look professional but I know how to take my job seriously, I am just entertaining what is obvious for now with no bias. I understand, she look
Chapter 58: SuspectsLoraly POV “Get her out of that jail.” Those specific words came from Baldo and stuck in her head. Their conversation didn’t last for long but what mattered was Fera asked for her help. Who would set her up? “I won’t fail you, Miss.” She put her glasses on and turned her gaze to the papers on her table. The first suspect, Nick Kingston Hernandez, is the closest person to Fera. She might didn’t claim that she trust him at some point he was her weakest spot. He was the only heir of Hernandez who once dare to climb to Fuentes. He has full access to her apartment, that was the reason why he had flawlessly gathered those evidence. But those were stolen from him. Down her second suspect, he may appear innocent in this situation but he was a stalker and an admirer of Mr. Fuentes. He might be far from Hernandez since he didn’t acknowledge his father’s surname and use his mother’s, but he could still work with Hernandez. He might want to eliminate Fera to take h
Chapter 60: Split Work Ben POV Ben was looking straight at his monitor trying to decode the puzzle but he kept zoning out to her face, he closed his and shook it a bit. Lora had been breaking his focus since she got there. He knew that no matter how she mask her real attitude towards things he could feel it. Her cautious but acting impulsive response was suspicious. He could see it, she was trying to act impulsive and stubborn but he knew it wasn’t the real her. He saw her before, how professional she was and good at almost everything. ‘She doesn’t trust me,’ he mentally noted that fact. It was surprising to see her especially her decision to stay in a house of a man. No woman will suddenly decide to do that without a major reason. ‘What are you up to?’ He cleared his thought and looked from a different angle at Fera’s situation. He learn that a complainant appeared against Fera. He was most sure that the one who killed her father and the one who was toying with them now wer
Chapter 61: Lied“I…I was just wondering.” She added when Ben didn’t answer for a few seconds. He saw her regretful face when he started smiling. “He’s fine, just a gunshot on his shoulder. We were abducted for two days so don’t worry if he can’t visit you for a while. His grandparents probably ground him but he’ll find a way to you soon.” He said and guilt drew on her face, she has always been transparent when it comes to Nick. “Okay.” Her words may lie but her face and eyes couldn’t. He nodded and turned to leave. He didn’t know if it was effective to show her that they have done almost everything just to fix the mess and she wasn’t cooperating. A part of him was disappointed and a part of him was curious. Why would she lie and keep it if it wasn’t a major thing?He drove all the way home and looked for Lora, he found her in his kitchen eating alone while thinking about something. “I need your help,” said he. She snapped from her thoughts and look at her. “It depends.” S