Semua Bab REGRET UNTIL SHE SAYS GOODBYE : Bab 41 - Bab 50

SARA’S POVI slid the USB into my bag and walked to Alaric's office. Inside it contained the proof I'd eagerly waited for, capable of sending Jules away for good. I was done playing his games, looking out for myself against his schemes. I knew he was going to leak my work, but my suspicions weren’t enough. I needed proof, solid and undeniable, so he won’t be able to walk his way out of it. I knew he would go to any extent to bring me down so I baited him. I intentionally left an unfinished version of my design on my desktop. It wasn’t the final work; it was only a decoy, just enough to tempt him. Then I proceeded to install a tiny, almost invisible camera near my monitor. Anyone who touched my computer while I was away would be recorded, their every move saved to my USB.And just as I predicted, Jules took the bait. My USB held the video evidence of him and his accomplice, the very employee responsible for managing the security cameras while they exported my designs. I was infuria

SARA'S POVJust like Mrs Rodriguez said, Danielle was awake.Her eyes were unfocused and it felt like she was still trying to register where she was and had gotten a fright when she woke up in an unfamiliar room."Mommy, where am I?" Her voice was weak and she didn't seem to realize that she was reaching her hands out to me.I stood by the door, rethinking my choices but threw all caution to the wind in the end and stepped closer with measured movements until I reached the side of her bed.She wouldn't know that just now, I had been on the edge of eruption because I was mad at Derek and Alyssa for letting her get hurt.That fact wasn't for her to know but for the adult who had facilitated the turn of events today."I'm here," I said softly, grabbing the hand she was reaching at me, letting the rest of my words of anxious relief roll into the back of my throat until they dissolved.I held her hand gingerly for a couple of minutes before tightening my grip around it when she groaned weak

SARA'S POVI had just settled my hands on the banister when I saw Derek returning from the same direction I was headed in.My steps froze involuntarily and I watched as Derek approached me. He stopped two steps away from the one I was standing on and stared openly at me.His sleeves were rolled up to just above his elbow and his top two buttons were undone, revealing a glimpse of his muscled chest.I didn't let my gaze linger on any part of his body, not even his face that was clearly visible beneath the fluorescent lights overhead the staircase and turned around to leave.Just as I turned my back, his hand shot out and he grabbed my wrist.We both froze. I knew I had stiffened out of shock but I couldn't tell if it was the same for him. For a second, neither of us moved or blinked."Still mad?" He broke the silence first.I blinked, still stunned, the contact startling me more than his words ever could. A strange rush of electricity coursed through me and my heart gave a strange lurch

SARA'S POV Though I had asked multiple times if Danielle's leg wasn't hurting, she refused to leave my side.Worried that she wouldn't be able to bear with it for so long, I set out a small chair next to the kitchen island for her and had her sit on it.Her gaze after me, watching every of my movement, like she was afraid I was a ghost who would soon vanish to the afterworld.I tried to ignore her stare so I could focus on the fruit platter I was working on but her eyes boring into my back wasn't so easily ignored, not when it reminded me of years back, way before Alyssa filled up her little world.She used to trudge after me back then, following me around the house while yelling in her little childish voice, "Mommy!"If she couldn't find me, she would tug on Mrs Rodriguez's hand frantically, still yelling, until she located me.It felt like a lifetime ago since she used to do that.Now, seeing her here, seated as if watching me cut up fruits into different shapes was the most interes

SARA'S POVI couldn't go home tonight.That fact sank in as the clock ticked away. I was stuck here whether I liked it or not.Grandma and Grandpa were staying and that meant that Danielle would cling to them until it was time for bed. I already distinctly heard her telling Grandma to share her room with her tonight, her little voice filled with excitement at the prospect.But, little did she know that she had left me stranded by that simple action of hers.After Grandpa made it known that they would be staying the night, and I got over my shock at hearing that, I had given it a quick thought and came to the conclusion that I would sleep in Danielle's room since I couldn't return to my apartment without rousing their suspicion.What I didn't bet upon was Danielle asking grandma to do that instead. Now, I had no clue what to do.I couldn't sleep in the guest room either or they would start asking questions which I already was trying to avoid by choosing not to return to my apartment whi