All Chapters of Step Aside, dear ex: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

MAYA'S POVHe wasn't willing to speak.I had no idea how Charles made him feel but it definitely wasn't good. It couldn't just be about the money he was offered.There was fright on his face…..like one that had been threatened.“Is there anything you are not telling me, Reynolds? If there is, you should speak now, before we inform the others about this.”“You know Luke and Quentin are all over me already to give them an update on my recent findings…”“You can simply tell them you have nothing. Would you be beheaded for that? After all, it wasn't our mess to start with!" He said in a loud tone.“Reynolds, are you going to take me to this person alone or should I involve the others? You and I know Thora won't be happy if she heard about this..”He went mute for a while.“He has ties everywhere. He can't be easily taken down. I don't think you understand. Whatever he did, he had every board signatory to it without them realizing it to the fullest…”“So what are you insinuating?”“You kno

THORA'S POVThe courtroom.The tension was hung in the air like a cloud of heavy smoke building up.I sat in the second row with my bare hands folded up in my laps like I was preventing them from shaking in reaction to the tension.No fidgeting. No sigh. Just a blank look on my face at the court began its procession. I didn't even move. It was as though any sudden movement from me would attract the attention of the entire court and I didn't want that in any way.My thighs clapped intermittently and I was always looking over her shoulders each time the court door creaks open. My lemon-colored blazer titled to one side of my body. A perfect signal for my discomfort not in the attire but the situation itself. The blazer was one of the few gifts I had gotten from Quentin in the past. Those were times in our marriages with roses on it.“Why am I even putting on this?” The voice in my head blurted.I hissed and looked at Quentin who was seated in the first row just in front of me. My eyes

THORA'S POVA heavy sigh.One of deep relief.At the very hour, this is all I could pray for. I wasn't a major item in this case and it now seems the brothers are already on the same side.“Very soon, this case would be closed and I would have nothing to worry about,” I voiced out.I thought of Avis. She needs her mother. If this goes on, it just might affect her in ways I didn't think possible.I crossed my legs as I sat at the dining table. My eyes skimmed through those documents again and I shook my head….This was one hell of a ride.“I wonder what sort of man does that to his own brother's sons…that's pretty inhumane if you'd ask me,” I thought out loud as I kept swiping through the papers.Maya has really done a great job getting all of this together.A knock hit the door that very instant….”Speak of the devil,” I said as I stood up to get the door.She had earlier texted me from the courtroom that she was coming to my place.“Maya….” I greeted but another figure caught my sight.

THORA'S POVI reminisced.It was just one of those days with Quentin.Sometimes I wished I acted earlier than when I did. I had always suspected it. It was written all over him that someone else was in the picture but I was just too weak to confront it.The cologne was different. The expression on his face was vague like he was trying to hide something.It didn't just feel right.“Where have you been, Quentin? I made dinner and you told me you would be here sooner than now…”“Did something happen on your way back?” I added.An innocent inquiry. Soft and gentle.He stared at me like I had said something utterly wrong and I was about to suffer for it.“I don't have time for all these questions, Thora. I need to rest my head….” He answered in a rude manner.“I don't understand. I'm only asking to know what really happened. I cooked for you, Quentin and you are just going to abandon my food like that?” I responded bluntly..“You know what? Just keep talking to yourself “ he shouted.I kne

THORA'S POVMy breath.Almost seizing and everything around seems to blur over the second.I managed to sit in the waiting office as my mind wallowed through every buried thought in my head.This has to be the pregnancy playing those hormone games on me.I exhaled. Not once. Not twice but repeatedly.Heavily and like I was about to pass out….My heads were raised up high as I stared at the board ceiling in the office and there I reminisced..Quentin..Sometimes I wished whatever happened between us never actually did. Maybe it was fate or perhaps my life is just engineered to suffer such.I could remember it like it was just yesterday.“I heard you on the phone,” I lashed out as I entered inot the room. His legs were crossed and his phone was in his hands.This was just another time of his many disgusting adventures.“What are you talking about?” He answered like he was innocent.“Who were you on the call with before I came right in?” I asked.“What sort of question are you asking me?