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Chapter 91

“How is he?” Irene rushes towards Electra as she steps out. She withdraws, her subconscious hit with a reminder of her hypocrisy.“He's fine.” Electra responds, oblivious to Irene's inner turmoil. “Just drowning in the ocean of despair. He sees no hope for the situation.”“Meaning? He doesn't think he has a chance?” Irene's tone is draped in wonder.“Something like that. If fate wills. That's how he put it.” Exhaustion fills her voice. “We should go. We'll do what we can to help from the outside.”Irene stands stunned. Nikas is resigning himself to fate. It'll make her job easy. No one would blame her for doing nothing. But it saddens her to know Nikas is giving up. She sighs and walks out.Electra has already reached the car. She stands by the door, waiting for Irene to come open the doors.Irene appears. She walks around the car to the drive side. “So what are we going to do since he's not cooperating?”“I think -”“Electra!” Someone calls from behind. Electra's response to Irene's

Chapter 92

Anders is driving in a frenzy. He just wants to get home to sleep through his depraved thoughts and clear his mind. He takes the last turn leading to his home when the dashboard screen flickers on. Phone connected to Bluetooth, the screen displays the caller; Orion. He ignores the call, but answers when Orion rings him for the third time. “Hey.” He answers, not bothering to hide the exhaustion in his voice. Orion doesn't catch it anyway. “Hey man! What's up?” “Why are you calling without letting up?” Anders skips the pleasantries. “There's a situation regarding the case-” The case. Anders has had enough of the case. He loves his job, but since getting involved with this case, for the first time ever, he reconsiders his career choice. “-you need to be here. Please.” Anders' mind only picks up on the last of Orion's words. He sighs. Scrap going home and being alone. “Where are you?” “At the state prison. That's where-” “I'll meet you there in twenty.” Anders cuts him and en

Chapter 93

Nikas’s gaze shifts and he locks eyes with Hector. A triumphant smirk adorns Hector’s lips as Nikas is pushed.“Keep moving.” The warden pushes Nikas forward. Propelled by the force, Nikas moves. They are shifting him to another facility. It’s routine. Once deemed as violent, they move the prisoner to a different, harsher facility.Nikas didn't mean to attack Rufus. The idiot said something about his sister. He implied Electra is a… Nikas can’t bring himself to think about the word. Then he threatened her. He threatened to harm Electra. Nikas couldn’t let that go. He'll break his jaw before he gets a chance to touch Electra.It was too late by the time he realised that it was a set up. They were ragebaiting him and he fell into their trap. Seeing Hector now, it all makes sense. Rufus is one of Hector’s many minions. He should have known better.The warden's stick digs painfully into his back. Nikas winces.“No stopping!” The stick presses harder into his back.Nikas moves again, eyes

Chapter 94

“You sure you don’t want to go to a hospital?” Electra asks Irene for the umpteenth time. Irene has been too quiet since the day they returned. Electra can’t help but worry that there’s something wrong.Irene shakes her head. She's sitting on the couch absent-mindedly watching one of those court paternity reality shows. Her eyes are fixed on the screen, but her mind is far off. So far off that she doesn’t even know what she's shaking her head in response to.She has to be somewhere, but Electra’s presence is a hindrance. She just can’t leave without Electra asking questions about where she's going, especially given her behaviour since meeting with her father. At least Electra does not link her recent distraction to that day. All she suspects is that her injured hand may have been infected or she’s developing a fever.“Are you sure you’ll be fine by yourself?”Irene shifts her attention from the screen. Her gaze trails the length of Electra. Hair pulled into a high ponytail, clad in a

Chapter 95

Irene stands rooted by the door. Memories rush through her in waves, the tides strong, harsh and unwelcomed. She shuts her eyes fighting against the images flashing through her mind. It’s the past. Her past. But why does it feel like it’s only yesterday?“Will you just stand by the door?” the voice asks, accompanied by soft footsteps padding on the rug underneath her feet.She opens her eyes and he’s standing in front of her. Kleon.So close, Irene takes him in for the first time after so long. She had been too dazed to even meet his eyes the other day, but today she has no choice. He’s older than she remembers. Gray hairs blend effortlessly with the dark in his beards, even overshadowing them. The lines on his face are deeper, more wrinkled showing just how much time has passed. His lips curve into that ghostly smile she recognises. It’s hard to see Kleon smile, and even when he does, you can never tell the difference between his smile and a smirk. But he’s smiling now. She knows

Chapter 96

The uber drops Electa off at Murphy’s house. As she steps down from the cab, she takes her phone to double check that she’s at the right address. Certain she’s at the right place, she marches forward down the pavement lined with aesthetic shrubs and flowers on both sides. Even though she had never met the woman before today, Elecra forms an image of Murphy's wife nurturing them.She rings the bell and to her surprise, Murphy gets the door himself. A wide smile splay across his slips as soon as the door opens to reveal Electra. “Electra,” he beams. “C’mon in. I’m so glad you could make it.” He ushers her inside.Electra looks around the empty living room. “No one got here yet?” She asks.Murphy chuckles."Everyone is at the back. “Come.”“I brought this.” Electra extends a small box to Murphy. “It’s banana Pie.” She explains as Murphy’s gaze darts to the box in her hand.She made a stop on her way to buy the pie as she didn’t want to arrive empty handed.Murphy's smile widens. “You di

Chapter 97

Murphy and Mia are laughing at her comment, but beneath it all, Electra can feel the seriousness that belie her words. If Mia could, she wouldn’t leave Murphy for any reason. And if Murphy could, he’d die in her place. She didn’t need to be told that they loved each other, she sees it, she feels it.Electra wants to laugh with them, but she only manages a small smile. She wonders how they can still find joy through all of this.Mia catches Electra’s smile and the sadness she hides behind it. She lifts one frail hand to touch Electra’s chin. “Don’t take life so seriously, my dear. You won’t enjoy it.”Mia's words are deep, heavy with meaning. If only Electra can. She does nothing but smile. She turns to look back at the crowd as the old woman withdraws her hand, before turning to Mia again. “Happy anniversary, Mia. The set up is chic,” Electra compliments, trying to opt for a much lighter conversation.“You mean my send off party? I told him I didn’t want any of this.” She looks up a

Chapter 98

Murphy makes occasional stops to greet a few people. He seems so engrossed laughing and making small talks with his guests. And Electra didn’t know that he is noticing her glancing back towards the tent, where his wife is laughing-more like wincing-at something Anders said. He also notices her distraction and disinterest in his small talks.“Jerry.” Murphy calls to a group of three men as they approach them. They all turn, but the tallest amongst them takes one step forward toward Murphy as he shakes Murphy’s extended hand. The grip is firm, yet friendly.Electra supposes that’s Jerry. A middle aged man with a hard expression. His thick mustache and balding head projects him as stern, hot tempered or maybe violent and she feels fear stir inside at the thought of working with the guy. But when he speaks…“If it isn’t the celebrant. Happy anniversary, my friend.” His voice is surprisingly gentle–gentler than the man himself. “Thirty-eight years is no easy feat.” He doesn’t let go of Mur

Chapter 99

Why did she come? How many minutes has gone by without her uttering a word? Why did she let Murphy convince her into doing this?Electra mentally palms her face. Was it really Murphy? Or was Murphy just the tiny voice of validation she needed to do what she really wanted to do?She knows the answer to her questions, but she's too scared to admit them. Too afraid to face them.He's been staring at her too, saying nothing and making no effort to start the conversation. Is he waiting for her to speak? She came to him, didn't she? It's natural for her to speak first, isn't it? But what should she say?“Hi,” she says, rocking back and forth on her toes and heels.Warmth spreads through Anders at the sound of her voice. Gentle, warm and sweet, lacking the coldness and hatred he's been exposed to in the last few days. Before the scale fell from his eyes. Before she deceived him.She called him a betrayer, implying that he was a liar. So why is she here? Why did she come to him now? His jaw

Chapter 100

“Sorry.” Electa mumbles under her breath. Her apology is met with no response and whoever it is doesn’t move.Electra feels her heart jump into her throat. The figure before her is imposing, causing the hairs on her skin to stand. She can’t put a face to the person standing in front of her because of the darkness, but the silhouette of him is just so scary that Electra thinks it’s a good thing she can’t see his face.She swallows, heart pounding fast in her chest. Why isn’t he moving? They are surrounded by semi-darkness and there seems to be no one around. A quick survey around the neighbourhood and Electra can already deduce that anyone would hardly come out of their houses even if she screamed. One foot forward in an attempt to sidestep the man in front of her, she heard someone speak behind her.“You’re not from this part.” It wasn’t a question, and even if it were, Electra doubts she'll have her voice to answer. She boxed in-between two men along a very lonely, sparsely lit str

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