Semua Bab OBSESSED WITH MY EX-WIFE : Bab 41 - Bab 50

DAVID'S POVI closed my office door and sat across from Marcus. The morning light was thin through the blinds. I had not slept. I had been thinking about the empty apartment, the pregnancy, the folder of photos."Where are we with the investigation?" I asked, leaning forward.Marcus opened his notebook. "The doctor from the pregnancy clinic is still missing. The clinic itself is real, but the records feel off. I have someone looking into the board members.""And Dara? The woman from the school sign-in sheet?""Dead end. The name checks out, but the woman doesn't exist. Fake ID." He paused. "Whoever is behind this knows how to cover their tracks."I looked at him. "You think it's Nina?"He did not answer immediately. "I think we should be careful about pointing fingers without proof.""You sound like her lawyer." I smirked.He looked up at me, his face changed, like I said something I shouldn't have. "I sound like someone who doesn't want you to make things worse.""Chill, man. That wa

LYDIA'S POVEthan's face froze. His phone was still in his hand. The glass was still shattered on the floor of the bar."Mum?" he said again. "Mum, where are you?"The line was crackling. Her voice kept breaking in and out."I don't know, baby. They put something over my head. I can't see anything, please help me."Ethan stood up. His hands were shaking."Who took you? Did you see their faces?""No. They grabbed me from the parking lot, outside the grocery store. They threw me in a van."The line went dead, before she could tell everything.He stared at the phone. Then he looked at me."They took her, Lydia. Nina took my mother.""What?" My mouth opened, that was the only thing that came out of it.He was already moving toward the door. I grabbed his arm."Ethan, wait—""I can't wait. She's out there somewhere, she needs me, I have to save her Lydia.""Ok, fine, where are you going? ""To find her.""You don't know where she is.""I don't care. I'm not sitting here doing nothing. I wo

LYDIA'S POVMorning came so early. I woke up pretty late, courtesy of last night's hangout. The apartment was empty. Noah was at school. Sandra had left a message about his wellbeing. I was still in my clothes from last night. My hair was still tangled from the wind. I looked at my phone. No messages from Ethan. No messages from David. I was relieved and terrified at the same time.Maya noticed the moment I walked in. "You look terrible.""Good morning to you too." I dragged my steps all the way down to my office.She followed me into my office, closed the door, and sat down. "Talk to me.""Nothing to talk about.""Your face says otherwise." She leaned in.I told her about last night. Ethan at my door, the fried chicken, the pastries. The way he looked at me like I was something he was about to lose. Maya listened. She did not interrupt.When I finished, she said, "Why is he trying too hard, though?""I know, right?""The question is why."I did not have an answer.Work went steady. I

DAVID'S POV"I'm here now, why do I feel nervous?" I whispered.The address sat in my phone like a live wire. I had stared at it for ten minutes before I started the car. Now I was parked across the street from a small brick building with a fire escape on the side, apartment 4B. Lydia's apartment.I sat there with my hands on the wheel and watched the windows, no light, no shadow. I should go in, I should knock, but I did not move.Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes. My phone buzzed. It was Nina, I ignored it. It buzzed again, Marcus. I ignored it. I kept my eyes on the building.My mind kept playing a fast one on me. I thought about Ethan's arms around Lydia, I thought about them in the bathroom. I gripped my steering wheel, heat ran through my head, I couldn't make the image in my head stop.Then a light came on in 4B. A figure passed by the window. It was Lydia. I would know her silhouette anywhere. My hand went to the door handle of my car. I stopped myself."This is not the right

LYDIA'S POVEthan froze. His back was still turned to me."Have you been speaking with Nina?" I raised my voice to be sure he heard clearly.He did not move, still did not turn around. The silence stretched between us like a wire pulled tight."Ethan."He turned slowly, his hands in his pockets this time. He opened his mouth and closed it again."Ethan." I stepped closer. "Answer me.""I…" He swallowed, looked away. "No. I have not spoken to her. Why would you ask me that?"His voice was too high. One could tell he was lying.I did not say anything. I just looked at him.He shifted his weight, looked at the flowers in my hand, looked at the door. His eyes kept moving, but not at me."I should go," he said. "You have work."He walked past me and didn't look back. The door clicked shut behind him.I stood in the hallway with the yellow roses in my hand and the taste of his kiss still on my lips. He was lying. I knew it.Why would he lie? What could he be hiding so bad? Was he under Nina