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Her phone's ringtone snapped her out of her thoughts, the name on the screen, 'Doctor Byrne' made her heart skip. She immediately grabbed it and held it close to her ear in a tight grip. "Please come to the hospital," his voice sounded through the speaker. "Is my Mum okay?How is she?", she wanted so badly to know what was wrong, something was off with his voice. "Miss Richards, I'll tell you everything once you're here" 'Everything?' Dropping her phone on their only chair, she slipped on a gown, grabbed her phone, and ran out of their house. 'Life and Hope' hospital didn't seem so far anymore. she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. The doctor was not in his office, she ran to her mother's ward to check on her, Doctor Byrne was there; he had been waiting for her. "How is she?" she was in no mood to exchange greetings. The doctor signalled for them to go to his office to avoid being listened to by Mrs Richards, and Sophie was grateful to him for that, whatever it was, she wa

Ryan glanced at Sophie and back at Jerome. "Mum" Jerome seemed to understand Ryan's gestures, "Please ask Seth to keep Sophie company" Seth's emergence surprised everyone "Please come with me ma'am" he beckoned and Sophie followed him. "Abducted!" Mrs Ken screamed after hearing Ryan's report. "How's that possible? I personally asked Seth to check on her immediately Sophie got home...I got a report that she was discharged from the hospital because she was unable to commence treatment". "When did this happen?" Jerome's calm expression baffled Ryan.'He probably doesn't care about Sophie after all' Ryan thought to himself."Boss, i gathered all the camera footage from around the Richards' residence and there was no sign of any visitor..last person sighted was Miss Richards--just before she came here.""I need more - go to all

'Be careful'? She tried to make sense of the message she'd been sent."You might get a headache if you keep your brows furrowed like that for another hour"Mrs Robinson was pouring her another glass of milk"(sighs)Mrs Robinson, (whispering) you must trust the Kens very much""I've had no cause not to. (Hesitates) why do you ask Miss?""Oh, nothing, just trying to trust them myself""If there's an issue, you know you can always go to Sir Ken right""(scoffs) yeah sure""Are you ready?"Sophie stood up with a frightJerome's tall frame stood gracefully at the top of the staircase--already in a black suit; the jacket did little to disguise the broadness of his shoulder and firm chest,Sophie was done eating in less than an hour and so they both headed to her mother's hospital. None of the drivers went with them except Ryan, Jerome's bodyguard.“Thank you sir, mere words can't express how grateful I am to you” She said staring at Jerome. He looked at her, she was not pressed against the

Sophie’s hands trembled as she stared at the message on her phone. Her throat went dry.No.No. That didn’t make sense.She put down her phone and glanced toward the entrance. Jerome hadn’t returned yet.Her mind raced.‘Who knew?’She didn’t have any friends.She hadn’t even told anyone about her meeting with the Kens. ‘Not even Mum. Nobody knew about it at the time. Except…(gasps)’‘…Jerome’Her heart skipped violently at the thought.‘No…’ she whispered, shaking her head. ‘It can’t be…’But the doubt had already planted itself deep within her chest—and it made her heart ache…burn.‘All this time?’She let out a raspy laughter.She should’ve known. She should’ve known that she was a nobody.Jerome made her feel special and she fell foolishly—why would he want to have anything to do with her?.She sank back into the chair, her chest rising unevenly.Maybe she was just overthinking things.Maybe this was all a coincidence.But deep down, she knew better.Jerome had been too kind…to