“How are you?” Emma asked Leonard as she scanned through his body to be sure he was fine.Staying here was going to be so tough but she just hoped that he was coping well to everything that was happening around him over here.“I’m done, how are you?” He inquired in a very calm tone that just made her at peace immediately. Leonard had such a very good personality to begin with, she knew he was going through a lot here but he was never going to show it. She just hoped that he was actually okay and not just acting like he was when he wasn’t.“How’s everything? Do you need anything? I should have brought you something but I was in a hurry to meet the visiting time, I’m sorry.”“There’s no need to be sorry for anything, it’s fine and I’m doing very okay here so you don’t have to feel pitiful for me, I can manage very well here on my own, so don’t bother too much.” He said with a soft smile plastered on his countenance.“Why do you have to be so tough? You don’t have to act like this all th

The drive from Emma's house to the suspected building where Ava was, was a long drive. At one point, she had begun to feel like this was going to be a great burden because what would be their fates if they finally arrived there and they found out that it was all a lie and that they were just being deceived.She called Silas who joined in the chase instead of getting Sophie home first. He could drop her by one hospital on the way side so that she'd be taken care of and her bruises could be cleaned. "I'm on my way, eighteen minutes away from Fort mouth, are you sure of the address?" "Yes, I am. My friend told me where it is." Emma lied. She knew that they'd be surprised when they finally arrived and saw that the friend was none but Rufus. She was desperate and had no choice so she had to make sure that there was a solution wherever she could find one.Rufus stared at her, she was lying to them again. " When are you going to open up to them and let them know what's actually happening?

Estelle paced in Silas' room when she heard that Emma was kidnapped by the one and only Rufus. "I knew that man was bad news. Emma and seeing the good in people. Of all people to mix with, she went ahead to choose him?" "That is insane. I can't even stomach what that would mean right now. I can't imagine what she would be going through right now." She muttered aggressively as she wandered through the room.There was no need for Silas to join the conversation if he knew that he was not going to contribute anything tangible. All he should have been after was to make sure that he got her out of that calamity..Emma was too precious to go through that. "I knew something was wrong when she hesitated. I hope you have not told Leonard?" "No, I've not. I don't know what he would do if he heard the news but I guess he still has the right to know." Estelle shrugged and ran her hands down her hair to stop the worry that she felt. "Are you sure that you're not going to restrain from telling hi

Leonard groaned when he heard the news. It was Estelle who broke it to him. She couldn't keep on lying to him whenever she visited. He deserved to know what was happening and that was why she told him "I warned her not to dally with this guy. It was something that I could see coming. Didn't you know the man that was terrorizing the neighborhood when we were younger. That was his father. There was every high chance that he would turn out that way because children are perfect emulators." He turned around in search of Ava. "Where is Ava at? I hope she's not with Sophie?" "No, she's not. I'm just trying to let her lay low. She's at Silas' place. Although, I don't think we are still together anymore." Leonard stroked his few days old beard. His sister was the epitome of a self sabotaging queen. She lived for it. "You are the one at fault this time. That man worships the ground you walk on and doesn't ask me how. I see the way he looks at you but you're always thinking that it's the opp

Emma woke up in a strange room and jumped immediately she saw her arch nemesis sitting on a bench with his leg on a stool. She thought that she had been saved. "H-how did you...?" She stuttered, unable to form words. "You need not to worry, I am happy about your consciousness but I'll wait for a while before I decide what to do with you. Did you think that you could escape me? That's totally impossible. I escaped because they were too weak to know that I was just pulling their legs. I didn't have any gun like I promised but they didn't need to know that though." My heart thumped loudly as I thought of the damage that he must have caused those people. How did someone just determine to be wicked? Was he trying to prove a point or something? "I don't follow. You said that we were going cross country right? Why are we suddenly not doing that anymore?" Rufus shrugged nonchalantly with a small smile playing on his lips. "Well, my darling, we don't always get what we want right? So I thin