Xander was by the balcony when he heard footsteps approaching. He turned to see that it was his mother Martha. “How are you doing son?” She asked in a soft tone.His body tensed up and he couldn't bear to look her in the eyes. “How do you think I'm doing? After finding out everything that I just did, I'm not okay.”“I know that growing up your father never really allowed us to bond, but I hope you know that I love you, I always have.”At that moment it was like a heart broke into a million pieces. He stepped forward and enveloped her in a hug.”They had never shared this kind of vulnerability before. The moment was perfect and they remained like that for a long time.“All those years of enduring torture with him, you should have just left.”“Yes I should have, and you know, I considered it at some point, but the only thing that kept me was you. I knew that if I ever left you Raymond would make sure that I never saw you again.”Now he was beginning to understand his mother more; she e

Ashley had kept the camera at a high vantage point in the room, and when she started to undress Matthew and Charles had to look away. To some extent Matthew felt sorry for her, the fact that she had to do things like this just to make money and keep face was sad. But then it was her choice to make, Ashley had always been overly ambitious but not even half as hardworking. She wanted things to be handed to her easily and wouldn't mind doing anything just to get quick money. As usual Richard had used her to relieve his sexual frustrations, and they went on for several minutes. Finally Richard was knocked out after he had climax and he was lying down on the bed with Ashley against his chest.She didn't move an inch and she simply waited for him to sleep off. “Ashley what's up? Is Richard still awake?” Charles asked as he tapped his earpiece so his sound could get transmitted. The tiny sound receiver in her ear screeched to life. “Yes.” She quietly inched away from him, careful not t

Amelia was in the hospital, lying on her bed as she took a nap. Today she was to be discharged. The door clicked open softly and a masked nurse walked in. The noise made her get up, although very slowly because she was warned not to stress her neck. “Oh no ma'am you can rest, I only came to check your vitals so I can have the doctor sign your discharge paper.”“Thank you,” she replied. The nurse used his stethoscope to monitor her heart rate and then he scribbled down on his notepad. After he was done he backed away, “I'll be back soon, let me check the other words.”Amelia watched as the nurse left her room. She reached for her phone which was on the table to scroll through. Her eyes were still glued to the phone when a figure moved past her window and then the door knob twisted. A sense of dread filled her stomach instinctively, and she moved her eyes to the side because her neck was immobile. Another figure walked in, a strange man wearing a hoodie and nose mask. It wasn't ju

The bang was loud enough to be heard by everyone in the hospital, and Amelia had even shut her eyes, bracing herself for the worst, but instead, she wasn't met with anything. Raymond had fired the small cabinet beside her instead. When she opened her eyes, she found out that she was still alive and unharmed. “All I ever wanted was for you and father to love me the same way you loved Gerald, and even in his death, I knew you people couldn't love me like that, he was still the preferred child in death!”At this point, Amelia wasn't interested in saying anything, she just stared at him soulessly. Every ounce of emotions and feelings she had for him had now turned into hatred. “I even thought that when I had Xander, you would all forget about that bastard son of Gerald’s that went missing—”“He was stolen from us,” she interjected.“What?” He said out loud, slightly confused. “He was stolen, kidnapped…. He didn't go missing, and I'm starting to believe you had a hand in that too.”A c

As soon as the SUV crashed into the walls of the tunnels, a few other cars around it hard to swerve away to avoid an accident. “Are you crazy?!” Hernandez yelled, surprised at the way that Lucia threw caution into the wind. “Did it work or not?” She defended herself as she gestured forward at the car that had come to a halt. Hernandez brought the car to a stop near the SUV and then hopped out of the car and stood behind the opened driver's seat door with his gun pointed outwards. “Don't make this any harder than it's supposed to be, step out of the car and put your arms in the air.”Nobody responded to him as they remained in the car. Ashley was trembling as they pressed the gun to her sides. “Move in h and I'll kill you,” the man threatened. “What are we going to do boss?” The driver asked, “they hit the back tire.”“Just drive without it, the longer we stay here the quicker it is for police cars to catch up, move us to the shopping mall, there's a spare car we can change into