THE LOST TRUSTJake drove in utmost silence, thinking seriously.To him, it felt like Ava had something she was not telling him.He wondered why Ava had suddenly accepted his offer on the second visit he made to her when she was in prison.Now that she was out of jail, she was vigorously supporting Ethan and defending him at all costs.Jake had a strange feeling that Ava was with him for a reason.To him, Ava had only accepted his offer on his second visit without any hesitation because she might have had an encounter with Ethan.On his account, Ava might have had a deal with Ethan even before she went to jail.It could be that she had had a conversation with Ethan, and Ethan had decided to accept her back with the condition of delivering him to Ethan.Maybe that was why Ethan had pleaded on her behalf for her to get only forty days in jail as her sentence.Maybe that was the same reason she had agreed to come home with her.Jake feared for his life.If all of his assumptions were true

POOR DECISIONS, BAD RESULTSAva sat on the couch the whole day, occasionally standing to check the surroundings to see if anybody was around she could call for help.After hours and hours of waiting, she finally gave up.She went to get a plate of food left over from the previous day, warmed it and ate it.Around 6 pm, she was dozing off on the couch when she heard the sound of a car engine.She quickly stood up to check and realised that Jake was finally back.Jake unlocked the door from the outside.He stood at the doorway with a straight face, staring at Ava.“Are you ready to tell me the truth?” He asked in the campest voice.“I have no contact with Ethan, please,” Ava said softly, pleading with him.Jake did not say anything; instead, he went inside the room and came out with a small bag belonging to Ava.It was the same bag she had come out of the prison with the previous day.“You are not ready to tell the truth, and I am not going to take chances with you. You can even kill me

THE MYSTERIOUS HELPERAva opened her eyes slowly to the bright light in the room.She thought she was dead, but it turned out she was not.Looking around her, she realised she was in a hospital.There were a few other beds right beside her with people lying on them.Some of them had a few computers beside them.Ava wondered how she got there.She tried to sit up, but her body failed as she was in pain.“Hello,” she said in a clear voice.Some of the people in their beds turned to look at her. A few seconds later, a nurse walked into the ward with a smile on her face.“Hello, miss. You are awake already,” the nurse said with a smile.“Who brought me here?” Ava asked.“A man brought you in last night. You fainted on the road.You fainted from exhaustion and weakness,” the nurse explained.Ava heaved a sigh.“Who is that man? Can I see him, please?” Ava asked as she tried to sit up once again; this time, she succeeded, but not without pains in her body as she did so.“Unfortunately, ma'

KARMA IS BACK Ethan sat in his living room, quietly, with his phone in his hand and his laptop on his lap.He was going through a few documents after a short exercise that day to make sure all of his companies were running smoothly.When he visited his mother yesterday, he learnt they were still hiring people into the company to cover up the unfilled positions.Even with that, the companies that were already in motion and were known on the market.In the middle of the business district of Redwood, The Kidlat Group had their big office that housed three different companies.All three companies were at the same location.Ethan was still running advertisements to advertise the companies, and they had already started making profits.Ethan was happy his plans had succeeded and the companies were now running smoothly.While Ethan worked, he thought about the call he had received this morning from one of his CEOsThis morning, Ethan was called by his manager, informing him of something that

A LIFE OF PROMISEAva woke up around 11 pm.Ruby was still in the living room with her laptop, working on it.She looked at Ava as she stretched lazily and sat up on the couch.“Are you good?” Ruby asked“Never been so good in the past few weeks,” Ava replied with a faint smile.She heaved a sigh.Ruby nodded and smiled back.“That is good,” she said as she focused on her computer.“Thank you so much, Ruby. I am very grateful for your help,” Ava said.“You are welcome. If you are still sleepy, you can use my guest room. We will take tomorrow when you are okay,” Ruby said as she finally looked up.“Oh no. I am good. I have had a lot of rest.” She said with a smile.“Oh great.” Ruby simply replied, Ava nodded and lay back.“So tell me, what's going on?” Ruby finally asked her question again.Ava took a deep breath.“It’s a long story.A friend of mine was involved in money laundering and was caught. It turned out he sent me some of that money he laundered, although I didn't know it was