Silence rippled in the living room with eyes glaring at her. Margaret's breath hitched for a moment as she gasped in pain at hearing about her father's death. Dora embraced her and caressed her shoulders to subdue her emotions.Achilles sat strong in the high chair and snapped his finger for her to continue. Finally, an insider had affirmed what the Cartel did to Brig. Hector and his best friend.Star tightened her fingers on her mother's and didn't let go despite the first punchy statement she had dropped.She nodded at Sharon to continue talking. For a moment Ms. Grace thought her daughter would move away from her.“I'm not proud of my past deeds and don't have an excuse to justify any of my decisions. One thing I didn't do was plot the death of a citizen of our nation. Yes, I was involved in corrupt endeavors for selfish purposes but I had always drawn the line when lives were involved.”She paused for a moment as the tears shimmered down her cheeks. “That's part of the reason the

Lucia and Star froze with their foreheads knitted in shock. They didn't imagine the Prime Minister finding his path in the apartment.The Faithful’s mouths stood agape, and for a moment, they stared at the Warlord, and with the slight beam on his face, they realized he invited the Prime Minister.They were shocked that no words could slip from their lips. The Prime Minister stepped towards the high table and embraced the warlord.“Thank you for honoring this meeting.”“Of course I'd as long as it's the Warlord that had me on speed dial.”Sharon Grace managed to spill with hitched breath, “Wow, amazing. Have you two been in communication? The Cartel had done all they could to feed their curiosity on who really saved the Prime Minister and wanted to find an iota of evidence if both of you were interacting beforehand or afterwards but all came futile.”Eyes redirected towards Sharon. “Thought you were blacklisted from the Cartel? How did you know of their investigation of the Warlord and

Sharon Grace bounced back to words, “Michael didn't stop rubbing it on your face, how you were a mistake and Illegitimate. How your mother was a cheap whore who slept with his father for money and pinned her pregnancy on him…”Margaret screamed her lungs out, her expression stern, “Yes! That's what he did taunt me with but my mother was never a whore and didn't do such to our father!”The tension skyrocketed with everyone drawn to the ongoing intense conversation between the two ladies.Star finger shook at the echoing of Margaret’s voice and remembered vividly how she yelled at Eunice and Felix barely two nights ago.She saw herself in Margaret and noticed similarities. In Margaret's situation, she knew she was illegitimate but never felt accepted due to her half-brother's incessant insults. For her, she thought she was part of the Hayden family and was taught to always place the interest of the family above personal choices, but didn't know it was all a trick to keep her in control.

Achilles' face hardened and turned away from her sight. Margaret gently walked towards him and whispered some calm words to him.After a while, Achilles turned towards Star once again and mouthed, “What do you want to say that we haven't already heard? The Internet is already buzzing with the Haydens on their lips.”Apparently, Margaret had begged on Star's behalf, which was rather strange given the fact that she didn't like his purported ex-wife. What suddenly changed?Star could barely stand as her knees buckled, and Sharon made sure she didn't let go of her, no matter what. They promised to draw strength from each other and it was her time to let the cat out of the bag.Sharon whispered in a soft tone, “Baby, you have to be strong. I've got you, okay.”Star let out a bitter beam and nodded. She had barely known her real mum for over three hours, but the little she had experienced outdid Eunice's any day of the week.Star was about to go back to her knees when Achilles signaled with

It was looking like he wasn't bluffing after all, after exposing the Cartel's involvement in the Haydens’ businesses and the two-point insiders.“The crazy thing is Felix isn't even aware that Eunice is also the Cartel's agent, and neither did he know she also had a share in the illegal transactions he handled with the offshore accounts.”Star's voice crept out, “Why could this be possible? How could they be agents and the cartel didn't inform them?”Michael grunted and let out a labored exhalation, “It was all Eunice’s idea. She didn't want her devious color to be detected if things went south between herself and Felix.”“The craziest part is: it was Eunice who contracted Felix into the Haydens’ household.”Almost everyone in the room narrowed their eyes in growing confusion. Star mouthed without delay, “What the hell are you talking about. You aren't making sense either. What do you mean by contract?”Sharon's voice was immediately heard, “I know what he's talking about.”In the spu