After Lucas finished eating, he soon fell asleep once again. As Sophia watched him, she thought about her plan to discreetly investigate Alexander, especially after that conversation they had, and an idea struck her.Sophia quickly retrieved her phone from her wallet and dialed the number of an old friend from her life with Alexander, Christina Mallory, who had previously worked alongside him.Christina's warm voice filled the line as she picked up, grinning from ear to ear. She was so thrilled to hear from Sophia after all this time. "Christina! How are you doing? It has been a while, hasn’t it? Are you still in town?" Sophia asked, making her voice chirpier than it was to seem more friendly."Sophia, It has indeed. Yes, I am in town!" Christina replied, her joy evident at getting a call from an old friend.Sophia decided to request Christina's address so they could meet up and discuss extensively, “Can I get your address, Christina? I would love to catch up. You know, a little gir

The night had finally come for Sophia to meet up with her estranged husband. She had tried to talk herself out of doing this, but she knew that there was no other way to go about this. That is, if they didn’t want Alexander dead to rights. Sophia stood in front of her mirror and bit her blood-red lip. She moved from side to side in her matching red dinner gown which hugged her curves in all the right places. Her hair sat on her shoulders in loose waves, calling everyone's attention to her bare shoulders where her golden Veronica Sterling necklace sat in all its glory. She sighed and stopped, watching herself underneath the bright lights. She was stunning. She even knew it herself. Under normal circumstances, she would be glad to be dressing up for something, but at the thought of all this being wasted on Alexander, she couldn’t help but frown. She didn’t even want him to see her like that, but it was all for the plan. All to make him feel like he had won just to drag him back down t

The next morning had come around much quicker than any of them had expected. Lucas, especially since he was brimming with anticipation at how Alexander would react when he found out that his life was over and at the hands of the man he had tried to kill several times. Lucas got out of his bed, taken a bath and wore casual clothes before he made his way out of his mansion and towards the station where his fallen enemy was being held until further notice. It didn’t take any time for him to arrive at the police department as there was luckily not much traffic on the way over there. Within twenty minutes of his leaving the mansion, he arrived at the doors of the station, a small smile on his face and a pep in his step. Lucas walked into the building, welcoming the greeting from the officers on the first floor. Most of them heard about what happened the night before and were in awe that Lucas had managed to catch Alexander dead to rights in the span of some weeks when they had been tryin

Julian got up from his seat, his jaw ticking and walked over to the jury, ready to break down Madeline’s words no matter how hard it seemed. “Mr. Graham. I understand that there was a tragic attempt on your life some days ago, and I send you my deepest condolences, but as we are in court, I must ask you some questions. Like, for example, on the day of the attack, did any of the men tell you who sent them to try and kill you?” He asked. “No. Neither of them agreed to speak. They instead chose to kill themselves and me with a bomb.” Lucas explained, not liking the direction that the questioning was going. “But you did ask them if my client was the one who sent them to kill you, right?” “Yes, I did, but what does that have to do with anything?”“Isn’t it entirely possible that they tried to kill themselves to keep the actual mastermind hidden and turn your mind away from the main big bad by leading you down the wrong path. For example, letting you think that my client was involved in

Soon enough, after that revelation, the case came to a halt so that the jury could find out if Alexander was guilty or not. It didn’t take long for them to come back out with a verdict, their eyes seemingly heavy with worry. The court room sat in silence as the realization dawned on them. One big name in the business industry was about to crumble whether someone was found guilty or not and if that happened, blood was going to flow. The judge took his seat before asking everyone to sit down. He then gestured to the head of the jury. A lanky woman with black straight hair who stood up once she was called upon.“Has the jury made a decision?” The judge asked and the woman nodded. “Go on please.” He prompted.“In the case of Graham versus Verga, on the count of conspiracy to commit murder, the defendant Alexander Verga has been found…”Everyone held their breath, wondering what might happen but Lucas was relaxed. In his infinite wisdom he had made it a mission to check and vet the jury.