Maria rummaged through the files she had stacked up for the last decade, but she still couldn’t find the file she had kept. She was baffled by its disappearance as she scattered her whole closet searching endlessly for it. It mattered so much that she started to tear up. Not for the fact that she knew the file was missing, but because her dementia was starting to worsen. The doorbell rang, and she hastily packed up all the papers she had scattered. For the past few years, she barely got visitors, except her daughter Amber and perhaps Bernard Harris, who had stopped visiting totally. Most of her friends had stopped showing up in her space, leaving her to her selfish ways. After ensuring she had kept it all together, she rushed to the doorway and opened the door. As expected, Amber stood there. She looked tired and confused. Maria didn’t bother to question her. She drew her into the living room and made her sit on the chair. She made for her refrigerator and brought out cold water f

“Miss Reed, your résumé says you worked at Peak Hills up until recently,” the bald man questioned.“That is correct,” Amber responded enthusiastically.The man gave her a piercing stare through his huge glass lens. He kept shaking his head as he read through her résumé and, at last, he looked up and focused his attention on her again.“Well, quite impressive…”“Thank you, sir. I promise…” Amber started with a huge smile on her face, which faltered as soon as the man continued talking.“But, I heard the new management of Peak Hills made some reformations recently and some people were laid off which—”“With all due respect, I wasn’t laid off. I resigned on my own. There is a huge difference there if you will agree with me,” Amber said sharply.She almost forgot she was in an interview session. The old man was starting to sound irritable, but she was willing to endure. After all, she hadn’t had any interviews in ages before this one.“My apologies if I upset you with my questions, Miss R

Another dead end. Amber thought miserably as she walked out of another law firm.Contrary to what she had thought, she wasn’t much of a hotcake in her field. She quickly walked towards her car while her feet hurt greatly from standing in heels for quite a while. She dropped her resume, which she had stacked up, on the passenger seat.Amber held her hand to her mouth and let out a frustrated sigh. Her eyes dropped down to her slightly protruded stomach, which was starting to get more difficult to hide. Her mother, Maria, had been fuming all week about having an abortion before it became impossible, but Amber rejected it, stating her health concerns.She had been contemplating giving up the child for adoption after birth, but her worry lay solely on her survival till she birthed the child. She had been overanalyzing her current situation. Every firm she had been interviewed by, had their reservations about her, especially the fact that all the experience she had gathered was from Peak

“Congratulations, Mr Finn.”Vince walked out of the building feeling emotionally drained. He had pretentiously smiled with many people, and he didn’t need any more eyes on him. Everyone in the room had praised him for his huge accomplishments in such a short time after he took over Peak Hills.He made toward the car and sure enough, Lance was right behind him. They didn’t exchange any words because the other man could read through Vince’s emotions. He had been occasionally holding his phone and staring longingly at it since the previous day when Amber informed him about her pregnancy and who was responsible.Just a phone call to Jake Darius would have cleared up the whole misunderstanding, he thought to himself, but his instinct had been kicking against it. They had almost gotten to the car when he turned around to face Lance, who had worn a neutral expression all along.“You know what I am thinking, right?” Vince said with a knowing glance.“I would have advised you against it if I

“Why Mr Finn?”The vulnerability of Gabriella’s words remained stuck in Vince’s mind. It had been two days since Lance’s burial where they had met, but he still couldn’t bring himself to forgive his actions. Gabriella had willingly come to him, she offered to protect him, but Vince turned her down outrightly.To make matters worse, he couldn’t even bring himself to give her a reason.“Mr Finn, it is time.” A lanky young nurse came into the VIP reception room. Vince got up on his feet. Just like old times, Amber was right by his side. She wore a scowl she had had on for quite a while since Vince’s bodyguards insisted on a thorough search of her.Since Vince’s attempted murder, the fact that the killers were still unknown and at large meant no one could take any risk, not even Vince himself. If it hadn’t been for the importance of clearing a misunderstanding, he wouldn’t have moved any close to Amber at all.“Follow me, Miss Reed,” Vince ordered.Amber remained still on the spot. She bl