Wish stopped the car infront of her old house. " You are not entering?" her mother asked expectantly.
" No..." she said looking at her phone. " I need to go somewhere."
Her mother only nodded and opened the car door. " I will come by tomorrow at the hospital." Wish said before her mother entered the house and she was left alone in her car.
She had finally got the chance to check Lucas's message.
Lucas Miles: Lisa said she would help me but i am not sure if that is enough.
She sighed loudly. It really might be difficult to come in since it was a VVVIP party but still Lisa wasnt someone who gave up easily.
Wish: i think she will let you in.
Lucas Miles: are you free to meet?
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She reached near Lucas' office area in a few minutes. He was standing there with Chris, talking about something.
" Oh Wish you're here!"
" Hey, Wish how are you?" Chris asked once they were close enough.
" Kind of okay." her sister's surgery was only an hour ago and she felt pretty tired but everything went out good so maybe she wasnt stressing much.
" Is brent still making you suffer?" he raised his brows, expecting her to answer yes or absolutely, so he could cuss him.
Wish went silent for a moment, playing with her fingers, " Umm....i think we are doing pretty okay."
This made Lucas surprised and a little hurt. Guess she was gonna be fine without his help. Chris saw the tension and quickly moved the topic " O-ohh...by the way, Lucas was asking if he could come to the golden party. I was shocked at first. He wont even tell me the reason. Is it because you want to rescue Wish again?" he jokingly said but regretted right after he said it.
" Rescue me?" Wish asked confused.
" N-nothing...i mean-"
" There is no reason for me to rescue Wish. Didnt you hear she is doing fine?" Lucas cut his friend, clenching his fist. " Your jokes are getting boring. Why dont you leave for now?"
" S-sorry.....well i will get going. Meet you soon." Chris went, waving at them.
Meanwhile, wish glanced at him but looked away quickly. The two sat at a cafe and started their discussion. Wish had to hurry the process since the postponement wasnt for too long. " Did you find any lead about that hotel?"
" Sadly, no....i havent talked Lisa about it. We are still not that close you know."
Wish nodded understandingly. They were using Lisa to get the information so they had to be very careful. " What if it doesnt work?...."
Lucas placed both his hands on the table, leaning forward, " Then we will need to make plan B."
In the midst of their conversation, a person with shades and coat sat far across from the two. He sipped his coffee and held a phone towards their table.
Click!
He took few pictures without them knowing and continued sipping the drink like nothing had happened.
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William arrived his home after finishing the last meeting. He had directly headed to the office from the hospital. It was a tiring day as usual.
Mr. brent and William got ready to eat their dinner on the dining hall. William didnt speak much as he ate his food while Mr.brent eyed him slowly. " So, you stayed at daughter-in-law's yesterday right. I had small conversation with her."
" Huh...how did you....-"
" Oh i called your phone but she received it instead. I just talked about the marriage postponement with her."
William stopped chewing. She hadnt mentioned about it.
" Why are looking so scared?" his father asked half-smiling.
He quickly shook his head. Inside his thoughts, he was actually scared because he had no passcode in his phone. What if she went through his messages. There were messages where he had asked his bodyguards to follow Lucas.
" Anyways, you werent at the office in the morning?"
He shook his thoughts again, putting his attention back to father, " I was at the hospital..." His father gave a quick glance, surprised. " Wish's sister was having a surgery today."
Mr.brent sighed a relief, " That was really unexpected of you, son. The two of you are getting closer then."
To that, William didnt know how to answer. It was due to circumstances that he went to the hospital. If she hadnt asked for his help, he would be totally unaware about her sister's surgery. " well....i suppose."
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After finishing their dinner, his father went straight to bed while William decided to walk along the passage of their mansion. He slowly looked around all the portraits of his great grandfathers and uncles. He had been walking this passage ever since he was a child but it never bored him. Finally, the family portrait of father, mother and him arrived.
This portrait always seemed to clench his heart. The memory was all too clear when they took this photo. He remembered his excitement. His eyes fell on mother who was smiling ever so brightly. She was beautiful and kind. Everybody used to like her. But because of one tragic incident, everything fell apart.
He remembered the day, his mother quickly dismissed the housemaid who was preparing lunch for him. " Sandra, you can go for today. i will prepare William's favourite dish!" she smiled at the boy who was waiting at the kitchen counter. " yayy, mommy will make me lunch!!"
" How about egg rolls??"
" yes yes yess!!!" he jumped happily as his mother started cooking the lunch.
" Here you go, my baby!" she placed the plate infront of the boy. Two egg rolls laid on the plate with a tomato ketchup in a smiley face. He ate the eggs happily but suddenly his mother started sniffling.
When he looked up, she was crying on the counter, covering her face. Tears stained her silk shirt as she continued crying harder. She slowly looked at William with pity and sorrow.
" Mom, why are you crying?"
She didnt reply anything, tears still flowing down her cheeks. Who knew that she would end up killing herself after that day.
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William came out of his past memory, breathing heavily. when he thought of his mother, it always made his heart beat fast and tremble. He slowly looked at his palm which was.....covered in blood.
" AAhhhh..." he screamed, grabbing his hair. When he looked at his palm again there was no sign of blood. He quickly rushed to his bedroom before any of his butlers found him.
William instantly went through his bathroom shelves and grabbed a pill pack and swallowed it. His heart beat started to calm down and his hands were not trembling anymore. It had been six years since he stopped taking the pills but looks like it had triggered again.
The trauma after his mother died, made him mentally unstable.
" This is bad..."
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