" Sir....."
Mr.lennon looked up from his desk. His face visibly showed stress and depression. The dark circles under his eyes was obvious of his days of no sleep. " So, what did you find?"
" We couldnt. Its impossible to find-"
" WHAT DO YOU MEAN??? its impossible to find Martha's location." he shouted, startling the man infront.
" Sir, we are trying very hard..."
" Its been almost a week and theres still no progress with your investigation!" he was getting impatient everyday. That woman Martha knew everything about his secret plans. And it was also obvious that Wish was surely targeting his company. He couldnt let anything happen to his empire that he built with such hard work. Just because of a measly daughter, he thought he could take advantage of!
Right at that moment, Mrs.lennon entered, consoling the man. He left after nodding lightly. " Honey, you know better than others that the woman is smart and not anyone can find her address, right?"
Mr.lennon rubbed his forehead in frustration. " I should know what that woman is upto. Also, what if Wish is planning to bring my company down. I cant just sit in peace."
She sighed loudly, looking at her husband's condition. He looked pathetic. " Dont get so sure about Wish. She depends on you for sending money to the woman and her sister. How will she manage without you?"
He looked up at his wife, taking in her words. For now, Wish was taking his money to give to her mother and sister. But who knows after she gets married with William, she wouldnt need his help. " Ugh....i shouldnt have brought Wish here. Instead of being grateful that her father decided to give her a luxurious life, she starts rebelling on me! what kind of ungrateful brat!"
" Honey...." Mrs.lennon came beside him, " We are using her. Its only a matter of time before she regrets her decision."
" By the way, is Lisa doing okay?" he asked changing the topic.
" Well, she went out today."
Mr.lennon had more things stressing him and one of them was Lisa. " I should have never opened my mouth infront of Lisa. Do you know how it feels to see your daughter ignoring you?"
She nodded along his words. Ever since that day, Lisa didnt step out of her room and stopped talking with him. She suddenly thought of Lisa's weird behaviour.
'reality is hitting me hard....' that words Lisa uttered still shocked her. Mrs.lennon had shrugged it off thinking, it might be due to her teenage years. But after finding out of her father's secret doing, Lisa might be feeling worse. And the way she didnt attend the golden party? Mrs.lennon had to check up on her more strictly. What if she started rebelling too?
" She will be upset only for a little while. Probably start talking with you in a few days. You know how Melissa is." she gave a tight smile, assuring Mr.lennon. For now this was the only way to calm her pathetic husband.
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William looked through the invitation card on his desk that was given by his secretary. One of Julie's uncle was having a photo exhibition to which she invited him. He didnt even want to look at Julie right now. It just made him irritated from within. The beach party was only one day before and they had to meet already. " Cant i have a rest?" he said to himself annoyed.
Two years back, Veronica had approached him looking confused. " You were not in your room?"
" No? i was having football practice." he replied putting his bag down. " Why?"
She sighed unbelievably, " Julie was roaming around the first floor near uncle's office."
This made William scrunch his brows, " Nobody is allowed near dad's office though?"
" I know and she told that she was heading to your room."
" But Julie knew i had football practice." he couldnt believe Julie was at his house. And knowing that he wasnt around. What the hell was she thinking?
" I think it was intentional..." Veronica bit her lips, " she must have heard us."
William was hit with realisation. Did Julie have an ulterior motive? But what could it be...he had no clue, " What were you and dad talking about?"
She sighed folding her arms, " About your mother's wealth."
William rubbed his forehead with frustration. Out of all the talks, it had to be about mother. He couldnt trust Julie anymore. What if she used it for her advantage? Shit, he shouldnt have trusted anyone to enter his house.
" I think she also heard about it...." Veronica added looking down, "aunt's suicide."
He still remembered that day and thinking now, he should have just cut their relation completely. William crumbled the card angrily but stopped. No matter how angry he was, he had no choice but to follow her.
Later at the evening, he arrived at the venue. There were some people he knew and after a brief talk, he walked around the exhibition, looking at the pictures. William wasnt a big fan of photography but looking at the pictures, they werent bad. When he was in his own thought, somebody poked his back.
It was Julie as she waved with a smile. He looked away not replying anything. His act didnt faze her anymore. She pointed towards the stage as her uncle got ready for a speech. Without a delay, he followed her.
All of the guest were gathered there as well. Caleb arrived right on time and waved at Julie. But after the two's eyes met, his smile went and looked away. That fight they had was childish and immature but both of them didnt want to admit it. In this way, they would not be talking again like before. Julie gave a worried look to them, deciding to not say anything. It was useless anyways.
Wish was in her car heading to the exhibition as well. Julie had sent her the invitation and she knew Julie didnt call her for no reason. She probably wanted to act like on the beach party, all touchy and clingy with William. She could have rejected this damn invitation but she wasnt going to back down. Infact what Martha had said was true. Wish needed William's support for this plan to work out. well, she had to finish it before their marriage.
Her meet with Martha was just few hours before and she was still in a denial about what she told. Her mind was a mess thinking if it was ok to take her help or if she should leave. But then Martha had a very important information about her, making Wish unable to leave.
She stopped the car in an abrupt, breathing heavily. " I should stop thinking about it...."
Back in the hall, the speech was still going on. In the midst of the speech, William felt like somebody was coming from the entrance. As he turned back, he saw a familiar face walking towards them. " Wish?....i must be hallucinating." he shook his head. But her hallucination didnt go. Infact it became clearer, as she came closer. " What...." he scrunched his brows, blinking. It was not his hallucination. She was real.
" Wish??!"
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