Evy went back to where Arvid and Iyan were, like she had not just witnessed her mothers corpse.
Yes, God didn't keep his promise and just like her papa, her mom had died.
"Evy," Arvid called and she looked at him and smiled, her face was emotionless.
She had not even cried.
Britt's death was announced and a week was set aside to mourn her, her death came as a shock to many people. She was a very sweet and kind woman, even to the employees of Katz corporation and people at Emerald Dragon. They couldn't believe she was gone.
She wasn't cremated, instead she was buried at the Katz family tomb.
"Bridget Ingrid Katz," Evy read the words inscribed on her grave and sighed, she then pasted a picture of she, Iyan, Arvid and Britt on the tomb and also placed a bouquet of Britt's favorite flower Azaleas, on the grave. Britt said she liked the flower because it was just like Evy, beautiful on the outside but bitter and deadly on the inside.
"Hey," Iyan walked over to Evy, and they both stared at the grave.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Evy hasn't cried since Britt's death and it had he and Arvid worried.
"Yeah I'm fine," she replied hugging herself.
"I didn't know cemetary's were this cold," she whispered and Ian took off his Jacket, wrapping it around her.
"Thank you," Evy whispered.
A week later, Arvid decided to hand everything over to Evy and go on a very long vacation, because everything reminded him of Britt.
Preparations were made at both Katz corporation and Emerald Dragon.
On the day of the retirement ceremony, when Arvid announced that his twenty three year old daughter would be taking over from him, so many people questioned why, some said she didn't have any experience, some said she was too young, others claimed they had been in the company long enough to run the company why would a rookie be put in that position. But Arvid wasn't asking for their opinion, he was simply giving his daughter her inheritance earlier than expected.
He knew these old geezers had always wanted to overthrow him, but he was still the chairman and he knew Evy wouldn't let him down either.
Evy was inaugurated as the CEO immediately admidst stares of dissapproval. She was nervous and almost backed out, but thinking about how she needed power to accomplish her goal, she became brazen and smiled broadly as she shook everyone who came to congratulate her. She wasn't stupid, she knew what they were thinking and she knew just how to deal with these greedy foxs.
Arvid made sure Evy had gotten used to her position as CEO and learned the ropes of running a company, before deciding to proceed with making her the leader of the Katz clan.
On the day of the Initiation, after the necessary ceremony's, to prove she was capable of leading the Emerald Dragons, Evy was asked to kill a man.
"What?" She yelled, not believing what she just heard.
"You want me to kill just to prove my worth?" She stammered.
"The Underworld isn't a playground, you either kill or get killed, you knew what you were signing up for when you agreed to lead them," Arvid shunned.
"It's not too late to turn back anyway," he said calmly.
"But I wonder if this is how you plan on going after the El fresh, they'd swallow you even before you got close to them," He continued.
"Life isn't a bed full of roses, you have to make some sacrifices to get what you want, get your hands dirty and get what you want or remain a saint and you can forget about your revenge," Arvid said turning around to leave.
"Who do I need to kill ?" Evy asked stopping Arvid in his tracks.
"Iyan?" Arvid called smiling broadly, and Iyan proceeded to drag out a man.
Evy picked up a dagger.
"I'll give you a quick death, you're not the one i'm after anyway," she muttered, earning cheers from the members.
She closed her eyes and thought of the people who murdered her father, with this thought, she opened her eyes and went towards the man, stabbing multiple times while they cheered. She thought of Britt, which made her even more angry, she looked at the already dying man and with one strike at his head, blood splattered.
The man was dead.
While everyone was cheering, Evy ran to the restroom and Iyan ran after her.
It seemed as though the weight of Britt's death just dawned on her as she cried her eyes out.
"Evy." Iyan called, when he saw her, she was a crying mess so he took her in his arms and let her cry, it was a good thing to cry, now he can stop worrying about her.
After a while, Evy calmed down and went to the sink to wash the blood off of her.
"How did I do?" She asked.
"You did great," Iyan answered.
"Thank you," she sighed.
Evy got to know the most important people in the clan and how things were ran, and the people also recognized her as their leader.
Few days later, Arvid left LA for an island close to Malta he had bought a while back.
It was just Evy left in the Katz mansion and she realized she had to step up her game.
First, she had to finish things up at the company, she also needed someone she could trust with the company while she was away.
And she needed a legit reason to stay out of the country for long.
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"Alva, hold up," Britt called after Alva who had ran away out of fear.
"Why were you running," Britt asked when she caught up with her.
"Please don't send me back, they'll kill me," She cried.
"Who'll kill you... Calm down dear," Britt cooed, after a while Alva calmed down and they went back in.
"Now tell us everything," Arvid said calmly.
Alva took a deep breath and narrated everything to them till the moment she saw Britt and found herself here when she woke up.
"Who do you think killed your papa and why would they come after you?" Britt asked.
"The elfreshes and their associates, my father found out some dirty secrets about them, I heard him talking to uncle Arin over the phone, that's how I know although I do not know what he found out," Alva explained.
"And you think they killed him cause of this secret he discovered and are probably after you because they think he must have left something for you?" Arvid asked and Alva nodded.
"But they probably think i'm dead, that forest had wild animals, they think i've been devoured by animals, so please don't send me back," Alva started crying and Britt tried to console her.
"Can we talk for a bit honey," Britt said when Alva stopped crying and she and Arvid went out of Alva's room.
After a while, they came back.
"You should rest up now dear, let's talk by dawn," Britt said tucking her in and they both left.
A week later Arvid called Alva to his room.
"Sit down dear," he said and she sat beside Britt on the sofa.
"I did some investigation and your story is true, since you don't have any other family, would you like to stay with us?" Arvid asked.
Alva looked at Britt and Britt stroke her hair, hoping she would say yes.
"Yes," she nodded and Britt hugged her excitedly.
"We're going back to the states tomorrow," Arvid continued and Alva nodded.
"I got my lawyer to prepare your birth certificate, your passports and visa are ready too, from now hence forth you're Evy marilyn Katz daughter of Arvid Clark and Bridget Ingrid Katz,"
Sorry for posting this late, i'll try to post often from now on🥺🥺🥺