Calli had to leave for an emergency meeting, Ann took her time to survey the house since she has been in his room for five days straight.
As she walked down the long hallway , she discovered that a young pretty lady's portrait was hung, on every wall and in each bedroom. The thought of it alone made her sad.
She concluded that the young lady meant a lot to Callie, slowly eaten up by jealousy called Veda but stopped when she recalled that she had traveled on impulse to Ray corp, she had been accepted to work as an intern.
It took her a long time to convince Veda to accept it. She regretted that as she was heartbroken and depressed, she was indecisive before but decided to take the bull by the horns.
" Cecilia....", she called loudly, " yes ma'am", Cecilia said rushing in with a duster in hand. Ann decided to play the pity card.
" urgh, this place is stuffy, I want you to pack all my stuff in the respective boxes and align them ", Ann ordered. The maid did as she was told and left to complete the chores.
" it's high time I switched to plan B", she said, quickly dressing up into black pants and a blue t-shirt, leaving her hair in a wavy curl, with no makeup and a pair of leather sandals.
She had to escape from the house, firstly she needs to get rid of the tight security, and she isn't going to wait for an explanation from Callie. Be it right or wrong, she wasn't gonna be the other woman in his life and that's it.
Clutching onto her car keys and examining the room, she discovered that the windows had no railing and could fit two people so she threw her bags out the window over the fence, and it landed on the back of an abandoned lorry, she quickly made a call for it to be picked up.
She dried her sweat and walked down the stairs acting naturally to avoid the suspicious gaze of the guard. She could easily defeat these men but decided to play it cool to avoid raising alarm.
Ann quickly entered her car and started it but the gateman refused to let her go without a bodyguard.
" fine, I choose Peter ", she succumbed. She drove off not listening to Peter's plea to be the driver. She sulked while pretending to enjoy the ride until she saw her ticket to freedom.
" hey!!, can you get me some pizza, I'm famished", she said wincing a bit. He was in thought.
" what if it's a prank, the boss told us that she is very clever", still in deep thought, he heard her stomach rumble which made him worried.
"Okay ma", he said running off to get it. " incompetent..." Ann said as she sped off.
" I'll be there shortly ", she said over the phone, putting on her shades.
" it's action time, I hope you're ready for my return scumbags. There's no hiding place for you guys anymore ", Ann said as she clenched her fist in anger making her knuckles whiten.
At Ambrosio's corporation :
Callie was feeling nervous for the first time. He could sense that something was wrong, like a premonition his phone rang.
" hello sir...", Peter called and informed him of Ann's earlier escape stunt.
" whaaaaat, how could you guys be so careless? you better track her down or YOU'RE FIRED", Callie screamed over the phone.
" hey, meeting dismissed, all of you leave without a peek", he ordered, and all the workers ran out of the meeting room in fear except for Stephen, who became curious of Callie's tense state.
" Stephen call Cecilia now!!", he ordered as he kept walking to and fro.
" what's up?'", Stephen asked.
" just do what I told you to do dimwit ", Callie shouted in anger as all his veins popped out. Stephen raised his hands in surrender as he dialled her number while Callie kept on trying to call Ann.
" uhhm.... Callie, I think you need to hear this", Stephen said as he handed over the phone to him.
" speak", Callie ordered.
" I saw madame looking at young missus pictures and crying, I think she was jealous and insecure about it", Cecilia said without breathing and he broke the phone in anger.
" send me the security footage of the house", Callie ordered Stephen.
Peter called Stephen and he put it on loud speaker, " madame is heading for the airport", he informed still tracking her down.
Ann noticed the tracker but left it, it was all part of her and plan. To send off her friend to Canada and then meet her there later.
She decided to call Veda, explaining the plan and telling her that she's coming over. She needed to distract both men too so she let them follow and track her. For every clue she left for them to figure out, the more time they waste which will enable her flee.
Callie and Stephen sped off, " if it's a chase she wants, it's a chase she'll get, she's mine and mine forever", Callie said through gritted teeth.
They followed the trackers location to a clothing store.
They found her car parked at the front and they ran in to search it but she was not there.
" have you seen this woman around here?, that's her car", he asked the secretary who recognized him as the famous business tycoon, Callie Ambrosio.
She immediately led him to the CCTV footage room. Callie kept on watching it until he saw Ann Alighting and running across the street.
Stephen obviously the smart one drew to a conclusion.
" she alighted and ran across the street, if you think about it, she wasn't with her bags but it is clearly seen in the house footage that her bags were packed up by Cecilia and she threw them out the window".
" this clearly proves that Ann is making us waste time searching for clues while she escapes and someone is helping her. She outsmarted us, how could we forget that she's the mafia queen".
" we messed up bro", Stephen said.
" you don't need to tell me that, I have eyes and brains", Callie yelled in frustration.
" hey don't yell at me, she left because of your carelessness. You still held onto Jessy's pictures which cost you your love, Ann", Stephen said in anger.
" all this wouldn't have happened if you weren't so careless, I warned you to take down those pictures, I don't even know if I should help you or not", Stephen said casually.
" fool, if Ann left, doesn't it mean that Veda is also part of the plan and must have left you too", Callie asked as he smirked annoyingly.
" Veda got a job in Ray corporations, she's not part of the scheme", he defended slightly unsure of himself.
" well then", Callie sneered bitterly as he walked off.