Jason watched as annex was hauled into the ER and his heart gripped tightly
'i should have made her follow me to the hospital when she felt ill' jason blamed himself
"calm down, she would be fine" aliya assured him
"what are you doing here grandma?" mack frowned as he sighted their grandmother
"i came rushing when i heard the news" grandma maxwell replied
"then mom and dad should also be here" aliya said
"They would be here in few minutes" grandma maxwell replied
"By the way, where is the stranger jason? i saw you two going out in the morning" mack said but jason ignored him
"this isn't really the time to worry about a stranger" aliya glared at him
"look at you scolding me, you and annex were never on good terms" mack retorted
"that doesn't mean i wish for her death..."
"enough you two! someone is dying here and we don't even know the reason she collapsed" jason said angrily and everyone cowered
about an HOUR later~~
Dr dray walked out of the ER with an unreadable expression on his face
Jason jerked up and rushed towards him
"Dray, how is she?'' jason asked curiously and Dray face dropped
"I'm so sorry jason, she asked me not to talk to you about it, she wanted to handle it herself so i respected her decision as her doctor" Dray said gently
"handle what?" jason frowned
"a tumor was found in annex brain about six months ago so we discovered that she developed brain cancer, she would've lived for at least a year if she decided to have an operation but for personal reasons, she refused and she relied on some prescribed drugs to reduce the pain but i guess she didn't use her drugs so....." Dray trailed and respired
a tear trickled down jason's face and he collapsed on the chair
"so what? what happened to annex?" aliya asked hastily and Dray patted her shoulder
"No, she cant be dead right? annex cant die like that, she still have to wed big brother and give us an heir so why?.....why would she just die?" aliya yelled and broke down in tears
"you should have hinted us at least, you just killed a patient Dray" mack said in utter disappointment and dray muttered
"I'm sorry....."
~~
"How can you handle the company when you can't even take care of a betroded spouse?!" mrs maxwell said angrily
"Make sure you take care of this mess okay, you should deal with her family" mr maxwell said in addition and rose to go
"she died of brain cancer and told no one about it, how can you even blame brother for it? can't you see he's in so much pain right now?" aliya said angrily
"I asked him to make her give us an heir not fall in love, its his cup of tea that he's pained" mr maxwell said non chalantly and aliya scoffed in believe
"are you sure you are a father? i mean, someone like you should die as a bachelor" aliya said in disgust and mr maxwell raised his hand to slap her but mack stopped him
"that's enough father, you and your wife should leave now if you have nothing more to say" mack said grimly
"Actually we do, jason, i need you to surrender the star plaque with you" maxwell said and the children shook in believe
"what!" aliya said
"oh, i see that has been your target all the while" mack said
"I'm sorry mother but i can't surrender it, grandfather could have given father so he must have his reasons for trusting me with it" jason said grimly
"everyone knows that but the plaque is the infinity of our family, if you fail to protect it, we are all doomed so my dear, please let me possess the plaque" mrs maxwell said cunningly
"Don't worry, the plaque is safe with me" jason said and walked away from the room
"Sam, next time, inform us before allowing anyone into this mansion okay" mack said grimly and also followed jason
"please, you should also give us notice before coming to visit" aliya said and joined her brothers
"i told you, lets kill these wenches" mr maxwell said with gritted teeth
"no max, they are our children!" mrs maxwell said sharply
"but they are not important than the star plaque, they dont even know its worth, don't you get it? we can live forever and become the wealthiest in history with that plaque" mr maxwell said greedily
"i understand but there's still time, we killed my father and tortured mother because of this plaque" mrs maxwell said
"they deserved it, and that woman is not even our blood, her contract was over ten years ago" mr maxwell said
"then let's set her free!"
"she knows our secret so she's stuck with us forever, we should have killed her but she didn't die no matter what logic we try so that makes her suspicious, what if she's a witch?" mr maxwell said with a flash of horror in his eyes
"then she would've killed us long ago, she's just a powerless lad" mrs maxwell said and her husband sighed
"let's go home, the kids might hear us" mr maxwell said and dragged his wife away
Isabella walked out of her hiding place and squinted her eyes
"A star plaque that can ruin a generation yet give them an infinity? i thought this was just a normal family but they seem to be quiet something, i wonder why father sent me here" Isabella thought aloud and sighed
she walked into the sitting room and slumped on the sofa
some minutes later two average women who kinda look alike and a man who annex obviously look like walked in with anger blazing in their eyes
"who are you? where are the family of this house?" one of the women asked abruptly
"i think i should be the one asking who you are, you met me inside this house which means i might be family" isabella retorted
"wait, did you just speak to me like that? do you know who i am? if you are really a family then don't you think i deserve some courtesy? the heir of this household killed my only daughter so how dare...."
"your daughter?" Isabella scoffed "please save me the pretense, if you want some compensation just say it, nobody killed your daughter, she died a natural death, besides you never considered her a daughter do you? she's just a tool to help you leech off the maxwell family" isabella said grimly and the trio glared at her in horror
"you...you, who are you?" the man finally spoke
"I am the person who would help you get your right from the maxwell family, what is it that you want? money? or property?" Isabella asked non chalantly and smiled "Don't be surprised, anyone would see through your facade" she said in addition and adjusted her sitting posture
"fine! we deserve some compensation anyway, our daughter died in your family hands" the man said and they all sat down
"we want the modeling agency branch that is in vi city and one hundred million" annex mother said and Isabella laughed mockingly
"that is all your daughter worth?" she asked and the mother raised her hand to slap Isabella but a voice interrupted them
"what is happening here?" jason frowned
"oh mr maxwell, you are finally here, who is this your relative that has been harassing us?" annex mother asked angrily
"they want the modeling branch in VI city and the sum of one hundred million as a compensation, shameless, ain't they?" isabella said and laughed before walking away
"that wench....." the other woman gritted her teeth
"i'd have my lawyer transfer everything to you before 24 hours, please accept my sincere condolence about your daughter and lastly, ask the guard to shut the door locked when you're leaving" jason said firmly and lunged back inside with mack and aliya
"Everyone in the maxwell family are so rude, imagine that wench from earlier, and now its the rude heir" annex mother said angrily
"let's go" the husband said and they all thrusted out
~~
Isabella was on the rooftop admiring nature when Jason walked in from behind
"I'm sorry for leaving you behind and thanks for cutting the conversation short with annex family" jason said and Isabella rolled her eyes
"its fine" she said
"did you kill her?" jason suddenly asked.....