Edison just came back and he was welcome with a very troubling news, he's scared for his company and for himself he might end up going to jail instead of Miguel
"But I thought I cleared everything out with the governor before I traveled for this business trip, he thought to himself.
"I wonder what that woman has done, I wonder what Beatrice has done"
He immediately decided to transfer his anger to his wife
"Beatrice! Beatrice!! Beatrice!!!" He called out.
His wife entered the room and stood close to the door.
"What did you do this time Beatrice?" He asked
"My love I have done nothing, this is the handwork of Bar Julius!" Beatrice replied.
Edison was surprised to hear such
"Julius? How...why?" He asked
"Yes my love, Julius has decided to defend Miguel in court and he has vowed to destroy the Gonzales Enterprise and drag our family's name to the mud"
Immediately Edison heard this one he was furious
"What??? I will speak to Julius myself!!" Edison stormed out off the house into his car and zoomed off straight to Julius' place
Immediately Edison left, Emilia and Selene walked in, Emilia started complaining to her mother
"Mother, what's the meaning of this? This was supposed to be the end of Miguel but how is he still here in our house?"
Beatrice gave a big sigh and said
"Miguel is like a cockroach, they just keep coming. But what do you do to a cockroach that just keeps coming? You keep crushing them until they can't come back again and that is what I'm going to do to Miguel. The battle line has been drawn, and I will fight till the last drop of my sweat!!"
Meanwhile, Edison just drove into Julius Compound like a madman
"Where is he? Julius! Julius!!" He kept shouting.
He then saw Julius sitting outside his house enjoying an orange fruit juice. He walked up to him as if he wants to eat him up
"Julius! Why have you vowed to destroy our family business, you vowed to drag our name to the mud!!!"
Julius sigh took a sip off his glass kept it on the table in front of him and said
"Edison, I have no business with the Gonzales family name" Edison replied him immediately
"Then why have you attached The Gonzales Enterprise to the drug crime? Why have you attached my company to this crime!"
"Your company? Julius asked.
"Mr Edison Gonzales you and I both know that the Gonzales Enterprise does not belong to the Gonzales family but to Miguel's late father. As a matter of fact the Gonzales Enterprise is not Gonzales but it is supposed to be called The Mendoza Enterprise"
Now Edison understood what everything was all about
"Is this what this is all about? Edison asked.
" Julius I thought we've talked about this"
Julius immediately picked an offense from what Edison said
"This is not what we talked about Edison!! He said.
"The agreement was for you to take good care of Robert's boy. But I saw Miguel and he was about to be sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. This is not what we talked about Edison!!"
Edison's face changed all of a sudden he started to smile and tried to butter Julius he chuckled and said
"So Bar Julius, I'm sure there's a way we can work something out like we used to do in the old days, just call the amount"
Julius stood up look at Edison eyeball to eyeball and said
"You see Edison your money can't always solve everything, there is no amount that can stop me from doing the right thing this time"
"But money stopped you the last time what happened now?" Edison asked
"That's what you don't understand, money never stopped me, but because of the relationship we had as kids growing up, I just didn't have it in me to turn you in. But this time I'm determined to do the right thing so take yourself and your filthy money out of my compound!"
After he said this he picked up his glass of juice and entered his house. Edison on the other hand is now full of too many thoughts he doesn't know what to do. Immediately Julius entered his house he received a phone call he rushed to pick the call
"Hello"Julius said
"Hello, am I on to Bar Julius?" The caller asked
"Yes please, who's this?" Julius asked
"My name is Anderson Montenegro, I'm one of the staff who work in the Gonzales Plantation that planted the drug in the truck and I'd like to testify in court in favor of Mr Miguel Mendoza" the caller said.
Julius was so surprised to hear this he didn't know how to express his happiness
"Are you serious, where are you right now" Julius asked
"I'm in jail, the caller said.
"Me and my fellow colleagues were sentenced to life-imprisonment, but this wasn't what Beatrice promised, she promised us money and promotion if we plant the drug in the truck, but now we're rotting in jail. If I Anderson Montenegro must go down then the entire Gonzales family must go down with me!!!"
But all the while why Julius was on the phone Edison was eavesdropping on their conversation.
Meanwhile, Beatrice just invited the chief judge to her house to have a little conversation with him
"Chief Judge what are you saying" Beatrice asked
"There's nothing to say madame Beatrice, I'm not the one in charge of the case this time it has been taken to a different authority, the Chief Judge said.
"The lawyers in the court of appeal will handle everything"
"Don't you have your ways around that area?" Beatrice asked
"I have friends and colleagues but not in that aspect you're talking about, they just won't take bribe. They won't sell there self" the Chief Judge replied
"Every man will surely sell himself, at the right price" Beatrice said.
The Chief Judge looked at her and said
"Not these men madame Beatrice"
while they were still talking the gate opened and Edison drove in. He rushed out of his car and rushed to his wife but when he got there he saw his wife was with the Chief Judge
"Are you busy?" He asked
"No not at all my love, the Chief Judge was just taking his leave" Beatrice said.
The Chief Judge stood up and said
"Yes Mr Edison, as a matter of fact I was just taking my leave" he shook Edison's hand and walked away.
Beatrice pulled the chair closer to herself and said
"Talk to me my love, what trouble's you"
"Julius has a witness that is about to testify in court in favour of Miguel," Edison said.
"He said he was among the staff who planted drugs in the truck"
Beatrice sighed and said
"Were you able to get his name?"
"Yes, he said his name was Anderson Montenegro" Edison replied.
Beatrice smiled and chuckled a bit
"Don't worry my love, she said.
"There will be no testimony in court, I personally will see to it"
Emilia was in her room dressing her hair when Miguel walked in
"So this is how you want to play huh Emilia?" Miguel said
"Huh I don't get what you mean" Emilia said
"Oh cut the act Emilia, Miguel said.
"We both know everything happening has been you the drug was planted by you and you're now frame me for this crime".
After Miguel said this there was a little silence for a few seconds until Emilia suddenly broke the silence
"Yes! I agree, Emilia said.
"I paid the staffs to plant the drug in the night and frame you for it, you wanna know what else? The day Bar Julius didn't show up it was because we kidnapped him everything was perfect and you have already been sentenced to prison just as planned but some how you just keep coming back like a cockroach"
Miguel felt pain inside him
"I don't understand," Miguel said.
"What crime exactly did I commit that'll warrant you to go through all these trouble just to get rid of me?"
"I don't love you Miguel! Isn't that crime enough?"
After she said this she stormed out of the room angrily