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“How does he know that?” Ashley questioned. “I may have told him some of the symptoms your father is experiencing to help him figure out what’s wrong with him. He says, your father has a limited time to live until he dies.” Chris said. His words sent shivers down Ashley’s spine, and she nearly fell. Jake rushed over and held her in his arms before she could fall. “What’s wrong, Queen? Is everything okay?” he asked, looking at her face.

“Everything is fine; your time is up.” The female cop replied, glancing at them with a fake smile on her face. Ashley caught her breath and freed herself from Jake’s grip, walking away from the cell with the cop.

“I hope she finds a way to save her father.” Chris murmured to himself.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“What do we do now that we have been kicked out of the station?” Jake asked Ashley as they were both standing in the parking lot, Ashley was lost in thoughts and also pacing.

“What do you want me to do, Jake?!? Do you have a better idea!!” She snapped at him she had lost her cool, and he stared at her, shocked.

“I might have one.” He said. She focused her attention on him. “Which is?” She asked.

“Why don’t you go to the person that cause this mess in the first place.” He suggested.

“Kendrick?” She inquired.

“No, Noah, his son… I remember Chris saying he was the one that actually killed the doctor, so if you go to him and talk to him, he might find a way to get Chris out of jail.” Jake advised. Ashley couldn’t hide the disappointment in her face after hearing his plan. “Do you think bribing the cops will work in this situation? If that was the case, I would have bribed them myself. You know I also have a lot of connections, like my father; do you think I haven’t tried that? Did you underestimate me?” she asked, moving closer to him.

“No I didn’t queen, what I am trying to say is…” she cut in.

“It’s still the same thing; it would have been easy to bribe the cops and get Chris out of jail, but it’s close to impossible now that the whole city knows that the doctor has been murdered, which means he will have to serve some jail time if that lousy detective finds proof against him,” she said, narrowing her eyes.

“…My queen, you didn’t listen to my plan before you jumped to conclusions. I have an even better plan. Why don’t you just go to Chris and pretend you have accepted him, pretend you like him, and find evidence against him that would work?” He commented. She let out a soft chuckle.

“Are you kidding me? You want me to pretend to want the son of my enemy? That’s impossible! I hate that son of a bitch, and I don’t see myself being with him never! I think I will do it my own way; I already have a plan.” She said smirking to herself.

“What is it?” he asked.

“You don’t need to know; I need to trust you enough to tell you.” She snarled and opened the door of the car.

*******

Xander emptied a cup of vodka into his mouth, feeling the alcohol burn his system. Alcohol was the only thing that could console him now, after being physically abused by Ashley. He was in the club that had been booked by his boss to celebrate him. “A man of courage,” they would say.

This night was for him; he was supposed to be happy and have fun with his colleagues, but he was never happy. The words of ownership Ashley said to him were still ringing in his head, making him feel like he was going crazy.

“Xander, Xander,” he heard someone call his name and turned to see it was Detective Kim, whom he greatly admired and aspired to be like. “Wow, you are here; when did you get here. Nice to meet you; forgive my manners.” He said extending his hand to his idol. Detective Kim stared at his hand for a moment. “I don’t do handshakes.” He said Xander was about to withdraw his hand when he took it.

“Just kidding.” He said and they both burst into laughter. “So, I heard what you did, Mr. Carter. You are one hell of a cop. How did you come up with such a way to outsmart your enemy? I must say I have a lot to learn from you.” Kim said. Xander was still stuck in his fantasy world, everything feeling surreal as his idol engaged in a conversation with him. He felt on top of the world.

It was like they were the only ones there; the loud music couldn’t even cut through his thoughts. Detective Kim smiled awkwardly as he saw that Xander was staring at him like he was lost in a trance. He grabbed two glasses of wine from the tray of a waiter and handed one of the cups to Xander. Xander quickly took it, smiling widely at him.

“Tonight, is your night; you have no chance to be sad.” Detective Kim said, clunking his glass with Xander’s. “Yeah, you are right, I am not sad, I am extremely happy.” Xander remarked. In not less than a second they were both crowded by female employees, one of whom was clinging to Xander and touching his hair. “You are hot, Xander; I hope you know.” The girl said in a seductive tone. “T-Thank you.” Xander stammered.

“Do you wanna dance?” She asked. Xander stared at Detective Kim, who was also engaging in a conversation with two girls that were hovering around him.

“Oh, go ahead, don’t worry about me.” Detective Kim gave Xander the go-ahead; the girl held his hand, trying to lead him to the dance floor, when Mr. Parker showed up out of nowhere, preventing Xander from going any further.

“What’s wrong? Let’s go.” The girl said pulling Xander’s hand, but he wouldn’t bulge; his eyes were glued to his boss.

“I have something to tell you, Mr. Carter.” He stated firmly seeing the expression on his boss’ face, Xander had a feeling their conversation wasn’t going to end well.