Twisted Fate

“Charlotte is the woman your father is obsessed with. She had stolen his heart and his soul seemed lost in her.

He probably termed her a betrayer because she got married to someone else and not him?

And Frederick, I can only conclude that his only sin was to have married Charlotte.

He had Married the only woman Nicolas Anderson is in love with. Besides that, I can’t say what this writing meant” Jackie explained briefly.

Jerome glanced at his mother. Her words totally made a lot of sense. The woman in his father’s heart that made him despise his mother was Charlotte.

“I can say it wasn’t Charlotte’s fault. She was Nicolas’ college mate and many young men, including her classmates, had a crush on her.

But the only person she loved, that everyone knows about, was Frederick Foster,”Jackie explained.

Without waiting for Jerome to make a comment, Jackie searched further and saw other photos of Charlotte and her classmates.

Nicolas Anderson was present in all the photos. They both looked young and seemed friendly.

The last photo was having just the two of them. Charlotte and Nicolas. The latter had a backpack on and Charlotte held an academic award.

They both were smiling.

Maybe it was instinct or curiosity, Jackie turned the photo to look at the back and saw some writing in red ink.

You should never have chosen him above me. But because you did, I will not rest until I send Frederick six feet below. I will separate you forever and all that Frederick has, will become mine alone. That is the price for choosing wealth over my love for you…

Jackie looked away. She couldn’t continue. She cannot keep reading. This was too much for a man to wish for another fellow man like himself.

“Take out your camera and have a duplicate of everything here. One day, we might be in need of it” Jackie declared.

Jerome went back to his room and returned with his camera, doing exactly what his mother had instructed.

Quickly, Jackie returned everything to normal when suddenly, they heard the honking of the car downstairs.

Nicolas Anderson might have discovered he got the wrong bunch of keys and returned to pick his keys.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Jackie locked the door and kept Nicolas’ keys at the spot he left it and asked Jerome to return to his room.

She also went to her room just as the door to the sitting room was pushed open.

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Ella got into the car and Khalid congratulated her. She had told him she was going for her project defence and that ends her study in the university.

She looked excited and cheerful. He knew she did well, in fact, he already knew she would perform excellently.

Ms Ella is an intelligent woman. She’s an example of beauty that is interwoven with intelligence. She’s an awesome woman.

She and boss Alex will make beautiful babies. They are both cute and intelligent.

“Thank you Khalid,” Ella replied, full of smiles and excitement.

Khalid nodded with a smile. And asked where she would want him to drive her to. Ella thought for a second and instructed him to drive her to her mother’s place.

From there, she would stop by and see how business is going in her boutique. She hadn’t been there in a while because of academic work.

“Ok ma’am” Khalid replied and started the ignition.

Ella closed her eyes briefly and ruminated on what drastic change her life had experienced these eleven months.

Alex Foster had only brought happiness into her life. He is strict, having rules, arrogant but he has a rich heart and a kind one at that and definitely, he is not a womaniser.

She took her phone and wanted to call Alex. But then, she remembered that he said he was having a presentation.

Instead she sent a text message. Thank you hubby for making this day a reality in my life. I can’t live without you anymore.

After sending the message, Ella regretted her last sentence. What would Alex be thinking about her when he reads her last sentence.

He would probably be thinking she’s in love with him. But a part of her was seconding to that thought. Isn’t she in love with him in reality?

She shrugged the thoughts off. Whatever, she just wants everyone around her to share in her thoughts.

But while Ella was happy, feeling excited about everything, she didn’t know what Khalid was observing.

There is a car trailing them. He increased the speed and the car did the same.

When he reduces the speed, the car would also slow down. Then he was certain that someone was trailing them.

“Ma’am, a car is trailing us” Khalid declared, holding the steering wheel firmly, ready to manoeuvre the car as much as you can.

Ella’s happy face suddenly went fearful. She looked behind her and saw the car. She couldn’t recognize whoever was in the car as much as they couldn’t be seen as well.

Both cars are tinted. Ella became scared. She told Khalid to drive faster to a safe place.

She remembered Lisa and Bill. These two people want her dead, especially Lisa Anderson who was still on the run because she escaped from prison.

She took her phone and called Alex. Twice his phone rang but it wasn’t answered. He must be busy and might not be with his phone.

She called Greg. He also was not answering his phone. He probably might be in a court hearing.

Confused, she didn’t know who to call. Her mother was totally out of it. Her mother would die a million times before anything ever happens to her.

“Go faster Khalid” Ella urged. The car behind must have realised that they were discovered and seemed to be in a hot chase after Khalid.

No matter how fast Khalid goes, the car would almost want to outrun him.

What to do, Ella got her phone and suddenly ordered Khalid to go slow. She needed to capture the plate number of the car.

Khalid did as instructed and the car behind slowed down as well. That gave Ella the opportunity to see the plate number.

She quickly made a video, recorded the plate number and the front view of the car. She even went further, zooming it to get a faint view of the man behind the steering wheel and the vague look of the woman beside him.

The woman looked very much like Lisa but that was not the time to think too much about it. She took the phone around, getting the view of the area at that moment.

Then her voice came: Alex please save me. Someone is trailing us and I am having this feeling that whoever the person is wants me dead…

She sent the video recording to Alex and Khalid found another turn and abruptly manoeuvred the steering and the car behind lost them.

Ella sighed and placed her head on the rest behind. But they hadn’t gone any farther than five minutes when a truck focused on them and was coming with a heavy speed.

Khalid saw him and knew then that they were done for. Ella saw it too and she screamed.

Khalid saw the truck approaching them without the slightest intention of switching to its lane.

Quickly he thought of what to do and just before the truck would crush them below, he swerved and the truck hit the side of the car, pushing the car farther in a ruptured manner.

They were going to fall off into a bridge when a tree served as the only object that stopped them from falling over.

The truck had to stop in order for it not to fall over herself. But then, the car was terribly damaged and the occupants of the car would definitely be dead.

“I will check on them to be sure this trash is really dead,” Lisa declared, removing her mask and stepping down from the truck.