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Chapter 99: Chapter 99

DEMI

| was right to have made Anna giveher urine sample in case of an emergency. | nursed a suspicion that

mother or someone else in the mansion might suspect my pregnancy and demand a test. I'm glad | was able to

dispel their suspicions for now but | don’t know for how long.

In a few months, my pregnancy will start showing and there won't be a way to hide it then from the people I live

with. | just have to make sure that my plans are in full swing by then. If the Rollins family cto know about

my real identity and true intentions to avenge my parents, my baby will be my insurance plan, hopefully.

I rap on the door in front of me. When the door swings open, the woman scrunches her nose in surprise.

"Hi, Mrs. Randall, I'm Demi. Is Josh home?"

"I know exactly who you are, Demi Rollins. | also know what your family did to MY son when he stopped by at the

mansion recently based on Mr. Rollins’ invitation so you understand why seeing a member of that household isn’t

thrilling."

"I understand, ma’am."

"| appreciate that you stood up for my son but it’s still too early to entertain anyone who remindsof the

embarrassment my son went through."

| can tell she is still very upset over everything that happened but | can’t leave without talking to her. | need

evidence of Brett being Josh's father. If | can work this woman, she’ll definitely giveeverything | need.

"Please Mrs. Randall, | know your anger is beyond justified. Josh is such a sweet and kind man. Father loves him

like a son and | honestly see why. | don’t get why the quads loathe him so much. He didn’t deserve the

humiliation he got." | offer her the basket in my hand. "A little peace offering from me. | hope you, Josh and | can

still be friendly towards each other. | don’t want to lose such kind people over the impulsive attitude of my

husband and brothers-in-law."

I linger by the door, hoping she would look past everything and letin. Kristy stands, contemplating.

"Josh has helpeda lot at work." | continue. "When I first joined the HQ, | heard stories about Josh, both good

and bad. Everyone seemed to wantto form a negative opinion about him and for the first few weeks, | was

wary of him. Then | realized that whenever he caround, he was always looking out forand very friendly.

| realized that | was holding onto the wrong notions about him based one what everyone had told me. | had to

shed all of that and allow myself to form an objective opinion of Josh and | wasn’t wrong. He has been nothing

but good to me. | have no reason to hate him and so | don’t. | won't."

Kristy Randall hides her blurry eyes as she wavesinto her beautiful home.

"What's your poison, Demi?"

"Um, I'll prefer a glass of water. I'm parched."

"Nonsense. This is your first tin my house and | am a better host than Barbara will ever be. You're going to

leave with a belly full of sumptuous food and expensive alcohol."

She goes into her kitchen to start rustling up sfood. | can’t have alcohol and Kristy seems like the type to

stubbornly insist so I try to think of something.

"| have a few errands to run today so | won't be able to stay longer than an hour."

"I don’t need an hour to make a good pot of food for a special guest."

"Mrs. Randall..."

"Please, callKristy. Enough with the formality."

"Kristy, why don’t we just have a simple dish for now. | have every intention to visit your hregularly from

now on, to see you and Josh. If you make an extremely fancy dish, I'd feel like you're treatingto a farewell

dish and don’t plan on seeingback in your hanytsoon." Kristy pauses while slicing greens.

"Now, why would you say that, huh?" She asks, running the curved tip of her long, green-coated nails down my

jawline. "You're welchere, Demi. You saw my son for who he truly is rather than the lies people made up of

him. | appreciate such sensibility in young people as such is in heavy decline nowadays."

| smile at her. "Need help with anything?"

"Oh no. | have a system. You'll only slowdown. Go get yourself a glass of water in the fridge. There's good

alcohol at the antique bar in the living room."

"I'm not much of a drinker, Kristy so Ill settle for this can of juice right here." | wave the water and juice at her

and she laughs and callslightweight. "I'll be in the living room." | add.

When | get there, | text Liam to tell him | am at josh’s hand mean to find sevidence to prove Brett sired

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Josh. Then, I ask him about the drug | found in Asher’s drawer. He texts back to tellhe hasn't heard back

from his friend, a doctor, and would get back tosoon.

| turn on the television and crank up the volso Kristy can believe | am just watching TV. When | peek at her,

she’s swaying to the music from the TV. | take that as my cue and head upstairs to find the bedrooms.

| move fast, opening and closing doors. | find the first one but it appears no one sleeps in it. There are so many

empty rooms here. Finally, | find Josh's. | go through his drawers filled with unfolded fresh laundry. Ashley would

freak at such a disorganized room.

| find photo albums of him and his mother with what appears to be his late father. As | flick through, the father

ceases to feature in the photos as Josh gets older. When Josh becomes a man, Brett comes into the picture.

The last few photos are of Josh and father in different locations bonding as father and son. | never knew they met

up outside of soul foods. There are photos of them scuba diving, ziplining, wall climbing and so on, things | am

certain father has never done with the quads. | wonder how the quads would react to these photos.

| whip out my phone and take snapshots of the photos. | also take pictures of Brett and Kristy in what appears to

be their dates. Sappear more recent too.

| find Josh's hairbrush in his bathroom and take sstrands. There's a weird stash of used lingerie in one of his

cabinets. | gently close it because | don’t even want to imagine why he stores such things as a keepsake.

Armed with enough samples for a DNA run, | step out of the bathroom only to find Josh in his room. He is in the

process of changing his gym clothes and stands butt naked in front of his drawer.

"Oh my gosh." | panic, turning away with a hand over my eyes. Josh drops his phone accidentally and rushes to

cover his dick with a cloth.

"Jeez, Demi, what are you doing in my room?"

My heart pounds heavily in my chest. How did | not hear him cin? How did he not hearin the bathroom?

"I'm so sorry. | was looking for the bathroom and when | cin here, | realized it must be yours and wanted to

leave."

"There are tons of empty guest rooms on this floor. Why didn’t you use the first one you found?" He snaps a bit

rudely. | continue to stand with my back to him, my chest heaving with deep breaths. | hear ssounds behind

"It’s fine. You can turn around now."

Slowly, | turn to look at him. A huge blush colors my cheek as | dip my eyes. "I'm so sorry. | didn’t mean to

intrude on your privacy like that. | should have just asked your mom what bathroom to use but she didn’t want to

be disturbed while cooking. She’s on a tcrunch, you see. | thought I could figure it out myself."

"She didn’t hearcin, either. Perhaps she would have warnedthat we have company. | just cfor a

quick change of clothes before meeting up with swork friends." His awkward face breaks into a small smile.

"Are you here to apologize on behalf of your family? You know you don’t have to do that, right? | don’t want you

here if you're coming to plead on their behalf but you're welchere to just hang with my mom and | as Demi

herself."

| smile back. "Good. I'm done with the apologies, then." | head for the door.

"Hey, Demi?"

"Yes?"

"Didn’t you have to pee or something?"

Crap, | already forgot. "Oh, | got so startled | don’t feel pressed anymore. However, I'll just try to use one of the

guest bathrooms as you suggested. I'll be a few minutes though since my body needs tto loosen up again."

Josh laughs with me.

"The bathrooms are down that way." He points.

| battle the urge to find Kristy’s room and get my hands on sevidence but eventually decide against it. Josh

already foundin his room and with sluck, he barely suspectsbut if he happens to findin his

mother’s room instead of one of the guest bathrooms, the excuse of getting the rooms mixed up again won't cut

it. Hence, | make my way down after two minutes to find Kristy setting the table. Josh also comes down and joins

us in the meal.

The Randalls seem like normal people who are fun to be around. After | leave their hwith promises to return,

| drive to Anna’s place to drop off the things I just picked up from Josh's place. Liam will get them from Anna’s

later.

"They made you take the test? Oh my god. What if you didn’t have my sample of urine?"

"Don’t even go there, Anna. That thought scares the hell out of me." | press a hand to my eyes. "His father was

disgusted at the mere thought ofcarrying his grandchild. He scolded Ashley and calleda mistake. His

mom, she tried to be kind and defended me. Ashley stood there and said nothing. | could tell that there were a

lot of questions in his eyes but he never uttered his thoughts. | don’t know if he wants a baby to please his mom

or because he wants a family with me. Whatever the case, | am fairly certain that a lot of people won't

appreciate the bun in my oven."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to hide my pregnancy and focus on my mission to achieve as mete out as much punishment as | can

until | can’t hide my baby anymore. With sluck and a sprinkle of a miracle, my in-laws won't bray for my

blood when they unmask me, at least until | give birth. | know," | add when Anna fails to look convinced. "It's not

a solid plan."

"It's no plan at all." She corrects me. "Luck? Miracle? Since when did you start leaving things to chance and fate?

Demi, you have to have a solid backup plan for when shit hits the fence. These people killed your family. You

think they'll think twice about punishing you simply because you're carrying Ashley's baby? Ashley doesn’t even

know if he wants the baby or not. He doesn’t seem like the type to insist that no harm cto you because of

his baby. Ashton might have done that but not Ashley. | don’t want anyone harming you and covering it up like

they did with Tobias’ death."

"You're right. | can’t get sloppy. I'll think of something but for now, | am starving."

"Didn’t you have sfood at Josh's place?"

"I did but now | am hungry again. Please makespasta. Please." Anna rolls her eyes and drags herself up

to go to the kitchen. "Hurry up before | start craving something else."

While she is making the food, someone knocks on the door. Is Anna expecting anyone? | go to answer it. | frown

at the sight of Asher holding sflowers.

"Demi." He utters quietly, shocked to see me. | shut the door behindso Anna can’t hear us and glare at him.

"What are you doing here holding flowers? Do you think Anna is so gullible and stupid you can juggle her with

Nessa? How heartless can you be, Asher? | won't let you do this to either Anna or Nessa so get the hell away

from here!"

"Anna can speak for herself. You don’t get to decide who she hangs out with simply because you're her best

friend!"

"No, | am not just her best friend, | am like a sister to her and vice versa. Get out of here Asher unless you want

your office bathroom." His eyes darken as he chucks the flowers on the ground.

"So, you did spy on us that day." He scoffs at me. "You've got snerve."

"You shouldn't have been doing that in the first place, boss, not at work! Does father know you're still sleeping

with Nessa? Does Nessa know Anna is now in the picture? Does Anna, the woman who literally saved your life,

know that you're fucking your secretary during weekdays and bringing her flowers during weekends? Would you

like to see how she reacts to this truth?"

Asher closes a hand over my neck but before he can apply too much pressure, Anna opens the door.

"Asher! You're here?" His hand drops from my neck and | make a show of coughing loudly. "What were you doing

to her?" Annas asks, rushing to hold me. "Demi, are you okay? Asher, did you try to strangle my friend?"

"No, it's not what it looks like."

"It’s exactly what it looks like." I counter him. "Anna, I'm not stupid. | know he doesn’t just chere to check

on you. There's something going on between the two of you. If he was half the decent man he claims to be, |

would have overlooked my reservations towards your relationship but Asher here is a scumbag. He is still fucking

Nessa at the office. | bumped into them in his bathroom days ago." My heart breaks as Anna's eyes dilate in

shock. Asher clenches his fist and grits his teeth while I continue.

"Anna." | say, taking her hand. "You deserve better. This man is not the one for you. He is only interested in

warming your bed. He can’t have a life with you. His father will never allow it nor can Asher change his

promiscuous ways. He just gets girls to sleep with and keeps them on rotation. You are not special to him. Go

ahead, ask him."

Anna's teary eyes wheel towards Asher.

"You're always going to believe her overso there’s no point in defending myself. Ill save you the trouble. |

still see Nessa. | don’t believe in being exclusive to a woman who still keeps her options open."

"What are you talking about?" Anna asks him.

"You lied toabout your colleague at work who took a pregnancy test in your apartment. Turns out there’s no

waitress called Sheila at the Honey Pot where you work. | didn’t go asking. | checked for you and was told you

called in sick. | asked if Sheila could help servebecause | wanted her opinion on sflowers but the

manager didn’t know anyone by that name. YOU LIED, Anna. That only tellsthat you've been sleeping with

another man, might be pregnant with his child and lied to my face about it."

| can’t believe it. Asher found my test strips and thinks they belong to Anna? Anna cries when he turns to leave. |

grab her before she can go after him.

"Asher! You're mistaken." She shouts while he leaves. Then, she turns to me, begging frantically. "Please Demi,

help convince him. | am not pregnant. | love him. | love Asher."

The last three words undo me. What? How long has this been going on? How could she be in love with a man like

Asher? The moment my grip weakens, Anna breaks free fromand runs after Asher. | stand outside her door

and slide to the floor, next to the flowers.

How could Asher entrap my friend like this when he knows he’s got no intention of giving her the life she wants?

It's just cruel. Anna has been through a lot and doesn’t deserve the heartbreak coming her way. Tears roll down

my cheek when | watch her desperately begging Asher. He strokes her hair and kisses her on the lips. While he

ravishes her lips, his right eye strays toand unbelievably, he winks at me.

Oh god.

ork

"I don’t know what to do, Liam. Anna is in love with Asher, ASHER. She wasn't even ready to listen to anything |

had to say. She even askedto give them sspace. | had to pack my things and leave. What if she opens

up and tells him everything about our plans? How can she reasonably sit by and allow our plans unfold when it

will hurt the man she claims to love? Can't you see the problem here?"

"How could | not?" | hear him knock something over. "I really don’t know what it is with you women. How do you

tend to fall in love so easily with those crappy brothers? | warned you about the dangers of entering their lives

through marriage. We could have found a different way to get through to them. Now, you're in love with one

brother, married to another and Anna is also sleeping with your biggest threat in that house." He smashes

something again. "How could she be so daft? He clearly doesn’t love her. She should know better than to settle

for that loser."

| get that he is angry but something about the way his voice was laced with annoyance at the mention of Anna

and Asher gets to me. Does Liam have a thing for Anna? | banish the thought.

"We don’t have tto fixate on all the things that already went wrong. Let's focus on you getting josh’s

samples from me. You can start reaching out to Kristy Randall about helping her son get the acknowledgment he

deserves. | can’t think of a bigger scandal than irrefutable evidence that Josh is Brett's son right now. I'll find a

way to get father’s hair sample. It won't be easy but I'll try."

"Don’t get yourself killed too early. You owe it toto last at least the next six months." Before | can hang up,

he mentions that his doctor friend just messaged him with the result of the pill.

"What's it for?"

"Damn. Demi, it’s a brand of drug that helps alleviate severe headaches and migraines. It's mostly issued for

patients with cancer."

| don’t know what to feel. Asher has cancer? How? He looks very healthy. Does Anna know? Does his family? My

guess is that they don’t given the way he hides the pills. Why is he keeping it a secret from them though? Is

there a big reason behind it?

On my way home, | try to imagine why Asher wouldn't want to share this with his family or get admitted into a

hospital to start treatment as early as possible. Is there a gem here | could use against him for the way he has

brainwashed my friend?

An hour after | get home, Asher returns too. He has a satisfied smile on his face as he walks with a spring in his

step. | wait for him to get into his room before calling him on phone.

"What sick twisted gare you playing with Anna? How could you toy with her emotions like this after

everything she’s done for you?"

"Why are you so worried, Demi? Are you afraid | just might be able to completely fill your friend's head with

thoughts ofand make her fall so deeply in love withthat she'll share everything with me, even your

secrets?" He laughs at my silence. "Don’t worry. You've got nothing to hide, right? Anna and | just enjoy each

other's company. Don’t condemn our relationship because | can’t be bothered to put a label to it."

"Speaking about secrets and things to hide, don’t you have something to share with your family? Say, a life

threatening, medical emergency?" This time, | laugh at his silence. "Stay away from Anna or I'll go straight to

father and tell him about your medical condition as well as your illicit affair with Nessa and Anna. Let's see what

he thinks of you then." | hang up and sink down on my bed. Hopefully, that deters him.

Someone raps loudly on my door. What the heck? How did he get here so fast.

"Go away!" | yell at him.

"It's Ashley. Open up."

| unlock the door and Ashley comes inside. | don’t know what he wants now.

"What can | do for you, Ashley?" | ask, crossing my arms on my chest. | haven't gotten over the fact that at the

slightest disagreement between us, he ran back into Nicci’s arms despite everything she’s done to him. He can

keep her for all | care.

He narrows his eyes atand shoves his phone in my face. | gasp in shock at the picture taken of me.

"What were you doing at Josh Randall's house earlier today?"

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