Chapter 172: Evaluation
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'We have Heather, Jessica, Felix, Sebastian, Sheila and Arielle. Including everyone in their godforsaken gang," Alyssa said and once again, everyone nodded.
'What should we do about them?" Alicia asked and Luci arched a brow at her in disbelief.
'Are you seriously asking that? We should execute all of them of course, some should be sent to prison and some of them like Arielle and Heather should be sent to the underworld." She said with gritted teeth.
'I agree with that, Arielle doesn't deserve to breathe in the same oxygen as everyone else. How the hell can someone be so cruel? I am still finding it so freaking difficult to wrap my head around the fact that she is the mastermind behind everything, to think that we even applauded Heather's cunningness when she is the real one behind her." Claire added.
'There's a high possibility that Arielle knows that you already know her identity now, we should be careful while threading that line," Alicia cautioned.
'She knows. She had packed up her things away from the mansion, no one had any idea on when she did it, it must have been done secretly," Brielle informed.
'This only proves that she is ready for more war. She will make her move soon, she is working with Felix now, and the most important part is to find out what Felix wants," Zayn said and everyone agreed with him.
'The problem is that there is no way to find out what he wants, Venita only informed us that it had something Sapphire, it would be in our best interest to keep Sapphire and the kids under double protection. Everyone should get a bodyguard or two for themselves or I can assign some to you if you want. I have sent some shadows after Felix, Heather and Jessica, Arielle is not traceable at the moment, there is a high possibility that she won't leave whatever hole she is until she gets what she wants," Alexander informed and they all groaned.
'What are we going to do about Miranda? Even though we know she is not a good person too, a bitch even, but we can't just send her to prison after knowing that she was an innocent victim caught in all of this." Alyssa said.
'I would not press any charges, there is a miniscule possibility that the public would believe the story because without fact that can be displayed on all billboards, it sounds so fucking ridiculous." Sapphire said. 'Besides, the detective also saw that she is not the real Heather so we can put aside our worry of her getting punished for a crime she had no idea of."
'Mike told me that she is trying to investigate Fann Tyler but without a warrant or any concrete evidence, the woman is not cooperating nor is she giving her any audience." Zayn said.
'What do you expect for her to begin with? I checked everything about her and you would be amazed at how crazy she is about the stupid experiment she is trying to do. She is ready to use anyone and everyone as her lab rat, it doesn't concern her if it costs someone's life or future, as long as she is able to move forward in her experimentation. You should see the amount of crimes on her neck, I am still shocked that no evidence has been found, she would be even more cautious now that Oliver is in coma and Venita is dead, both of them are her partners in crime." Brielle added rubbing her forehead in utter irritation.
'They- Oliver and Heather- are not her only partners, through some thorough investigations, I deduced that Fann met with Arielle three days before she performed her hypnotism from underworld on Miranda. I got that when Miranda just went to prison but I didn't think anything of it, Arielle used to be Melissa's lackey so I just thought that she was delivery something to her in her stead which now seem like an extremely stupid thing to think now that I know that Arielle is the boss." Sapphire told them, she covered her face with her hand and exhaled heavily.
'There is no way you could have suspected her. I mean, she was the most invisible person in the Conrad family, if I was to suspect someone in that family, it would be Brielle sitting right here, Marylynne or Melissa. Not some idiot who just loves goofing around every damn time." Luci said, she reached over to take a cup of coffee from the tray that was on the table and took a long sip as if it would sizzle out her anger.
'Everyone should be alright on their way home, I have a hunch that those people would strike soon, I would get both Luci and Brielle home," Zayn said and Sapphire raised a brow at him.
'Dad wanted to see me. I don't know the reason why, Claire too has no idea." Luci explained.
'You would have some men in suit keeping their eyes on every business of yours but you should be rest assured because they are your new bodyguards," Zayn informed them and stood up, he adjusted his tie and dusted off the invisible dust on his lapel before he put one hand in the pockets, he was ready to leave.
'Aunt. Help me find out what mom is up to." Sapphire told Brielle and she scoffed in disdain.
'She is up to nothing. Your mother should really have some shame sometimes, she has been sucking up to those idiotic blank-for-brain ninnies that call themselves businessmen even though all they do is drink all day, she is doing quite the job entertaining them and they are dishing out money to her like never before. I once overheard her say that she didn't have the time to go and visit Melissa in the prison. In her opinion, she should have just sat in her position at the company and done a good job like a good girl. Don't worry about Marylynne though, I have some capable people after her." Brielle said and Sapphire nodded.
She didn't expect much from her mother to begin with, she just wanted to make sure that she was not some hidden boss who would come around to be the biggest headache to them.
'Then, I would be on my way," Brielle said and Sapphire nodded.
'Be careful on your way home." She replied and they got out of the room, Luci and Zayn chatted as they made their way out of the house, Alyssa said she was tired and needed some sleep, Alicia had some work to do and Claire wanted to see the kids before she go to bed, so it was only Sapphire and Alexander left in the living room, she glanced at him before she moved closer to bury her face in his neck, he patted the back of her hair.
'I am so tired." She grumbled.
'Me too." Alexander said, but he didn't sound the least tired.
'That's a lie. If you are tired, you should at least look at it or sound it," Sapphire said, raising her head to stare at his face. 'But you don't."
'What are you going to do about Venita?"
'I have informed Ruby and Max about her death since those are the only important people left but I want to have her funeral only after we have been able to get her murderer under, it is only right that I do that. Ruby would be back in New York as soon as I give him the okay, and Max is just chilling around, I don't want to get him involved in all of this. I just informed him so that he can be cautious, even though I doubt that Uncle Felix would touch his only son."
'The son hates him." Alexander stated and Sapphire nodded in agreement.
'But the father loves the son," Sapphire told him. 'Let's take a bath together Alexander, I need to relax my tense body."
'I thought you said that you were tired."
'I never said that anything could happen in there, we would just take a bath and get to bed."
'We both know that's a lie. We are going to take a bath together," he insisted.
'Carry me, I don't have the energy to walk up those stairs." She said in a small voice, she had her head on her shoulder again, he hummed and stood up, carrying her with him, holding her firmly but gently by the butt.
'You could have touched somewhere else," she said, slapping his back and he chuckled, he didn't bother to reply and just carried her to their room.
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Luci sat on the couch with in a nightwear, she had a cup of coffee in her hand and had one leg crossed over the other, her phone was on the table and she had a calculating expression on her face, her lips was pulled in a thin line, the room was dark since the light was turned on.
She pressed at her phone and stared at the time, the light illuminated the apartment for a bit before she it was turned off again, she scoffed irritation and stood up, she went to the window and saw that a black van had parked at the garage, women dressed in leather clothes and with mask got down from the car with baton in their hands.
'Idiots. Who do they think that they are going to take forcefully?" Luci said and walked back to the couch, she took the rest of her coffee and gulped it down in one swift move.
The door was slammed open and the women rushed in, they hesitated for a bit since the room was dark.
'What the fuck were you doing that you had to come at this time? You were supposed to arrive here earlier." Luci said with a scoff as she switched on the light.
