ying to get close to y
r would have a pretty g
d in real estate, hospitality management, jewelry lines, departme
sidiaries had secured positions in bei
money did th
ulous thought
ve from his brother would send the global
getting close to his daughter, Precious. A lot of women had come and gone, but this was th
hat is g
likes her
n made perfect
the prized treasure
er name, and it had been i
year, and not once had he eve
ft at the gate of their villa, along wi
on had revealed that the little girl's bones had been broken. Her body had been full of bruises, too. She had been almost dead at that p
ut that she really
sons eventually getting married and having children, the news had m
le girl with all the love and attention they could give. It reached the point where she be
d showed interest on her father. Even those who had been d
blind date, this was indeed the first time that Luke had se
he had never imagined would come
to use Preciou
et. "I'll go check
endy had barely stepped inside when Raym
wrong,
" the boy whined. "I thought s
ught warmth t
o the room. "What can possibly happen to Mommy? I just happe
cute
gi
d his mother praising
inging inside
asked, noticing the sm
econds before finally asking,
girl?" He looked gen
und kiss on his cheek. "Mommy l
mother's arms. "I'm a man of four years old," he annou
ou are, you are stil
nned despit
out chairs to accommodate them at the tab
e we
ur la
s hot! It
the corner. He hurriedly poured himself a cup and drank it in two big gulps, grateful when the drink helped him cool d
complish yo
ding the folder behind his back.
tell
woman is called Wendy Finch, and she's only twenty-three years old. She i
ie F
This is where things get interesting. Do you remember that funeral service we attended with Kane
edge as he opened the folder an
mother had a daughter of her own called Eris. Wendy has another sister, though, who shared the same parents as her. This other sister is six years older, and was marrie
n Oli
sudden Brian fell in love and got together with Wendy's stepsister three years later. And then... Well nobody really knew for sure what happened,
got to the section of her relocat
up at hi
her life in the US, as if that part of her life was completely wiped out from p
fro
e that she had no intentions to
you th
off the plane roughly two hours ago," Luke explained.
ng and looked b
sn't going to do an
from his brother. "Are
es
hy
ose of her return is to audition for the
nvince you that she is no
ted. He leaned over Ryan's desk and said i
ying to play g
n the US. They must have been acquainted there given that Roger also went to the US three years ago. Besides, didn't he
gers pause
John
erson who would treat pe
ionship be between R