Chapter Ninety Five
POV.
Third Person POV.
Richard and Amber made their way back to their apartment, a sense of foreboding lingering in their minds as they prepared to confront the unsettling news that awaited them.
As they entered, their eyes fell on Bianca, who sat perched on the sofa, her expression drawn and
weary.
Richard wasted no time quizzing his sister, “Bianca, what’s going on? What did you mean by what you said about Dad being questioned for drug use?”
Turning to face him, Bianca’s gaze met his. “Mom called me a few hours ago,” she began. “She explained that Dad was summoned by the police for questioning and that he had been held for about an hour before the lawyers managed to secure his release. She was crying so much while explaining that the cops had accused Dad of drugs and were claiming to have evidence against him.”
“He is out of custody for now, but despite him being back home now, he is still under investigation,” she revealed. “The reporters got wind of the incident very quickly, and now articles are circulating accusing him of drug use and distribution.”
Richard’s jaw clenched in anger at the unjust accusations leveled against his father. “Dad would
never involve himself in drugs,” he declared firmly. “This is a setup, and I know who’s behind it.”
“It can’t be anyone else but that bastard, Kayden. I’m sure he’s the one.responsible for this.”
Richard spat out the name with a bitter edge.
Amber glanced at Richard with a furrowed brow. “Do you really think that Kayden would stoop so low as to orchestrate something like this? I mean, I know he’s a bastard, but would he really involve
drugs?” she inquired as she struggled to comprehend the depths of Kayden’s insanity and how low he could be willing to go.
Richard’s jaw clenched with pent–up frustration. “I’m almost certain it’s Kayden’s doing. No one else
would have the audacity to falsely accuse a Romero in such a manner. He’s always had a sick
fascination with trying to destabilize my family, just to mess with me, and this is just another
twisted game of his.”
As Amber absorbed his words, a sigh escaped her lips. The length at which Kayden would go without any remorse, and how he continued to always be a step ahead of them one way or another was becoming
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bitter pill to swallow, and she couldn’t help but wonder what it would take to just get rid of him.
“So, will this situation be easy to resolve? Can you get the charges dropped any time soon?” Amber
asked.
Richard sighed. “Getting the charges dropped is not going to be a problem. I can have my contacts
work things out, and I’m pretty sure Dad himself can also handle it. But the issue now is how this
would affect us. With the news of his arrest and the articles going around, we’re going to take a big
hit from this,” he explained. “We’ll lose millions, if not billions, if we don’t find a way to stop
the news from getting worse.”
Amber understood what he meant immediately and let out a frustrated sigh. She then pulled out her
phone, sending a short message to Antoinette.
While Richard was deep in thought on what he could do and who he should call to get his father out of
this mess and also keep the media from spreading rumors, Bianca’s voice cut through the tense
silence, drawing the attention of both Amber and Richard.
“Richard, there’s something I need to give you,” she announced as she reached into her bag and pulled
out the brown envelope that had been entrusted to her by their elder sister, Elena. “Just so you
know, it’s from Elena, and she asked me to give this to you.”
Richard furrowed his brow in confusion. “What is it, Bianca? What did Elena want you to hand over to
me?”
With a solemn expression, Bianca handed the envelope to Richard. “Elena gave me this envelope after you stormed out of the dinner in anger. She told me to give it to you if any troubling news came up while you were still here in Italy. I believe now is the time,” she explained.
She had also peeped into the envelope when Elena gave it to her, but she wanted Richard to see for
himself because she had not really understood it when she saw it earlier.
Richard’s fingers traced the edges of the envelope, a mixture of curiosity and reluctance warring in him as he hesitated to uncover whatever was in the envelope. But after a moment of contemplation, his curiosity got the better of him, and he carefully tore open the envelope.
Richard’s hands trembled slightly as he extracted a stack of photographs from the opened envelope. His eyes widened in surprise as he beheld the images in his hands, each one a chilling snapshot that was obviously captured in the dark.
The first photo depicted a shadowy figure in the distance, back turned to the camera, holding a gun
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in their hands. Despite the lack of a clear view of the person’s face, Richard’s gut clenched with a sense of recognition, a cold realization dawning on him. “That’s Kayden,” he muttered under his
breath.
How could Elena have obtained these images, and why would she send them to him so suddenly? He
wondered to himself, struggling to understand what any of this could mean.
Setting aside his shock, Richard continued to sift through the photographs, each one more unsettling
than the last. As he reached the next image, his brow furrowed in confusion at the sight of a man’s Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org
mugshot, a face unfamiliar to him, staring back from the grainy picture.
A sense of curiosity mingled with apprehension as Richard noted the phone number scrawled on the back of the photograph, accompanied by a cryptic message that read, “Contact him.discreetly. He goes by
the name H, and he’s waiting for your call.”,
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