Doubts

The time Zachary left the office, Charlie was still in the same position. He took a deep breath and took out his gold-colored phone from his pocket. He stared at the screen for quite sometimes before resolutely dialed his little rabbit phone number.

'Will she answer?' he thought and doubts began to rise when suddenly he heard a voice. "Stop calling me! I'm busy!" then the call ended.

Rude! That was Charlie's first impression before he began to realize that the voice was different from the one he had heard before. Nevertheless, the voice sounded familiar. Except, he didn't know where did the familiarity come from.

Charlie let out a heavy sigh as he couldn't make a tail of the overly familiar voice. After thinking for quite some time, he still met a dead end. Yet, the arising question was now planting a seed of doubt inside his heart. Even though, he was still unaware of it.

Suddenly, there were four knocks on the door. Charlie looked at the direction of it with his brows knitted closer. He knew it was Zachary for the four knocks was his trademark. He argued that since everyone usually knocked three times, he decided that he would knock four times every time. Soon, he claimed the four knocks as the grand announcement of his arrival.

True to what Charlie was thinking, Zachary entered the office with a gleeful face. "Boss, it's five o'clock," he announced.

Charlie chuckled. He stared at his assistant for a few seconds before walking out of the office. "Bring my stuff," he reminded and proceed to walk, leaving Zachary who was rushing to take his stuff with a wide smile on his face.

***

"Sh*t!" Ivy threw the phone in her hand to the bed in front of her. Then, she began to throw things that were on her body. From the choker on her slender neck to the expensive jewelry decorating her body.

Perhaps hearing the sound of things being thrown, an aged woman entered Ivy's room. Together with the woman was Anna who was shocked to see her Young Miss throwing things everywhere.

"Ivy dear, what with this uncivilized manner?" the aged woman spoke also in shock. Her eyes were looking at all the things that were thrown on the floor. Anna who was standing at the back cringed at the broken jewelry.

That was fuck*ng expensive! She couldn't help but curse at Ivy's childish behavior. However, what was happening next alarmed the two people that had just entered Ivy's room.

"Mom, everything is f*cked up!" Ivy screamed as her body slumped on the floor. Her fingers shaking uncontrollably. Anger that was polished with eyeliner tears were visible on her face. Then, she began scratching the floor with her long nails.

"Ivy dear, what's wrong? Tell mommy, let's find the solution together," Mdm Cain, the aged woman rushed to her daughter. Seeing her behavior accelerated to such alarming behavior made her realized that she couldn't afford to get panic even though she was feeling so. Right now, she needed to console her daughter.

As Mdm Cain tried to handle her daughter's uncontrollable temper, she knew something big must have happened. It was rare to see Ivy like this. The last time her temper was going violent was when she requested her father to 'get rid' of her in-law's daughter.

Now, what was the issue?

"Mom! I-I made a mistake and answered Zen's phone earlier. I-" Ivy tried to explain but when she recalled the careless mistake she did. She began to bit her lips.

"This is all that b*tch fault! Mom... you must tell dad to kill this person. She is a virus. A virus! Mom, you must! you must!" Ivy began to scream again. Her eyes almost bulged from the sheer hatred she had towards the 'person' she was referring to. Then, as if being possessed she began to scratch her scalp, few hairs fell to the floor. On a closer look, two of her long well-manicured nails were broken.

"Anna, go call the house doctor! Fast!" Mdm Cain ordered as she used force to prevent Ivy from self-hurting.

"Ivy! Ivy! Please calm down!" she spoke in a loud voice. Ivy's movement instantly stopped and she slowly looked at her mother's face.

Mdm Cain sighed in relief. However, seeing the distraught look on her daughter, she began to harbor hate towards the person that led her to become so. She helped Ivy to stand up and let her rest on the bed.

"Ivy dear, what actually happened? Tell mommy. For sure we'll get rid of anyone that gets on your way." she asked persuasively.

"Mom, Zen must have doubted me now. I-I didn't notice that it was him calling. I became myself. I answered as Ivy. Mom, what if he hates me?" Ivy explained in between sobs. Her hand was pulling on the bed cover causing wrinkles to disfigure the neat form it originally was.

"Shh, it's okay. It's okay. He will not be aware of it. Besides, you rarely talk to him. He might think that it was your voice," Mdm Cain was frowning at the news, yet she still comforted and reassured her daughter that everything was alright.

Now, that was a problem alright.

Zen was an asset that her daughter couldn't afford to lose and hers as well. She had realized that her daughter had an extreme obsession with this man to the extent she was willing to sacrifice someone else's life. As a mother, all she wanted was to pamper her daughter. Everything she wanted, she would help her to get it.

But, if her daughter really made that mistake she mentioned earlier, how would she fix that?

Mdm Cain gently cleared the tears on her daughter's face while at the same time, in her mind, she was beginning to envision the next steps to solve the issue.

Seeing her daughter's wound on her scalp made her body shivered. Subsequently, she recalled that there was something else that caused her daughter to collapse into another episode of self-destruction. She wanted to inquire about the perpetrator but seeing the change in her daughter's countenance made her went against her curiosity. It wasn't the right time to ask. Her daughter needed to calm down!

"My lady, Dr. Kevin is here,"

Mdm Cain who was still next to her daughter look up after listening to Anna's announcement. The next thing she saw was the figure of a forty years old man. Seeing the man's appearance calmed her racing heart. She immediately stood up.

"Dr. Kevin, I leave my daughter to you. Just cure her wound and avoid talking too much. Anna, follow me!" Mdm Cain didn't give the doctor anymore look as she began to pull Anna's hand to the outside of the room.

Dr. Kevin who looked at the two women leaving the room snickered. He hated being instructed on what to do, yet, he also knew that he couldn't go against the authority of that woman who clearly had no regard toward him.

He shook his head after realizing the helplessness of his own situation. Then, after calming down he started examining the sleeping lady on the bed. He needed to treat this young lady first or else he'd be in trouble.

Outside the room, Anna was being interrogated by Mdm Cain.

"What happened today?"

Anna clearly felt the killing intent on that simple question and knew that she couldn't hide anything. Hence, she began explaining the incident in the garden earlier this evening.

Camellia's casual probing on Ava Willow was now twisted to Camellia's attempt to dig the whereabout of Ava Willow. The story was now developed to a situation where Camellia also ridiculed and threatened the Young Miss thus caused her to get anxious and becoming scared.

Anna was actually taking advantage of the situation. She couldn't protect herself and could only rely on the power of the Cains. If they decided to get rid of Camellia, she would definitely reap its advantage as well. Her role was to fuel the already burning flame between the two parties.

And as expected, Mdm Cain was indeed enraged with what she just listened to.

"How dare she!" she said angrily.

"Anna, look after Ivy!" she shot a dagger look towards Anna, sending the message that if something were to happen to her daughter, she would be the first to receive the consequence. Anna was seen nodding till her head got dizzy. Only when Mdm Cain's figure was gone did she relaxed.

A smile was seen on her round face.