Mistress

Meanwhile, Claire had just reached her destination, the night was dark and cold…adjusting the scarf around her shoulders. She turned to the taxi driver and handed him some cash

“Here, you can wait for me if you like… if not, you can go,” she said politely and the driver took the money from her

“Sure, do you live here…such a beautiful house,” the man said, but Claire ignored him and glanced at the mansion before her. It was lit brightly, such a mesmerizing scenery. Claire made her way toward the gate. She wanted to see the owner one way or the other

Claire picked up a stone she bumped into and used it to knock at the gate. This wasn't a friendly visit. She came for something important. There was no answer; hence she continued banging on the gate, the deafening sound would make the person she wanted to see come out

“Bernardo get out here!” She shouted, while hitting the stone against the gate, shortly after. The gate opened, and a few security men ran out to see what was going on

“Who are you?”

“Do you know who this mansion belongs to?” The security men asked her angrily, Claire ignored them and tried to enter, unfortunately, they grabbed her and shoved her back

“Let me see your boss…where is he!” She continued shouting and struggling to get free. She wasn't leaving until she had a word with Jim

The commotion went on for so many minutes that the people inside couldn't sit still, Claire was adamant to see Bernardo and the security men wanted to get rid of her until

“That's enough,” came Bernardo's angry voice. Immediately the security men stopped struggling and turned to their boss

“S-sir this woman is causing a ruckus….we told her you would rather not see visitors, but she refused,” the men reported, the entire time Claire's sharp eyes were fixed on Bernardo

“Let her go,” he said breathlessly, “bring her in,” he ordered before walking away, guided by a male nurse and another man in a black suit. Claire was surprised to see Bernardo in such a bad state. He was getting old and sick.

Claire was led inside, the entire mansion was awfully quiet. Other than bodyguards standing in every corner of the mansion. She didn't see his wife or children. She wasn't here to see that, Claire was led to a private lounge where Bernardo was waiting for him. He waved off the nurse and his guard, and they left closing the door lightly

“Have a seat,” Bernardo said gesturing for Claire to sit down, she was hesitant but sat down anyway “to what do I owe this visit,” Bernardo said while picking up a glass of wine. Claire's expression turned sour

“Are you going to pretend huh… I'm sure you've seen him,” Claire spat out angrily. She didn't come to chit-chat, but to make her point. Bernardo went into deep thought when he looked up at her

“Whatever it is, I don't wish to meddle… I like to mind my own business just like I did years ago” he remarked with a sly smirk. Claire ignored him completely,

“My son is in prison for something he didn't do… get him out,” Claire demanded boldly, she had nothing to lose. Her son was wrongly accused of doing something so despicable

“Why should I do that, get him out yourself… he isn't my son is he?” Bernardo said mockingly…his eyes shone with hate, the hate Claire knew too well.

“He was your friend….for the sake of your friendship with my husband… do this for me,” this time she was sincere. Only Bernardo could help her get Nathan out, if not, then her son was going to jail for good. There was silence in the room. Other than the tapping of fingers against the glass, Bernardo was holding. His eyes narrowed shrewdly as if scrutinizing the liquid in the glass

“So now my presence is relevant…what happened to being a pig, a good-for-nothing man… a womanizer and....”

“It's about my son, I'm willing to put our differences aside if you can help me.” Claire cut him off before he could say anything. Bernardo's lips curled upwards in amusement

“You chose to marry him, haven't you learned enough,” Bernardo remarked with interest and carefully placed the glass on the side table? Claire pinched their palms furious but didn't dare to show it

“They are living off my son's money, you were there when all this was happening… They stole everything my husband worked for, and now they are living in luxury,” Claire said disdainfully, the fact that she was silent about everything made her angry. All she wanted was to tell Nathan about what happened in the past. Why his father died so suddenly and how they lost everything in the blink of an eye

“You went ahead and let your son to marry into that family… you made your husband's mistress his mother-in-law…isn't that great” the man said as if trying to frustrate her. Claire was uncomfortable, she knew some things were meant to be buried. Her hatred for Elizabeth grew stronger each time…the fact that she was her husband's mistress made her angry. Elizabeth was a cunning woman together with her husband. They played their game well and won

“My son will hate them if he finds out they are responsible for his father's death… They stole everything from us and left us homeless,” Claire muttered through gritted teeth, it was about time Nathan learned everything from the start. Bernardo chuckled and nodded in amusement,

“I already sent someone to help, don't worry,” Bernardo said assuredly. Claire wasn't sure if to trust him. But she did, Bernardo had his shrewd tricks up his sleeves

As the two continued discussing, Larissa just walked away from the door still in shock. She heard everything her husband and Nathan's mother said, "This can't be,” she muttered, shaking her head in disbelief. Did this mean everything the Larson had was stolen from Nathan's family…not just that Elizabeth was the mistress of Nathan's father? Larissa hurried back to her room to get her phone. This was disturbing, did Laura know all this? At the same time, she couldn't just say something so mind-blowing.

***

“Robert, what do you mean, huh?” Camila growled, nearly hitting Robert, who just spat out nonsense. Robert chuckled and turned to look at Camila. The entire Larson family gathered in the living room including the servant girl kneeling before them

“What nonsense this is… did Nathan pay you to do this,” Elizabeth added furiously, Robert smirked and shifted his gaze from Jeremy to Camila

“The police found the man who those drugs belonged to… he confessed everything, and he'll be brought here to tell us who sent him,” Robert added with a smirk. The girl was still begging and refusing to speak. When Robert arrived at the Larson mansion. He found Patricia, who told him everything. The girl said a masked man asked her to put the bag in Nathan's closet. What Robert didn't believe was how the man entered the mansion

“The police will interrogate you and find out if you are telling the truth,” Robert added and the entire room. Went quiet. All they were waiting for was for the police, Laura and Nathan to come, then they would know who exactly was behind this…who wanted to frame Nathan in such a way.