Kendrick’s POV
Christy’s eyes made feel extrely guilty and I did my best to avoid them as I exchanged the engagent rings with Celeste.
I just had to keep up the act for a few minutes more then I will put them all in their place.
The vibration of my phone made anxious and I quickly walked out of the hall to receive the incoming call.
"Report" I said while trying my absolute best to remain hopeful and positive.
"Everything went according to the plan, we got Madam out successfully" Evans inford excitedly and I finally let out the breath that I didn’t realize I was holding.
It was finally over!
I looked up at the sky and smiled for the first ti in two weeks.
Now, I don’t need to pretend anymore and I am going to make every single one of them regret their actions.
I slowly took out a cigarette as the mories of everything that transpired filled my head.
Everything started on the day I finally summoned the courage to confess my feelings to Christy. I don’t know how Raymond and Saen ca to know about it.
FLASHBACK!
Ring Ring!
As soon as I left the hospital after confessing my feelings to Christy, my phone suddenly rang and I brought it out to see who was calling. I frowned as I saw Raymond flashing on the screen.
He is not worthy to be called a father, so I don’t bother with such a show of respect.
"Yes" I said without any pleasantries.
"Is that how you speak to your father?" he yelled angrily but I just kept mute, waiting for him to say what he needed.
"Co to the main house, there is sothing important we need to discuss," he said with an authoritative tone.
"I’m busy" I replied emotionlessly.
"Your grandfather seems to be recovering very well" he said with a threatening tone and I frowned.
"Don’t you dare have any thoughts about my grandpa" I warned him angrily and he laughed mockingly.
"Then you better be here in an hour," he said before hanging up.
I squeezed my phone angrily and decided to go see what he was up to.
The drive to the house took less than an hour and as soon as I entered, I saw Raymond and his wife waiting in the sitting room.
"Oh, see who decided to co," Saen said with a mocking smile.
I ignored her and sat on the chair opposite them.
"The Martinez family wants to know our stand. They have given us a week to decide if the marriage alliance will happen" Raymond inford with a serious expression.
"And what does that have to do with ?" I asked him with a frown.
"What nonsense are you asking?" Saen asked angrily.
"If it was left to , of course I would want my precious son to marry Celeste instead. I don’t know what she saw in you" She sneered.
I ignored her as usual, I don’t waste my strength talking to unimportant people.
"You and Celeste’s engagent will happen in three days’ ti"Raymond said with a tone of finality.
I stared at his face with a slight smile, wondering what gave him the guts to order .
"Don’t give that look, you have no choice but to follow my arrangent" he said with an authoritative tone and I frowned.
I knew he was definitely up to sothing because he had never approached with such an attitude.
"You better stay away from my grandfather"I warned him angrily as I couldn’t think of any other reason why he would be so certain that I would be obedient to him.
"I have no plans of hurting the old man, so you can relax" He said with a triumphant smile.
I couldn’t guess what he was up to and it was extrely frustrating.
"Do you rember what happened to your mother?" He asked with a serious expression.
My blood imdiately boiled as I rembered everything that happened back then.
"Don’t ever talk about her ever again" I warned him and got up to leave.
"She is alive" he suddenly said as I was about to walk out of the door and I froze.
I slowly turned to look at him in disgust.
"Did you just make that up? You really want to believe such nonsense?"I asked him angrily.
" Her body was never found after she had that car accident" He reminded .
I didn’t want to believe him but a part of has always wished that I could find her soday.
"I received a call last week from soone claiming to be her. Of course, I didn’t believe her, so I set up a eting with her to confirm her identity.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw her, she is alive and in my hands" he inford with a cunning smile.
"Am I supposed to just believe everything that cos out of your old lying mouth?" I asked him with a frown.
"You should show your father so respect" Saen reprimanded angrily but I just gave her a side eye and she imdiately cowered in fear.
"I knew you would ask for evidence and I made sure to prepare one" Raymond said with a sly smile and handed the tablet on the table to .
I collected and clicked play, so I could watch the content of the video.
The first face that I saw was the face that I have been longing to see for years. She smiled at the cara.
The woman was none other than my mother.
She was alive.
"How are my father and Kendrick doing?" Her voice ca through, it was exactly how I rembered it, soft and soothing.
"They are fine," Raymond replied.
"I know you must be surprised to see after all these years. I was rescued by a kind old couple after the accident and I suffered from amnesia.
I couldn’t even rember my na or where I ca from..." She paused as tears rolled down her cheeks.
I squeezed the tablet and I couldn’t explain how I felt about it.
"You are back because you rember everything now?" Raymond asked her with a caring voice.
"Yes, I got my mories back last week, although I am still weak, but I couldn’t stop myself from coming to see you, my father and our son" she said with an emotional voice and Raymond pulled her into his arms for a hug.
His care was clearly faked and from what he has been saying since I got here, he was holding her hostage.
"Where is she?!" I asked him angrily but he just ignored and kept sipping his wine.
"She is safe, all you have to do is follow my arrangent and marry Celeste" He said with a cunning grin.
"And if I don’t?" I asked him with a frown.
"Then I don’t know how long I can guarantee her safety" He threatened .
I needed ti to get my mother out of his clutches and to put his guard down as well.
"Okay" I said plainly and he imdiately jumped off his seat excitedly.
Ding!
Our phones chid at the sa ti and I brought it out to check.
"Perfect, just on ti" Saen exclaid happily before I could even check the notification.
When I finally checked, I imdiately understood why she was happy.
It seems they were very certain that I would agree to their plan, so they got the Black family official page to release the official announcent of mine and Celeste’s engagent.
END OF FLASHBACK!
It took a while to finally find out the exact location where he was keeping my mother.
With Mason’s help, I was able to successfully rescue her.
By the ti I snapped back from my mories, I noticed that I had spent almost an hour away from the party.
I rushed into the hall as I couldn’t control the urge to hug Christy and tell her everything but what I saw on entering the hall made my blood boil.
How dare they treat her like that?!
I imdiately rushed to her and pulled her into my arms, she buried her head in my chest as u held her tightly.
"He is protecting her despite seeing the truth?"
"Did she cast a spell on him?"
I heard so of the guests as they spoke in hushed voices.
"What is the aning of this?" Mr Martinez asked angrily as he comforted his crying daughter.
"Have you forgotten what we spoke about?" Raymond asked with a threatening gaze.
"How co I don’t rember ever talking to you?" I replied to him nonchalantly.
"Mr Black, what is going on? We had a deal" Mr Martinez asked him angrily.
Seeing his precious daughter cry made him very upset and he kept glaring at .
I took off my jacket and covered Christy with it, before bringing out my phone to call Mason.
But before the phone could ring, I saw him walking into the hall with two officers behind him.
"Mr Raymond Black, you are under arrest for forced imprisonnt and detainnt of Mrs Lauretta Black" Mason said and one of the officers imdiately handcuffed Raymond.
"Did I just hear Lauretta or am I hearing things?"
"Is she really alive?"
The hall erupted in a noisy chaos as the guests discussed what they just heard.
"Stop!" Celeste suddenly scread and the hall fell into a pin drop silence.
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