She called Jack next, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "And you, Jack? The best big brother in the world. You and Mother have been getting quite close lately, whispering secrets to each other, hiding things from the rest of the family." She paused, letting her words sink in before continuing with a darker tone. "If it were anyone else, they might think the two of you were plotting how to kill Father."
Both Alia and Jack’s faces turned as pale as a blank sheet of paper. They gulped hard, nearly choking on their own saliva as their hearts sank into their stomachs. The nausea was overwhelming, twisting their insides as if they’d just consud sothing toxic. They felt as though they were on the verge of vomiting, completely overwheld by the weight of what had just said.
Michelle stared at her mother and father, wondering what Anastasia could have ant—the sa situation Robert was in.
"What’s that supposed to an? What are you trying to prove here, Anastasia?" Jack questioned after he recovered, sweating buckets.
"When did I say I was trying to prove anything?" Anastasia questioned back, the grin stretching more on her lips which they couldn’t see. "I only stated my concerns," she added. "Well now, I only called to hear your voices to be sure you are still alive. Now that I’ve heard your voices, I will be going now. But don’t worry, I won’t be gone for long. I’m coming back ho, Mom and Dad. Our family is finally going to be complete."
Without giving them a chance to speak, Anastasia hung up on the call, leaving them to wonder and figure out what her next actions would be, while they panicked.
Robert threw his phone on the couch, not caring where it’d landed. His blood boiled at the realization that he’d ssed up badly when it ca to making sure Anastasia disappeared completely.
’I only had one job, and I ssed it up!’ He yelled at himself as he pulled his hair in frustration.
"You don’t have to worry father, Anastasia still doesn’t have anything heavy on us. Yes, she does have the pictures and when she released them, it would cause a disaster, but that’s all that would possibly happen," Jack said, trying to distract Robert from asking him any questions regarding what Anastasia had said earlier.
"Do you think that’s the only thing she has against us?" Michelle questioned Jack with flaring eyes. "That is Anastasia we are talking about. Soone who posed as Selene, uploaded pictures of my drug addict, and my relationship with other n. She’s not the sa Anastasia we knew before. She has the upper hand here and we have to think of a way to get rid of her before she does sothing worse!"
Alia subconsciously nodded in agreent.
She had no idea how Anastasia got to know that both she and Jack had been plotting how to get rid of Robert permanently, but it was obvious Anastasia wasn’t the sa person as before.
"But hold up a second, what did Anastasia an when she said sothing about you and Mom plotting how to kill the father?" Michelle questioned, glaring at both Jack and Alia, still wanting to know what those words ant.
"What did she an by that?" Robert added, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he waited for them to speak.
"It doesn’t an anything, that bitch Anastasia just wants to create misunderstanding between us all. She said that on purpose to create a misunderstanding between us," Alia defended herself imdiately, tears streaming down from her face. "Don’t tell you think Jack and I would plan on killing you, Robert? We are your family!"
Robert nodded his head, imdiately believing her, but Michelle stared at her with a suspicious look.
Her father and mother were cheating on each other. Jack had Robert sign his properties to him without his knowledge and now, Jack owns all assets belonging to the Harrison family.
Now she wondered if Jack and her mother would plot to kill Robert.
"I believe you," Robert said. "But then, what pictures were Anastasia asking before?" He questioned for the nth ti.
"She didn’t send anything. She only wants to create a misunderstanding in our family. But we won’t let her," Alia responded, hoping Robert would forget about the pictures.
She made a ntal note to burn those pictures before Robert saw it.
Robert nodded one more ti, completely agreeing with what Alia said, while Michelle resisted the urge to palm her face at that mont.
She could just tell her father what was in the pictures he was so curious about. But she didn’t bother herself with it—there was a bigger problem at hand, one that needed to be solved imdiately.
Alia silently sighed in relief when she saw that Robert agreed with what she was saying to him.
However, that still didn’t make her chest feel any lighter.
Anastasia was alive, and she was coming back ho soon.
"So how are we going to deal with Anastasia?" Jack asked, still anxious about the situation at hand. "She has Xavier with her, and I’m sure she’d told him everything we’ve done to her."
Although he was pissed with his father since it was all his fault—he was the one who assured them he would get rid of Anastasia, but he didn’t do it right. Now, two years later, they are back at square one and this ti around, he might lose everything, including the properties.
He shook his head to think straight.
’The property is still in my na. I won’t be giving it back to Anastasia even if she asked Xavier to threaten ,’ he promised himself. ’If things beco too difficult, I will just run away. I have the money.’
"I have no idea," Robert said. "Touching Anastasia would be crucial as of the mont."
"But we can’t sit and let her do whatever she wants, whenever she wants to," Alia intervened.
"I will try to talk to her," Michelle said all of a sudden. "I have a plan that can help us get rid of her for the rest of our lives."
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