THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

On this call from attorney Nairobi Cedeno, Amber, entering her room and changing to take a shower, began a mental review of Dylan’s performance towards her during the trial. If anything, she recalled:

“He was the one who visited me, offered to help me, and one of his lawyers, not from the current firm, was the one who did my defense, without contributing much to it,” she thought, closing her eyes to flash back to that moment.

“After I graduated, he was the one who sent the lawyer, Rony Bencomo, who helped me prepare my file to request the benefit of sentence reduction and get out sooner”, she analyzed, remembering that if the first lawyer had been diligent, she would not have even stepped foot in jail.

Likewise, she reproached herself for never having asked in the office since when Lugo has been a client or partner of the law firm? Nor had she ever inquired in depth about what really happened the day Christopher found her in Dylan’s suite with him.

After finishing her bath, she dressed in her pajamas and lying on her bed, with the laptop in her lap, she began to do the authorization for Nairobi. When she finished it, she sent it off with her digitized signature and resumed again her plans to find the real truth, in her case.

“Who, really, set up the whole plot, for what I experienced? Who are really the culprits? And why did they do it?” she mentally questioned herself, combing her hair, getting up then, walking to the dressing room.

Amber, reached again for the USB device she took from Christopher’s laptop and watched the video again. Her encounter with Lugo at the hotel was very casual. The person who followed them knew the hotel perfectly well, as they did.

“He must be a regular visitor to the hotel, because the young man’s presence did not attract anyone’s attention. Besides, I do not distinguish his face well because he was wearing the visor cap, which hid his features” she reasoned, watching the video, doing Zoom.

“Why was Dylan shirtless, when Christopher arrived?” she questioned, watching the video that showed him naked from the waist up, when he was taken out of the suite.

“When we entered the room, he stayed outside in the entrance hall, because he was supposedly thirsty,” she recalled, continuing to watch the video.

“Here you can see a little more of the young man’s face, it looks familiar,” she recalled, observing a little more of the hidden face of the man who followed her. Anyway, she sensed that something worse, was behind it.

“Who is behind all this? Who wants to hurt me so much?”, she asked herself mentally, trying to find a true answer, since from this information given by her colleague, she doubted that it was only Christopher.

Amber, convinced that she must search for the real truth, after these reflections, passed WhatsApp message to her friend and colleague.

[Nairobi already sent you the authorization to your email. Anything, count on me, I am interested in knowing what will happen and above all, if you manage to prove that they lied”, chatted Amber].

[Thank you, friend! I already checked the email and of course, yes! I’ll keep you posted. Besides, I’ll consult you if you need anything” answered Nairobi, sending an emoji of a fist with a thumbs up].

[Okay, I’ll keep an eye on it” answered Amber].

After having analyzed all this situation, Amber came to the conclusion that only being close, very close to Dylan, she could find out the truth, so she will have to take the risk and accept him, as a boyfriend.

In this sense, this will help her to keep Christopher away from her, to discover the truth about the witnesses, whose testimony was fundamental to convict her. And in general, to get all the answers that so far, she has not been able to get.

With this end in mind, she called Dylan to invite him to lunch, the next day, since there will be no office in court and she will not attend the company.

(***)

-Hello, Dylan,” she greeted him in a sweet, melodic voice.

-Don’t tell me you miss me? -he asked smug and arrogant.

-Suddenly! -she answered in a seductive voice.

-That fascinated me,” he said.

-I called you to invite you to lunch here in the apartment,” she requested.

-Of course you did! I accept to have lunch with you, well with you,” he answered smiling, getting up from the sofa where he was lying down watching a movie.

-If you want, shall I come down for a while? -he asked, persevering.

-No, don’t worry! I’m already in bed, I’m tired, so I’ll take the opportunity to get enough sleep. See you tomorrow! And have a good rest,” she said goodbye, pleasantly.

-See you tomorrow, Amber! I was so happy to get this call,” he added.

She hung up, so he wouldn’t insist. Besides, there’s no question of whether to tell her mom or not. Because she thinks she will be very upset when she sees him arrive the next day to have lunch with them. With this doubt, she went to bed to sleep.

(***)

Thousands of kilometers away from Santiago de Leon, in a small country with which it has no extradition agreement, Michelle Fontain and her father Hildegart Fontain, along with his wife, are celebrating a new negotiation with Dylan Lugo, which has left them great profits.

Until now, between them there have been hidden and very strong negotiations that have left them great profits. So through a video call, Dylan celebrates with them, the triumph that he will obtain next week, since the judge of the case, appreciates Amber very much and will dictate sentence, surely in favor of them.

For Lugo, she has been his best acquisition, since even the judge in charge of Islander holds her in high esteem. He will take advantage of this, especially in resolving his affairs and legal disputes, with the certainty of sure success.

-Cheers! -Michelle toasted, raising her glass, as did her father and stepmother.

-Cheers! -replied Dylan, toasting with them, from a distance and through the screen of his cell phone.

-Have you continued to attack Christopher?” asked Michelle, vindictively.

-Yes, but the suspicions will fall on Amber,” he commented, smiling, “This way, I will definitely keep them away from each other, so that they can’t see each other.

-She is very shameless, since in spite of everything she has supposedly done to him, she is still after him. Did you check the pictures and videos on the networks? -Michelle asked.

“When he was reported missing, the first gum that was there, at the airport, was her,” she added with a hostile and contemptuous voice.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

-Yes, I haven’t told her anything,” he clarified, “Since it doesn’t suit me to let her know that I already know. Besides, lately, she has been getting closer to me, even though I can’t stand her mother,” he added, scorning Sabrina.

-Get her out of your way! That shouldn’t be hard at all, especially if she’s already old,” commented Michelle meanly and with a loud laugh.

-For now, it doesn’t suit me! But, when the time comes, if I have to do it, I will. I won’t put my hand on my heart to eliminate that old woman,” he assured her.

-That’s right! We have set ourselves a goal and we must not allow it to be missed because of the intervention of others,” she assured him.

-Okay! Now he left you, keep celebrating, because I’m going to answer another call that is coming in and I’ve been waiting for it all afternoon and part of the night! -he said, saying goodbye to them…