Chapter 54

VIOLET'S POV

We were at a restaurant, it has a fancy fragrance, the chairs were so comfortable

It's just me and Lisa, well, Amanda sat at another table with Leo, and the rest of the guards stayed back home.

A waiter comes to our table "What will you be having?".

I just stay quiet I can't read the menu so I don't even know what to pick

"Uhmm I'll have the chicken strips with some buffalo wings please".

"Alright, what about you ma'am? ". He asked referring to me

"I'll just have what she's having, and a bottle of Rose' please, and orange juice for my guest".

"No problem". He walks away.

I adjust myself in my seat "So, what's new in your life?". I hope this is an appropriate way to start a conversation.

"How old are you?" Lisa ask out of the blue

I find myself continuously blinking "Huh?".

"How old are you?".

"I'll be 26 soon"

"Yea you're way too young to be my mum". I hear her sigh "Why is my life so complicated!" she whines

"What do you mean by that?".

"People in school usually write nasty things they want to do with my dad because he's you know, not old and ugly and the other day when my mum dropped me off the guys in school started whistling and calling her hot stuff".

"I get it, it's not easy having young parents huh"

"Yea... And since dad got married to you, it's been all over the news, people calling you his sugar baby and stuff, it just makes me so mad, I get called a lot of names now, people even write how he got involved with you because of money so much going on, but I don't care "

The waiter suddenly arrives he places our dishes on the table, he opens my wine and pours it into a glass for me

" Enjoy your meal," he said before leaving us.

I carefully search for my fork, not this again, I can't quite get-

"Let me help you". Lisa said handing me the fork and a knife "There, you're already".

"Thank you, Lisa". Here's the tricky part, finding the meal, I carefully put the fork to where I believe the plate is, I gently push it in the minute I felt a budge, but it suddenly slips away, I try again and end up hitting the plate. Times like I get super frustrated that I just want to-

"Let's just use our hands". Lisa said bringing me out of my break down "I can't eat these in a fancy way, since you're rich Violet it'll less embarrassing if you join me". I smile

"Sure let's do that". We both use our hands to eat, we talked about ballet and I tried to bring up a topic that might interest her, we had fun, I had fun, after lunch I decided to take her shopping.

We enter the mall and the ladies greet her "How can we help you?" one of the girls ask

"Do you have ballet slippers? and maybe an outfit, just brings the best ones you have".

"Of course, if you excuse me then". She leaves our presence

"Thank you so much, Violet". Lisa said out of excitement.

"Anything you need, just ask and you will-".

She jumps in "Receive?"

I giggle "Sure"

The ladies come back "We've brought the items, pick the ones you like".

I wish I could see how happy Lisa is right now, she is her father's daughter, I know very well the reason why she wanted us to eat with our hands wasn't that she wasn't able to use the utensils, it was because of me, she saw how I was struggling with it.





LUTHER'S POV

I was seated on the couch in the office with my legs crossed listening carefully to Andrew who spent more than an hour arranging the pictures and writing up on the whiteboard telling me everything he knows about Jesse and a list of suspects who might be involved with Violet's father's murder.

" Okay so far we know the prime suspect of everything, my former boss Mr Harrison. But what you've failed to do is look from another angle".

I caressed my chin "I don't get it".He glares at me " This kid, I might just-". I hold my car keys threatening to throw them at him

He clears his throat "What I'm trying to say is, you're so focused on Mr Harrison that you've failed to see the prime suspect, for example, the night of the murder, the guards and maids left their posts except one, why is that?".

I raise an eyebrow "You're asking me?".

He sighs shaking his head "it was planned from the start, there was an insider, I couldn't do the job they had someone else come to finish it, and I had no idea about it, which means?".

" Someone else was after Mr Anthony Chad as well".

"Yes, now following Violet's accident, Violet was pinned as the murderer when her father died, Mr Harrison helps her out and then the car taking her home exploded. Which means Mr Chad's death was to get rid of Violet as well".

" That's very true, which means Jesse might not be the cause, but it's hard to believe because he benefited from this most of all".

"He isn't the only one, I think you don't see the big picture here, why haven't you ever suspected Mr Harrison's wife?".

" Benita?". He smirks, and my eyes widen. "You're right, she was Jesse's mistress and she had to disguise herself as the maid, she would most definitely want to get rid of Violet especially with Jesse's empty promise of him constantly telling her he would do so, we all know he never had that intention, he did love Violet, just an idiot who thought he could have his cake and eat it".

" Eat his cake and have it". Andrew corrected

"Yea whatever". He rolls his eyes

" That's not all" he points at a picture of a man in uniform "Have you ever wondered why Violet's death was recorded that the car hit a gas tank and not a bomb blast?".

" Yes I have, I just thought maybe because of the location or something".

He laughs "You're quite susceptible sir. No, that's because the higher power was involved, Violet's accident was never investigated properly, the inspector general had something to do about it, not just him, there's a whole circle".

I scratch the back of my head "I don't understand what's happening right now, so, the accident might be related to people with power?".

" Not the cause, but it is possible. When working with Mr Harriosn he occasional received calls from the Minister, and as you know they are looking for something that belonged to Mr chad, something of great power, I don't know what it is, but the minister isn't the only one Mr Harrison has business with". He points at a judged picture "Chief judge".he points at the last picture "and last but not least the best prosecutor in the country ".

" You mean to tell me they are all involved, they are all in some sort of secret society of some sort".

"Uhmmm sure?".

I aggressively get up, I place my hands on my hip " This is all bullshit, what did Mr chad hide that they are all so desperate to find".

"Easy big guy, all we know is, the police are not on our side, we need to take things to step by step, first we need to find out why the security and maids left their post the night of Mr Chad's murder".

That won't be difficult at all " How did you get this much information, I'm impressed".

He shurgs "Did my homework".

He got inside information, well at least we know one thing for sure, there's no one we can trust.