Shadows of Destiny

I was worried about the arrests, primarily because of the rumours about the gun assassination.

I did not know if it were the truth or a piece of false information to mislead us.

Anything was possible because the people were intelligent, and they were multiple steps ahead of us.

After Sylvester and the other men left, I knew we had to set some things in motion and reduce the workload.

Iris’s questioning would have to wait.

I was curious to find out what was in the flash drive.

Sylvester had asked a valid question, and I was tempted to ask Amanda, but I changed my mind.

No one trusted her intentions, and they all had valid reasons.

I needed to consult with my friends to figure out what to do.

Carrying Sylvester’s laptop, I took the drive from where Sylvester kept it in the closet and headed to Avery’s wing so we could check the content together.

We decided to have breakfast there because time was of the essence.

Since the information wasn’t encrypted, there was no need for a hacker.

We would just do well enough.

“Where are you?” I heard Stephanie’s voice in my head, and I honestly did not want to see her until I was done, but I knew she would just come looking for me.

“On my way to Avery’s room,” I replied.

“Nicole wanted us to have breakfast together.

I do not want to be there alone,” She confessed, and I giggled.

“You will have to.

I have been given a task which I have to complete before Sylvester returns,” I confessed, and she was silent a bit before responding.

“Very well then, I will see you later,” She said, giving up, and I was glad she was letting the matter rest.

I arrived at Avery’s door and knocked.

She answered, and I let myself in.

Linda was there eating a sandwich, and we all greeted ourselves.

“Doing some tech stuff?” Linda said, pointing at the laptop, and I giggled.

“No, Linda.

We are going through the flash drive Amanda gave us,” I said, and Avery rolled her eyes.

“You mean the snake because that is what she is,” Avery said, not wanting to give Amanda the benefit of the doubt.

Looking at it, nobody gave the woman the benefit of the doubt.

We all believed she was up to no good.

“You have to agree with Ave, Tamia,” Linda said.

“We were there, remember.

Leo took her everywhere; introduced her as his luna to people.

at home most of the time and left you

could admit more than one Luna or

he had to say no because you

Tamia, and the goddess has smiled on us again, but we should not forget our enemies and

is what has brought us this far.” Linda said and looked at

should have gracefully walked away from that party and returned to Cain Island when she realised her fated was already

exposed her father’s lies when he

and stayed out of the way of your

let

rich; he would have set her up wherever

and claimed she did

Linda said, rolling her

continued her deception,” Avery continued, “just like the women that took those douchebags

deception after you had

and she knew what her father was doing, yet she did not

is almost as if she wants her father

need to lie to anyone; All she had to do was tell

may have, she didn’t tell him the truth, and that is the most

on to the truth and

died in that

men weren’t so nice? Do you know how we would have ended up? They were going to kill

herself up to be taken as tribute? Why did you have to

is only crying now because she got caught,” Avery said, and I knew both

the chair, a bit weak in the knees because

much I say I forgive Amanda

and I were best friends, and he betrayed me for a total

in almost everything, relationship and friendship-wise,

that does not

this wasn’t the

with both

was weird that she

playing at?” I asked, and

resort, if all fails, she will pretend to be on the winning side,” Linda said, and

answer was,

painful part of all this is that Theo told me we can’t hold the bitch here for long if we can’t link

they would solve their matter there.” Linda said, and

might yield something no matter how little; we might get something that we can

I do not care.

She deserves to suffer.

take the babies from

I am just thinking.

wicked to you, Tamia, for her to go scot-free,” Avery said,

like that too, but unless someone says something to implicate her, we will have to let

turned on the laptop, and Linda frowned

that Sylvester’s?” she asked,

not think connecting Amanda’s drive to

spyware in it,” she said, and it

laptop, one that is not connected to the internet and

still baffled that she gave you the

all part of the plan? After all, that was what Lilly was doing for them here before the

said, finishing her sandwich,

have been so careless? I was

and critical thinking had slowed me down

Kappa Wilson to get me a laptop that wasn’t

Sylvester left Wilson

though we started off on the wrong foot because of the