ying to get close to y

r would have a pretty g

d in real estate, hospitality management, jewelry lines, departme

sidiaries had secured positions in bei

money did th

ulous thought

ve from his brother would send the global

getting close to his daughter, Precious. A lot of women had come and gone, but this was th

hat is g

likes her

n made perfect

the prized treasure

er name, and it had been i

year, and not once had he eve

ft at the gate of their villa, along wi

on had revealed that the little girl's bones had been broken. Her body had been full of bruises, too. She had been almost dead at that p

ut that she really

sons eventually getting married and having children, the news had m

le girl with all the love and attention they could give. It reached the point where she be

d showed interest on her father. Even those who had been d

blind date, this was indeed the first time that Luke had se

he had never imagined would come

to use Preciou

et. "I'll go check

endy had barely stepped inside when Raym

wrong,

" the boy whined. "I thought s

ught warmth t

o the room. "What can possibly happen to Mommy? I just happe

cute

gi

d his mother praising

inging inside

asked, noticing the sm

econds before finally asking,

girl?" He looked gen

und kiss on his cheek. "Mommy l

mother's arms. "I'm a man of four years old," he annou

ou are, you are stil

nned despit

out chairs to accommodate them at the tab

e we

ur la

s hot! It

the corner. He hurriedly poured himself a cup and drank it in two big gulps, grateful when the drink helped him cool d

complish yo

ding the folder behind his back.

tell

woman is called Wendy Finch, and she's only twenty-three years old. She i

ie F

This is where things get interesting. Do you remember that funeral service we attended with Kane

edge as he opened the folder an

mother had a daughter of her own called Eris. Wendy has another sister, though, who shared the same parents as her. This other sister is six years older, and was marrie

n Oli

sudden Brian fell in love and got together with Wendy's stepsister three years later. And then... Well nobody really knew for sure what happened,

got to the section of her relocat

up at hi

her life in the US, as if that part of her life was completely wiped out from p

fro

e that she had no intentions to

you th

off the plane roughly two hours ago," Luke explained.

ng and looked b

sn't going to do an

from his brother. "Are

es

hy

ose of her return is to audition for the

nvince you that she is no

ted. He leaned over Ryan's desk and said i

ying to play g

n the US. They must have been acquainted there given that Roger also went to the US three years ago. Besides, didn't he

gers pause

John

erson who would treat pe

ionship be between R