Chapter 269 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“What will you do if this doesn’t work as planned? What if she is able to clear her name easily? You must have a plan B, right?” Mr. Wyatt asked, and Anita sighed.

“She won’t be able to clear her name that easily. I made sure of it. And if peradventure she is able to do that, I also have my plan B. I’m my mother’s daughter after all. Don’t let me bore you with the details of my plan, I’m sure you have enough on your plate already. Thanks for your concern, uncle,” Anita said, and Mr. Wyatt raised a brow at Benne.

“Alright, dear. Take care of yourself. I need to rest now,” he said and hung up the call after receiving the go-ahead from Benne.

“You’re so good at this,” Benne said with a mocking smile, “Send it to me,” Benne ordered, and Mr. Wyatt immediately transferred the recorded phone conversation to him.

“Thank you for your help. I won’t forget it,” Benne said as he stood up, and then straightened his shirt before walking away.

As he drove back to his apartment, his blood boiled with anger as he replayed the phone conversation between Mr. Wyatt and Anita. Who did she think she was to do something like this? What did she mean by she made sure of it that Celsie wouldn’t be able to clear her name so easily? And what was her plan B?

He thought about the different ways that he could deal with Anita. What punishment would ever be good enough for someone as despicable as her?

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“Don’t you think you were brutally honest just now? Lucas doesn’t need that right now,” Sonia said as she walked out of the apartment with Celsie.

“Really? Was I? Do you have any idea how things would have been for me if I didn’t have you to rely on this whole time? Lucas is my only sibling. My twin brother. He was my only friend until Rachel came into the picture. I would never have chosen ANY guy over Lucas. Never. We had a bond and he let her come between us. After ten years he’s only just realizing what I’ve been trying to say from the start? And you expect me to pat him on the back? No, I won’t do that. He would have saved himself this heartbreak had he done the right thing from the moment she started all her nonsense.”

Sonia paused to look at her, “I get that you’re upset too, but Lucas is hurt. So what if it took him ten years or even thirty years to realize that she’s not suitable for him? He is heartbroken right now and he needs you. He came all this way to be here for you. You can do better than this,” Sonia said, and Celsie sighed.

“Yeah. I guess you’re right,” Celsie said as she looked from Benne’s apartment to hers, and contemplated whether or not she should go back and say something to Lucas.

“But I have to admit that I’m happy he broke up with her ass. That bitch! I wish I could see her tears right now,” Sonia said with a small laugh, and Celsie turned to give her a questioning look.

“Didn’t you just scold me for rejoicing over it?”

“No. I meant we are free to rejoice and even celebrate behind him, but we can’t do any of that in front of him. There is a difference. It is called being sensitive,” Sonia said, and Celsie rolled her eyes.

“Whatever. I’m sure my parents will console him. I will just apologize to him when they’re done,” Celsie said as they both covered the rest of the distance to Benne’s apartment.

Before they could ring the doorbell, Benne drove in, in one of his cars and both Celsie and Sonia turned to look at him. They waited until he had gotten out of the car before going to him, “So? How did it go? Anita is responsible for this, right?” Celsie asked curiously.

“Yes.”

“I swear to God I’m going to kill that bitch when I set my eyes on her! I know we suspected her, but knowing for real that she is behind this, and hearing her say it so proudly, I feel so angry I could murder her right now!” Sonia shrieked angrily after they all listened to the recorded phone conversation between Anita and her uncle.

Celsie who was still staring at Benne’s phone which was on the table turned to Sonia, “Calm down, Sony. We should…”

“Calm down? Are you kidding me? How can you be so calm, Celsie? How?” Sonia asked incredulously as she stood up unable to stay still, “We just confirmed that the bitch is behind this, and you are keeping your calm? We should go over to her apartment and show her what a murderer can do. We should tear her apart limb by fucking limb,” Sonia suggested, and both brothers exchanged a look, with Benne signaling to Bryan with his eyes to calm Sonia, while Bryan just grinned at him, enjoying Sonia’s display of anger.

“Yeah, I’m angry too. Very angry actually. And I would love nothing more than to pull out all the hair on her head so that she would look like the ugly vulture she is, but anger isn’t going to help the situation right now. Did you hear her? She even has a plan B. And we don’t know what it is yet,” Celsie pointed out.

“We don’t need to know what it is. All we need to do is confront her with the truth we know now. I’m sure if I beat her to the point of coma, her plan B won’t be an issue since she would be too busy fighting for her life to pay any attention to us,” Sonia hissed in annoyance, and Bryan chuckled but quickly kept a straight face when Sonia shot him a look.

“Don’t worry babe, you will have all the time you need to tear out limbs, and even her eyes and teeth if you want to. I could even hold her still for you while you do that. For now let’s focus on clearing the mess she already created,” Bryan told Sonia who was still seething, and he walked over to where she was, and pulled her back to their seat, “Relax.”

“What do you think we should do?” Celsie asked both Benne and Bryan curiously.

“Let’s proceed with the video as planned. Whatever her plan B is, I already paid the man who is working for her to inform me of whatever move she tries to make next. I still have one of my men tailing her movement, so let’s not worry too much about her, and just keep pretending to be ignorant.”

Sonia took in a deep breath as she tried to calm herself while Bryan patted her back, “Celsie told us about the move you made at the office with her teammates. It is helping,” Sonia told Benne, who raised a brow.

“What move?” Bryan asked, and Sonia filled him in on it before Celsie quickly told the brothers about Amy’s visit and updated them on what was happening on the internet regarding the news.

“I think all we need to do now is to release our statement to back it up,” Celsie concluded, and Benne nodded.

“That is good. Amy has greatly impressed me in all of this,” Benne noted, and Celsie nodded in agreement.

“Me too.”

“She also suggested that this might not all be coincidence, and it makes sense,” Sonia said, turning to Bryan as she explained how Anita might be involved in their scandal.

“Yes, it makes sense. I’m still trying to figure out which of my people could have informed the press about us,” Bryan said with a sigh before turning to Benne.

“By the way, I spoke with mom and Jade earlier,” Bryan informed Benne and chuckled when Benne tried to signal him with his eyes not to talk about his conversation with their mom in front of the ladies since he believed that it was going to be something bad.

“Let’s speak in private. Please excuse us for a moment,” Benne said, wanting to leave but Bryan didn’t move.

“No need to speak in private. We are one biiiiig family now, aren’t we?” Bryan drawled and gave both ladies a grin. “Don’t worry, mom is fine, and she sympathizes with both her daughters-in-law. All she wants is for you to return her calls. She is very worried about you,” Bryan said, and Benne scowled at him, while Sonia and Celsie looked at both brothers, wondering what was going on.

“I’ll call give her a call later. What about Jade? What did she say?”

“She gave some sweet sisterly and legal advice. She wants Sonia and I to come clean to the public,” Bryan said and went on to explain all that Jade had said.

Sonia pursed her lips thoughtfully, “She has a point. Let’s do that. If they still don’t believe it then maybe I can share the draft of my unpublished book as evidence,” Sonia suggested.

“Good. Let’s proceed. Enough with the plans, it’s almost 4 pm already. Let’s do the video, and then maybe we can have dinner with Celsie’s family if she doesn’t mind,” Benne suggested hopefully.

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