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Flavian's POVManu was sleeping so peacefully that I thought it better not to wake her. Day was already breaking when we went to bed. But I had too much on my mind and couldn't get any sleep. I walked into the kitchen and found Cam and Olivia talking in whispers."Look, Oli, at the dark circles under this man's eyes," Cam laughed when he saw me."Yeah, Cam, your sister is wearing me out," I joked, and the smile died on his lips."Spare me the sordid details!" Cam complained, pretending to be irritated. "At least you two weren't too noisy tonight." I couldn't help but laugh, remembering little one's effort to keep quiet."Where's Manu?" Olivia handed me a coffee mug."Sleeping. She's a bit tired." I smiled at Cam, who huffed."Good, because we need to talk," Olivia seemed worried."What is it?" I asked."My mother called me. Her housekeeper is friends with Calvin's housekeeper - Calvin is the father of that fiancé Rita keeps trying to push on Manu," Olivia explained, and I nodded, follo

Cam's POVAs we approached our house, I saw a few people gathered around, my father standing outside the gate, and Rita making a scene. I looked at it with disgust. Beside me, Olivia clapped her hands and bounced in her seat."But it's today!" Olivia said cheerfully, rolling up and pinning her long hair in a bun. I looked at her, puzzled."What's today, Oli?" I asked, but she was already getting out of the car determinedly, so I had no choice but to do the same."Come on, Orlando, tell me, who's the hussy you're involved with? To ask for divorce in such a hurry, you must be head over heels for another woman!" Rita was screaming and crying, putting on a show of a betrayed wife. She was loving having an audience, who was playing the role of the offended wife in front of the whole town."Rita, please, stop this!" My father seemed furious."I wanted to talk to you, Orlando, in the privacy of our home, but you left while I was visiting our daughter. You snuck out like you were running away

Manuela's POVThe Friday at the office was so quiet that I was watching time pass slowly. I ended up remembering the cookies from the bakery across from the office - it had been so long since I'd had them, and they were delicious."Hmm, I think I'll go buy some for an afternoon snack," I said to myself."Talking to yourself, Manu?" Lexie appeared at her office door with a mug in hand."It's a habit, Lexie, I talk to myself. But since you're here, would you mind answering the phone for me for a few minutes?" I asked Lexie."Of course not, I'll handle it." She smiled and glanced at the cell phone in her hand."Won't be long." I grabbed my purse and walked to the elevator."Hey, Manu, where are you going? You're not leaving the building, are you? Flavian said you shouldn't go out..." Lexie noticed I was planning to leave and became worried."It's quick, Lexie, just going to the bakery across the street. Don't worry, my father is keeping an eye on my mother, he has someone watching her and

Rita's POVThat little rat was very well protected. I thought I was lucky when I saw her leaving the building, but she was the lucky one. I didn't know where those police officers came from. I was going back home empty-handed. The worst part was that Calvin's deadline was almost up. But I had to find a way.I got home and Madeline was waiting for me. She was a very useful friend, the detective's wife. He did everything she wanted, and she did everything I wanted. She was a religious zealot, always buried in church, but she was a sinner - a useful sinner. She gossiped about everyone's life in this city, knew everyone's dirty secrets. Well, almost everyone's, because she thought I was a saint. Everyone in this city thought I was a devout woman; sometimes I just wanted to laugh."Rita, where's your daughter? Didn't you find her?" Madeline looked at me curiously. It was better to play the victim."Can you believe that ungrateful girl refused to come with me, Madeline? And she made a scene

"Rose's Diary - September/2005"Chubby was brilliant! She promised to help me with my revenge, and she was keeping her word. Ever since that old devil fired me from the dairy, I had been planning my revenge against him. He discovered I was taking money from the company's cash register and made a huge scene, humiliated me, and threw me out of the dairy. But I didn't regret what I did - that company made tons of money, and I only took a little because I deserved better than what that stingy old man was paying me. Besides, I wasn't the only one - Chubby was also taking her share. Then, after I left, he put his son there to watch everything and ruined our scheme. Before that, his son only stayed at the farm and rarely came to the company - I never even saw him there.And Chubby didn't waste time either - she quickly became interested in the old man's son, Orlando. He was handsome indeed, but what really interested Chubby wasn't him, it was his money. He was the old man's only son. Chubby t