At the age of 17 Mariana Deliro is given a multi-million dollar company, by who? That's anyone's guess. Money may seem like a blessing but don't be fooled, it's a curse in disguise. With money comes: lying, deceit, betrayals and even a twisted myste...
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11 years ago (the day of the tragedy), Ira's POV:
The note I received in my car at the gas station earlier plays through my mind.
Be in the conference room, top floor at exactly 11:33. Tell no one and come alone. If you don't follow instructions like last time, one of your employees will pay for it. Your choice.
Last time, last time they told me to show up and I didn't, I sure as hell paid for that. They leaked a story of mine to the news, a very personal thing that I didn't want anyone knowing.
I didn't even tell Penny. I would've taken that secret with me to the grave, I was too embarrassed to tell anyone.
People saw me differently after they knew but she was as supportive as ever.
Ever since the news reporters have been on me like a swarm of bees until today that is when they seem to have something better to concentrate on. It's strange.
After I received today's threat I got out of my car and took a look around, memorising the few parked cars that were at the gas station. None of them looked suspicious but surely the person couldn't have pulled up, carefully placed the note without anyone seeing and left in the five minutes that I'd taken. I mean it is a possibility but it would've had to have been perfectly timed.
I need to go tonight otherwise someone is going to get hurt because of me. I need to stop messing about and take the necessary precautions in case something bad happens tonight. I doubt they just want to have a friendly chat.
The threats keep getting worse and going into more and more violent details. The thoughts keep me awake at night. So much so that when they say they'll kill one of my employees if I don't comply, I know they're not bluffing.
I need a backup plan and so I spend most of my day coming up with one.
The plan is heavily flawed but it's the best I can come up with under so much stress and under such little time.
It's not fair putting this on her and I hope she can forgive me someday but I know she's smart enough, I've seen it with my own eyes. Even if I don't, I know she'll make it through to the other side and in years time she'll be able to figure all of this out. There's no one I believe in more. She has the potential to do great things I just know it.
I fold up my letters and ship them off, all except for one. Now I just have to convince one of my best employees, Cathrine to do me a favor.
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