The Thornes

Chapter 3

Harletta giggled and acted all shy when Eliazer kissed her. Eliazer held her waist, pulled her closer and just stared into her eyes. The way he looked at her mesmerized her and she loved every bit of it. Harletta, staring back at him, asked him about the reason for sending his siblings those documents that could easily be used against him, as well as documents that could have possibly be used to ruin the family. Eliazer replied saying that his idea was to make his father find out about the person who leaked the documents so he or she could have him or herself disowned by their father. The turn of events at breakfast was even better than he had hoped. Eliazer then told Harletta he was certain Elora had something to do with this. He just couldn't wait on her to be cast out and disowned from amongst the Thornes; for Wyll is strongly against betrayal and backstabbing. Wyll always advised his children to stick together. Oftentimes he'd say; "when all is over, family is all you've got". From this, Eliazer believed that should Wyll finding out his own child betrayed his sibling, he will have no choice than to disown him or her. Harletta smiled and asked him about the other plans. Eliazer, confident enough, asked that she stayed patient while watching him mess around with his siblings. Harletta then kissed and asked him to promise her that eventually they get married once everything finally gets settled. Eliazer didn't hesitate and made the promise. Harletta saw Wyll's call come in and quickly run off. Eliazer stood there for approximately ten minutes and headed back.

The hiding Dofia hurriedly came out of the bushes panting. All that squatting had her tired. She felt sticky and itchy. She stood there smiling and instantly knew what she was going to do with the footages she had taken. She knew this was her ticket to getting all that she had ever wanted and dreamed of. She as well thought that she needed one of her siblings to partner with but who could she possibly trust enough, regarding the current circumstances. Dofia decided to head back to her tree house contemplating very carefully about her decision to find a partner out of her siblings.

Back at Josephina's apartment, she still was quite furious about her cancelled date with Elora. Just when she was about to sleep, a message came in from her fiancé telling her about how his day had been. He explained everything that happened during breakfast to her and asked that she let her sister off the hook this time. She gave a huge sigh and replied the text by telling him not to worry. After they had both offered each other some goodnight pleasantries, Josephina laid down and realized the plan had already been put in motion.

Three months ago, when Josephina used to visit her father at the hospital, she met an elderly woman who looked in her sixties. The woman suffered from severe stroke and was also partially blind. After much interaction and bonding, both became very close. Alithia, as this old lady had introduced herself, told Josephina a story. The story seemed too sad and devastating to be true. Compassionate as Josephina was, she asked that Alithia sue her perpetrators but the woman in tears asked Josephina to be patient since her illness had become a hindrance to her and a blockade to doing anything. The next time Josephina heard from Alithia was a month after her father's death. She invited her to her home in Sunvale. That was when Alithia introduced her to his son, Eliazer Drew, presently one of the Thornes. The three sat down and heard Alithia's story, this time round, it was very detailed. The perpetrators in question were the Thorne family. Josephina wept and was in shock but she had already fallen in love with a Thorne, Anthony, and somewhat wouldn't believe that her fiancé could be a part of all these. Alithia then told Josephina how unsure he was about his Anthony's involvement, but she knew for sure that Elora was very much involved, just like her father. This is what has led Josephina into thinking that Eliazer starting to shake things up meant the battle was soon going to start.

When she saw Eliazer that night, she was a bit moved and surprised as to how the Eliazer Drew she knew him had become a Thorne. She couldn't walk up to him to ask him about the details because she also wanted to avoid any suspicions at all cost. Alithia had mentioned that Eliazer was going to be staying in the mansion but she left out the part that says he was/would be Wyll's son. From Anthony's speech in the car back home, Josephina already knew whatever that was going to happen wasn't going to be very nice. Nonetheless, she had promised Alithia, that she was going to fight even if it meant losing her life. The Thornes simply were not going to get away with what they had done. Her only hope was the love of her life, that Anthony was different from the rest. After thinking about all these, Josephina drifted off to bed.