"There are two paths. The right and the left. Both look the same. But the outcome is different. Choices cannot be undone. Once chosen, can never be chosen again. The road is broken. It cannot be walked again. Once the road has been trodden, it shall disappear.
You can pick one, but you cannot pick both."
***
3 months later ~
Time has passed, nothing has changed. Two days until my engagement party and I couldn't care less, even if I tried.
Tammy on the other hand, loved it all. She loved the shopping, the perfume and the air conditioned stores. The way her lashes battered briskly with the attention of the sales staff that threw smiles in her direction. Tammy continued to try shoes and made the most of the free make-overs that were eagerly forced onto her.
I groan loudly, "Are you going to keep running back and forth into each and every shop?"
She stops and turns to me, flushed cheeks "Els, our engagement is in two days! I need to get last minute items." Rolling my eyes, I reply, "And why do you need three pairs of shoes, for one night?"
"Because I need to change." The look she gave me told me I shouldn't question her any longer.
As she wandered off into the distance, the vibration against my thigh catches my attention.
Meet at Luvik Road 6pm sharp.
There was no information on the contact but I knew exactly who it was.
We arrived home and Ryan was sitting on the sofa, buttons undone from the collar down to the waist. Tammy reddens and I try to ignore.
"Took you long enough." He comments as we place down our shopping bags. Well, Tammy's.
"Sorry Ryan, Elliot was just being a drag all evening." She sits close to him and places a kiss on his cheek. The way they look at each other makes me gag, they may as well have sex in front of me.
"We have a meeting with the decorator at 5pm. Just to make sure everything is going to go to plan." Ryan speaks out to me but doesn't take his eyes off Tammy.
"I can't go." They both look at me now, " What do you mean?"
"I have stuff to sort out, you know, for the party." I did my best to sound casual. It seemed to work when none of them replied to me.
They shrugged and carried on conversing like I wasn't even there anymore.
Wow, why is it again that I'm doing this?
***
6pm couldn't come any faster, once I had left Tammy and Ryan to be anywhere other than in their presence I managed to finalise my uni assignments prior graduation, before arriving at Luvik Road.
He was there at 6pm spot on. "Hey there son, how have things been?"
I replied bluntly with the details of the past three months. What did he expect from me after leaving me in the lurch for three months? Bloody pathetic excuse for a detective.
"I'm sorry, you're well within reason to be pissed at me. I've had trouble trying to persuade the bosses in taking your dad down, he's a real dirty one and they need substantial evidence before they can even agree to build a case against him."
"First of all he's not my dad, Steve is..."
I couldn't even finish my reply before he butted in, "What the fuck? Ha your mother cheated on his filthy ass, what an embarrassment. Hang on this may be good for the case carry on, what else have you found out?"
"Well as I was saying, I found out that Steve is my biological dad as well as my best friend Luca's. I found letters left behind by my parents and Luca's mum, Samantha confirmed this."
He agreed the letters and Samantha's testimonial would help in building the case against Ryan.
"The affair is a big motive to catch Ryan out but the letters don't provide significant evidence to prove Ryan was involved in anything illegal concerning your mothers death."
I pondered for a minute, Luca's mum was surely hiding something big. How could she keep her secret of his paternity a secret from Ryan all along, unless he knew and she had something against him to stop him from exposing it.
"I think Samantha might know more, I'll talk to her, she used to work for Ryan. I'm sure she knows all his secrets and illegal works. Detective I want to destroy him, but I want his company in a legit manner, I want to strip him of his power and glory, as he ripped my parents from me."
"Don't worry, we'll get him. You make sure she can be trusted we can't have Ryan get even a whiff of this case, he'll have his lawyers cover everything up in no time, it's what dirty business men like him do best."
Something about this detective spelled trouble, what did he have against Ryan? I didn't have time to voice my concerns since he disappeared as soon as.
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