Facade

Chapter 30

Mia's pov

Immediately Karen finished telling me her history with Aiden, I busted into tears. I can't believe I was so foolish to fall for that miserable dick called Aiden. I hated Aiden for cheating on me with Karen when he actually didn't. He had cheated on Karen with me. I was disgusted at myself for falling for such an idiot in the first place. I turned to Karen who was on her knees profusely apologizing to me for sleeping with Aiden when we were together. I smiled at her.
"It's alright Karen. Get up. Its not your fault" I assured her. She shook her head vehemently and replied
"No Mia, it's my fault. Immediately you told me about Aiden asking you out, I should have told you about us."
I wipe the tear that escaped her eyelids and said
"You were just trying to protect me Karen. I'd have done the same if I were in your shoes so please get up" I assured her. I pulled her up to sit on a stool. Karen smiled at me, a shaky smile though but it was still a smile.
"And about all those things I said to you at school. I'm so sorry. I was so desperate to save my relationship with Aiden and I was too much in love to realize that Aiden doesn't love me. Please forgive me" Karen pleaded. I understood where she was coming from. Aiden had played both of us like strings on a guitar. I'm so happy that I didn't sleep with him before I realized what a sickness he was. And as for Karen, I've forgiven her but I don't think I can trust her again. And I must let her know that.
"It's alright Karen. I've forgiven you. But it's going to take a while for me to trust you again" I told her with a stern voice. She bobbed her head eagerly and I pulled her into a hug.
Karen and I chatted for a while about random stuffs. It was so fun like the old times and it made me remember why she was my best friend.
"How are your parents?" I asked casually. Honestly I couldn't care less about them but asking seemed like the polite thing to do so I asked. Karen's countenance changed immediately. Her once smile bubbly self wiped off to reveal gloomy sad self. She looked lost that I immediately squeezed her arm in comfort. Don't ask me why I did that, I don't know myself. It just seemed like the right thing to do.
"Mum is still mum. She's never home. She just sends money into my account. She doesn't care if I'm alive or not. I can't even remember the last time I had a full two minutes conversation with her." Karen lamented. I immediately felt bad about bringing the subject up. Before I could think of a way to change the subject, she continued
"And as for dad, no one knows where he is. He calls me regularly to ask about my well-being but that's it. I don't know where he is"
I smiled at her reassuringly. I didn't know what to say but I knew I had to say something to break the sudden awkward silence.
"Don't worry Karen. Everything will fall into place" I said as reassuring as I could sound. She smiled at me and I knew I was had said the right thing.
I hope to God that Aiden is arrested so I can kick him in the balls when I go for the trial. And I know for sure he will be tried because the evidence against him is just too much.

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Helen's pov

I listened intently to Davis and Felix discuss their plans to attack me. I scoff at that. Amateurs. I'm sure you are confused about what's going on. Well, I sent one of my men to install a secret bug in Davis house in Australia. Too bad he could only install the sound bugs, not the video bugs. According to him, sound bugs are not easily detected as video bug. At first I was angry but it's working well for me. I smiled as I heard them decide to attack tonight. Perfect. I'm going to give them the best welcome back gift ever. I'm going to set a trap. A trap that's guaranteed to destroy Davis once and for all. I smiled to myself as I dropped the listening device. I stood up and left my office to set things in motion.
  
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Davis's pov

I couldn't shake away the feeling of dread that crept up my spine as I sat on the jet taking us to Canada. I had a feeling something was going go terribly wrong. I ran over our plans in my head trying to find any loopholes or mistakes. So far, nothing. Yet that feeling did not stop. It's not as if it's my first time of going on an operation.
"Relax. Everything will work out perfectly. Our plans are fail proof if I do say so myself" Felix reassured me. I smiled at him in response, but I was far from relaxed. I decided to sleep. I unhooked my seat belt and stood up. I went into the cabin and laid on the bed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't sleep. I kept tossing and turning till I just stood up. The almost sixteen hours flight was now annoying. I decided to record a video with my phone, addressing it to Karen. In the video, I explained everything about my relationship with Felix and I warned her about her mother. I also left the details of my off shore accounts to her so she won't lack anything. Immediately I was done with the video, I sent it to Felix's phone. I left the cabin and came out in time to see Felix checking his phone. He turned to me when he realized the message was from me. I could see the confusion on his face. He was about to click open the message when I stopped him.
"No! Don't open it. It's not for you. It's for Karen in case something happens. I just hope I get to see your mum one last time" I could tell he didn't understand my cryptic statement. I couldn't explain why I made the video.
"Felix I have a bad feeling about this mission. In case anything happens to me, please protect Karen. She's your sister. Also show her the video I sent to you." I pleaded with him.
Felix frowned at me, his eyes contemplating. I grabbed him arm and squeezed
"Please Felix. Do this for me"
Felix huffed out and nodded.
"Alright I'll do it. But I think it's unnecessary. Nothing bad is gonna happen. You'll see"
I just smiled at his response. My instinct has never been wrong. There's a high chance we are walking to our deaths.

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