Once Abby finished her cake, Sybil had another idea for something they could do together. She took Abby and Aaron upstairs.
“Aunt Sybil, where are we going?”
“Somewhere we can make you even more beautiful. Would you like to see it?”
“Yes, I’d love to!” Abby replied happily.
Sybil took the two children up to her dressing room and opened the closet at the bottom.
Abby was amazed to see it was filled with lots of beautiful children’s dresses.
“Aunt Sybil, why do you have so many lovely clothes?” Abby asked.
“Well, before Aaron arrived, I was so excited that I bought clothes for both a boy and a girl. I couldn’t return these, so I put them here,” Sybil replied.
Actually, Sybil had tried several times to dress Aaron as a girl. However, Ken, who normally supported her ideas, was totally against this one. Aaron dodged a bullet, thanks to Ken’s insistence.
Now with the very cute Abby here, Sybil was excited to see the dresses worn finally.
Sybil took her to the changing room and let her choose whatever dress she wanted. Then she handed the camera to Aaron.
“Aaron, take a photo of Abby in her dress, can you do that, baby?”
“I got it.” Aaron accepted the camera and waited impatiently.
Sybil could not wait to see how Diana reacted when she saw Abby’s photos in the beautiful dresses.
As for Brian and Ken, they were still hunting for Diana. They had searched numerous rooms but could not find her. Suddenly, it occurred to Brian to try and call Diana’s phone. Sure enough, from a room at the far end of the corridor, Brian could hear the faint sound of Diana’s phone ringing. He sprinted toward the room where the sound was coming from and, without breaking stride, flung the door open. Inside, he was confronted with a horrible sight. Antonette was holding a knife to Diana’s neck, while Diana appeared to be unconscious and was hanging lifelessly in Antonette’s arms.
Instinctively, Brian edged forward.
“Antonette, let her go.”
Antonette laughs wildly. “My dear brother, you are late!”
She pushed the edge of the knife harder into Diana’s skin, and it began to bleed.
“Antonette! Antonette! Don’t mess things up!”
Antonette looked cold and said without emotion, “I told you, if you are late, I will kill her.”
“Wait, let me take her place. You can kill me!” Brian said desperately.
This is what Antonette had been waiting to hear. She released her grip to let Diana fall to the floor, the impact of which brought Diana abruptly out of her daze.
“Why? Why do you only love Diana? Is she better than me?” Antonette shouted. She looked like she was losing her mind.
Diana opened her eyes. When she saw Brian stood opposite Antonette, she was anxious.
“Brian, what are you doing here?”
“I’m here to save you.”
“I don’t need you to save me. Leave. Right now!” Diana cried.
“Enough,” Antonette broke in, “There is no need to rub your love in my face. Neither of you will leave here safely.”
When Ken walked into the room, he was shocked by the scene before him. It was dark inside, so he hit the light switch on in the main room.
“Don’t turn on the light,” Antonette shouted. “You are all coming to hell with me. All of you!”
She put the knife again to Diana’s neck.
“Diana!” Brian shouted with worry.
Diana calmed herself down and looked at Brian peacefully.
“What do you want?” Brian asked Antonette coldly.
“I want what’s mine. I want half of the empire.”
Ken replied in a deep voice, “You’re going too far…”
“Too far? Am I going too far? Simon William never took care of my mother and me. He should pay for it!” Antonette screamed louder still.
She was so agitated that the knife scraped Diana’s neck again. Diana grimaced hard, trying her best not to make a sound.
“You owe me that. The William family owns me a lot. I deserve it!”
“Fine. I promise. I promise I will give you your share.”
Right now, Brian simply wanted to calm Antonette down.
Finally, Antonette let Diana go slightly. She pushed her to the floor and said ferociously to Brian, “Go to the company now and write me the contract!”
“Ken, go, and do as she said.”
“But…” Ken hesitated.
Brian broke in, “Don’t waste time. Just go.”
Ken sighed and left. When he came out onto the street, he ran into Detective Shields.
“How is everything in there?” Mr. Shields asked nervously.
Ken explained to him the general situation. The detective was somewhat relieved to learn there was only one female suspect. Since Brian had behaved so nervously before, the detective had arrived with plenty of backup.
As for Brian, he said nervously to Antonette, “I let Ken go to the company. Now you can let Diana go.”
“No, I won’t let her go until I receive the contract.”
Antonette held Diana tightly.
Making sure Antonette didn’t notice, Diana gave Brian a glance and lowered her head. Brian took a second to get her meaning, and then without warning, he pounced on Antonette and knocked her down.
“Fuck!” Antonette shouted out.
Brian put himself in front of Diana and said in a cold voice, “Give in, Antonette! You’re done!”