Santiago and Jimmy were on their way to New Jersey. The former president had called them and told them that their sister has been found but she’s not with her parents.
Her foster father had died, but she’s not with her mom, she’d been locked behind the walls and iron bars called prison and under tight surveillance.
That made Nancy Blake sob more. Her daughter in prison awaiting trial? She’s to be charged with attempted murder or murder as the case may be?
Oh her life! How can this be? For generations, the Blake’s had never had anything criminal to be reckoned with. How can a daughter of hers become a suspected criminal?
Being away from her family doesn’t mean she’s got another blood running through her veins. She’s still Blake.
Hence Santiago and Jimmy took off. However it will be done, they must do it. She cannot be tried and convicted. That’s never going to happen.
Adrian arrived at the hospital and saw his grandfather had woken up. But he appeared blank, unable to utter a word. He prayed silently that he wouldn’t lose his memory.
“What’s my grandfather’s state now? Is he alright?” He demanded, going over and placing his hands on his, grandfather turned and glanced at him, blinking his eyes a few times to indicate that he’s going to be fine.
“He’s going to be fine. He’ll get better. He’s out of danger. By tomorrow, he will be alright and able to talk. So we can say that your grandfather had really recovered faster than we thought” the doctor explained.
Adrian was happy. Finally, grandfather is not going to die. He cannot afford telling his father that grandfather is no more. He stayed by grandfather until midnight when he drifted off to sleep.
But when Adrian arrived back home, his mom had already gone off to sleep, hence he decided to inform her the next morning.
But the next morning, New Jersey woke up to the breaking news of a fire outbreak in the prison. As Adrian woke up to take a bath, the news of it was being broadcasted.
The surveillance recording revealed that the fire started from one of the cells and they tried to save everyone except that unfortunately they couldn’t save everybody.
Adrian took a bath and was going downstairs when his cell phone number was dialled. He was asked to report to the police station immediately.
A cold shiver ran through his spine. He hopes nothing has happened to Ava? Now, grandfather is awake and he would be able to tell them exactly what happened.
Besides after what he saw the previous evening, he had mixed feelings about the whole incident. He intends to start investigating the whole incident that morning.
As he descended the stairs he was dazed to find his elegant father standing in his tall physique and his mother was standing aside, her arms folded across her chest.
“You’re back dad?” Adrian said, feeling really restless within him. It seemed to him that from the previous evening to that morning, then the sudden call to come over, he doesn’t feel interested in anything else but finding out something he really cannot lay his fingers on.
“Where’s Ava?” Richard asked, ignoring his son’s words. How can he be asking him a rhetorical question? Of course he’s back and standing before him.
“You’ll know everything dad but I have an urgent call I need to attend to” he said and excused himself. He just wants to know why the police department would call him with this terrible news of a fire outbreak in prison.
When he got there, he was told that the fire outbreak took place in the cell where Ava Leon was kept..
“What are you saying, officer?” Adrian Lester blurted. Now he was feeling like his temperature was too high for him to bear. The atmosphere suddenly felt so condensed.
“We have to tell you that Ava Leon suffered burns beyond recognition…” the officer was saying when Adrian rose up in haste.
“Are you saying Ava is dead?” He demanded, his eyes bloodshot.
In no time, the news was everywhere that there was only a single death in the outbreak. A few sustained bruises as they all were rescued but no major casualty.
It was suspected that there was foul play involved because there isn’t any way a single person would die and her fellow inmate was rescued.
They were still listening to it when the name mentioned was Ava Leon!
Few hours later, Clara Leon was being placed on oxygen. The news of her daughter’s death came as a shock and she couldn’t hold on, she collapsed and went into a coma.
Richard was furious. He rushed to the police department and was told Adrian had signed the necessary paperwork since he made it known that he was Ava Leon’s husband when he insisted on restraint on her.
Richard was dazed. When he wants to destroy her, he identifies himself as her husband? And he has been called and told about his wife’s death?
Now, even Anna Lester knew something bad would happen to her and her son. Sam Leon is dead and now, his daughter is dead too, and directly or indirectly the Lester family are involved.
Richard called Adrian and the latter said he’d just returned home to inform him of what had happened when he was told he stepped out with his mom. Richard instructed him to stay put at home and wait for him.
“How did Ava Leon end up in prison?” Richard thundered as he sat back in his car. His eyes were spitting fire and his voice was deep with fury.
What he expected to hear on his return was the divorce being successful. Not to be embraced with the news of Ava’s death and Adrian was addressed as the deceased husband.
“She attempted to murder Father so I had her arrested..”Anna replied, her voice shaking. The way her husband was feeling at the moment, he could do worse things than she’d imagined.
“Why do you think Ava would do that? Did you investigate the whole incident?” Richard demanded and Anna went silent. She couldn’t answer that because she didn’t do anything like that.
“Where’s Father now?” Richard demanded. His mind is now clouded. How father almost got murdered and Ava’s death. All this revolves around his family?
When the chauffeur drove into the Lester mansion, all the employees were sniffing. Their eyes were puffy and red and they’ve been sobbing.
How can Ava Leon die a few days after her father’s death? Her father died in the Lester mansion and she died in a place the members of the Lester family pushed her into.
Richard saw them and was going to step in when Adrian walked out and said “grandfather had recovered and request to see me”
With that every one of them got back into the car and headed towards the hospital. Adrian assigned a few of his men to take note of whatever is needed and attend to it before he gets back.
At this time, Adrian’s eyes were reddened and he looked unkempt. The death of Ava hits him hard because of what he suspects might have happened.
He had Clem investigate the matter now. He had gone to take a look at grandfather’s room again while waiting for his father to return and he could only conclude on one point: someone got in.
And whoever that bastard was who did it certainly forgot to take along the sheath of the dagger while escaping. He found it and the blood stained palm print was enough for him to think along another direction.
And now that he would have considered letting her off, realising Ava might be innocent after all, she suddenly died and grandfather woke up. They all would listen to grandfather and hear his side of the whole story but then, where is Ava?
His heart felt pained and he wished he had been a little patient with Ava before taking a drastic decision.