Chapter 165
Mom cannot be alive. I think I’m seeing things and going crazy” Lisa thought as she lay flat on the bed. She misses her a lot that’s probably the reason she thought she had seen her, she thought as she closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.
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Daniel is seen standing in front of a motel speaking with Williams on the phone. He had met with a client in the motel and he had just left not quite long.
“He signed the contract. Let’s make things official ” Daniel said to Williams on the phone and ended the call. Just as he was about to walk towards his car, he collided with someone.
“I’m sorry ” Daniel muttered and looked at the face of the person he just collided with.
“Daniel” Alfred called out, surprised to see him in the motel. This was the motel he’s been lodged in for days.
Daniel stared at Alfred with hate in his eyes. “You should apologize to Lisa even after what you did, she still sees you as a good person,” Alfred said and Daniel scoffed.
“Why do you care if I apologize to her or not,” Daniel said as he gave him a cold look. Alfred sighed softly.
Daniel was a little bit surprised Alfred was calm with him and worst of all he wasn’t staring at him with the hatred in his eyes he usually stares at him with.
“Man up, Daniel. We are both adults and we should act like one. I know how much you love Lisa and the fact that you guys are not on good terms is killing you deep down no matter how hard you try to hide it. You should apologize to her,” Alfred said Daniel scoffed and was about to walk away from him when Alfred spoke.
“I saw you go to that club last night. You should stop drinking and whoring around, it won’t help. ” Alfred said and Daniel paused and then turned to him.
“Have you been monitoring me? What do you want, Alfred?” Daniel asked
“I want us to talk,” Alfred said and Daniel scoffed.
“Is this Alfred telling me he wants us to talk or maybe you’re drunk?” Daniel said and Alfred sighed. He knows how stubborn Daniel was when they were still best of friends. He was the only one that knows how to calm him down but since the day Rhoda died, things have not been the same again.
“I’m serious Daniel, I want us to talk,” Alfred said as he tucked his hands in his pocket staring at Daniel.
“After everything, you want us to talk about what exactly? Have you forgotten I’m a murderer, I murdered Rhoda and Almost raped Lisa” Daniel said
“I know it wasn’t your intention to do that to Lisa. She told me how you stood by her for years and everything you did but you never for once hurt her. I believe it was a mistake and you regret it. I know you very well Daniel, you are a good person” Alfred paused and Daniel scoffed.
“You know absolutely nothing about me. The day we stopped being friends is the day I changed. You know nothing about me, Alfred kings!” Daniel yelled angrily and was about to leave when Alfred dropped the bombshell.
“I know the truth that you didn’t kill Rhoda,” Alfred said and Daniel turned to him in shock. He wondered how he found out the truth. All these years he’s been waiting for the truth to prevail so Alfred would know he never killed Rhoda and someone had set him up.
Alfred was so smart, he wouldn’t be surprised if he found out already. The days and times he waited for him to find out he was distracted. He never believed him, he pushed him away and called him a murderer.
He remembered how he had cried that night begging Alfred to believe him that he didn’t kill Rhoda but Alfred paid a deaf ear to his cries and pushed him away.
He was devastated and frustrated, the truth was standing right in front of him but he just couldn’t see it. He remembered how he waited for Alfred to come to him and tell him he knew he was innocent but that day never came until today.
His mom had seen how devastated and lost he was so they had to move out of the country. And now Alfred was standing in front of him telling him he found out he didn’t kill Rhoda.
He wondered how he finally found out after all these years. It was already too late, he and Alfred cannot go back to being friends or the way they used to be.
Daniel looked away from him as tears gathered in his eyes. He hopped into his car and ignited the Engine.
“Daniel, please wait, let’s talk, please. I’m sorry for not believing you. I……” Alfred paused as Daniel zoomed off at once.
Tears slipped down his cheeks. It was all his fault. Daniel was never going to forgive him. He let Andrew deceive him. He had lost a great friend out of carelessness.
He knew Daniel would never do such but he just wasn’t sure. He remembered how he had pushed him away that night. Daniel begged him with tears in his eyes to believe him that he didn’t kill Rhoda.
He cried and knocked on his door. He had paid deaf ears to his cry. He was so devastated. He remembered the morning Daniel had come and told him they were leaving the country. He didn’t say a word to him but Daniel spoke a word before leaving.
“I hope when you finally found out the truth it won’t be too late then” Those were his last words before he left that day and he never saw him again until he came to Singapore.
Now, he’s found out the truth, it was already too late as Daniel had told him before. It was too late to cry over spilled milk.
TBC