Chapter 918 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Evelyn can be so sweet,” Sonia said with a small smile.

“Yeah. She is when she isn’t being nosy,” Celsie said with a small smile.

“You always said you didn’t want to lose control of your life to a man like our teacher who quit simply because she got married. You didn’t want any man to be the center of your world like Mr Perkins was to Mrs Perkins, and you didn’t want to end up with a jerk who would betray you and run away with all you’ve worked for. Simply put you said you being alone would have saved them from all that grief,” Sonia said, and Celsie smiled ruefully as she recalled the conversation.

“You weren’t fazed at all. You insisted that you would get married and be happy. You said what happened to Mr Perkins was natural, and that what happened to the lady you used to babysit for, and our teacher was a result of their choices,” Celsie said, and Sonia nodded.

“And I still think so,” Sonia said and Celsie sighed.

She could see how she could have decided not to get married as a teenager because of those experiences she had witnessed, and she could understand how her own trauma had impacted her decision.

But what she could also see was the fact that Sonia had also been right. It was all about choices.

“I wonder how you were so mature,” Celsie said, and Sonia gave her a smug smile.

“Some of us were born that way,” Sonia said proudly.

Celsie was sure of one thing at the moment, and it was the fact that she was already faced with all of those things she had been trying to to avoid by not getting married, whether or not she was married to Benne now.

As an adult she could now see that the problem wasn’t marriage. The thing she should have avoided and been scared of from the start was falling in love and not marriage.

Rebekah paced around her bedroom with a deep frown etched between her brows as she dialed her hitman’s line for what was probably the hundredth time in that last two days.

What was going on? Why wasn’t his line reachable? Did something happen to him? She had even been to his apartment to find him but had noticed that the place was empty, even the dirty plates on the sink seemed like they had been left there for days.

It was unlike Sam. What was more disturbing was the fact that she was yet to hear any news about Jade’s possible death from her daughters.

She knew that if something had happened to Jade she would know have heard from them by now since Jade was the lawyer handling Jackson’s case.

All of this made her feel uneasy. Did he perhaps get caught? No. That was impossible. There was no way Jade could possibly have overpowered him.

What then could have happened to him? Why did she keep having this queasy feeling?

Everything seemed to be falling apart. Her men were yet to find Wyatt, and she still couldn’t reach Anita. Everything seemed to be falling apart. The only consolation she had right now was that her other three daughters were still on her side.

She turned to the door when a knock sounded, and her housekeeper informed her that Tiffany and Bernice were downstairs.

Rebekah sighed as she checked her appearance in the mirror before going down to see them. Perhaps they had finally brought her some good news she wanted to hear.

As she walked down the stairs, Bernice and Tiffany who were seated in the living room, looked up at her and stopped whatever discussion they had been having.

“Hello, mother!” They greeted as they rose and Rebekah smiled.

“I must say that I’m surprised to see you both. Pleasantly surprised,” Rebekah said as she went to sit on her favorite chair and they both sat down.

“Why would you be? It’s not unusual for us to visit you this way,” Tiffany said, and Bernice nodded in agreement.

“Well, with the unfortunate events of the past couple of days, you can’t blame me,” Rebekah said as she met Bernice’s gaze.

“We have to put all of that behind us and move forward,” Bernice said as she sat forward in her seat.

“Yes, we should. Adam is dead now so there is no reason for you both to be on bad terms. We are family after all. We should leave all of that in the past and strengthen our bond,” Tiffany said, and Bernice nodded in agreement.

“You haven’t told Eric that you’d be on the show alone, right?” Bernice asked hopefully, and Rebekah shook her head.

“I’ve been occupied with other things. I should do that now…”

“No, don’t! Thank God you suggested we come,” Tiffany said to Bernice with a smile.

Rebekah looked from Tiffany to Bernice and then back again, “Why don’t you want me to call him?”

“We thought about it and decided that we would like to be on the show with you as planned. We might never get this opportunity again,” Bernice said, and Tiffany nodded.

“You both can’t possibly want to appear on TV. Not with the issues going around about your husband’s murder and your husband’s arrest,” Rebekah said looking at them both.

“Let us worry about that, mother. Besides, I’ve decided to divorce Jackson when all this is over as you suggested. If we are asked about it on the interview I will explain that we are separated,” Tiffany said, and Bernice nodded.

“We won’t be the first socialites to do something like that. We got the invitation before all of this happened, so i don’t think it should be a problem,” Bernice added, and Rebekah looked at them uncertainly.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” Rebekah said thoughtfully.

“You’ve taught us to always hold our heads up high no matter the situation,” Tiffany reminded her and she sighed.

“Are you sure you can handle it?” Rebekah asked and they both nodded.

“Why not? We don’t think it’s a good idea for you to appear on the show alone. We should also show Anita what she will be missing out on by leaving,” Bernice said, and Rebekah nodded in agreement to the last statement.

“Alright then. We will go on with the original plan. It’s next week,” Rebekah said and the sisters smiled.

“I take it that neither of you have heard from Anita yet?” Rebekah asked and they shook their heads.

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