Got caught

Finally it's time to meet the guys.

I have spent my whole day without meeting Ashley.

And it was the worst day of my life !

It was very hard for me to keep myself away from her the whole day.

I was missing her badly.

I got used to be near her in few days.

It's a very bad sign.

What if she turns out to be a criminal ?

How would I spend my life without her ?

I hope she is innocent !

I have made the nurse to take care of her the whole day.

And everytime she came to me she was asking me, what to answer Ashely when she asks,

' Where is Dr. Allen ' ?

I told her to tell Ashley that I am busy today, whenever I'll get the time I'll visit her.

Finally Derek and Cole came.

As decided we met in the cafeteria.

Cole told me that Michael is Mr. Grayson's son and Ashley's half brother.

Mr. Grayson as well as his son had many cases against them, but they were closed using some power in the past.

And Derek told us the whole story of Alex Grayson and his family.

The affair, pre marriage pregnancy, the mafia, the uncle, the unwilling divorce, the division of the property and everything.

And even after knowing all of this they were yet to know where is Rachel ?

After knowing that Ashley is innocent I couldn't control my emotions.

I needed to see her and we all went to meet her.

She was mad at me for not telling her myself that I would be busy all day.

She held Cole's hand while having her shot and they were almost lost into eachothers eyes.

And my heart almost broke to see that.

So, it was the right decision not to tell Derek what she said to me.

She was falling for Cole !

She wanted to apologise to him and she had already asked us to bring Cole once to her.

And here they were.

He wasn't ready to talk to her.

Derek and I made him talk to her.

It broke my heart but, she wanted to talk to him and apologize him so I didn't minded her.

We left them alone there and came back to cafeteria.

Though, I was sad to see her falling for him, I was very happy to know that she is innocent and we can start talking to her once again.

We were having some snacks when Cole came looking very sad, almost looking like he is about to cry !

He came and sat we us.

" Dominic, my watch is showing it's 6:30 then, why it's written 12 over Cole's face ? "

Derek said pulling his leg as usual.

Cole just gave him a death glare and he shut his mouth.

" What happened Cole ?

Why are you looking so sad ? "

I asked seriously.

" What do you mean, looking sad ?

I am not sad at all.

Shut up and tell me what have you planned ? What do we do next ? "

Cole said coldly.

" We haven't planned anything.

We were waiting for you, but you look very disturbed.

Seriously, what happened ?

Did she hurted you again ? "

Derek asked concerned.

" You..."

Cole was about to say something...

" She didn't hurt him but he have hurted her ! "

Lauren said accusing Cole.

" What ?

What are you saying ? "

I asked confused.

" Yes, you heard it right.

The poor girl was apologising him for what she did and he ?

He treated her like he was having pity on her and...

You are so cold Cole !

How could you ? "

Jules said disgusted with Cole.

" Don't act dramatic, Jules.

You know that since your childhood !

What's new in it ?

Why are you acting like I have done something out of box ?

I haven't... "

Cole said getting defensive.

" It's not new but, she don't deserve it, Cole.

And you already knew she was innocent ! "

Derek said.

" What do you mean she is innocent ?

What happened ?

Was she accused for anything ? "

Lauren asked confused.

" Couldn't you keep your mouth shut ?

Just for a while ? "

Cole yelled at Derek.

" What are you guys hiding from us ?

Tell us ?

What's wrong ? "

Jules asked irritated.

" Tell us guys.

Don't stretch it.

This suspense is killing me.

What ?

Got dammit tell me ! "

Lauren yelled impatiently.

After that we had to tell them everything.

Derek told them everything.

After all they too deserve to know everything about Ashley and why happened what happened with her.

They too were shocked just like us.

Just the difference was, they didn't had to spend sleepless nights in worries and non-stop disturbing thoughts.

Neither they had to stay away from her unwillingly, nor they had to picture her as criminal.

They didn't had to doubt her even for a moment !

" Why did you guys didn't told this us earlier ? "

Lauren asked accusing.

" Even if we had told you guys earlier, what would you guys have done ?

Hated her ?

Doubted her ?

Lost your sleep at night ?

Be uneasy with the continuous thought that she should turn out to be an innocent ?

Go crazy with the confusion whether to believe the story she told us or not ?

Or anything else ? "

Derek said.

" Then, do only you guys have took the responsibility to do everything ?

Couldn't you guys have let us join you too ?

We would have fought together !

We could have shared the worry, the confusion, the doubt, the uneasiness and everything else ! "

Jules said calmly.

" We respect you guys for you thought about us and felt that we shouldn't be troubled; but guys we are a team and a team always works together, remember ? "

Lauren said disappointed.