Chapter 34

"Well from the file here, we can give him life in prisonment and then he can file for parole when the time is due, which we will accept." Travis explained dropping the file on the table.

Stephan had left Dawn to sleep , he left her a message informing her to report to work when she was up and to check through his system for the days schedule.

He, Travis and Scar went to the police station to turn Scar in as the killer of Jerome Grey but with the intention of saving him afterwards.

Stephan was not doing this because he had forgiven Scar but Scar was a man who was controlled by money and Stephan had a lot of it. Before they went to the station to turn Scar in.

Travis explained the story to him in details and also gave him a motive as to why he killed Jerome Grey.

"You killed him because he was the one that ruined your life by getting you to kidnap Dawn." Travis explained.

"But it was Dawn's sister," Scar replied.

"This has been agreed on by Dawn, this way we will have a motive and a dead man can't defend himself."

After their conversation, Scar informed Stephan that his wife was almost due for delivery and he worried about her.

"Please Sir, I will do anything you want I just want to make sure she is okay."

"Of course I will keep her safe, as long as you do what you are supposed to do."

"Ofcourse Sir, I will."

Stephan was definitely going to keep him wife and unborn child, one slip off and he would rip their heads off.

Scar was cuffed when they got to the prison but Damien was angry when he came all the way from his family house thinking Matteo had been arrested only to see it was some Scar guy.

The guy story was well detailed and Damien knew he wasn't the killer, it felt like he was narrating the story than actually re-living it. Jerome never knew Dawn so well and he wasn't interested in her so why would he send someone to kidnap her.

It was clear that this was fabricated and not real.

"Scar killed Jerome, he is willing to plead guilty. I think that's fair enough," Alberto explained to Damien as they sat in his office. 

Alberto wasn't pleased that Stephan had been able to find an alternative and Stephan seemed not to be informing Alberto about his dealings anymore.

He was unaware of the development of the case and heard the finalization of the case came from an order above.

He was angry about it because he had no control of the situation anymore, he wanted to make sure Matteo had no other option but to turn himself in.

He had it in mind to speak to Stephan as to why he hadn't informed him, Sarah was also another case entirely. He couldn't reach her number and neither was she in the hospital.

When he investigated further he found out that Sarah had actually been away with Matteo. The bastard had not only killed someone but was away with Sarah having fun and acting like nothing had happen.

It was true that Jerome was in the wrong but still yet, Alberto wasn't pleased.

"What is fair enough is you going to jail for favouritism and setting up someone for  something they didn't do," Damien snapped. He had been away in his family house mourning Jerome, even thou Jerome might have not been a good person, he was a brother and a son.

Damien was angry at the way he died.

He was at a loss not just for his brother, but for losing Dawn back to Stephan.

"Are you threatening me?" Alberto laughed.  "I know you and Jerome kidnapped Dawn and we have concrete evidence to prove it." Alberto did not have any evidence but he knew what Damien and his brother had done and what instigated Matteo to do what he did.

After their conversation, Damien left without saying a word. He remembered Jerome telling him that he had cleared all video footage but he couldn't trust his words right now. He had to be careful.

The last

On his way to his office, he bumped into Dawn at a coffee shop and his eyes widen at the sight of her. She looked different, she was wearing a black suit and a black skirt over a red heel, her hair was pack in a ponytail and her makeup was done nicely.

"Dawn," he still couldn't believe his eyes, the last time they had spoken he had pleaded with her to not get mad at Jerome and that he had the situation under control but Dawn had succeeded in escaping through the window when he was away.

He had even feared the police will come and arrest them but nothing happened, only Jerome had to pay for everything.

 Now that he thought about it, he wasn't angry about Jerome's death but at himself for letting it get this far. 

Dawn had woken up after an hour, she saw the note Stephan left and hurried straight to his office after getting dressed but on her way she decided to get a cup of coffee for the both of them.

Dark for Stephan and a lot of sugar for her, she didn't expect to bump into Damien and when he had called her. She wanted to slap him hard on the face but both of her hands were holding on to the coffee. 

She walked past him without looking at him.

"Dawn," she heard him call out again as he held her hand lightly, when she turned to stare at him. He released his grip on her hand and raised both hands up like he meant no harm to her.

"What do you want?"

"We need to talk?" Damien knew what he did wasn't the best way to get her away from Stephan but still Stephan didn't deserve her.

"I have nothing to say to you, I will advice you stay away from me for your own good." Dawn warned walking out, she didn't have time to chit chat about irrelevant stuffs. 

She walked into the car outside and got into the backseat, Stephan had gotten her own personal driver to drive her wherever she wanted to go.

All she knew was that his name was Eric, he wasn't much of a talker. So the ride to the office was silent. 

When she got to the office, she took the private elevator up to his office.

On getting to his office, he wasn't yet back. He had texted her that he was still in a meeting and she should check out the file on his desk. She dropped the coffee on the table and sat on his chair looking through the file.

It was their upcoming mask party coming on the weekend plans, Dawn had not yet decided on what she wanted to wear exactly to the party.

She read each line slowly, trying to see if their is any errors or miscalculation in the financial aspect. 

When she noticed something wrong, she took his pen and jotted it down on the empty book on the table.

She was so engrossed in the file, she didn't notice someone walk in.

"Who the hell are you? And why are you sitting on my boss chair."

Dawn had not heard the first time until the lady mentioned it again angrily, Dawn stared at her with a confused look.

"I am..."

"Get up from there right this minute," the lady interrupted walking up to her and pulling her up from the seat.

Up close Dawn could see the lady was up to her age and formally dressed as well, Dawn wasn't familiar with this company yet. 

The last couple of times she had entered, it was through the private elevator and straight into Stephan's office. She was only familiar with the security team and the receptionist.

She didn't know who this lady was and it was best she explained herself to her but she remembered Stephan telling her that he expected her to feel in control of any situation she found herself as the company was not a place for weaklings.

She stared at the name tag, when the lady yanked the file from her hand and dropped it from the table.

"Dorris I am Step...I mean Mr Klar's new personal assistant."

"Do I look like a joke to you?" Doris was sent in by Mr Klar to bring some paperwork from his office, only for her to find some lady on his chair. Not only was she disrespectful by doing that she was also claiming her position as the personal assistant.

"Do I look like I am laughing?" Dawn replied removing Dorris hand from her hand and sitting back on the seat. "Take what you want and get out."

Dorris was stunned by the order, she was about to give Dawn a tight slap when Eric, Stephan's body guard came inside. 

Dorris hand hung in the air as Dawn stared at Eric.

"Miss is anything the problem?"

Dorris placed her hand down to her side, so she could explain the situation to Eric. It was good he was here to witness this nonsense.

She pointed at Dawn. 

"Yes, this lady was..." 

"No it's fine Eric, just get her out." Dawn replied and it dawned on Dorris that Eric wasn't talking to her.

Eric nodded and motioned Dorris to the door.

"Right this way Ma," Eric said.

"Didn't you hear me, I said this lady was..."

"Ma'am don't let me come to you, right this way now." Eric pleaded as Dorris swallowed hard in shame, she bowed her head down and walked out of the office. 

It was one thing to offend someone in the company but to offend the security team was like offending Stephan. 

After Dorris was done, Eric informed Dawn that Stephan had gone for another meeting outside town and ordered that she continue her work and leave an hour after closing hours.

Eric also reassured her that he would be outside the door to wade off any form of distraction. He also informed her that he was fully at her service if she needed to eat or drink anything.

"Thank you so much Eric." Dawn appreciated, when Eric was gone she continued her work. It seemed easy at first until things started repeating each other and some calculations didn't add up.

When it was lunch break, she decided to go and eat in a restaurant instead of ordering for food. She called Eric who dropped her off at a restaurant.

"Can you come back? I don't want you getting bored." Dawn told Eric as she came down from the car.

"It's okay Ma'am, it's my job. Take as much time as you want."

"Thank you," Dawn appreciated and got in to eat.

While in the restaurant, she ordered a take way pack for Eric. He had been beside her all day, she wondered if he had even eaten.

"If it's not miss high and mighty," Dorris said walking in with Elizabeth. She was here to eat lunch when she saw Dawn talking to the waiter and collecting a take away pack.

Dawn didn't seem bothered by her presence, she collected the take away pack and headed out.

"Ain't we talking to you, you bimbo." Elizabeth called out, she had lost her job because of this bimbo, she might as well get under her skin. She didn't have anything to lose.

"Elizabeth right?" Dawn said still walking out as they followed behind.

"You should both respect yourself," Dawn warned she wasn't in the mood for this nonsense.

"Why should we? What do you have that we don't? You crazy bitch." Elizabeth said in an angry tone.

Dawn didn't answer her questions.

She looked around for Eric's car, she spotted it afar and walked up to it. When she was in front of the back seat, Dorris yanked her over and gave her a tight slap.