NOT GUILTY?

Satisfaction

A man would do anything to save his own family, even if it means working with his enemy.

I tried sleeping last night but I was so troubled that I couldn't even get an eye shut thinking about what Rita said to me.

Ever since I became a lawyer, I never had one of my clients or none of my clients threatening to hurt my family.

She was the first, now I had to risk my job to save them. I loved my wife and children. Nothing else matters at all if I had them. I couldn't imagine my life without them.

'Babe, are you okay?' asked Grace waking me up from my reverie.

I quickly got up from the bed and walked to her. I hugged her so tightly as if my life depends on her.

'I love you so much Grace. You and our kids are the best thing that ever happened to me. Nothing bad will happen to you all as long as I am alive.'

'Why are you saying that? Are you in trouble?'

I laughed briefly. She always worries about me and my happiness.

This woman is a gift from God.

'I can't express love to my wife,' I said.

'Babe though.'

'I love you.'

'I love you too and nothing bad will happen to us. God is in control.'

She made me cheer up a little before we went to take a bath together.

We had breakfast together and I had to drive the kids to school before going to work.

Grace was running late and so she couldn't take them.

I later drove to my workplace and I was a bit late. I walked with my assistant to my office and she told me that someone was waiting for me.

I slowly opened the door and my guess was right. It was Rita sitting on my chair as if she owned the place.

'Don't you have something else to do besides stalking people?'

'I am only stalking you because I need something. Have you done what I asked you to do?' she said getting up.

'You said 48 hours.'

'I changed my mind. You never know what someone might do in that 48 hours. We doing it now.'

'Rita.'

'I have some people watching over your family right now. Just do the damn job and you are a free man. I won't bother you again,'

she said with a hint of seriousness in her voice.

She sounded different from the Rita that came in my house last night.

I sat down on my chair and took out my laptop from my bag. I switched it on and began editing the will. She was standing right behind me making sure that I was doing everything she asked me to do. After that she is the one who forged her own husband's signature.

'It's done. Now leave me and my family alone.'

'You still need to read the will.'

'Find someone else to do it. I am done working for you. In fact I was only employed by your husband. I am sure you can find your own lawyer. I just risked my job for you and because you threatened to hurt my family. Can you kindly leave my office. Please!'

She walked out without saying a word. This was far from over, I was going to destroy her. I promise I was going to make her pay for her sins. I still had the original will with me and I needed to put it somewhere safe.

......

RITA

I finally got what I wanted.

To be honest, I kinda felt guilty for threatening Harris.

He was a good man and didn't deserve any of that from me. I hope he was going to forgive me because I had put his job at risk.

Anyways I had told him to put everything in my name and maybe give Jason's mother half a million.

I am sure it was going to be enough for her and the rest of the family.

Since Harris had refused to read the will, I asked one of my friends to help me find the best lawyer in town.

I was supposed to meet with him that afternoon.

I met him and we discussed what he was suppose to do. I was glad when he didn't ask me questions that I had no answers to. Being asked 21 questions was the last thing that I wanted. I wanted to get this over and done with. Move on with my life, forget about Jason and his existence in my life.

So the lawyer came in the afternoon and everything went according to plan.

He read the will and of cause the family members were shocked but I put them in their place when they tried to debate with me.

They never supported or did they helped him build the company. I was always there for him and even preferred to give him the money instead of helping my grandmother who wasn't feeling well at that time.

Now tell me, wasn't I fair enough to just give my mother-in law some of the money? She deserved it after all.

Anyway they all left in disappointment.

I bet they thought that the house was going to be theirs.

It was for my children and I. None of them deserved to live in that house. I bought the properties and did the decorations. I loved that house even though it held good and bad memories.

The day that I finally cat walked inside my husband's company was when I felt like a boss. The world revolved around me and I couldn't careless if they were gossiping about me.

That afternoon I gathered them all in the hall to introduce myself. If I knew that running the world as a lady was this perfect, I would have killed Jason a long time back ago.

'There is no need to introduce myself. You all know me from TV. My husband's death made headlines. May he soul rest in peace,' I cleared my throat,

'Now I want to make it all clear that I am not doing any changes in this place. I know most of you wouldn't want to be bossed around by a lady. I won't be heartless to you all but treat you with respect and love.

Any questions?'

A lady raised her hand.

'We hearing rumors about retrenchment.'

'Yeees!'

There were murmurs in the room.

'Silent!'

They all kept quiet.

'I am glad you said rumors,' I said walking around 'that is a lie and I am not planning to remove anyone from the company. We all have families to take care of. Isn't it? I won't be that heartless. My last words are let's work together and always remember the man who started this company. Let's honor him. Thank you!'

They all clapped their hands as I walked out of the room.

If my husband did it, no one was going to stop me. I was going to change the company's name to mine.

.......

KATE

I didn't know that he was married and would have never guessed.

I loved Jason with all of my heart and even gave him my body. Janet lied to me when I first met his brother at school. She told me all the good things about him and left the part that he was married.

When that woman walked in on us making love and he started apologizing to her my heart ached. I had been lied to and make matters worse she framed me for his death. I could have simply said that I was not guilty but she threatened to hurt my little sister. My little sister was my weakness and I didn't want anything bad to happen to her. I had to plead guilty even without fight. It was useless to fight because all the evidence pointed right back at me.

Anyway it had been a month since I last saw Karen and I heard she dropped out of teachers college just to study law. Life is unfair sometimes, I could have been the one finishing off my law degree but hear I am locked in this cell.

I was sitting on the bed at the hospital waiting for the results. The prison guard was waiting outside my room. I hadn't been feeling well for the past few days. One of my friends at the prison was with me. He finally walked in with a big smile spread across his face.

'Kate!'

'Doctor Miguel. What are they saying?'

'You are pregnant!'

'I didn't hear that correctly. Did you just say..'

'You are going to be a mother Kate,' said Letwin excitedly.

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