Becoming strangers again (Lily and Ryan) novel Chapter 181

RYAN

"I am listening."

She stared down at her hand and sighed. "Clover was the first to approach me at the estate, but I didn't want to work with him at that time, so I kicked him out, later, when you told us to leave the estate, I knew I had to reach out to him."

The detective glanced at me and I nodded, catching on his silent request to let him take over from her.

"What was his offer when he approached you and what was his offer when you approached him?"

"I can't remember what exactly it was that he said to me, but I know it was about ruining your family, and when I went back to him, I gave him an idea on how to make it happen."

"And what idea was that?"

Licking her lips, she nervously glanced at me.

"answer the question and stop staring at me." I scolded.

"I was the one who suggested the abduction of your kids. I knew that would keep you away from the office and would allow me to get my way into the company."

I scoffed. "Are you really that stupid?" I deadpanned, "You think you can easily access my company just because I was absent?"

"Not if I was going to make you sign over some of the shares to me through your secretary, but when your mum showed up, we knew our plan had flopped."

"So killing my father was not enough, you had to go ahead and abduct my kids?"

Her eyes watered. "I just wanted to get away from poverty." She defended herself. "I just wanted less than one percent of what you had."

"At the detriment of other people's happiness?" the detective demanded. "at the detriment of his kids' life and the sanity of his wife?"

To think I share the same blood with this bitch. "My father." I rasped. "why did you kill him?"

She fell silent.

"I think this is game over for you Maya." The detective reasoned. "with the cufflink that was found in the vent, either you or your mother is going to jail because one of you did it."

"Leave my mother out of this." She muttered, "She was only trying to protect me."

"So she killed him?" he demanded, tilting his head.

Maya shook her head. "No, I did."