"Perfect," he said and Rose looked at him wondering what was on his phone that he was smiling about but he said nothing and continued driving"What is it?" she asked curiously "Just work," he replied and rubbed her chin with his thumb gently before putting both hands on the steering. "Okay," she replied and kept her eyes on the road. As soon as they got home, Luis kissed Rose on the cheeks and quickly proceeded to his basement.Rose immediately knew the notification; he received in the car was probably a lead on the investigation. Meaning he had found something on Mr Mingle. She smiled and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and after she started preparing some tea for Luis.In the basement, Luis turned on the light and put all his machines on."My babies, Dad needs you to do something really fun for him," he said while opening some apps on the machines and waiting for other machines to fully boot.He connected the headset to the machine and put it on. He pulled a seat and

He didn't know why Derrick left her. He knew he did love her, so something might have happened reason he left her. He doesn't want to be the reason she will go into a dilemma if she finds out why Derrick left. He wants her to be happy. He felt she needed to know the truth and that would help her make a decision she would not regret. If Derrick's reasons are justified, she could go back to the man she had once loved. She hated him now because she doesn't why he had left. He turned to look at her, she was asleep but the expression on her face said she was not happy even in her sleep. He got out of bed and went to the washroom and stood under the cold shower. The weather was that cold yet he took a cold shower. He returned to the bedroom to see Derrick had replied indicating he wasn't asleep himself. He sighed and left the bedroom for his study. He dialled Luis's number and he picked up after two rings "Hey men, do you have something against marriage fun," queried Luis as soon as t

Derrick smiled but he knew Rose was right, if he had been a little brave, he and Lily would have been together but well maybe their love was never meant to be. Derrick spent some time with his children before leaving for his apartment. He decided to stay around for a while before going back to Washington. In his apartment, he stood in the living room recalling memories of himself and Lily. His eyes shifted to the dining and he remembered the first time he had cooked for her. He recalled the good time they had.He went up to the bedroom. He opened the door and the familiar fragrance that used to greet him when she was in the room was no longer there. He scanned the room and the dressing table still had her stuff on it. He opened the closet and her clothes were still in there. Neither she nor he returned to the apartment after she was rushed to the hospital. He removed one of her dresses from the hanger and hugged it. It did carry traces of her scent. He lies on the bed hugging her d

Luis, knowing what was going to happen, had already taken the first flight to Washington to go defend Derrick. Arriving at Washington Central police station, Derrick saw on the TV screen what had transpired the night before, while he was in bed hugging Lily's dress. He was shocked to see what was showing on the screen. "So that is why he got arrested?" he thought as he was sent to the withholding cell. He knew his father can do the unthinkable like when he killed his friend and made him lose his memory but that was a long time ago. He thought he had changed."Drug and weapon trafficking?" he thought "When did he start doing such business?" he continued in his thought "But why? As the head of Homeland Security, he earned good money, so why will he do this?" he thought, "or someone set him up" "Lucky you. Your lawyer is already here," came the voice of the officer interrupting Derrick's thought. He got up and moved closer to the bar and staring at the police officer sternly he sai

"No, he is gone as in, he committed suicide yesterday," replied LuisDerrick went silent and lowered his head."I was informed yesterday but I knew you were out on a date and I didn't want to spoil your evening with such news," Luis added and Derrick just nodded "I will be returning to Florida, later today, just let me know if you need anything," Luis said and got up to leaveDerrick got up and escorted him to the door without saying anything but just nodding to whatever Luis said. He closed the door after Luis had left and out of anger punched the wall so hard, he got injured in the process. As if he could not feel the pain, he gave the wall another punch. He turned and pressed his back to the wall and sank to the ground. Luis went to his car and called Isabel."Hello Isabel, are you busy?" he asked "No, what's up?" replied Isabel "Kindly come over to Derrick's, he is not alright. I just told him about his father," replied Luis "Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes," she replied