Trapped In Her Heart - Chapter 296

“I was about to send someone else as I know no one apart from madam is allowed to use him. But when madam called me and instructed me to send him over, I did,” The guard answered without hesitating.

“Alright, you can leave,” Ava instructed before looking at Rebecca.

“Why are you looking at me? I asked him to send my chauffeur because it is safe,” Rebecca justified herself without anyone confronting her.

“Okay that makes sense, you were concerned for Ellie.” Scrunching her brows, Ava added, “But that means Mr. Bryce lies to us. He told us you asked him to pick up Ellie all alone and take her elsewhere.”

Looking at the chauffeur, she remarked, “Why would lie to us like that?”

“Forget about that, why would you want to take Ellie alone somewhere else?” Charlotte questioned him.

“Wait, can you properly tell me what is going on?” Arthur inquired who was still confused over whatever that was happening.

“Since Sebastian was stuck over here, he sent another car to fetch Ellie. Charlotte and I were with El, so we decided to accompany her for the ride. So I informed Calvin to directly meet me at the hotel and when I came down, I saw Bryce. I was surprised since he never drives anyone else apart from mom. When I asked him why he was here, he started shuttering and I became even more suspicious. But since he is one of our old workers, I decided to trust him but later when he said he was supposed to take only Ellie with him, I knew something was wrong,” Ava briefly explained.

“When we questioned him, he told us it was mother who told him to pick Ellie up and take her somewhere else and not to the hotel.” Shrugging her shoulders, she sighed, “Well, I think Bryce is lying.”

Widening his eyes in shock, Bryce panicked, “No sir, I am not lying. Madam told me to fetch Ms. Ellie.”

Walking towards Rebecca, Arthur questioned her. “Rebecca, is that the truth?”

“No, I never told him to take her elsewhere,” she answered without any hesitation.

“So since that is the case, don’t you think we should call the police and let them find out what Bryce was actually up to?” Ava suggested.

Fishing out his cell phone from his pocket, Noah remarked, “I’ll call them.”

“No please wait,” Bryce begged. Rushing towards Rebecca, he exclaimed, “Madam, why are you doing this to me? I have always followed your instructions and I was doing the same thing today. How can you abandon me like this?” He had been by Rebecca’s side for years now. He had always been loyal to her no matter what happened but now when he needed her support, she was turning away.

When Rebecca did not say anything, Bryce quickly took out his phone. Rushing towards Arthur, he panickstrikenly explained, “If you don’t believe me, you can check the message madam sent me. It’s the location where I was supposed to take Ms. Ellie.”

Taking the phone from his hand, Arthur carefully examined it. Scrunching his brows, he turned towards Rebecca. “What is this? How are you planning to explain this to me?”

Just then Rebecca’s phone started ringing. But this time, before she could reject the call, Arthur snatched the phone from her hand.

When he saw the caller ID, he frowned, “This—” Glaring at her, he yelled, “You are still in touch with him? Didn’t I make myself clear that day when we threw him out of the house? Why is he calling you again?”

“Dad, who is it?” When Arthur did not answer, Sebastian approached him. Taking the phone from his hand, when he saw who it was, his expression turned dark.

Gesturing everyone to stay quiet, he received the call before putting it on speaker.

“Aunt, where is she? I am waiting for them for about an hour now, are they not coming?” Vincent, Sebastian’s cousin’s voice echoed through the speaker.

Hanging up the call without saying anything, Sebastian tightened his grip around the phone. Looking at Rebecca, he snapped, “What is he talking about? Tell me what I am thinking is not true mother. Tell me you can’t resort to something so cheap and disgusting.”

Ellie, who was silently watching everything unfold, quickly approached Sebastian. Wrapped her arms around his, she tried to calm him down. “I think this is just a misunderstanding, why don’t we just calm down and talk it out.”

“Talk? Is there anything left to talk about?” Shrugging her shoulders, Ava sighed, “She can explain her actions if she wants to.”

“Ava—”

Cutting Calvin off, she snapped, “What? Now you will ask me to stay quiet just like Ellie is trying to shut Sebastian up?”

Without waiting for his reply, she continued, “For how long are we going to keep up with her bulshit? How long do you expect me to stay silent and not voice out my opinion?”

“For almost our entire lives, we have done things that our parents wanted us to do. From what we are supposed to wear, what we are supposed to do and how we are supposed to behave, everything was decided by them beforehand. We just had to wake up and do what was assigned for us.” Letting out a mocking chuckle, she continued, “Did you both ever ask us what we wanted to do? What we wanted to become? Did you even care to find out about our dreams and aspirations? No, right?”

“To some extent, I did things that I wanted to but Sebastian, he has always lived up to your expectations, especially yours mother. And now when he has achieved even more than what you wanted him to, what else do you want him?” Ava snapped.

“For so many years, I have always frowned upon my brother for being the most obedient one because I always felt like I was bound to do what you guys are telling me just because Seb does it and I had no other choice. But now after so many years, he is finally doing something he loves, something that his heart wants and I am so proud of him for doing it.”

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