The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 203

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DIANA’S POV 

As I sat leaning against the delivery truck walls my mind thought of Keith and his estate. I still couldn’t wrap my head around the day’s events. 

I just hoped Keith hadn’t made it in time. With Jasmine dead at least he wouldn’t get her back. We were both losing something. 

“What were those things the servants were putting in Marco’s bedroom?” I asked my head maid in a whisper. 

“We’ve been found out and Mr Acland was planning to get a DNA test for the young master Marco. The Master suggested we get rid of all evidence. So he had us plant explosives in the young master’s room to get rid of evidence. 

My mouth opened wide at a loss for words. So he was blowing up the whole room? I internally scoffed. The sheer scale of the plan aside, it showed he knew about Jasmine 

exposing me. 

He was aware of this issue for a long time if he came up with a plan like this. Rage coursed through my veins as I thought of the words I had prepared for him. 

After driving for a while the truck finally came to a stop. We all got out and the driver came out of the driver’s seat. I recognized him as one of ‘his‘ bodyguards. He must have ‘stolen the truck from the company that made deliveries to Keith’s estate. 

“We’re changing cars,” he said to us and he led us to a black van that was waiting for us nearby. We then continued to make our way to ‘his‘ estate. 

The sun had just set and only a thin line could be viewed on the horizon. was early 

evening 

When we arrived at his estate about two hours later. In the parking area of the home, another car was parked with open doors as people 

Looks like he too, had arrived. The bright lights of the estate grounds lit up 

As I got out of the van I watched as the men from the other vehicle exited it. 

They were all wearing black outfits, holding masks. 

the area. 

One of the bodyguards caught my attention as he held a body over his shoulder. 

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Squinting to get a better look in the artificial light I saw it was a small boy his eyes closed. I realized I recognized him. 

That–that was Anthony?! My eyes blinked once more unsure they had seen correctly. 

“Diana,” I heard his familiar deep voice. I turned and found him walking toward me. 

His face had a bruise above his right eye and he had a cut on his lower lip. Looks like a lot has happened to him. I thought to myself. 

“What’s Jasmines son doing here?” I asked him curiously. Why on earth would he take Jasmine’s son? However, on the one hand, his having her son confirmed that he had done the job. Jasmine was dead. A wave of relief and joy came over me at that. 

“That’s none of your concern,” he started. 

My eyebrows cocked.“Why didn’t you tell me about any of this plan to bring us back 

here!?” I then confronted him. 

“There wasn’t any time to explain to you,” he started unbothered as he yawned. 

“You could have warned me!” I told him. “I’m sure you knew about Jasmine who was 

about to do in court!” 

“Jasmine and the Carrington were working too fast for me tobe able to stop them,” he told me. “The easiest thing was to get rid of evidence.” 

“But you told me everything would be handled,” I reminded him of our call last week. 

“Everything IS handled–just not the way you were expecting,” he told me. 

“You killed Jasmine, he doesn’t have anyone maybe I can talk to him and convince him to take me back,” I suggested. 

“Diana, He is going to want to know who the father of the child is. Don’t act daft. Your desperation for Keith is unlike anything I’ve ever seen” he told me. 

Now what was I going to do? The whole plan was for me and Marco to stay with Keith Marco until he turned 18 and became the heir. 

“Diana, let’s go for a drive and talk properly,” he said to me I looked around realizing he didn’t want any of the servants listening here. “I will explain everything to you now and how we’re going to move forward.” 

My eyes perked up at hearing that. “Okay,” I accepted. 

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“Watch the boys I’ll be back soon,” he then told one of the estate servants and they accepted. 

He led me to another one of his cars in the driveway and we got inside. He started the car and drove off leaving the property. 

“So what do you have planned for me now?” I asked him. 

“My goal remains the same even though the original plan has fallen through now,” he said. “We’ll talk about it when we get where I’m taking you.” 

About 20 minutes later he entered a nearby waterfall park. It was connected to the Termes River. The main river that flowed through Yorkshire City. He parked the car in the parking lot. 

“We are going to talk here?” I asked him. 

“Yeah, the sound of the waterfalls should keep our conversation private,” he explained as he took off his seatbelt and opened his car door. 

“Get out,” he 

ordered me. 

I did as he said and exited the car. I wondered what he was going to say to me. We walked up the falls quietly. The cool evil air blew past me and for a momentmy anguish from the events of the past two days left me. 

Typically couples came to this spot at night for dates. It wasn’t a popular spot there were two other more popular waterfall spots in the city. 

Once we reached the clearing where the falls were, my ears were immediately hit by the sound of the water rushing down the falls. The clearing was empty except for a couple seated on a bench a short distance away. We went to our own spot far away from the couple. 

I slowly went ahead of him as I cleared my thoughts. “Look maybe there is a way we can salvage the situation with Keith…” I started. 

My ears then heard the sound of an object clicking. 

Suspicious, I slowly turned around. I was met with him pointing a gun at me. 

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