Chapter 247: PLAN B
Viper couldn’t believe what he was hearing from Adrian. From the smirk that danced on the latter’s lips, he didn’t seem to be joking at all when he said that the Walters brothers let him go, just like that. That was unbelievable.
"It was truly surprising but I guess they’ve finally accepted the fact that they can never find Erika again and they should just forget about her," said Adrian. He couldn’t be anymore happier knowing that those people weren’t going to bother him anymore.
"Are you sure about what you are saying, Adrian?" Viper questioned him. The issue seemed too simple for him to believe anyway. "Are you sure that this isn’t some trap?" He asked him.
"And what kind of trap could they have possibly laid for me? They have nothing against me now so I’m free," he replied. At this moment, the only thing he wanted to do was to just enjoy his freedom and he didn’t want to start thinking of the possibility that he was going to be caught or ponder on the possibility that it was a trap.
Viper only stared at Adrian for a few seconds and didn’t bother to think about anything anymore. ’If he messes things up again, I’ll just get rid of him,’ Viper thought to himself.
"But why did you come here instead of heading to your hideout?" Viper asked him. "Aren’t you going to see your family?"
Adrian didn’t reply immediately, instead, he gave it some thought before he said, "I’ve missed Erika so much and I want to get her a gift once I get home. You know, after everything that I’ve faced for the past two days, I think I’m going to push through with my plan B."
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Adrian arrived at the hideout and heard some noises coming from the inside. Thinking that Erika was probably being bullied by his family again, he quickly rushed inside only to find his mother and Felicia quarreling. Juliet was on standby just in case Felicia went too far and then she would jump in to defend her mother while Erika stayed at the corner and listened to their quarrel with a faint smile on her face.
"What’s your problem? You think I don’t know what you are planning to do? I know that you’ve always wanted me to go to jail but you always hid that selfish desire of yours under your thick old wrinkled skin and sorry to burst your bubbles of wishes, that’s never going to happen," Felicia spat on Mary’s face. Landing some drops of saliva on the old woman’s face.
Out of disgust, Mary immediately wiped her face clean and slapped Felicia with it.
"Remember your place, Felicia, I’m still an elder and you should learn to respect me," Mary reminded.
Felicia held her right cheek, unable to believe that Mary had just slapped her hard on the cheek which stinged badly due to the impact.
"You are the mother of a child so you’d better learn your manners now. Can’t you even hear what you are saying? You keep barking like a dog nonstop, spouting nonsense here and there. You are indeed shameless Felicia and I truly regret the day that you became my daughter-in-law," Mary added as she huffed and puffed for air.
"You don’t have to worry about that Mary because me and Felicia are going to get a divorce today."
They suddenly heard a voice and quickly, they turned to find Adrain standing in front of the entrance door with a bouquet in his hands as he stared at them with a cold look.
First, they’d all be surprised to find Adrain at the doorstep after not seeing them for two days straight. Second, they were confused as to why he would say that both he and Felicia would get a divorce that day.
"What do you mean, Adrian?" Felicia asked him with a raised eyebrow.
Adrian walked towards Erika and handed her the bouquet in his hand, expecting her to accept it as if he was a husband who got back from a business and bought a gift for his wife who’d been awaiting his arrival.
Erika simply ignored them while she moved her wheelchair further away from him, which ended up making him feel embarrassed in front of his family members. ’Why is he back from jail? Shouldn’t he still be locked up?’
Gathering himself, he cleared his throat and explained, "Me and Felicia are going to get a divorce and then later, she will get plastic surgery to look like Erika and then she will go to the Walters family and take her place there."
Felicia immediately jumped for joy with a smile on her face. The day that she’d been waiting for had finally arrived. "I’m seriously going to get the plastic surgery now?!" She asked, hoping she would hear the same thing she heard again earlier.
"Yes you will, and then, Erika and I will get married." Facing Erika he added, "As soon as that is completed, me and Erika will have our wedding and then we will go on our honeymoon."
Felicia jumped in joy again as she tried to contain her joy since it’d shot above the rooftop.
On the other hand, Erika felt her world only crumble some more.
’Felicia was going to get the plastic surgery that she’d been wanting to feel for some more time so suddenly?!’ She screamed in her head. And from the sound of it, Adrain didn’t seem to be joking. He sounded deaf and serious which only made her feel goosebumps rise on her skin. ’This shouldn’t be happening,’ she thought to herself.
"Felicia, you do know that you have to start behaving like Erika if you want to pull this off smoothly. Because if you are unable to, they will be able to find out who you are and then it’s back to jail for you," Adrain said to Felicia and the latter immediately shook her head in understanding.
"This is what I want and I know better than to mess it up," she replied.
