212 Now Go Die in Shame

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Lily Wyatt was looking like a ghost when she was attending the next meeting with her lawyers. They were complaining about Anne's recent goof up. No amount of reaching Dawn helped. It was like hitting their head against a concrete wall. Where would she get fifty million dollars from when she had to pump in money in other businesses too? Almost all her businesses had suffered a huge loss one after the other, as if it was a domino effect. The Starfish Refineries was on the verge of closure with all the customers backing out at the last moment. No one wanted to buy oil from a company that was in a legal battle that shook the nation. And even if they showed interest, they offered low prices in the black market. 

Not able to take it anymore, Lily Wyatt rose to her feet and walked out of the meeting room without paying attention to their calling her. Anne and Helena were also in the meeting. None of them spoke a word when she left. 

"Madam, next hearing is scheduled in two weeks. I am not sure how we are going to handle it if Dawn Wyatt doesn't return our call or doesn't withdraw the defamation case. You have to find a way to talk to her," said Hertz. "It's very important." 

When the meeting was over, Helena kicked the table's leg in fury. "That mother— is acting pricey! I so want to snap her neck." 

Anne rubbed her hand over Helena's arm. "If you can find her, bring her to me. I will do the honors." 

Lily took the elevator to her office. When she reached there, she noticed how the employees were giving her furtive glances. She took in a deep breath. Perceptions changed the moment her business went down. 

"Madam, this is your daily schedule," said her secretary as Lily was opening the door. "I have pasted once on the desk and emailed you its copy. You can find it in your calendar too." 

Lily frowned. Why had she given her so many copies? "You had a lot of time it seems. How about doing some proper job?" 

The secretary's eyes became wide. "Madam, all this is to aid you better. We came to know that you have Parkinson's and so we all are very concerned. We don't want you to forget anything. You are so old and still handling the company. Your heirs—" 

Lily narrowed her eyes. 

"Your heirs aren't with you…" the secretary completed the sentence nonetheless. 

So this was why the employees were looking at me awkwardly. They think that I have Parkinson's. How did the information leak? Shit! The repercussions of producing a fake certificate to come out of a twenty million lawsuit? Her heart skipped a beat. Her feet staggered and she held the door's knob tightly. She couldn't even tell them the truth. She was once again caught badly in her own web of lies. Now her credibility was going down. She had maintained and managed this business empire so tactfully for five years and the moment Dawn came back, everything started to crumble. Her lips quivered. What was the next blow? Her mind froze and she actually couldn't think of the next step. Lily stumbled in her office and went to sit on her chair. She held her head in her hands. Things were moving too fast. 

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When she woke up in the morning, Dawn saw Daryn staring at her as he lazily made circles on her navel. "How are you?" he asked softly. 

"I am well. How is your cous Ileus?" she cracked open both the eyes. 

"He was bloody fighting to free his mate I think!" 

"You should have stayed back to help him."

"Nah! He is a fucking Halfling. A wizard and a werewolf! He doesn't need any of us." He didn't tell her how they fought with winged demons. 

"A wizard?" That was interesting. Could he help her discover her potential? 

'No, that only I can do," came a distant voice in her head. 'Don't get any of your relatives to my domain!'

She sighed. 

Two hours later, Dawn was in her office viewing a presentation by Hans Müller when she heard a commotion on the outside, a scuffle, as if someone was grabbing a shirt and throwing that person down. The security was shouting and probably manhandling the person by now. She got up and walked to open the door. 

Her neck corded with tension when she saw Helena's hands being grasped behind her back by the security. 

"You bitch!" Helena shouted when she saw Dawn. "I am going to make you suffer. I am going to break you if you don't take back the cases that are against us. Why aren't you taking our calls?" She sneered. "Withdraw your cases! Lily Wyatt is your Grandmother, for fuck's sake. You are fighting your own kith and kin. You are going to rot in hell Dawn Wyatt! The power you are riding on high—it has wings of wax. They will melt the moment you touch the sun and you will tumble down." 

Dawn narrowed her eyes. In a cold voice she said, "Throw her out!" She was shocked as to how this woman even entered her office. 

The security started dragging her outside. 

Helena shouted from behind. "Did you ask Gayle as to who killed Luke Wyatt?" 

Dawn's limbs froze. She asked the same question again? 

"Ask him why did he sabotage your father's company?" Helena yelled before the security shoved her out. "Now go die in shame for marrying his son." 

Dawn's mind stuttered. She stared at Helena as the green of her eyes expanded. What did she just say? She didn't want to comprehend what Helena just threw at her. But her ears didn't falter. 

Gayle had sabotaged Luke's company? 

She stumbled back, as blood rushed down her face. Her knees buckled and she fell to the floor. She shook her head. No, that woman was speaking lies. Gayle loved her like his daughter. It couldn't possibly be. Her stomach was in knots and she wanted to gag. 

Which company? And why didn't her father mention this to her or to any of them? How did Helena know? Did she have any connection with the incident? Gayle had hidden such a big secret? But he supported her so much. She trusted him so much. Things became dizzy. Nothing made sense. For so long she was kept in the dark. For so long she had been fighting the darkness and Helena pushed her back into that blackness all over again. 

"Father," she uttered those words before passing out. People lifted her and then everything became pitch dark.