Chapter 674 - Setting up Eve (J&J) (2)

~ Los Angeles, Mediterranean villa ~

Aiden was on the rooftop setting up devices for Eve, and Sarah was with JoAnna in one of the rooms on the second floor.

"Did you find something related to that woman in New York?", JoAnna was curious if they found information on Katherine.

Sarah absentmindedly nodded while counting devices which are left after Aiden picked up the ones for the rooftop. "Yup. We found out that she is an actress, her name is not Katherine, and someone paid her to approach Mark, get pregnant with his child and then fake her death as well as the funeral."

"Whaaaat?!" JoAnna said this much louder than intended.

Sarah looked at her sister unsure which part of what she said shocked JoAnna. "Actually, we can't confirm if she was a pregnant or not, and considering that everything else was a lie, pregnancy might be a lie as well. But she claimed that she is pregnant with Mark's child before faking a suicide. She is not dead. The woman big sis saw on the street is the same one from six years ago."

"Someone paid her? Who?"

Sarah shrugged helplessly. "We don't know. At that time, she received two big deposits totaling of three thousand dollars. The account from where money came is closed without any traces left behind, which is strange. Even if you close account, there will be history preserved. But for this account, there is nothing… like the account was opened and closed by a ghost who didn't provide any identification. Based on that, the only thing we know is that person who hired her is powerful."

"You don't have any way of finding out who hired her?"

"There is no electronic trail that we can follow. We plan to go to New York in two days and ask her in person and see what she has to say, but other than that, we got nothing."

"You know I have things that can make sure she talks and does not lie." JoAnna was proud of her concoctions.

Sarah smiled. "Yes, yes. I was about to ask for some of those."

"Sophia is still in New York. Why are you going? Can't you ask her to talk with that woman?"

Sarah rejected the idea. "She is pregnant. I don't want to put her under stress if it's not necessary. Today and tomorrow we will finish work here, and after that we will go to New York. Besides, we have some other things to take care of there. I was thinking of having a video conference tonight to tell Sophia what we found and to ask if we can crash with them for a night or two, or should we book a hotel."

JoAnna was curious about what is Sarah up to. "What business you have in New York, if you don't mind me asking?"

Sarah proudly lifted her chin. "I don't mind you asking… we are buying a helicopter. Two of them, probably. And before you ask about it, the helicopters are not in New York but the person who can help us get what we want will be there, and he can meet us day after tomorrow during lunch."

JoAnna wanted to ask why that can't be settled over a phone or online meeting, but knowing Sarah, it must be some crazy thing going on. She remembered one more pressing point: "One more thing… you mentioned conference with Sophia. I spoke with her last night and we touched topic of Katherine. I don't think Felix knows about this."

"She didn't tell him?"

JoAnna clarified: "How much I understood, he knows that big sis saw a woman who looks familiar and you are investigating her. But not why."

Sarah frowned. "She will need to tell him. How can we discuss what we found if he does not know why? Why did she not tell him?"

"My assumption is that she didn't tell him because it involves Mark, her previous relationship. And we all remember how Felix went berserk when he saw Mark all over Sophia at that party. If your investigation result showed how that woman is a twin sister, then it's not important and she does not need to mention Mark to Felix. Right? That is probably what I would do."

"Should I ask her to log in without Felix? If we hide this from him, and he finds out later, then what?" Sarah was troubled. She is horrible at lying, and few times that she attempted, it failed miserably because she forgot what the lie was.

"Let me talk to her. You focus on setting up these things.", JoAnna gestured toward the gadgets spread on the table that Eve will use.

JoAnna left the room and Sarah got back to counting gadgets.

Sarah was separating gadgets into groups organizing them per room, so that she does not need to go back and forth more than necessary, when she got a message on her phone. It was a reminder from the pharmacy that her refill is ready.

Sarah stared at her phone when JoAnna entered after her talk with Sophia.

"Is everything OK?"

Sarah looked at JoAnna for some time before speaking. "Anna… what is the process when someone does not take the pill for some time?"

JoAnna's eyes lit up. "You are not taking the pill anymore? Are you using something else?" JoAnna looked at Sarah who was shrinking. "You are not using any protection? You want to get pregnant? You are pregnant?! I will be an aunt again?!!"

Sarah panicked. "Shh… Lower your voice! It's not like that…" Sarah was looking at the open door and was happy that Aiden is not in sight. If he overheard JoAnna now, there would be a lot of things to explain.

JoAnna sat on the sofa. "I'm listening."

Sarah took a deep breath and started clarifying: "We traveled for few weeks and I forgot for a day or two… but we were platonic at that time, so it didn't matter. And it seems that since then, I forgot about it… and I didn't take any pill… and last few days we are…"

JoAnna understood the situation and decided to inform Sarah about available options. "There is a pill-after which you can take after the intercourse, up to two days after. But it will cause havoc with your hormones… do you want to get pregnant?"

"I don't know… we didn't talk about it. But if it happens, I would definitely keep the child."

JoAnna nodded in approval. After all, Sarah and Aiden are engaged and living together. "Where are you in your cycle?"

"My period ended two… three days ago."

"Oh…" JoAnna was visibly disappointed. "Chance of you being pregnant is close to zero…" JoAnna explained about ovulation and how technically there are only two-three days during cycle when a woman can get pregnant, and those days are somewhere in the middle of the cycle. She also explained different options related to resuming her medication. "So, what do you want to do?"

"Even if I start taking pill now, it will take one week until it becomes effective. And that puts me more than halfway through my cycle. I would rather wait and restart them with my next period."

"Alright, let's calculate your fertile days…" JoAnna looked at the calendar and few minutes later pointed at the dates: "During these days it's highly likely you will ovulate. So, if you get intimate, use other form of protection if you don't want to get pregnant."

Sarah was happy. "Those days will be super busy with your bachelorette's party and wedding, so I think we will probably be too busy and distracted to do anything anyway…" She took a mental note to get a pack of condoms, just in case.

"Distracted to do what?", Aiden entered the room and made clear that he overheard the last part.

"Nothing… we were just talking about the wedding." Sarah awkwardly smiled, grabbed handful of gadgets from the table and went to the next room leaving behind confused Aiden and grinning JoAnna.