Filed To Story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
7 followed it on the news, most of the world did.”
Liam nodded.
“It’s not pretty and most of it was during the time Marilyn was unconscious in the ICU, so she never saw it.
“I did hear people talk about a plane crash in Italy at times. But I didn’t concern myself with it, I had other things going on in my life.”
And she did have. She’d been trying to recover from a terrible accident that had left her broken in many ways and with no memory of her past. She’d also been dealing with finding out she was pregnant. She’d been focused only on her health and nothing else had mattered to her at all.
“How is it no one recognised you in the hospital?”
William asked curiously.
“Have you seen any of the photos of what I looked like after the car accident or just the accident photos of the car itself?”
she asked.
“All of it,”
he commented.
“Well, what you would have seen is I was more than banged up, my face was bruised and swollen, I’d had my head shaved for the emergency surgery and I did not look like myself, had tubes coming out of me everywhere and an oxygen tube down my throat the entire time I was unconscious until. Did you recognise me in those photos?”
she asked.
“No.”
William admitted.
“I didn’t look like this,”
she waved at her own face
“Until I was discharged weeks later, mottled bruising all over my face and body. My driver’s license was from the state of Virginia and stated I was Marilyn Riddley, and I woke up knowing that was my name,”
she shrugged.
Wil nodded and, after a moment’s thought, he stated
“It’s curious don’t you think, that you retained that and nothing else at all.”
“I guess you can put it down to all of this,”
Marilyn pushed the paperwork back to him.
“I probably didn’t want to remember anything about that part of my life. I was starting over anew, so I simply didn’t recall it was all.”
she shrugged at him.
He could see that convincing Marilyn was going to take more than her marriage contract and divorce papers, so he was glad that he’d kept all the footage from eight years ago, because what was before him now was exactly what he’d hypothesized: that Marrin had been in a terrible accident and lost her memory; not that Calvin would believe him
She’d even seen the time she’d called Calvin, and he’d managed to line it up with the radio stations from the state of Virginia to show her she’d called Calvin the moment she knew about that plane crash or close enough to it.
“I believe Marilyn, you called Calvin the day of your accident to try and tell him you were alive, not on that plane. You were not a heartless, cruel or vicious woman. Just, I believe, heartbroken. Calvin never got that message until weeks later and the number was not traceable.
“Likely you had your new phone set to private, so the number wouldn’t register. Please, I’d like for you to watch all the footage on that USB. It’s just a copy of everything I have. You may keep it. I’d like for you to keep an open mind about why you left. It was not because Calvin was abusive to you in any way.”
This was all he could do for now, give her everything he had about them. T’m going to leave today and give you time to watch that,”
he indicated to the USB.
“Give you time to think about everything that has been said and seen here today. I’ll contact you in a month’s time, and we’ll discuss it further, what is going to happen from then onwards.
“Please remember if you opt for rejecting all of this and dismissing it as hearsay, or not as proof. I will just give it all to Calvin, and we’ll officially request a DNA test of the twins through the courts, to prove they are his children and things will go from there.
“Likely, we’ll see you in court if you refuse, and if you continue to deny everything, my client’s rights, it will probably get very messy and very public. Because I will out all of this as you now see it, and you’ll get the backlash that he got over the time you were in Houston. Only this time your fans will see you’re the one that is mean, and denying him the rights to his children.”
Wil held up a hand to both her and Liam to stop them from voicing objections or concerns.
“I don’t want to do any of that, I would much rather this all be sorted out quietly, in a proper calm and considerate manner for all of those involved, including the children. I’m certain we can find a way to come to a rational resolution that doesn’t involve the press or the courts,”
he stated, and it was what he wanted regardless of the threats he was making
“Rational resolution? With a man obsessed,”
Liam stated,
“I doubt that could ever happen.”
“As long as Marilyn is cooperating, I will leave Calvin out of it until the restraining order is over. That way, Calvin has time to calm down and let everything go, and when I sit him down and tell him. I will lead with, that he harmed you, Marilyn, who, it is now proven, beyond a doubt are in fact Marrin.”
He sighed heavily. knowing it wasn’t going to go down so well.
“This, I believe, will see him change his attitude instantly, and he’ll become guilt??idden and apologetic. His behaviour should return to that of the man that was married to Marrin. Not remain as a man obsessed, and thinking everyone that looks like Marrin is out to trap him for his money. Which is his actual problem.”
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“You hope,”
Liam stated natly.
“You can’t predict how he will react.”
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