The Secret Obsession of the CEO
Chapter 130: What Is Truth?

Chapter 130: What Is Truth?

As she got up the stairs to the third floor, all she could hear was a commotion, the wailing of Sidney, shouts of Julia and Claire, everyone shouting to give way to Derick...

And what she saw made her heart stop, almost.

Sidney was about to jump from the window and she had halfway succeeded. But thanks to the efforts of Julia and Claire, she was saved. Well, Derick gave the final pull that brought Sidney to safety.

Rory walked to Lennon who was frozen still. His back was straight and his shoulders were stiff. Ellie was holding the bottle and she looked like she was suffocating. Rory got Ellie from his hands and patted her placing her on her shoulder.

She was told that Ellie takes the bottle either from Liam or from Lennon. And she doesn’t feed well if others offer her a bottle. Lennon must have helped Ellie have her milk, but...

Sidney... what was she doing?

"Let me die! I don’t want the divorce... I don’t..."

Sidney was crying out loud, wailing with snot flowing through her face. Derick had to use every bit of his strength to drag her inside. Julia quickly locked the windows.

"What’s going on here?" Rory asked Lennon who was still staring at Sidney.

He looked plain as if he was feeling nothing. It scared her. She knew how much Lennon loved his wife. But this time, for her to act weirdly... She could only wonder what happened between them. She gave the feeling that she was not happy in the marriage. But divorce?

Were they talking about divorce? Was it because the baby in her belly is also a girl? Do people even divorce for that reason?

And she obviously won’t die if she jumps from this height. What was she thinking? Did she plan on...hurting the baby in her belly?

A chill passed through Rory’s spine.

"Uncle Lenny," Rory shook him to make him react. He stumbled backward and his eyes slowly ended up at Rory.

Well, if she was that scared by the thought that Sidney might have tried to hurt the baby, how shocked will he be?

"Ah, sorry..." he stared at his hands. He then jerked. "Your baby...Ah, you’ve got her... Right!" he smiled and his cheeks twitched.

Rory could see that he was shocked by Sidney’s reaction just as everyone else is.

"Mommy! Mommy!" Skyla heard the commotion and pushed through everyone to reach her mother. "Mommy, what happened? Mommy, don’t cry...Mommy, I’m here..."

The little girl not understanding what was going on, tried to console her mother who was crying. Only after seeing Skyla did Sidney calm down. And hugging Skyla she started to sob.

Whatever it may be, whatever she was planning on doing, she looked very depressed.

"What’s the commotion now?" Dorothy walked up the stairs. "The fuc..." she cleared her throat seeing the little girl in her pajamas hugging and crying with her mother.

"There are reporters everywhere around. Do you want to create a drama purposefully in my house? Don’t you have mansions for yourselves? Go there! Leave the drama out of my house!" Dorothy’s voice was stern.

Rory gulped and stared at Grandma Roberts with a sigh. She has never seen Dorothy lose her temper like this before.

"We have a wedding in this house in a week," Dorothy added in a soft voice as her eyes ended up at Rory.

Then as if she felt guilty for losing her composure, she turned and left the room.

One by one everyone left the room. Claire held Skyla and brought her out of the room so that Lennon and Sidney could talk.

"Call us if you need anything," Derick said before closing the door.

Rory walked to her room. She wanted to be more present and help Lennon and Sidney. It is sad no matter who it is when a couple with kids divorces. She would not like for them to break up.

But she was not interested in the tiff between them right now. She was already in a bind. Without Liam by her side, she found that she had lost her will to do almost everything. And she still remembered what getting involved in Derick’s divorce got her.

She did not want to willingly poke her nose in someone else’s marital issues once more, only to turn out to be the villain.

"Rory, wait..." Derick grabbed her arm.

"I have to put Ellie to bed, Derick. I’ll talk to you in the morning," she said and walked down the stairs without turning back.

She had a feeling that Derick wanted her to talk to Lennon. But she was not into that. She had a file to look into before her grandmother returns home.

As she walked inside Liam’s room and closed the door, a wave of sadness washed over her making her suffocate.

This is his room and she is here without him. She has a bed to rest, but Liam... Where will they keep him? Not inside that stupid iron cage with a bench in the middle...

She slid down the door and sat on the floor. Ellie was already half-asleep and holding her breath, she cried silently.

And as she was crying, a selfish thought crossed her mind.

Her grandmother already refused to help her and with the recent stroke, she could not help her even if she wants to. And Lennon... he is another person she thought would help Liam. And with the situation of his marriage, helping Liam won’t be his priority now, right?

Uncle Leroy will help. But as justice, there is only so much he could do to help.

I am truly alone here...

She silently stared at the floor for some time, until Ellie fell asleep. She then stood up and carefully placed Ellie in the crib.

Her head hurt because she cried a lot. She did not know why she cannot help crying. She can cry all she wants, but that will do nothing to help Liam. And it only makes her weak and hurts her body.

I should stop crying...

She turned on the table light and got the file she got from her grandmother’s house. She patted it around and the thickness of the papers inside made her guess that they could be photographs.

But what kind of photographs?

She didn’t have to wait long to find out what kind of pictures they were. All she had to do was open the envelope and pull out the bunch of pictures.

She pressed her lips to see her pulling out the plain side of the photographs. She turned the bunch and there was a blank side in that side too,

What’s with the build-up?

She flipped the photograph on the top. That picture was dark and when she looked closer, she almost fainted.

What the... Is that...

THAT IS ME!!!

But this picture...

With trembling hands, she took a look at the other pictures in that bunch.

These pictures... All are... Who did this?

Why did Uncle Leroy have it? And why did grandma hide it rather than bring that person to justice? Who is she protecting?

What is the truth?

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Derick waited by the stairs waiting for Lennon to come out. Lennon came out of the room after thirty minutes and leaning on the wall, he covered his face. his shoulders shook and Derick cleared his throat to let know his presence. He had a feeling that Lennon won’t like to see him see his vulnerable side.

"What are you doing here?" Lennon snapped at Derick and walked past him down the stairs.

Derick followed him down the stairs. "You can talk to me, you know..." he said only for Lennon to walk faster.

He tried to turn the doorknob but he couldn’t open the door. His hands were trembling.

"Here, let me..." Derick tried to offer help.

"What? I don’t need your help!" Lennon snapped. "I don’t think I need your help to open a f*cking door!"

"Suit yourself!" Derick raised his hand and took a step back.

Lennon turned the knob a couple more times before he finally opened the door.

"I understand your anger. I was in your place not so long ago," Derick said.

"Yeah?" Lennon looked at Derick and his eyes were red. "Your wife slept with another man and got pregnant with his child and created a scene when you confronted her about her cheating? Huh?" he asked.

Derick shrugged. "Something similar..."

"You...know nothing! You have no idea how easy you have it all!" Lennon gritted his teeth. "Can’t you see? I have no one! No one to fall back on! No family, no father, no mother..."

Lennon went inside the room and locked it.

Derick could only sigh. He is right. He would feel alone in his current situation. But when he was suffering, he felt alone too. He thought he had no support.

Until..

His eyes ended up at Liam’s room.

She can help him!