234's Lifelines

73. Letting go

Last time on 234's lifelines;

Ethan found out about Lexis being engaged from his mother during a heated argument on her knowledge about Lexis being alive. We also found out from Hannah that Ethan was the one who sent the postcard with his and Hera's picture to the Blacks. 

I was going to give two updates yesterday but was tooooooo tired so here it is today. 

Song: I'll Show You - Justin Bieber

"Someone once said; 'It's the good girls who keep diaries. The bad girls never have the time. Me... I just wanna live a life I'm gonna remember. Even if I don't write it down.'" - Brooke Davis -One Tree Hill

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Two years ago, Lagos Nigeria.

Waking up, E walks to the living room to grab a glass of water when he hears the sound of crying.

Worried and curious, he drops the glass of water he had just poured and goes in search of the source of the tears.

He notices a silhouette in the balcony and approaches it noticing Hera seated curled up with her arms wrapped around her knees that were bent to her chest.

He walks to the glass door and places his hands on the handle to open it but stops as he hears Hera's voice.

"Alexander...Shakespeare called someone else her dad again today. I...How am I supposed to bring up Shakespeare without you? What am I to tell her about you?"

"Lexis how am I supposed to give her the love you alone can? How am I to tell her our story? What part of our story am I to tell her? I'm scared Lexis, scared that one day she'll find out the truth. The truth about us and hate me, If I lose her too I don't think I'll be able to go on. I want to be on the other side with you but I also don't want to leave our baby alone on this evil side of the world,"

E's fist ball by his side.

"I married someone else so she's protected and safe someone with enough power and wealth to do so. But Lexis even though I know he loves and can protect her, I still fear and worry for her safety because he is not you. No one can ever be like you,"

Ethan eyes thin as he turns around and walks to his room. He packs up and leaving a note for Hera that he had to quickly return to D.C , kisses Shakespeare in her sleep and leaves for the airport.

        Arriving Washington D.C, E throws himself into a load of work making sure to stay busy. A week later his assistant walks into the office and hands a file over to him.

"What's this?" E asks glancing at a couple of pictures and documents in the file.

"Reid Spencer, Alexander Blacks fiancee's twin brother,"

"What about him?"

"He went to one of our private labs last week and requested an investigation into the contents of that pill,"

"And why should I care about that?" E asks dropping the file to his side.

"Because It contains Xylex and Dertikloxine,"

"What are those?" E says lackadaisically as he types on his PC.

"Drugs that enforce amnesia,"

E pauses from typing.

"Enforce amnesia?" He says quickly picking the documents back up to look at it.

His face lights up in understanding.

"Christ!" E says as he reads the information on Lexis.

"Is he trying to stop his son from remembering or is he trying to kill him?"