His Beautiful Addiction

 Two days later…

''…I want Douglas to manage the company, he has years of experience in business management and let's not forget that he has already managed the Howells Corporation for years. I think he is in the best position to handle the company. '' Tiana said.

Liam and Catherine weren't surprised that they weren't chosen but what surprised them was the fact that she was energetic in choosing the man that murdered her husband. And the fact that she wasn't even looking sad any bit was disturbing; where they being led into a trap and they didn't know?

''Alright, it seems this is the best option we have; Douglas you'll manage the company until investigations have been duly carried out on Catherine Wills and her son. ''

Grandma said and Douglas smiled and nodded; ''Alright. ''

She stared at him for a few seconds and then she turned to Catherine;

''I've filed a case, so the police would be investigating you both soon, if you're innocent, then your son would be welcomed into the family, but for now, everything stays as it is. '' 

Douglas did not like the idea of Liam coming into the family, and surely, they didn't kill Nicklaus because he was the one who did it, so they might actually take everything he had worked for. He gritted his teeth as he watched them; just when he thought the company was finally in his hands, it became so far away from his reach.

He didn't want to do anything to them. For one, everyone was already suspecting him for killing Nicklaus, if he did anything to them; he was going to go down for it. He didn't like being pushed to a corner, but at that moment, his hands were tied.

After the meeting, everyone went back to their various homes.

Michelle's mind had not left what Tiana told her a few days ago. No matter how much she tried not to think about it, she found herself going back to it over and over again. Finally, she gave yield to her thoughts and decided to search through Douglas's stuff.

She was scared but then, it was the only way she could get her mind of those thoughts. If she checked his things and didn't see anything relating to Mia, then it would be clear that Tiana was just trying to sow discord between them, but if she found anything… 

She didn't want to even think about that.

Her heart raced through the ride home, thankfully, Douglas had things to attend to, and he wasn't going to come back immediately, so she had time to check through his stuff.

She didn't want to search his stuff, not because she was scared of him, but because she didn't want it to be true.

She knew who she married, and she had lived with him for years, so she knew what he was capable of. But what she wasn't sure of was if he was wicked enough to kill her own sister.

When she got home, she went into his study and locked herself in. Her heart pounded as her eyes looked through the books properly arranged in shelves and the table in the center of the room with the laptop on it;

She took two steps forward and then her eyes looked up at the CCTV camera and she stopped; thinking for a second, she walked out of the room and disabled the CCTV in the whole house then went back to his study.

She sat down on his chair and tried to guess the passcode to his system but all her guesses were incorrect; she searched the shelves, drawer, table, under the carpet, everywhere that looked like something could be kept but she could not find anything reasonable.

Michelle slumped back on the chair and placed her head on the table. Even though she was eager to know who killed her sister, part of her was glad that she did not find anything. Heaving a sigh of relief she stood up arranged everything back to how it was and walked out of the study, she had just taken a few steps when her phone vibrated in her trouser pocket. 

Her brows creased when she saw it was her mom and she picked the call, placing it on her ear;

''Michelle… '' Her mom's voice sounded with fright over the phone,

''Mom, what's wrong? ''

''Michelle, come over to the house now, we found Mia's diary…''

Michelle dazed out for a few seconds before she replied slowly; ''Okay; ''

She blinked as she placed her phone in her pocket and turned to the front door. Her heart pounded as she drove out of the house. In a few minutes she might find out who killed her sister, she had been waiting for this moment for a very long time, but at that moment, she was scared, so much that sweat dripped from her forehead.

It should be anybody, but not Douglas. Michelle prayed silently.

She didn't love him, but she didn't want to believe that the man she had lived with for so many years and even had a child with, could kill her sister. She wanted to believe that there was a little humanity left in him. Her hands gripped the steering tightly as she drove speedily to her family home.

She didn't even switch off her engine as she hurriedly ran into the house, her heart almost jumping out of her ribs.

Her steps came to a halt when she stepped into the living room and saw her parents sitting down, looking aghast.

Michelle's eyes stared at her parents and then it turned to the book lying on the table and without a word, she walked to it and picked it up'

Her eyes fell on the words written in cursive;

''Mia's Diary ''

One glance at the letters and she recognized it as her sister's handwriting.'

''where did you find it? '' Michelle didn't realize how dry her throat was until she tried to speak; her mom looked up at her, her eyes were still red, it looked like she had cried a lot.

''It was hidden in the basement; we found it when we were packing out some old stuff. '' Her mom's voice quaked as she spoke, tears gathered her eyes and she looked away from Michelle.

Michelle pulled her eyes back to the book, from her parent's expression, she knew they already knew what was inside the book, but she didn't want to ask them, no, she wasn't prepared to know the killer just yet.