SHOCKED...

SIA'S POV

It's been an hour, that we have been to this life sucking, boring party. People were everywhere, giving me side looks, while being cautious of me.

Hardin after causing the little drama left me, standing there all alone, making me feel more horrible. Only God knows where he went! I spent an hour looking for him, but still couldn't find him.

I didn't saw George either, which was good, but suspicious as well, because he was the host of the party. He was supposed to be the most noticeable here, but he was not even present. His wife Clara, was greeting everyone and was apologizing on his behalf. She seemed like a good woman, but was she really what she seemed to be, that was an interesting question to me.

After finally giving up on finding Hardin and worrying about what he is going to do, I decided to relax and let the events unfold. I will deal with everything, when the time comes.

I went to the bar, that was in the corner of the hall and sat down on the stool. My back was facing the crowd now.

I grabbed an already opened wine bottle and poured it in a glass, without waiting for someone to serve me. I needed to get everything out of my head. My hands were slightly, shaking. This shouldn't happen right now. I sighed and drank the glass of wine, pouring again.

I was pouring the wine in the glass for the fourth time, when a hand took the glass away and grabbed the bottle of wine from my other hand as well. I turned my head to know, who had the audacity of stopping me from drinking. Ofcourse it has to be him, " Louis, would you stop, poking your nose everywhere?!" I was annoyed at him. He was getting on my nerves now.

He was not looking at me. He was drinking the wine, that I already poured in the glass. He made a weird face just after taking one sip. I shook my head realizing, that my mind was already a little clouded.

I was going to place my head on the bar counter, when Louis interfered again, " Don't do this! People are watching" He was still not looking at me. He was forcefully gulping down the wine, which I knew he doesn't like. He hated wine. I shook my head on his antics and grabbed the glass forcefully this time, placing it far away from his reach.

I turned my head towards him to scold him, when the look on his face stopped me. I couldn't comprehend what that look meant, but it was not good, " So you came here with him today! Is the world finally going to know about the secret marriage of you two powerful people?!", He mocked me. It was weird to see Louis expressionless. There was nothing in his eyes. His eyes seemed like voids, with nothing but darkness in them.

I kept looking at him silently trying to read him. But then I gave up. I turned around in my stool, now facing the people, who were still giving me side looks from, time to time. I stopped myself from sighing, not wanting the watching eyes to look right through my facade.

He looked at me for a while silently, " What do you not know, Sia?" His voice was so low that I might have missed it, if I was not sitting so close to him.

I wanted to conceal my feelings and thoughts, not wanting to be raw in front of anyone ever again but, he was my friend. I finally opened up, " I am tired, Louis! I don't know anything anymore. Don't ask me anything from now on" That was the truth. I was tired of everything and everyone. I didn't want to do this anymore.

Me and him have been friends for a long time now. We understand each other well. After hearing me, Louis averted his gaze. He knew, this talk was not going to be good for us. He knew, there was nothing that he could say or do to make me feel better, when he himself was hurting.

We were sitting in a peaceful silence in thoughts of our own, when Louis suddenly adressed me, " Sia! I just remembered. I wanted to tell you something!" He was quite impatient.

I turned my head towards him, " What is it?!"

"I wanted to tell---" before he could say anything, we heard people murmuring. Louis and I confusedly tried to pay attention to what people were so hyped about.

I looked at Louis, wanting to know if he knew what's happeing. But he was also looking as puzzled as me.

He suddenly got down from the stool and walked towards all the people to know what's happening and what they were looking at.

From here, I could see a screen on the farthest corner of the hall, on which a slide show was on, but I couldn't clearly see anything.

I decided to not pay attention to whatever it was but, then curosity got the best of me and I followed Louis who was still finding way to that corner but people were not paying attention to his requests of giving way.

I stepped forth, " Get out of the way!" My voice was a little high pitch. When those people saw who I was, they immediately stepped aside to give me way. When I looked at the screen, shocked would be a small word to describe what I felt.

A slide show of the pictures of George's illegal documents, works, the proofs of hidden black money and him with different women was being displayed. My eyes suddenly wandered off to Clara, who was standing like a statue shocked, covering her mouth with her right hand. Tears were falling down her cheeks. I looked away when my eyes fell on Hardin.

He was smirking while looking at me.It clicked in my mind He did this!, I felt my mouth trying to open in shock, but I tried hard to maintain my calm expressions.

"SHUT THIS DOWN !!! ITS ALL FAKE!!! THIS IS NOT TRUE !!!". I don't know where George came from. But I noticed him, when he started shouting hysterically, at his people to shut down the screen.

To add to this whole drama, media was also present there. They ran to George, asking him all kind of questions. I took courage to sneak a peak at Clara, but she was not there anymore. She was not anywhere. She must have left, I guess.

Everyone parted way again for someone. I looked up to see six men in police uniforms heading towards George, asking the reporters to step back.

When they finally reached George, an officer which I noticed was the chief, with a name tag that read Ethan, opened a paper and handed it to George, " You are under arrest Mr. George Wingston! This is the issued arrest warant" The officer drew out handcuffs grabbing George's hands, who was too shocked to say anything. Before handcuffing him the officer stated the rights," You have the right to stay silent and to hire a lawyer. Whatever you will, say can be used against you in the court"

Ethan was talking robotically indicating, that he has done this too many times. George after being handcuffed, finally snapped out of his trance and started resisting the police. He was thrashing and the other police men had to hold him, from lunging at Ethan, who was unphased, " DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM! YOU ARE DOING A MISTAKE!!.... YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!!" George was shouting at Ethan, while everyone was looking at this scene, entertained. It's sick how people enjoy other's downfall.

Ethan didn't even bat his eyes at George's threats and they started dragging George outside while he was still shouting and threatening them with his power. Ethan exchanged a suspiscious glance with Hardin before heading out. I wonder, what Hardin is upto now. He destroyed everything again.

I felt a headache appearing, so I looked a last time at Hardin, who was not there anymore. I was not in the mood to confront him so I turned around, but what I saw shocked me.

How are they here, they were supposed to come next week! Both two of them were looking at the whole scene quite surprised.

I looked at Louis, who was also looking at me admist all this chaos. He knew I have seen them so, he gave me the look which held the message "I wanted to tell you!"

I looked at all of them and quickly went out of the mansion towards, where I saw a garden earlier. Greenary and fresh air always helped me feel better. After 10 minutes of taking in the fresh air, I felt better and thought about the happenings of today.

After what happened today, police is going to get involved in the matters of X company. Even though this case will go nowhere, X company is still going to lose all the investors. As X company was associated with JESHLL, even if we were not involved in anything illegal, we are still going to suffer a huge loss. I sighed trying to ease out the headache by massaging my temple. The coming days are going to be too hard for me I guess!

Then I thought about them, those two were back. I sighed again! You all might be wondering who those two are, they are my other two friends HARRY EVANS AND LARA ELLISON.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

What is the role these two people will play in this story?!

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