The Traps of Black Swan

At the Kelly villa,

Shane and Maisie were still in shock after the kidnap. They had no idea what actually happened. Some men had abducted them right in front of their villa and made them unconscious. 

They didn't have their senses for more than an hour. When they woke up, their limbs were tied and they were laying on the trunk of the moving car, in a very congested dark space.

Without knowing how long they had fainted, they assumed they were still being kidnapped. They desperately wanted to tell them that kidnapping them won't get anything as Hayden would wash his hands off and live peacefully.

Soon the car had stopped and a man who was covering his face opened the trunk door and threw them down the car like a sack of potatoes and left.

The couple was flabbergasted at the situation. They were kidnapped in front of their villa and thrown out at the corner of the city without demanding or asking anything.

Helping each other out in bewilderment, they took a taxi and reached the villa. They were so shocked by an unbelievable event that they hadn't moved out of the villa, locking the door and thinking what happened to them.

The whole day, Jose was enjoying outside and didn't come home. They didn't bother him either. Then after a long thought, Maisie decided that it's time to take her title seriously. Her title is Madam Kelly and matriarch of the Kelly family. She wished to live in the magnificent Kelly mansion and get the mansion under her name.

Hence both got ready, with the footage of their kidnap at the villa gates. Instead of going to the police station to write the complaint, they planned to go to Kelly international. They wanted to stress that their villa regency isn't safe and they need a secure and safe place.

Anyway, before they could get into their Audi, a Rolls Royce royally stopped in front of the door. Maisie, who was admiring the high-class car, grounded her teeth. She wished Hayden to die soon so that she could actually live a life of wealth and enjoy all the privileges.

She didn't notice Shane Kelly pale next to her. He identified it as a Rivas family car and the driver was Jordan's driver. They often avoided the Rivas family because of Ava Kelly being known to Karsen Rivas and Shawn being her best friend. So the word Rivas would remind him of Ava Kelly, every bloody time.

Maisie's hands flew to her mouth, she gasped loudly when the train of cars stopped and Jordan alighted the car in stoic expression. It was her first time seeing Jordan in person, it said that meeting the old man was next to impossible as he avoids unnecessary people trying to enter the Rivas family.

As she had expected, his strong presence naturally made their heads low like helpers in the palace, for bowing and keeping their eyes down at the arrival of the emperor.

His every move was elegant and refined. He shifted his soul-piercing gaze to the entrance of the villa before it fell on the couple who were at the car.

As though compelled, the couple ran up to Jordan and eventually jerked to stop when Jordan's bodyguard blocked them. Shane stuttered, shifting his eyes from Jordan's face to everywhere without focusing straight in the eyes of Jordan, "E-Elder Rivas, p-please welcome."

He poked Maisie to greet whose eyes were looming over the expensive car. Maisie lifted her gaze to meet Jordan's eyes but an unlock of the door caught his attention. 

A beautiful woman alighted the car before the driver closed the door and guided her. Maisie immediately remembered the words of Megan from the tea party. Her hand reached out to clutch her husband and tell him what happened but he was already smiling at the woman.

"Madam Rivas!!" He greeted, "What do we owe this honor for?" He respectfully and very politely spoke. The only thing missing was his deep bow.

Maisie had very strong instincts that there is nothing to be happy about the situation. A part of her was screaming that it's about Ava Kelly, whose presence in their life always made Maisie living miserable. Hence the jinx is well suited to Ava Kelly.

  Megan looked at her female bodyguard who nodded at Megan before going front. Maisie was shocked and cowered, unknowingly anticipating the big tight slap on her face.

Anyway, the female bodyguard pushed Maisie aside while Shane understood what was going on. He shifted aside as he held his wife.

Megan and Jordan went towards the entrance looking at the cottage-styled, well-maintained villa and lawn. Probably they would have been excited if Aarvi had happily grown up like every other child. Unfortunately, everything about that place felt like a thorn, piercing their eyes and foot wherever they stepped.

The little short stories which Shawn had told them were already incensing them, they couldn't even imagine the life Aarvi suffered from her biological parents.

While father-in-law and daughter-in-law made their way inside following the lady bodyguard, Shane and Maisie were having action and eye war. Both were asking each other if they offended them somehow and what Jordan and Megan were doing there.

Shane was about to say 'please take a seat.' They sat on the couch as if it's their own house and they were appointed to look after the villa.

Megan and Jordan already knew the Kelly family is wealthy and have a company. They had even seen the pictures of a Cape Cod-style mansion, in comparison, this Kelly couple actually had nothing.

Megan and Jordan glanced at each other, understanding Hayden doesn't favor his son and family, else they would have been living in the Kelly mansion or a better place. They weren't looking down but studying the fact.

Despite all that, the family wasn't lacking in anything. There were maids and well-organized houses except for the black hearts in them.

Megan broke the silence, "Madam Kelly, why are you hostile? Aren't we welcomed here? Hadn't I told you that I would be inviting you for the birthday banquet?" She sounded so casual that Maisie almost believed it.

"Really?" She awkwardly laughed. She wasn't that stupid to believe the Rivas family inviting them for a birthday. They always preferred limited guests. Probably it would have been possible if Ava Kelly was alive.

Due to the presence of Rivas, they remembered Ava more than any other day.

Jordan tapped the cane on the floor as he looked around. When his eyes fell on the family picture, he voiced. His voice stayed neutral to see how far the disgusting couple could go. "Where is your daughter?"

Shane and Maisie froze.

Megan appeared confused instantly, "Daughter?" She was helping them to lie easily. "I heard from Madam Kelly that she only has a single child."

Maisie vigorously nodded, "Yeah yeah, my son Jose Kelly."

When Ava was alive, Maisie often taunted him saying your daughter and addressed Jose as her son so he was used to it. Hence he corrected it so that Megan and Jordan don't misunderstand, "Yeah, our son, Jose. We have only him." He flashed his unnatural smile.

However, they knew Shawn was a friend of Ava Kelly so Maisie quickly followed her husband's words in case they knew about Ava Kelly.

"We had adopted a girl named Ava Kelly." She deeply sighed, "Blood is blood, how can we expect the outsider to adapt to us. She ran away with somebody and died somehow."

Megan clenched her teeth hard and craved to slap soul out of that woman. How could somebody say their blood as an outsider? It was outrageous, it was hard for Megan to just sit and listen to the brazen lies.

Jordan's hold on the cane increased rapidly. He wouldn't lash at a woman so his gaze shifted to the man who joined his voice and agreed to Maisie's words. 

"Yeah, we admitted her to the same school as Jose, provided her with everything, and sent her abroad to study. But we hadn't thought she would end up breaking her marriage and run away with a random man." He deeply sighed as though he went through a great humiliation.

Both lied on their faces without batting an eyelid and pretended to be unlucky parents of an adopted child as they flashed a faint smile.