Is this destiny?

JoAnna knows that Sarah's calm is quiet before the storm and the storm will be explosive.

"Sarah… How about you go and continue working on Eve?" JoAnna suggested.

Sarah tilted her head. "What did you say?"

"Aiden is missing. We need Eve to find him." JoAnna explained.

"It will take me days to restore basic functionality. Do you think that I will sit there and stare at monitors while they are doing who knows what to him?"

"We will find him while you fix Eve." Sophia said.

Sarah narrowed her eyes at Sophia. "What can you do?"

"The same as you. Please. We all want to find him."

"Don't tell me what to do!" Sarah snapped at Sophia. "If your husband is missing, I am sure that you would not accept to sit on the side while others are working."

JoAnna gestured to Sophia to drop the idea of Sarah being out of this. "What is your plan, Sarah?"

"We need more clues… Those intruders. What did you find out?"

JoAnna lowered her head. With all the mess happening, she forgot about them. "Nothing. I was thinking of interrogating them, but then Aiden left, and I got distracted."

"I will interrogate them…" Sarah stood up and walked out.

In the hallway, she saw Steve and Gabriel approaching.

"Julius told us that we can find you here." Steve explained their presence. "On our side, things are quite normal. Few more things are pending, but that can wait tomorrow. Thank you for your help. We came to check your status, and if everything is fine, we will take our ladies home."

Sarah was about to say something, but then she remembered… "Your ladies?"

"Yes. Biddy and Denise for me, and Victoria for Gabriel. They are here, right?"

Sarah knew that they offered to Bridgette to come here with Denise, but she didn't know that Victoria tagged along. Sarah's eyes widened when she realized: Victoria Long is here!

"Where are they?" Sarah asked JoAnna.

"In the kids' room."

Without an explanation, Sarah walked down the hallway in hurried steps.

…

"Sarah!" Bridgette called with a smile when Sarah walked in.

"Auntie… Auntie…", Lia, Jayden, and Alice chanted while lifting their arms for Sarah to pick them up. Adam was trying to get close to Sarah, but the bigger kids didn't budge.

Sarah patted their heads. "Auntie has some business. I will come and play with you in a minute. OK?"

The kids pouted, but they took a step back.

"Victoria, can you step outside?"

"Sure…" Victoria plastered a smile and walked after Sarah. She was thinking that maybe now she can get that house tour she hoped for. God knows that she is losing her mind with all these kids.

As soon as Victoria stepped into the hallway, Sarah gripped her neck.

"What the…?" Victoria struggled to get out of Sarah's grip and the only thing more terrifying than her being unable to breathe was Sarah's crazed eyes.

"Sarah!" Gabriel shouted. "Let her go!"

"What are you doing?" Steve was right behind Gabriel.

JoAnna was also there, unsure what is going on.

Sarah ignored everyone. Her focus was on Victoria.

"Are you behind it? Or someone else?" Sarah spoke through her teeth while pushing Victoria backward until she banged her head on the wall.

"Sarah, you will kill her!" Gabriel pleaded.

Gabriel was about to grab Sarah's hand and try to make her let go of Victoria when Sarah's kick made him fly backward.

"Stay away from me." Sarah growled. "I will not kill her, yet."

Sarah banged Victoria one more time on the wall. "SPEAK!"

Victoria struggled to inhale. "I don't know what are you talking about…"

"You don't? May 24th, 3:21 AM you logged into Gabriel's work laptop and accessed protected files related to the Long Industries."

Gabriel was rubbing his chest and getting up when he heard Sarah's words. "What? Is that true? Did you access my work laptop in the middle of the night?"

Sarah loosened her grip, so that Victoria can breathe.

Victoria inhaled two deep breaths and observed Gabriel, Steve, JoAnna, and Sarah. She pressed her lips into a line.

"Anna… Do you have the serum handy?" Sarah asked without removing her glare from Victoria.

"Yes, yes…" JoAnna fumbled with her belt which has a hidden pocket.

"What are you doing?" Victoria asked in horror while trying to get out of Sarah's grip.

Sarah didn't respond. She injected Victoria and dragged her down the hallway.

Sophia joined the group that followed Sarah.

…

Victoria sat on the chair in the middle of a room and observed Sarah who was pacing around her while flexing her fingers.

"Can someone explain what is going on?" Steve asked.

"This was planned by someone." Sarah said. "Internet mess, attacks on the Long Industries and White corp. and Smithsonite corp… and she is part of it." Sarah gestured with her chin toward Victoria.

Steve understood that this is serious. "Do you have proof?"

"Access logs on Gabriel's laptop will prove that she logged into it and accessed the files. Probably made a copy and sent it to someone."

"Vicky can't log into my computer. She does not have the priviledges." Gabriel said.

"She used your credentials. Video surveillance shows that she was using the computer at that time. But you don't need to believe me…" Sarah looked at Victoria. "Who is behind these attacks?"

"I don't know." Victoria responded.

Gabriel saw that Sarah frowned and he stood between Victoria and Sarah.

"Sarah, this is enough. I tolerated more than I should because of our previous friendship. Vicky is my wife and you can't just throw random accusations and go chocking her. I demand that you apologize."

Sarah sneered. "Do you think this is a joke? Aiden was kidnapped and she knows who is behind it. Get out of my way before I rip your head off."

"Aiden was kidnapped?" Steve's eyes moved from JoAnna to Sophia and both of them nodded in confirmation.

Gabriel swallowed hard. Sarah is staring at him with a murderous glare, but he can't step back. Vicky is his wife. "She said that she does not know!"

"What do you know about this attack, Victoria?" Sarah asked in a flat voice.

"The woman said to call her Dice…"

Gabriel turned to Victoria and looked at her in disbelief. "Vicky!"

Sarah pushed Gabriel to the side. "Don't interrupt. Let her talk… Victoria, start from the beginning…"

Gabriel, Steve, Sarah, JoAnna, and Sophia listened to Victoria while she spoke about the messages and calls and how it all started where she met with David Smith and Chelsea Davis. She didn't know what David's and Chelsea's roles were, but she had a task to collect various information related to the Long Industries.

"What can you tell me about Dice?" Sarah asked.

"Female. Eastern European accent. Always used a different number which was unreachable when I tried to call so I assume it was a burner phone that she quickly disposed of. She admires you."

Sarah frowned. "What?"

"She was talking about you and Aiden like you are royalty, someone untouchable. She said that the two of you are the glue which is holding Longs and Smiths and Whites together and that if we want to attack any of those families, we need to target you first… She said that you are proficient with computers and various devices and that we should not underestimate you..."

"She knows you." Sophia told Sarah when Victoria finished.

"Not necessarily. At least not in person." JoAnna interjected. "But she is watching you. She is watching us."

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