A/N: Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter of revelations, but before you get to that I would like sincerely thank you all for reading the story and being a great a support. I would also like to mention the anonymous reviewer and Adela for leaving their feedback. Thanks a lot guys for bearing with the plot! Now please move on ahead and have fun reading the chapter.


Chapter 47: Confession


(Kate's POV)

I could feel my heart beating faster, my breaths falling and my whole body going cold, and maybe it was more than enough to scare anyone but not me because I knew for sure that I couldn't, or more correctly wouldn't die here. Just as that thought crossed my mind, I felt the strap loosen around my neck, as I was swiftly released from Clark's choking grip. My legs were already weak to hold me up and I collapsed to the floor coughing heavily that my lungs literally ached. Two warm hands grabbed my shoulders, as I opened my eyes, and expectedly enough I came face to face with none other than Leon.

"Kate, are you alright?", Leon asked me in concern and I gave him the weakest of my nods, "Get her a glass of water", he spoke looking sideways and I looked to the side to see Jefferson was there too.

I looked around and saw there were more people in the conference room that I hadn't noticed before. The crowd was composed of employees, directors and security men, who all seemed to be in deep shock. I looked back to see that a few security men were standing by Clark's side, as he sat on a chair, seemingly displeased and angry, muttering something under his breath. His appearance was quite disheveled, as I noticed his tie was missing in his attire. It was lying next to me on the floor, and I realized that it was that red strap that he used to strangle me with.

Jefferson held out a glass of water to me and I took hold of it with my shaky hands. Leon grabbed the glass of water over my hand to keep it steady and helped me drink water. Once I was finished with it, he asked if I wanted to drink some more and I replied by shaking my head in negative. Afterwards, he helped me up off the floor and since I was still feeling a little disoriented, he made me sit on a chair. He asked Jefferson if he informed the police and the latter man affirmed it by saying yes.

I looked at the old man, who just tried to kill me and I couldn't mistake the look of pure hatred in his eyes for me. I was sure if it wasn't for the security men that were standing by his side, then he would have tried to make a third attempt to kill me. I don't know if it was because I already knew that it was him, who tried to kill me, or if I was too used to people trying to kill me that I wasn't really surprised to know that the man that called himself my father's best friend tried to get rid of me.

"Are you still going to deny, that you didn't try to kill me?", I asked him in a calm tone, looking at him.
The older man let out a laugh, "I did try to kill you!", he spoke with no remorse in his voice, "And yes your guess was right; I did make those three kill your Dad too", he added in an enraged tone.
"Will you satisfy my curiosity and tell me why, now?", I asked him speaking in a serious tone.
"He came to know the truth", he answered with a weight in his voice.
"What truth?", Leon asked before I could pose that question to him.
"That I had been stealing money from the company, in the name of new projects", he answered not looking up.
"Your reason is more pathetic than the other three", I couldn't help but comment.

"Well but that's not all", Clark responded looking up and he had that same maniacal look on his face that I had seen on other three attackers of mine, "I didn't like your father at all", he spoke shaking his head, "He was always so arrogant and cocky, as if he was the only one running the business. No matter what I did, he always got the credit 'Lion of the Business World', more like a hyena, heh", he let out a displeased laugh, "He always stole ideas from the people and I was no exception. He called me his best friend and yet he never once stopped to steal my business ideas and take credit for them. He rose to be a famous businessman and I was reduced to be the best friend of that businessman. He has stolen so much from me and so it was fair that I do the same."

"So it was your way of revenge to start stealing from his company", Leon more of stated than asked Clark in a very serious tone.
"Yeah, exactly", the old man answered with a smile, "You understand me boy", he spoke quite enthusiastically for the moment, "But everything started going wrong when he took the project of food processing plant in his own hands, and he realized that I was mooching money off the company."
"And he confronted you", I could see my father doing something like that.

"Yeah he wanted to expose me", Clark spoke as if it was the worst thing ever, "But fortunately, he came to know about it just a few days before your engagement", he smiled insanely and then the corners of his mouth drooped low making a sad face, "And unfortunately for him he gave me the heads up", and then once again his tone became frightened as he continued, "He told me that he's going to tell the board members about my misdeed after your wedding and request my removal from the board of directors and the company as well", he looked around at the people present in the room, "I couldn't let that happen, can I?", he asked us and we kept our silence, "So I planned to kill him before your wedding. I knew it would be impossible if Shawn was around, so I involved him too taking advantage of his hatred for your father and a hefty amount of money, and he called in Travis."

"So what exactly happened on the wedding day?", Leon asked him and Clark looked at him blankly for some time, as if he had asked him a very silly question.
"I killed him", Clark answered in an obvious tone and laughed like a maniac clown.
"How?", Leon asked him seemingly undisturbed by Clark's insane behavior.

"I called him to his study saying that I had to discuss an important business matter with him", Clark answered in a normal tone, "I guess he did think of me as a friend that he didn't question me twice about it, although he wanted it to wait till after the wedding but I told him it couldn't wait. So we made our way to his study and when we were in the study I tried to persuade him to let my mistake slide", his tone again became that of an extremely terrified man, "But he didn't listen to me and then I had no choice. Travis got us the poison and was supposed to poison his coffee, if I failed to convince him, but Keith was a sharp eyed man. He spotted Travis when he was poisoning his coffee. We knew there was no going back, as Travis and Shawn moved to restrain him and I emptied the poison in his mouth."

"And what about Maria?", Leon asked him in an objective tone.
"Oh the poor maid walked in on us when we were in middle of killing Keith", Clark answered in a pitying tone, "She came to inform him that Kate went missing but instead she almost had a nervous breakdown, watching us trying to kill her boss", he laughed out of amusement, "But lucky me, I knew her secret too and once I reminded her of the pains that Keith Richardson had inflicted upon her, she agreed to help."
"Why did you try to kill me, surely I didn't know anything about your corporate theft or stole any of your ideas", I couldn't help but ask him.
"No, no, my dear", he shook his head and spoke amiably, "The reason to get rid of you is not same as your father", he smiled unnaturally once again, "But it's not that different either."
"What is it then?", Leon asked him in a monotone.

"After Keith died I thought all glory would be mine but no", Clark shook his head in disappointment, "She, who was never interested in business, stepped up to take her father's place. I tried so many times to advice her properly but she never listened to me and did whatever she wanted", lines of irritation ran across his face, "I tried to make things difficult for her by going out of my way and hiring those people to cause a riot at the food processing plant, so that she looks up at me for help. But no she came up to a solution on her own", he grinded his teeth, "I wanted to feel important but she was not letting me to, so I decided that she has to go."

"So you knew about my father's plans regarding the factory and institute?", I asked him slightly surprised.
"Of course I knew", my so-called uncle answered, shooting a somewhat demeaning look at me, "I was still working with him on the project, even after he said he took it in his hands. We had all the plans ready for the same and he was supposed to present it in the next board meeting, which was scheduled after your wedding."
"So you stole the plans and stirred up that riot to hurt her", Leon said conclusively, "And then I suppose you also asked for Maria's help to more than just hurt her?"
"Yes", he didn't deny that he colluded with my mother-like head maid, "It took a long time to persuade her but she finally agreed to help me out but she failed as well, and everything came unto me."
"And when you saw Kate in a desperate state of mind, you thought it's the right moment", Leon asked him in confirmation, "You lured her to the lake and pushed her into it."
"Yeah", Clark answered nodding like a kid, "I had second thoughts but she was about to tell on me, so I had no option but to push her", he did speak in a sulky childish tone, "But her mommy got worried and got searching for her, and she was saved", he crossed his arms pouting.

(Leon's POV)

I let out a sigh and I wasn't sure if it was a sigh of relief or if I should even relax now. Clark had accepted his crime and many people witnessed him trying to strangulate Kate. We might not have evidences that he pushed her in the lake but there were a lot of people who could testify against him in the court about his second attempted murder, and his insane confession. The people in the room had erupted into a noisy discussion about what they had just heard from him and seen. I bet many people would still find it unbelievable that this man, who seemed to be quite prim and proper businessman, had such egocentric tendencies.

I looked down at Kate, her expressions were blank and she just observed the man sitting in front of her for some time. She let out an audible sigh and lifted herself off the chair, calling out to her secretary, who at once answered her. She asked him about rest of her appointments but before her PA could answer her the conference room's door opened and two policemen whom we all knew very well stepped inside with an exceptionally professional look on their faces.

Warren and Bennett looked around the room for a bit before spotting us and moved towards us. They greeted us formally and shook hands with us as well, asking for the reason that we had called them. I explained the entire situation to them and told them what had happened as well as what we saw. They took Kate's statement about the whole incident and then moved to other people to verify our claims. Lastly, I transferred Clark's confession video that I had made sure to record just in case Clark denies it later on.

Both the officers watched the video together with a serious expression on their faces. Once they were done watching it, they said that it was really a strong piece of evidence and with so many witnesses it would be hard for him to get the bail. They cuffed the old man, who had started to hysterically mutter stuff that didn't even make too much sense, and took him away.

I looked sideways at Kate, as she watched the two policemen take away her father's best friend as well as his murderer. There was no particular expression on her face that could let me know what she was feeling at the moment. She let out a sigh, as the policemen stepped inside the elevator, and then she looked around the room at the people, who were still busy discussing whatever happened. Kate cleared her throat quite loudly to get everybody's attention. She very politely asked people to get back to their work and apologized for whatever drama they had to witness.

The people dispersed still talking in undertones about the whole incident and Kate just shook her head in slight disbelief. She grabbed her phone off the table and our eyes met for a brief second. I smiled at her but she didn't returned that smile, however her expressions weren't exactly what one could call neutral. It seemed like she wanted to say something but she didn't say anything, at least nothing verbally, but my eyes couldn't miss the messages her eyes conveyed. She called over her PA and they both exited the room, and I followed them out as well.


(Kate's POV)

I got in the car's backseat and relaxed a little. It had been a really exhausting day for me both mentally and physically. The news of whatever happened in the morning spread like a wild fire that it even reached the press; well not much of a surprise there. I was once again flooded with the calls from a lot of people asking confirmation about the whole incident; although the more considerate people did ask about my well being as well. The news channels representatives also called to fix a meeting to get a statement and I tried to avoid it as much as I could but then rumors started to float in the media regarding it, leaving me no option. I had to squeeze in a meet with press reporters to give an official statement about the incident, so that things don't get out of the way for the company.

I let out a tired sigh watching the things as they passed by, outside the car window. I just wanted to lie down on my comfortable bed and sleep, but unfortunately I had to wait some time before I could actually put that thought into action. The driver pulled the car to a stop at a traffic signal, and the people in the car next to us didn't fail to notice me. They maybe started to discuss about what they had heard over the news and waved at me. I just smiled politely and raised the window of the car, not really wanting any unnecessary attention. I looked ahead; the lights were still red and I had no way of entertaining myself at the moment. I rested my head on the back of the seat closing my eyes just for a bit, till the car starts moving again.

I just observed the people walking on the streets, since there was nothing interesting to do as our car stood at a red light. Kate and I weren't really on casually talking terms either, otherwise that would have definitely kept me entertained. I was starting to miss those times and at times I really cursed that moment that led us to be this way. I sighed out of boredom and looked ahead, just to see the red lights turning green. The car slowly rolled into motion and I felt something soft bump against my shoulder, making me turn my head to the side to see what it was.

(Leon's POV)

I was slightly surprised to see that the soft thing that had bumped against my shoulder was Kate's head. I called out her name softly out of concern; since her eyes were closed but the peaceful expression on her face told me that she was perhaps sleeping, since she had such a busy day at work and not to mention the latest murder attempt. I smiled at her sleeping form, taking her handbag that was sitting between us and putting it on my other side, so I could close the distance between us to make her more comfortable. I swung an arm around her shoulders to be comfortable myself, taking extreme caution to not wake her up.

As I was just done with this process, Kate's whole body turned to me and she closed whatever distance that was between us. She grabbed hold of my shirt, as she adjusted her head on my shoulder to be comfortable in her sleep. It was just like the times, when I held her to sleep. I could feel her breath on my neck and smell her perfume with every breath that I took. I was really tempted to kiss her forehead but I knew for sure that it would wake her up, so I decided against it. I was more than content to be close to her, and I wanted to make most of it at the moment.


(Kate's POV)

I opened my eyes with a start as I felt a jerk, only to find that the car was already at the gates of the mansion. The driver had halted the car in front of the gates while the guards opened them for the car to pass. I must have dozed off for a little bit since I was really tired, and then the sudden realization hit me, as I became more aware of my environment. I had been resting my head on Leon's shoulder, using it as a pillow, and he had his arm around me. I pulled myself away from him immediately, pushing him away at the same time. He turned his head to look at me but he didn't seem too annoyed or surprised by what I did. He withdrew his arm around my shoulders and moved away, putting some distance between us.

The car moved past the gates, and I rubbed my arms feeling slightly cold, well I wouldn't have to wait for too long to get in my warm cozy bed. The car stopped in front of the mansion and we stepped out of it. Francis welcomed us back home, telling me that he'll set the dinner by the time we freshen up. Although I just wanted to sleep but still I decided to eat something before going to bed, so Leon and I made our way back to the dining table to have our dinner. It was just the two of us at the dinner table, since it was a little too late already for everyone else, and I had already informed my mother to not wait for me to have her dinner.

After we had our dinner, we walked back to our bedroom to get some much awaited sleep. I got on my side of the bed and settled in my warm blanket, closing my eyes to sleep but I just couldn't fall asleep. I was extremely exhausted and I really, really wanted to sleep but I don't know why I was unable to do so. The warm bed didn't feel warm enough and the soft mattress felt uncomfortable for some unknown reason. I kept adjusting myself under the covers trying to get into a comfortable position but it seemed that just like last night I won't be getting any sleep tonight either.


A/N: Thanks a lot of reading the chapter and I hope you all enjoyed. I apologize for all the typos, grammatical mistakes or inconsistencies in the text that might have confused you. Also, I would like to hear what you think about the Clark's motive, even though many of you might have guessed it long before. Did figure it out that Clark was the one behind the riot or did you totally forget about it? If you have any other thoughts or queries about the chapter, story or characters then don't be afraid to leave a comment; I always look forward to them. I'll see you all next week; till then take care and have a great time! :D