Mr. Ban doubted that he was hearing correctly. ''Are you saying she wasn't here for as long as I was away, or am I not understanding?'' he asked the chef. ''No, I mean that anytime we wanted to serve her food, she was never there. For two days sir. We searched the entire room, and she was nowhere to be found. Maybe she went to visit family,'' the chef said innocently. Mr. Ban looked at the chef closely for a while, and then he turned around abruptly, heading back to his bedroom. Barter already overheard the chef reporting the fact that he didn't see Laura again after Mr. Ban left, and he was processing his thoughts, thinking of what he would tell Mr. Ban when he asked. ''Barter!'' Mr. Ban called as soon as he was back in his room. Mr. Ban glared at Laura, he didn't say anything to her yet, he just wanted to hear from Barter first. ''Boss!'' Barter muttered when he showed up in Mr. Ban's room. ''I heard that my wife went on her own trip after I left,'' Mr. Ban said, looking

Greg Chase had started to work with Don Black for a while and he was slowly building into the looks of a notorious gangsta, even though he wasn't. Hanging around Don Black, and being exposed to the sort of money that he was currently being exposed to, made Greg's looks change swiftly. However, not for one day had he forgotten about Lucy. Greg had moved out of his rickety house. Thanks to the chunk of money he started to make every week as a result of him agreeing to pair up with Don Black. He now lived in a nice bungalow on the average side of town and even had a car now. Although, his car was not a luxurious one like Lucy's own. For some reason, on this fateful night, he could not get his mind off Lucy. He understood that she might have been in a tight corner, and must have been dazed and ashamed concerning the fake video of both of them that went viral, but what he didn't understand was why she remained so distant even after the incident had long passed. It could not have bee

Lucy almost laughed at what Greg said, but she held back because she didn't want Greg to feel so comfortable around her just yet after a couple of months had passed. His quick influence on her took her by surprise. She didn't know how fast Greg had crawled into her subconscious until after the accident. She had met Greg after college and felt so nostalgic that she got attached to him very quickly. She restrained herself from laughing when Greg accused her mother of laying incantations on him. Besides, Greg was sounding so different. She had not had the chance to ask him about that yet because of the way her mother was screaming.''Meanwhile...'' Lucy said and relaxed on the couch that she was sitting on. Greg smiled where he was. He knew she had noticed that his voice sounded more authoritative. He could hear himself loud and clear. Besides, a lot of people had mentioned it to him, including Don Black his dear friend. ''Yes?'' Greg said back to Lucy.''Meanwhile what...?'' he as

Charles Ban had watched his sister and his niece argue about the person that his niece was speaking to on phone. He was confused, obviously, but he didn't say anything and listened to them closely as they argued. The least he could do for himself was to try and figure out what the issue was, and from what he was able to piece together, this person was the cause of Lucy's accident.And what was this he heard about a video? What video?After Lucy hung up the phone call she had with Greg, she went back to her room, but Margaret Ban was waiting for her there. Of course, she was not going to let it slide. The fact that Lucy was back talking to that poor creature from jail that had charmed her and nearly killed her because he was near her made Margaret Ban stark raving mad. ''Lu! Were you on the phone with that thing for this long? Did you spend more than ten minutes discussing this with him? What about?'' Margaret Ban asked, her face disgruntled. She was not happy about what Lucy was do

''Were you expecting me not to double up when I found out that Lucy, the little Lucy of back then at college had become incredibly wealthier than me?'' Greg asked.Lucy shook her head.''How vain can you be? That's not what our friendship is about,'' she said and leaned her back on the wall.She was sitting on the only chair that was on the balcony.Of course, Greg left the seat vacant for her to use. ''But Lucy, I'm a man. Besides, you stopped wanting to hear from me. You stopped taking my calls. You of all people. Remember I used to be the one running away from your calls because you were pressing me with your money and connections...'' Greg said and paused to have a laugh. ''Ah! Come on, don't be like that,'' Lucy said and joined Greg in laughing. Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, Margaret Ban stood, trying to hear what Lucy was talking about with this man.Who was the man by the way? And since when did Lucy start hanging out with the likes of her somewhat vicious uncle?