All Chapters of THE GRAND PATRIARCH IS BACK: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60
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Chp 51 - Worth A Try
The cool breeze from the overlapping water ruffled the white tufts of hair on the old man’s head as he looked out at the gurgling river from his garden.The Aquae Sulis river ran through the back of the home he chose for himself as a sanctuary. The home where he awaits his granddaughter.A closer look at the man showed the sallow look on his face, his veined hands and his thinning hair.He held a gold walking cane in his hands as he stood at the unfenced perimeter of his ten acres of land where the sprawling wood and stone-modelled mansion was situated. The environment suited him just fine.The nearest neighbour was about ten miles away.“Where are you, Millie?” he muttered to himself as he breathed in the fresh scent of water over fertile soil.He felt the cleansing deep down to his toes. It felt like a cleansing of his soul. He felt like the chemicals and cloying smells had been washed out of his system. He was never going back. If he had to go, then he would go on his term. Not bei
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Chp 52 - Not So Fast
“This is a bad idea,” Andrea said as she had repeated several times since Jason told them what his plan was.“You have repeated that several times now,” Jason said in amusement. He turned to Simon “How many times now?”“Not that I am counting, Mo Chroi, but you have said it about ten times at least,” he said with a small grin. Then he turned to Jason, ignoring the scathing look that his partner gave him “Truly sir, she is right. This is…”“I don’t want to hear it,” Jason said with a shake of his head “I am sure that my brains would start leaking out if any of you repeated just how dangerous it is for me to get in there”“You can simply send us” Andrea insisted.“No” Jason shook his head thoughtfully, his eyes on the activities going on at the dock.” I need you two out here. Your…expertise would be put to better use out here. Also, how was I supposed to call for rescue if you are in there with me. I might call on you to save me, you know?” he added with a slight wink to lighten the moo
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Chp 53 - Failed Plan
Andre Fitzgerald was unable to keep the promise he made to himself. His intention to get in touch with the patriarch on behalf of his erring son had not been actualized. Since he collapsed after leaving his son’s bedside the other day, not only did the doctor tell him to stop doing anything strenuous or emotion-wracking; he was advised to have total bed rest. Not only were his limbs getting weaker, but his immune had also taken a hit as well, and ailments that others take in their stride will not only bring him low, it could ruin his chance at longevity. Andre, being Andre, did not listen of course but then after an episode where his phlegm was stained with blood after a wracking cough episode, he stayed put. He stopped going to the corporation as he was known to do at least once in a month or whenever the urge hit. Matteo was sure he was sad about his father’s deteriorating health, ofcourse he was. He was also glad that he would finally be in charge of things at the corporation. Hi
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Chp 54 - Meeting Slasher
“Hurry up, I don’t have all day!” the foreman shouted at the new worker when they got to Amora dockside. “Let’s go, let’s go” A bus carried them to the NMN farmhouse where some men were already waiting for them. Jason looked around with the hope that he could see Carlisle himself or any sign of the girls said to be kept by his network. No such luck though. “Listen up!” a man with a slashing scar on his face addressed them under the twilight. The porch light glared at them from the cabin said to be meant for the workers. The man strutted around. His offensive tobacco scent filled Jason’s nostrils as he removed his bandana from his neck, and flicked it against his thigh as he looked them over. “You all are workers of Mr Carlisle now” he shouted in his thick brogue, paused as he waited for the men to look straight at him “If you think that means that you sit on your lazy ass and goof off, you are mistaken. You not only work for him, but you also owe him your loyalty too. Is that take
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Chp 55 - New Ally or Foe?
Jason made sure to check out the layout of the cabin’s interior. The inside was more spacious than the minimal look the single-story building gave off from the outside.The clapboard and cedar shingle used predominantly in the construction was well incorporated that it gave off a comfortable aura that invited one to sit back and relax. Nothing was relaxing about the men that lead the newcomers in though.Jason saw that the bungalow cabin was the straight-planned type as he followed the men without making obvious the calculations he was doing. The fire crackled in the kitchen to their left as they passed. Two men entered the kitchen going straight to the round table in the middle of the kitchen. The slab wood counter closed to the range looked serviceable enough.“Kitchen,” the man leading them said tersely. Then a few feet to their right, he motioned without giving them time to check it out. "Restroom" A turn from the restroom area and the men stood abruptly when they saw what was pr
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Chp 56 - Saola Talk
Celia Rourke couldn’t believe her eyes when she received the message from Jason. She checked her phone again to be certain that she was not hallucinating. This can’t be. Can it? “You deserve this and more, mum. I don’t want you to reject this and I am sending you this message so you could rest assured that it was from me. They should be there with you any minute now” Just as she was pondering what his cryptic message was about, she got an alert. Not just any alert but that of an amount she never expected to receive ever! Where would she have gotten it? Celia was in the midst of their monthly cause meetings, they were just discussing how to ensure the safety of the Saola animals to prevent them from going into extinction. The representatives of the Saola Working Group from Vietnam arrived that morning. Celia was one of the active participants that facilitated the presence of the group in Dengal for them to educate people more about how to stop endangering rare species of animals and
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Chp 57 - Living It Up
Mia’s eyes bulged when she saw the last message that her mother had on her phone; the alert! “Ten million dollars? Mum!” she looked at her mother with incomprehension. Her mother nodded to her as she gulped down the water again “Welcome to the club”“Are you sure this is from Jason, mum? How?” Mia asked in confusion.Celia raised her brow at her as if to say “You are asking me?”“My God” she laughed “Jason is something else. Why would he…Oh” her mouth rounded in a perfect shape of O, her coral lipstick glistening as comprehension dawned “Your birthday, mum. This is your birthday gift! Uuuhhh. What a big show-off! How exactly am I supposed to brag about being the favourite kid now? Damn it. How can hard brownies compete with ten million dollars?”“Compe…” Celia shook her head at Mia. “Is that what you should be thinking about now? You are not even thinking about how he could afford to send such an amount to me? This is ten million dollars, Mia. not ten bucks”Mia sighed softly “You a
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Chp 58 - Enough
“One more word from you and I will…” “You will what?” Sonia asked in anger as she faced Matteo. “You are such a callous man, do you know that? How can you be so insensitive? Can’t you see the way people are mocking me?”She sniffled theatrically to show her grief better, thinking that should earn her more sympathy from Matteo but he had enough of her theatrics and he knew by now that was one of her ways of getting things from him.“Not today, though,” he thought as he gave her a derisive look He had enough on his mind than to indulge a dissatisfied bitch.“Jose” Matteo called.“Yes, young master” Jose answered as he ran in wondering what could be the reason for the call this time around. Sonia and Matteo had been fighting more and more these days and it was always the workers that end up bearing the brunt of the grief. One minute they are tearing at each other and calling themselves names. Then the next minute, they are loving up to each other.“Take her out of my presence,” Matteo
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Chp 59 - Whipped
“Get up, you lazy bones!”Jason jolted awake from the banging on the door. He rubbed at his bleary eyes and fantasized briefly about how he would like to wrap his hands around the neck of that bastard who took great pleasure in giving them a hard time. It’s been two weeks now that he had been on the NMN farm. He had done things he never believed he would ever have to engage in. No matter how hard life had been before he met the Rouarkes, he had been a city guy after all. Who knew he would end up mucking stalls and picking eggs from angry-looking hens with the ability to peck one’s eyes out?The gore he had to deal with when he was ordered to deal with the birthing of a calf was enough to make him want to scrub his body for hours without stopping. That was not possible though as they were barely given enough water to even clean themselves properly.They were still in the probation period and Slasher had not decided if they were worthy enough to be brought into the inner circle yet. Th
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Chp 60 - Others Will
Mechanically and methodically, Jason dealt the arrogant manager blows after blow at strategic spots on his body. Places where people wouldn’t see his bruises easily unless he deliberately showed them. Jason vented his anger and frustrations of the past few weeks on the weasel. Cain’s fever seemed to have retreated when he saw the way Jason was beating up the man that had been nothing but a pain in the ass for them since they got to the farm. The eeriest thing about Jason’s beating was that he was not even saying anything, no long talks, no taunting as the manager was known for. He did not even touch the minimal piece of furniture in the room as he plummeted the bastard. “What are you doing? You are going to get us killed!” Cain managed to croak out after trying unsuccessfully for a while. Jason smiled as he advanced on the manager again “No, I am not” he lifted the pathetic, whimpering mess of a man where he lay crumpled “You know why?” he asked Cain with his eyes on the hateful fa
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