All Chapters of Ben Chamberlain's Inheritance: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40
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Chapter Thirty-one
It's been two days since Ben was abducted. Tomorrow was the beginning of the trial regarding the accusation that was labeled against him.He had moved on from that because he looked energetic and focused. The injury on his nose had healed although there was a scar on the lower part of his lips whixh would heal up would in some few days time.He was at home because his boss, Mr. Andrew gave him two days off. Ben had undergone some growing up in the short time that he had been in the United States.He knew that he still had a long way to go as regards looking for his father but he wanted to build a life for himself and have a foot hold on the country and then he would properly look for his father.He was reading some files given to him by his lawyer and he was going through them when he heard the opening of the door and the sound of it closing almost immediately it was opened.He suddenly got up to his feet as if he was preparing for an intruder who was coming into the house to hurt h
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Chapter Thirty-two
Ben was able to see the on-coming vehicle and escape it by running across the road very fast. The car sped away and did stop.Ben got up and he was breathing very fast. He just went through a death and life situation where he could have died from a careless and reckless driver.The reports came across to him and swamped him like bees on honey.Mics were pointed at him. Cameras focused on him to explain how he escaped the near death experience."Please let him be. He has nothing to say at this time." Mr. Murdoch came out of the court and whisked him away from the army of reporters."Where have you been? I have been waiting for you for about half an hour." Murdoch spoke to him in a less harsh but assertive way."I am sorry." Ben said. Ben was still shaken by what almost happened to him some moments ago. "What has gotten you shaken up?" Murdoch asked him feeling concerned for him.Today was the day that the battle to get out of this quagmire started and he needed Ben to be up to it. He
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Chapter Thirty-three
"Do you know my client?" Murdoch asked him. "I don't know him but I have seen him before." Drip said. "Apologies Mr. Drip. Let me rephrase that question again. Have you seen my client before now?" "Yes! At the hotel where he works." Drip said."Be specific with the hotel please." Murdoch said. "Mandarin Oriental Hotel." Drip said."So what were you doing there at the hotel?" Murdoch asked. "I went there to see Mellisa." Drip said. "So did you happen to see her on that day of the incident?" Murdoch asked."When I called her phone, she sounded like she was in trouble. So I asked her to direct me to where she was." Drip said. "So what happened next when you found her." Murdoch asked."She was disheveled because of what had happened to her." Drip said. Murdoch now brought out the video where Melissa was shown to have been raped by Ben."Your honor, allow me to play the video that shows that my client was raping Meliisa, according to the prosecuting council. This was the evidence provided
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Chapter Thirty-four
Mellisa got up from bed and headed downstairs. She looked at the time and it was 12 midnight.On the staircase she had to stop as though she was trying to recollect where she was going to.Suddenly she continued her descent down stairs until she got down to the sitting room which was expensively an extravagantly furnished.She went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, when she saw someone pass by her in the shadows.She switched on the light as it was the moonlight sweping through the window that she used to find her way around the kitchen.On switching the light, there was no one there. After getting the water and consuming it she put off the light and she was on her way up stairs when she saw a silhouette of a figure blocking her path."Who are you and what do you want?" The figure just stared at her. She halted and did not move.Suddenly, the figure began to move down the stairs towards her. She did not show any fear but when the figure was about four steps away from her she ran
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Chapter Thirty-five
As Jackson ran to take cover expecting the whole place to go off in smokes, he was surprised that nothing happened.He now went closer to check and he saw that the masked man had not removed the pin.Throughout all of this, Jackson wondered why the man standing watch at the door did not come in to help his comrades.It was when Joe came in that he understood what had happened. Joe had neutralized the threat. "So your suspicion was right about the James guy." Joe said. He looked around as if looking for someone. "Where is your woman?" Jackson cast him an angered look. "Oh! Apologies. I meant to say, your Shelly. Where is your Shelly?" Joe said and a mischievous smile played on his lips."She should be somewhere hiding." He said and as he said it, she appeared. "How are you?" He asked her. "I am fine. So what happened here and where is James?" She asked in one breath. He should be somewherei hidng." Then on cue James came out and Jackson went straight to him and held him against the
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Chapter thirty-six
Gerard was on his laptop reading an email he got from the same person who sent him an email about Casey not being his biological daughter.He was not longer shocked about it because he now knew that this was no longer rumour nor a lie.His wife, Rose did not totally deny it nor did she admit to it. But the fact remains that this person knows or has facts about who Casey's real father is."If you want to know more, please come to this address. I can not show myself right now because Rose is after my life." The email read.Gerard was a bit taken aback by the email especially the part that had to do with Rose trying to kill the sender of the email. Gerard do not know anyone who was a friend to his wife. Of course he was always hardly ever around so it would be hard to know the people that his wife kept company with.After writing down the address he decided on going to see this mysterious woman the next day but he wanted to bring up the subject to Rose again to see if she was finally g
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Chapter Thirty-seven
Unknown to Rose someone was watching her. She was in James ward. Looking at him. She even touched his hands.The truth was, James made Rose feel like a woman. He made Rose feel wanted and desired.Gerard had never loved her. She realized that now. She wished that was not the case. It was the neglect that made her fall into the arms of James, his friend. Rose would not want Gerard to find out because if he found out, he would have the power to divorce her and she would stand to lose a lot.Looking back at it all, their marriage was an arranged one even though she willingly agreed to it because she instantly fell in love with Gerard at first sight.She knew James would do his best not to divorce her so that it doesn't go public.Especially the fact that Gerard was not the biological father of Casey. It would hurt Gerard but it would destroy her.Gerard knew what he did when he threw it at her as regards her seeking for a divorce. She knew that Gerard would have the edge if she went thr
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Chapter thirty-eight
Gerard was home in his study drinking. He was filled with so much mixed emotion. He was confused and he felt betrayed by the man he thought was his best friend.He looked at the situation and thought that he did not deserve such a betrayal but that was what he got. The fact that Casey was not his daughter made him feel incomplete.He knew it was his fault but he did not expect Rose to sleep with his friend. He could handle it if it was some other man but his own friend was way too much for him to handle.Gerard gulped down a glass of whiskey.He was searching for something in his drawer. When he found it, he caressed it in his hand. It was a pendantThe pendant reminded him of something and someone. It reminded him of the woman that he truly loved.Yes! She was from a lowly background but he fell in love with her. He wished she had not ran away.He wished she had stayed. He would have fought for their love regardless of who was against them. Now he was alone and empty inside. "Damn y
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Chapter thirty-nine
"Drip I have a job for you." Mellisa told him when he called him over the phone. Drip answered the call excitedly. "I can hear that you sound excited." Mellisa said."Yea! You sure know I am. What am I suppose to do?" He asked. "It's about that dude, Ben." She said. "Oh! I thought after the way the court issue ended, I thought, that was the end of it." He said. "I actually wanted to stop it all because of Oscar." She said."You can't actually be thinking that way." He said. "I know. But I actually promised him that I would change, most especially towards Ben." The sound of his name brought a nasty taste to mouth. "Well, I am ready. Just tell me what to do." He said."When you get to my house, you will be told what to do." She said and hung up.Mellisa was getting prepared for the party that she had planned. Her dad was on a trip and he won't be back until the next day. "Mel! I thought you had allowed that boy to be?" Mrs. Archer asked her after she heard the phone conversation she ju
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Chapter Forty
Casey was with Ben dancing. They were both having fun until Mellisa dragged Casey away. Mellisa was in tears."What is wrong with you?" Casey asked her best friend. "I just got a news that my dad was involved in an accident." Mellisa said."What! You can not be serious?" Casey said. Mellisa looked at her friend with a teary eyes and anger showed in it."I am sorry for asking you that question." Casey apologised. Mellisa continued to cry and Casey was doing her best to comfort her."Do we end the party and send everyone away?" Casey asked her. "No! I do not want to start giving people explanation on the reason why I am.suddenly ending the party.Let it continue." She said. "Okay then! I am sure you want to stay in your room?" Casey said. "Just for the moment." Mellisa said."Just stay with me for a while." Mellisa said pleadingly. "Of course I will." Casey said and she hugged Mellisa. Downstairs at the party, a girl was trying to get the attention of Ben. Ben was polite but he wanted
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