When Aaliyah and Lisa drove back home, they drove in silence. Aaliyah just wanted to get home and query her grandfather for setting her up with an Ex convict."Grandpa you didn't tell me he was married before and is even an Ex convict." Aaliyah scolded her grandfather angrily after being humiliated at the party."Ex convict? Are you sure of this information?" Lord Gullathova asked cautiously knowing the real truth of Ric was.Lord Gullathova had done a background check on Ric Mariano and had found nothing since his documents carried Ricardo Maximillano and all information about Ricardo Maximillano were properly covered and protected from public access so there was no way anyone could get any information about Ric except the basic ones he posted himself on his social media handles."I don't know how concrete your claim is." Lord Gullathova tried to defend his choice for his granddaughter but she was more than certain since Ric had admitted the potency of Jeremy's claim."He admitted i

When the table was emptied of all the bodies, Ric sat still hoping to have a word with Aaliyah before leaving. Aaliyah walked Ric to the door and they walked in a very comfortable silence. "I guess this is goodbye till we meet again," Aaliyah said to a mute Ric after they got to the car where his friends awaited him in the car with Frank behind the wheels. Ric had so much to say to Aaliyah but he had walked down the stairs in front of the Gullathova Mansion with her yet he said nothing. "Did you send me any gifts?" Aaliyah asked hoping to satisfy her curiosity. "What gift?" Ric was very good at playing dumb. "Oh, nevermind." Aaliyah dissed the matter, if Ric knew nothing about the gifts then they were obviously not from him. "Say," Ric insisted in a cold voice yet his tone was gentle. He watched the rise and fall of her chest as she struggled to say what was on her mind. "It's really nothing. My grandfather just pulled a little stunt on me and used you as a cover

Ric was panting heavily and he was drenched in sweat. "What happened to you?" Damon rushed to Ric's side but he was stopped by Frank. "He's hurt, let's get him to the hospital!" Damon told Frank who restrained him from getting any closer to Ric. "We can't go to any hospital." Frank said and this was true because any hospital Ric went would definitely need his details to open up a file for him and that was the last thing Ric or Frank was going to agree to but none could explain this to Damon. "Get him home safely, I have unfinished business." Ric literally growled. "I'm not going anywhere without you, don't be silly." Damon protested but the look in Ric's eyes were different. They were not just cold, they were unfamiliar and murderous. "You will go with him and you will not open the door for anyone until I return, even if the building is in fire, don't step out until I return." Ric instructed and although Damon wanted to argue further, he found himself doing as he was told

Damon and Ric barely said a word to each other when the sun gave it's light and illuminated the little house the inhabited. After his morning routine and a cold breakfast at the same table with Damon, Ric sat in his desktop and finalized all the details of the new project he was launching. "It's time for Lunch, I'll be going to the factory a bit late today," Damon informed Ric who had sat in his spot for hours already. "Why?" "The property owner is demanding we pay two years advance to keep using it so we're about selling out." "What do you mean selling out?" Ric asked alarmed, the weary look on Damon's face already communicated his meaning but Ric didn't want to assume anything. "We can't pay such an amount and the factory is already running at a loss with a lot of debts. The bank didn't shut it down because I was able to use this house to service the loan as collateral." Damon explained. Ric gnashed his teeth, he couldn't believe that he had so much money and influenc

While Frank worried himself, he thought to just end his life before Ric got back because his life was already going to be over when Ric learned that Damon had gone missing minutes after he gave the assignment to him. Frank took a kitchen knife and held it to his wrist by the sink. He planned to cut himself and let the blood flow neatly without causing a mess. He didn't run away because he knew if the young master found out, he was going to come after him and his entire family. The Maximillano family were powerful beyond Avrilla city and their tentacles spread wide abroad. "You're back early," Damon's voice startled Frank. Frank immediately spun in his heels confused and he was truly standing face to face with Damon, Frank was stunned. "Where did you vanish to?" Frank immediately put the knife away on the slab to avoid any suspicious questions from Damon. "The light bill has been reading so fast lately so I just took a visit to the ceiling to you know tweak it a bit." Damo