The hospital ward was buzzing with a stream of people who came in and went out at will. Fiona was by the wall, he'd head leaning on the white frame of a tooth decay advertisement. Beside her was Tracy whom she'd never met before. Both women were fuming and pacing intermittently as they remained in the waiting room of the hospital. Fiona casted Tracy a glance. She badly wanted to ask who she was and how she knew Leon since it was clearly just the both of them and Hector, the driver that were waiting for Leon to get out of the Operation room. "Did you find him?" Fiona suddenly asked as Hector walked into the waiting room with his phone pressed on his left ear. He looked at them and shook his head as he continued to be on the call. Many strollers were being rolled in with victims of all sorts of ghastly accidents and Fiona winced as each of them passed. She couldn't recall the last time she was at a hospital. Maybe it was when Leon had saved her daughter, Mia and they were ab

Xavier looked at the strange young man with a cold stare. "Did you just say next of kin?" He asked, it was the most absurd thing he'd ever heard. "Yes, sir. You heard me right, I said in his next of kin," Billy replied. Edwin looked at the new man with a scowl, he didn't like how complicated everything was getting when all he just wanted to do was get his master to deliver the message he wanted to Leon, in case he didn't make it. "Who the fuck are you?! Do you know you're standing before the 001 of the city?" He sneered. "I'm sorry to ruin your little pity party, but if anyone should be allowed in there then it's me," he stated. Edwin shook his head and balled up his fist. "Who are these miscreants that keep showing up to disrespect the professor?" He asked no one in particular. Meanwhile, Fiona was more interested in finding out who the stranger was in the first place. While she was shocked to discover that Leon had a friend such as Tracy who clearly knew him a lot lon

Leon stood, looking at the faces of the people around him. For some reason, he lost trust in all of them. He looked at Fiona with a look that she couldn't decipher. "I'm sorry, Leon, I didn't know what to think. I was so scared of losing you but I couldn't keep living in denial," she said with an apologetic look. Xavier sighed and also tried to apologize, "I'm sorry, Leon. I should have been more adamant. I should have asked to see you before I took any action," he said. "The doctor said that we weren't allowed to go in there and see you, we were all confused, our grief made us fall for all his lies," Edwin added. Leon turned to Tracy who was firmly by his side. It was pretty clear that she was the only one who stubbornly didn't believe that he was dead. She had stood her ground even as he stepped into the hall, her voice was what he heard, arguing with Billy. "Are you really okay?"Fiona asked, slightly disbelieving. She couldn't believe that he had just magically rec

Leon felt the raw power of the deity ring flow through him, making his feet tremble and his hair stand in end. He looked at Fiona and she was staring at him with wide eyes. He'd never felt that way before, even when he'd newly unleashed his powers. He felt like a new being. He felt supreme, he felt invincible and the images kept flashing before his eyes. He saw Fiona's face one second and the next second he couldn't explain where he was. It was as if he was in her memory, swinging through her eyes, seeing what had happened in her life for the past few days. He could see in his mind the servant that presented her with the sexy little dress she was wearing right in front of him and the lipstick that she had on was from a designer brand. Then suddenly he was flooded with such bright light that he winced at the intensity, then a gate opened in his mind and he saw the pictures before him. It was a picture of her in a club. She was in the midst of some ladies that he didn't know and h

Leon pushed through his array of shirts and pants. They were mostly crisp white shirts all laundered and pressed and black pants that would have put the best banker to shame. As much as he'd been the jeans and T-shirt guy, his sudden rise in society demanded more from him and Leon found himself suddenly dressing up in a way that more more befitting of his place as the heir of professor Xavier and the new CEO of XLT company as well as several other holdings in the city and beyond. His brush with death - although very temporary - had made him realize how little he'd taken advantage of all Xavier had given to him in a gold platter. Maybe it was what Billy had done - or tried to do - that triggered him or it was just his awakening to the fact that he needed more from life. Leon vowed to become more invested in his company and all the properties that he owned. He promised himself to make sure everything was under control and to take extra care of all the properties that had been give