Henry stared at the message like he had been glued to a spot.“What’s that?” Jackson asked.“Oh it’s nothing” Henry smiled. Jackson knew it was a lie. The journey home was a quiet one. Not even some radio music. The moment Jackson drove in, Henry didn’t even wait for him to park. He got out of the car and slammed the car door a little too hard. If he was in a better mood, he would have winced and apologized but he didn’t. He walked straight to his room. He was feeling cold and hot at the same time. He needed to shower. The moment he got out of the bathroom, he knew he had been delaying this too long. He couldn’t wait any longer. He picked up his phone and called the number that had come with the message. It was unavailable. He called again and again and again. The result was the same. He slammed the phone on the wall and immediately a knock from outside his room. He stopped and listened. It was indeed his room.“What!” he glared at the door like as if he was staring at the person at

Henry’s eyes flew wild.“We need to leave now” Jackson grabbed his arm. “ No I have to —” he didn’t finish his statement as he realized that Windsor had been shot. His head fell limp from his head. His bullet wound was visible, forming a big hole on his head or rather his brain. He was dead. There was no two ways about it. “I didn’t do that” Henry said as he stared fixatedly at Windsor. He looked at his gun and back at Windsor. He didn’t pull the trigger. His hands weren’t even there to begin with.“ I know but we have to leave” Jackson began to drag Henry. Henry stood dazed. He didn’t know whether he was a to cry or be happy. Yes the man who had killed his mother was dad but who was the man? His biological father. Immediately they came outside, they saw that were running out of building. Henry began to cough. They turned around to see smoke coming out of the house. “Fire! Fire!” a maid ran towards the gate. Jackson noticed that Windsor’s men were rushing in to take him out. He

“Why do you have my phone?” Henry said and made Laura jump. The phone flew out of her hands and fell to the bed. She looked white on the face.“I... I tried calling you but you were not picking so I saw you phone ringing” she stammered and moved to pick the phone but henry was faster. He took the phone and tucked it into his shorts. He immediately walked away. She didn’t know why he was acting all cold to her. Laura longed to have him talk about his problems to her but Henry was tight lipped. All through the afternoon as she made lunch, and Henry helped with the laundry, she tried to get him to talk but all he said, was that there was some issues with the gang but at the same time assured her that everything was alright. Laura wanted to help. She didn’t know that killing Chloe would come with its problems. She was going to help out but first she had to get Henry to start talking. If anything happened now, Henry could get suspicious of her.Out of anger, she flipped the point of pasta

Henry shook his head and stopped talking.“What?” Laura asked.He shook his head. “Oh it’s nothing” he said. If henry was not mistaken, he had noticed that Laura did not look surprised. Her eyes were too wide and it really looked like she was faking it. He let that thought vanish in his mind as he continued telling her the story. By the time he was through, she was nodding.“What do they say? Do they say you need someone to clear your name or something” Laura asked as she turned to face him. Henry shook his head.“I haven’t heard anything from Jackson or Luther, since I came here” Laura stared at him.“What? I am not lying” he said. She nodded slowly. He knew she was thinking of something but h=she never said it.“What?” he asked again. A big smile was plastered on her face.“Oh it’s nothing” she gave him a short kiss and rolled out of bed. “If only I can help. I will do anything to save you” she said and that made Henry smile. He had always known that Laura loved him but he didn’t

Henry could not deny the fact that Laura was sweet since the past two days. She tried to get him to dance. She went online and began to learn how to cook. This was Laura who would never believe she was a horrible cook. He had asked why she was in a good mood, she kept saying that she woke up from the right side of her bed. Henry didn’t understand what that meant. She could have done that for a day or two but being this happy for the past 5 days? He knew she had something going on. He was determined to find out too. He was beside his thoughts when his phone rang. It was Jackson.“Hey Bro, you are a free man!” Jackson laughed.“what does that mean?” he asked and Jackson went ahead to tell him that a girl named Ruby came out with a video evidence that she was the one who killed Chloe and Windsor. Henry couldn’t believe it. He was free. He immediately asked that Laura pack her things and that they were going home. She told him that she had to pick her clothes that she would come.******