“I’m glad you honor your word.” Wayne smirked, placing the wad of cash on the center table.He turned around to see the women glaring maliciously at him, they were so angry that their throat filled with blood.Nikki gritted her teeth, glaring at Wayne in hatred. After all she’d done to make him leave? He still managed to stay back here? She was going to frustrate him and make his life miserable.Anna’s intense gaze zeroed in on him. “I want to see the both of you in the study, right now!” She ordered, tearing her gaze away from Wayne and beckoning Gray behind her.Wayne reached out to pull Elsa into his arms. “Baby, Daddy’s not going away okay?” He murmured and wiped the tears that were still on her cheeks.“I wouldn’t be so elated if I were you.” Aleena snorted, rolling her eyes in contempt. “Elsa darling, let’s see how long your father can last in this house.” She hissed loudly and stormed off.Fedora followed right behind her mother after casting a look of disdain at them.Nikki sc
“No worries, Uncle. We’ll work something out!” Loretta tried to stutter but Gary kept screaming at her.“Shut up! How dare you disobey Mother’s order to divorce him? Have you forgotten all what this man made you go through?”Gary had lost his temper again and his fingers were beginning to dig into her shoulders as he yanked her slender frame around.“Let go of her right now!” Wayne demanded, clamping his hands around Gary’s grip.He forcefully yanked Gary’s hands off, pushing him back. “I’ve warned you several times not to lay a hand on my wife! Haven’t I?” Wayne shot him a very deadly gaze."What can an imbecile like you do to me? I’m speaking to her not you, get lost!" Gary hollered at him."You!" Wayne grabbed his collar. "You keep getting on my nerves, eh?"Gary's eyes reddened in rage. "How dare you speak down at me?" He raised his fists to hit Wayne."Enough!" Anna's thunderous voice stopped the both of them from getting into a scuffle.“Wayne. Is this how your parents taught yo
Wayne tried to console his daughter. "It's okay, Princess."Nikki snickered. "Elsa dear. That's what you get for taking the side of this wretched man! No chicken for you and your daddy!"Nikki chuckled as her words made Elsa wail louder.Loretta's face was already red in anger. What sort of person provokes a child like this?"If you can't help her, at least don’t make her feel worse, Nikki." She snapped hostilely.He stood up. "Let's go." Wayne took Elsa into his arms, whispering soothing words to her.Loretta cast him a questioning gaze."It's better to go to bed on an empty stomach than eat this soup. It was probably made from rotten vegetables."Ignoring the snickers, Loretta stood up, following behind Wayne out of the dining.When they got to her room, Wayne bent to place Elsa on the bed but she clung to him. "Daddy, I want to eat chicken.""Elsa," Loretta sighed, opening the small locker beside the bed. "I have some bread and milk here." She produced half loaf of bread and a smal
The next morning was the first day at school for Elsa, Loretta took her into the bathroom to have a quick bath and get ready for school.They had a quick breakfast of noodles Loretta quickly prepared in the kitchen and set off for the Kindergarten..Loretta sighed, looking outside as the cab sped through the Las Vegas Highway. Last night, she'd decided to sell all of her jewelries and fancy clothes in a thrift store to start all over at her restaurant.She needed a very stable source of income, If not for anything, but for the sake of her daughter.As she has no college degree, it would be hard to find a better job. She was going to see Mike Taylor today for a possible talk on giving her some more time to pay back the loans.When they arrived at Merry Children Kindergarten, Loretta greeted Elsa's new teacher, Miss Doris with a smile before handing over her bags."Bye, Daddy!" Elsa waved frantically before running into the gates.Loretta asked the cab driver to take her straight to her
Wayne nodded, flipping through the average annual report Henry handed to him. For the past 5 hours, they’d been going over the reports of each section of the company. He was willing to know where his company was lacking and improve on it.After it all, he closed the book with a snap and glanced up at Henry. “I’d love to expand my company to other sectors. Do you have an idea of how the oil sector in Las Vegas works?”He was asking Henry because he was sure the man had a lot of experience in the business world, having spent several years in California before he brought him here.Henry scratched his head, thinking for a while. "I have a friend that works in the Petrolum sector, there’re some news that the government is about to buy some oil rigs.""Really?" Wayne rubbed his chin. "Are you sure about that?""Well, my friend is reliable." Henry stuttered."Then get me some substantial business report on it by tomorrow.""Y.. .Yes sir." Henry was stunned at the sudden smile on his Boss' fac
Wayne didn't let the teacher complete her sentence before dashing off to the principal's office.He met his daughter seated opposite a stern looking woman, a little bruise below her right cheek."Daddy!" Elsa's eyes filled up with tears as she rushed to meet him."My Princess," Wayne breathed into her hair, pulling back to examine her face. Apart from the little bruise on her lower cheeks, there were several small cuts on her arms."Who did this?" He growled up at the person seated before them."Excuse me sir, who are you?" The woman frowned, getting up. "I've never seen you here.""Principal Rogers. He's my Daddy!" Elsa pouted.The principal was about to speak when Miss Doris arrived behind Wayne, panting."She's right, ma'am. Miss Moore confirmed it after dropping Elsa off this morning."Principal Rogers eyed Wayne in disdain. "So you're the miserable son in law of the Moore family?" Wayne ignored her question to face the issue at hand. "Who did this to my daughter?" He asked again,
“Hey, punk.” A tall man that seemed like the leader of the gang came forward, snickering aloud. “Are you gonna make this easy for yourself or I force you to kneel in front of your daughter?”“Hey, it’s been a while I had some exercise, Wayne.” Mark exchanged a smirk with him, cracking his knuckles in anticipation.Wayne frowned at him. “Be careful, you don’t want to end with corpses.”“Are you deaf?” The leader hollered when Wayne didn’t even spare him a glance. “Kneel down there on your own or your daughter is gonna get hurt!”“What?” Wayne finally glanced at him, his gaze terrifyingly cold. “What has my daughter got to do with this, you lackey?”“You just called me a lackey?” The leader scoffed, his face turning red in anger.He faced his men. “Make sure to beat him so that he can’t talk again!”The first man came charging toward them.“Daddy!” Elsa buried her face into her father’s chest.But he didn’t manage to reach them, because Wayne grabbed the bodyguard’s wrist, twisting so sh
Wayne settled back on the sofa, anger surging through his veins as he thought the matter through. If Anna would really get his parents cremated, there would be no other way for him to prove that he is a Costa.He placed another call to Mark. “Have some of my men meet the officials at the Cemetery and ask them to wait. I’ll be meeting them soon.”Loretta had noted the abrupt change in his mood. “Are you okay?” She asked.“Yeah. I have to leave for a while.” Wayne scratched his head, unable to look into her eyes. His eyes trailed down to her wrist.The gash was looking a bit ugly, and painful.He dashed up to the cabinet to find some band aid or something to cover the gash up. “Is there a first aid box in here?” He asked.“Nah.” Loretta stood up, throwing on her jacket. “I was just gonna get one from the grocery store down the street.”After assuring Elsa that they would be back, they left for the grocery store.Wayne made Loretta stay still while he rummaged the shelves for the complete