Ben woke up with a lot of joy and happiness because he was going to be released today. Henry would be there for one month more because he got into a fight with someone."So how do you feel right about now?" Kyle asked Ben cheerfully. Kyle was happyfor him. "I don't know how to explain it but I feel unsure.""About what exactly?" Kyle asked him, as a frown appeared on his face."I don't know what to do when I leave here." Ben replied."Hmmm. I know how you feel but you have to first of all enjoy the moment."Ben looked up to the ceiling and said nothing.His mind was thinking of how he would carry on with life after what had happenedto him and his sister who is dead now."I will first of all go and see where my sister was buried." Ben said."I am sorry for your loss." Kyle said.Ben was about to leave to where he would he cleared to leave whenHenry came to him and gave him a hug."Take care bruv. Don't do anything stupid." Henry said"Same to you bruv. Don't extend your stay here."
Shelly was moving around on the bed. She was still sleeping while James was keeping watch by the window.As he did this he kept checking his phone as though he was expecting a call fromsomeone. "Did you sleep well?" Jackson asked as Shelly woke up."I did. Thank you." Shelly replied as she wiped her eyes and gave a loud yawn."How long have you been up"? She asked. "All through the night." He replied as he checked his phone again that was placed on the small table that was close to the small sized bed.They were in a discrete town in Miami. The motel was run by a couple who justgot married. You could see the lady showing off her wedding ring to the new lodgers.Suddenly the phone rang and Jackson hurriedly picked it up.Shelly was just stepping out of the bathroom as she had just finished brushing her teeth."Okay then. Thanks mate." Jackson replied as he cut the call."Who was that?" Shelly asked."It's a friend of mine who specialises in creating new identity for people."Jacks
pter Twenty-one"What is wrong? Who was the person that called that has gotten you spooked again?" Shelly asked, looking scared and terrified.Jackson, sank to the bed. Guilt written all over his face. "I shouldn't have involved him."He said more to himself."What happened?" Shelly asked again. This time she yelled at him to speak up and notput her in suspense."He killed Ramsey's daughter as punishment because he helped me." Jackson said and he began to cry. He knew Ramsey's daughter. He was like a second dad to her."I am sorry." Shelly offered. Shelly was amazed at the emotional side of Jackson. She never thought that someone who did the kind of job that he did would have such emotional nature."So what do we do now? My friend wants to kill me and your former boss is also after you."Shelly said."First of all we have to leave here before we are discovered." Jackson said and as he opened the door, Joe was there to meet him.....................................................
Ben's flight landed in Miami, Florida. His Aunt's friend, Irvin's mother hada brother who could help Ben settle down and go about searching for his dad.At the airport he was alone. This was the first time he was leaving his country and the realization dawned on him that he was going to be a brave boy from here on.After going through the arrival area, he was expecting the person who was suppose tobe staying with to be there to pick him up but he saw no one in particular waiting for him.So he sat down and took all the activity at the airport into his mind.He saw a couple sitting down not too far from where he was. The lady was holding the guy's arm as her head fell on his shoulder and she was smiling at the same time.Then her smile turned to laughter as the guy said something that made her laugh.This made Ben to think of his late sister, Betsy. All of a sudden he wished they were both heretogether to embark on this journey of finding and meeting their dad.After, sitting for tw
Ben did not know how to react when he heard the news from the woman. He felt sorry for hisaunt's friend who had lost a son without her even knowing it. "Does his mom know about his death?" Ben asked the chubby looking woman who was getting a bit tired of standing and talking to Ben."I want to believe the mother knows about it right now." The woman said. Ben was confused as to what to do next.He was in a foreign land with no place to stay and no one to help out. "Is that all?" The woman asked.Ben was lost in thought as to what to do and he didn't hear the woman speak."Young man I am talking to you." The woman said, her voice jogging him back to the present. "Yes! yes!" Ben said.The woman looked him over and closed the door, leaving Ben standing and looking at the building as if with great expectation, the dead person he came to stay with, will suddenly come out of the house and take him inside."Oh God! What am I going to do?" He asked himself. He had nowhere to go and he knew n
Rose was pacing in her room. She was ill at ease after speaking with Joe. She wondered how after all this while Shelly was still alive."How could Jackson lie and betray her like that?" She thought.She began to recall the conversation she had with Joe in her mind and it got her angrier and this made her throw her phone against the dressing mirror."Hope you are okay ma?" Mrs. Mendoza asked. Rose breath in and out and then waved her away, indicating she was okay. Mrs. Mendoza carried on with what she was doing and left her alone."I need to do something about Shelly and Jackson." She spoke out loud to herself. Rose knew the implications of Shelly being alive.Shelly was mad at Roser in the first place; the reason why she told her secret to James. Rose knew it will it be easy since the person she thought that would carry out the job for her now was actually helping Shelly."How did he side with her?" Rose thought. She poured herself a drink and began to ponder why Jackson was helping h
He was asking the wrong question." El Cato said to Joe as his partner went down on his knees and he fell on his face after the bullet hit his brain.Joe knew a bit about Mexican Mafias and he didn't want to get in this man's way, although he had no idea why he was here.But his question was answered soon."where is Jackson?" El Cato asked with a cool menace that was emanated from him."Oh!" Joe exclaimed. Now he knew why they were here and he now recalled the story Jackson told him; about his past.Although Jackson did not tell him the full story, he now understood why this dangerous looking man was here in the United States."Can I put my hands down?" Joe asked him. El Cato said yes by waving his gun after which he sat on the only chair in the room."I am also looking for him also but I know where he is." Joe said. One of El Cato's men came to him and whispered something to him."I am a man of few words but I am a man that keeps to my words. "If you can help find him, then I will let
Shelly got out of the tunnel some few minutes later and she was surprised where she found herself. "The tunnel was really a long one." She thought to herself. She wondered who might have built such a tunnel.But that wasn't her priority right now. The tunnel took her to another part of the town entirely. As she moved out of the woods unto the road, she saw a diner some meters away from her and the first thing she heard was the rumbling of her stomach.That was a signal to get something to eat. She scanned the vicinity to ascertain that no one was following her then she scurried across the road into the diner. She looked for a table that was far away from the window to sit down. As she sat down, the people who were there, having their meals stared at her briefly.She noticed it but ignored them. A slim blonde lady came to take her order. "Welcome to Downabby Diner." The lady said with an infectious smile. "Thanks." Shelly said and also returned the smile. "What would you like to ha
Ben was true to his words. Mr. Victor was disgraced out of the company after Ben played the recording of his confession to the disciplinary committee. Ben did not need someone like that in his company. His good friend, Brown replaced Mr. Victor as the H.R. of the company.Shelly with the help of Jackson found out how Gerard died and they both came to tell Ben. Apparently, it was one of Jackson's former associate who did the job. Jackson got all the evidence he could get against Rose, along with how she also was involved in the demise of James. Rose was put on trial and she was convicted for murder. Her daughter did not care what happened to her, discovering that she had a hand in death of her real father and the father that took care of her.Shelly later introduced Casey to Mrs. Welsh and her uncle Chase. She began to live with them.Ben travelled to the U.K to meet his aunt and Cousin, Henry. His first port of call was Scrawny who was now the leader of gang. He went to Scrawny and to
"You don't talk to your mother like that. Do you know what i have Bern going through?" Rose said. "What are you saying mom? Don't you know that you have made me lived a lie." She said. "Your life has not been a lie. Gerard was your father whether because he cared for you as his own." Rose said. "Mom! Why are you defending yourself this way?" Casey said."It is not about me defending myself, I am just saying that things happened and we have to live with it." Rose said. "If I may ask. Who is my father?" "Your father is dead." Shelly said. Rose was stunned. "Who asked her to come here?" She thought to herself. "What are you doing here?" Rose asked Shelly. "I asked her to come." Casey said."How could you do this to me?" Rose said. "You did this to yourself mom." Casey said. "Rose you have to tell her the whole truth. Answer the question; who is her father?" Shelly said. Rose was cornered. She did not know how she was going to get out of this. She wished that she listened to James when he
After the burial, things went back to normal for some of the staffs of the household of Mr. Chamberlain but not for Ben or Casey. Ben's aunt showed up a day after the burial. She was distraught when she came in. She kept apologising for not coming into the country on time. She went to the grave that same day that she arrived to pay her last respect to his brother. Ben was in his room when there was a knock on the door. When Ben opened it, it was his aunt, Becky Chamberlain. She was not yet married. "Hi Ben! She greeted him when he opened the door. "Good morning." Ben returned her greeting. "Can I come in?" Becky asked. "Of course! Please do come in." Ben said. "I am sorry that we have not been able to talk since I came back from Africa." She said. "We have not. With everything that has happened in the last few days, what else do you expect." Ben said. "So you are the Ben my brother told me about. You are my niece?" She said. "So it seems aunt. If I am allowed to call you that." Ben
Ben froze when the call ended. It was like his whole world had crashed. He had lost poeple in his life before now and all the death pained him but this pained him more because he has lost a kind man. Gerard was kind to him right from day one. He did not ask him any question about who he was. He accepted him the way he was and now that he found out that this was his father, here he was getting a call from his dad's personalassistant that his father was dead.Ben was heart broken. He was speechless on his way home. Brian noticed it and when he asked Ben what was wrong Ben told him he was alright. He couldn't think any more. When he got home he saw Mrs. Mendoza crying along with some other staffs that worked in the house. Immediately Mrs. Mendoza saw him she went straight to him and hugged him. "I am sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences." When she said it was when Ben knew the reality of what had happened to him."Why! Ben yelled and ran into his room. He was still staying
Ben was yet to call his aunt and Henry to tell them of the good news. Ben decided to give them a call. "Hello!"Mary answered the call on the third ring. "Hello aunt Mary." Ben said. Mary as already knew who was calling. It was his nephew, Ben. "Oh! Ben. I have not heard from you in a while." She said. "I know aunt. I have been busy with a lot. Some weeks ago I was almost killed by an onrushing vehicle." He said."Oh my God! How are you now?" She asked. "I am doing fine. I had a broken leg and a cut on my head. The leg is almost healed although I still need a walking stick to walk." Ben said. "Was it that serious?" She asked him. "Yes! It was." He said. "I am happy that you were not killed." She said. "I am glad to be alive." He said. "How are things over there?" She asked."Things are looking up aunt." Ben said and the aunt heard the excitement in his voice. "You sound excited Ben. What happened to you?" She asked. "Aunt, I am happy to say that I have found my dad." Ben said. "You a
Gerard was silent. He had no idea that, that was what she was referring to. He wondered how she knew about it because he had not mentioned it to anyone in the house. He was actually going to do that, first thing in the morning when everyone who worked in his mansion were present. Gerard began to thonk about how she might have known about it.Rose by now was exhausted and disappointed because this was not the way she planned on handling the discussion with Gerard. "Who told you that Ben is my son?" He asked her. Rose was quiet because she did not know what to tell him. Gerard knew that Rose was a woman who was very desperate. He understood that she was someone who would do anything to get what she wanted even if it meant taking out the person.This was why Gerard had told Ben not to tell anyone about it until he told him to. Gerard was being careful of his wife. "Rose! Who told you that Ben is my son." He asked her again. Rose had no other option but to tell him the truth. "Some days a
"I tell you this with the utmost sincerity. He actually declared him to everyone at the company today, that Ben was his son." Victor said to Rose. Rose was speechless. "Are you still there?" Victor asked her. "I am here." Rose said. Rose wassurprisingly calm. "I am sure you knew about Ben being his son." Victor said. "I just knew two days ago even though I had to find out myself." Rose said."How do you mean, you had to find out yourself?" Victor asked her. "He did not tell me about it. I had to get a hand on the result of the DNA test that he did to know about it." Rose said rather irritatingly. "Okay! I think I understand what you meant earlier on." Victor said. There was a brief silence. "Listen Mr. Victor, do not call again. I thought I made that clear the last time we spoke." Rose said."I know that you did but I just felt that you needed to know about what happened this morning." Victor said."Like I have said don't ever call me again." Rose said and cut the call. "This woman i
"Are you ready to leave for the parmaceutical company." Gerard asked his son. The company Ben worked for about three days. The same company where Mr. Victor framed him up. Ben was still walking with a slight limp. Gerard had totally left Rose. Gerard was no longer sleeping on the same Bed with Rose regularly. He alternated the times he was sleeping with her on the bed. Rose already knew why but she still kept it to herself.Gerard and Ben went to the car together and they drove to the company. Gerard wanted to show him around the company. Gerard wanted to let his son know the few companies that he owned.After they left, Rose put a call through to someone."Please I want you to trail them." She said on the phone...............................................................................................................................When the car stopped in front of the building, Ben was filled with pride that he was going to own this someday. He stepped out with the help of his
Gerard and Ben spent all day in Ben's room and then later in the evening, they both had dinner alone without Rose. Ben was so elated that he was grinning all through that evening. Mrs. Mendoza noticed it and she was wondering what was making him feel so joyful. "Ben could not even eat. The happiness was enough satisfaction. Gerard was also not hungry. He was happy that he now had an heir. Someone that would take over from him when he was ready to hand it all to Ben. At some point he thought that he was sterile. He thought he was the one that had a problem getting a woman pregnant. Now it was certain that he was not a sterile man. If not for the fact that he lost one of his children, he would also have had a daughter."Dad! I am trying hard not to call you dad because you said we should keep it a secret." Ben said. "I know how hard it is going to be for you but we have to hide it until I complete what I want to do. Once that is done I will introduce you as my son to the world." Gerard