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“What's going on?” Benjamin could only crane his neck as the car couldn't move an inch past the thick crowd blocking the road.Theresa gasped as her eyes caught what was in the distance. “Oh my goodness! Benjy, our house!”At that moment, Benjamin could see the source of the red light. The one-storey run-down building at the end of the crowd was fully engulfed in flames. This was the building where Theresa lived with Benjamin - in a one-room apartment of this building.“Benjy, everything is in flames! Our belongings! They're all gone!” Theresa pulled his grandson's arm. “How could this happen?” Benjamin saw that Theresa was about to exit the car so he quickly held her hand. “Grandma, wait!”Theresa had just opened the car door before she quickly closed it back due to the alarm in Benjamin's voice. “What is it?!”“Look.” With a frown, Benjamin pointed out the windshield on Theresa's side of the car. In that direction, there was a sleek car coming to a stop just tens of feet away from
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Back in the car, Benjamin had noticed Andrew glaring at the car only to soon look away, ignoring it. He was glad that he had not allowed Anthony to drive him all the way to the university gates earlier, or else, Andrew might have recognized this car on sight. “What could they be talking about?” Theresa couldn't help but crane her neck at the suspicious two outside the car. “Benjy, something is up with those two, and something tells me that it's not good at all. Did you see the cash in the envelope that he handed to the landlord?” She kissed her teeth as another confusing question formed in her mind. “Also, how could the landlord be over here with that young man while his building is still on fire?” An idea immediately sparked in Benjamin's brain as his gaze turned to his driver. “Anthony, after you dropped me near campus, did anyone see you at all, especially Andrew?” Even though Benjamin knew the likelihood of the answer he would get, he still wanted to make sure before he snatch
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The next time the landlord came over to Theresa's apartment to bully them, Benjamin was more than ready to put him in his place. Ever since then, the landlord has never found an opportunity to get what he wanted again. This made him develop a deep grudge in his heart against Benjamin, and by relation, Theresa.Unfortunately for the landlord, he never got a valid reason to send Theresa and his grandson out of his house, especially knowing that Benjamin knew his full rights as a tenant.Then, Andrew reached out to him. It was as if the heavens had finally heard his distress. He had now found a good motivation to send Theresa and Benjamin out of his building. Even better, he was getting paid to make sure that the two got into serious trouble.Back to the present,Andrew gave the short man a side glance before nodding his head. “I'll have $50,000 wired to you remotely and that's it, got it?!” He pointed a finger at the man with a fierce expression. Once this deal was done, he didn't want
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Benjamin held his crying grandmother while glaring at the diminishing crowd in the distance. “Take us to our new home.”Anthony sat up straight at this, glad that they wouldn't be remaining in this lower district any longer. He happily got back on the roads leading to the higher districts. As time went by, the road got more perfectly started with lower traffic.“Grandma, are you okay now?” Benjamin had waited until he heard no more snuffling from his old woman.“I'm fine, my dear.” Theresa nodded her head while she was lying it over Benjamin’s shoulder. “Now, I'm just deeply disappointed in them.” She was referring to the tenants now planning to run her and her grandson down.Benjamin kept running a soothing hand down his grandmother's arm. “Don't worry, I'll handle them, especially that greedy rat.” He was referring to the landlord, of course.As time went on, the road got more scarce of other cars. As for those cars that were spotted on this road, they looked expensive.“Anthony, ho
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Things have suddenly taken a turn for the unexpected. This security guard was now raising his voice at them. This, in turn, alerted the other security guard. Before Benjamin or Theresa could even say a word, there were now four other security guards, with their firearms facing down, now surrounding the car. This inevitably attracted some attention.“We'll kindly ask you three to exit the car for thorough inspection.” The security guard who had indirectly alerted the rest spoke these words. Though the tone he used was anything but respectful.Benjamin and Theresa shared.“Benjy, what should we do?”Benjamin sighed. “Let's cooperate so we can get through this entrance without extra commotion. We've already dealt with a lot of situations in one day.”Going from discovering he's the long-lost grandson of Hunter Whiteridge. Then dealing with Alexa, Andrew, and James Thorpe. Then dealing with Brody and his henchmen. Then dealing with being disrespected at that high-end restaurant. To find
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Anthony stared down at the kneeling and pleading security guard for a moment before a cold smirk spread on his face. “Oh, so you finally figured out who my boss is, huh?”The security guard glanced up at this man before the realisation set in that he was currently begging the driver. He shifted his gaze to the young man and old woman who remained seated in the car's rear seats. Even though he couldn't see their faces past the tinted windshield right now, he had seen their faces when he first spoke to this driver earlier.“Mr. Whiteridge Sir! Mrs. Whiteridge Ma'am! I'm really sorry for what has happened today! Please, forgive my ignorance! It won't happen again!”This security guard’s voice was intensely loud. So much that his words echoed through the usually calm air at the gates. Those vehicles and pedestrians getting checked before passing through the gates all had their attention on this security guard.This inevitably made everyone present here take notice of the car Benjamin was
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Theresa's eyes widened slightly as she looked around her. She was so used to her reality of not letting most things around her matter to her. That's why she had yet to fully digest that her life was no longer that of a disrespected pauper.Benjamin frowned slightly as he recalled something while glancing down at the kneeling man. “When that security guard ordered us to exit this car a while ago. You and I were immediately about to oblige. We would have done as he instructed us. Anthony hadn't signaled us to sit back.” Benjamin shook his head. “Our behavior just then did not reflect our elevated status.”Theresa understood what his grandson was telling her. They needed to be more active in the way they reacted to how they were treated by people. From now on, they must never succumb easily to threats as it would only make them appear unfit for the Whiteridge family's power and social influence.Theresa sighed. “Adjusting to our new lifestyle will not be easy at all, my dear. But I beli
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Minutes later, the car approached a large golden gate.“Young Master Benjamin, Mrs. Knox, we're here.”Theresa gasped at the sight before her.The main gate was made in unique line patterns that gave a unique artistic feeling. As the gate was completely obstructing the view, one could see the green pasture that lay on either side of the tiled road.Theresa and Benjamin could see the stretch of lush trees on either side of the road behind this gate as well.Benjamin was amazed at the beauty he was witnessing without even getting inside yet. Still, he could see that this place couldn't measure up to the beauty that the Whiteridge Prime Estate possessed.If Theresa was shocked by the beauty of what she was seeing now, she would definitely pass out if she saw the Whiteridge family's Prime Estate.Anthony rode the car to the main gate and a call suddenly appeared on the screen built into the car. He answered the call.“State your business.” A feminine voice came through the call.“I'm Anth
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The room has gone quiet as the realization settled in their heads.True to Benjamin's words, all of his actions so far were in defense of whatever attack the Tyrone family had sent him, or whatever traps that had been prepared for him.Benjamin never actually took the initiative to strike at them.Benjamin chuckled at the silence that followed. “Oh, you're finally getting it. But I understand, your inflated egos were always twenty steps ahead of your rational thinking. Instead of reflection, you guys doubled down on me. You, Andrew, colluded with your father to humiliate me at the charity event, and I simply prevented that and called out the corruption of your organization.”Andrew ran a hand through his head.“Shut up, Benjamin! Shut the fuck up! You're not going to make it seem like you're not guilty of anything!”Benjamin tilted his head.“But I truly I'm not guilty of anything regarding you guys. This whole time, I was deflecting your schemes.”A frown slowly formed on Benjamin's
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Even Solomon couldn't help but frown at this unexpected change in behavior. He walked forward with his hands still in his pockets, as he observed Benjamin.“Benjamin Knox, do you know where you are?”Alexa found this question odd. Why was Solomon asking him such a basic question?Unknown to Alexa, Solomon noticed that both she and Andrew did not pick up on the fact that Benjamin was somewhat no longer the same person Andrew was torturing a while ago. Something about him has suddenly shifted, and Solomon, who has traveled outside of New Stone City and has witnessed so many abnormalities around the world. Therefore, he was attuned enough to sense a stark difference within Benjamin.Benjamin's gaze shifted to Solomon's face as he chuckled once again.“What kind of a stupid question is that? I was unconscious when you dragged me here. So how the fuck am I supposed to know where I am?”Andrew became pissed by Benjamin's calm voice.“Oh, you still have the fucking nerve to backtalk against
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In the dark, cave-like space in an unknown location.Benjamin was being bombarded. With punches to his face and body.Just like Dr. Tank, Andrew had to stand on a wooden box to properly reach Benjamin's face, as the latter was held up against the wall by chain-linked metal cuffs restraining both his hands and feet.Before finding himself here in this dark room that seemed to be somewhat underground, Benjamin had endured multiple rounds of brutal beating all over his body.Then he endured another round of physical assault from the devilish doctor, which was far worse than whatever the Tyrone brothers and their bodyguards could have done to him at that under-constructed building.Dr. Tank had injected him with what he revealed to be a concocted fluid, with no safety approval. This inevitably made his pain ten times worse.Now, whatever Dr. Tank had injected into his body hadn't subsided in the slightest. So every beating he was receiving from Andrew made him scream in pain.Seeing this,
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Head Butler Lia turned to face off this younger lady.“Miss, I'm going to speak as calmly as I can to you due to your supposed friendship with my young master, but….”Hearing the word “supposed friendship”, Max became pissed off as well, not liking what the head butler was insinuating at all.Thus, he cut her off mid-sentence.“Olivia did not come here as a supposed friend of Benjamin, Muss Locks. She came here as an actual friend. So please, speak to her with some respect.”This finally stunned Head Butler Lia into silence. From the very first day the Detroit were introduced into this residence, Max had always spoken to Head Butler Lia with great respect, acknowledging the importance of her role as the overseer of the residence maintenance.Today, however, would be the first day Max would speak back to her, and it was on behalf of this new lady.Seeing that things were getting out of control, Theresa raised a hand with a soft smile.“You guys, enough of this. Arguing over things like
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It was now around 11:00 pm at the No.1 resident at Sunspot Estate. The large living room of the main mansion was very quiet despite the housekeepers moving about to clean up the place.Max, Olivia, Anthony, and Lieutenant Jason had just wrapped up their narration, down to the last bits of what they knew following the incident where the young master of the mansion himself had officially gone missing.At this point, Theresa had calmed down enough to take in every piece of information with a deep frown.“Oh, my baby. Is there no way to track him?”Lieutenant Jason couldn't even dare look up at the wrecked face of his young master's foster grandmother as he replied to her.“I've utilized all of the tracking software at my disposal, and it's become increasingly clear that there's an insistent protection that's preventing us from pinpointing where the young master is.”Head Butler Lia raised her eyebrows at this.“What could be preventing one of the best tracking devices from the prime esta
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Andrew burst into laughter, immediately followed by Alexa's cruel giggles.“What the fuck is wrong with you, Benjamin?! Do you really believe we'd let her go just because you stupidly thought we struck a bargain with you?!”His gaze became cold as the laugh stopped.“Well let your little girlfriend go when we want to.”Benjamin suddenly chuckled in response.“And you're a fool if you think I was talking to you, Andrew. We both know you're not in charge of this operation. Your brother is.”Benjamin shifted his gaze to Solomon.“So, are you gonna keep your end of the bargain or not?”Andrew was pissed at Benjamin's dismissal.“Orphan bastard! What the fuck did you just say to me?!”Alexa was immediately at his side, hands on his chest to calm him.“Don't let this fool rile you up, my love. It's really not worth it. You don't need to show him who's in charge by words. Let him see you in action. Then he'll know for sure how wrong he was.”Sadly, the two were about to be proven wrong, at t
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“Oh, April, well done. I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the way you fought against Dr. Tank. Who would have thought such a fragile loser would possess such determination when pushed into a desperate situation?!”April felt her already heavy breath hitch against her throat, resulting in a momentary coughing fit. She was too stunned to see Alexa here.It should be mentioned that from beginning to end, April had no idea that the Tyrone brothers were behind her capture. After all, she had been unconscious after she was injured outside the faculty building on campus.Therefore, April had no idea how she ended up in this dark room when she finally regained consciousness.All she found was that her head was heavily bandaged and Benjamin was hung against the nearest wall, completely covered in blood and heavy bruises.Yet, she found herself looking up at Alexa. She couldn't believe it.“You! Wh……What are you doing here?!”Alexa sneered down at April before replying.“I've been ass
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“Fuck! Your screams…..! I didn't think they would bring me so much joy!”With a look of devilish greed, Dr. Tank began to rain punches on Benjamin's left shoulder, reveling in the screams that Benjamin let out as a result.“More! More!! Sing out your pain to me, Benjamin! It's angelic to my ears!”Benjamin was in a world of pain he had never felt before. The punches that Dr. Tank delivered to his left shoulder shouldn't have caused this level of pain, not after the intense tempering his body had gone through since the age of thirteen.Yet, he found himself not being able to hear it. Dr. Tank's punches rained on that left shoulder and his body erupted, almost making him wish he was dead.Dr. Tank was almost teary-eyed from pleasure just from watching Benjamin being tormented.April could see that Dr. Tank wasn't going to stop until either Benjamin passed out from pain or he became too tired and his arms were no longer able to exert any force. She couldn't wait for either to happen.Luc
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Benjamin saw how easily his words had gotten to Dr. Tank. He deduced that his victory over Dr. Tank back then had left a huge traumatic footprint deep within the psyche of the usually egotistical doctor.A huge shadow had been left in Dr. Tank's mind, weighing heavily over his fragile self-worth as a successful orthopedic surgeon. Even after the couple of months that had passed, this doctor had not been able to overcome the psychological blow he had received from Benjamin when he lost everything at Health-Bind Hospital.Noticing all this, Benjamin kept pushing as he needed this man to be riled up in order to trick him into giving him what he wanted.“By the way, did you hear?”Dr. Tank's back was tense as he remained bent on Josh's knees, over the bag containing the various torture devices.“Hearing what?” He didn't sound as confidently sinister as he did earlier.Benjamin didn't give two fucks as he continued.“Dr. Felicia had risen to a senior resident at Health-Bind Hospital immed
