55.Richard was done with people thinking that they could do whatever they wanted with his businesses and his personal life.He wondered where they got even an inkling that he was a weakling after disappearing for five years.So, even if he had asked May to set up a fake auction for truffles to catch the thief, he still wanted to work on it by himself.He wanted to keep reminding these people that he was back and he wasn't gonna standby and watch as they disrespected him.It was time they realized that Zeus still ran the streets of DC.You stay out of his way and he does the same for you and you trample on his dignity and he makes sure that you won't live to do it tomorrow or to even think of doing it.He also discovered that he had become softer since he had become a father.If it was before, he would have, for instance, killed Cassy a long time ago.The reason why he had taken pity on her was because she gave him the opportunity to be called a father.He had gotten rid of her and if
56.Jose Alberto Diaz was a Mexican who had come to America to search for a better life.Like any other immigrant, he was chasing the American dream that promised endless fruits.But when he landed in DC after so many trials and suffering from the boarder to Texas and across to New Mexico. He did this by hitching rides here and there and walking across deserted roads because the last thing he needed was get arrested with no papers and get sent back.He had little money for food and to call his agent to ask for directions and such. He settled in New Mexico for a while until someone told him that there was a job he could do as a chauffer in California.He took a bus that took him hours across Arizona to California and by the time he was getting there, fake papers had already been prepared and he now had a 'permit' to work in the US.This was the life Jose had been dreaming about and he was happy that his agent didn't fail him.He became the driver of one Gerald Stone and Gerald was a g
57.Jose sat there wondering what answer to give.He did not want to double cross his old boss because he was the man he was today because of Gerald.Also, he could not say no to this man because he seemed to be even better than his boss.Jose was also afraid of the fact that this man knew everything about him.This man seemed to be even better than Gerald when it came to getting information about people.He wondered when this man had started investigating him because he had been here for less than two hours.The last he checked, he wasn't in any American data system and he thus wondered what ways this man had used.According to Jose, for the man seated across him to know who he was and know even such minute details about him, he must have taken a very long period of time."When did you start investigating me?" Jose asked."I hadn't met you until you walked through my doors carrying my truffles," Richard answered truthfully.What Jose didn't know was that it was true that Richard hadn
58.Richard was a grifter other than being a hit man and a business man among others.As a grifter, he was able to read people's faces and manipulate them.That night after picking Macy from the bar, he could tell that she was conflicted.He knew that she would run away from him the first chance she got and he blamed himself for going on her too hard.He shouldn't have kissed her.But should he have let someone else kiss her? He didn't think so.He didn't regret the fact that he kissed her. It felf so right.He decided to take precautions to make sure that she stayed.He didn't want Mel to face another heartbreak from being left by someone she held dear.He thus would keep Macy close for Mel's sake; or so he told himself.He thus drove very quickly to Royal Apartments where they had gotten Macy an apartment.As he was driving, he called his brother.By now, Asher who worshipped his older brother was used to being called at odd hours for favour's and all.But he never regretted helping
59.By the time Macy and Richard were pulling to the driveway towards the main house, Asher had already done his part and returned to his mansion just next to Richard's.Asher had been an avid supporter of his elder brother since they were young and he was always behind Richard in everything he did.He knew how cold his brother was and when Richard clocked twenty five and there was no sign of a girl or any marriage looming in the corner, his parents decided to take matters in their own hands.They thus used the person nearest to him and whom he trusted: Asher.At first, Ash was against it. He could not bring himself to betray his brother. The person who trusted him.But his father threatened with taking him to Mississippi or Louisiana to study there.Ash didn't want to leave home and so, he took his father's deal.He one day took Richard for dinner as they usually did and as their father had commanded, he put and aphrodisiac in Richard's drink.They had already prepared a girl from on
60.Macy feel asleep the moment she hit the bed.She hadn't had enough rest since they went for that celebration party then all what happened with Richard and she was yet to come to terms with the fact that she had just moved in with Richard.Everything happened so fast that Macy didn't yet seem to fathom all what was happening.Mel, on the other hand, was fidgeting the whole morning and she could hardly eat her breakfast in peace.Her uncle had told her that they would now be living in this new house with aunt Macy and she hadn't seen Macy yet.When she asked her uncle to take her to see Macy, he said that her dad would be very angry because Macy had just slept after the a hard night's work.As they were taking breakfast, Richard came down all ready and Macy jumped at him the moment she saw him."Why are you behaving like a baby today and you hate being held? Didn't you tell me that you are a big girl now?" I asked Richard teased as she adjusted her weight to hold her well."I will a
61.Macy, like Richard, was also wondering why she had agreed like a child to follow him home. She always knew herself as a hard headed person and when she was coming back to DC from China, she had agreed with herself not be a wiping mat for anyone.And now, here she was in a man's house without any reason to. She knew Richard cared for her and that he had never hurt her but this was never in her goals or plans.Macy and Richard were two people whom she had never thought or planned about.When Mel called her mama, she froze because she didn't know how to react.She sat down and swallowed then looked at the maids who had brought food and the old man who was standing there and they were all pretending that they didn't hear anything.Mel was smiling from ear to ear and Macy didn't have the energy to reprimand her.She pretended that she hadn't heard what Mel had said and she took tissues from the table to wipe her sweaty hands."Baby, are you hungry? Let's eat," she said though her voice
62.Macy spent a half of the following day sleeping which she didn't have to mind because Mel was at school.The person who came banging at her door and called her awake was Asher."Sister in law, wake up," he called and Macy came out of her room guns blazing."What did you call me?" She asked and he could read that she wasn't in a good mood."Nothing. What did you hear? Or did you hear something you would like to become?" He teased and she jumped and flipped on air three hundred and sixty degrees.Do you love your teeth the way they are?" She asked as she stood effortlessly."Oh my God! What did my brother see in you with you? Does he know that you are a violent woman?" Asher asked as he took steps backwards as if he was seriously afraid of Macy."Second young master, I think you don't like your mouth where it is.I will reset it for you,"act said as she took steps towards him in a menacing way."Stop it. I come here to call you for lunch and this is how you treat your brother in law