After that incident and Richard making sure that he took care of the human organ traffickers, life continued as usual.But what he wanted to deal with was the teacher who let Cassandra take Melvin away.According to the school rules, only the people the parent had authorized could take a child out of the school gate.Richard had authorized himself, Macy, Asher and her grandparents.He knew that if Cash or May ever went to the school, they would be accompanying any of the people he had authorized.So, how come that she allowed Cassandra to take the child?Richard was a man who was very very patient.Like a snake and a frog hunting each other, he could also wait.But when he striked, he would make sure that the enemy felt it.He thus pretended all was well and he returned the child to school and made sure that his instructions were understood.He threatened the teacher that if that happens again, he would have the school closed.It was a privately owned school but the family wasn't as r
Richard and Asher both stopped but did not look at the woman."Are you very hungry?" She asked Richard asked his brother seriously ignoring what she was saying.He treated her like she was air."Yes, I didn't have a chance to take lunch," Asher replied getting what his brother was doing."Okay. Let's go eat and rest, we will return again tomorrow," Richard said and took two steps towards the door."Please, please I beg you.If you take that money, my mother will die.I will tell the truth.Anything you want to know," the woman shouted with all her bravery gone.She was not the composed woman of a few minutes ago who was wearing a courageous facade."Talk," Richard said still standing near the door as he turned slowly to face her."My mother.... *sniff, sniff* my mother is very sick.She has been diagnosed with stage two colon cancer and she is bedridden since she can't sit or stand.She needs an urgent surgery and my insurance is not enough to cover her.I told it to my director, Ian
47.At work, Macy had been given a two day's off then Cassy happened and she took more days off to stay with Mel. She had overstayed her off while the others continued working.She was lucky that the investor insisted on having her in the movie.When she resumed, she had a lot of work pending.The director had shot other scenes and hers were remaining and she was thus working day after day morning to evening. It was like binge watching a series for days.This is having in mind that she was the second lead and she had a lot of scenes.Thus, she had gone for almost a week without seeing Mel. Not that she wanted to but the situation waranted it.When Richard got home that evening, he found a sulking Mel at the living room.Nurse Lin was trying to talk to her asking her to eat something.She wasn't saying anything. She just sat there at the corner of the couch just pouting.Anyone could see that she was sulking.Richard was worried for a while because it wasn't like Mel to behave that way
48.Macy stood there disoriented for a while.She didn't know whether she was still dreaming or this was real.She had been very exhausted of late because of shooting scenes after scene from morning to evening.She thus fell in bed immediately after getting to her suite.Never in her wildest dreams did she think that Richard would show up in her house in all his glory."Oh, baby, is it really you?" Macy asked Melvin in a croaky sleepy voice."Did we wake you?" The deep masculine voice asked."Oh, please come in," Macy said coming to.She now realized that this wasn't a dream.Richard and Mel went inside the room as the girls who had come out of a room from the further end of the corridor were standing there looking at that hunk who was carrying a child.They didn't see the owner of the suite as she didn't get out.Macy, after opening the door, stood just before the threshold."Who was that and whose suite is that?" Richard, who had a hearing like a hawk's sight, heard them discussing
49.Macy overslept.She could have sworn that she had set her alarm as always for five o'clock.She did her exercises and morning run for an hour and then came back to take breakfast and get ready and May would pick her up at exactly twenty minutes past seven.They would be at the studio thirty minutes to twenty minutes to time.But this day, she didn't even go for her morning run.She woke up and she realized that it was brighter in the room than it usually was when she woke up.She sat up in bed and tried to remember the events of last night and what day today was.It was....Wait...Richard and Mel...Where are they? She wondered.Then it clicked."Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I'm late.. The director is going to chew me alive," Macy thought as she shot out of bed.It was at that moment when she was throwing clothes here and there from her closet looking for something to wear did the bedroom door open."Auntie, you are awake? Good morning?" Mel greeted as she picked the clothed Macy had thrown
50."What will you wear today? Or should we call nurse Lin to send someone to bring you two some clothes over?" Macy asked as they ate breakfast."Daddy already brought clothes for us," Mel said as she rolled bacon on her sausage."What are you doing?" Macy asked her as she watched Mel with amusement as she struggled with her small hands."Auntie, have you ever tried wrapping your sausage in bacon? It's delicious. Try this," Mel said as she gave Macy the one she had already wrapped to bite.Macy did and she thought she would lie to Mel but it was actually delicious."Mmm... this is actually good," she said as she ate.Thet ate in a happy harmonious mood while talking about this and that and for the first time in a long time, Richard felt the warmth of family.He was getting used to having Macy around and he was scared. He was scared that he was getting way too attached as he had promised himself that he wouldn't.After Cassandra, Richard had decided to focus on being a President to hi
51.There was tension and excitement all over the room as people waited.They even started betting on what kind of a person would walk in and Macy had to kiss."What if it's a waiter?" one asked."A waiter would be okay," another answered."But I'm thinking, what if it's a beggar?Imagine someone who never brushes their teeth and is dirty and smelly," another joked as she laughed loudly."I would rather kiss my fellow girl than a beggar," a girl that was in the support casts said with a look of disgust. "You are an idiot. This is a five star hotel.What would a beggar be doing here?Do you even think the guards at the main entrance would allow such a person in?" Another countered."It was just a thought," she defended herself."What if the director comes back?Will Macy be able to do it?" Another asked and there was another uproar on the implications of what would happen if that happened."She woukd be lucky to kiss such a person. I go for a waiter or a waitress," the discussion cont
52.Today, Richard had driven an Audi. For all the times Macy had been into Richard's mansion, she had never been to the garage.This was because there was always someone to bring the car over whenever she wanted to go anywhere and there was no need to thus go to the garage.She such didn't know how many cars Richard owned but by the look of it, there must be several.Macy wanted to get into the back seat but she realized that the car only had one door.To get to the back seat, one had to lift the gunshot seat and Macy didn't know how.May opened the front door of the vehicle and crouched to talk to Richard."Boss, could you take care of Macy tonight? I have somewhere to be, please?" May asked and Macy wondered why she needed to be taken care of and she almost spoke but heard Richard's monotone grunt as he accepted May's request."Thank you boss," May said as she stood back up and smiled at Macy."See you on Monday for the photo shoots of the second promotional poster.Take care of yo