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Then, two other judges who did not agree with Thomas suddenly stood up in solidarity with Mitchell. “I do not agree with Mr. Thomas’s decision.” Said the young woman who was the first to stand up. She was speaking calmly and gracefully in such a way that one would think she wasn’t making a counter. The audience went into an uproar. Mathew had a group of his hostile audience in the group so immediately after the woman stood up, they swung into action. The scene instantly turned chaotic and Henry wasn’t surprised.To Thomas’s surprise, two more judges sprung up, displaying their lack of agreement with his decision to crown Jean as sensational fashion designer of the year. Now, five out of ten of the judges were standing against Thomas. This kind of thing had never happened before. Usually, judges will have a deliberation and once a consensus is reached, the chief judge will speak on their behalf which was exactly what Thomas did.Now that the woman had the attention of everyone and
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Jean didn’t know whether she was overreacting or not but for a moment, she sensed some form of regret in the eyes of some of the judges as they took their seats. “Ladies and gentlemen, join me as we welcome Davina on behalf of the Coral group to give a winning speech.” The host said and turned to Davina with his right hand stretched out. Davina felt on top of the world. This was her kind of moment. Such moments made her the star of the show. She made her way to the host with a proud smile. So far, Davina has won three international competitions as a model. To the fashion industry, this represented endless glory and status. She held her head high with the notion that in the future, she would be the queen of the modeling industry. As for Jean and Henry, the host had completely forgotten about them. No directive was given to them and Jean was already contemplating leaving the stage. The winning model was about to make a speech after all. Suddenly, a man came running toward Mathew at
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Mathew was waiting for Henry to grab Jean and get off the stage so that everybody could see that they had been defeated by him. He wanted Henry to feel like a loser and leave with a dejected look on his face. However, to Mathew’s surprise, after Henry was scolded by him, Henry still looked at him with a calm expression and Mathew was irked. None of the audience seated in front laughed at Henry as Mathew wanted. “You cheated. You know right?” Henry said. “And so fucking what?” Mathew boasted and hit his chest. “If you have the guts then go and cheat as well.” He then broke into a dry laugh. “What? You don’t have enough money to bribe the judges? I thought you were some rich heir.”Henry chuckled and shook his head. “Busted!”Mathew arched a brow. Henry was the only one who heard him so what was he blabbering about? When Mathew looked around, he saw that everyone’s gaze was fixated on him. “What? Was Davina’s PowerPoint presentation so catching?” He asked no one in particular and t
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Davina looked at the screen and had only one thought in her heart. She was finished. Right next to her was the so-called chief designer of the Coral Group fashion company. He lowered his head in shame. Now, the world will know that they buy their designs from the local market and sell them at exorbitant prices in the company’s shop. The coral fashion company since its operation began in the past few months had been exploiting local designers and sometimes applied threats when the designers refused to comply. “Get the hell out of here. You don’t deserve to stand on that stage. You’re a fraud!” Someone shouted at Davina. The audience went hostile again. At this point, the evidence was conclusive and Mathew could not deny it. When, where, and how the videos were made were things he had no idea of. Everyone below the stage was looking at Mathew and he was instantly covered in cold sweat. He couldn’t bear to look at the faces of the audience because he knew that he’d be greeted with a
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“How dare you make a mockery of my time and energy?” spat Mathew. He was staring at Henry with hostility in his eyes. Henry shrugged and motioned to Jean to keep going. He needed to address Mathew. As Jean made her way to the stage, Henry turned around and faced Mathew. “The energy you have wasted has nothing to do with me,” Henry replied. Mathew clenched his fists. “Do you want to fight me to death? And so what if you won today’s competition? My family has tens of millions of dollars and numerous assets so the last thing you want to do is wage war against me because I’ll crush you.”Henry sneered. “Are you sure that you’re not mistaken?”Mathew raised an eyebrow.“The coral group assets which you’re blabbering about is is already losing its value as we speak and before you wake up tomorrow, it’ll be negative,” Henry responded and lifted his fingers in quotes. “Gone overnight.”“What do you mean?” Mathew asked. He was already having a bad feeling. Henry moved closer. “Do you need
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The security guards who were holding Mathew immediately picked him up like a toddler and dashed out. While he was taken out of the hall, Mathew didn’t stay calm. He resisted by kicking his legs and shouting at Henry. Mathew was finally dragged out of the competition venue Meanwhile, Benedict had been standing below the stage and when he saw Mathew reacting like a mad dog, he couldn’t help but shake his head repeatedly. He quietly left. The grand international fashion competition had come to an end unexpectedly. After two interviews by renowned media organizations in Marylyn accompanied by several paparazzi, the excited Jean rushed to the dressing room to collect her things while the audience was still exiting the venue. Thomas walked up to Henry with a smile. “It’s all over. Congratulations.”Henry reciprocated the smile and shook Thomas. “You have contributed a lot to the success of this event. I’ll always remember you.”“Any time,” Thomas replied. After bidding farewell to Hen
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Henry arched a brow. “I have offended you before so working for you will grant me the opportunity to earn your dignity and make atonements for my past crimes,” Tucker said. Henry realized that Tucker was very smart. He must have figured out that working for the Parker family was better than the money and status he was being offered. Since the Coral group was heading for the rocks, Tucker was bent on securing employment in another renowned place to keep up with his luxurious life. Sooner or later, he knew that the Coral group was going to lay off staff and even though he was president of the company, Tucker knew that he wasn’t an exception. Now, Tucker wouldn’t mind being just a subordinate of the Parker family compared to his previous position as President of the coral group. As long as Henry had a high status, ditching the ten million meant nothing to him. Henry responded with repeated nods. “Tucker, I think that you’re a smart person. Unfortunately, you’re not smart enough.”T
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Mathew was about to give a response when the butler in his oversized coat came hurrying towards them. “What’s the matter, Nicholas? Didn’t I make it clear that I wanted privacy with my son?” Walter asked the butler with his brows furrowing in anger. “Some people are here. It’s an emergency.” Nicholas replied. Suddenly, a group of men formally dressed in black suits made their way into the room. Two of them stood behind their boss whose pronounced feature was his curly golden hair. The man with the golden hair took out an ID and flashed it. “My name is Warren. We are from the Internal Revenue Service. The coral group has been reported for tax evasion.”Walter dismissed the butler with his hand. Mathew and his father exchanged glances and the same magnitude of fear crossed their hearts. When Nicholas closed the doors leading into the living room, Mathew’s heart rattled with fear. It was barely 8 am and dealing with another huge business problem was not what he envisioned. Math
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Micheal flipped the card and turned to Henry and Kelvin with disbelief in his eyes. He felt as if he was living in a dreamland.How did Henry, a trash collector buy a car worth a million dollars? Wondered Micheal. He looked intensely at Henry again and concluded that he had underestimated the value of Henry’s clothes and cologne. If he had imagined that Henry’s life turned better, it was now evident that it changed for the better.Henry cleared his throat loudly and stretched his hand toward Micheal. “My card, please.”Micheal passed the card to Henry with a trembling hand. He was tempted to ask Henry where he got so much money from. Throughout his years of working at the car shop, Micheal had barely saved 50,000 dollars so he couldn’t help but wonder what kind of job Henry had in Marylyn.Originally, Micheal felt a sense of superiority before Henry but now that the transaction was complete, the sense of superiority instantly became that of inferiority.Micheal’s heart was instantly f
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Greenville was a small town and the occupants knew each other so news about the demolition was now an agenda in the town.Henry nodded and said nothing.Micheal concluded that Henry was very worried about the matter that’s why he couldn’t even comment on it.“Don’t be anxious.” Micheal started the comfort Henry. “Didn’t people on the old street go to confront the developers? Be positive. I’m sure that there’ll be changes.”Henry nodded again. “It’s just about time. Everything will be fixed once the ownership of the Holiday real estate company changes hands.”Micheal looked at Henry with a quirked brow. His confusion was growing. Were the developers planning to sell their company? Micheal could not imagine that. Everyone knew Ryan Holiday as a big sky that could cover the entire town with his glory and the company was his fortress.Henry saw Micheal looking at him with a blank expression so he smiled and patted him on the shoulder. “Why don’t we look at the cars first?”“Right!” Michea
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Kelvin and Henry finally settled for a business car which was spacious enough to accommodate twenty passengers. “Let’s go and get it,” Henry said and stood up. Kelvin raised an eyebrow. “Wait, you mean right now?”“Don’t worry about the urgency,” Henry replied with a smile. He went to the kitchen and instructed Hailey to look after the children then he went to meet Kelvin by the door. There was only one car shop in the entire city. So instead of going in his car, Henry requested that they walk to the spot. “It’s a way of exercising.” He had said. As they made their way toward the car store, Henry looked at the old street carefully. The more he studied the area, the more he realized that it was tearing into pieces and the environment felt odd for him. He had three years’ worth of memory there and he couldn’t help but imagine how the neighbors who were forced out of the area felt despite being attached to the place all their lives. “You bought all the houses. What are you going to
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Chapter 192The other men opened their eyes and when they saw Betty and Tiny Tim in the room, they began to tremble with fear. They were so scared that they wet themselves on the bed. Henry had already explained to Betty and Tiny Tim their role at the hospital. Kyiv was so scared that his whole body was trembling. The sight of Betty and Tiny Tim in the room instantly gave him post-traumatic stress disorder. It was barely two days after their last encounter. Betty giggled and moved closer to Kyiv. “I’m not here to teach you a lesson. Our employer ordered us to come here because he had something to tell you.”After hearing that they weren’t there to finish him off as he expected, Kyiv heaved several sighs of relief. “Go ahead!” He said. Betty folded her arms across her chest and began. “My employer sends his sympathy. We heard that Ryan Holiday abandoned you guys. Although you guys offended my employer’s family in the past, he had always been clear about his intentions. Your boss ha
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In the future, Henry was going to return to his biological family and by that time, he’d be further away from his Greenville family so he needed to empower them as soon as he could. As long as he could support Kelvin to take charge of the family, Henry knew that he could be anywhere and his mind would be at ease. The Holiday Real Estate Company was considered a top company in Greenville. If Kelvin controls such a company, ordinary people would not be able to offend him hence the Potter family would remain safe so that’s why Henry wanted to secure the spot. After Kelvin agreed, Henry turned to Betty. “You know what to do.”Betty stood up and cleaned her hands with a napkin. “Yes sir.” She nodded and left. ***The entire Holiday real estate company was in a mess. Even though the people at the old street were gone, Ryan had stationed guards around the company because the people might return at any time. All the employees were forced to sleep over at work that night. Even though it wa
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When Henry woke up the next day, he was greeted by the events that took place at the Holiday real estate site. According to Kelvin, the neighbors on the old street who protested had an intense conflict with the employers of the company. Although Ryan had threatened the photographers and reporters from taking multimedia clips of the situation, the people did their job and as it stands, everything that was captured had been uploaded on the internet. “Look!” Kelvin said and passed his phone to Henry.When Henry watched the video, he broke into an intense laughter. There was no denying that the conflict was a heated one. These were the same people who had hidden in the past but now, every one of them was as powerful as a mad tiger; all thanks to the 2 million dollars Henry had promised each of them. In the video, Henry saw how the people roared and shook the gates violently. The employees of the company could not stop them at all. Amidst the confusion and chaos, the protesters pushed t
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After the people were gone, Kelvin turned to Henry. “I agree with what you’ve done. It will be difficult for them to reverse the agreement but they can go ahead and try. These people are very hateful. Where were they when we were fighting the developers? Now they finally dare to fight back because of the 2 million they could get?” Kelvin spat and shook his head with contempt. Henry smiled and turned to the children. “Come, let’s get inside.”Kelvin and Hailey led everyone into the house. Although Mr. Potter’s house was in a bad state, the area of the house was not small. There were cracks on the wall and the paintings had faded but there was enough space for the children to sleep and play around. Kelvin took the children to their rooms to make their beds and do their morning chores which they couldn’t do earlier due to the excitement of having breakfast at a fancy restaurant.Hailey noticed the way Henry was surveying the living room. She walked up to him. “The place is old and sma
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Kyiv was the most disappointed among the group. He had served Ryan Holiday for so many years and he had been working extra hard to prove himself. It was the demolition; a project handed over to him by Ryan himself that made him crippled but Ryan didn’t just refuse to pay for his treatment. He also dumped him. Kyiv shut his eyes and took a deep breath. “Ryan, I curse you and all your generations to come.” He screamed out of despair.***Henry and the children were done having breakfast. They were now on their way back to their home on the old street. When the cars pulled toward the house, Henry and the others saw a large group of people blocking the entrance. As they drove closer to the house, June turned to Henry. “I don’t know what these people are looking for so we should avoid them.”Henry pulled down the reflectors and looked closely at the group. He turned to June with a calm expression. “Don’t worry. They are all neighbors of the old street.”The cars finally came to a halt an
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After getting his teeth extracted, Ryan had an artificial one placed back there and immediately after he walked out of the clinic, he reached out for his phone and placed a call to his favorite subordinate.“Kyiv, where are you now!” Ryan yelled over the phone after his call was responded to. Kyiv was Ryan’s most loyal and capable subordinate. With the help of Kyiv, Ryan was able to achieve a lot of operations not worthy of mentioning. Kyiv sighed over the phone. “I need you to get your ass over here!” Ryan went on yelling. “I have a job for you.” As far as Ryan was concerned, only a man like Kyiv could handle Henry. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s voice was calm. “I’m in an emergency room at the hospital right now.” He replied and groaned afterward. Ryan was surprised when he heard Kyiv moaning over the phone in pain. “Which hospital is that and why are you in an emergency room in the first place ?” Ryan asked. “The community dispensary on Barett Street,” Kyiv responded. Ryan immediately h
