“Who else could it be if not me?” Benedict responded with a smile.Mathew took a deep breath and sat opposite Benedict. It’s been two days since he last took a bath or had a proper meal.“Thank you.” He blinked at Benedict.In the detention center, Mathew learned that everyone in Marylyn wanted to step on the McDonald family. He was already feeling like a worthless and destitute heir.Benedict rubbed his palms against each other vigorously. “I’m not going to lie. It took a lot of money to bail you out.”“Thank you.” Mathew appreciated him again.Benedict realized that Mathew no longer bore the arrogant attitude he had whenever they met.In the past few days, Mathew had been withdrawn and had lost a few pounds. He was quite skinny.“Once they are done processing the papers, we will get out of here.” Benedict supplied and cocked his head.Mathew stretched his weary hands on the table. He couldn’t wait for the cuffs to be taken off. “Why did you bail me out, Benedict?”“Seriously?” Bened
Mathew flashed an impish grin and for the first time, Benedict noticed that he was relaxed. Benedict also knew that Mathew could do too much without supervision so he was willing to monitor the whole exercise.“I just hope that Jean will be there,” Mathew said.Benedict turned to him with a quirked brow. “What do you want with her?”A ferocious smile appeared on Mathew’s face. “I want to toy with her to death.”“Okay.” Benedict shrugged and continued driving.****The campus of Marylyn University beamed with excited students who were walking in groups, chatting happily. It was a lively atmosphere. Other students could be seen dragging their items of luggage behind them.It was the first day of camping and the students were very excited. However, those who have no desire for camping activities had taken the day off to attend to their personal needs.Those partaking in the camping event were dressed for the moment. Some of the girls had worked on their hair and makeup and rumor has it t
Marylyn University was considered a school but with over 30,000 students, it could pass for a moderate community.When Henry drove his latest car to school, only a few students knew about it. After Chelsea’s declaration, Henry’s popularity doubled in an instant. The ordinary students were now looking up to him like a superstar.Dalton jerked Henry’s shirt. “Why didn’t you tell us that you sponsored the event?”Henry sighed.“Does Jacob know about this? Was that why he said that we could get access to VIP camp services through you?” Dalton asked with an interrogative tone.“Jacob knows nothing about this,” Henry responded.Berry walked up to Henry with a smile. “Does this mean that we will have another taste of those delicious dishes served at Starmoon?”Henry simply shook his head. “It’s not a big deal. You guys will be treated to a luxurious meal as well as the other students.”Berry and Dalton stared at each other with shock spread across their faces. This meant that Henry was going
When all the students were settled, the luxury buses drove out of the parking lot and took the route leading to the school’s main gate. Once again, the campus stood in shock to catch a glimpse of the exotic buses as they drove away. Some of the cars driving toward the gate moved out of the way, making way for the buses to drive down to the gate easily. The drivers had recognized the logos printed on the buses as vehicles from Star Moon so none of them would want to stand in its way. Meanwhile, there was a red sports car parked by the entrance of the campus. A man dressed in a black jacket was in the driver’s seat clutching a cigarette. Seated behind him were two other men dressed in black clothes and dark spectacles. Right next to them were other sports cars packed with men inside. The man lowered the windshield and stared at the girls making their way into the campus for a long while. He then turned to his colleagues with a sly smile. “The girls in this school are not that bad.”
The men stepped out of the cars and stood facing the gate. When Liam saw Chelsea approaching his group, he turned to them with a mischievous smile. “Can you see that beauty walking toward us?”“Come over here!” Julian called out to Chelsea. “Come and play with us. We will have all kinds of fun.” The rest of his group went on throwing flirtatious comments at Chelsea, hardly noticing Henry. When she got closer, Chelsea saw that the school buses were intercepted by a group of hooligans. She folded her arms across her chest and faced them. “What are you guys doing? This is a school not some random place you can mess around.”Liam chuckled and began walking towards Chelsea. “Easy Tigress. Come with me. You shouldn’t be driving in a bus.”Although Liam was rich, he knew nothing about car models. He couldn’t even tell that the buses he was seeing were way more expensive than his sports car. “That’s right!” Julian grinned. “A beauty like you should be with my friend.”Chelsea clenched he
Liam wasn’t the only one staring intensely at June. Julian and the rest of the gang also had their eyes on the dame.The gang had picked up all kinds of models and so far, none of the ladies could compare to June.There was something about Liam. He had a thing for fierce ladies. He dislikes submissive women that’s why he’s always in a hurry to dump them once he gets what he wants.Seeing June standing before him, challenging him with so much aura and confidence was already turning him on. His eyes burned with desire and when he saw the way her joggers hugged her tightly, Liam was captivated by her hourglass body.Liam was so distracted by June’s entire presence that he didn’t even notice the moment his best buddy, Julian walked up to him.“I want this woman too.” Julian spat with his eyes burning with lust.Liam and his gang were used to getting women easily. Mostly, all
Liam and Julian exchanged shocked glances and then blurted out simultaneously. “Who is this girl?”They couldn’t take their eyes off June after the stunt she had just pulled out. June had a slim figure so no one would have thought that such a thin girl could beat up a group of boys let alone so quickly.Henry knew that June had shown mercy to his attackers. Trainings in his family were taken very seriously and soldiers like June were trained to kill. He looked down at the men who were still lying on the ground, gasping for breath. In Henry’s opinion, they should consider themselves lucky.Liam was already turning pale with fright. These men whom June reduced to nothing with her kicks were one of his best, trained to the best of his knowledge.Liam decided not to allow his panic to show.“Great! This woman is very rare.” Liam said with a fake smile. He was pretending to be impressed while fear was coursing through his veins.It was the first time Liam had seen a female fighting so effo
After all the students were settled, the busses drove out of the school campus.While the buses swerved out of the school, Liam turned to Julian with a confused expression. “Who was that person?” For Benedict to interfere in such an odd way, Liam felt that there was more to Henry Parker.Julian sighed and opened his arms wide. “I don’t know bro.”Liam walked up to Benedict. “Hey Benny. What was that cold attitude for? Who was that guy?”Benedict folded his arms across his chest and his face revealed the trace of a cold smile. “That’s the man that’s about to die?”Liam arched his brow. “What are you talking about?”Benedict gave a sly smile and then smacked his lips.“A man that’s about to die? Then why were you so polite to him?” Liam asked.“What do you know Liam? You almost ruined my plans today. Just get lost.” Said Benedict while shooing Liam with his hands.Liam sighed and turned to Julian. “Let’s go.”They mounted their vehicles with the rest of the gang and drove away.****Bac
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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