When the students saw the helicopter, they were all dumbfounded. “A rescue helicopter!” someone shouted happily. Henry cleared his throat loudly and began to address them. “I’ve prepared for this trip and as a rational person, I had the emergency team on standby. The helicopter had followed us down here and was waiting by the foot of the mountain in case of an emergency. We have also made provision for a specialized rescue convo. The convoy drove with the buses down here.”The students who had been grumbling exchanged glances. Some of them had already lowered their heads in shame.“I want to assure you guys that Lily will be under intensive care. The rescue convoy has the provisions of a mobile clinic so she’s in good hands.” Henry added.“Henry, you’re too awesome!” Berry howled. The helicopter flying above came as a shock to everyone.Soon, the helicopter hovered at a low altitude and when it landed, it threw out its staircase. Two medical personnel jumped out of the helicopter a
While the students were marveling over the sight of their exotic meals, Berry jumped up with his mouth filled with chunks of Turkey. “This is even less compared to the five meals I had with Henry at Star Moon the other day. I had ordered a snowfish that was delivered from another country using the hotel’s private jet.” he boasted. Shanon covered her mouth in shock and when Berry sat, she turned to him. “Are you joking?”“I’m not joking at all,” Berry said and wiped his mouth with the back of his palm. He grabbed a bottle of water. “I’ll bring you to the hotel to experience it someday.” He said casually. Dalton looked at him with a quirked brow. “Seriously?”“Do you think you can take me to Star Moon Hotel?” Sharon asked. “I mean, you’re not the owner.”“What are you talking about?” Berry retorted after taking a gulp “Just because I’m not the owner doesn’t mean I can’t take you there. Henry and I are very good friends so you don’t have to worry about anything.”“Okay,” Sharon replie
Henry dropped his bag and took a deep breath then he began to set up his tent. While he was setting up his tent, he noticed that Jean was struggling with hers. Henry turned to her with a smile. “Don’t worry. I’ll come help you set up as soon as I’m done.”Jean dropped her things and walked up to Henry with a smile. “Why don’t we do it this way? I’ll help you set up yours then you will help me set up mine.”Henry agreed with a nod. While the students were busy setting up their tents, the sound of the helicopter from the sky could be heard once again. This time, the helicopter landed a few miles away from the river. Luckily, there was enough space there. Everyone looked at the helicopter with excitement. They all knew that tonight’s feast had just been delivered. As expected, the helicopter’s doors were thrown open and some men came out carrying things. The men were bringing out all kinds of barbecue equipment from the helicopters. They were holding grill equipment, bags of coal, fo
“If I was carried by Henry like that, I’d be happy,” Courtney stated. Chelsea was standing a few meters away from the girls so when she heard Courtney, she lifted her head and saw Henry disappearing into the tent with Jean in his arms. She exhaled sharply and quickly looked away. Chelsea began to pace. Why was the sight of Henry and Jean causing her to panic? Was she jealous? She wondered and quickly shook her head in filial objection. She stopped pacing after a sigh and slapped her forehead playfully. “What is wrong with me?” she muttered under her breath. Henry led Jean into the tent and carefully placed her on the makeshift bed. After he carefully laid her on her back, Jean’s heart began to beat uncontrollably. Jean knew that she was seen in Henry’s arms by some of her classmates. She had been so embarrassed that she could not even raise her head. Henry began to take off Jean’s shoes. After that, he proceeded to take off her stockings and then carefully rested her ankle on
The pefermonace by Aida and Courtney attracted waves of cheers and loud applause from the students. The bonfire party continued until late at night. The students ate, drank, and danced until they were full. Then, they went back to their respective tents to retire for the night around 1 am. Henry was so full that he groaned after falling on his bed. He caressed his bloated tummy with a bitter smile. He had eaten a lot of meat and drank too much soda. He sighed and tried to lay straight on his back. The once noisy campsite was now quiet as the students had fallen asleep. Around 3 am, someone opened Henry’s tent from the outside. Henry was fast asleep when he was woken up by several taps on his leg. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a figure bent over him. It then dawned on Henry that he had not closed his tent from the inside. He quickly sat up and rubbed his eyes with the back of his palms repeatedly. “Wake up, Henry.” The figure cried out. “Chelsea?” Henry asked with a surpri
“We do not want to alert the people holding Jean. We want to carry out the rescue operation quietly.” Henry explained. Chelsea nodded even though she was short of understanding. “I’m going with you guys to look for her.”At this time, June had already found traces while Henry and Chelsea were speaking. She turned around and gestured to Henry to follow her. Henry held Chelsea by the hand and they followed June into the forest.June had shut down the flashlight to prevent the abductors from knowing where they were. The trio were now walking under the illumination provided by the moonlight. June was in front leading them with noiseless steps. Henry and Chelsea carefully walked behind her, trying to prevent the surrounding branches from brushing their body. Fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight so they could see the direction they were walking towards. After walking for about five minutes, June came to a halt. Henry and Chelsea also stopped behind her. June squatted and picke
Jean was in despair. She was tied up tightly by Mathew and could not break free no matter how hard she struggled. She had wriggled her hands a lot and her wrists were starting to ache. She gave up after heaving a frustrated sigh. Now that she had no hope but to come to terms with the fact that she had been imprisoned by Mathew, Jean could only pray that people in the camp notice her absence and come for her. That is before Mathew takes her away from the camp perimeters. Jean lifted her head and saw the way Mathew was staring at her wolfishly. She turned away and could only hope that her absence was noticed on time. However, she was counting on a slim hope because after such a long night, the students must have slept like logs, especially Chelsea who had been up and doing. “Mathew, I’m warning you. You better not lay a finger on me. If you dare hurt me, Henry will take revenge on you.” Jean spat. Now that her mouth was free, she might as well curse Mathew. Mathew broke into an arro
As he watched Henry rushing toward him, Mathew felt on top of the world. He had it all planned in his head. The moment Henry kneels before him, he is going to inject the needle into Henry’s body. Henry was now in front of Mathew and was about to kneel before him when June pulled out an electronic gun and pointed it at Mathew. June’s movement was a quiet one because Mathew didn’t notice. His entire focus was on Henry who was now before him. A bullet flew out of the electric gun and hit Mathew in the chest. In an instant, a high-voltage power shot through Mathew’s whole body, and he instantly became stiff. Henry used the opportunity to strike Mathew with a kick in the face. June also rushed and kicked the poison needle out of Mathew’s hand. She also kicked him in the face and Mathew fell to the ground on his back. He immediately passed out. June acknowledged Henry with a nod for his cooperation. As the head guard of the Parker family, June had dealt with near-death incidents worse
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