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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Not like you are going to stay there forever" Lawrence scoffed
"Did you come to my office to lecture me? If you want to help then do so, don't disturb me with your continuous nagging" Damien retorted"Proud peacock. When will you ever ask for assistance politely?"Lawrence scoffedLawrence adjusted his seat closer to the table and began helping him out, Lawrence tried speaking to Damien to lighten up his mood but Damien kept ignoring him."Did you come here to frustrate me? Can't you keep quiet for just an hour?"Damien said annoyed at the behavior Lawrence was showing."Must you shout all the time? You almost blocked my eardrums" Lawrence said, shaking his head dramaticallyDamien glared at him and scoffed."Anyway, I came here to inform you Nora has fallen into our trap. She called me and agreed to sell her shares to me. Very soon she'll start regretting ever knowing me and trusting me this much" Lawrence smirked"This is the only sensible thing you've said so far since you entered this place," Damien said with a sly smile earning a glare from Lawrence"Just hurry with whatever thing you need to do and get prepared, I was not joking when I said you are coming with me to the States," Damien said"I'm leaving, sort yourself out, bury yourself with work if you wish I don't care anymore. It seems you don't need me here anyway" Lawrence said getting up, he left the office and Damien just smiled at his childishness.***Smiths Cooperation***Nora sat in her office lost in thoughts, her secretary kept standing behind her door knocking but there was no response. She decided to go in and she met Nora staring at nothing in particular."Ma'am, please Mr. Lawrence is here. Should I let him in?" She saidNora didn't respond as she was not even aware of her presence in her office. The secretary kept calling her yet still she did not move as she kept staring into space"Ma'am?" The secretary tapped her on the shoulderNora jumped from her in fright as she felt someone tap her. She calmed down and looked at the person who did that with a murderous look."What the hell do you think you are doing? And why are you even here? I don't remember calling for you" Nora snapped."I came to....." she began to explain, but Nora cut her off before she finished her sentence"Don't you have manners? Why didn't you knock before coming in"Nora inquired"I did ma'am but there was no response. I came in thinking something was wrong" the secretary said"Fine, what is the problem?" Nora asked"Mr. Lawrence is here to see you" she informed"Let him in, " Nora said tiredlyThe secretary left immediately to fetch Lawrence as he had been waiting for a long. Minutes later, Lawrence came in and smiled at her, Nora returned the smile but it was a weak one. Lawrence was excited from within as he realized Nora was gradually getting miserable from her looks."Hello Mrs. Smith, hope you're good?"Lawrence said pretending to be concerned about her"I'm very well as you can see, Mr. Lawrence," she said trying her best to stay composed."You don't look like you're okay," Lawrence said inwardly"So let's go straight to business. Are the paperwork for the offer I sent you ready?"Lawrence said in a serious tone"Yes they are, I'll send in my secretary to bring them right away," Nora said, looking sad but helpless.A couple of minutes later, the secretary walked in with some files which she gave to Nora, and left."Mr. Lawrence, here are the files," Nora said, passing them to himLawrence went through the files and saw Nora's signature on the needed places and smiled in satisfaction"Good, everything is intact," Lawrence said giving her a short smile"If I may ask, why do you suddenly want to buy so many of our company shares?" Nora asked curiously"That shouldn't be your worry, nice doing business with you. See you some other time" Lawrence said and with that, he left her officeNora sunk deeper into her chair frustrated, she knew the implications of what she just did. Lawrence now has more power in Smiths Cooperation than she has, everyone in the Smiths Cooperation is now his worker including the CEO herself.Nora went through the copy of the agreement files of the deal in her hands and she began going through it once again. She came upon a particular term in the deal which she has been thinking about for so longIt reads as follows "AS LONG AS THIS DEAL STILL HOLDS, THE SMITH COOPERATION IS A SUBORDINATE OF THE DREAM COMPANY", she sighed after reading it one last time."I'm sure that witch, Pheona cursed me before dying. How can this happen when I planned everything so perfectly? This is getting too much" Nora thought aloudShe kept wondering why such a big company as Dream company has mysteriously grown interested in a company like Smiths Cooperation which is nowhere near Dream company's status.
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***Dream company***Damien just finished working on the files, he ordered his lunch to be brought to his office just like always. He has never been to the cafeteria in the company before, he always eats in his office and only one person is allowed to do so, his assistant, Marissa."Sir, please your food is here" Marissa knocked"Bring it in," Damien said in his usual cold voiceMarissa went in and dropped the food, she looked at tired looking Damien and felt sorry for him. She wished she could do something to relieve him, but this scary Boss of hers is making it hard to even allow her to try for once.Damien felt her eyes still on him and looked up from the food he is eating. "Why are you still here?" he snapped"Nothing Sir, I'm sorry," she said embarrassed by her act, and left the office immediatelyShe didn't realize she had been staring too much, and like always she embarrassed herself in front of him once again. She stomped her feet on the floor angrily and left for the cafeteri
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Damien packed all the files and dropped them in his drawer, he cleared his table and put the place in order. He left his office, locked it, and headed outside the company. He got to his car and met Lawrence leaning on his car with a long face."What is the problem? Why the long face?"Damien asked"Why would you make that shameless thing in charge during your absence," Lawrence said with a frownHe was not in support of Damien putting Marissa in charge of the company, he felt this temporal position will get into her head and she'll begin to start misbehaving and treating her colleagues badly."Is that why you are wearing that long face? Who did you expect me to hand the place to? She's my assistant, Lawrence and I can't do anything about it." Damien said"I understand she's your assistant, but that lady is full of wickedness" Lawrence scoffed"Lawrence are you sure this is not about something else? Because you're taking this too far, or did she do anything to you?" Damien asked since h
Darkness Overruling A trip to find his sister
Gracie prepared to go visit Gary as usual, although he had not been so good to them in the past, she still had some pity for him when she learned about his illness. She got ready and left the house for the hospital. ** At the airport** Damien and Lawrence walked in and sat down waiting for the departure of the plane. "Good morning. This is an announcement for all passengers traveling on the 9:30 flight TOM 1223 to the States. This flight is delayed by 5 minutes due to some inconvenience" They heard someone announce, Lawrence, laughed lightly as he studied Damien's face when the announcement was made. Damien looked disturbed by all the waiting they are doing. "Would all passengers traveling to the States on flight FR3421 please have your boarding passes and passports ready for boarding. Flight FR3421 now boarding at gate 21." The announcement came again and Damien sighed in relief "This is the final boarding call for passengers Gemma and Ryan Grey flying to Athens on flight EZ9
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The plane landed and Damien tapped Lawrence who had been sleeping all this while, he had been talking non-stop ever since they got on the plane, and he was relieved when he saw him sleeping at last** At the airport, in the States***"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We have landed at JFK airport in the States where the local time is 18:30 and the temperature is 76º. We hope you have enjoyed your flight with Italy Airlines this evening and wish you a very safe journey to your final destination."The final announcement for the landing of the plane came, as the passengers began descending one after the other. Damien and Lawrence were part of the numerous people who got down, they took their luggage and headed out of the airport.Damien brought out his phone and called Gracie but there was no answer, he kept calling till he got tired, he then decided to leave a message for his safe landing in the States.They got a cab which took them to a hotel where they lodged for the time being.
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The ringing of his phone woke him up from his sleep. He sluggishly woke up and picked up the call "Hello dear, how are you?" Gracie spoke from the other end "I'm fine, how about you? Have been taking good care of yourself?" Damien asked "Yes, I have. You don't need to worry about me" Gracie assured "Why didn't you pick up when I called yesterday? Where were you?" Damien asked "I left my phone in my room when I was in the kitchen" Gracie lied "I was just informing you I've gotten here safely," Damien said "Okay, how far has your search gotten? Any news about her?" Gracie asked eagerly "Yeah, I saw the woman she came with. Lawrence and I are going to see the woman tomorrow" Damien explained "That's a good thing, at least you have a lead," Gracie said excitedly " I've to go I'll talk to you later," Damien said and with that, he ended the call He stood up from the bed and got into the shower, he kept thinking about the lady from the restaurant. He hurriedly took his bath and d
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"I'm so sorry sweetheart, my car broke down and I had to fix it. You forgive mummy, right?" A lady said, hugging the little girl Damien met earlier. "It's okay mummy let's go home, I'm hungry," the little girl said They walked hand in hand to the car, as the little girl was getting into the car, the woman noticed she was holding something and stopped to look at it clearly " Noelle? What is that in your hands?" the lady asked the kid "Oh, it's a chocolate bar," Noelle said excitedly "Where did you get that?" the lady asked "Mr. Handsome gave it to me when I was sitting here all alone waiting for you" Noelle smiled remembering how caring Damien looked when he spoke to her. She wished she could meet him again "Mr. Handsome? Who is Mr handsome? And haven't I warned you not to accept gifts from strangers?" the lady said with a frown "You know I personally hate strangers, but he is different. He looked harmless to me. Please let me keep this Mum, please" Noelle shrugged "Fine, you
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Laura began to panic when she learned Damien is a brother to Queenster, she thought Nora said she had gotten rid of Queenster's brother too if she remembers correctly."Queenster's brother is...dead so how come you are claiming to be Queenster's brother" Laura stuttered, trying to appear bold" Oh really, I guess that's what your so-called cousin Nora told you right? But I guess she never told you we were three siblings, Gabriel, Queenster, and finally I, making what three. So if you feel you got rid of everyone, then I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but you didn't. You left out the most dangerous one of the three siblings" Damien laughed evilyLaura began moving back when Damien started walking towards her, laughing so loud, giving him a devilish look. All this while, Lawrence had set his camera, recording every of their conversation. He made sure Damien didn't appear in the video, just Laura." Please don't harm me. I'm a changed person now and I have no connection with Nora anymore
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Damien and Lawrence got back to the hotel, they went straight to Damien's room. Damien leaned on the wall with his head up, while Lawrence just sat on the bed studying Damien for a while. The room was so silent, the two young men in the room were thinking about the whole situation at hand now."Did you mean it when you said you will ruin her family if she doesn't provide for your sister?" Lawrence broke the silenceDamien turned his attention to Lawrence with an expressionless face"Was I laughing when I said that? Did you think I'm joking? " Damien askedLawrence studied Damien's face for any sign of emotion but there was none. "Why do you want to involve the innocent family in this issue? You are no different from Nora and Laura if you go on with that" Lawrence asked"Really, did you just say innocent family? My family too was innocent when she connived with that Jezebel to ruin us. My mother did nothing to them, I don't know of their past life though. Even if my mother wronged the
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*The Banks Residence**"Do you think we did the right thing? I don't want her hating us for any reason, you know how bitter she can be," Mrs. Banks said with worry visible in her tone."She had to heal one way or the other. We can't keep her from her past forever, and besides her brother needs her as much as we do too," Mr Banks said trying to reason with her.The doorbell rang interrupting their conversation. Mrs Banks sighed and got up to get the door. She returned to the living room with a man behind her."Look who we have here?" Mrs Banks announced, drawing Mr Banks' attention."Oh Williams, you are here. We were not expecting you today. I don't remember calling for you either or did you?" Mr Banks said looking quite surprised as he directed the question to Mrs Banks"No I did not call for him, maybe he has something to tell us. Why don't we just give him a chance to speak first," Mrs Banks said looking at Williams.Williams has been the eyes of this old couple for quite some year
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"All passengers travaling to Italy on flight FR 6574 please have your boarding passes and passports ready for boarding. Flight FR 6574 now boarding at gate 16," The announcement came again for the fifth time. Damien gestured to Lawrence to bring their suitcases along as he took the lead."You can't be bossing me around, dude," Lawrence scoffed. He dragged their bags along as they got ready to go on board.The announcements went on and on as Lawrence sluggishly followed Damien.Another announcement came in right after the first one."This is the final boarding call for passengers, Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Queenster Smith,"An announcement came in making Damien halt on his track. Lawrence on the other hand kept on moving, ignorant of what was going on with his friend. He kept on walking till he could not feel Damien's presence behind him anymore. It was then that he turned around to see his friend looking lost and stuck at a particular place.He sighed and walked back to Damien."Are we not
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"Looking for someone?"She heard Damien say from behind her, she turned around and hugged him"I thought you left already," she said amidst tears"I told you I wouldn't leave without saying a proper farewell to you right, I am a man of my " Damien smiled at herShe dipped her hand in her pocket and stretched a box to him, he took it though he was surprised. He opened it and everybody was eager to know what it is. Damien brought out a diamond bracelet from it, and everyone's eyes widen in shock, wondering how a little girl like her got such an expensive bracelet"Where did you get this from Noelle?" Damien asked when he recovered from the shock"Tell me did you like my farewell gift too?" She asked happily"I do, though there was no need for it but I can't refuse it since it's from you. But tell me where did you get it from?" Damien said"It was a special request I made from my father's brother, Uncle Grey, on my birthday. You are a special person that's why I'm giving it to you as a f
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Dennis entered one of the washrooms and began shedding tears, Damien found him and walked up to him"You know she is just a kid right? Besides kids don't know what we go through just to make them feel happy. She pulled that stunt on you guys just for fun, she never meant for it to go this far, you don't have to get worked up with her actions all the time. What you just did get the little girl scared, although she is scared yet, she still thinks about you. She doesn't like you getting mad at all, just see her actions as childish and forgive her" Damien said"I'm not mad at her, I just don't want to make any mistake of losing her for any reason. She is very dear to me, whenever she does such a thing, it gets my heart racing. She is all I have got, that's why I want to make sure she is always fine" Dennis said as more tears kept rolling down his face"I don't know much about parenting but the little time I spent with my mom got me to understand the undying love your parents have for your
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*******Seattle~ At the hospital***Damien and Lawrence came out of the car they brought. Lawrence moved to the driver and asked him to wait for them since they had their luggage in the car, as Damien waited for him to join him to say their final farewell to the Jones family. They walked into the hospital and headed straight to little Noelle's ward. They had gone to their house earlier, but they were informed by the security the couple had come to visit their daughter. They made their way into Noelle's ward when they got to it, Damien pushed the door gently not wanting to wake Noelle up in case she was sleeping. Unfortunately, she was not asleep, she was sitting on her bed playing games and giggling at herself as her parents sat near her bed watching her. Noelle refused to look up when the door screeched open thinking it was one of the nurses who is there to check on her and administer medication for her as usual. She hated to be in the hospital though, but poor her what can she do i
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Queenster stopped her car and got down, she couldn't drive since her mind is not letting her do so in peace. She kept thinking of what her grandparents just said, her journey back to the country in which she vowed never to step foot in has become a headache for her. She couldn't have refused her grandparents either, they have been so good to her these past 5 years, and this is the first time they are requesting something from her, she couldn't have just refused them. She walked to a bridge and kept staring at the water under the bridge with an expressionless face She recalled all she had been through in Italy, her mother's death, her senior brother's death too, her father leaving her in the hands of a stranger, her only hope, her beloved brother who also abandoned her, and all a whole lot. All these puts together are the bad memories in Italy she wants to forget about but it seems fate has something else in store for her instead of supporting her, it's rather against her. She has
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Queenster!!
*** The States~ New York City***A limousine made its entry into a huge house, and a lady got down from it, looking stern. The guards surrounding the house bowed as she walked towards the door of the house planning to enter the houseThe young lady walked into the house dressed as professionally as ever, with her usual cold face. The maids kept bowing at her and greeting her, but as usual, she ignored them and kept walking steadily, her head up with prideShe is a well-known noble lady, though she has not been in the business world for long, her intelligence has earned her the respect and good name she has now gotten herself"Where are my grandparents?" She asked coldlyBefore the maid she asked could reply, Mr. and Mrs. Banks appeared in the large living room, they had been expecting her for longThe lady removed her shades and settled on one of the couches"Cold water," she said, and one of the maids brought it to herShe took it and gulped it down slowly before returning the glass
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Let it go Damien!!!
Noelle kept giggling as she raced up the stairs, her father chasing her. She missed a step and rolled down the stairs"Noelle...." Dennis screamedEverybody turned their attention to the father and daughter little play but was shocked to see little Noelle rolling down the stairs while her father was standing halfway on the stairs on the other side. The stairs were two, one on the left and another on the right. Noelle was fast enough to climb the right stairs which were the closest while Dennis chased her. She was already on the other staircase on the left when Dennis tried catching her on the right staircase. Due to the excitement of running around, she missed a step when she tried to look back at her father."My baby!!!!" Laura screamed in agonyEverybody rushed to the stairs but Damien was faster, he picked Noelle up and headed out immediately. He dropped her in Dennis's car and they all got in boozing off to the hospital. ***At the hospital**Laura couldn't stop crying since Noelle
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Noelle Jones!!!!
They all turned to the doorway to look at the owner of the voice. Laura's eyes widen in shock as she saw the person standing there with tears, the look in his eyes was one she had never wished to see, the look of disappointment. "How could you be this wicked and heartless? I would have never believed it if anyone had told me the woman I'm married to was this evil" Dennis said, as tears of disappointment kept running down his face The person who happened to be standing in the doorway was Dennis, Laura's husband. He had forgotten some files in the house and he decided to come and pick them up quickly and leave for work. In a hurry and not to bother the security too much, he packed his car outside the house and came in instead, which is why they didn't notice his presence. He had been standing outside listening to all their conversation as he happen to have heard the part where she had connived with Nora to bring Queenster to the States, he paused and decided to listen to everything. N
