The door to the lobby finally opened, and Mr. Bamford walked in with twelve police officers following closely behind him.Silence completely took over the lobby of the building and only the sound of their boots could be heard hitting the tiles as they walked over to where Gary was.The tears in Fallon’s eyes immediately stopped, and a sense of confusion flooded every part of her mind as her eyes followed the officers until they stood in front of her husband and the other five officers."Chief! What are you doing here?” One of the five officers asked with worry evident in his voice. The other four looked just as confused as him, and fear started creeping its way on their faces after the chief didn’t reply immediately.Meeting Gary’s eyes and his bloodstained nose, Mr. Bamford frowned, dragging his gaze down to Gary’s hands locked behind his back, and said, “Uncuff him now!”The firmness in his tone caused Fallon’s eyes to widen with a shocked expression, she opened her mouth, but no wo
My sincere appreciation to all readers who unlocked and followed up with this book from the beginning till the end. Even those who voted this book.It's been six months of roller coaster. I couldn't have pushed through without you all. You all have been wonderful from beginning to the end, I appreciate you all.This is my first urban book, I know I flopped in several places, but trust me the next urban book will be entirely different and unique.Every where I made a mistake here I'll make sure it comes different in my next work.You all could as well drop suggestions and corrections as regards what you want next.I love you all.
It was 8pm at the famous PrimeStar hotel. Gary Carter held on to two weighted middle sized traveling boxes, each on both sides while he tugged behind a prominent figure who had come to lodge in the hotel.With the weight of the luggages, and the distance at which he had covered from the ground floor to the fourth floor, he had high expectations to be compensated.Whereas, attending to this guest was an overtime job which his boss had forced him to attend to.After 30 minutes of walking they got to room 304, but surprisingly, the guest stopped Gary at the doorstep, collected his bags one after the other and right to his face, he slammed the door."What the heck!" Gary yelled out and whined when the ache of lifting those heavy bags traveled across his shoulders.He spent a few moments trying to recover himself, as he had been on track since morning. Even his boss, the head of the porter department, never allowed him to have lunch."Argh!" He whined once more when he felt the sting."It
Gary was confused at first, and he had to repeat the question after Steve, his family butler. "Grandpa wants me home, why? He led me into this, then why does he want me back?"Gary couldn't help but vent his ànger."Young master, you must have forgotten today is your twenty second birthday. Your grandfather promised you will take over the Consortium after your birthday."Gary hit his head painfully, his tragedy since the beginning of the day never allowed him to remember his special day."Tell grandpa, I'll see him soon." Gary finally told with a smile. The first honest smile since the beginning of the day.Steve understood Gary's predicament, the life he currently lived wasn't so easy for him. In the last few years, his grandfather had made him go through harsh treatments.When he turned twelve, his grandfather got him a personal master to aid his training in martial arts, medicine, instruments, dancing, and many more arts.Gary wasn't allowed to live life like his peers would. Even
Gary was perplexed with Sandra's haughty behavior. He felt she was supposed to be sorry and even get to apologize, based on the fact that she was wrong and he had caught her right in the act, but there she was being pompous and taking pride in the wrong she had done.She behaved as though Gary was left with no choice without her.Gary sat on the bed in frustration after he was thrown Into a slight daze. He couldn't help but nod his head consecutively.This was the first time in his entire life seeing a married woman take so much pride in her infidelity.Nevertheless, Gary stomped back to his feet to return his bags back to his closest.As Sandra said, no decision could be made until the next day which he looked forward to.The following day was fun-filled, the Larson's organized a birthday celebration for their beloved, highly respected grandmother, Alora Larson.She was known as the matriarch of the family. Many of the family decisions often solely rested on her command.Before that
Gary was very firm with his words, certainly, regardless of whatever they talked about, none of their insults got to him because he was neither a thrash nor a good for nothing fellow as they tagged him to be.After all, he never would have ended in that family if not for the late family patriarch, Lord Larson.As though she were dreaming, Alora laughed endlessly. "You have something to tell me? Obviously not, you never would have anything that interests me."Alora clocked her head sideways with smiles, staring into the faces of those around her, trying to confirm if they agreed with her statement."Is it money you have to offer? Or house? Or a gift? I'm sure it can't and would never be any of this but bad luck." Alora said with hints of disdain."You wretched things, just get lost and scram as I instructed.""Grandmother, please listen to me, I know you do not like me b…""I said get the hell outta here, or I get to call security." Gary was insisting on saying something out first, he
Raphael faced Gary in a rage, all that Gary said never concerned him, he was more prioritized about his sister's dignity which he felt Gary had soiled in the mud."Raphael, this isn't about me, it's about your sister here, I keep telling you what she had done, but then you believe I could raise a lie against her. What for? And why would I want to do that? Why would I tell you something vague about her? It's quite impossible;" Gary yelled at the top of his voice, it was driving him crazy to realize that absolutely none of them were willing to believe him in any way."Gary, the best thing you could do right now, is leave this place, else I'll make sure I do something you would always live to remember." Raphael yelled at the top of his voice, on the other hand, Gary sighed heavily, he wasn't willing to back down either, this divorce was all he needed to be free.They had painted him as being weak for quite long enough, but now, not again as before. As such, he kept talking, hoping that a
Gary stormed out of the birthday celebration hall, seething with anger. Gary's face was red with fury as he made his way through the crowd, pushing past people who were peeking at him unbelievably. No one could believe what had just happened. Everything was just like in a flash, it happened without expectation.As he reached the door, he turned to face the room, his eyes flashing with anger. "You all can go to hell," he spat, before slamming the door shut behind him.The room fell silent, and then a low murmur began to ripple through the crowd. Gary's outburst had clearly shocked everyone, and they were all staring at each other in confusion."What kind if a son in law is he?""What had gotten into him to this extent that he really had no regard for his elders." None of them had spoken as though they felt for Gary.All had ended up blaming him instead of facing and accepting the core truth.But then, Alora, Sandra's grandmother voiced. "How dare he," she said, her voice trembling wi
My sincere appreciation to all readers who unlocked and followed up with this book from the beginning till the end. Even those who voted this book.It's been six months of roller coaster. I couldn't have pushed through without you all. You all have been wonderful from beginning to the end, I appreciate you all.This is my first urban book, I know I flopped in several places, but trust me the next urban book will be entirely different and unique.Every where I made a mistake here I'll make sure it comes different in my next work.You all could as well drop suggestions and corrections as regards what you want next.I love you all.
The door to the lobby finally opened, and Mr. Bamford walked in with twelve police officers following closely behind him.Silence completely took over the lobby of the building and only the sound of their boots could be heard hitting the tiles as they walked over to where Gary was.The tears in Fallon’s eyes immediately stopped, and a sense of confusion flooded every part of her mind as her eyes followed the officers until they stood in front of her husband and the other five officers."Chief! What are you doing here?” One of the five officers asked with worry evident in his voice. The other four looked just as confused as him, and fear started creeping its way on their faces after the chief didn’t reply immediately.Meeting Gary’s eyes and his bloodstained nose, Mr. Bamford frowned, dragging his gaze down to Gary’s hands locked behind his back, and said, “Uncuff him now!”The firmness in his tone caused Fallon’s eyes to widen with a shocked expression, she opened her mouth, but no wo
The anger that ate at Gary slowly faded, and he looked back to see his wife staring calmly at him, and yet, he couldn‘t stop caring for what she was thinking at that moment about him.Sighing, Gary looked back at Kyle and scoffed, letting go of his collar, causing his back to hit the tile, and a cry escaped his throat.Kyle lay on the floor, holding his chest, crying and moaning, shaking his head as he tried desperately to hold in his sobbing, the room became so quiet that the sound of a pin drop could‘ve been heard.Everyone was shocked by what was happening in the lobby, and Ciara‘s hands were trembling as she tried to remember the police number, her mind a mess.“Ciara! Have you called the police yet?!” Kyle cried in rage as the pain from his face intensified because of the volume of his voice, and he moaned out, “Ciara!”“Yes sir, I‘m sorry sir, um, I need help here...” Ciara stammered with a shaky tone.“What help?”“Umm… What‘s the police number?”“What the hell, Ciara!!”His sw
As the security guards approached Gary and the others, Tom calmly took out a file from his briefcase and looked back at Kyle and the investors.“Well, I am a lawyer with a couple of degrees, including Doctor of Juridical Science degree, and this is a valid will that both Mr. Larsons and the law enforcement officials‘ signatures are on, which proves everything that Fallon has told you guys, that this company is now under her management,” Tom explained calmly, taking out the document and showing it to the investors.“I have worked with Morgan before, and that is definitely his signature on this paper. He‘s a man of honor, and so am I,” Mr. Walker immediately stated, glaring at Kyle.The security reached the scene but immediately stopped out of confusion, seeing that no one was attacking Kyle and just stood there looking at each other.“It could be a fraud! Who knows...” Kyle answered, shrugging nonchalantly.“But we do know. You just blurted out that you thought the will got destroyed a
Gazing intensely into the bathroom mirror, Gary reached for his toothbrush but then paused as a memory of Lawyers Morgans‘ words kept replaying in his head, the looks on his face when he said those words, and the way his body reacted a bit nervously to question about the will.Immediately, he grabbed his phone off the sink and scrolled for Tom‘s number until he got to it, dialing it.After ringing his number, the call got answered and Tom‘s voice popped up through the speaker, “Good morning, Boss...”“I need us to discuss something important later on today," Gary said as he watched the bathroom door reflection in the mirror slowly pushed open, and Fallon popped her head inside. Thankfully, he was tying a towel around his waist.“I'll be on my way then."“Good, we will wait on you guys before we leave, so be here by nine.”Wondering who her he was talking to so seriously at seven in the morning, Fallon reached her hands around his waist and kissed his bare back, resting her head flat a
A look of fear entered Morgan’ eyes, his expression twisting with anxiety, terror, and helplessness as he and Gary continued to stare at each other. “Which will?” Mr. Morgan finally questioned. “The will that Mr. Larson left Fallon,” Gary stated plainly, averting his gaze to stare straight into the old man’s eyes, daring him to try and lie.“Whi-cho-ne…?” Mr. Morgan murmured, barely audible for anyone to hear.Then he saw Gary’s brows furrowing, and he knew that he was getting impatient as his eyes narrowed, and he leaned forward slightly in his chair.“Don’t act like a dummy with me… speak louder.” Gary uttered in a stiff tone.Immediately, Morgan’ face turned pale, his body tensing, and then his eyes widened as he blurted out, “Oooh! Oh!! Do you mean the will Alora gave Fallon the night of Mr. Larson’s death anniversary party?!”“Is there another will for Fallon?” Gary asked as he raised his eyebrows.“No! No… no… I was just scared and my mind took its time to process everything.”
The words that Gary said to Jeremy never left Fallon’s thoughts, even though the morning was now evening, and Gary was sleeping.Adjusting her head on his warm chest, Fallon looked at him, just staring, allowing her thoughts to run wild in her head, as she listened to his heart beating, feeling his chest rise and falling, listening to his breathing.‘What package were you talking about?’ Fallon wondered as she bit her lower lip, thinking furiously.All of a sudden, she heard his phone go off, causing Garyto shift slightly on the bed, hugging onto her waist tightly, and burying his face deeper into her neck “Gary, your phone,” Fallon whispered, feeling reluctant to wake him and yet, also wanting an answer.“Hmm…” He mumbled sleepily, his voice barely audible.“Your phone…,” Fallon repeated, her tone a lot louder than a few minutes ago as she tried again to shake him awake.Finally, Gary opened his eyes, blinking slowly for several seconds. After a few more seconds he seemed to register
Anger immediately started to rise inside of her as Fallon glared at Alora with a look of pure hatred, and without even realising it, she blurted. “Grandpa left that company for me, and you can’t just take what he gave to me away!” A faint chuckle escaped Alora’s throat as she gazed down at her granddaughter, before she replied. “Oh yes, I can… you know, I thought you were getting married to this… this human being because you want to own something in this family and be a part of us…” A pause followed her words as she watched Fallon’s eyes for a sign of fear and submission and when she saw a slight flicker of emotion in her step granddaughter’s eyes, she smiled, knowing that she managed to hit Fallon’s weak spot. “I will not tolerate the disrespect I am seeing from you, Fallon, and since that’s how you want to behave, I am taking this opportunity to let you know you aren’t fit to take over any of the family business. I don’t need an arrogant, selfish, and prideful woman who does not
The dull morning light in her face with her body wrapped into Gary’s arms, Fallon just stared at him, his lashes, the details of his lips, unable to look away. Her hand rested on his cheek, and looked at his shut eyes, stroking his skin lightly as she felt her breathing become slow and steady. “I know it was just nonsense that she said, but I still can’t get her words out of my head…” Fallon whispered, leaning in closer until there were no more inches between them, their breaths mingling together. “What can’t you get out of your head?” Gary asked, his voice low and soothing as his eyelids slowly opened.Not expecting him to even be awake, Fallon froze, trying desperately to think of something, anything because she didn’t want to tell him about the conversation between Sandra and her.“Nothing,” Fallon quickly replied, pulling her face back, feeling a heat rise to her cheeks. “It’s nothing. You should go back to sleep. Yesterday was hectic, and my crying kept you up late.” “Fallon,