Greg was taken aback at first because he knew that it was not Lucy that had just spoken to him. Who could it be then? He didn't say anything for a while, as his brain searched and scanned the voices in his head, trying to figure out who the voice he just heard belonged to, but he could not think of anyone.The voice sounded familiar, yet it was also not familiar.The voice sounded like Lucy's, yet it was not Lucy's.So who was that?Greg was about to hang up, thinking that it was an overzealous friend of Lucy that was trying to be funny when he suddenly remembered something. Lucy often spoke of her mother. He was even supposed to meet Lucy's mother before the scandal happened at scattered the plans Lucy had for him. Since the scandal period, this was the first time someone, even if it was not Lucy, had taken his call. This was months after the scandal. Greg immediately flashed a smile across his face where he was. ''Good day ma'am,'' he said to Margaret Ban with a gentle voice.
Lucy almost laughed at what Greg said, but she held back because she didn't want Greg to feel so comfortable around her just yet after a couple of months had passed. His quick influence on her took her by surprise. She didn't know how fast Greg had crawled into her subconscious until after the accident. She had met Greg after college and felt so nostalgic that she got attached to him very quickly. She restrained herself from laughing when Greg accused her mother of laying incantations on him. Besides, Greg was sounding so different. She had not had the chance to ask him about that yet because of the way her mother was screaming.''Meanwhile...'' Lucy said and relaxed on the couch that she was sitting on. Greg smiled where he was. He knew she had noticed that his voice sounded more authoritative. He could hear himself loud and clear. Besides, a lot of people had mentioned it to him, including Don Black his dear friend. ''Yes?'' Greg said back to Lucy.''Meanwhile what...?'' he as
Lucy heaved a tired sigh."Greg, just wait until I am better. I'll be back on my feet in a bit, and I will come to your house. The first place I will visit as soon as I am better is your house," Lucy said to Greg.Greg chuckled and shook his head.Should he tell Lucy that he no longer lived in that house, or should he allow her to keep living in the past?"I insist," Greg said with a firm tone that made it sound obvious to Lucy that he was not going to go back on his words."But my mom..." Lucy was arguing when Greg reprimanded her.'You are not a kid, Lucy. Where are you? I am on my way there already," Greg said.Lucy was taken aback by Greg's behavior and tone of voice.The Greg that she cut off from a few months ago was nearly timid.One needed to have pushed Greg beyond his limits before an angry or aggressive reaction would come out of him.In fact, was this not the same Greg that used to insist on not being in public places because of reasons that Lucy had not yet figured out? N
Charles Ban had watched his sister and his niece argue about the person that his niece was speaking to on phone. He was confused, obviously, but he didn't say anything and listened to them closely as they argued. The least he could do for himself was to try and figure out what the issue was, and from what he was able to piece together, this person was the cause of Lucy's accident.And what was this he heard about a video? What video?After Lucy hung up the phone call she had with Greg, she went back to her room, but Margaret Ban was waiting for her there. Of course, she was not going to let it slide. The fact that Lucy was back talking to that poor creature from jail that had charmed her and nearly killed her because he was near her made Margaret Ban stark raving mad. ''Lu! Were you on the phone with that thing for this long? Did you spend more than ten minutes discussing this with him? What about?'' Margaret Ban asked, her face disgruntled. She was not happy about what Lucy was do
She looked at her mother's back as she walked to the door, grumbling about the fact that the housekeeper had not thought to be at the door until now. ''I wonder what I pay him for. He just sits around the house, sleeping, eating, admiring himself in the mirror every now and then, and does absolutely nothing to show that he is here to work,'' Margaret Ban was saying as she walked towards the door. She passed by the housekeeper's room, which was close to the front door, and peeped in to find out what he was doing. She shook her head when she heard the sound of the shower rushing in his bathroom. He was taking a bath, that was why he could not attend to the door. ''Ridiculous!'' Margaret Ban muttered and continued to walk towards the door. While she walked to the door, she wondered why whoever was out there had not knocked again. It had taken a while since the person first knocked, and no one had answered the door yet, shouldn't the person knock again? Margaret Ban wondered at th
''Were you expecting me not to double up when I found out that Lucy, the little Lucy of back then at college had become incredibly wealthier than me?'' Greg asked.Lucy shook her head.''How vain can you be? That's not what our friendship is about,'' she said and leaned her back on the wall.She was sitting on the only chair that was on the balcony.Of course, Greg left the seat vacant for her to use. ''But Lucy, I'm a man. Besides, you stopped wanting to hear from me. You stopped taking my calls. You of all people. Remember I used to be the one running away from your calls because you were pressing me with your money and connections...'' Greg said and paused to have a laugh. ''Ah! Come on, don't be like that,'' Lucy said and joined Greg in laughing. Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, Margaret Ban stood, trying to hear what Lucy was talking about with this man.Who was the man by the way? And since when did Lucy start hanging out with the likes of her somewhat vicious uncle?
Mr. Ban had stayed away from Lucy for a long time because he couldn't bear the fact that she was so angry at him to the point of not wanting to see him. He knew that as long as she was in that state of injury, she would be repulsed to see him so he stayed away from her totally. But, atbthe moment, he felt that he had stayed away too long.Because of his staying away, he had not visited his sister, and that was very unlike him because, no week passed without Mr. Ban going to Margaret Ban's house. He would usually stop by at Don Black's house first fro a chat, and then walk twelve blocks to Margaret Ban's house, but he had completely stayed away from their neighborhood for a long time. Now, he thought that he should drive over there as he didn't have too much to do for the next six hours.''Barter!'' Mr. Ban called as he stepped out of his office. Barter appeared before his boss and waited for the instruction that would follow. ''We are going to Margaret's,'' Mr. Ban said as he st
''Hey, Uncle Damien is in the neighborhood,'' Lucy announced to the inhabitants of the house after Greg told her that Mr. Ban had stopped at a house close by and entered it after staring at his car for a long time. ''What?'' Charles barked and turned around to look at Lucy. Margaret Ban's eyes shone as well. Margaret and Charles Ban started at themselves knowingly. Suddenly, as if Charles remembered something, he sprung up on his feet. ''Is your friend still there?'' Charles asked Lucy. ''Yes. Why? He is about to leave anyway,'' Lucy said as she glanced at Greg shortly. She had a confused look on her face as she looked at her young uncle, wondering what he wanted to do with her friend. Greg turned on the car, and Charles heard it and hurried outside, but not without poking his head out to confirm that Mr. Ban, his elder brother was not around and showing up to catch him. The next thing that happened shocked Lucy. Charles Ban ran out of the house and entered Greg's car a