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HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 135
Eric tapped his chin as he watched the news from his couch. It was showing the party of Troyes Inc. when Eric saw the video of Donald Weah coming up as the new CEO of Troyes Inc. He couldn’t help but think that something was off. There was something wrong with Troyes Inc. It was barely weeks after Lincoln Troyes had died, and he had been expecting David Troyes, his son-in-law to step up as the new CEO. Eric was certain that was what everybody had pictured as well. So who was this man? And why was he the new CEO? Did David step down for him? Eric doubted that. He rose from the couch and headed into the kitchen with two empty bottles of beer. When he dumped them in the trash can, he reached for the telephone that was by the wall and dialed Adam’s number. The phone rang for a while before Adam picked up. “What is it?”Eric walked back into the living room with a torn wireless receiver. “Are you seeing this?” He asked as he stood before his television screen. There was silence for a
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 136
“But that can’t be possible, can it?” Adam asked before munching his burger. Eric shrugged his shoulders as he drank his cappuccino. They had stayed up all night to work on the case especially now that they had figured out that Viper Don was Donald Weah. They had looked up on Donald Weah and Eric wasn’t surprised when he was shown a couple of things about Donald Weah’s demise. It turned out that he had a daughter, Florence Weah who owned a share in Troyes Inc. which made everything make sense after that. Donald Weah had been claimed dead many years ago after his wife had died. That was why Viper Don didn’t have a face. It was because his prints and face had been erased from the database after he was found to be dead. That was why nobody could trace him. After Timothy Belton’s death, Eric realized that it could have been Viper Don’s plan to get rid of him to move up the rankings on the board. The company had been with him from the start. But he was the only one who knew about it. A
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 137
Roman opened his eyes once more and stared at his surroundings. He sighed as he realized that he was still in Florence’s room. When he had first woken up, he thought that it had all been a dream and that he would eventually wake up in his office or his bedroom. But that wasn’t true now. The prospect of getting shot was traumatizing. It seems Viper Don was out to make his life miserable. After getting his spike broken by his men, he attempted to take his life. That was all that he needed. Roman knew that with him out of the picture, Viper Don would have easy access to the artefacts and Selena as well. That had been the plan all along. Roman tried to sit up, but the pain in his chest stung a lot. He sighed and decided to lie back down. It was happening all over again. Just like the time had his back broken. He had been immobile for weeks until he had been nursed back to health by Lydia and Ben. Roman had hated that feeling of always having to depend on others for survival. And it wa
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 138
Roman was now seated on the couch. He was watching a television program. It had been a long time since he had seen the television. Being connected from the outside would have its advantages and also its disadvantages. Besides him sat Florence who looked to be engrossed in the program. It was a telenovela program and it caught Florence's mind. It had been a week since he had been able to walk on his two feet. He was getting better, but better wasn’t enough. He needed to be back to his best once more, but he feared that would be a long time. There were still bandages on his chest which meant that the wound wasn’t fully healed. He couldn’t stress himself in fear that the stitches may be undone, and that would mean going back to square one all over again. As his eyes fell on Florence, he wondered how he would tell her that he was going to murder her dad. She was the person who had saved his life, and he still wondered why she had chosen to do that. She had every right to put a bullet
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 139
Adam walked through the hallway with haste. He was heading back to his desk to meet up with Eric. In his hand was a flash drive, a drive which seemed to contain something worth much to Adam. They were still on the case after Deputy Behrens had told them to stay away from it. There was no way they were going to let the Deputy decide who brought the murderers and all those involved in the case to Justice. So far, there hadn’t been anyone who had been employed to take over the case which had been suspicious to Adam. They had been taken off the case for about a month now and there was nobody that had been appointed to handle the case. The case seemed to be stale and scary in the water which wasn’t a good look. And that wasn’t all. There was a new development in the case. One that was going to shock Eric. When Adam arrived at the desk, he found Eric seated with his feet on the desk as he leaned back on his seat. He had a hat covering his face and Adam knew that he was sleeping. They ha
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Florence handed Roman a glass of water as she came into the room. Roman looked at the glass of water in her hand hesitantly before getting it from her. He kept it by his side as he watched Florence take a seat beside him. Florence could feel her heart pounding. She had been caught by Roman. It seemed he had found out the truth about her father. It stunned her that her father would end yon being broadcasted in the news again. After the takeover of Troyes Inc., she had hoped that he would end up going lowkey but that didn’t seem to be the case. He was very active on the news for a man that is supposed to be dead. “Roman,” she began. “I have not been completely honest with you.”Roman chuckled at that. Florence bit her lower lip. Currently, she was in a tight spot and she couldn’t see herself getting out of it easily. Roman wasn’t going to forgive her after this, and she understood. “If after everything, you decide you don’t want to stay with me, I won't hold you back.”Roman was t
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Florence was baffled by what she heard. It took a few moments for her head to gather what Roman had just told her. Roman was silent as he stared at her. He seemed to have destroyed the soothing feeling that was around them. Florence was more tense and confused now. “Yes, Florence. I was aware this whole time. I knew your father was Viper Don.”Florence tried to digest what Roman was saying but it was more difficult than she expected. Roman sounded like he was confident. Maybe he was?“What?”Roman sighed. He knew that if he kept on doing he would have no other choice but to go deep like she had done with him. He wasn’t sure that was a good idea. He wasn’t a fan of this kind of talk. The regret that surrounded him as he realized that he was the one who had started this in the first place was cold and morbid. “Florence, I knew you were using me this whole time. Not technically, because I was doing the same thing.”Florence almost lost her head as she heard that. Roman had used the wor
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Selena Rhoades sat on the couch deep in thought. Besides her was Lydia who was also silent. They had searched everywhere for Roman but still hadn’t found him. Ben was out and they didn’t have a clue of where he had gone. The house was a mess since Roman was gone. It had been two weeks since Roman had gone missing and it seemed he wasn’t ever going to be found. Wherever he was, and whoever was hiding him was an expert. Selena felt this was all over. There was no way they were going to find Roman. The least they could do was to make sure that Viper Don didn’t get the artifacts, but presently, she didn’t feel the need to look for the artifacts. They had searched numerous times, but she couldn’t find where her father had hidden it. Wherever it was, Selena doubted that it could be found. Her eyes went to Lydia who was sitting silently. She was lost in her thoughts as well. It seemed that was the theme of the day. It was hard to feel anything. Though Roman wasn’t confirmed to be dead, it