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HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 177
Roman watched the paramedics zip up Selena’s corpse into a body bag before wheeling her away. He was standing outside the house now, which was swarmed with police cars and ambulances. Just above him, Twilight was fading, and the sun was coming up. It would have been a beautiful morning if Selena had been alive to see it. Roman didn’t know what to feel. Selena had risked her life to save him, and he didn’t know how he was going to repay her now she was in the grave. He failed this mission, and he couldn’t keep the one promise he had made to Jermaine, which was to protect his daughter. But if she hadn’t tried to escape, Donald would have gotten the certificate of ownership and would have been on his way out of the city. She had risked her life to make sure that never came to be, and he respected that. Florence was talking with one of the officers when she saw Roman standing by the ambulance completely lost in his thoughts. He had been quiet ever since they left the room. Ever since Se
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 178
Lilian stared at the television as she saw the news. This couldn’t be possible. There was a reporter who was standing at an old cabin telling them about the events of last night. Viper Don and Deputy Behrens were revealed to be working together and they had been killed by Roman Lacroix and his men. This stunned Lilain. They had managed to do what she and David had thought about for so long. She knew that her father’s death wouldn’t have occurred if not for Viper Don. And realizing that Viper Don was Donald Weah made a whole lot of sense. His daughter was Florence whom he had been using to pull the strings from the dark. He had been the puppeteer and his daughter, his puppet. “David! You have to come to see this!” She shouted. “Coming, honey!” He yelled from the kitchen. Lilain watched the news and saw one of the officers she recognized talking to the reporter. He explained to them that Deputy Behrens had been working with Viper Don by closing the murder cases of his involvement wh
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 179
“There’s nothing you could have done, Roman,” Ben said. Roman was standing at the gravesite of Selena now. The funeral had just ended, and it was nothing but a simple one. The only person that had been invited was my roommate back in college, Diana.Diana had been in tears when she had learned of the demise of Selena. They hadn’t spoken in a while and she had thought that Selena needed some time off to clear her head off. It wasn’t easy losing someone so close to you, especially your father. She didn’t know she was out solving a mystery about her family. And it had ended her death. Roman couldn’t blame anybody but him. He had put Selena in harm's way. It had been too easy for Selena to be caught when he hadn’t been with her. He had been reckless and even though he had risked his life and was on his deathbed, he felt that he should have been more cautious with the people he had let into his circle. But how could he have known? Lydia had done everything in her power to make him trust
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 180
THIRTY YEARS AGO “Yes, Amiri. I’ll be home soon,” Lucien said with a soft chuckle. “You know Roman always gets grumpy when you’re not home,” Amiri said from the other end of the line. This made Lucien chuckle harder. “He’s only two years old, Amiri. I’m not sure he knows what being grumpy implies.” “Just get your ass home.” Lucien scoffed. “I’m on my way,” he said and ended the call. Lucien dropped the phone on the desk and sighed as he leaned back on his desk. How was he going to get back home in time? He wasn’t done with the work he was doing, and it was getting late. It was about 7:45 pm, and he was still stuck in the office. He never stayed that long. But the automobile company would soon be a reality, and so he had to be out in extra work for it to become a reality. Expanding his company was always his dream, and if he did this right, he would be worth billions. The automobile company was going to bring him more money than any other business he currently has. That w
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 181
Roman sat in his dining room with the two lawyers whom he had met at the funeral ground. They were both from Rhoades family and Floyd’s. It seemed they were here to talk to him about the properties. It was no news that Floyd had stolen the properties from his father. He had killed him and forced his mother to back away from most of his family’s possessions. But that ended when he was killed. Ben had also handed in the video which showed Floyd going into Lucien’s office to steal a few files minutes before his death. He was also viewed in the parking lot just before he came to meet Lucien in his office. That had been enough evidence for the police to tag his death as a murder hence, the properties which Floyd had stolen from him were to be returned with immediate effect. That was why the lawyers were here. “I’m sorry we didn’t know about this,” Cedric apologized. “We were only doing our jobs.”Roman nodded at that. Cedric was Floyd’s lawyer and he was the one with all his files. Lu
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 182
Florence came down the stairs to find Roman watching the television. It was kind of awkward to see him staring at the television screen. It was usually because he never had time for that. Roman had always been busy running around trying to make sure that everyone around him was okay. He had sacrificed a lot and it was time he got some rest. He deserved it. After barely surviving an assassination, he still stood to his feet and fought against her father. She didn’t know where he had summoned up such energy and courage, but he had done it. And he had come out victorious. Although there were some huge losses. But what was war without loss?“Roman,” she called as he arrived in the large living room. Roman turned to face her. His black hair was combed neatly and his silver eyes gleamed as they stared at her. He was dressed in a gray sweater and pants. He looked so comfortable on the couch. She feared she was about to take away that comfort with the news she was bringing. “Yes? What is
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 183
Lilian had thought about this for so long. Why would she want to submit to Roman? Why would she choose to abandon all the lessons her father had taught her? It was wrong to show weakness, especially to someone like Roman, but they didn’t have any other choice. Roman was going to win either way, and the least they could do was swear their allegiance to him. She had lost everything, but there was a little glimmer of hope left. If she could get back control of her father’s company, then she would be pleased. She had watched her father risk everything for it. He had built it from the ground to where he was. That was why it was so precious to him. She couldn’t let anything happen to the company. She had let it fall into the wrong hands once, and it had destroyed them. She wasn’t going to let it happen again. “That company belonged to my father. He suffered to build that company alone. And watching Viper Don take that form had killed him. The only thing I could do now is to make sure that
HANDS OF RETRIBUTION CHAPTER 184
Alice placed the back duffel bag on the bed and began dumping her clothes into it. She was in a rush. She had to get out of there quickly. It was only a matter of time before they were caught. Their home had been infiltrated once already. They weren’t going to stand around to see if there was a second time. She reached for the closet and pulled out her clothes once more before dumping them into the duffel bag again. The news of Viper Don’s death had come as a shock to her. How could they lose Viper Don? And it was nobody else than Roman Lacroix who then thought they had been killed. If Roman was still alive it meant that it was dangerous for them to still be in New York. They had to be on their way. That rainy night, she had thought it would be the last of Roman, but he had come back stronger, and if anyone was good at seeking revenge it was Roman. He was surely going to find them, but by that time they would be halfway across the country. Hopefully, that would buy them some time b