Eric is battling with the troubles that have befallen him when another one drops. It's time to say no for him, time to rise and make sure all ill events no longer happen. As he was coping with his recovery, planned assassination and Raine's attempted ritual case, his wife brings a court summon for him. He is chilling out the afternoon after a glass of wine when a car drives into the estate. He had been told about her coming, and an electronic card for identification by the security system of the gate had been sent to her. "What's she coming to do?" Carlos had asked when Eric told him this. He sensed it might be concerning her son or she was seeking Eric's help especially as she had been rendered jobless. Carlos remembered the conversation he had with Leo and how he brought a possible court sue by Scarlett, he remembers all those but he isn't sure of which she is coming so he told his grandson to update him on whatever happens. He is always there to support him. Eric on his own wo
"You are no gold digger from my personal assessment but why didn't you buy the car yourself. Hope you had the money and a car as well. I want to see the reason he gave you this disrespectful name?" "He has no valid reason, just that if I had money, I wouldn't ask him even when he was my boyfriend. The issue was that I was sacked together with my mom, so we had no money on us. We just had to depend on him and other friends from family and Hollywood." "I'm so sorry to hear this, I'm telling you the truth, I just feel like crying. Being that I wasn't in the states, I didn't hear of this and you guys didn't even tell me?" "We didn't want to disturb you aunt." Scarlett replies. The truth is that she was ashamed to report such a case to someone, not even her aunt. If she did, she thought that she would believe all her bills would now be directed to her and she might cut out so early. She had her own reasons. "I'm sorry for everything." Clar says again, shedding some tears. "Thanks
"What's this for?" Eric asks Scarlett with a scornful expression on his face. Whatever it is, he knows that it's not going to be something good, he opens the letter carefully and reads through. After finishing, he lets out a smirk and wants to return the letter to her. "No, take it. It belongs to you. That's the letter you will use in coming to court on the said date. It's not my property." "So you have the mind to take me to court to divide your properties?" He adds a mockery tone in the midst of his anger. "The wealth I have now accumulated for myself, do you know how or came my way and what I passed through, I'm pretty glad you did all those to me so I wouldn't have to explain much, now you are asking me to come to court with you. Who should be dividing properties? Isn't it you? Whose name was I bearing before I decided to personally change my name?" Scarlett stands there, rigid like a dump fool not being able to answer any of the questions or defend herself. What will she say?
Eric plans to go out on a tour with his father to visit the Hollywood Board who are situated at the outskirts of LA where they had gone for a holiday. Not like he wouldn't wait for them to return, he just wishes to leave where he has always been to somewhere new. "I don't know if I should invite Raine to this?" He sighs as he fiddles with his phone, lying on the bed and thinking up what to do. He is yet to tell his granddad of the court case but plans to do during the tour. He then begins to analyze going with Carlos alone and with Raine which will be better. If they are only two, there would be serenity and he can say anything he wishes to his granddad but if Raine comes along, it would become a crowd, a need to socialize among them. "I don't need much stress, she will have to stay back and watch over Mako who really needs her. I haven't even defined my relationship with her yet, so it would look weird." He finally decides to go alone with his granddad and he is delighted to h
On the day scheduled for the trip, he packs his stuff together with his grandad. Dressed like countrymen, they set out on a van with a team of security following them in front and behind. The ride to the outskirts is a trip of two hours and they are excited to do this reason being that they want to enjoy the trip, it's been long since they engaged on a long distance road journey. Eric takes a deep sigh. Inside him he is thinking of all the troubles that had befallen him during the short span of becoming wealthy. He had thought that it was all roses. Little did he know that there will be challenges associated. One thing he smiles at concerning this is that none of the challenges can overcome him, he is greater than all of them and within a short period of time, he would have eliminated all of them. Taking his mind back to the desert road they are traveling on, he remembers the old time where he had been so enthusiastic whenever there was a trip to be undertaken. Those days were p
After the meal which took place at the central dining in the house, Eric and Carlos are prepared for the next task at hand. "Call the planners!" Eric orders Mark who was at the table with him while dining. "Ok sir." "We need to begin this as soon as possible, no time for us." Carlos adds, looking at his watch as if the time is talking about is featured in only one day. Mark rises up to summon the rest of the planning committee, before they realize they have already arrived. They can't risk delaying to obey the orders of their bosses. Respect and fear of being queried wouldn't let them do that. "Yes sirs, you requested for us?" They chorus upon arriving at the room Eric and Carlos are. It's a really large room that can accommodate up to thirty persons with the beautiful ancient furniture in it. Though ancient, they make a nice scene and remind someone of the good old times. When they are all seated, Eric hits the table to signal the beginning of the meeting and sits up. His g
The trip at the outskirts of LA came and went with Eric and Carlos returning successfully with lots of plans and adventurous memories. They had to call more vehicles as the staff also joined in traveling back to town to resume their work in Hollywood. "I'm going straight to Raine upon returning, aside from greeting my son, I want her to be….. I want to say something important to her." He looked at his father's face and he smiled. "You know what I mean already!" He says it declaratively knowing that it didn't require an answer from Carlos. "Okay, I know already and it's the best thing for you to do." Eric wants to go visit Raine and talk to her about his forthcoming debut. He wants to have an hour or two conversation with her. As he had promised himself, immediately he set foot on the grounds of his estate where Carlos came along. "I wish you goodluck, go and tell me what you got as an update later." He says to him, patting him on the back before he heads straight to the living
When Raine realized that Eric is thinking about her being in a relationship already which is making him mute and not being able to speak up in time, she steps up to correct him. "I'm not in any relationship if that's your fear," she says with a grin. Not only is she saying this to please Eric but telling the truth. Though many men came around, most who were working in Eric's establishment, she paid no attention to them. "You have to trust the type of girl I am." She tries to convince Eric into letting go of his worries seeing he is truly disturbed by what he heard. Little by little, he starts to believe her, seeing her as a trustworthy person. "Glad you stood your ground, I love girls like you working for me." He comments. Raine who wants to clarify herself as independent and not being who she is for him decides to go independent by still insisting on being single, she shows him that it wasn't because of him she kept herself clean but just to please her God and herself. "Why don't