Hallander was still on the floor gasping for breath mourning all the things he had missed when Charles was ushered into the room."Dad?" He called tentatively. He stole a glance at Aiden and Eduard who were watching him with hawk eyes. Halander raised his head and stretched forth his hand which Charles didn't hesitate to run to. "Oh dad! I thought I wouldn't see you ever again."All Hallander could do was weep into his son's shoulder muttering "I'm sorry" a million times.Aiden and Eduard left them where they were to have a discussion apart. "What do you think of all these? Now it seems we have a spy in our midst. How do we rectify this?"Inwardly, Aiden and his system were engaged in a toss of words.What the hell guy! A spy really? And I'm just getting to know? It's been 3 years, goddammit!Chill out. Where's the fun if I have to do all your dirty work? Besides you are not just carrying out quests, yiu are meant to grow through all the challenges.Oh give me a break! Anything could
The flight back to Canada was uneventful. After discussing with Hallander and the others, they decided to split up with Hallander going to another African country because Aiden didn't want to leave things to chances. There was a high probability that other people will find him since they had found Hallander so easily. Charles agreed to go with his father, starting a new life someplace new.On the plane, Aiden contemplated telling Jeanne the full story but he decided against it. According to Eduard's honest opinion, it would be bad to keep something as serious as this away from her. He was so positive that she would understand the situation of things.We'll leave that to ponder upon. Right now, he just wanted to shut his eyes and take his much needed rest. In a couple of days, they will be launching their beta app in a few days and Aiden was looking forward to it. He knew that he had done something right with Revenmar Technologies and he had the system to thank for that. He was able to
Harris Revenmar alighted from his vehicle as it stopped in front of an office building. The building consisted of 4 floors of rented office space."What a way to not attract attention to themselves." The Chairman said to himself. Before Aiden stopped by the house, he had started his own investigation on the whereabouts of the Chrysanthemums Operation. Because he didn't know what Aiden's reaction was going to be, he didn't tell him their location. First, he wanted to hear whatever reason they had for sending threats to his family. That was one thing he wasn't going to stand for. No one uses his family to get his attention. He was ready to go above and beyond when it came to his family. He had promised his wife that. That he would look after their children. He felt like a failure when Christian died, but now he felt like he could remedy that with Aiden and Trisha.'I hope you understand why I do what I do, my beloved.'He had found a contact number and had called them to tell him when h
Harris waited for the door to shut before turning around. As much as he felt Liam's pain, he could not go soft on him. It would be to his own detriment. He still remember how he had picked him off the streets a little over a year ago. Liam was not originally poor. His millionaire patents had died in a car crash leaving him in the care of his uncle. His uncle had been behind the death of his parents and was now after his own life too so he fled. Not long after, he was proclaimed dead, killed by some 'unnamed illness'. With him out of the picture, his uncle and his family had taken over his father's business. He even sent some men to go after him to finish him completely. This was when Harris met him. He had been running from an attacker and Harris had dragged him into his own car. The attacker had sped past then Harris had stepped out to confront him. It had turned into a fist fight and in a blind rage, Harris punched his head in till the attackers head was nothing but a mangled mass
Coming to, Harris's senses were assaulted with screams and yells, he could also smell wood burning. Disoriented, he tried to stand on his feet but was restrained. Looking down at himself, he was tied to one of the high chairs in the gang's meeting room.Bodies were littered around and blood splattered the walls. For the first time in a long while, fear gripped his heart. He couldn't make sense of what was going on. The screams continued down the hall while he struggled to get himself free from the ropes. The smell of burning wood kept getting stronger and he knew that it wouldn't be long before the whole building got razed to the ground. He struggled back and forth but neither the ropes nor the wood yielded."Somebody help! There's someone in here!" He didn't get a response though. Just feet running down the hall, screams and then silence.I cannot perish here. I will not die here!With renewed vigor, he struggled. The smoke was already getting to him and was filling his lungs. With a
Present DayLiam?"Liam!" Harris got on his feet, walked round the table and towards the figure on the floor. It had been 20 years since he last saw this person. Liam rose from the floor and lifted off the cloth covering the lower part of his face. He was smiling."Master! It is great to see you. It's an honour!" Harris looked at the man standing before him. It had been 20 years and he didn't look any different except for the hard lines around his eyes and mouth. His features looked hard, sharper in a way that only the passing years could have caused. His hair remained a shiny jet black. It always looked like it had too much oil and he had grown a moustache. Harris could also see that he had become broader, more built. Heck! He was a completely different person from the young 20 year old man he saw on that day."Liam. Come here!" He said opening up his arms. Liam didn't need the invitation, he leapt into his arms almost shedding tears causing the Chairman to pat his back fondly."Senp
Aiden couldn't wait to get home. His driver who was one of his gang members kept him abreast of what had been happening. They had gotten the address out of the hostages from Black Lagoon. Their leader wasn't the top head but he was close to the leader so he must be privy to all that had been going in in the gang. Chen had already shared the coordinates with Aiden. Someone had already been put on his tail and his movements monitored.Aiden sighed in relief as his house came into view. On the way, he had called Jeanne and asked her to meet him at his apartment. He decided on the plane that it was futile to hide information about Hallander from her seeing how that she had been hurt a lot.Her response had been very enthusiastic as she had been on edge from the day he took her phone. Aiden opened the door and got out of the car without waiting for the door to be opened for him. To the driver he said, "Nobody comes up except Jeanne. I wouldn't appreciate any disturbances.""Yes sir!"With
"I find that rather hard to believe. How will he say he misses me? Does he know the hurt and trauma he put me through? Does he know he has a child? Did you tell him?"At Aiden's nod, she started to cry. "So where is he now? Why isn't he here? He says he loves and misses me. Then to mess with my head he reaches out to me. But now he didn't come with you? How am I supposed to believe someone who can not show what his true intentions are. I was all alone all those years. Thinking I had a bad spell cause nothing worked. If only I had known. He could have told me. I would have gone with him regardless.Her sobs were making her words incomprehensible.Aiden hesitantly gathered her in his arms. He wanted to comfort her while at the same time make her see reasons why it had to be this way."It is safer this way. Him being far away would still keep the image that he is dead. If he miraculously resurrects while the spy is still on the loose, it will raise questions and you and Victoria will be