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silhouette could be seen from the window of the mansion above.A beautiful sight to behold, looking tender and graceful as always. Her milky skin glistening like pearls, looking out the window was her place of comfort, where she could sigh and worry without being questioned or disturbed.Today was no different, as drops of warm tears cascaded her face, sniffing at each gasp of breath. She didn't believe in fate, deities, or karma but now she affirmed that they were true." why did I have to listen to brother?"," Why did I humiliate and reject him?"," why is life and fate, cruel and unpredictable?",Those were the thoughts running through her mind.Which each passing moment, she felt weak unable to stand, Abigail sat on the floor of her bedroom, weeping bitterly at her and her brother's loss.What transpired was a thing of shame to them." papa must be very disappointed and sad, mommy cried all through as I tried to tuck her in bed and brother James is nowhere to be seen", she mutter
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"dad ! dad!! dad!!!" James storm in angrily to his father's study room.He has been fuming in anger ever since he left that announcement party.All his life, he has trained to be the next heir. To be the one to take over from Mr. Xavier but all that has been crashed by that poor thing Alex."Young master, your dad is studying, " His secretary said running after James to stop him from disturbing his dad." let him be, " Mr. Darius said Raising his left hand."dad! do something! do something before things go out of control" James said shouting." Do what? is it about grandpa's decision?" " Yes, I'm the heir, I'm the next Xavier lord, not some cheap wretched boy who came yesterday to spoil everything. I am the heir!""calm down my son, of course, we will take what's us back "" And guess what ? that old man gave him the king's palace" "What!" Mr.Darius stood up immediately."The king's palace? the second most expensive and beautiful building in Xavier's mansion? you mean the king's pal
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"Young master, Young master wake up," Hannah said trying to get Alex off the bed. "mm, what's? it's not morning" Alex said rubbing his eyes. " You have to get up, or you will be late," Hannah said. Alex yawned "please just give me ten minutes, mmm" "ten minutes for what?" "To sleep and I promise you, after the ten minutes I will be fully awake" "get up, your grandpa is expecting you and you are already late!" "ugh okay," Alex said stretching his body. "let's go have a warm bath," Hannah said leading Alex to the bathroom. Alex took his bath, brush his teeth, wore a white shirt on a black trousers. He was served hominy grits with a lobster roll. "yummy," Alex said licking his lips. " I want more," he said to one of the maids. "I'm afraid that's all young master, we have to go now!" Mr. Kim said. "uh?, Okay," Alex said sadly. "where are we going?" he asked. "Firstly to your grandfather's mansion, he called for a meeting now we have to hurry or we will be late!" Mr. Kim
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Mr. Kim took Alex to the hospital to do the test, at the hospital they met Mrs. Darius."You're here already, “Mr. Kim said not surprised to see Mrs. Darius in the hospital."oh I came for my daughter," Mrs.Darius said nervously."What daughter? I didn't know your daughter was hospitalized, she attended today's meeting""yeah, I noticed she is a little bit moody so I decided to get a medical check-up to know if there is something wrong with her" "mmm impressive" "Okay, then where is she? I don't see her?" "she is inside, doctor and nurses attending to her, room 215, in case you don't believe me you can check yourself ""That's won't be necessary as we are here for something more important""important? what are you doing here with Alex?" "you shouldn't be asking that question because you know we came for a DNA test" "I forgot, silly me" "you forgot?" "yes, I have a lot in my head, especially my daughter's health," she said scratching her head. "my regards to Abigail," Mr. K
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Abigail hold onto her cheeks" mum" she cried out.Never has she raised her hands on her. Her mum storms out of the room. Abigail felt so sad "am I being selfish for real?" she ask crying. "what the doctor said, is it true? my family will use me to get what they want?" "no I think, mum is just angry" she wipes her tears. Mr. Kim has been looking for Alex all this while " I only told him to look round the hospital not disappear! where did he go" he sighed. He tried calling him but he left his phone in the car. He ask the nurses if they know the whereabouts of Alex, but none knewAfter searching for about an hour, he retired to a chair to rest, and just then someone tap him on his shoulder. It was Alex. "where have you been? been searching for you!" "I'm sorry, something came up" Alex apologized. "What's more important than you being safe! I told you to look around the hospital not meddling in some business that isn't your problem" "I had to interfere or she will be taken adv
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"Abigail!, Abigail!" James storm into Abigail's room shouting. "what's wrong? Why are you screaming my name like that?" "I should have known you are this selfish, how can you do that""I don't understand, what did I do?" "What did you do?" James asked his brow raise in irritation."yes, I'm lost" "Mum told you to do something to help, just help me to be the heir instead you went your way""huh""Mum told you to give the doctor what he wants, isn't it for just a day? Just tell him to have his way so he can fabricate the result but you didn't!" "How dare you say that? don't you care about your sister's dignity?" "What dignity? If it's all those useless boyfriends you hang around with wouldn't you have allowed them to?" "I can't believe you are saying this" tears trickle down her face"you could have done it. It was just for some time, think about it if I become the heir who would enjoy it after me? It's you! you, not even our parents will enjoy what you will enjoy yet just do a s
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Abigail has locked herself in her bedroom for days now, she does not even leave her bed, her eyes are swollen from crying.All she does is order the maid to bring her some pizza from the Kitchen while she watches TV and cries, she cannot even muster the appetite for food since her mother tried to sell her to the Doctor as collateral damage for her schemes to manipulate the DNA results of Alex.Anybody working into her room would think she was coming down with a sinus infection or even a worse illness. She was losing so much weight from not eating like those of Victoria's Secret models with anorexia. James is still not talking to her, he keeps finding every excuse in the book to not enter her room, he has taken to drinking and partying ever since learning that she would not go through with their mother's plan of selling her to the Doctor.She has remained at the Xavier's mansion for a whole week, and now she is planning to leave the mansion.Abigail closes the door to her room as the m
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Mrs. Darius takes the backpack from her daughter and looks inside it, she sees the clothes stuffed against each other and shoes by the side.She takes them out one by one with a look of disgust on her face, barely holding the clothes as if they were some taboo, or they were smeared with a mixture of blood and feces and had a bad stench."Maria told me you were packing up some clothes into a backpack, don't take me for a fool Abigail Darius, after refusing to play your part in helping your brother take his rightful place as the Grandpa Xavier's successor in the family business, you want to run away, run to where young lady as if you can survive without the family bankrolling your extravagant lifestyle."Abigail drops to the floor and weeps profusely, cussing her mother out. "Language young lady, I am still your mother, hope you haven't forgotten," Says Mrs. Darius. "Maria, my phone," Mrs. Darius says to the old chubby Hispanic maid. The maid obliged and gave Mrs. Darius her cell phon
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"Yes, Alex would forgive you, my dear, I know that he holds no grudge against you," Mr. Xavier said"I wronged him, big time," Abigail said, she didn't care If someone was inside the car with her or not"Just try apologizing and I believe that he will hear you out, since he likes you” Mr. Kim said"I'm also really sorry, I've been a pain in the ass to Alex and I hope that he would forgive me," James saidThe car was silent and no one said anything until they got to the mansion, Mr. Kim drove all of them to The king’s palace . Alex was already at home, he was in his room working on something importantHis eyes were fixed on his laptop when he heard a knock on his door"Come in," He said,"Young Master Alex, your grandfather is here to see you," Hannah said"Ok," Alex said as he suspended everything that he was doing and stood up to follow Hannah. As Alex climb down the stairs, he spotted two familiar faces, the faces of the people that distaste him and showed him nothing but hate"What
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Alex paced in his room, he didn't like whenever the Darius family was mentioned anymore. To Alex, he felt like not everyone deserved love and the Darius family was one of them."You get what you give" Alex's mother would always say, the words of his mother were like guidelines to AlexHe tried to shift his thoughts away from them and focus on more important things. Alex picked up his phone and dialed Hailey's number"Hey," Hailey said as soon as she answered the call"Hello, can we meet," Alex said"Yeah, yeah, I want us to clear something up," Hailey said"Ok, I would also love to talk to you" Alex responded. "Ok, let's meet at the restaurant close to your street then" Hailey suggested "I'm close by because of the movie I'm acting so we just rounded up for today" Hailey added"Ok, that would be nice, I'd be there in 10 minutes," Alex said "Ok," Hailey said before she hung up the call. For the past few days, she has thought a lot about Alex, her life wasn't like a princess Barbie b
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"I suspect that Mrs. Darius didn't keep to her part of the deal, maybe she tried to act smart and kill the man," Mr. Kim said"You are right" Alex agreed"But we can never be too sure" He added. They got to the airport early, but Lee was not there with them, he decided to go and visit his mother with the time he has has before something else takes his time. Mr. Kim and Alex got out of the car and waited patiently for Mr. Xavier. Alex couldn't wait to see him, they were all happy that he was finally coming homeMeanwhile, Mr. Xavier came out of the plane and used his eyes to scan around for his lovely grandson and Mr. Kim."Grandpa," Alex said as soon as he sighted Mr. Xavier, with a smile on his face he rushed to meet Mr. Xavier"How have you been, Grandpa," Alex asked"I've been great, what about you," Mr. Xavier asked"I'm fine Grandpa," Alex said"Welcome back home sir," Mr. Kim said"Thank you, Kim, I can see that you took good care of my boy," Mr. Xavier said and laughed"I'm no
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James drove to the Xavier's estate straight, his car finally came to a stop in front of the Darius quarter in Mr. Xavier's estateHe came out of the car and briskly walked into the house where he saw Abigail crying on the floor.Abigail didn't know when James walked into the house, she was weeping as she didn't know what had happen to them after the news."What happened," James asked as soon as he got close to Abigail, Abigail raised her head and turned to face her brother"Mother was arrested because of the tanker accident, James," Abigail said"Since yesterday I noticed her off behavior, she acting weird and I don't know what happened" Abigail added"What do you mean by she has been acting weird," James asked"I heard her the other day when she said that she is doing all these for our future and she wouldn't let us find out about anything," Abigail said"What does she mean," James asked"I don't know and that's what I tried to find out when I was listening to what she saying the oth
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"Ok" Sophie replied"Take good care of yourself" She added"Ok Mom, bye" Lee added before he hung up the call, he loved both his parents but not seeing them together was disheartening. Lee got to the company at exactly noon and he briskly walked into the building, he wanted to help Linda finish her work but of course, he couldn't do it alone so he needs a little helpAs he got to the seventh floor, he saw his father on Linda's desk"Hey Dad, what are you doing," Lee asked"I'm helping the girl sort things out," Mr. Kim said and a smile appeared on Lee's face, "Call me if you need any help," Lee said"I'm already done," Mr. Kim said"What?" Lee said"She finished all the difficult parts before leaving so the rest was just minor work," Mr. Kim said"Oh," Lee said, they both walked into Alex's office"It's almost time," Alex said immediately after he saw them"We will soon find out the truth," Lee said, and just then, Alex's phone began to ring, it was the same number that called him ye
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"How then do I buy my clothes," Linda asked as she glared at Lisa, and Lee couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction"I'm sorry if I annoyed you" Lisa apologized"It's just that I haven't been to a mall as big as this" Linda said, Lee stared at her for a few seconds before looking away"These are the latest collection in the market," Lisa said as she brought out some pair of shoes, heels, and a lot more"Pick as much as you want," Lee said and Linda was puzzled, these were very expensive and three shoes could be her salary for a month"But they look very expensive," Linda said"Not as expensive as you are and Alex wants you to get the best it's a way of appreciating all that you did and how you supported him, you were a good secretary and staff," Lee said with a smile. Linda turned away from him and kept her eyes on the shoes, she picked a black heel, it was very expensive as she could see the prize tag so she decided to only pick that shoe, she had eyes for another red heel but she
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“but the work will be much when I resume tomorrow" Linda said stating her worries"Don't worry about it, don't you know your boss, you will come back refreshed and start from that day" Lee said with a smile. "Ok" Linda hesitated a bit before agreeing"You wouldn't be able to decline anyway because it was an order," Lee said and Linda chuckled. Then followed him to the elevator, he could see that she was weak and her skin looked paleLee held her hand to support her so that she wouldn't fall. They got out of the elevator as soon as they got to the first floor, "oh my gosh" A staff said, when Lee entered the company, they opened their mouth in admiration and right now they saw him leave the hall holding hands with Linda"That Bitch, I don't expect less, who knows maybe she has an affair with Mr. Alexander just so she can get one of his rich friends," Another staff said"Stop being jealous, has she not been a supportive staff unlike us," Another staff said, she couldn't comprehend why t
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Alex walked into the bathroom after undressing, he had a quick shower and got dressed in his nightwear. Alex fell on the bed and as soon as his body hit the soft bed he fell asleep.The next day, he woke up early and got ready for work quickly. To Alex, today is going to be very eventful, he was able to give the company back its good name and today he was going to find out who caused the tanker accident, his grandfather was also coming back today.He wore his wristwatch and hurried out of his room, he briskly walked to the sitting room where he saw Mr. Kim sitting on the chair"Good morning, young master Alex" Mr. Kim greeted"Good morning young master Alex" Hannah also greeted"Good morning," Alex said with a smile on his face"Let's go," Alex said to Mr. Kim said"Young Master, won't you eat first before you go," Hannah asked"You didn't eat dinner yesterday" Hannah added"No I'm fine" Alex replied"Young Master, please eat a little, you can't go to bed with an empty stomach and sti
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Abigail watched her run up the stairs, she hasn't seen her mother like this before and it hurts her deeply to see her mother like that"What's wrong?" She thought as she stood up from her seat and trailed behind her mother. Abigail saw the news and she couldn't expect something like that to make her mother feel this way"Mom," she called as she ran upstairs, before she got there, Mrs. Darius has already locked the door so she couldn't open it"Can you please open the door?" She said as she hit her hand on the door, she continued banging it but there was no reply, no words, no sobs"What's wrong," Abigail said and she was about to hit the door again, the door flew open"What is the problem, sweetie," Mrs. Darius asked and forced a smile on her face, although Mrs. Darius used a face mask on her face so that Abigail wouldn't notice any swollen cheeks or red eyes but Abigail saw her eyes, it was swollen and red"You've been crying mom, what's wrong," Abigail asked"Nothing, just somethin
