Gale and Clint got ready for their work in the country the next morning. Gale had to wear a disguise, a different colour wig, different eye colour contacts, with glasses and a moustache. He even trimmed off his beard. Clint was going as his usual self because no one would associate him with the Milton Conglomerate. Originally, Clint was supposed to go alone for this but it might seem weird if he’s moving around a new country without bodyguards, when the company he was faking as the CEO was a bit successful.And so they got ready that morning and headed to the location where their rival company was located after booking an appointment via email. The men ordered room service and ate in their rooms. They ordered their rides too before coming out of their rooms. The ride arrived just after they had finished their breakfast. The ping of Gale's phone let them know this."Please take us to Princes Ave," Gale told the cab driver when they got in the car. "Princes Ave?" The driver asked. "Ye
"It's nameless." "Why? Don't you want people to know your business? Don’t you advertise or something? How do you get clients?" Clint asked with a perplexed look."We are devoted to our client’s privacy, that's why there is no logo. The hotel is called NAMELESS. And we don’t need to advertise. We get new clients by recommendation." The receptionist said proudly and Clint shook his head."Do you have any idea where these men, I mean the founders of the fake company, might be?" "No, no. I don't think they are or were physical either. Their businesses were mostly online, on their website.""It was on their website that I found this address and the email I used to book the appointment." Gale said. "Are you serious? My hotel's address is on those bastards' website?" The receptionist fumed."We will leave now. Thank you for the information," Gale said to the angry man who did not say a word back to them. He was too angry about his hotel's address on the wrong website to want to bid anyone
Rafael set to work the very minute after he confirmed the e-mail from Gale. He was known to be efficient and punctual in his job in the technology department. And now that he got a call directly from a member of the board to work on something, he would be as fast as he could get so as to make an impression on the higher powers of the Milton Conglomerate. It was an easy task to do, nothing he hadn’t done before. Long before Rafael even thought of working for someone, he was a tech guy with the school of thought that he would not work under any firm. Then, he did his own work and made his own money. But his own work was not noble work. He hacked into systems for a living. He did this at the prime of his career and was living the life, the peak life. Until one day when he hacked into a system with strong enough security to know who hacked into the system. Rafael did not know before this mission that he was heading in the wrong direction. So, he went ahead and hacked into a bank's system
Clint was more than shocked. He turned around to see where the gun shot had come from. He saw that it was the receptionist at the hotel, who now stood naked in front of the hotel, and from the looks of it, Clint could tell that he had a smirk plastered to his face. Why would the receptionist shoot Gale? He did not even know who they were! Clint's mind raced with thoughts in those few seconds that he turned to look at the receptionist who shot Gale, before turning around to his friend again, who was now crying in pain. “Stay away from here and stop asking too many questions.” The receptionist yelled and went back inside."Gale? Gale are you okay?" Clint asked. "No, no. No, I'm not. I was just shot on the arm. We have to call Cade, we have to let him know of this.""We will do that when you are in a hospital." Clint said and made to carry his friend, but that was cut short by another action which sent him falling on his face. His head was hit from behind and the last thing he remember
Days later, Cade received the funniest news he had heard in a while. The Bellwethers had been granted bail from the prison cell. It made him laugh because he knew that they had no one to get them out of the cell. But they had come out. Cade suspected that it was Barnes' doing. He figured out that they might have called him to come to their rescue and he had answered them now that he was apparently no longer in hiding. He knew the Bellwethers so much, so he knew that if they were out of the prison, then they would be up with a plan to escape from the country, so he did what he knew how to do. He went over to the apartment they had rented to wait for them. Finding them had been easy for his security team and he was right. They had indeed been planning to run away, because he met the mother and daughter mid step in the compound with their luggages. He had come without many guards, just one team parked close by but still far enough to not alert them of anything suspicious. He did not wan
Gale was beginning to recover. His recovery took days and he hated it. He wanted to be up and about, helping to catch the criminals that dare come against the Milton Conglomerate. He heard from Clint what Cade said about finding the owner of the Nobles Groups of Companies. He wondered how Cade found the man that easily and even arrested him. Gale had figured out from the man's rambling that day that he was the owner of the Nobles' Companies and he had planned to inform Cade of the development by himself and help him, but here he was, stuck in the hospital. Cade could no longer come to visit Gale while he was in the hospital because he got very busy with all the matters at hand but Gale didn’t hold a grudge against Cade. He knew how busy his boss was. Besides, Cade called everyday and insisted on speaking to Gale through video call to see with his own eyes that Gale was alive and recovering. When Gale had finally recovered enough to be discharged, he and Clint began planning their dep
Cade put Derek in the same cell as his family members. Putting them in the same place was strategic. He wanted them to bicker, blame themselves and maybe even try to kill each other. While arguing, they were more likely to spill more secrets about their actions and that would serve as more evidence against them. If they tried to actually kill each other, they would be charged for violence by the officers. But first, he was going to take Barnes to the board room for a meeting before sending the matter to court. He would have Barnes tell the board members why he fabricated a lawsuit so just in case there was any of them who still doubted his innocence, it would be reaffirmed. He knew that some of them were still finding a way to get him out as CEO of the company because they felt he was too young to lead them when they had more age and experience.Cade dismissed Gale and Clint from their duties, giving each a week off from work for their services in finding the owners of the Nobles' Com
Cade took Barnes along to work. Soon, they got to the company. Cade's driver opened the door for the two men and they got down. It was evident in his face, how awestruck Barnes was by the magnificent building that laid out in front of him. So this was the Milton Conglomerate? It looked like the building would come falling on his face when he looked up at the height and expanse of the building. He quickly composed himself, however, to avoid giving Cade the satisfaction of his admiration. He had only seen the building on television, seeing it face to face was intimidating to Barnes because though his father had been a millionaire, he had never enjoyed this level of wealth. He was jealous of Cade’s wealth and felt like Cade owed them for taking him in when he lost his memory. That excuse made him justify all he was doing. Cade on his part had seen Barnes' unhidden surprise before he could even cover it up. This made him swell with pride within himself to see one of the people who had bel
When they all returned back home, Cade and Raegan had a room prepared for Rosa. This was done to subtly convince Carlson to move in with them. They didn’t even have to convince him to move in, he willingly moved in from the dorm to their mansion to be closer to his mother. William was the only one who wasn’t happy with the arrangement. He hated that there were strangers moving into his home. He refused to talk to Rosa no matter how many times she tried to be nice to him. He never spoke to Carlson, and he was also antagonistic towards his parents. Before Carlson resumed school the next monday, Cade and Ragen made a public announcement to tell the world that they had finally found their long lost son, Noah Milton. The news became viral immediately. The board members already knew Carlson through his hard work during his period of internship. They were shocked to learn that he was the true heir of the Milton Conglomerate but they were also happy that they had finally found someone worth
Carlson was a bit self conscious when Cade and Raegan came to pick him up from his dorm room at school. They didn’t even wait for him outside, they walked directly to his door to pick him up. Everyone in school who Cade and Raegan were, the college belonged to the Milton family after all. But they were shocked or confused why the owners of the school came to pick Carlson up. The people staying on campus began to share the news on the school blog and speculations began to fly around. Some said Carlson was in trouble which was why the owners came and maybe he was going to be expelled. Some said it was because of the internship. No one would have ever guessed the real reason was because he was also a Milton.Hewas even more shocked when he realised that they would be travelling with a private jet. He had never entered one in his life. It slipped his mind that he was travelling with trillionaires, so of course they wouldn’t travel with commercial planes. The insides of the private jet loo
“You sound like they’re going to kidnap me or something.” He chuckled. “I thought you said they would respect my choice.”“Yes, they definitely will. If you decide to stay away from them, they will let you do that, but they will never give up on you because you’re their son. You have no idea how much your disappearance broke them. I wasn’t born during the incident back then, but I’ve witnessed several anniversaries that they held for you. Every year, on the day you were taken, Aunt Regan was always so depressed that my mother always took her out to try and cheer her up. My dad does the same for Uncle Cade. They told me that having William made them gradually stop feeling too much grief. All the love they had for you, they gave it to him. Too bad he turned out to be a selfish brat.” She said and Carlson laughed.“Isn’t he your best friend?”“I’ve officially disowned him after his childish display. How dare he demand they send you away? The next time I see him, I’ll make sure to pull hi
Carlson was still in shock when he returned to his dorm room. He had no idea what to do and for a moment, he began to regret why he told Leighton to stay behind. Maybe if she had come with him, she would be able to keep him company at least even if she wouldn’t have a plan of action. But he had thought he needed to be alone. Now that he got his wish, the silence was just too deafening. He knew he should use the opportunity to call his mother, Rosa and ask of the situation, but he just couldn’t seem to make himself move out of the bed where he was currently lying down.He decided to try and sleep but, sleep was not forthcoming so he called his girlfriend after about an hour of trying to sleep and failing. He didn’t know what to say so he just kept quiet. Leighton was waiting for him to speak but after several seconds, she realised that he may not know what to say because of the emotional state he was in. “Hey.” She said to him.“Hi.”“I know this is a silly question to ask, but I have
“Ley, what’s wrong?” Carlson asked her with a concerned expression. Even her parents turned to her. She was speechless, she just looked at Carlson and tears began to run down her face. She didn’t speak because this announcement was coming from Raegan. But after figuring out the truth, it just made her so emotional. “Leighton, you’re scaring me. Why the sudden tears?” Her mother asked but it was Raegan that spoke. “I’m guessing she understood the point I was trying to make. Since the rest of you are clueless, I will have to spell it out. The Doctor did a DNA test when Carlson turned out to be a perfect match for you.” Now, the point she was passing had begun to sink into their heads. But before any of them could speak, Raegan continued again, this time, finishing it up. "And when the results came out, it showed that Carlson…” Her voice shook as her eyes became teary. “Carlson is our son, Cade. Carlson is Noah.” And as though she had known to arm herself with proof in the case th
Hours and hours later, after the procedure was complete, Cade opened his eyes again. The Doctor allowed only Raegan to go in to see him. When he made an attempt to sneeze, Raegan ran to his side as though to stop whatever pain his sneezing might cause him. He wasn’t strong enough to receive plenty of visitors yet. It was relieving for Raegan, as much as it was quite burdensome, given that she would have to relay the news that she had just found out about Carlson to him sooner or later and it may be too much for him to handle in his current state. Cade went back to sleep and the Doctor took Raegan aside to speak with her.“How is he, Doctor? What are his chances of recovery now?” She asked with a worried expression.“Well, from what we’ve observed, his body received the bone marrow well. We still need to keep him here for a few days to monitor him closely, but from what his results show, there might not even be a need for added chemotherapy. It seems like just the transplant will be en
“How? How is this possible, Doctor?” She asked as she stared at the result in her hands through her teary eyes.“I have no idea. You told me your son was lost so I was really surprised when that boy turned out to be a perfect donor match. I was reluctant to do a DNA test but I knew it was rare to have a stranger that’s unrelated to the family be such a perfect match. And my suspicion was correct. Like I said, if you still doubt it, you can run the DNA test elsewhere to determine it’s authenticity. Mr Carlson is your long lost son.” The Doctor said.“We searched for him for years, and for a while now, he has been right under my nose and I didn’t even know. What kind of mother am I?” She sobbed and the Doctor stood.He went around the table and began to console her.“Don’t blame yourself for that. Just be grateful that somehow, he found his way back to his family. I know the story of his disappearance though it happened many years ago. I was still in Medical school back then when the ne
“Good day everyone.” The doctor smiled grimly. "We have been able to diagnose Mr Milton’s ailment and…”“Wait. Why is he here?” William asked, referring to Carlson. “He’s not family, neither is he related to us in any way. This is confidential information, send him out.”William seemed to have recovered from his shock earlier and of course the first person he would turn his displeasure to was Carlson. “Is that seriously what’s more important to you right now, William?” Leighton asked with a scoff. “Will you ever outgrow your selfish behaviour?”“It’s the right thing to do, but of course you don’t agree. You’ve been blinded just because you’re spreading your legs for him like a …”“Do not complete that statement. Watch your words and tone, especially when speaking to my daughter.” Gale warned sternly.“I want him out of here, now!” William snapped.“And who do you think you are to give such a command?” Leighton asked. “Only Aunty Rae can send anyone out of here, or the Doctor. And for
It was the day of their date. After that night that William tried to make Leighton his girlfriend, he invited her out on an official date and they decided to go on a day when they were both free from internship work. They planned to spend the whole day together and decided that at the end of the day, they would discuss their next action if they would move further and officially enter a relationship or wait for some more time. Their date included going to the city’s museum to see a new artefact that Carlson was interested in. At first, he had been reluctant to add that to their plans because when he dated Jeanne, she was never interested in things like these. She always called them too ‘nerdy’ for her tastes. Jeanne had been more interested in shopping, and cinemas. But surprisingly, after getting the courage to tell her about his fascination with the museum, Leighton had smiled and agreed to go. She told him that when she was younger, her father always took her to museums. Nowadays,