I hope Cade's plan works. Gale doesn't deserve to die.
Cade waited until he saw a van driving out of the side of the building with men who were on their way to meet him at the place where he was supposed to meet him at the place they told him to drop off the money. He had the money with him hidden somewhere close by as a plan B, so if his rescue plan failed, he would use the money to try and pay them off to set him and Gale free. The van had passed through a hidden road in another direction that Cade guessed led to the highway. From the highway, no one would ever know that the road exists which was why his cab driver couldn’t drive into the forest. He waited for a few minutes to be sure that they had gone before getting up from his hidden position. He was about to storm into the house with his men when he saw another car driving towards the house from the same road so he signalled his men to wait and watch. He was surprised to see Alex get down from the car. His surprise wasn’t because Alex was involved in the kidnapping, he had already g
The incident of Gale's kidnap made Cade double him and Gale's security. He hired new bodyguards for Gale by himself, while he retained the old bodyguards he had for himself, and recruited new ones in addition to the bodyguards he had. The bruises he got from the rescue operation took a while to heal. Gale had been taken to a hospital and was admitted for about a week because he was extremely dehydrated. But he resumed working after three weeks of mandatory house arrest given to him by Cade. If it was up to Gale, the man would have resumed work immediately after being discharged from the hospital because Gale wasn’t used to being idle. Cade had to force him to remain at home and recuperate. Gale was well rested now, and had recovered from the incident. He was also more careful now, and would go nowhere without his bodyguards. One could tell that Gale had not totally recovered from the incident, mentally. But with time, he told himself he would. He didn’t want to live in fear for his e
Cade was exasperated. How did Hailey find her way to his company? Of course he knew that this was the famous Milton Conglomerate, anyone could easily locate it because of its fame. Hailey probably found out he was the CEO from the live footage of the inauguration event that was aired on the news channel and social media platforms. But what he could not come to understand was how Hailey still managed to be audacious and bold enough to come show herself to him in his office. After all she and her mother did to him? He was even more rattled by her attempt to seduce him. He knew quite all right that she was a pretty woman, and from what he had just seen some minutes ago, she had an incredibly beautiful body. But what was that? He did not need to see that, did not ever think of seeing her naked or even wanted to see her naked after she humiliated him when he was Dennis. Did she have no shame? He could guess that her mother put her to it. Yes, he decided, her mother was the perpetrator of
Hailey was back in her home, and already making a new plan on going back to Cade. She was more than humiliated by how he asked her out of his office, but stronger than that humiliation was her determination to get him to come around. It would either be by choice or by force. Whichever he chose, she was going to roll with it. When she left for her city the next day after what had transpired in Cade's office, she arrived home and told her mother all that happened. That was when she broke the news of her abortion to her mother. "Dennis asked you to leave his office?" Mrs Bellwether asked her daughter. She was surprised at this news. But it was an unreasonable surprise because she had not been expecting Cade, whom they would not stop referring to as Dennis, to act harshly to Hailey. "Yes! Could you believe I stripped naked for him, mom? I stripped naked in the sexiest way I could muster for him, and he still had the guts to kick me out of his office." They were seated facing each othe
Hailey’s mother smiled. Hailey was very confident in her new secret plan. She had already started to put it all together in her mind. "Dinner would be ready soon. The Cook was already almost done before you got back. Go up and have a bath, then come downstairs and we’ll eat together. Also, I haven't heard from your uncle since the last time. His numbers are also unavailable. Hopefully he's still alive wherever he is." Mrs Bellwether said and left Hailey to freshen up. Hailey found her mother's last words funny, and so she laughed. Why would her mother care what happened to them? They left without even saying goodbye. She only wondered where her uncle Barnes and cousin Derek had run off to. Days passed and turned into weeks. Hailey unblocked Evans' number but she rarely took his calls. Even when he tried to visit, she hardly ever allowed him into her house. She was pretending to be depressed so he would feel more compassionate and guilty and try all his best to appease her. It was o
Evan always made efforts to please Hailey. He would do whatever she asked, if that would make her happy. But this was not just something that would please her, it was something that would be of benefit to him as well. He ruminated over the suggestion days after Hailey had told him, and came to a decision after he had considered the pros and cons of having to partner with the famous and extraordinarily rich company. It would give more visibility to his own company. They had been looking for ways to reach their target customers, and although they did all they knew would make their company more visible to target customers near and beyond, Evan did not think he was satisfied with the results they had gotten so far. The visibility was a pro. The con however, was that they may lose some customers to the Milton Conglomerate. But when Evan made his calculations, he could also foresee Milton Conglomerate adding more customers to his own company. Also, the kinds of customers that would come wit
Evan honoured his invitation. He took Hailey alongside because she insisted on coming along since the idea was hers in the first place. Even without saying that, she knew he would take her with him for goodluck. It was all a part of her plan. He had already bought her a new car and taken her on a shopping spree, a spar session and had gotten her other gifts. He was also really more loving to her now that her suggestion was taking the progressive side. So, when he told Hailey that the CEO of the Milton Conglomerate requested an audience with him, she asked to go with him, and because he was very pleased with her, he agreed to let her go. Evan wrote to Cade, informing him of his arrival to the city, and his subsequent intention of visiting the company for the meeting they were to have. Cade replied to him, and an appointment mail was sent to Evan along with a virtual visitor’s pass. Evan didn’t tell Cade that he was coming along with someone else because he didn’t think it was necessar
Cade decided it was time to carry out his second important meeting of the day. He had stalled it for far too long, and now he was determined to get it over with. He had been avoiding speaking to his father; the father and son had not spoken to each other since Cade's arrival. He had his questions ready, had his mind made up and ready for whatever outcome talking to his father would bring. It would either be fruitful or just a waste of time. Whatever it was, Cade was ready for it today and finally decided to go over to his father's house after much procrastination. Whether or not he met with Alex and Cassandra did not matter to him. He would outrightly ignore them and proceed with his mission. The walls had also been repainted. The outside looked like it had been redone. He could guess that his father did some renovation on the house. He got down from his car and went to the front door after being searched by the security at the gate. He rang the doorbell and waited for an answer. No
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,