They saw Blakely walk in wearing a navy blue suit and shining black shoe, holding a small gift bag in his hand.He had spent his last fortune on this gift, his clothes and shoes just to make a good impression on Grandma Jones.He knew that he had to succeed today or he’d be ruined.Blakely walked confidently unto Grandma Jones and gave her the gift he bought for her placing a kiss on her cheeks,“Happy birthday, Grandma Jones. I wish you health, wealth and happiness. I’m sorry that I’m a little late, the express way was backed up with traffic. Please forgive me.”Grandma Jones knew that Blakely had always been interested in Lily.If only she had met him first few years before he met Kevin.“Oh! I understand… I know you have a busy schedule and it’s very considerate of you to come to my birthday party.”Blakely smiled and looked towards Lily,“Actually, I’m not just here for your birthday. There’s something else.”He paused for a moment,“Grandma Jones, I want to ask for your blessings
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONEEveryone stood there and shot glances.As Kevin walked through the door, Drake shouted“Stop him! Don’t let him leave!”But no one moved.They all wanted Kevin to leave and for this horrible scene to be over.Drake saw that no one was helping and ran over to grab Kevin by the shoulder.“Didn’t you hear what I just said? You can’t leave!”Right there, a white van stopped abruptly right in front of the restaurant’s entrance.Then, multiple powerfully built men jumped out of the van holding baseball bats in their hands.It looked like the party was about to get even worse.Drake was relieved to see his friends who came with his top bodyguards.“Lorenzo! Thanks for getting here so fast.”Lorenzo gave Drake a slight nod,“What’s going on Drake?”He pointed at Kevin and said, “Lorenzo, this is the piece of crap I told you about.”One of the Jones family members recognized Drake’s friend. “Lorenzo? That’s one of the toughest criminals in the city!”“Wow!” Someone else said
Drake was impatient and wanted to take a swing at Kevin again.But just before his fist came in contact with Kevin’s face, Lorenzo grabbed Drake and threw him to the ground.Then he picked him up by his tie and slapped him in the face.“What kind of mess have you gotten me into?”Lorenzo kept cursing while he slapped Drake over and over.“But Lorenzo, what did I do wrong?”Drake asked holding back the pain.“You really screwed up this time.” Lorenzo spat on the floorThen he turned to the men who came with him, “Finish him off!”The men came to Drake and dragged him out of the restaurant.Grandma Jones was perplexed to see that was happening to her favorite grandson.She looked over the other family members for helpA few of them started to move hesitantly to Drake, they weren’t sure what they could do but they knew they just had to obey grandma Jones.But, they stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Lorenzo pull out a knife out of his jacket and say,“If any one tries to help him
Grandma Jones tried to shift Eliana’s attention from the whispers she was hearing,“I’m sorry that I couldn’t welcome you at the door, President Wright.”She said sweetly.Eliana searched the room with her eyes and then shocked them all by asking,“Mrs. Jones, is Kevin here today?”“I’m sorry, President Wright but Kevin isn’t here at the moment.”The disappoint was visible on Grandma Jones’s face.“Since Kevin isn’t here, I won’t take much of your time.”Eliana motioned for one of her bodyguards to place a beautifully wrapped gift box on the table.“This is a small token from me. Happy birthday.”After saying this, Eliana turned around and left.Drake’s face fell.He wasn’t the only one in the room who was shocked.Why were all of these rich powerful people looking for Kevin?What the hell was going on?“Someone should go and get Kevin and bring him back here!”Grandma Jones barked at her family.Lily reacted first and immediately rushed out of the room, Blakely followed closely behin
An hour later…Blakely parked outside an enormous house and brought out a rope to tie both Martha and Lily up before bringing them inside.“Help! Someone come quickly!”Martha shouted but to no avail as Blakely threw them into a black room.Hours later, Blakely returned to the room and looked at Martha and Lily who were tied to a wooden chair on the floor, screaming for help.Blakely was drying his hair with a towel as he walked into the room,“You really have to save your strengths! Even if you scream until you’re hoarse, no one will hear you.”“Blakely, let us go this instant! You’ll never get away with this.”Martha was in a panic.She couldn’t believe that the man whom she thought would make a perfect son-in-law would actually do something like this.“Shut the hell up!” Blakely yelled angrily.Then he grabbed Martha’s hair and said,“I am ruined! After all these years of hard work, I’ve got nothing left.”Lily was completely stunned to hear this“What!?” She said,“Didn’t you buy
Meanwhile, outside Blakely’s house, the police had already told the Jones family what was going on.The officer in charge of the scene was named Helene.She was wearing a typical police uniform but the one with the four stars.Grandma Jones showed up with the older members of the family, the ones who made most of the big decisions.“Officer Helene, how is the situation now?”The jones family had been sitting in the living room admiring the gifts Mr. Collins and President Eliana had given to grandma.They were trying to recover from the horrible fight at the restaurant and hoped that the day could get a little better.That was when they got a call from officer Helene.Grandma’s party was definitely over for this year.Helene answered directly in typical police style,“There is a man named Kevin Williams who is currently speaking with the kidnapper identified as Blakely. We will give you an update as soon as possible, ma’am”Grandma Jones was overwhelmed by the situation.She pressed fo
Kevin and Blakely were still in the dark room.Blakely mocked Kevin because the Jones family left him to die but Kevin didn’t care about his mocks or even the Jones family.He looked to Blakely and said,“Aren’t you curious to know why the Williams family withdrew all the funds that were invested in your project?”“How did you know that!?”Blakely asked.Blakely had never told anyone that he was fired at the Williams media and almost no one knew that they pulled out.Even Martha and Lily only found out when he told them about it a little while ago.But how did Kevin know so much about his business.Blakely smirked and asked him,“Did someone at Williams Media tell you that? Did someone? I bet you don’t even know anybody there.”Blakely was pissed and his hands shook a little as he took this information in.Meanwhile, outside the house, the police that was with the satellite suddenly ran up to officer Helene.The concern shown in his voice as he gave her the update,“Ma’am, according t
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN A little while later…Collins Coke was in his office at the Whitefield hotelLorenzo was standing apologetically in front of KevinHe bowed his head and looked at his feet, then Collins Coke spoke first,“I hope you can forgive me Mr. Williams. It’s my fault that Lorenzo offended you.”Then he walked over to Lorenzo and gave him a patronizing pat on the cheek.“What do you have to say for yourself, Lorenzo.”“Mr. Williams, I had no idea who you were but I know now… please let me go and I’ll do anything you want me to.”Lorenzo was actually trembling with fears.Kevin thought for a while and felt that Lorenzo amused him,“Sure! I’ll let you go but I’ll just ask for one thing in return. You are going to keep an eye on Drake Jones from now on.”“Thank you, sir.”Lorenzo was grateful but Kevin didn’t say anything more to him.He didn’t even bother to look him.Then he looked over at Collins and said,“Thanks for setting this little get together but I have something u