Chapter 13 Lorraine eyes were shut tightly embracing the pain of the man’s strong grip squeezing her shoulder. She made a move, trying to get out of his hold but he only strengthened his curb on her instead of releasing her or letting her go. Opening back her eyes, a new courage from nowhere clothed Lorraine’s expression as she shot a kick up in between Richard’s thigh. He moved back at once grabbing his crotch as he bent down in pain. Lorraine took the initiative in moving closer and sending two more punches to his spine, before curving her elbow and touching her attack up, she bent close to him, her head above his ear. “Stay away from me.” She whispered in a threatening dark voice. Standing up and walking away from him. She saw the members of her family gathered around a table and all looking droopy, sitting down with their faces resting on their palm. She knew at once that their night isn’t going according to their plan. Lorraine wanted to go up to them, asked them what went w
Chapter 14 Avon arrived back at his mansion, late already to the ongoing party. The once crowded mansion already scanty. The cars parked out in his compound all gone. That was his plan, until he finish his mission of killing those that killed his family. No one will know what he looks like, no one will be able to recognize him. He got down from the car, arranging immediately for the lady he brought home with her to be settled down and taken care of. Passing through the foyer he saw Lorraine sitting down on the couch hugging herself with her head rested on the couch’s headboard. He immediately went to her, getting to her he met her already asleep, her hand clinging tightly to her purse, and her face laying up with her eyes closed. He stared at her beautiful features with admiration, a smile appearing on his lips as he appreciated her ethereal physiques. After awhile he bent down, proceeding into carrying her up and scooping her in his arms, in bridal style. The process jerking Lo
Chapter 15 Back at the Hales’s Villa, the same night. Everyone was at the sitting room, discussing about the party’s outcome, with Grandfather Lennox present and listening to them narrate their situation to him. “So all of them wanted Lorraine in exchange for a deal with them right?” Lennox asked, in conclusion to all they’ve been saying. “Yes,” Vance nodded his head positively, answering for them all. Lennox went quiet, his index lifting up to his chin as he drown himself in his thought, trying to think of a way to solve all this. There’s no way Lorraine could possible get married to four families, so he has to think of another way to get them with him.Oscar and Royce exchanged glances, before Oscar decided to speak up, “We developed an idea,” he said, having Lennox’s attention with his gaze snapped at him. “We know pretty well that Lorraine isn’t ready to divorce Avon, that no matter how we try to convince her she’s never going to listen or leave him. However, she can dance t
Chapter 16 Charlotte Allen Hales, she was just twenty years old then when she met Jason Hales, the actual deceased first born of the Hales family. They fell in love so quickly it wasn’t long they got together, it was two years after their marriage when they both welcomed Lorraine, and three more years later she discovered her husband was suffering from blood cancer, it has gotten to the last stage and he couldn’t be saved and so he lost his life battling it. Since then her value to the family was shortened and ignored, she was once treated like a queen, like an egg, but ever since Jason died and Lorraine was officially hated by all, she was treated differently. She tried to gain back their love, playing to all their tunes, hating her own daughter and treating her the same way the whole family treated her, joining the family business and doing everything in her small power to make it grow, but still she wasn’t noticed like before, she was still shunned. But when her daughter return
Chapter 17Avon was speechless, his face doused in shock, wondering how an earthly human being could go through all this and still be alive. Avon couldn’t reply her question, after listening to her life story rather than an explanation, he was too shocked to speak. That was too traumatic. He knew that.“I need to go.” She said after much silence, gently getting up from the bed and sliding her feet into the laying slippers. “No!” Avon stood up also, standing in front of her. “I will take you in, I will protect you from him and make sure he get what he deserves for what he did to you. You’ll stay with me from now on, I will help you if only you want my help. I won’t force you, but I will let you know that dying isn’t the option now that you met me.” Avon said to her, sounding as much as assuring he could sound. “Can you tell me your name?” Avon requested. “I’m Kory, Kory Anders.” She answered, in a mild tone while sitting back down. “I promise you Kory, you’ll have a good life now
Chapter 18 Everyone gazed at Charlotte with their faces curtained with shock, this was unlike Charlotte, Infact this wasn’t Charlotte at all. They’ve never seen her this sassy or arch in nature.“What got into you this morning?” Lennox questioned, disbelief edging out on his voice, and his eyes clouded with amusement. “She looks different.” Oscar said also, looking at Charlotte with the same eyes. “She is different and nothing got into me, except the real me finally surfacing.” Charlotte replied them in a nonchalant manner, her gaze focused on her meal rather than them. “Oh and grandpa!” She called suddenly, looking up at Lennox. Lennox answered, looking at her with the face that says “Go on with what you have to say”, “The three of them are planning to kill Avon behind your back, they believe doing that will make you praise them.” She said, smiling at the end of her statement, and returning her gaze back to her meal. Not caring to see the reactions of those she had just spilled
Chapter 19 At The Noble House. Avon’s Villa, in his office. Avon was in his office with his attention buried in the computer he was operating, there were major informations about his mission sent to him. His eyes squinted, reading through the files sent to him via computer mail. The Wilsons family were the one who ordered for his family to be taken out, and now the deeper facts and reason behind it were getting clear and registered in his brain. William Barksdale was the general CEO and original founder of the most successful conglomerate company in EastHill, his co-founders included Frank Wilsons, Thomas Stones, Valerie Jones, Sarah Wades, and Raymond Parkers. Those were his co-founders and all having a high position in the company. However, William was the most successful out of all, apart from his share on a successful company, he had groomed two more successful companies in EastHill. All that done and archived made everyone envious of him. Especially Frank who was William’s
Chapter 20 At the Hales’s mansion. At the backyard. There on the bench was the three surviving healthy males of the Hales family, seated and having a private discussion that needed no fourth ear on it. “He fired those that were suppose to carry the plan out.” Vance, out of them said in a lamenting tone, his face dropping in exhaustion as he gaped droopily at the rest.“Yes but we must not give up, we won’t be killing that Avon now because he not only refuse to stay away from our daughter, but because his existence ridiculed us today in front of grandpa, and that Charlotte had the gut to disrespect us because of him. They all would lose him for that.” Oscar toned out in a cold voice, gazing at the sunny sky with emotionless eyes as he speak.“Then what are we going to do then? A new plan that nobody knows about and would be easier in executing?” Royce asked, facing Oscar who had spoke with deep hound diddling over his thought. A sinister smirk shot up his face as he teared his gaz