Grey jumped on Charles very fast at the same time that he pulled the trigger. His thought was to take the gun from him before he would pull the trigger but it was too late.When Grey looked down, he saw blood and his eyes went wide with shock. He felt a sharp pain coursing through his body. “No, Charles! Why did you do this?” He yelled and adjusted so that Charles' head would be on his lap. Blood was gushing out of Charles’s chest and his face had suddenly turned pale.“Ambulance!” One of the elders yelled.“I’m sorry, Grey,” Charles muttered. Tears were slipping out of his eyes.Grey held him closer to himself like a baby and images from their childhood flooded in. They were close, very close then but suddenly, they’ve drifted apart. But deep down, Grey loved Charles like a brother would do. “Fuck you, Charles!” Grey yelled at him. “You shouldn't have done this!”Charles shook his head briefly. “I just avenged you,” he swallowed harder and winced in pain. “I’m just sorry it’s not
"What does it mean?" Alex probed in. He doesn't even understand anything as he didn't check anything because he was waiting for Giovanni to arrive. The only thing he was sure of was that Hattie was murdered.Giovanni looked up at him, while his hand crushed the cardboard. "It's Hercules and guess what? The result is out.""Seriously? Is Grey who we have been looking for?"Giovanni nodded briefly. "And I think he's trying to wage war or something. Maybe he's finally ready for direct opposition."Alex went into shock for some minutes which looked like an hour. "What! Grey is Hercules?"Giovanni nodded briefly. "He has been playing with us all these while."Yes, he has, like a chess game.Alex couldn't speak for a moment. It felt like he had the world dropped on him. How could Grey be Hercules? It doesn't even make any sense. It doesn't at first but somehow, it was starting to make sense."Grey was Hercules and he lied that he was dead? But what about the hair? I clearly did a test on it
Aphrodite decided to check Grey's father's tombstone while Jayden went toward Victoria's.Aphrodite kept trying Grey's line on the way but it was never available. It was as if he switched it off intentionally because he didn't want anyone to disturb him.Aphrodite was really worried and she was starting to feel uneasy. Yes, the truth was too much to bear. Nothing was worse than having someone you trust betray you. That aside, Grey would be worried about Charles.If Charles had died, he would have blamed himself forever. But how could they even control the situation? They succeeded in preventing Grey from shooting Leo but that was only the beginning. What would happen in a long way?That aside, what should they do with the fact that Giovanni now knows the secret they've kept for so long?Aphrodite's head hurt so much because of the whole thing but she knew she had to find Grey. Then, the rest would follow.She arrived at the location and hesitated before she got down. She barely took s
“What! What happened?” Alex yelled. “He was shot in the head,” the man explained. Giovanni's teeth clenched in anger. “This is definitely Grey! He’s acting really faster than we expect. Gosh, why didn’t I see this coming?” He mumbled. Alex hit his head in anger. “I told you it was Grey. He was probably the one that took the result,” he looked at his father. “What should we do?” Giovanni went quiet for a moment as he thought about it. “I need to call in Pablo Gotti,” he announced. . Grey didn’t move from his position for over an hour. In fact, it first looked as though he had zoomed out of the world. It was over two hours before Alfred and the rest of the elders arrived at the cemetery. And in fact, there was no one at the cemetery again except for Grey and the caretaker. Aphrodite didn’t move closer until Alfred and the others had arrived. “What! He has been there since you came here?” Alfred was surprised. “He has. He hasn’t turned or stood. I wonder what is really happenin
Alfred and Gregory entered Alfred's car and they barely drove for a few minutes when Alfred's phone rang suddenly.It was one of Alfred's men. Alfred picked it up immediately."Yes, any update as to where Leo is going?""Well, he tried to commit suicide," he revealed.Shock kept Alfred motionless for a moment. "What!" He exclaimed. He was shocked by the word."He tried to jump off the bridge but we stopped him. And we are on our way back home, you can just come home directly," he suggested.Alfred nodded once. "Alright, later then," he hung up and looked at Gregory. "Leo wasn't going to be the spy, apparently. The man just informed me that he wanted to jump off the bridge," he announced.Gregory sighed. " Thank goodness you didn't inform Grey the other time or it would be very difficult to change his mind. He would want to believe Leo is a spy forever."Alfred nodded once. "Do you want me to drop you at home?"."So, what are you going to do?" Aphrodite demanded.Grey looked away and
The light went on suddenly and it illuminated the room. Grey looked at Jane and realized she had her eyes closed. She was scared, Grey sensed.Only Tina was looking at him, her eyes gone gobsmacked. "W_what!" She couldn't bring the words out easily."You look shocked, Jane. But I don't really get what you are shocked about. Is it because I'm still alive or because you didn't expect to meet me here?""Fuck! I saw the car enter the water!" Tina mumbled.It was at this moment that Jane opened her eyes as well. Curiosity got the best of her and the moment her eyes went open, she couldn't stop the shock from knocking her over."What! Grey?"Grey laughed. "Good, I like the look of surprise on your face but that is just the tip of the iceberg. There's more to get you shocked today," he announced."Where are we?" Jane questioned. "Where have you brought us to?" She yelled, angrily. Grey watched her for a moment. "Where does your loyalty lie? Giovanni or Hercules?""What the fuck are you aski
"But_but that's not possible! That can't be! How will you be Hercules?" Jane trembled, her voice sounding unlike her own.Tina looked at Grey, then back at Jane. "Is that even possible? How could they be the same?"The door opened suddenly and Tiana walked inside. "How dare you speak like that to Hercules!' she snapped and slapped Tina across the face."He's really Hercules!" Tina gasped with horror. "Please, don't kill me.""If you are Hercules, then you have heard everything I have done. You've been watching me all these while?"Grey smiled. "I have. I know everything. Now, what I want from you is simple."Jane clenched her teeth in concentration. "What do you want?"Grey regarded the two women for a moment. "You are going to do to Giovanni what you did to me."Jane raised skeptical brows. "And what can that be?"Grey stood up and moved closer to her. He stood at her eye level. "Don't play games with me Jane or you will get hurt, more."Jane swallowed even harder. "You want me to be
Tina yelled out before she collapsed.Jane hurried out almost immediately but stopped suddenly when she saw Tina's corpse on the floor. She gasped, totally scared now."What the fuck!" She exclaimed."That's what would become of you, Jane if you try to mess with me. There will be no mercy," He warned in deep tones that Jane jerked up again.Jane looked really frightened now. Grey smiled softly. He actually loved the look of fear on her face.He moved closer to her. "You will continue to work in SU world and you will still meet with Giovanni and report everything to me. Is that understood?"Jane nodded severally. "I will do everything you want." She voiced out, with a quaver to her voice.Grey regarded her for a moment. "I will get across to you how it's going to be and what you are to tell Giovanni. But know that I will always be watching you," he threatened thickly.Jane nodded briefly. "Alright."He turned to look at Tiana. "Fly her out immediately," and he walked away.Grey entere
Avery woke up with a scream. Her head was still banging but she wasn't in the airport anymore.She held onto her temple for a moment.The door opened suddenly and Emily walked inside.“Avery!” She called, with worries written all over her face. “What happened? Are you alright?”Her eyes were shut tightly. “Headache,” she whispered.Emily rushed out of the room suddenly. She rushed inside almost immediately but was accompanied by some doctors.Avery felt a stab of the syringe and suddenly, the pain started to ebb away.“Avery! Are you alright?”Avery opened her eyes and looked at her mother. “Mom, where is Grey?”Emily hesitated briefly. “What about the headache?” She asked instead.Avery looked at the doctor, ignoring her mother's question. “Grey was brought in here, right? The VP of Protos Pubblicita. Where is he? How is he?”One of the doctors regarded her for a moment, then looked at Emily. “Are they_”“He's my husband!” Avery said quickly. “If he's here, I demand to know how he's
“Grey!” Avery yelled again, in despair and pain.The phone dropped from her hand but she barely noticed.She couldn't believe what she had seen. She was actually thinking of surprising Grey by coming to the airport.But since Grey didn't want to see her, she was going to leave. Just seeing him from afar was enough for her.Avery raced closer. Her heart was pounding madly in her chest. “Grey!” She yelled again and felt the tears slide down her cheeks.Then she saw some images flash across her eyes. She saw herself standing beside a car with Grey.A serious headache hit in and he held onto her head a bit to stop the pain.But it worsened.Avery couldn't move as several images flashed across her eyes. The pain in her head got worse.She yelled, much in sadness than in pain. Grey was slipping off her hands and instead of helping, she could not.But it felt like she was starting to remember everything. She was starting to remember everything about Grey.“You ruined my life!” Avery saw her
Avery didn't believe it, couldn't have imagined it. Grey was a nice person. How could he have treated him badly?She felt a purge of sadness. She closed her eyes for a moment and shed unseen tears.“Sean, I need to meet you alone,” she muttered and walked away.Emily and Benjamin stared at her for a moment, confused.Emily turned to look at Sean. “And what are you doing here?” She yelled at him, anger vivid on her face.Sean looked down in guilt. “I'm so sorry. I really am. That's why I'm here. Please,” he beseeched softly and looked up at her again. “That's why I'm here. I really need everyone's forgiveness. I really hope you can forgive me. I've learned my lesson,” he rushed out with a solemn expression.“You_” Emily started but Benjamin cut in quickly.“It's ok,” Ben muttered. “You should go and see Avery. When you guys are done talking, you should see me before you leave.”Sean bowed slightly, with a slight smile on his face. He hurried towards the direction that Avery had gone.He
Avery couldn't stop thinking about all Grey had told her. She still found it hard to believe. How was she married and they weren't intimate?Does it mean she forced him to marry her? But then she wondered why she would do such a thing.She took her phone and placed a call to Sean.He picked it up immediately. “Hi, sister.”“I'm on the way home. So, come over. I won’t wait too much for you,” she finished and hung up immediately.The car pulled into the garage and Avery got down before the engine of the car would even stop.She walked inside the living room.“Ben, have you_” Emily started but stopped suddenly when she saw Avery. Her eyes widened with shock. “Avery!” Joy exploded in her eyes.Avery managed a smile and met her mother midway. They hugged.“Where have you been all these while? Why did you decide to stay away from us all this while?” She sobbed quietly.“I'm sorry,” Avery responded and pulled back to look at her mother fully. “I just need to get myself back. Besides, there a
Avery stood in front of the mirror, with two dresses. She was indecisive about the one to wear. She just freshened up and the only thing she could think of was to go back to the hospital because of Grey.She just wanted to be with him. She didn't want to think of anything else.She eventually decided on the black one, deciding it was a bad idea to be overly dressed when she was in fact going to the hospital.She dabbed some perfumes on herself and eventually walked out of the house. She got inside the car and drove right to a restaurant nearby.She thought of getting Hercules some cakes. Her phone rang suddenly as she walked back to the car. She hesitated briefly, as she took a while to find her. The phone had stopped ringing when she finally found it.She was about to check the caller ID when the phone started ringing again. It was an unknown caller.She hesitated again and contemplated on whether to pick it up or not.She eventually decided to.“Hello?”“Hello, sis!” A familiar de
Charles looked at Grey, still shocked. “Don't tell me you will team up with this good-for-nothing guy? You know he's not to be trusted!”Grey nodded once and looked at him. “I know but you do trust me, right? Just trust me.”Charles regarded him for a moment and slowly released a sigh. “Alright then.”Grey looked at Dylan. “But this teamwork will not work if we don't have the evidence we can pin Giovanni down with,” he explained.“Well, Giovanni is supposed to die, and not be jailed for killing your father.”“Well, I won't need the evidence after Giovanni dies. So, this deal will be useless for me. Besides, Giovanni will not live after killing my father. Don't think I plan on sparing his life.”Dylan laughed. “I like that! I sincerely do!” He muttered, dipped his hand into his pocket, and pulled out a phone. “It's here, everything on the watch,” he revealed, placed it on the bed beside Grey, and smiled slightly. “I will be in Jacksonville soon. We will talk then,” he finished, got up,
“Well, let him come,” Grey decided and looked at Avery. “I'm done with the food. Thank you, I really appreciate it,” he said with a smile.Avery nodded once and packed the lunch boxes. “I will leave then so that you and Dylan can speak.”Grey nodded. “Alright. Take care of yourself.”Avery smiled slightly and walked out eventually.Charles turned to Grey. “I will kill him today if he tries to act sneaky!” He swore.Grey smiled slightly. “Just calm down and let's hear him first.”Charles groaned inwardly and pulled a chair for himself to sit. “I'm seriously going to kill him!” He promised.Grey laughed and his phone made a beep. It was a message from Avery. He read through and looked at Charles.“Dylan is here,” he announced.Charles nodded several times as if it was taking every ounce of his strength to keep calm.A soft knock sounded on the door. The door opened almost immediately and Dylan pushed his head inside, a wide smile on his face.“Hi everyone!” He said with sarcasm.“You be
“Are you sure?” Grey nodded once, with a soft smile. “Yes, I am. I will handle him. So, you just stay calm,” he responded and dialed Charles's number.Avery nodded once. “I will call him back then.”Grey nodded again. “But tell him I would like to choose the venue. If he's not agreeing with that, then I won't see him,” he muttered and looked at the phone screen only to discover Charles had picked it up.“Hi Charles,” he said into the receiver and relaxed back on the bed.“Grey, where have you been?”“Well,” he smiled softly. He would have never thought he was going to get so sick. He hadn't gotten so sick in a long time that it felt like he was immortal, immune.“I got sick Charles. In fact, I'm currently at the hospital.”“Damn! Send me the address. I will be there now,” he assured and the line went off.Grey looked at Avery and caught her staring. He smiled. “What did the doctor say is wrong with me?”“Well, I will tell you that while you eat. You haven't eaten since morning.”Grey
Consciousness returned to Grey slowly and his gaze searched around.Where was he?A slight headache hit in. He groaned and reached for his head.“Are you alright?” A soft voice asked suddenly.He looked up at a pair of brown eyes. Wait, a nurse?“Yes, just a slight headache,” he responded.The nurse smiled down at him. “You will be fine with this,” she assured and raised a syringe. She regarded him for another moment before she injected him.Grey didn't flinch. It was as if nothing penetrated him. Well, a lot had penetrated him before. What more could a syringe do?“Wow, I'm impressed,” the nurse smiled.Grey didn't really remember anything. In fact, the headache was making it difficult for him. But then, the pain ebbed away slowly as the nurse had said.“Where am I?” He said and groaned inwardly. “I know this is a hospital. I'm sorry for that stupid question.”The nurse laughed.He did as well. “I mean how did I get here?”“Well, your girlfriend brought us here. She stepped out a few