Chapter 157Pops sighed comfortably when he saw the cops. No one had to know that they were not the real cops. He figured out that if Greg had a lot of allies in the police force so he devised another means. "No one moves an inch, if you do so, you will be gunned down instantly. Now, Greg, Dave, follow me." Miles ordered, pointing his gun at them. Greg chuckled in mockery at the guts they had to come arrest him. " Didn't they tell you that I have more connections than the depth of the Atlantic? You can't get me arrested. Just a phone call to your boss and you will be out of a job forever. Do you understand that?" He inquired. "You have the right to hold your peace because anything you say will be used against you in the court of law and we both know what that means. You wouldn't want to do that would you?" Miles replied and Greg stared at them wondering how they managed to have the effrontery to do this? Or was Marcus about to sly him? He wondered. After all the monies he paid to
Chapter 158Henry rose instantly and took her into his arms and let her bury her head in his chest. Her shoulders quaked as she cried for the loss, she was left empty. After all her efforts to make sure that her mother got the best care and recovered fully well. It ended up being useless."I feel like a failure." She muttered dejectedly as she buried her head in shame. She knew that she didn't have power over life and what not but she couldn't help but think that maybe if she was always around her mother things wouldn't turn out that way. It was a thought that was valid.Henry shook his head while signaling the medic to give them some privacy. "No, you aren't at fault in any way. You have done nothing but try your best to make sure she survives but we know how these things work, you can't be sure that she will recover. These things do not lie in our hands." He told her. The advice went in one ear and came out through the next because the guilt weighed heavily in her heart. " I've no
Chapter 159Pops smiled at them but they didn't share his sentiments. "Are you kidding me right now?" Henry grumbled."You have lots of time to kiss all you want but we have a problem." He told them and they sat up straighter, their initial ire forgotten. "I've been made to know that we have to return to Venice because according to the law, you have not been cleared. So leaving makes you a criminal."Henry let out a litany of expletives that would make a nun blush, "What the fuck?" His grandfather raised a brow in warning, "Language boy." Pops replied and Henry shut up immediately. He was also scared about how he was going to protect Henry from Greg and whoever was after him."We estimate that you'd not spend more than ten days." Henry rolled his eyes in consternation, he didn't want to spend another minute on this soil because it was bad for him. This wasn't a place where one would sit and expect that he would be free. The thought of going back alone was killing talk more when he a
Chapter 160The iridescence of the sky illuminated against Clara's skin causing her to look so radiant. Henry couldn't help but admire her features. She was beautiful. It seemed as though he was just seeing her for the first time. "Maybe it was because I'm just admitting my feelings." He thought.Caine coughed, jolting him out of his thoughts and Henry looked up, he rose immediately and felt his head pound against his skull. "Hey, good morning." Henry greeted him and sat down." I'm sorry my head hurts." He apologized and Caine smiled in understanding.They had steered clear from this part when he heard that the lovebirds were catching up with each other. "I didn't want to bother you." Henry nodded at him, "I'm sorry for everything that had happened in the past few months." He apologized, the guilt was still fresh in his mind.Caine smiled at Henry, he felt the apology come deep from him. He had made peace with things. He just wanted to get home to see what his wife thought and cons
Chapter 161They landed at two minutes to ten a.m, as the chopper raced through the tarmac, before finally coming to a halt. The pilot came out of the cockpit and smiled at his passengers. “ I hope you have a good trip flying back to Venice, my brother will be picking you up soon.” He said while adjusting his cap.Fred stood and trudged gently toward the door, as they made way to alight. “Oh, we are flying back immediately as soon as I get the signals from the tower.” The pilot told him. It was just a quick stop so that they could drop Henry. “Oh, okay.” Fred replied and watched as everyone hugged Henry as he prepared to alight too. “I'll miss you.” He heard Clara tell Henry as they hugged for the umpteenth time. Now they weren't even hiding their affection anymore, and it made him smile. He could feel the tension between both of them, and was sure that they were going to last. Henry stared at her like she was going to disappear in a minute, and he chuckled loudly, cutting their a
Chapter 162When the pilot announced touch down, Henry was not feeling too enthusiastic because he didn't know what lay ahead of him in Venice.The plane finally landed and he, with a reluctant move, picked up his bag and began to walk down the flight of stairs. “ I will be your driver for today.” A man said with a small bow, making him wonder when all of these had been taken care of.“ Okay.” He ended up replying, and they walked together to the car waiting in the distance.“You will be staying in the cottage at the outskirts of town for today, then your lawyer will arrive tomorrow. I hope you are okay with that?” The driver asked from the rearview mirror. His gaze was completely focused on the windows. He had no phones yet, but Pops promised that he knew these people and that they were trustworthy, so he had nothing to fear. After a few minutes into the journey, the driver swerved right, leaving him wondering what was actually going on.“ Where are we going?” He inquired warily,
Chapter 163“Just drive me home.” Henry replied, not having time to talk about anything. There was no need for him to start explaining anything to a total stranger. Without thinking much, he decided to text pops again.“Can you please send me Clara's number if she's settled in?” He inquired, and Pops took a minute before replying.He had figured that Pops was probably busy. “ Thank you.” He responded and dialed her number immediately.“ Hey, how are you doing?” He inquired and she chuckled. “I'm good, I'm just lounging in the garden, taking in some cool breeze.” Henry felt more energetic talking to her as he stared on, his eyes meeting the drivers who were busy staring at him. “ I hope you don't run me into a ditch.” He said, and the driver faced his front immediately.“That's cool, have you spoken to Adrien?” He inquired, knowing fully well that was one of her greatest fears.“Yeah, funnily enough, he wasn't as angry as I had expected, he was even telling me not to be afraid of any
Chapter 164“ Park the car here.” “ What's going on there?” Clara asked as she panicked hearing his voice. “Can you put Pops on the phone?” Henry replied coolly as the driver pulled into the parking lot adjacent to the house as he tried to read the signpost. “ Are you serious about this?” He muttered to himself while he waited for Pops to pick up.“ Why didn't he just call me directly?” Pops muttered before collecting the phone. “ Are you home now?” “ That's the reason I called you, I was unable to enter the house because there's a boulder in front.” Henry explained.Pops was confused, according to the realtor who gave him the house, it was in no need for repair or demolition. So he didn't understand what was going on. He looked around for a few minutes before relying on. “Don't go anywhere.” Some people were probably after Henry because it was too direct to be a coincidence.Why was it today, of all days that the demolition had to commence? “ I'll talk to someone to come over and