“You did it out of what?” Henry asked and Clara suddenly discovered that they were standing much too close, so she moved back.“ Out of gratitude…" she forced the words out. She wasn't going to confess her feelings to a man who was probably going to laugh in her face, moreover, he had the beautiful and wealthy Aubrey in his life. She was still recovering, once she was certified healed, they would resume their relationship while she would be left to pick up the pieces of her shattered heart.“ That's not what you wanted to say. I didn't peg you for a liar.” Henry said. He didn't know what demon possessed him tonight, but he was going to drag out answers from her mouth. Clara wet her lower lip once again, and Henry almost went mad with desire. “ I don't know what you are talking about, sir.” She said with pleading eyes, she didn't want to continue with this line of conversation, but it seemed as though she had no choice. Well, that was she being hypocritical, if she asked him to unha
The next morning, Pops was whistling at the dining table as the maid set the table. “ Am I missing something? Are we having a feast?” Henry inquired as he walked down the stairs. With one hand in his pocket, he perused the table. It was set like a banquet and this was just breakfast.“ Are we having guests?” He asked again because it was quite surprising to see.Pops stopped whistling," Oh, I'm just celebrating the fact that you are alive and well, last night was a bit rushed.” He said. Henry stared at him suspiciously as he took a seat. Caine was pressing his phone, so he didn't know what to think.A few minutes later, they heard a pair of footsteps and everyone looked up.Clara stood at the top of the stairs.One word came to Henry's mind, Beautiful! He noticed that she took care with her look this morning, her hair was tied in a ponytail, while a small earring adorned her ears. Her perfume wafted into the room, and he just stared.He made a mental note to buy her more earrings,
Clara skipped downstairs immediately, and saw Derek in the living room with Pops, was he here all the time? Pops was sitting at the next table reading a newspaper.“ Derek.” Derek rose and hugged her tight, lifted her up and spun her around," oh my goodness, what are you doing?” She asked.“ Greeting, to the love of my life.” He said and pecked her on the forehead.Clara slapped his hands away, and stared at Pops, who merely raised a knowing brow," Leave the poor girl alone, she's not fair game.” He said.“He's stressing me out.” Clara said.They were laughing and joking when she heard footsteps, and she looked up, it was Henry descending.She disengaged from Derek's immediately as she moved away from him. The action didn't go unnoticed by Henry as he watched them hold each other's hands.“ Mr. Henry.” She said, call it a plea or whatnot, she didn't want him having poor ideas about her.“ Hey, bud. It's good to see you well. I am so happy for you.” Derek said and Henry looked at him,
Derek was busy having the time of his life in the house. He was purposely doing those things to anger Henry. If not for the fact that jealousy had blinded his eyes, why didn't he see it obvious before him, instead he was going about looking for what wasn't missing.Pops felt sorry for poor Henry who sulked throughout dinner, but he decided to give a subtle push, he and Derek had connived during the break to continue frustrating his grandson until he saw what was in front of him, and he was happy that everything was falling into plan. The puppets were only following the script,“ I was thinking that we would gather at the garden tonight. Is that safe, Caine?” He turned to Caine, who was also in on the plan.“ Yes, sir.” He replied. He had made sure that everything was ready, all they needed right now was to make sure that Henry agreed. “ The garden it is, then.” Henry said, and they all gathered there. One thought raged in Henry's mind. How does one kill a man without holding a gun?
Henry's lips lifted in smirk, so you are speaking to me now? I see.” He said and watched her like a hawk. Seeing that she had made a mistake, she tried to apologize, “ I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean it that way, sir.”“Okay, how did you mean it then?” he asked her playfully. He wanted to hear her thoughts since afternoon they spoke, he missed her voice. He could feel himself falling, but he couldn't help it.“ I'm waiting.” Henry urged. He knew that she was going to be reluctant talking about it, but he was here for her. “I shouldn't have said anything.” She muttered under her breath, now he would think that she was having these guts because of what happened between both of them, which was absolutely untrue. She wore a forlorn expression," Sir, I think…. He was planning to tell Pops about it soon, but now that you did, you made him feel bad. Sorry if you feel offended, sir.” She quickly added, she needed this job. Venice had nothing to offer her“ Oh, really?” Henry replied and she
Contrary to whatever you are thinking, I don't bear grudge with you.” Pops said. He wasn't even aware of the room in the building. Since he stepped into the house, he had not gone checking for anything.Although he hadn't stepped out of the house, a lot had happened. This was evidence that many things could happen even without seeing the sun.“ I called you here to speak about what happened last night.” Pops said coolly, and Henry stared at him.“ I've spoken to my friend and we've resolved the issue. I understand his reason, and we are on good terms already.” Pops said as he sat on his chair.Was this the house Caine begged them to manage? He wondered. Well, compared to the mansion at home, it was insignificant.“ That's good to hear.” “I think you did the right thing by informing me. But I don't think you did it with a pure intention.” Pops said as he adjusted his glasses, which perched on his nose.Henry was surprised at the line of the conversation, why was Pops trying to blame h
Henry was exhausted when Clara walked in that afternoon, so he looked up from the bed, he didn't send for her, so her presence was surprising. “ Good afternoon, sir. I think you need to see this,” She said with urgency in her tone, causing Henry to shoot up from the bed, “What's that?” He inquired.She walked closer and brought her laptop with her," There are rumors circulating the media that you are the one who killed Blaze.” She said with panic in her voice. He scrunched his brows," That is bullshit.” He said, and he nodded," When was this news released?” He asked and looked at the time stamp. It was a respectable blog in the city that carried the news. “ Have you told Pops?” He asked and she nodded. “ What did he say?” “ He's working on it. We can't seem to find the source of the news.” Henry groaned, it was always from one trouble to the other, just when he thought that he was finally settling in nicely, he was thrown this accusation. This was damaging to their company.He
Before evening, the feds' car pulled up in the driveway with their sirens blaring throughout the street, a few neighbors came out of their houses to check out what was going on, and they wasted no time in bringing out their phones to record the incident. A knock was heard on the door downstairs and Caine went to open it, before they knew what was happening, two cops walked in and Caine shut the door.They brought out their ID cards and showed it to him," Agent Briggs from CIA, homicide department.” “Agent Knight.” The second man flashed his ID card.“ We are here for Mr. Henry.” He said and scanned the room for any strange movement. They had heard that he was trying to escape so they had to quickly come to check it out. “For what?” Caine asked, pretending not to know the reason.“ He is the prime suspect for the murder of Blaze Richards.” Agent Briggs said.“ Here I am.” Henry replied from the top of the stairs. He sounded brave but he was far from it. They watched him as he descen