Alphonse was signing off some papers with his secretary in his manager position that morning, he was already stressed and the day was about to get sour.His arm was finally out of the sling but now in a smaller cast but every moment he sighed out of frustration the hand ached and it annoyed him even further.He was trying his best to fit everything in all at once and curb his problems but they seemed like they were falling out of his hand and out of his control.Alphonse knew he needed a grip on his sanity because he had been barking orders of late and skipping meals and also burying himself too much in work.All it took was for him to fire Harry and get back to running things smoothly but he let the devious young man continue his trade because at the end he would want everyone to know he tried giving him a chance.He gave everyone a second chance, Vivian was working again, he was about to clear off the charges on Paul before he got released and went missing, he was keeping Ursula’s s
“He strapped me to a chair in front of a small cauldron of boiling water, hung my legs above the water and flashed a blow dryer in front of me” Vivian explained the torture she went through in the hand of Cornelius.“Oh my God. That’s horrible” Paul sympathized with her.“I know. The dread I felt every minute when that dryer swung in my face. I wondered how quick I would die if the dryer fell inside the water and my legs were dropped. Imagine my skin scalding” Vivian said and shivered as she thought about that day.“So how did you get out?" Paul asked.“I don’t know. He just let me go, I cried and told him I could not do anything now that his son was in jail. That vile man laughed and told me to go after telling me to watch my back.” Vivian finished. Paul straightened from the position he had been since Vivian had been telling him her story.“I tell you what. He knew he could not kill you and go scot free. Do you know how powerful you are?. Besides I knew he could not bear to hurt y
“Did you meet the Rochesters concerning their investments?” Alphonse asked as he entered a seemingly busy Harry's office that morning.Harry nodded and quickly signed off some of the papers on his desk.“Yes and In fact it went more perfect than I could have ever imagined. They’re now looking to broaden their market share” Harry said and relaxed into his seat before he started playing with his pen like a businessman.The face he had on disappointed Alphonse.“In fact?” Alphonse raised a brow while giving Harry a pointed stare."Indeed Alphonse. All we have to do now is wait and try to convince them to invest more" Harry said."They're our biggest client" Alphonse noted and Harry nodded."And that's why I'm putting in extra effort to make sure we don't lose them, '' Harry said with a satisfied smile.“Good job Harry. Very good" Alphonse said and applauded him while Harry bowed a little with pride."But there's a little something that's bothering me and that is because when I called thi
“You’re not new to this game are you!?” Alphonse slammed the police report on Harry’s desk in the old study Harry had arranged and turned into his makeshift office at home.The younger man who was tirelessly trying to come up with some sort of new scheme to try and defraud his half brother before running away, looked startled to see Alphonse in front of him.He had only come home to get one or two of his things before heading out but it surprised him to see his nemesis in front of him angry.His usual demeanor whenever he was around him these days.“What is this?” Harry asked as he eyed the brown file skeptically.This was not his first time with Alphonse and files. And now he was beginning to hate anything that had to do with these two things."You would know better" Alphonse said to him to rein his anger in.Alphonse motioned for him to open the file on the table.Harry picked up the file and opened it slowly and as he went through the papers slowly, his face became ashen, pale and
“Vivian?” She shuddered and slammed the drawer of files she was just rummaging.She looked like a deer caught in headlights with open mouth and a slight sheen of sweat on her forehead.What are you doing?” Alphonse stood in total surprise where he had been for the past five minutes watching her.She opened her mouth and closed it before running her hand through hair to arrange it.“I was just uhhhh” she started to stutter looking for words or an excuse to cover up for what she been caught red handed doing.He tilted his head waiting for her to continue but no more information was forthcoming so he concluded himself.“Stealing.” Alphonse replied for her nodding once before entering the office and closing the door behind him.The tension in the air became tight and Vivian's heart thundered in her chest.He set his briefcase down on the desk, stood opposite her and folded his arms.He gave her a few moment of silence as they both threaded carefully in big office space.After Harry had be
“The pauper finally sees heaven” Ursula said from the stairs as her So Kate stiletto heels made loud scary pointy steps when she descended the steps, everything about her just screamed evil and the young man in front of her amplified her zeal for that.Alphonse arranged his suit and looked at her with a small smile playing on his lips, he came prepared today after a long sleepless night.“What are you doing here boy?” Her always bright red lips moved slowly and languidly as she got closer to him."Hello Ursula" he greeted her but she simply stood in front of him and folded her arms with her chin up waiting for him to state the reason for his first and unusual visit to her house.“I came for my ledger” he said and Ursula scoffed before she rolled her eyes, turned and walked to a chair.She sat down and eyed him from top to bottom with disgust.Alphonse waited for her to welcome him to sit but since no invitation was forthcoming he lowered himself into the chair behind him, an action th
"Break this whole nonsense down for me. Who was conned, why was I stolen?" Paul said and he picked up the birth certificate and stared at the old crusty piece of paper, the writings almost fading and the corners missing fragments of paper."Ursula Montgomery here met Jake Edmund at a party and they had a one night stand. She, being a gold digger like she accuses everyone of, came back to him with fake pregnancy tests a month later telling him she was pregnant and she needed to be married to cover up for the shame of having a child out of wedlock. Jake being the gentleman he was decided to do the right thing and get married to her. Only a few months into their engagement, before the wedding, Jake found out it was all a lie and Ursula had clothes stuffed in her stomach all this while" Alphonse said and Paul shut his eyes as the disbelief washed over him."Oh my God," he muttered loud enough for everyone to hear."In order to save herself she cried back to him the next day with a child t
“I’m going to kill you. And when I do I will feed your meat to the vultures and your bones to the dogs, your rightful place” Ursula started.Alphonse nodded, taking in all she was saying but in reality he had a recorder on all these while.The tape was going to prove useful to him when he needed it most and it would because all he had said to Paul, Ursula had not denied it one bit rather she agreed to everything he had said and added some self incriminating evidence to it.“No you won’t, you no longer have any power. You have no money, no back up, no asset or dime to your name because Jake purposely left nothing to you and lastly you have no son. You are now alone. You have lost” Alphonse said with wide glee filled eyes.“Shut up you bastard swine, illegitimate son of a pauper. I should have killed your mother when I had the chance. I should have killed all of you. Save myself the stress of going through Thai now but I was being a good person then and look where that has got me" she t