After attending to Henry and Jackson's wounds and calling for a rescue team, Andrew called his Dad to explain about the helicopter crash and his location. As expected, the old man was as furious as a thunderstorm. "Why don't you go out with your bodyguard after warning you against such movement?" "I'm so sorry, Dad. I just want to see the forest view from the sky. I never knew the chopper would develop a mechanical fault and break down." "How about your friend and the pilot? " "We are all fine." "Stay where you are. A chopper is coming to pick you up now," Elizabethan yelled from the other side of the line and the call was disconnected immediately. Out of curiosity than common sense, Andrew decided to ignore his father's instruction. "Please excuse me, I want to look around our environment." "It's dangerous, Andrew. Let me come with you." "No, Jackson. Henry is wounded and needs your attention more than mine. Stay with him, I will be right back." As Andrew
Nothing existed for a very long time, neither pain nor memory. Everything was silent and peaceful until the nightmare began. It was a big bird, so big Andrew knew deep inside that it could never be real. And when the bird landed on his chest and went for his eyes, Andrew pulled himself out of lifelessness, jerked his eyes open, and breathed out loud. And the poor bird leapt out of fright. Where he woke up wasn't on top of a soft foam as he had imagined. The large bird was just a small crow who saw Andrew as its dinner and decided to start the sumptuous feast by having his eyes. 'Where am I?' The rain has stopped, yet the sun refuses to resume its daily task, and the breeze bites the skins of whoever it sees on its way. It took him some minutes to come back to his senses, and he immediately leapt up from his laying position, felt faint, held his stomach with his palms and then vomited. 'Holy Madonna! Where is my phone?' Hundreds of bodies were tossed slapdash everywhere.
"Hey… Boss instructed us to put fire on all the factories and get our asses out of here," Gareth shouted at the top of his voice to some of the barrel chest men with him. "What about our prisoners? Should we kill them or leave them inside the barn to be burned to death?" Gareth places his right hand on his waist and looks lost in thought. He had lied to his boss because he was at a loss of what to tell him. After his men told him they had shot the last man, he asked them to show him his corpse, so they took him to the place where the dead of those who became sick as a result of working with deadly chemicals were dumped. They searched through the piles of dead bodies, but the man had mysteriously disappeared. Gareth was fuming with anger as they retraced their steps back to the crash site. Unfortunately for them, they arrived when Andrew was carried into one of the rescue choppers. "Leave them inside the barn. I will kill them myself. Just put fire into the factory be
Just like the presence of honey that attracts the multitude of ants, the royal forest soon filled with legs of the press, newscasters and some daredevil citizens. Since it was transmitted live, almost all the inhabitants of Orange County watched it from their various homes. As expected, this generated a lot of reactions from all and sundry. And for the second time in a few months, the royal family name was dipped into the mud. "I heard they have a human abator inside the royal forest, and that they used to kill people and then sell their part of the body for organ traffickers," an old woman muttered with a toothless grin. "The hearsay may be true, " her equally old and toothless friend answered back. "Where will they see the money to build all those big castles and racy cars if not that they are into drug and human organ harvesting and trafficking? " "Let's see if the authorities will sweep this under the carpet as they normally do." "Then people will revolt and turn this
Their flight was uneventful, and they arrived before sunrise. After a light breakfast inside the Palace hotel canteen, Jackson and Andrew stepped into Simpson's office. "You guys came at the right time. Tomorrow is my birthday and I planned a big party, " Simpson let out at the sight of the two well-dressed men. "Congratulations, Simpson. We would have come with a gift, if we knew tomorrow is your birthday, " Andrew let out, and then stepped into the outstretched arms of Simpsons. "I am sorry for not inviting you. I thought your dad would not let you come here, after what happened the last time that you were here." "The old man is not at home. So I sneaked out." "Congratulations, dear. Let me know how I can be of help," Jackson announced. "Of course, I will. You guys aren't going back today. And you will be spending tonight at my place." Simpson had been a good friend to Andrew. And he feels glad to be here at the moment of her celebration. Dressed in a b
Jackson was seen driving Andrew out of The palace hotel. "Where are we heading?" Jackson asked. "To the state general hospital. I want to check on a friend there?" An hour later, Jackson drove into the hospital parking lot and the two men stepped towards the female wards. Andrew brought out his phone and made a call. "Hello, Benita. Where are you?" "Hi, Andrew. Still at the place where we last met. Where are you?" "I will be with you in a few minutes, am close by." "Who is she? " "A friend. She was the one who saved me when I was admitted there." Benita was happy to see Andrew, and she clung to him and held him in a tight embrace. "I'm happy to see you, Andrew. Thank you for the provision. We have paid our debt, and my sister's health is now stable," she looked into Andrew's smiling face and asked, "I hope the offer to treat her at your family private hospital is still available?" "Of course, it is. You are welcome anytime you are ready." Amelia seeme
Andrew peeked through the car window as he drove to Hade's place. According to Ratty, no contract takes place without Hade's knowledge. Assassination, robbery, or petty stealing. Hade must be told before the mission is done. "He was a political thug and became so powerful that he became a godfather, " Ratty explained when Andrew asked about his rise to power. "And the police allow him to grow and become that powerful?" Jackson asked. *Hade is more powerful than the local police. He worked for the bigger politicians and as far as this state is concerned, he is untouchable," Jarrow mumbled. "How is he untouchable? Tell me. Is he bigger than the law?" "Why get heated, Andrew? The law is made to protect some and enslave some… Ho! Because you are a prince, do you think you can change anything? Oh no! You better let the sleeping dog lie. " Andrew shook his head and mumbled, "Accepting evils as normal doesn't make it less horrible. And we will have the change we want when we all do
During the drive back, Ratty's phone rang and it was immediately accepted by the grumbling man. "What is it, Ma'am? Can't a man have some moment of peace -." "This is not your mother, Ratty. She was involved in an accident some minutes ago and was dead before they brought her to the hospital." Ratty glared at the phone in his hand, smiled dryly and asked, "Did you know that was a sick joke, right?" "Ain't joking, Ratty. This is your family doctor on the line and I am calling from the -. " Ratty disconnected the call. He shakes his head and then bursts out into a hysterical cry. "Oh, no. My mum is dead... Rossa! " It took all the men several minutes to pacify the crying man, and after drying the tears off his face, Ratty turned toward Jackson and begged, "Please drive me to Chesham hospital." Except for the occasional hiccups from Ratty, the inside of the car was silent as Jackson drove them into a white-painted fence of a large rectangular-shaped hall, and they were welcomed b