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THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 22
Heart Bleeding. Mind Aching. Soul Shattering. These were all familiar experiences for Charles ever since he married Sofia, to the point even his dreams were like nightmares. Like most days, Charles found himself waking up wheezing and gasping today, not because he had a nightmare this time but because he had become a nightmare himself. Charles looked around to realize he was in his bed. He didn’t have any blood on his hands, or his body. What happened to Narika? The last thing he remembered was he went for a bite, and then he couldn’t remember what happened afterward. “I didn’t kill her, did I?” he rushed out to the shared balcony. The glass door was locked. He broke it with his elbow and entered the room, but she was nowhere to be seen. His heart was pounding at this point. He rushed downstairs where the film crew would usually meet for breakfast, and his eyes scanned for a single soul. Pretty soon, he noticed an oval face with short hair sitting among them. It was Narika, and sh
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 23
The shoot finished for the day, but Charles felt more drained than the rest because he had taken a lot of takes, even though he only needed to say five lines, and they weren’t even all emotional like with Sofia’s dialogues. Nevertheless, one of the lines Sofia told her ex-boyfriend in the movie stuck in Charles’ mind: Compared to Charles, you’re like the shit stuck at the bottom of my shoe. In the movie, Sofia’s boyfriend’s name was also coincidentally Charles, or maybe she told the director to give that name to the character on purpose. Nevertheless, her statement made Charles feel bittersweet. If only she had valued him, her real husband, even a hundredth of the amount she valued the character Charles, he wouldn’t be feeling all alone right now, not at all thinking about his future or having a family for himself. Once they returned to the five-star hotel, the crew asked if the young man in maroon shirt had come back, and he hadn’t, so they thought he might have just been bluffing.
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 24
Bram Bones was notorious for robbing casinos and killing cops. Just last night, he had shot an officer in the head for stopping the car and trying to search for possible narcotics. He had this shooting habit since he was young. Back when in school, he shot his classmate for refusing to accept his love and sang a break up song at her dead body. Because he had done a lot of terrible things before even growing a mustache, his father, the ruler of Black Feathers, a mafia gang that ruled the underground affairs in multiple countries, kept moving Bram across borders every year. Bram didn’t have a gun when Charles defeated his bodyguards. Otherwise, he would have emptied the magazine on Charles. Nevertheless, he gathered his men, all of whom had some time behind bars, and returned to the five-star hotel in a dozen black SUVs. About a hundred thugs stepped out of the vehicles. Some of them shot the guards without even giving any warning while some picked from the arsenal of weapons in thei
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 25
Just as Charles stood up from the couch, a grenade blasted through his room’s door, almost giving him a heart attack. Soon, a couple of men wielding machine guns rushed into the room. “Whoever is in here, raise your fucking hands up where we can see, or we’re going to put our pretty fucking bullets in your ugly face!” the men warned as they looked for souls, and they noticed a man standing with his hands raised high. “Cream-colored suit and blonde hair. He matches the description.” One of them immediately turned and shot the second guy in the head and laughed, “I’ll get the whole reward for bringing you to Boss Bram!” He marched over to Charles, viciously swiped the gun and struck the back of Charles’ head, thinking it would knock him out of his senses. Charles, however, didn’t even flinch. He slowly turned his head, revealing his scary-long fangs and burning red-hot coals that were his pupils. Shock and terror took over the man’s face, and his body froze in fear. Before he could scr
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 26
By the time the police reached the rooftop, they found not a single person standing there. And the only person they found alive was Sofia, whose wound was already dressed before they got there. It wasn’t Charles who did it as he was fighting himself at some place else until dawn. Moreover, the police couldn’t find a single footage of the cameras anywhere in the hotel. Someone had clearly been to the security room and destroyed the video footage, so the police felt at a loss because they had no clue what exactly happened on the rooftop. Over 430 people staying at the hotel died that night. Everyone from the film crew except Reena, Sofia, Narika, Selena and her bodyguards died. Roger had managed to hide in a bathroom for the entire night, so he also managed to survive. It was obvious that Bram Bones had attacked the hotel, but since there was no video footage, the news channel telecasted that it was a terrorist attack. The reason was simple. They didn’t want to piss off Bram’s father
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 27
“Mr. Andres, how can you be so shameless? Why do you go out with someone else’s wife?” Carlos posed this question the very same day he had seen Andres and Sofia enter the mansion, holding each other’s hands. Of course, he didn’t ask this question when Sofia was around, but he never expected Andres would react the way he did. “Who are you calling shameless?” Andres slapped Carlos so hard, he bled from his ear. Carlos wasn’t a coward, but he was just left in shock by the way Andres reacted. Moreover, he was used to being treated poorly by his in-laws, so maybe that was also part of the reason he couldn’t react after that. “If I’m shameless, then are you saying your wife is also shameless? Do you want me to tell her that?” Andres kept taunting and mocking Carlos, telling him that Sofia considered Carlos as the biggest mistake of not only her life but also of the Myers’ family. Andres didn’t waste much of his time for Carlos, but every time he did, he was very good at demoralizing him a
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 28
After coming home, Gregory came straight to Sofia’s room to check how she was doing. Sofia was asking a surgeon on mobile if covering up her scar was possible, and the surgeon said yes, so she felt greatly relieved. Only after ending the call, she noticed that her father was in the room. “Dad! When did you get here?” “Just now…” he sat down on the bed. “Let me see the wound.” She raised her shirt a little and showed the wounded spot, which was no longer bandaged. “I was once shot in an alley,” Gregory said, startling her. “You were what?” “Even your mother doesn’t know of it because it didn’t leave any scar, so don’t stress over your wound too much.” “M-Mm.” Gregory touched her cheek. “I’m glad you’re safe, but don’t let this incident keep you down for weeks.” “I’m planning to attend shooting for a new film with a simple role, dad, but I was wondering how the public will think. I mean, many crew members died during the trip, so… should I perhaps wait a little longer?” Gregory
THE RESUSCITATED SON-IN-LAW CHAPTER 29
It had been three days, but there was no call from Sofia, and Charles was feeling all anxious. Why didn’t she call? Was she still recovering? Or Did she get attracted to another rich man? Did she not find him interesting? A lot of things ran through his mind. It could be any reason. If ‘Charles’ didn’t work, Carlos could order a fresh mask and take on a new identity, but it would require him to build the relationship again, and he didn’t want that. “Should I give her a call? It’d be good if I ask how her health is and if she’s recovering well, but Sofia’s brain doesn’t work like a normal woman’s. She doesn’t care about all those things as long as I do what she wants the next time we meet. She definitely learned that habit from her mother, I’m sure.” After some thinking, he recorded a voice message and sent it to Sofia’s mail. “When she checks her mails, she’ll be forced to act.” Charles grinned. His phone rang. It was a call from Laurel. “What does she want now?” Charles shook h
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THANK YOU:: The Resuscitated Son-in-law… I never thought this would be the first novel I ever get to finish, but I don’t regret it after writing the last few chapters. I fully dedicate my first completed work to my God, Lord Jesus Chirst. If it’s not for Him, I wouldn’t have come into existence, so this is just a little thank you to Him from the bottom of my heart. And then, I thank the readers for their support. A special thanks to the top gem supporters: Samuel Kalu, libertysomerville, and o4igins master. Also, I very much thank the reader ‘Sarah Neuser’ for her wonderful review. Your review definitely helped me keep the passion going, so you have my humble appreciation. APOLOGY:: I apologize for not finishing this novel sooner, even though I could have. I fell into the trap of competing for competitions and ended up starting to write multiple novels at the same time. I won’t say I regret that, but yeah, it’s been draining me for months. I will do my best to finish the remaining
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The next morning.Victoria woke up and did not receive a bed coffee. She went to the kitchen,only to find a letter there on the fridge.Cassey had written a letter and disappeared. In the letter, she thanked Victoria for her care, and apologized for leaving this way because she knew Victoria wouldn’t let her go otherwise.“The bats must have really scared her,” Victoria couldn’t really blame Cassey, but she was still angry that Cassey left without even telling directly to her face. “If she comes back running after a few months, I won’t take her in.”On the other hand, Gregory, having lost his argument with Victoria the previous night, brought a black magician to chase the bats away. However, they didn’t know this black magician was a fake. But that would probably be not proven because the bats would no longer attack the mansion from here onward.Sofia told her mother to prepare her multiple masks, one of which looked like Cassey, and others that looked like different people, including
CHAPTER 253
Many minutes passed since Sofia and others got stuck in the smelly basement filled with rat poop and what not. Moreover, these rats were the size of cats. From having eaten all kinds of roots and seeds in the garden, they grew very bulky, and they did not fear these four humans. They were more arrogant than the Myers themselves, as if they were the real owners of this place!As everyone waited with bated breaths, about an hour or so later, the music stopped. The sound of bats leaving reached their ears.“Did they leave?” Sofia wondered. She told Cassey to check on it, but Cassey was still feeling her wounds. She refused to go out.They waited a few minutes before coming out. To their relief, the bats were gone, and so did the guitar, but they didn’t care about the guitar.“Our mansion must be cursed,” Victoria looked at Gregory. “Do something.”“What do you want me to do? Bring some black magicians?” he yelled in frustration.“I don’t know! Just make sure they won’t even come near our
CHAPTER 252
In the middle of the night, Sofia was rolling around and slapping her arms every now and then because bugs were biting her. There was no fan or AC in this cottage. All she had was a hand fan, and her arms had grown heavy from waving the fan. Now, she was completely drenched in sweat, and this made it all the more difficult for her to properly sleep.She got up from the couch and shook her dress before walking out of the cottage. She could see the mansion in the distance. The words her mother told her a day ago came to her mind.“After the wedding was stopped, we didn’t care about anything. But your sister went to the catering guys and told them to give the food to the homeless. They went and freely distributed the food throughout the city in our family’s name,” Victoria showed the details in the newspaper. “This is good for us because the public opinion will surely improve after this incident. We’re doing our best to make those videos Carlos showed at the wedding are fake. Even if som
CHAPTER 251
After shooting Carlos eight times, Sofia ran away from the scene.Not only were there multiple witnesses, there was also a camera recording of the scene, which was provided as evidence to the police before the Myers family could do anything about it. So, the police began to search for Sofia everywhere.While Sofia was on the run, Carlos Wallace a.k.a, Charles Wallace was officially declared dead. And all those who knew him mourned his death.His story of Charles Wallace had become so popular it was printed in multiple magazines, and a popular writer had announced that he would be writing a biography of Carlos, and he requested some funds for researching in depth about the life of Carlos Wallace. Within just a few days, the author received thousands of dollars as funds from the interested public.Victoria and Gregory, on the other hand, publicly stated that they have nothing to do with their eldest daughter’s actions and did not support what Sofia had done. However, in secret, they mai
CHAPTER 250
Sofia was too stunned to even talk or blink for that matter. Seeing Carlos had frozen her to the core.“C-Carlos!” Victoria shouted like a pig walking on broken glass. “Why are you disguised as Charles? What have you done to him? Where is he?”“He’s… standing right before you,” Carlos raised the face mask in his hand. “I’m Carlos. And I’m Charles.”Victoria’s eyes grew wider than the seas. The wine glass in her hand fell.“I’m Carlos Wallce. I’m Charles Wallace,” Carlos added. “I’m the guy that has been treated like a trash, not worth her time, by Sofia no matter how much I tried to please her, and I’m also the guy that she has fallen for because she believed she deserved me when I was a gambler who earns in millions every match.”Sofia still kept stupidly staring in gut-busting shock. (No! No! No! This can’t be true! This must be a dream! It has to be!) She refused to accept what was transpiring right before her eyes.However, why wasn’t the nightmare ending?Why was Carlos still sta
CHAPTER 249
Charles was preparing in his room all by himself. Someone knocked on the door multiple times.“Coming.” Charles opened the door only to get shocked to see Laurel who had wet eyes, and there was anger dwelling in her eyes. She entered the room without his permission and locked the door. “What are you doing?”She looked into his eyes. “Didn’t you say you can’t make a woman pregnant? Why are you marrying Sofia?”Charles maintained a straight face. “You will know soon.”“What do you mean I’ll know soon?” Laurel frowned.“That’s all I can say. If you leave, I’ll prepare for the wedding,” Charles said.Laurel clenched her fist. “I hate you, Charles. I wish I never met you.” Holding her tears back, she rushed out of the room.Charles pursed his lips and took a deep breath. When he looked at himself in the mirror, he hated whom he was seeing.Meanwhile, in another room, Sofia was looking at herself in the mirror with a bouquet in her hand, she felt so happy. Her mother kissed her and said, “F
CHAPTER 248
Almost a week later, the wedding day has arrived.The Sky Moon Hotel’s rooftop was chosen as the wedding venue. All the top three floors were reserved for 120,000 dollars for three days and nights so that the guests could stay at the hotel for three more days after the wedding.Gregory had to do at least this much because it was his eldest daughter’s wedding. Everybody that was given the invitation cards were also later sent Myers’ branded clothes fitting to their body sizes so that everybody who would come to the wedding would be wearing the clothes of his brand and his brand only.Though no press was allowed at the wedding, some private photographers were hired to capture every moment so that Gregory could later use the footage to market his brand all over the world. After all, many billionaires from around the world were invited to the wedding, and even more guests to the reception that would follow the morning after the wedding night.The Sky Moon Hotel was a 120-floored building
CHAPTER 247
Charles spent a few hours with Bob and Charlie, eating with them and buying them things. He parted with them in the evening.As Charles was walking back home, he thought back about his life. Many years ago, when he was very young, he was alone. Even after these years, that didn’t seem to have changed as he didn’t have anyone that would walk beside him.Charles was aimlessly walking, and he noticed a few men trying to look from an old beggar. They managed to take more than a hundred dollars from the beggar, but they still wanted more, and they began to rip his clothes, trying to see if he was hiding the money elsewhere.The beggar was old and weak, so he couldn’t fight back against the two youngsters.Charles approached from behind and grabbed their necks. They couldn’t move their necks, not even a little.“Give his money back,” Charles uttered, putting a bit more strength into his grip, and the youngsters quickly dropped the money. Charles then let go of them, and they ran away pretty
