CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEENDamien looked at Samantha from the rare view mirror, he could see that she looked somewhat pleased about following them and that made him happy too." It's not too far, just follow through this way" Lesley said to him, as she pointed towards the part that led to the place they were all headed to." Alright then" he said as he followed her guidance and directions to the restaurant." Here we are" Lesley said the moment they got to the restaurant. On the top of the roof was a banner hanged that gave the name and identity of the restaurant.It was called the Midas Touch Restaurant and it was indeed not that far from the zoo as said by Lesley. Infact, the place was just a stone throw from the place they had just left to come here.They all alighted from the vehicle and walked inside the restaurant. Damien and Lesley walked side by side while Samantha walked closely behind them..The moment they got inside the place, they settled down in a seat already pre
CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTYIt was morning, 9: 00pm to be precise in the Silverio's mansion and it had been ten months already since the death of their son, Damien Silverio. To them, especially his mother, it only still seemed like yesterday. She'd never think she could ever recover for the rest of her life.It was surprising to her how time could fly so much. It would be a year soon in two months time.Although activities that were put on hold before as a result of his mourning had already started taking place little by little and everyone was already trying their best to live without him in their lives anymore and just as s part of their past and now made memories, they had made up their mind to pick up all of the pieces that the aftermath of his demise shattered in them, no one could totally forget him.Don Romano would often still bury himself in his work to keep his mind distracted and busy. He even still sometimes blamed himself for his son's death till this day because he w
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONELesley knew that if she didn't go on with her plans, her father was going to do what he had in mind for her. Plans to get her married to a person she didn't want and she knew didn't even care a bit about her.She had told Damien to come over so they could both visit her father. She had informed him about her plans to break some news to him. And she had said it to her father, although in an unclear way. She'd not dare break the news to him immediately, she wanted her father to get to see Damien face to face while also meeting him.Damien had asked her earlier on the phone, he wanted to be sure that she was making a good decision. He wanted to be sure that she wanted him to go with her. What if her father didn't accept him? The thought of all of the questions bothered him a lot and he had to know." What if your father doesn't accept me? What if he never wants me?" He asked her the moment they had both gotten to the restaurant that the supposed meeting
CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWOAfter Lesley and Damien were done ordering what it was that they both wanted, Lesley sent a reminder to the Waiter, informing him about the visitor they were still expecting.A very important personnel who was coming over and that was no one else but her father." When is he going to be dropping by the restaurant?" The waiter asked before be turned around to go to the kitchen." He will be here in few minutes to come" She replied the young gentleman before he took his leave from their table.And just then, she heard a beep from her mobile phone, it was her bodyguard, George. She guessed that he must have something that he wanted to say to her. Picking up the mobile phone from the table, she checked the screen to see what it was that he had sent." The chairman is here already, his car is packed right outside here" the message read.That showed that her father was in the restaurant already.' Wow, that was fast' she thought as she looked around the e
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREEThe words Lesley's father just uttered caught Damien unawares as he could not seem to fix the pieces together from any angle.Why would the man make claims that his face was familiar? Where could they have met before? For all he knew, they had never seen face to face except now. And, he had only caught a glimpse of Lesley's father's face in her mobile phone or in a magazine he found among her belongings some weeks back.So, he couldn't get a clear picture as to why his face looked familiar to the older man. It was not like he was a popular person or that he was a son of a rich magnate too who was popular." I don't know why you look familiar to me too." Lesley's father said, still looking straight into Damien's eyes. "I have never met you, neither would I have had the thought of having any business with you let alone think of squeezing a few minutes out of my schedule to have to seat before you now" Mr. Smith said in a hoarse voice which made it o
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURLesley knew that her father was going to be against her decision of marrying whoever it was she wanted, she knew he would object and never agree but she had decided there and then too that she was ready to stand her ground, come what may and no matter what happens." Dad, that's what I wanted to let you know. I had to let you meet with my fiance" she said, looking at his face to read his expression. He had an expression of shock and surprise.She guessed that he must probably feel that way because he'd never thought of her doing something like that to him.After a brief seconds when she had revealed her purpose of calling the meeting out to him, Mr. Smith laughed for a while which got both Lesley and Damien surprised.They looked at each other wondering what made the older man laugh. " What's so funny about what I just told you dad?" Lesley blurted out, she was sure that all she just said to him now had no content of humour whatsoever in it that co
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIVE" Damien it's me!" The young lady called out to him much to his surprise. She acted as though she knew him before."So, it really is true that you are still alive!" She screamed out of sheer excitement seeing him standing in front of her that instant after they had all the thought he was long gone and had now become nothing but a passing memory in their lives." Damien, it's me, have you forgotten about me?" The strange lady standing in front if him asked but he only got more shocked and perplexed.He didn't know if he knew who she was or if he had met her before." Who are you, I'm not sure I know you miss" he said and turned to look at Lesley to see if he was dreaming or not. How could a certain woman who he was not sure he knew existed just come out of God knows where claiming to know him and that he was Damien." Damien?" Lesley asked, she decided to butt in and get involved in the discussion that had ensued that evening between her fiance and
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- SIXDamien had taken his time to explain all about himself to Lesley after that day.He never missed out any tiny bit of details and had explained from top to finish on how he had been unfortunately linked to a ghastly aircraft accident that almost claimed his life and how he had been the only survivor after finding himself in the hospital bed with the Manns family by his side.He could never forget that memorable day and he could as well say that he had found himself very lucky and to be very fortunate to have lived through the entire trauma of being in such a dire situation.But one thing was certain, and that was the fact that the Manns family really tried their best for him. They had taken him in as their son even when they knew nothing about him as he could not say a single thing about himself due to the memory loss that occured after the crash.They welcomed him and treated him as a part of their family. Showing him all the love and care he could