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
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- SEVENIt took them both a whole week before they found Kathryn after the hectic search for her. It felt as though, that whole period that they had not seen her she had already left the entire United Kingdom, but on this fateful day, they met her.Luckily for them, it was in the same restaurant they had met the last time and this time around, she didn't come alone but had come with another young man.This was the man who had seen Damien first before informing her. They were both classmates studying in the same university when Damien had crossed boundaries to complete his studies in the UK before he was declared dead which had come as a shock to everyone." Good morning guys!" Kathryn greeted them with a smile as they both walked in and were offered a seat opposite herself and the man before her." Morning!" Lesley and Damien chorused as they both sat down on the chair." You guys should meet Max, he is my friend" Kathryn said to them, introducting the ma
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHTBack in the United States, New York City to be precise, there was going to be an appointment of a new leader soon to take over the Silverio's empire as Don Romano was planning to retire and hand over to his new successor.He didn't know all this while but he had been shocked by the recent behavior displayed by his younger brother, Gabriel Silverio the last few months.He had shown his true colors and had been against him, trying to incite some shareholders and board members against his own older the Don as regards the person who was truly befitting to rule and hold the reins of leadership for the business and empire.Don Romano to Gabriel's shock had chosen Alex his adopted son instead to take over from him as his biological son was no more, or so they all thought but Gabriel was against it and had decided to wage war against his decision thereby causing a rift and division as regards the matter.The situation with the popular Silverio's empire we
CHAPTER ONEIt was late at night at ‘The Golden Era' restaurant, usually the place would be bustling with customers but a reservation was made by a young man the day before.The young man had planned to propose to his girlfriend and he wanted the whole world to know.The young man had planned everything, starting from informing some journalist and some vocalists to do their work when he began his proposal.“Hey guys come see this!” one of the waiter came into the kitchen yelling as he called the others.“What is that?” The head of chef asked, wondering why the young waiter had ran in with such a speed like that.“It's Kai, Miss beauty, she is been proposed to right now” the waiter responded in excitement.“Come on guys let’s go see!!” they all scrambled out eager to watch the proposal.Damien was the last to follow, he was doubtful that the Kai who the waiter had said wasn’t his Kai but he decided to go see for himself.Damien Scot stood frozen at the kitchen door of ‘The Golden Era'
CHAPTER TWOSleep couldn’t come to Damien as he was in pains, emotional pains, physical pains.The heavy footsteps on the ground, alerted Damien of the arrival of someone none other than the officer.He immediately turned over, as he closed his eyes, silently breathing as he waited for the arrival of the person.The clink of the cell door and the footsteps alerted Damien that the person was close to him. Unknown to Damien, it wasn’t a person.They were four in number.“Wake up!” Officer one growled. Immediately startling Damien and he jumped to his feet.When Damien had stood up, on closer look, he noticed officer one was the same officer he had encountered earlier.“This is for fighting your superior” Officer one said and immediately landed a punch on Damien’s face, before Damien could react, punches upon punches were rained upon him giving him no time to cover up.The four men kept on throwing punches at Damien until he finally passed out.********Damien woke up to a banging head,