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,
CHAPTER THREEDamien was finally allowed to leave the cell that day after the agonizing hours spent in the cruel hands of the officers.It was evening already, six pm on the dot. They had detained him longer than he should have been kept there and this irked him so bad. He couldn't blame them.weren't only the rich and mighty the most respected in the society?. Poor folks like him had no place and could be treated more or less than garbage. Some officers were watching a video stream on an officer's phone. They were laughing and were even staring and pointing at him as he walked past them. "Isn't this the guy?" He heard one ask his partner. He wondered what exactly it was they were watching on the phone that was so funny and would make them point fingers at him. He ignored them and hastened his steps to quickly get away from the hell hole.He was finally able to walk out of the station into the streets without running into anyone pointing at him. He wasn't so certain if he would
CHAPTER FOUR"Damien" Lorenzo, who was Damien's best friend and roommate, called. He walked closer to Damien to wake him up but was surprised to see his battered and swollen face."Let's leave him to rest," Lorenzo said to the others."Is it really true that Damien and Kai were an item?" Kevin, a friend of Lorenzo from the other room asked."I don't know but I know Damien wouldn't lie about such a thing, to the point of getting into a fight," Lorenzo replied. Lorenzo knew Damien to be one of the most truthful people he has come across, so he knew there must be an ounce of truth to Damien's statement."No one is a saint when it comes to pretty ladies Enzo, I am sure your best friend; Damien couldn't resist either" Kevin said in a jesting tone."Not everyone is like you Kevin" Lorenzo snarled, he didn't like it when they made fun of Damien. They were all richer than Damien but that doesn't give them the right to look down on him."Even the well behaved Damien fell for Miss beauty" Kevi
CHAPTER FIVEDamien had arrived at 'the Golden Era' on time. He sighed out in relief that he wasn't late and he wouldn't be tongue lashed by his boss about being lateHe went into the Janitors closet to get the cleaning supplies and get to work when a coworker had seen him."Damien" the co worker called. Damien turned towards the direction his name was called from."Hey Lucas," he said. Lucas winced at the sight of Damien's swollen and purple face."Who did this to you? Lucas asked. Lucas was really worried about Damien when he was taken the other day and now he had returned all beaten up."It's nothing Lucas, why did you call?" Damien asked. He didn't want to talk about his face, he didn't want to talk about what he went through in the hands of the cops."Oh the boss requested for your audience" Lucas said and Damien gave a nod in response."Thanks Lucas, I will go there as soon as possible," Damien said. Damien took the supplies he hsf carried from the janitor's closet to the kitche
CHAPTER SIXThe Alarm Damien had set for his class blared waking him up.He gently got up from the bed, even when he was exhausted and his body was in pain, he still chose to go to school, little did he know the day had a lot in store for him.Damien got to the school faster than he had imagined and he felt very elated that he hadn't missed the lecture even after the struggle and all the bustle he went through in order to board a bus.He had the intention of walking down to school in the cold but he was lucky to have found some money in his pants.He stepped into the school and he noticed the pointing and snide remarks thrown at him, although it was not made pointedly but he knew they were all talking about him. He couldn't blame them, the news had circulated with the help of the national TV. He sighed then raised his chin up as he boldly went into the school building heading to the classroom.He stepped into the classroom and murmurs roared in the air. They were all talking about hi