The Adopted Heir

Chapter 22

Alex is now back home, in his room, on his bed reminiscing on all that happened earlier today. He was thinking about the confrontation at the Kingston villa and also what Sophia said about his ex-marriage.

Contrary to what Sophia thought, he wasn't angry at all that she mentioned his past. He was only taken aback that she felt that way about his previous life, maybe she too doesn't find him likable just like Cassandra and her family.

Alex can vividly remember what happened 3 years ago. How Cassandra and her father accosted them in their small cubicle demanding the money his late father owed them.

3 YEARS AGO

A younger Alex could be seen tending to his mother who was sick and could barely move her limbs. He was trying to cajole her to eat something so that she could be able to take her medicine. They were still in their back-and-forth moment when the door to their sitting room opened forcefully.

The force that the intruders used in opening the door forced it out of its hinges. The door