Henry paced the balcony. He couldn’t sit or stand. All he imagined is how he would either out a bullet in Lukas’s head or choke the living daylight out of him. Luther was mad at him. “Have you seen him?” came Luther’s voice the moment he stood at the entrance of his room. Henry bowed his head. “No” he was ashamed of himself for not nipping Lukas in the bud. He didn’t know what he was waiting for. The arrest and the call to Luther that afternoon was the most embarrassing call he had to endure. Luther was giving him one word answers. He had to use his brain to decipher the real meaning of what Luther was saying. As he stood there, he was expecting that Luther would go on a rant. Telling him how he was disappointed him and all. He shut his eyes waiting for it come. When he came he had expected Luther to slam the door on him. But Luther did none of that. Rather Luther sat facing the window. He didn’t even spare him a glance. “When the boy comes in, be sure to tell me. Don’t cover up
Meanwhile Laura had heard of the girl her father wanted Henry to marry. She had a mental breakdown and she stayed days crafting her plan. Henry would marry no one but her. She would make sure of that.Ruby’s POV “Ruby!!!! Where the hell are you?!!!” Chloe shrieked.My ears bleed any time, Chloe calls my name just like this. She does this every freaking time. And it doesn’t get any less annoying. The princess knows that I am not hard of hearing but she insists on calling out to me in an ear-piercing scream.“Yes Miss Chloe, I'm already here.” I said immediately, before I am been thrown into a cell. I am not far from her, just almost at her door but she always want to be a drama queen. As I increased my pace on the stairs. I stop suddenly as I notice my legs are all wobbly, from all the running around. As I am about to fall, I use my free hand to hold unto the rails and in the process I mistakenly stub my little toe at the edge of the door.“Aarrgh!” The pain goes straight to my head
Henry sat up in bed. Sleep has eluded him. He kept going over what Lukas has said about Windsor.Windsor his old man? His dad? Henry shook his head as if to rid himself of that thought. It was a lie. Lukas must have wanted to hurt him with his words. He checked the time. It was 4am. Perfect. He threw on a shirt and headed for the gym. All through he couldn’t concentrate. Hid mind kept going back to what Lukas had said. He once again ruled that off as a statement made in anger. He continued weight lighting. Engrossed in his thoughts, he didn’t know when someone came in.“At this rate you could be a gym rat” Henry turned to find Jackson standing in the doorway.“What are you doing awake by this time?” Henry asked as he grabbed the door with a grunt.Jackson walked in and went to the treadmill. “I just couldn’t sleep” he began setting the treadmill. Henry looked at the guy. They were fast becoming close to each other. In reality he was the only friend he had.“What of you? “Jackson ask
Laura had something sinister planned for Chloe, the daughter of Windsor. She just had to take Chloe out of the picture and she would have henry all to herself. Everything was going as planned except for Chloe’s maid. Ruby was still sleeping and was yet to wake up. “When she wakes up, inform me” Laura ordered her men and she walked away.******* Ruby jolted up from sleep. Her breathing was ragged and she was soaking in an ocean of her own sweat. She had a terrible night mare but as weird as it would sound, she didn’t remember what it was all about. No matter how she tried to remember, her head was just in case. She tried to steady herself to know what was actually going on but she kept seeing things in twos. She noticed some odd things. Firstly her room was bigger. She wondered when her match box sized room had turned into this that wasn’t all. It was so exquisitely furnished. It looked like a room meant for a royal. She squeezed her eyes shot. Willing herself to, concentrate. And
Chapter Forty One“Ruby!!!!!!!!” Chloe screamed my name at the top of her lungs. I closed my ears at her up and walked to her room. I didn’t know Chloe became more unbearable after seeing Laura or was it all in my need.“Yes Chloe” I said. My voice depicted nothing but stress but the last thing the Windsor and his family would do is to give a fuck about my wellbeing. They never cared.“You disgusting thing. How dare you serve me cold food!” she fumed. And with that she poured the rest of her dinner on me. Just then her mother came in.“What’s wrong baby?” her mother asked as she stared at me in disdain. She couldn’t and didn’t hide her contempt for me for one minute. Chloe explained everything. She consoled her daughter and turned to me.“You– she said staring at me like I was not worthy of even being in her presence– what are you standing there doing?” “I’m sorry Mrs. Lizzie” I said and with that I painstakingly packed every grain of food and promised to call the cleaner to do a be
Henry stared at the message like he had been glued to a spot.“What’s that?” Jackson asked.“Oh it’s nothing” Henry smiled. Jackson knew it was a lie. The journey home was a quiet one. Not even some radio music. The moment Jackson drove in, Henry didn’t even wait for him to park. He got out of the car and slammed the car door a little too hard. If he was in a better mood, he would have winced and apologized but he didn’t. He walked straight to his room. He was feeling cold and hot at the same time. He needed to shower. The moment he got out of the bathroom, he knew he had been delaying this too long. He couldn’t wait any longer. He picked up his phone and called the number that had come with the message. It was unavailable. He called again and again and again. The result was the same. He slammed the phone on the wall and immediately a knock from outside his room. He stopped and listened. It was indeed his room.“What!” he glared at the door like as if he was staring at the person at
Henry sat in a dimly lit corner of the club, amidst pulsating music and swirling neon lights.He was on his 4th bottle and at this rate it would be a miracle if Henry did not end up drunk. His will to keep up a good leadership example didn’t matter now. He didn’t care what anyone thought. Anyone even Luther. Henry took a long gulp of his drink, his mind heavy with the weight of revelation. After he had read the diary and watched the videos and recording in the memory card, he had not being himself. He asked Jackson to fact check it for him. They all got out of the car and Henry waited inside. As he inches over hid thoughts, deep down his heart he knew it was true. He had seen his mother write and even though he was a child, he knew her handwriting. So when Jackson peeked hos head into the car and just nodded, it was then like a ho ahead order to do what he wanted. He wanted to be numb. He had heard that alcohol had the ability to make one feel numb. He asked the boys to get into the
Henry’s eyes flew wild.“We need to leave now” Jackson grabbed his arm. “ No I have to —” he didn’t finish his statement as he realized that Windsor had been shot. His head fell limp from his head. His bullet wound was visible, forming a big hole on his head or rather his brain. He was dead. There was no two ways about it. “I didn’t do that” Henry said as he stared fixatedly at Windsor. He looked at his gun and back at Windsor. He didn’t pull the trigger. His hands weren’t even there to begin with.“ I know but we have to leave” Jackson began to drag Henry. Henry stood dazed. He didn’t know whether he was a to cry or be happy. Yes the man who had killed his mother was dad but who was the man? His biological father. Immediately they came outside, they saw that were running out of building. Henry began to cough. They turned around to see smoke coming out of the house. “Fire! Fire!” a maid ran towards the gate. Jackson noticed that Windsor’s men were rushing in to take him out. He
The cold wind slapped Elena across the face as she set out for the event. She was on a mission. And if she wasn’t successful, she could kiss Henry goodbye. She wouldn’t let him die. She still loved him. The business awards event. This was an event held by the many successful business men in the country. It served as a way to promote their business and also give awards to prestigious businesses. Of course Henry had been invited. In fact Henry looked forward to this event because he had launched a new product in the market. This was his first time, dabbling into the world of fashion. It was a line of suits. Elegant and fashionable. It had a bullet proof vest. Now which other way would he promote it, if not at events for businessmen. The only problem was that Henry was not wearing one.“But how do you sell to them, when you are not putting it in” Jackson asked as he stared at the stained suit. The new maid had spilled coffee on Henry and ruined the suit.Henry smiled. “Don’t worry, he
Elena saw everything play out. Danny had come home that day, with his things in the car trunk. His father had kicked him out of the company and with a stern warning, never to appear in front of him, if he loved his life.Ever since that day, Elena had been at the mercy of Danny’s moods. One minute he snaps at her. The next he is asking for forgiveness. The other he goes ahead to trash the whole house. It was like he was some mercurial man. Like he was bipolar. Elena feared for her life. Any minute now, he would put the blame and anger on her, but regardless, she was happy Henry showed him, who the boss was. Happy that he was able to get his revenge, sad that it was because of her, all this happened.Well, she saw those bad times as a reward for her bad behavior.One night, after she had finished going on a crying spree, she got a call from her grandmother.“Hello grams” she said sniffing.“Baby aren’t you tired of all these?” she asked.“What granny?” she asked.“Crying? Are you an on
The next day Jackson walked into Henry’s office with a cup of coffee. He saw that henry was on the phone and the TV was tuned on. The TV volume boomed a little too high but Henry didn’t seem disturbed. Jackson squinted. He looked around the office and found the remote, as he dropped the cup beside henry’s arm. Henry nodded in gratitude as he continued speaking.Jackson tried to put off the TV but Henry raised a hand. It didn’t take long, Henry got off the phone.“I was watching the news” he said.Jackson smiled. “You see anything interesting?” Henry shrugged, “the same old jargon. All they do is talk but they never act.” He sighed. “Now you can put it off. Just as Jackson moved to do so, he stopped.“Boss is that not Danny?”Henry looked up from his work. The headline was a picture of Danny’s father and the news. It read; GLANCH GROUP OF COMPANIES HAS BEEN DECLARED BANKRUPT. Henry smirked. “Boss what did you do?” Jackson smiled.“Nothing really” he grinned. Just then there was a l
Danny raised an eyebrow. What the hell was Henry talking about.“Yeah whatever” Danny scoffed. “ I am out of here” He began to walk out the door when Henry stopped him.“Don’t you want to know what treacherous thing I have done? “ Henry smirked.“ I do not want to know and I don’t care” Danny snorted.” As if you can do anything. You can take your treachery and shove it up your ass”And with that he exited the room. Jackson turned immediately to find Henry smiling.“Boss what did you do?” He asked.Henry turned to him, his smile widening. “ I guess we have to wait for him to come back to know what”Jackson was still confused. That was not an answer though but he decided not to ask more questions.*************Danny walked with his shoulders high to his car. In His head, he had succeeded in Making a fool out of Henry. As always. He always believed he was way better than him, No mater the status Henry had attained. He didn’t care about the bid for the contract. He was going to help his
Henry blinked like a faulty bulb. He couldn’t believe it. What was Danny doing at his company.Henry’s countenance changed immediately. He gritted his teeth and clenched his teeth.Suddenly a thought came to mind. He had heard from somewhere, if someone could control your emotions, the person could control him. He hated Danny and worse off, the mere thought that Danny could control him , irked him the more.Against the chaos that was going in his head, he plastered a bright smile on his face and gestured for Danny. To come sit.“Well well well, if it isn’t Henry the pauper. What the hell are you doing here?” He questioned with a smug smile on his face.Henry smirked. “ I see you have not grown out of that baby attitude of yours. “Yeah call it anything you want but I still want to know what you are doing here? Are you the bodyguard of the boss? “ Suddenly the door was Yanked open.“Boss I am told the meeting room not hold here any longer” a short man in white hair said to Danny.Dan
How many burials is it going to be? Henry Thought. He had attended a lot of funerals since he got into the mafia.Just like Marissa, Marcus was buried in the same way. Quick and fast. Marcus’ family was contacted. Henry gave them some money alongside his condolences. Jackson filled him on what had been going on behind the scene with Marcus.On his way to work that morning, Henry could not stop himself from thing about what Marcus had done. And to think that all those happened right under his nose, made him grimace. He glanced at Jackson sitting by his side and smiled. He was indeed blessed to have him. “Marcus sure had a lot of Skeleton to hide” henry commented. The money he was rushing to go give his girlfriend was also given to his family. Though the money would have been given to Nora, since she was the one requesting for it.“Have you spoken to the lawyers?” henry asked.“Yes, they have submitted a bail application for Sabrina” Jackson said. Henry nodded. That way. Laura would
Elena’s POV“Elena!!! Where the hell are you?!” a friend screamed into the phone. My phone had been buzzing endlessly and the moment I heard her voice, I knew I was in deep shit. “Hi baby good morning please try stalling her on, I’m almost there!” I begged as I jumped out of bed. Shit! I had slept in again and I would get late for work. Good thing henry was no longer on my case but then I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of sadness.“Elena there is absolutely nothing good about the morning. I know you spent the night watching that annoying doctor series and ending it by reading novels?” Yeah that was what I did to forget my problems.“Ehhh something like that but it’s–“she cut me off. I had told Becca about my life. She was a good replacement of my once best friend, Claire. “Save whatever you have to say for yourself later. Now will you get your ass down here or you will get me in trouble!” And on that note she ended the call. I huge grin stretched across my face as I thanked the hea
“Aargh!!!!” Laura crashed the table at the center of her cell. Dominica had given her news, Stephen and Lucas were already dead.“Morons! I asked them not to attack like that!” she huffed, as she slammed her hands on the table. Her nostrils flared as she paced the tiny cell. She was getting more frustrated by the minute. First was Marissa falling in love? She decided to teach her a lesson. Now all her plans have gone to waste, with the death of these two men.“If only they listened” she muttered. Laura knew her father. While she was there, when he was alive, she had seen how proactive Luther was. He always thought ahead. That was why he was victorious in most of the impromptu attacks in his house. She was able to shoot him because she knew how things worked. Now she was away, she was sure Henry must have taken a leaf out of her father’s book. Always preparing on time.“How did they die?” Laura asked out of nowhere.Dominica went silent for a while. “Most of them were gunned down by a
“Show me” Henry said. He was handed a set of papers. Henry raised an eyebrow.“This is all of it boss” the man said. And so Henry began to read. His eyes got wider as she kept reading. The things that had been going on behind him.Marissa was contacted by Laura to come to his house watch him. All was going well until Marisa began to develop feelings for Henry. Then she was told by Laura to kill Henry but it was too late. Marissa was head over heels for him.Laura was frustrated. She didn’t know what was happening inside the house. So then she made her move. Marissa had gone out to buy some make up and jewelries. Of course she was in the company of Henry’s men. She knew what Laura could do. But she didn’t know the extent Laura could go to get what she wanted.Laura gave one of her men, a very handsome man approach Marissa. He asked her to pick anything she wanted and he would pay. Marissa fell for his charms and that was how he gifted her a beautiful bracelet. That bracelet had a lit