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