Henry walked out of the bathroom. He rubbed his hair with the towel as he stared at his phone lighting up his dark room.“meet me at the bar downtown “said Jackson, the moment Henry picked the call.“Okay” he replied and hung up. Today he would know if Laura was just bluffing. After the failed will reading thanks to Laura, he had not been at peace. Did Windsor leave him something? That question kept ringing in his mind. He badly wanted to know if he should hope or let go. He needed to know his fate. With Luther it was already a lost cause. Laura would make life unbearable for him. So after that day, he confided in Jackson, who then said that he would do a background check on Windsor and all.Earlier in the day, Jackson had called to say, he had some news. Which he later called, to tell him where they would meet.“ hey man” Jackson proceeds to give Henry a hug as soon as he arrived at the bar. “ Hey, thanks for the info” Henry said. Jackson smiled. “ it’s the least I can do”“can I ge
Argentina 1947 Fifteen year old Windsor walked down the bustling city streets, his shoulders hunched with the weight of his burdens, his head bent like a dying flower. It was too much for him to carry. He needed help. He badly needed one. His steps were heavy, matching the heaviness in his heart.His mother was sick and there was no money to continue the ALS treatment. 10 years ago he had lost all his family members in a car accident except for his mother. Together they went through the hardships of life. They were poor but at least they had each other. 2 years ago, his mother fell ill and she never got better. They had been in and out of the hospitals. All their savings had disappeared into thin air. It was barely enough for his mother’s treatment. In fact it was like a drop in the ocean compared to what they needed. Windsor was fired from work 2 weeks ago because he had insulted a customer. He had bleed on someone who didn’t hurt him but no one understood his predicament. He neede
Henry sat in the office, his head in his hands. Who the hell was Windsor Kruger?It was still daytime but Henry still felt like he was in the dark. Week after week he had been hearing things that wanted to make him run for the heels. When Jackson had said those words, it felt like a bomb had just being dropped on his head. He wondered to what extent, did Windsor go to get his money. Jackson told him a bit of the story but he wanted to know more. He couldn't shake the memories of Windsor’s actions, the shame and anger intertwined within him like a tangled mess. He wanted no part in it but then he couldn’t deny his genes. He couldn’t deny that he was made from Windsor’s Loins.Mr. Thompson, the Windsor’s lawyer, sat across from Henry, his expression grave. "Henry, there's something you need to know about your father."Henry looked up, his eyes searching Mr. Thompson's face for any sign of what was to come. "What is it?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.The lawyer hesitate
Elena’s POVLife has been just been there. I haven’t heard from Henry but I heard about how he had been brutal. I didn’t know I still had feelings for Henry until that scene in the mall. I decided to move on with my life. Danny was too busy lately so I had to hang out with Clare.“See anything you like?” I looked up. There was a woman smiling at me. I smiled back. She was a middle aged woman with big circle O earrings and a scarf over her hair. I couldn’t see the color of her hair too. She had these perfect white teeth. She had dark eye shadows, dark lipstick. You know the classical fortune teller persona. A bit gothic too.“Oh it’s nothing, I was just drawn to these cards” my smile slowly transitioned into a laugh. A nervous laugh. Her eyes zoned in on the cards and she smiled. I knew it. I knew I was not hallucinating. The longer I stared at this card, the more it felt like I had just walked into a museum and staring right back at me was a picture of myself on the wall. I mean ho
Elena’s POVMy heart raced as I followed the sleek black car. Who was this woman and what did she have to do with that man. The man wore a suit so he might be in a cooperate company. I feared for the man because the lady didn’t look easy to the eye. My grip tightened on the taxi's door handle. I was worried. A part of me wanted to know if the man would be safe and another wanted to know the real identity of the woman Henry was dating. Did he know she was involved in some Mafia shit?“Sir please can you go any faster” I urged the driver to keep up the pace, as soon as I saw we were almost losing them.“You will pay for me?” he looked into the mirror.“Of course I would” I raised my chin and glared at him.“Okay miss” he stepped on the gas and we sped. I prayed no police was on the road. The black car stopped just before the traffic. As I waited for the light to go green, I looked ahead. The next road was the one that led one out of the town. I looked around. There was no other road ava
Henry sat in the sitting room, thinking about what had his life had been lately. He couldn’t believe in the past week, he would give out a 100 billion dollar worth of assets but then he would never had touched it, even if there was no issue patterning to it. He needed the money since he could go broke any moment from now. He had to use part of his money to settle his father’s court cases. He was just surviving from the funds coming from Luther’s business, which was about to get packed up, if they didn’t do anything about it. Worse of Luther was yet to be buried and he had not heard from the lawyers.“Have you seen Laura lately” he asked Jackson. He shook his head before he began to flip through the television channels. Henry wondered what she could be up to. She must be cooking something. He had come to know Laura. Her silence was as dangerous as her words. Look at how she wreaked havoc in his life by just saying what she did, last week at the mountain house. He wondered who her infor
Clare cleared her throat as soon as Elena entered the house.“Oh Clare” she flopped down on a chair and sighed. “ I am so sorry babes. Something came up”“ I suppose Elena, I deserve an explanation” Clare put a hand on her waist with a frown evident on her face. Elena stared at her friend. She couldn’t tell her friend what had happened. Could she keep a secret? Nah. Clare was a blabbermouth. She had told Danny about Henry and that made Danny super jealous. That was the reason Danny was hell bent on embarrassing Henry on her birthday. She silently shook her head.“hello?” Clare waved her hands like a flag in front of Elena.Elena plastered a big smile on her face. “ I met with my ex” Clare’s widened and she smiled coyly.“ I told you, you are not over Henry” Elena shook her head. “ it’s not Henry”“Then who?” She asked“it’s the guy before Henry” Elena sighed. And so she went on to gossip about an event that never happened. Of course Claire believed her. She was always eager to hea
“Let me know when it would be her next trial” Henry said to the policeman who was an ally to Luther. He nodded. Henry wanted to help her. She could serve just her sentence since she was the one who actually killed Chloe but he woo help her clear her name with Windsor.Henry and Jackson turned and made their way out of the station.It didn’t take long for Henry to know the truth. He asked Jackson and he called a few people. Ruby was actually saying the truth. “I hate her” Henry sneered.“The feeling is mutual boss” Jackson agreed. Henry found out that while Laura was abroad, she had planned the murder of Chloe, all because of her father wanted him to marry Chloe. “I thought she was innocent” Henry swerved swiftly, avoiding a stupid driver.“Now I understand why she didn’t want to see Luther” Jackson added. And just like that everything began to make sense. The whispered calls. The weird outings. All those things that a maid he suspect her. She was indeed doing something behind the sc
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