Candace could not fully comprehend the reason for Aaliyah's attitude but Lisa calmed her down."Don't mind her, she and that Ric guy may have something going on." Lisa explained and Candace was immediately sorry for her actions. Candace had thought Ric was single since he just recently got divorced."I should explain to her that we are just old time school classmates and friends." Candace immediately went after Aaliyah to apologize.When Candace weaved through to the back, she saw Damon with Aaliyah at the back."Hi Aaliyah," Candace greeted."Hi, I'm sorry for my reaction just now, Damon already explained everything to me." Aaliyah apologized first."I'm sorry too. I didn't know he had a girlfriend." Candace apologized."He doesn't. I'm not his girlfriend, I don't know why I reacted that way, there's nothing between us." Aaliyah realized there was nothing binding her to Ric since they had not done as much as an introduction.Aaliyah also realized that that was the same event Ric had i
When Aaliyah and Lisa drove back home, they drove in silence. Aaliyah just wanted to get home and query her grandfather for setting her up with an Ex convict.She dropped Lisa off at her house and headed to the Gullathova Mansion. "Grandpa you didn't tell me he was married before and he is even an Ex convict." Aaliyah scolded her grandfather angrily after being humiliated at the party."Ex convict? Are you sure of this information?" Lord Gullathova asked cautiously knowing the real truth of who Ric actually was.Lord Gullathova had done a background check on Ric Mariano and had found nothing since his documents carried Ricardo Maximillano and all information about Ricardo Maximillano were properly covered and protected from public access so there was no way anyone could get any information about Ric except the basic ones that were posted on his social media handles by those managing the pages."I don't know how concrete your claim is." Lord Gullathova tried to defend his choice for hi
Lisa didn't give any room at all as she went on running her mouth embarrassing Ric non stop and that pissed Aaliyah off.Aaliyah had meditated all through the night on everything that had happened and had felt sympathy for Ric getting divorced from his wife after his jail term.She had inquired and found out that he had been sent to jail for a driving accident and not any negative vice, she also gave excuse for him not being interested in anyone and attributed it to the divorce trauma.All these she did to justify the option her grandfather had chosen for her."Lisa! Just stop already." Aaliyah yelled at Lisa much to the surprise of everyone.Aaliyah was always very quiet, calm and lovingly obedient."Aaliyah! Can you hear the things she is saying, are they true?" Aaliyah's mother was quite alarmed at her daughter's outburst at Lisa, she thought it was better channeled to Ric since he was the culprit of deceit."I know of the things she speaks of but it is not her place to reveal such
When the table was emptied of all the bodies, Ric sat still hoping to have a word with Aaliyah before leaving.Aaliyah walked Ric to the door and they walked in a very comfortable silence. "I guess this is goodbye till we meet again," Aaliyah said to a mute Ric after they got to the car where his friends awaited him in the car with Frank behind the wheels.Ric had so much to say to Aaliyah but he had walked down the stairs in front of the Gullathova Mansion alone with her yet he said nothing. "Did you send me any gifts?" Aaliyah asked hoping to satisfy her curiosity."What gift?" Ric was very good at playing dumb."Oh, nevermind." Aaliyah dissed the matter, if Ric knew nothing about the gifts then they were obviously not from him. "Say," Ric insisted in a cold voice yet his tone was gentle.He watched
When Ric got back from the meetings he had, he stopped several meters from the estate with Frank and they both took a ride back home.Ric was shocked to see police vans surrounding their home and Police officers talking to different people in the neighborhood.When Ric got down from the taxi cab, people looked at him strangely and some whispered to themselves."What is going on?" Ric asked Frank who was equally as confused."I'll find out just now Boss, I think you should wait in the car a while longer." Frank said before walking into the house to figure out what was happening.Ric sat back in the car because he understood the importance of his safety and security even if he was not known by the public just yet."Frank! Where's Ric?" Damon jumped from the table where he was explaining to a detective what had happened."Outside," Frank said eyeing the officers."What is happening?" Frank inquired."I got back and didn't find the both of you, I checked with the security and neighbors an
Ric was panting heavily and he was drenched in sweat."What happened to you?" Damon rushed to Ric's side but he was stopped by Frank."He's hurt, let's get him to the hospital!" Damon told Frank who restrained him from getting any closer to Ric."We can't go to any hospital." Frank said and this was true because any hospital Ric went to would definitely demand his details to open up a file for him and that was the last thing Ric or Frank were going to agree to but none could explain this to Damon."Get him home safely, I have unfinished business." Ric literally growled at Frank."I'm not going anywhere without you, don't be silly." Damon protested but the look in Ric's eyes were different.They were not just cold, they were unfamiliar and murderous."You will go with him and you will not open the door for anyone until I return, even if the building is on fire, don't step out until I return." Ric instructed and although Damon wanted to argue further, he found himself doing as he was to
When the sound of the gun went off, Ric had dropped to his knees, his heart rate was faster and his breathing slowed. A car parked behind him, Ric hung his head low and awaited the approach. Cold hands wrapped around his torso and helped him stand to his feet."Deadly game you are about to involve yourself in," the man in the car informed Ric as he was supported into the car."Thank You," Ric said simply when he got into the car."For what? A deal is a deal." Lord Gullathova replied from beside Ric at the back seat."That could have been me," Ric stared out the window at the body of a man with a gun shot injury being carried away.Lord Gullathova had people monitoring Ric and his movements. When the trigger has been pulled, the shot was aimed at the man who released the gun safety attempting to shoot Ric."Do we have evidence to nail him for attempted murder?" Ric asked not willing to let the case slide."The sniper wasn't shot dead, the special branch of the intelligence department w
Damon and Ric barely said a word to each other when the sun gave it's light and illuminated the little house they inhabited.After his morning routine and a cold breakfast at the same table with Damon, Ric sat in his desktop and finalized all the details of the new project he was launching.The food was not cold but everything else was cold between both men."It's time for Lunch, I'll be going to the factory a bit late today," Damon informed Ric who had sat in his spot for hours already."Why?" "The property owner is demanding we pay two years advance to keep using it so we are about selling out." "What do you mean selling out?" Ric asked alarmed, the weary look on Damon's face already communicated his meaning but Ric didn't want to assume anything."We can't afford to pay such an amount and the factory is already running at a loss with a lot of debts. The bank didn't shut it down because I was able to use this house to service the loan as collateral." Damon explained.Ric gnashed h