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2024-10-29 19:42:56LET'S WELCOME OUR HOST FAMILY
The master of the ceremony, John, was with the family's event planner in the hall discussing something.The hall was already half filled, and guests were still trooping in.The music band was still playing a song, and people were nodding to the rhythm.He glanced at his wrist watch, it was just ten minutes to the scheduled time of the commencement of the program.The event planner knew that too and wrapped up what he was saying." Looks like you have to get ready now. Kindly go to the technical room to get your microphone fixed so you can come and start your work," the woman said to John.He nodded and quickly got on his way to the technical room. He emerged a few minutes later with his body microphone fixed to him.He sat down on a comfy chair at a spot where he could see the stage clearly. (That was actually the place designated to him to sit when he wa
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INTRODUCE THE FAMILY "So, ladies and gentlemen, let's give it up for our first honor of the house, She is the chief auditor of the Brooks family and one of the best auditors in the country, ladies and gentlemen, let's give a round of applause for Miss Andrea Brooks " John said as he introduced Andrea on stage.Andrea emerged from the place where Mrs Thompson was, she walked majestically up the stage, waving at the crowd as they clapped happily, welcoming her on stage.Andrea sat down on one of the chairs on the second row, with a smile on her face." Thank you, thank you.." John said as the clapping died down amongst the guests." You are welcome, Miss Andrea. John said with a wide smile to Andrea. " Andrea nodded with a smile." Right, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome our next in line…."Within five minutes, John had introduced everyone up the stage except one, Grandpa Roland.The seats on the podium were all filled up except three.He introduced him on stage, calling for a
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EAGER TO SEE THE HEIRLouisa sat beside Grandma Anderson as the host got onto the stage and addressed them.She knew the host from a program she had attended with a friend.He was a popular host who had fame countrywide, and he was called John.John addressed the guests for a while and left the music crew to resume their work.The guests were now settling down, and that was his reason for the slight pause.Louisa sat with a glass of juice in her hand, enjoying the good music and eagerly anticipating the follow-up of the events.Soon, the music ended, and John came onto the stage once again.This time, he commenced the program properly.He thanked the guests and began introducing the members of the Brooks family one after the other.Louisa sat in her chair, waiting patiently for the name of the heir to be mentioned.She could not see the stage very clearly like she wanted, so she was lo
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A FUNNY SPEECH The guests clapped their hands after Andrea ended her speechJohn walked upon the stage just as Andrea was leaving." Thank you, Miss Andrea, for the words so sweet," John said as the applause died down." Thank you, everyone. Now, we will quickly move on to the next business of the day.Very soon, our heir will be introduced up here on stage, but that will not be done by me.So, before we move on, our boss would like to give us a short speech, after which he will introduce the heir to all of us here.So ladies and gentlemen, I would like to invite Sir Roland Brooks. Can we give a standing ovation for him as he walks up here? "John said.All the guests stood up as the applause went onGrandpa Roland stood up from his seat and walked up to John.John saluted politely and left the stage.As Grandpa Roland walked in front, one of the men in suit went over and stood behind him.Grandpa Roland switched on his microphone and addressed the guests. " Thank you very much
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THEY WILL BE DOOMEDLouisa and Grandma enjoyed the song from the music crew.As the music ended, John came up on stage and introduced the next speaker for the eveningThe lady came over and addressed them briefly before going back to her seat.Finally, as they were eagerly expecting, John talked about the heir.He made it clear to them that he was not the one who was going to introduce the heir. He stated, however, that the honor was going to be for the current Ruler of the family, Mr Roland Brooks. He invited Mr. Brooks over to the stage to give his own speech and introduce the heir to the guests. Mr Roland Brooks came up to address the guests.Louisa knew he was the one who was going to introduce the heir, so she listened attentively to whatever the man had to say.Mr. Brooks began by thanking the guests and welcoming them once again.Finally, h
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GIVE US A MELODIOUS TUNEAnnabelle and Reuben sat in the room discussing Reuben's family and their next move after the night. They could hear the cheers and the claps from the guests from the event hall.As they sat down conversing, a knock came on the door.They both looked back at the same time." Come in," Reuben said.The door gently opened, and one of the guards walked in.He saluted them and stood at ease in front of them." Sorry for interrupting sir, your presence is needed now. You will be called in any moment from now on." The guard said.Reuben and Annabelle looked at each other." We will be there in a minute," Reuben replied, and the guard nodded and left the room.. Reuben looked at Annabelle and nodded." It's time now. Let's go and show the world who we are," Reuben said and stood up from the seat. He helped Annabelle stand up, a
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SUCH A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN " Thank you. It's finally time.It's time now to invite on the stage, the new ruler of the Brooks family" He paused and smiled, looking around with a smile on his face." Ladies and gentlemen, can we give a standing ovation for the new ruler of the Brooks family." Grandma said in a high tone.All the guests stood up on their feet as they clapped happily.Ten guards in dark suits lined up in two lines on each side of the walkway to the stage.The lights in the room automatically switched from producing white lights to producing a golden coloured lightTwo people walked in between the guardsA male and a female.The cameras were automatically focused up on them as they walked up the stage.The male wore a blue tuxedo suit, which was lightened up by the golden colours of the room.<
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME UP THE STAGE.Louisa was shocked to the wits when she saw the face of the man.The expression on her face was noticeable. She was sweating vigorously as she sat donHer whole body was shaking.She looked at Grandma Anderson, who was also sweating seriously. The expressions on their faces only spoke one thing “how?”Grandma wore a frown on her face.She was as equally surprised as Louisa was. They both stared at each other and then at the stage where Reuben was standing.Louisa was not able to control the tears that dropped on her face.She was drenched in sweat and tears . Despite all the coolness of the evening and the air conditioning in the room, she felt hotGrandma was lost in her own thoughts.She could not fathom the fact that the person she had not valued , the man she had maltreated, was the very heir she had been looking for for all this while.
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THE NEW RULER AND HIS WIFE Reuben and Annabelle were still standing beside Grandpa Roland as he addressed the guests. " So, as I said earlier on, this is my grandson Reuben Brooks.He is the heir to this throne.He was sent undercover to the streets to get some things done for the family and, of course, find a good wife for himself.I believe that by chance, a few of you have chanced upon him, mostly, people who live in this city.Now, after his thorough search and being certain of what he wanted, he found someone who matched the description.A gorgeous woman. A woman who did not love him for his money, a woman who did not love him for his fame.But someone who loved him for him.She never knew Reuben was even from this family until about an hour ago.However, she stood against my boy through thick and thin.She always believed in him and did her best to help him become better. Ladies and gentlemen, the precious woman.Let's give it up to the new wife in town, Mrs Annabelle Brooks
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I AM GOING TO BE A FATHER Grandma had just returned home from the courtroom and was in her mansion. Madam Martha and Madam Rebecca were with her, still trying to console her. Grandma could just not bear to see her going to jail. She had broken down in tears right from the courtroom and had to be brought home. They had to bring her to the house forcefully. As they sat down weeping, a knock came on the door. “ Come in please” Madam Rebecca said The door opened, and a guard walked in. “ There are some people here to see you ma'am” the guard said. Grandma was absent-minded about the whole surroundings as she kept weeping. “ Who is that?” Madam Rebecca asked. The guard did not reply. Instead, he stood aside. Three policemen walked in with one other man. The man without a uniform came forward. He had an ID in his hand and a paper in the other hand. “ My name is Mr Andrews, and these are inspectors Jack and Jill, we have an arrest warrant against Mrs Evelyn Anderson, and we
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CHAPTER 267Monday morning. CourtroomThe courtroom was set for the proceedings to take place.Reuben was seated with Annabelle and their family lawyer.They sat on the side of the plaintiff.On the defendant side sat Grandma Anderson, Jake’s father, madam Rebecca, and a few new unfamiliar faces.They had two lawyers on the defendants side, The Jakes family lawyer and the Anderson family lawyer.They were all seated and waiting for the proceedings to start.Earlier in the previous day, Grandma, together with her family lawyer, had visited Louisa and Jakes again, and they had spoken.According to the conversation with their lawyer, they were better off by pleading guilty to the accusations and pleading for mercy, in that case, they were going to be pardoned and their sentence was going to be released.They had come into an agreement with the family lawyer for the Jakes family to do that.Both families had no money left in their accounts to drag th
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THE VISITThe driver drove into the premises of the police station.The sun shone high above the sky, and everywhere was bright light.Grandma got down from the car and hurried towards the entrance." You are welcome ma'am" one of the policemen who knew her greeted her as soon as she entered." I want to see Louisa now," she fumed, ignoring the greeting from the policeman." Certainly ma'am, you have to wait for just a few minutes. I will be right back with you, " the policeman said with a dry smile and walked back in.Grandma stood in front of the policewoman at the reception.She looked at her with a deadly look, and the woman did her best to avoid the gaze and ignore her.Grandma stood there shaking vibrantly.She could feel her knees hurt from the stand, but she ignored the pain and stood there.Her only aim at that time was to see Louisa and speak with her, and that was exactly what she was doing.After standing for about three minutes, she was already losing her patience.Just
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A SCARY REALITYGrandma Andersons Mansion.Three hours later, Grandma had just alighted from her car with the factory manager.She saw madam Rebecca and Martha coming towards her.They all wore sad faces to meet her.There was an awkward silence amongst the trio as they welcomed Grandma, but Grandma did not say anything.She was just smiling through the whole process.The two wondered what there was to smile about the trouble they had at that moment.They went to the living room, and all of them sat around." Where is Louisa? I was told she was coming to the hospital to see me but she never came.Where is she now?" Grandma asked.She noticed that everybody else's face changed at once.She suspected that something was wrong." What is it? Why is no one talking to me?" Grandma asked.She was eager to know what was going on.The manager looked at Madam Rebecca." Have you told her yet?" She asked him.The manager shook his head in the negative" What is there to tell me, someone to speak
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ALL IS UNDER CONTROLLouisa and Jakes were pulled out of the police van, with the handcuffs on their hands.They both looked surprised as they could not fathom how they had just been intercepted in the middle of their operation and arrested by the police.The police had confiscated their phones and all that was with them.Louisa had seen Reuben and Annabelle earlier at the scene, while they walked away, after Reuben told the policeman something.She was sure Reuben had found out about their plan and had laid ambush for them." Is this what your plan led us to? In prison?" Louisa screamed out to Jakes when they were arrested.All she got was a caution from the police to keep her mouth shut, with the addition that whatever she said at that time could be used against her in the court.Louisa knew that was the end.They had been caught in the act, and she was sure that the boys were going to confess that Jakes was their leader.She was caught with Jakes at the same time at that scene,
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ITS A STRIKEGrandma was in her room in a phone call.It was time for dinner and she needed to go eat.The househelp had served her meal and informed her about it.Grabdma came out to the dunning room when one of her guards entered, with an envelope in her hand." Excuse me ma'am, there is a parcel for you," the guard said as soon as he walked in." Who is it from?" Grabdma asked " There is no sender's address, only the delivery address, and that is here." The guard said.He handed over the envelope to Grandma.Grandma took the envelope and muttered a " thank you" as the guard left.She was curious as to who would send an envelope without a sender's address.Grandma did not touch any of his cutlery. Instead, he opened the envelope to see the contents.The envelope contained a single sheet.She took out the paper and read the contents of the paper." Dear Mrs Anderson, We have not8ced your recent activities, and we know where you invested all your money..We can assure you that the
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THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED"What is going on here?" Annabelle asked in surprise.She could not just fathom what was going on, although she knew she was just about being kidnapped.Reuben held her hand and led the way back to the car, away from the sirens and the people who were being arrested. " What just happened here? Why is Louisa and that man being arrested? Who are those men? " Annabelle asked all at once." Let's sit in the car and speak for a bit.There are still a lot of things you need to know, " Reuben said as he unlocked the car with the remote.He opened the door for Annabelle to sit down and closed the door.He walked to the driver side and sat behind the steering, roaring the engine to life." I'm ready for the questions now, but before to ask, let me begin with narration," Reuben said as he drove out of the parking lot and out of the premises." I know you have a lot of questions. First of all, our date has not been canceled. We are on our way to a new restaurant.
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STAGED KIDNAPFriday Evening, 4:30pm, Honeymoon Hotel.Louisa and Jakes were out of the hotel and were heading towards the garage.They were done with all their planning for their mission ahead, and everything was carefully laid out.Everything they needed to make their work successful was ready.They walked into the garage, and Jakes unlocked the door to a new car.They both sat in it as they talked.Louisa had gone there with a car, but according to Jakes, it was too risky to use her car, as it might be identified by Reuben.They had hired a new car they were going to use.They sat in the car as the driver drove out of the premises of the hotel." So we are going there earlier, so we can monitor their movements, they should be there around 5pm, and we should get there about ten minutes before them.Everyone else is ready over there, and this should not take a long time.We will pull out quickly, " Jakes said.Louisa nodded.She was okay with the explanation and how things were go
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TWO WAYSLouisa went to the hotel and met with Jakes as they talked for the last time.Jakes made it clear that he had confirmed news from the Brooks mansion that Reuben and Annabelle were going out on a date the following day.He, however, stated that they did not know exactly where and when they were planning to go.Louisa rejoiced with the news as she knew they were getting closer to victory.Jakes told her he had the vans ready, and they also knew where they would be sending Annabelle after they had gotten hold of her.He had a private ship that was on the shores of the seas, waiting for him.He planned on going back home with Annabelle on the ship instead of air.He was doing that for his own safety, at least,until things went calm.After about thirty minutes of talking with Louisa, they finally dispersed, and Louisa went back home to prepare for the day ahead.It was a careful and nice plan they had laid out there, and they were sure it was going
