The Price Hotel's two-decade anniversary came at last. It was a big day for Liam since everything rested on his shoulders, he was to host the whole event. Something he hadn't done before so it seemed as though he had reached his ceiling point, but with help from Avery's recording, he was able to sail through and made the event a different one from every other one hosted by his father.Liam invited top celebrities and artistes to perform and grace the hotel with their presence and performance. The entire hall was filled with guests and employees awaiting for the event to begin and Liam had never felt so proud of himself before. He had hosted a totally different type of event from his father's."Everyone, welcome to the Price Hotels' Twentieth anniversary. It's such an honor to have you here," Liam addressed the crowd the moment he climbed up the stage, with his macromic fixated at the corner of his mouth.People applaud Liam upon seeing him looking neatly and sharply dressed in an exp
Liam kept trailing after this person until he found himself in a dark room. He didn't like the way that he felt but he was still man enough to not break into a sweat. He tried to put on the lights through the switch at his side, but it was futile because the lights were already ruined. The place even had this choking smell of fuel.Upon hearing the clicking of the door, Liam knew he had been trapped inside the dark room. "We meet again after twenty long years, Liam," the voice of the man rang out and at this, Liam knew it was Triple M and not a different person. His heart dropped in his stomach, because he felt like a five-year-old again, the one who was tortured by the brute of a man.Triple M put on a lighter and Liam finally saw his face. The middle-aged man looked murderous like a beast. On his left hand was a fuel gallon and in the middle of the hotel room sat a chair with ropes.Liam took an unsteady gulp because this felt like Deja Vu. The floor of the room was slippery beca
Triple M had already tied Liam to the chair, after giving him several punches to make him weak. Liam had sustained a broken nose and a torn lip, from the heavy blows he received from the middle-aged brute."You don't have to do this, just let me go," Liam's voice was groggy because he was going through anguish, and the exact way he was tied gave him flashbacks of what happened twenty years ago. He could feel his heart thudding in his chest."I want everything you have, Liam," growled Triple M, as he surrounded Liam, pouring him more fuel. He could do this because the flashlight of his phone was already turned on."Give me the three hundred billion dollars you have and I'll let you go."Despite Liam's predicament, his eyes widened in their sockets because the money-gobbling ex-convict just requested more than enough of the money his late father left for him."I don't have such an amount of money," Liam said, something which wasn't even a lie."Sell your house and your properties and ad
Liam's unconscious body was rushed to the Price hospital at last. The event couldn't carry on anymore because of what happened to him, people were even spreading rumors that he was dead. While Triple M had already been caught by the CIA, after being beaten to a pulp by Big Tony. It was Avery who called them to come pick him up.Back at the hospital, the doctors were attending to Liam. They put him in a coma because he couldn't breathe fine on his own. Both Avery and Stevie-Lou were outside Liam's ward. Quiet and staring at Liam through the window. None of them had spoken to each other, they just stood there watching the man they both cared for in their own way. Avery didn't look good enough, she needed to rest because she was still recuperating from the bullet wounds she sustained. But she still stood there, waiting for Liam to wake up from that bed. It hurt to see him like that, when he was only doing the things he felt were right and then someone wanted to set him on fire.Avery
"Who sent you?"Triple M didn't even respond to this, instead, he glared at Sinclair and was confronted with a punch from Big Tony."Answer me!" Sinclair thundered. He had returned from the hospital and wanted answers.Triple M burst into boisterous laughter like a maniac. His face was already puffy and his nose broken from the beatings he had received from Big Tony, still, he could laugh."He should pass for a psycho," one man muttered. He was also a CIA.'Let's submerge his head in a sink full of water and then he'll get talking.' Big Tony suggestedAnd Triple M, who didn't understand sign language, was confused.Within a few minutes, someone brought a huge bowl full of water. It was dirty as if someone had washed muddy boots in it. Four pairs of hands pulled Triple M from the chair and dipped his head in the water for over thirty seconds. Triple M struggled and tried to free himself but he could not since four men were already holding and restraining him. It was torturous to dri
It was the following day when a nurse announced to Avery and Stevie-lou that Liam was awake when the two of them sprinted into the room at once. They had to wait until they slept outside and it was finally morning before they were allowed to see Liam. Liam who had managed to sit upright was stunned to see the two of them together. He had a cast on his neck and his face was still puffy despite some parts of it had been stitched over the night. He was in pain but was surprised that Stevie-lou was still in the same dress from last night. And Avery was there."Oh, my god. Liam," Stevie-lou sank on her knees when she reached his side and touched him. She was suddenly emotional to see his face looking different, and upon remembering what she heard from Avery last night. "I'm so sorry you have to go through this, I'm sorry for being insensitive and stupid, I should've been more mature..it just hurts to know you were trying to protect me this entire time," Stevie-lou sobbed as she put her f
"You're not in the right position to do this," Sinclair persisted."Let me, I won't take long," Liam said.They had gone to the police station later that evening.Sinclair finally moved out of the way so Liam could step right ahead of him. Liam clenched his jaw to refrain from wincing in pain as he took one footstep after the other. He was trying as much as he could to walk straightly since the pain was getting the best of him already.He finally stopped in front of the cell.A seventy-two years old man with graying hair was seen sitting on the cold cemented floor, with his head tipped up to the ceiling as if he was lost in his thoughts. He was still wearing his suit from yesterday, something which was completely wrinkled.Liam could've pitied him, except this man was after his life."Uncle," Liam's voice stirred up a shudder in Benjamin Price. He wasn't expecting to hear that voice, talk more or see that person whom he had thought was at the hospital.Benjamin Price's eyes were holl
The next person whom Liam went to was Triple M. The middle-aged man was already holding onto the bars of his cell, pondering over his actions when he saw Liam there.He wasn't expecting to see the young man whom he beat until he passed out. The occurrence was late evening of the previous day, yet it wasn't even up to twenty-four hours and Liam was there in front of him, with a cast on his neck and a stitch on his nose."You," Triple M growled."How long has it been since you were illegally released from prison? A week or less?" Liam deliberately did this to irk him. Before he got there, he hardened his heart because just at the mere sight of Triple M revived past traumas."I wish I had killed you when I had the chance to," Triple M's hate for Liam was already visible on his face."You know, this is your favorite phrase for me. You were paid off to kill me but greediness made you prolong things, you wanted my wealth. Something you never knew about how it came in the first place," Liam