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The Ingenious Liam Price 133: Unfiltered Truth
'You're staying in jail for two months?' Big Tony had a shocked expression on his face."Yes, but not here. I'll get transferred somewhere else." Liam replied. It was hours after he had been taken back into his cold cell and Big Tony had come to visit him with food and some fresh clothes."I don't think I'll be needing that, they'll give me a prison uniform by tomorrow." Liam pointed at the clothes that were already on the floor outside his cell.'No, it can't be.' Big Tony shook his head stubbornly."There's nothing else I can do, Tony. I attempted murder and so I should face whatever punishment is given to me." Liam added.'You know you can't bribe your way out of this, boss.' Big Tony signed."Avery already contacted her boss, he spoke with the police higher-ups and they decided to give me two months," Liam informed Big Tony and then wondered how life in prison would be for him. He had heard scary tales of men being raped and just that thought sent shivers down his spine. He knew h
The Ingenious Liam Price 134: To Take His Place
"I tried my best, Liam," Avery's demeanor was unwavering but Liam knew it was to mask up how sad she felt for him."I know you did, you've always been helpful from the onset," Liam smiled a little. It was evening when Avery came to visit him."Two months is no biggie, right?" Avery shrugged a little, trying to make him feel less bad about himself, "You can endure the harsh treatment until you're out.""Don't worry about me too much, Avery. I'm not dying, just going to jail for two months," Again, Liam gave her a tight-lipped smile. He dreaded going to jail but he knew he would not make it known to her, since she was a woman and he needed to be a man."Two months can make you a different person," Avery pointed out after examining Liam."I'll change for the better and notworseworst. I am being sent there to be taught a lesson and not to be a horrible person," Liam pushed his fingers through his hair and sighed.Unblinking, Avery nodded."The second trailer driver was also arrested, and
The Ingenious Liam Price 135: Seeing Him Off
"Sign here," Avery instructed and Liam obliged, still it was a struggle to get his signature on the paper since his hands were still in cuffs."And here," she pointed at the far end of the document, and Liam signed."It's all set," she said."All set," Liam repeated after her. It was a document Avery had created overnight, something that legally involved Liam passing his rights over to her to take his place while he was away. A few other people at the Price Enterprise had already signed earlier before Avery arrived at the police station.Liam handed the documents back to Avery. And when she took it from him, she didn't back away. She held his gaze for some time. Her face was frigid like an iceberg but her eyes betrayed her. Liam could see the way tears were threatening to take over, and at the same time, she kept blinking.Gibson shoved a piece of paper into Liam's hands and then stepped backward.This came as a surprise because Liam never expected anything from his former butler. He
The Ingenious Liam Price 136: His Women
"Take this money," Avery held out a cheque of $1,000,000 to Chloe when they hopped into the car. True to Avery's words earlier, Chloe had waited for her."Why, did Liam ask you to pay me off?" Chloe looked from the Cheque to Avery's face, looking puzzled."No, you need to take care of yourself and the baby," Avery literally gritted out, hating the fact that someone like Chloe who was completely undeserving of anything pertaining to Liam, was being reluctant to accept the cheque."He asked you to give me?" Chloe questioned, her voice more audible than it did before."Yes," Avery lied, rolling her eyes in their sockets. The truth was that Liam never told her to do so, she just did it out of her own free will, because she was now filling for Liam. All his responsibilities were heaped on her shoulders."Will he avoid me forever? This child belongs to him," Chloe had sadness spreading across her face.The corners of Avery's mouth stretched into a smirk when she saw this."He never called yo
The Ingenious Liam Price 137: Prison I
It was evening when the car pulled up in front of the prison gates, after long five hours of driving. The prison was in a desolate place where one would have to drive hours before they could come across a gas station or a grocery store. It was completely out of civilization and was one of the worst prisons which contained hardened criminals and hitmen."You hate me so much, don't you?" Liam couldn't hide his dismay as he directed this to Detective Maverick."I don't understand what you mean, Mr. Price," the Detective was a bit confused at this."Of all the prisons in the world, it's this place you deem best fit for me," Liam shook his head in self-pity as he took in a proper view of the place. He doubted he would be able to survive a day."These men will remain here until they grow old and die, while most of them will get killed in a few days, weeks, or months." Said Detective Maverick "So no one knows me as Liam Price?" Liam lifted a brow."No, they don't," the detective shook his
The Ingenious Liam Price 138: Prison (II)
Liam slipped his head out of the wash basin and gasped loudly. His hands moved to his face and he made use of some liquid soap and water to wash his face.After drying his face with a fresh towel, he looked into the mirror to stare back at his reflection.True to his thoughts, his head was shaved bald and he was a bit petrified at the person staring back at him.His head was too shiny and he felt very different from the Liam Price whom he had been in the past hour months. It was the first time he had seen himself like that and he felt very weird. He doubted his people would recognize him with all of his hair gone. If he suddenly appeared in front of Big Tony like that, the man would stare at him in confusion, except he would take a closer look at him.Going out in the open like that, no one would even recognize him as Liam Price. They would walk right past him without sparing him a second glance. Except that wasn't even possible because starting from that day onward, he would be con
The Ingenious Liam Price 139: Prison (III)
Liam was pushed to confront his horror the following morning. He wasn't even given a few more hours to rest as he was taken back to his cell, to meet with his cellmates once more. If he could be granted one wish, it would be to find himself in another cell and not that exact cell that contained the men who beat him black and blue the previous day. Seeing their faces again was way too much for him to handle "I can see you're back," Robbs stroked his beard. He was the leader out of all three men.Liam bit back a groan as he stood, unmoving. He couldn't even turn his neck to the other side because it was stuff from the beatings he received the previous day. It felt like the medications given to him were useless because the pains were worse than before.Life kept getting worse for him, although he was partly at fault for what happened yesterday since the first thing which came out of his mouth was a challenge. And then his face was used as a punching bag.Liam remained in his standing s
The Ingenious Liam Price 140: Trial
The following day, Benjamin Price was wheeled into the court gallery by a police officer.His sons were as well present with the lawyer they had hired to defend him. While Avery, Triple M was already in the dock, ready to testify against Benjamin Price and plead guilty to his murder attempt."Where is the victim?" The judge looked around, expecting to see Liam but he couldn't find him. Even his place on the left dock was empty."He has business to take care of," Avery provided, making sure her voice was firm and bold."Upon knowing we have a trial?" Asked the judge, because he was confused at this. He thought Liam would be present."He's the victim after all, he's not here but we can still communicate with him while he's away," Avery opened the laptop on the chair beside her. Her face spread into a small smile as she popped some buttons on the keyboard. It seemed as though she already knew what she was doing.There was a short pause as people exchanged confused looks. They wondered w
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188: The End Or A New Beginning?
Three months later."It's a boy," Liam was trying to keep a straight face but he was woefully failing at it."And?" Avery raised a brow as she put some documents aside. She was in her office and Liam just bursted in without even knocking."We did genetic testing and it turns out that he's truly mine," he told the truth at last and fist-pumped the air in excitement."That's great news, Liam. Congratulations," Avery offered Liam a genuine smile but she still remained in her sitting position."It's still incredulous that I have a son," Liam put his hands on his waist and stared at the ceiling."It feels surreal, right?" Avery asked."He was so tiny that I was afraid he'd fall from my arms," Liam blurted out."And the mother, how is she?" Avery swiftly changed the topic."Chloe is still on treatment, she delivered the child through CS," Liam informed her."She needs a lot of rest, it wasn't easy at all," Avery finally left her seat and went to stand beside Liam."I wish it wasn't her but
187: Justice
It was sort of hard to leave the Cabin when Avery immediately passed out right after Liam embraced her. And there was Stevie-Lou, who couldn't even walk because of the bullet wound she had. It was completely dark outside, almost past 9 PM and Liam could still hear the sirens from afar. Quickly, he put an unconscious Avery on his back before going over to the other room to check up on Stevie-Lou.She was sitting on the floor, her face was dried with tears and her leg was still bleeding."It's all over, Stevie, I'll get you out of here," Liam said softly but Stevie-Lou couldn't even look at him.Liam put Avery on the floor before hurrying to Stevie-Lou's side so he could cut off the ropes from her body since she was tied to a chair as well."I am so sorry, Liam. It's all my fault," She apologized when Liam finally cut off the last of the ropes, and it was obvious that she felt guilty over luring him there."No, don't apologize. Nothing is your fault," Liam didn't mind. At that moment
186: Ticking Time Bomb
"Shit, shit, shit!" Liam swore out loud because he was trying as much as he could to free himself from the ropes, but he could not. He had been trying for the past two minutes and the time bomb on Avery's body was reading 5:22 seconds. And Avery was still unconscious."Avery, wake up!" Liam called out to her.Still nothing. She was unmoving, still in the exact position she was left, while the bomb was still ticking."Wake up, please. You can't die this way. We need to get the bomb from your body. If anyone deserves to live then it's you." The whole room was already smelling like death.And Liam could hear Stevie-lou's sobs from the other room.This was worse than he ever thought.His enemies tricked him, made him sign all his fortune to them and then they ran away, leaving him to die along with the two women who mattered to him.Liam let out a shuddered breath when Avery began stirring until she flicked her eyes open."Avery, can you hear me?" Liam called out to her while she stared
185: Enemies Won?
"Hello, Liam. We have a little surprise for you," Hunter returned with a smirk and then he rubbed his hands together as if he just did a job well done."Where's Avery, what have you done to her?" Liam couldn't help but ask because his heart was already quaking in his chest from the fear of losing Avery."You should see for yourself, don't you think?" Hunter still had his smirk resting on his face.And at this, Liam took a rough gulp. Afraid that they had killed Avery Duffer.Gibson and Ted Price returned, and they didn't untie Liam from the chair, afraid if they did, he would gain the strength to fight back. So they just carried him along with the chair and took him into another room in the cabin.And the sight that greeted Liam would have sent him to his feet if he wasn't already tied to the chair.Avery was still unconscious and she had a ticking time bomb to her body."What have you done!?" Liam was already trembling in his seat, he could feel his heart rising to his throat. "Hurr
184: The Fight
Four hours ago…Avery knew something was up with the way Liam left without paying any attention to her. Normally, he always noticed her but this time he did not. He even ignored her when she called out to him, and it was rather strange.She was about to hop into her car to trail after him when she saw Gibson, the traitor approaching her."Hello there, Avery Duffer," Gibson offered her a little smile as he stopped in front of her and put his hands right behind him.Avery waited for Liam to drive off before she turned to Gibson."You," she sneered at him."Come on now, you can't say you hate me because of what happened," Gibson cast her an innocent look."Your audacity is stinky, sir," Avery insulted, with her eyes showing him how much she was upset with him.And the man chuckled, clearly amused by the way she just spoke to him."How dare you show up here and act like it's not a big deal to betray Liam?" Avery gritted out as she covered the distance between them. He was taller, old enou
183: Torture (II)
They hit Liam with whatever they could find and beat him black and blue until his face was battered and his vision was blurry."We'll only let you live on one condition," panted Hunter as he wiped his bloodied fist on his shirt.Liam's face was already swollen enough that his voice sounded groggy when he tried to speak."Sign these papers and pass out all your inheritance to us, and then we'll let you go without killing you," said Charlotte."And of course the gold, you need to give us the gold," Hunter added.Liam's head fell to his side, he was in so much pain that it hurt to even stay awake."Speak up now or you'll be gone in a matter of seconds," Hunter cocked his gun and aimed it at Liam.And this reminded him of the nightmare he had on two occasions. The one where he dreamt about his downfall and death, and it generated panic attacks which he never had.The nightmare was manifesting itself, even though the people whom he found in the dream weren't complete.Even though it was ju
182: Torture (I)
Liam got in the direction Stevie-Lou had texted him. It was in a remote area, a place that he had never been to before. He wasn't scared, that was the main reason he went alone because he aimed to rescue Stevie-Lou from his cousin. He stopped his car and took the footwalk until he got to the cabin.Liam could feel his heart hammering in his chest as he stared at the cabin.Why on earth would Ted kidnap Stevie-Lou and hurt her? But then again, obsession was a dangerous thing, because it could be that he was mad at Stevie-Lou for ditching him at the wedding and running away with Liam. And then he found out a few weeks later that she was dating Liam. So it hurt him, but that was about four months ago.Liam clenched his jaw as he made his way to the cabin. He didn't know what was waiting for him there, but he knew he could risk it all for Stevie-Lou. She didn't deserve to get hurt, after being through so much in the past months. Indeed, Liam still cared deeply for her. That was why when
181: Luring Liam To A Trap
'Liam?' Stevie-Lou's shaky and tearful voice sounded from the other end of the phone."Stevie?" Liam could barely believe that she picked up her phone to call him. Unbeknownst of her situation.'A-a-are you alone?' She sounded as if she was in so much pain."Yes, Stevie. What's wrong? Are you hurt anywhere?" Liam was genuinely worried for her sake because he still cared for her.I was kidnapped by Ted Price, he lured me into his trap, claiming it was you who wanted to see me. And when I went there, he shot me in the leg and locked me up in this cabin,' Stevie-Lou explained while sobbing."Christ!" Liam swore out loud as he jumped to his feet.'He shot me in the leg, Liam,' she continued."Ted shot you?" Liam could feel his breathing growing deep.'Yes, so I wouldn't run away. And then he left me out here to suffer,''Can you give me a description of this place, so I can come to your rescue?' It was taking everything within Liam to not panic.'I'm afraid if you come with the police, he
180: Stevie-Lou In Danger
Stevie-Lou and Jake were filling up their stuff in boxes, they were to leave town the following morning, since Stevie-Lou managed to secure a job out of the city and she wanted to relocate as fast as possible. She was still upset over her break-up with Liam since she still cared deeply for him.It hurt that she was still affectionate towards him but they could not be together. Liam had way too much going on in his life and she couldn't cope. Nor would she go back to Ted Price who had numerous baby Mamas and kids all over the place.Still, she had this one last urge to see Liam, to hug and bid him goodbye before cutting off from him entirely and starting life afresh. They went through a whole lot together.Starting from when she saved his life when he was getting kidnapped. Fast-forward to the time she showed up at his house so she could take permission from him, before putting his story out.How Liam had dressed up as clumsy Thomas just so he could get close to her. He even bought her
