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The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 98 • Test Results
Matthew just came down from the car, shutting the door behind him before making his way into the faculty building. It didn’t take long before he reached the entrance and he ran into Mr Anthony. “Would you look at Mr Houston himself,” he said mockingly. Anthony was standing in the way so he couldn’t walk past him. “What do you want?” Matthew asked, already sounding irritated. “Nothing, I just hate liars, just look you’re no longer with the car that you came with the other day, I’m sure you borrowed it and that’s why, now you have gone to borrow another one, how long would you continue to pretend like this?”Matthew rolled his eyes, “I got into an accident with my Ferrari so I’m using the Mercedes now. If you don’t have anything better to say to me, I would like to be on my way to class.”“Cheap pretender,” Anthony muttered before walking away. Matthew was going to let it slide and just ignore, but then he paused, clenching his fists by his sides. “Let’s make a deal Mr Anthony, If
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 99 • Pretending to be a Houston?
Anthony marched into the dean's office. “I would like to see Mr Donovan,” he said to the secretary. She looked up from her computer. “Oh, the dean is having a meeting right now. Is anything the matter? I can tell him later.“I want to see him now. How long is his meeting going to take?”“Give or take, maybe thirty minutes,” she replied. He exhaled sharply out of frustration. “I’ll wait.” He plopped down on the chair in the waiting area, tapping his legs impatiently as he waited. It didn’t take too long before the door clicked open and a man walked out, it was the deputy dean. “Mr Anthony, what brings you to the office?” he asked in a friendly tone. Everyone in the school had so much respect for Mr Anthony because he was one of the best among his peers. “I actually wanted to see the dean, I need to have a student reported for misconduct, he has to be kicked out of the school.”The deputy dean frowned a bit, his face falling. “Would you calm down a little? What is going on?” he ask
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 100 • Be His Date
The mere mention of her name struck fear in their hearts. John could feel his stomach drop when he heard Mr Donovan’s words, even the secretary who was standing by her desk suddenly felt weak in the knees. Anthony however was still resistant, there was n way he would believe that Matthew, a man he considered to be a nobody, was a true Houston. “B-but it can’t be, Mrs Amelia Houston has only one grandson, everyone knows that, It’s Xander Houston,” he insisted. Donovan smiled. “She actually has two, she explained it to me the day she came to my office, why? Is anything the matter?” he aske, arching an eyebrow. Anthony was dumbstruck, he wanted to speak but his words failed him. He began to grow nervous, his palms becoming sweaty. “But that day you told me that a Houston was going to be in my class, and Mr Xander showed up.”“Mr Matthew was also in attendance that same day, as a matter of fact, nobody saw it coming, Mr Xander got enrolled last minute anyway.”Noticing how tense the at
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 101 • Have What You're Cooking
A small smile parted his lips when she let out those words. “I don’t see why not,” he responded, thinking about the fact that Lola had left him for his brother. At least, that was his impression of her anyway. Elena walked into the office with a file in her hands. “Mr chairman, I need to have a word with you for a moment,” she said, faking a smile as she looked towards Selena and then back at him. “Sure thing,” he replied, getting up from his desk. “You know, whatever you want to say to the CEO, you can still say it here. I am a director, after all,” Selena replied with a small smile. “Mrs Winchester, please, not the time.” Elena didn’t bother to try to pretend to be nice, or even pretend to like her, and she was direct with it and straight to the point. Matthew was a bit confused, but he could see that the two certainly did not like each other. He followed Elena out into the hallway, and they moved towards her office but didn’t enter. She pushed back loose strands of her hair as
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 102 • Secure the Winchester Family
Vito walked back into the house with a bag filled with groceries. She dumped them on the couch and then made her way to the room, she had a lot of cleaning to do, but for now, this would do. A smile formed on her face when she swirled her head around, taking in every inch of her luxury apartment. “This is life,” she said to herself, entering the main bedroom and plopping down forcefully on her bed. Even the fabric of the material was far better than what she was used to in her former low end apartment. The only thing she didn’t anticipate was that she would be neighbors with Matthew Houston, she had no idea that he even owned a flat here. She was still deep in her day dreaming when the doorbell rang, “oh great, it must be the food I ordered,” she said to herself as she skipped towards the door excitedly. Even though she had gone to shop for groceries, she didn’t actually plan on cooking just yet. She had just set up her apartment and for nwo was more concerned with resting. To her
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 103 • Giving Chances
Xander and Lola shared a look with each other. He pressed the phone against his ears. “Yes, what did you find out?” He asked, his face twisting into a small frown. “We were able to trace the address of the person who sent the mail. I spoke with the editor and he provided me with some details. I can send the address to you right away.”“Please do, and thank you.”The call ended with a characteristic beep. Lola raised her head. “Have we found this blackmailer?”“Something like that.”Just then, Karen opened her room door with her phone clutched within her grip, she looked a little worried like she had just seen something bad. “He texted me, the monster behind this just sent me a text, he wants me to send him money.”Lola sighed. “You won’t send that bastard a penny, I assure you, Xander and I are already on it, we have the address of the man trying to do this to you and we’re going to see him.”“Now?” Xander asked in disbelief. “Yes, is there anything wrong with it now?”He shrugged.
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 104 • Just You and Me
Matthew went straight to his condo unit after work, since Amelia had not particularly mentioned anything about needing to be home for dinner, he concluded that it was not necessary. He parked his car outside and got down, with his blazer in hand as he marched into the building. By the entrance as he was about to enter, he bumped into a familiar figure, it was none other than his ex Ashley. At first he was shocked to see her, but then he remembered that he had seen Vito here earlier and that she was his next door neighbor, so it only made sense that he would also see Ashley around since she was Vito’s closests friend. “Don’t tell me that you live here with Vito?” he asked in a rude tone. She scoffed, adjusting her hair, “why? What’s it to you?” she asked. “It’s already bad enough having Vito here, having the both of you would be a nightmare, please. Some places aren’t for classless people.”Angered by his words, Ashley tried to smack him in the face, just like she used to whenever
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 105 • Trespassing
The whirring of the jet engines made up for the background noise as they got down from the plane at the airport. The air was chilly and cold, which was normal to expect since it was winter. Lola turned to look at her friend Karen, who was rubbing her elbows because of the cold. “Are you okay?” She asked softly, “Yeah.”Lola could tell that her friend was nervous. “It’s going to be okay, I assure you, we’ll make that creep regret messing with you.”Karen forced a small smile, grateful that her friend was standing by her. Xander walked up to Lola, “The private car I rented for the day should be here soon,” he informed them. He could see that Lola was visibly worried and then he moved closer to her, “what’s on your mind?” he asked in a soft tone. “Nothing, I was just wondering, what if he doesn’t cooperate with us? What if he refuses to-”Xander placed his hands against the small of her back. “Shh, everything is going to be alright, I assure you.” His words were reassuring and gave h
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200 • Novel Finale
Darrell was watching the news when he saw the news about Vanessa’s arrest in Los Angeles. At first he didn’t believe it but when Vanessa’s mug shot was shown on TV, he growled in anger and smashed the remote control on the ground.“What is going on?” Mrs Ferguson asked from the hallway on hearing the crashing sound.“She has been arrested and she is yet to give me my money.“ Darrell complained.“Who are you talking about?”“Vanessa Winchester. She got arrested while trying to escape for her crimes. There are multiple count charges against her.” Darrell responded and his mother walked to the living room to see for herself.“Well, to me. This is great news. She can no longer torment our family again.” Mrs Ferguson said and Darrell scoffed.“Don’t be a ridiculous mother. She didn’t pay us our money, that is even worse torment.”“Being a taxi driver was enough to get us a new TV right? Keep doing it.” She responded and walked out on him.***Ashley had returned to her previous life but sh
199 • Sightseeing
Matthew and Amelia were at the hospital’s waiting room waiting for the doctor's feedback on Xander. He had been rushed to the emergency room for immediate treatment after Raymond had shot him twice. Amelia folded her hands together trying to pray for Xander, while Matthew on the other hand was restless.Martha rushed in, with her eyes teary.“Where is my son? What happened to him?” She wailed but Matthew only pulled her into a hug, letting her cry on him. “It’s okay. Let’s all be strong for him right now. He’ll be fine, I have high hopes.” Matthew said even though he knew he was lying to himself, he just wanted to make Martha feel better because when Xander was brought in, he was in a very bad shape.“How could Raymond do this to our only child? Does he even have a heart anymore?” She lamented and Amelia took her hand in hers.“Martha, I’m sorry about my son. I apologize for everything, your life could have been better without…”“Mother, what are you saying? You are the best. Raymond
198 • Police Round Up
Xander stared into space confusedly, he didn’t want his father to go to jail but at the same time, he was tired of all the drama. He walked down the stairs looking lost. He had to go tell Hernandez and Amelia. Luckily, both of them were in the dining room having tea together. Xander walked into the dining room and Amelia instantly knew something was wrong.“Xander, are you okay?” Amelia questioned and Hernandez turned to him as well.Xander rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath. “Yeah, I am. Dad called.” He announced and Hernandez looked more interested.“What did he say to you?” Hernandez questioned.“He wants us to meet.” “Great. Let’s all go meet him. Where?” Hernandez asked again and Xander sighed. “Do you think I am happy doing this? This person in question is my father.” He said.“And he is also a criminal who killed your uncle and his wife, he also attempted to kill your grandmother..” Hernandez explained but Xander scoffed.“All this isn’t changing the fact that he stil
197 • Battle for the Phone
Vanessa spent the night in a hotel but early the next morning, she was out of there. The hotel was the wrong place for her to be. She had also found out that Richard had been arrested by the police, that jerk had a big mouth and he was probably the reason why the police were after her now, he had implicated her. She kept driving round town as everywhere looked like someone was watching her. She finally saw an alley and decided to hang around there for a while as it was close to the mall as well. She needed to go to the mall but she knew her credit card could be used to track her location. The police were already on the lookout for her everywhere, she couldn’t bring herself out even further. She stood in front of the alley, rubbing her forehead and trying to think of the next way she could go from there when suddenly someone grabbed her from behind, from the strength and the masculine strength, she knew he was a man. The man had covered her mouth with his hand so she couldn’t even s
196 • Care to Explain the Blackmail?
Amelia received a call from Matthew that afternoon which was a little weird as he rarely called her.“Hi darling.” She started.“Grandma, where are you?” Matthew asked and Amelia was a little confused.“I’m at home. Why do you ask? Did something happen?” She questioned.“As a matter of fact, yes. You have to come to the station right now. There is something you need to know and oh, please let Charles know that Ashley has been found.” Matthew said and before Amelia could ask any further question, he ended the call.Amelia didn’t know what all that fuss meant but she was certain it wasn’t a joke as Matthew wouldn’t invite her to the police station for nothing but why the police station? She hurriedly dressed up and In about thirty minutes, she was at the station.She went straight to Hernandez's office to see Matthew there as well. “I came as soon as I got your call. What is going on?” She asked, her gaze darting from Hernandez to Matthew and back to Hernandez again.“Hello, Mrs Houst
195 • I Quit
Lola was at her office sorting and signing some documents when her office mate rushed into the office giggling excitedly. All of them turned to her with questioning expressions.“Are you being chased by a clown?” Lola asked sarcastically.“No! You won’t believe it!” She shrieked.“Believe what? Say it already, stop leaving us in suspense.” Another girl chipped in.“I just saw….” She was explaining when the door was pushed open and Xander walked in with a bouquet of roses and a hamper. All the girls gasped and the first girl couldn’t stop giggling as she had seen him already. Xander got to Lola’s table and placed the bouquet and the hamper on it. Lola didn’t bother looking at him, she just went on with what she was doing; sorting the documents, signing on them and placing them in their rightful positions on the shelf. The other staff waited for everything to unfold. Lola hadn’t told them anything but they all knew that she and Xander were having a fight. “Lola, please stop doing thi
194 • Clear her Head
Vanessa lay on the bed in one of the guest rooms of the house. She had refused to share a bed with Edward after she had found out about Vito. Next to the bed was a small luggage she had prepared to go on a vacation as a way of letting off steam but before that she had to make sure Edward leaves the mansion as it rightfully belonged to her. She was watching the ceiling with reddened eyes from crying. She wasn’t just crying from Edwards cheating but the fact that she never thought it would hurt her that way. She could never say he wasn’t cheating but getting the girl pregnant? That was the height of it.The sound of the door opening dragged her out of her thoughts. She turned to see who it was and it was Monica.“Hi mum.” Monica started as she sat on the edge of the bed, and took Vanessa’s right hand in hers.“ Have you had any sleep yet?” She asked and Vanessa shook her head in negation.“You should get some sleep mum, you are…” Monica’s foot hit the luggage at the side of the bed and
193 • Unconscious on the Floor
Matthew now has eye bags underneath his eyes as he had been having sleepless nights trying to get new leads on Ashley. He hadn’t heard anything from Hernandez and he had no idea if Ashley was still alive or if she was dead or if she was still in the country. As early as 7am that morning, he had gone to the station again.Hernandez had driven in some minutes later to see Matthew’s car already there.“You know, I might soon begin to think you are actually a staff here who has refused to reveal the information to the rest of us because why the hell are you showing up earlier than all of us?” Hernandez joked and Matthew laughed.“Very funny, Chief. But you are right, I am beginning to think so myself too. But the truth is I just can’t have peace of mind until Ashley is found and everything is resolved. She got into this mess because of me. After everything is resolved, I might reveal my true identity to you all as one of the secret staff.” Matthew responded.“True. Ashley’s safety is para
192 • Sex Workers and Punching Bags
Ashley was trembling with anger. She sat in her part of the bedroom enraged, Gwen had helped her treat the cut on her face. It was a very deep cut and had taken about ten minutes to stop the bleeding. Gwen was in her own part of the bedroom watching Ashley.“You’ve got to calm down. When Richard has a bad day, he tends to take it out on us, I have a scar on my left arm from one of those times he….”“Is this supposed to help me right now? Look Gwen, I know you take a lot of shit here, but I, Ashley does not take shit. I will make sure I get myself out of here and Richard goes to jail. I don’t know about you, but I can’t and I won’t spend another night here. The worst that could happen is that I would die. He can’t keep treating anyone like this, we can’t be his sex workers and punching bags.” Ashley fumed.“Yeah, you’re right but do we really have a choice?” Gwen asked and Ashley stood up and headed towards the door.“Sometimes, we do not need to have choices, we make use of whatever w
