Ethan was standing before a mirror, adjusting his neck tie. Valerie walked up to him and stood on her toes to plant a soft kiss on his cheeks. “You look amazing.”“Thank you,” he responded. Natasha barged into the room, unintentionally disrupting their moment. “The car is ready downstairs, we should get moving,” she said, holding her tablet out.Ethan wanted Valerie to stay back, and Natasha even supported this idea, because if Valerie was there, the media would try to rip her to shreds. With another stolen kiss, Ethan made his way out and into the car that was waiting for him downstairs. He was wearing a sleek charcoal suit which had hand drawn patterns. The suit accentuated his features and he looked dashing, Which was exactly how he needed to look if he was going to win back public affection. The car drove off to the conference center where he was going to be having the press conference. When he got there they were already a bunch of reporters seated waiting impatiently for hi
Valerie, Elizabeth and Skyler were watching the press conference on the news. A sharp gasp collectively escaped from their throats as they watched the car explode in an instant. “Ethan!” Elizabeth screamed, stretching her hands towards the TV screen as though she could pull him right out. “Look!” Skylar pointed at a corner, “he's fine.”Ethan had money to jump out of the way pushing everybody back just before the explosion. He got off. I was dusting his blazer as his car burned. Ethan instructed everybody to step away from the car and they did just that. They knew that somebody was after Ethan, but they didn't know that the person was this desperate. Valerie was just happy that nothing happened to anybody. News channels immediately began reporting it and most of them were saying basically the same thing, that the legion commander was being targeted by somebody or a group of people. They awaited his arrival at home anxiously. Soon another car pulled up in front and it was Ethan.
Ethan had insisted that Valerie stay back at home while he visited the community alone, but she was too paranoid to let him go alone; she wanted to be by his side. “If you're worried that something is going to happen again, the rest are sure that I've increased security so you have nothing to worry about. Plus even if something did happen, I'd rather you were far away from the vicinity.”“I know nothing is going to happen because of stricter security measures which you took, I just want to be there with you, by your side. Besides, I don't really have anything to do at home.”Ethan realized that he could no longer argue with her so he just decided to let it go. “Fine, you can come,” he said.They made their way out of the house and into the car that was waiting downstairs to take them to the rural community. As the legion commander he couldn't have his image be tarnished like this, he had to get to the bottom of things.The driver ignited the engines and began to drive them towards t
Back in the Sterling's residence, they were having breakfast in the morning, completely oblivious to what was transpiring at the rural community. “So, when is the new date for the engagement party?” Therese asked, slicing through her meat with a fork and knife.Renée shifted uncomfortably on the seat. She loathed the idea of getting married to Jason, she had eyes on Ethan instead as she felt that he was a bigger catch.“I had a talk with Desmond yesterday and he said it can be as soon as possible.” Clifford belched and then tried drank a cup of water. “Can it wait until after my trip?” Renée contributed, still chewing some rice. “And what trip is that if I may ask?” Therese questioned out of curiosity, her eyebrows arching. “Well, it's a destination wedding for one of my friends, Stacey.” “Do you realize how silly you sound? You want to postpone your own engagement party to attend your friend's wedding?”“Dad, it's not like Ethan and are ready for they are engagement party either
Valerie and Ethan jumped on their feet upon hearing what the little boy was saying. Timothy also got up with a worried expression on his face. “Oh no, my daughter!”The moment they stepped out of the house, they could hear the commotion coming from a distance and quickly began making their way there. Police sirens filled the air as officers came out of their cars holding shields and hoses to wash down anyone who dared to protest in front of the Roger corps property. The locals however were not deterred, they were fighting for their rights and nothing would make them back down. Some police officers were manhandling the protesters and even throwing canisters of tear gas. “That's enough!” Ethan's voice boomed from the background. His voice was thick and carrying authority. All the activities paused, even the protesters seized their chanting and the cops stood still. Everyone held their breath as Ethan's eyes scanned through the scenery. “What's going on here?” One of the officers
The flowers Jason was holding fell to the ground as he let them go. Everyone instantly grew uneasy as they didn't know how Jason would take what he had just heard.“Jason, son how long have you been standing there?” Clifford asked trying to manage the situation.Renée didn't move an inch, today even try to stand up, she just sat there with a frown on her face. “Long enough to know that my fiancée wants to marry my cousin,” he replied bitterly and then back the way from the entrance.“No it's not like that-” Therese turned to look at her daughter mid speech “- well don't just sit there! Stand up and fix this, go talk to your fiancé!”By then Jason had already left and was heading back towards his car. “Look what you've caused!” Clifford said, yelling at her. “How is it my fault? How was I supposed to know that he was going to come to visit at this exact moment?” Renée spat.Clifford stood up from the dining table, “You're so useless!” He stormed off to his room. Therese got up and f
Ethan stood there unfazed as the car sped towards him, everyone watched it with wide eyes. The tyres screeched and the smell of burning rubber filled the air. The car came to a harsh stop just a few inches away from Ethan. It had tinted glasses and everybody began to wonder who had such audacity to try to almost run over the legion commander. A man came down from the car, it was Mr Vincent Rogers. Vincent removed his glasses and looked at Ethan. “Good day to you legion commander,” he greeted, his voice carrying some sarcasm. “Do you care to explain why you're driving on the streets like a teenager who just got his first car?”Vincent clenched his jaw, the vein on his head throbbing as he became vexed. “Only if you explain why you're stopping the police from doing their job and getting these protesters out of my factory so that production can continue.”Ethan turned his head and looked around. “I don't see anybody inside your factory, or do you own the streets now?”“Don't pretend
The house staff gathered round and Martha who was in her room came out. “What's going on?” She asked watching as everybody was scampering about.Her eyes landed on Desmond and they almost popped out of her sockets. Her husband was on the floor.“Desmond!” She cried as she rushed to kneel beside him. Jason and Larry picked him up, and then carried him into the car. Jason was about to take the driver seat but Larry shoved him backwards, sitting there instead.Martha quickly rushed and entered the passengers seat to be with her husband, Larry didn't wait for Jason to enter the car before he sped off. “You left your brother,” she pointed out. Larry's fingers were wrapped around the steering wheel tightly, with his jaw tensed as he fixed his eyes on the road, stepping on the gas. “It's his fault this happened to father anyway he can make it to the hospital on his own.” His mother was confused, and had so many questions to ask but right now what was more important to her was Desmond.Sh