Adam was lying on the bed, staring at the bookshelves in the room. He hated being bedridden, but he knew he did not have a choice; he didn’t mind getting out of there, but he knew the old man would be against that, and he didn’t want to go against Old Man Thompson. Immediately, the door swung open, he turned around immediately as he felt the footsteps running fast towards his bed.“Daddy.”Ariel screamed out loud as she ran towards her dad’s bed, Adam got out of the bed immediately as he saw his daughter approaching. He spread out his arms widely to receive her for a warm hug.“I’ve missed you, daddy.” Ariel joyously declared as she sunk into her father’s arms as fast as she could,“I’ve missed you too.” He said quickly, almost squealing as he watched with an incredulous look,“What are you doing here?” He asked her immediately, and she raised her head to make sure she was his real daughter.“Who brought you?” He asked her but as he raised his head, he found his answer right in fron
Leila couldn't believe her ears, she couldn't believe what she just heard, her throat was clogged from the brewing tears as she gaped at Adam, her hands almost trembling,“You mean it?” She asked Adam with teary eyes; Adam did not want her to cry, so he pulled her in for a hug immediately and patted her back gently.“Thank you, Adam.” She said as he wrapped her hands around him tightly.He replied with a grunt as her hand was pressing against his injured back.“Ouch sorry.” She said, pulling away from the hug as she noticed that she was pressing against his wound.“Tell me the truth, Adam.” She began as she stared at him with a raised brow. She lowered her tone, making sure Ariel was not listening in on the conversation,“How did you get injured?” Leila asked while staring into his eyes, making sure he failed at every effort to cook up a story. He knew that at this point, he had to come clean as she would not buy any other story apart from the truth. “Uhm, you remember the lady wh
Sage Robinson and Old Man Thompson had convinced Amber to get out of bed and take a walk around the basement as that would help her bones stretch out more; she had been shot in the rib cage and she needed to exercise,Amber had been in her feelings since the conversation with Adam and the old men wanted to do something to help her lift her mood,Sage and Old Man Thompson smiled as they watched her have a moment with Ariel, Leila walked forward gently with a little smile on her face as she sighted the trio,“Hello.” She said simply with a wave.“Hiii.” Old Man Thompson responded with a smile, while Sage nodded with a little smile,“I’m Leila.” She said and stretched out her hands for a handshake.“This is Old Man Thompson, and Sage Robinson,” Adam supplied, pointing at the old men,“He’s my mentor,” Adam said, while pointing at Thompson, and then at Sage,“He's a friend and an ally" Those words touched Sage, as his cheeks darkened a little. Within herself, Amber huffed,“Nice to meet
“Amber!” The old man called out simultaneously as he approached her, he saw her knees become weak as she bent over on the table, with her hand on her ribcage, where she had a gunshot injury,“You are bleeding.” He said as he raised her and placed her on the bed gently,Sage ran to a shelf on the other side of the room and grabbed a box that was on the shelf. It was a medicine box; he opened it up quickly, picked out sterilised cotton balls, and began to clean off the surface of the wound. The injury had opened up due to her strenuous shouting and now was bleeding profusely,“Look at what you are doing to yourself, Amber,” Sage said as he continued to wipe her wounds.“Just take a look at this.” He said, pointing at her injury,“When we thought you were healing just fine, you decided to stress yourself and re-open the wounds,” he said with a frown and watched as her tears ran down her cheeks.He could tell that she was hurt and heart broken but he expected her to handle this much b
Cecil, Louisa and her brother had just walked out of William’s house with nothing and no idea of where to go,Louisa stared at her mother and brother hoping for them to come up with something as they were they were the mischievous ones.They stood outside the gate for a while in the burning sun and stared at the road and the cars. Other passersby and road users stared at them and wondered why they were standing by the side of the road as though they did not have a destination,“Are you headed north?” A taxi driver who parked in front of them asked.“We are headed down your butt hole.” Cecil thundered at him as she stared at the car angrily.“Hey woman, mind your language.” The man thundered back at her, pointing his fingers at her,Cecil became furious and charged at the man’s car angrily and used her elbow to bang on his windscreen angrily, leaving a crack in it,“Mother, why did you do that?!” Louisa asked her mother as she knew that acting alone could cost them more woe,“Shut you
Louisa stood and tried using her hair to cover the flushed face, while Logan shifted from one foot to the other, as the driver raved on about being paid damages to fix his car, The man wasn't taking any chances, as he continued with his screams, drawing more onlookers, who stood in awe and refused to leave their spots, “I am ready to go down any shit hole with you fools!” He yelled, and Louisa paled, almost shivering at the threat; it was obvious that the man would go to any length to bring them down. Stylishly lifting her head, she quickly ducked it down when she saw the amount of the crowd that was watching, “Sir…sir,” Louisa called out, stammering “Please we are sorry. I'm sure my mother didn't mean it” She spoke up, as she tried pleading with the man, but he ignored her as he kept on spewing extremities. With force, he turned and glared at her, “She doesn’t seem like it?” He yelled and turned back to Cecil. Cecil had been silenced by the man’s resounding slap and was shut f
Stefan cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair, he knew how erratic Cecil could be, after all, he had befriended her to get through the bastard Adam, He couldn't understand how she had come to know of his real name and identity, he had never disclosed his name to her. She continued glaring at him, but they weren't in the right place for him to explain himself, so rather than doing that, he turned to face Louisa and Logan, her very useless children,“You both would stand there and watch that man hit your mother?” He asked them with scorn as he looked at Cecil, who had her arms crossed to her chest and was spewing profanities.The onlookers had fizzled out after the hot slap Cecil had delivered to Stephan's face, the area was left with all four of them.Heaving a breath, Stefan calmly walked towards her, raising his hands as he did, to show he wasn't any threat,“Let me help you to the car," he urged her, and she rolled her eyes at him, huffing and puffing, but she let him
Adam walked Leila and Ariel into the basement auditorium, as they walked through the hallway, he met some of his men, some of whom were nursing injuries that they had sustained from the fight and others who were just fine,One of the men who was just fine was Odious, he was a powerhouse and had been very loyal to Adam since they met,He watched Adam walk into the training auditorium with Ariel and Leila and walked up to them with wide steps, “Boss.” He called out with his firm baritone as he approached Adam.“Odious,” Adam called out immediately as he walked closer to him. He observed Odious and noticed that he had not sustained any injuries from the fight and smiled, the smile reaching his eyes,He probably had mastered how to control his heavyweight strength and that was why he succeeded in coming out from such a bloody battle untouched.“I would like to discuss something with you.” He said, and Adam let go of Ariel, who was clinging tight to him.“Let me have a word with Odious.”