Regardless of his suspicions, once it was about getting to noon, Lucius hurriedly drove all the way to the meeting spot. The Café de Flore. He was not going to give Nathaniel the satisfaction of holding late coming and Layla's suffering over his head. He already had what Nathaniel wanted. The eviden
The men in the room stepped up to Lucuis but Nathaniel held them back with a raise of his hand."See. She's perfectly fine. As long as you give me what I want, that is."Lucius eyed him."Cut her loose and remove her blindfolds first."Nathaniel sucked his teeth but commanded his men to do so."You
Lucius dropped Layla off at the mansion first with the promise that he was going to have his men bring back everything that she needed from her home once she wrote him the list. He was also going to have her brother and grandmother brought to stay with him for some time at the mansion. That is, befo
"It's about the Black's."The man went silent, his face turning from anger to intrigue and slight understanding. He gestured to the seat across from him."Have a seat."Lucius went forward and took the seat that was offered to him."Thank you Mr Gibson.""Call me Chris. Now, what's all this about th
Lucius arrived at his mansion a bit happy that Chris Gibson, chief prosecutor in New York, was willing to help him out in his mission to bring his enemies down. That was just one part of his plan that had been sorted out. He had his men go pick Layla's grandmother and brother up also which had lesse
Lucius stopped to catch his breath while the rest of them stared at him, not really knowing what to say or think except for the fact that all these had happened in a matter of days and Lucius had been handling them all by himself. Before anyone could speak, Lucius continued."I didn't have a plan to
After a moment of hesitation and thinking, Zara had made up her mind. She looked at all the men in the room, showing her firm stance on the answer she was about to give.“I'll do it. I'll see Nathaniel."Mathias groaned in disapproval as Lucius smiled triumphantly at Zara's decision. He gave her a s
After Zara left the mansion, tensions rose as no one really knew what would happen when she met up with Nathaniel at the discussed meeting point. Lucius went back inside and then to the room that was already set up for the surveillance. Layla was already there tweaking with some of the equipment as
••••• After Zara spoke up about what she went through in Estelle and Jack’s hands, it didn’t take much to sway the court on who was the real villain in this story. A ghost had come back and given them their verdict from beyond the grave and that was enough for the jury and the awed people in and o
The day everyone was waiting for had arrived. The court case between the Cabots and the Steele’s. The courtroom was packed with reporters, spectators, and lawyers. Everyone who was interested in this case either showed up at the court room, camped outside or even watched it closely on their televisi
“Like you said. Former members. Those men heard of my job opening and showed up. They wanted to redeem themselves. Turn a new leaf for the good of society and there you came in guns blazing and killing them.” Callum gave her a mocking face of understanding. “Oh, so when we rushed into the buildi
The car ride back to the precinct was one of quiet and self-fulfillment for some but for those who were stuck with Estelle Cabot in the back of their vehicle, the ride was akin to being thrown into the pit of darkness with a banshee as she would not stop screaming and whining all the way to where sh
“I did everything for you, and this is how you repay me? By recording me and doing God knows what with it.” Lucius opened his mouth, but nothing came out. “Did you go to the police? Did you show anyone these recordings?” Lucius froze. Speaking of the police, where the hell were they when he ne
Lucius couldn’t utter a word as his hands were raised to the sky and he was being pushed along with a gun to the back of his head. He frowned as Estelle’s shocked and confused fac came into view and the man with the haggard voice he caught on his phone glared at him. “Look what I found.” The man b
“It wouldn't concern me either if not for the fact that men with tattoos that I've clearly seen on the news as Black Serpent defectives are walking in with her at this moment.”Lucius shot up from the bed. The Black Serpents again. He thought he had gotten rid of them once and for all when he had Al
It had been a few days before Lucius had gotten consecutive calls on his phone that Callim brought back to him, from both Estelle and Gregory but each on different topics.Gregory's call had a lopsided effect on Lucius as he had sounded different over the phone, no doubt because of what he had found
"That's wonderful, Gregory. I'm happy for you," Lucius lied. "You two make a perfect couple." Gregory smiled and thanked him. He ordered a glass of wine and asked Lucius what he wanted. "I'll have water, thank you. I'm not here to drink, Gregory. I'm here to talk." Lucius spoke, his demeanor bec