Lucius’ eyes opened up to reveal the white and sterile look and smell of a room that was plagued with an incessant beeping noise. Bright lights briefly blinded him causing a sharp pain to go up his head as he shielded his eyes from the light. He groaned as he found himself lying in a hospital bed, h
“Is there anything else I need to know?” “Well, I would leave that up to your family to tell you but do you really not remember what happened?” Lucius shook his head showing the man that he really didn’t remember what happened to him. The doctor sighed and glanced at the nurse with his peripheral
“Where is my wife Valerie Wilde? I need to see her.” Lucius asked. James who became silent gave way to Ben to speak up and allowed Mathias to quietly leave the room. “We’ll talk about that later. For now, we just want to make sure that you’re okay.” Lucius gave them a suspicious look but said not
As per the call that Ben had received in where to find Valerie, the trio had arrived at a rundown motel on the outskirts of the city. The place could be in an indie movie with the way it was poorly maintained and had flies and the smell of old and dried urine stinking up the place. It was a horrible
Valerie mulled it over and sucked her teeth slightly. The men could see the wheels turning in her head and could already tell that she was forming a plan for herself in that little twisted mind of hers but they said nothing. This was the only way. True to what they were thinking the last thing on
After Valerie had finished reveling in her newly acquired satin sheets and downing almost a whole bottle of Don Perignon, she had gone into the bathroom reeking of both alcohol and cigarettes. She quickly took a relaxing bath and once she felt okay enough, she stepped out of the tub and dried off. I
Ben came forward and helped the woman up from the ground and took her away to get treatment for the pain Valerie had inflicted on her while James scolded his former daughter in law. “You do not come into my house and assault my employees!” “But I…” Valerie tried to explain but James gave her no ch
In some weeks Lucius was diagnosed with a good enough health and state of mind to leave the hospital. Three cars were already waiting for him when he came out of the hospital, to take him back to the Steele mansion. He stood for a bit and allowed the warm breeze blow in his hair, still not fully sol
••••• 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