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CHAPTER 59“It was like magic. Nothing I had ever seen before,” The officer who had witnessed the extraordinary power of Laurel and Gregory Smith reported all that his eyes had seen.Jack, Mildred, Cole and the Inspector General of Police were all present in the Inspector’s office as the officer narrated the events of the previous night.Of course it was hard for them to believe that such mystical powers existed. Being able to pull someone without touching them? Choking out twenty men at once just with the wave of a silly amulet?Nah, that all seemed like fables told to children to scare them. If the officer in question wasn’t one of the best the department had to offer, the Inspector General would have suspended him indefinitely for his incompetence and for cooking up such a tale as his alibi.Only one person in that office saw an iota of truth in the statement of the police officer. He didn’t believe it fully but Jack’s mind went back to a gift he got from his mother when he visited
CHAPTER 60While Jack and the rest were having that meeting with the Inspector general of Police, the Smith Brothers were making their next move.They wanted to send Jack a message, a strong one. They had done their research properly. They knew Jack’s true worth and everything he controlled and they wanted to cripple him severely.As much as Jack had been dealing with his foes, like the Kents, Douglas and even the Garners, he has been steadily expanding his business empire in Coral city.Thanks to the licence he obtained from the Kents, coupled with the resources at his disposal, Jack now controlled eighty percent of the City’s export and import.Since he took over the Garner’s business who were the royalty of real estate in the city and with Blackbolt’s investments in Godswill’s real estate company, Jack now had a stake directly or indirectly in over sixty percent of the city’s commercial and residential real estate.Thanks to Raymond Douglas, the whopping amount of shares Jack acquir
CHAPTER 61The smell of septic that wafted into Jack’s nose as he regained consciousness made him realise where he was even before her he opened his eyes.A hospital. He was in a Hospital. How? He was just in that building. Cole was yelling ‘bomb’. Cole….Where is Cole?Jack’s eyes snapped open and Mildred, who had been observing him, gasped.“Thank goodness. You’re awake, I was so scared,” she said frantically and her eyes were red, showing that she had been crying.“What happened? Where’s Cole?” Jack asked, trying to lift himself into a sitting position but a crippling pain shot through his back and legs and he winced, staying back on the bed.Mildred began to cry at his question and Jack feared the worst, growing impatient.“Talk to me Mildred! What happened?” “Cole is gone,” Mildred said weakly and a whimper escaped her. “His body was blown to pieces when the building exploded and the building, all the money and effort we’ve put into it, it’s all gone.”Jack closed his eyes in pain
CHAPTER 62“Welcome back home Boss,” Rojo greeted Jack when he finally returned home the next day.Rojo still had deep connections in the city from his time being Raymond’s Douglas’ right hand man and he had done some snooping around and gotten some information.“Mildred said you have some information for me,” Jack replied sternly. It wasn’t a time for pleasantries for him. He had been in a sour mood since he woke up yesterday and he was itching to pay back the wrong that had been done to him.“Nothing concrete but I feel the Garners are behind this recent attack.”“Impossible,” Jack replied. The Garners have lost their wealth, power and prestige. There’s no way they could have pulled that off.“It’s possible, boss. If you remember, the cops mentioned that they saw Trent with Lewis and some other men that they couldn’t recognize. Two of them have some sort of mystical power. I also found out that a day before that, their father’s surgery had been paid for and he was flown out of the c
CHAPTER 63“Grab him,” Rojo ordered immediately. The two guards who had escorted him in as a guest, swiftly grabbed him like a prisoner but Lewis only laughed.“I came here on my own accord and you want to arrest me? Is that anyway to treat a guest?” He said in a mocking tone.“You’re no guest of mine Lewis Garner. Lock him up! I’ll be down to get some answers from him,” Jack said coldly.“Jack, Jack, Jack. Always showing off some mean bravado. You may want to check under my shirt first….I’m sure you don’t want another explosion. Oh and I’m sorry about your boy Co—”POW!A swift and strong punch from Rojo sent the rest of Lewis’ words down his throat while sending three of his teeth flying out of his mouth.“Hahaha!” Lewis laughed hysterically from his bloodstained mouth. “Your time is up Jack and there’s nothing you can do about it.”“There’s a bomb under my shirt and it’s going to go off in five minutes if you don’t let me go. Hahaha!” Lewis boasted like a power drunk maniac.“Check
CHAPTER 64After giving that order to Rojo, Jack picked up the card and walked out of the room. Dialling the number, he got the time and address to visit from the answering machine.Two days later, Jack and Eagle made their way to the address. It was a mega mansion that had for long been desolate but had been recently renovated. Jack had passed through this particular building several times in the past but what he did not know was that it was the Smith family compound.A few metres away from the compound, Jack ordered Eagle to stop the car.“We’re not there yet boss, why do you want me to stop?” Eagle questioned, slamming the brakes and pulling to the side of the road.“I’m going in alone,” Jack replied coldly.“What? No way I’m letting you do that. Those fuckers are dangerous. Heard they on some voodoo shit too. No freaking way,” Eagle countered.“They can’t harm me but you they can. It’s too fucking dangerous. Besides their request was that I come alone.”Eagle chuckled wryly. “Dange
CHAPTER 65Laurel gulped visibly. No one had ever survived his amulet before. He was sure it worked. He could feel Jack’s life force being drained away slowly by the amulet until there was nothing left to drain. He had done this countless times to countless people to know how it worked, so it wasn’t a matter of whether it worked or not. It was clear to him that Jack had died and come back to life.“What the fuck happened? Didn’t you just kill him?” Gregory asked his brother.“I did. I fucking did,” Laurel replied.“Then how the hell is he alive?” Gregory growled.“If you don’t believe me, then fucking do it yourself,” Laurel spat back in anger.He felt embarrassed. His powers felt useless. This has never happened to him before. “Maybe you should try again,” Jack said, followed by a mocking laughter.“Arghhh,” He got pissed and grabbed a gun from one of their guards, unloading round after round on an unsuspecting Jack. “Die! Die! Die! You fucker!” Laurel yelled, emptying thirty live
CHAPTER 66Loud screaming and wailing could be heard coming from below in the eerie darkness. Sounds produced as Eagle mercilessly tore through any obstacles in his way as he approached the room upstairs.Jack couldn’t see in the dark but that didn’t stop him as he made his way forward, clashing into furniture, advancing towards the Smiths and Trent with pure rage and anger in his mind.With the help of the flashlight from his phone, Gregory dashed out of the room with his brother and Trent in tow.The screams had died down and only fast heavy thuds were heard coming towards the step. Going down was not an option so the three made their way to the helipad.Eagle and Jack had caught up and were hot on their heels. Blood for Blood. The duo had only one thing in mind, avenging the death of their mutual friend, Cole Turner.“Quick, get in Brother,” Gregory yelled as he hopped in and took the pilot’s seat of the helicopter.His head was racing hard. The shock of seeing a man come back from