Joy drove into the old folks home parking lot. The care home offered nursing and residential care in a quiet, residential area located at the outskirts of Oslo. The building was surrounded by Sedges which offered a cool and conducive environment for the old people.The care home offered health care ranging from rehabilitation to caring for old people with dementia. They made people with dementia comfortable and safe.The old people were provided with a high level of personal care like bedrooms and sometimes en-suite bathrooms. The qualified nurses employed might be on duty all the time for their proper care.Sometimes, old people were wheeled outside to take fresh air under the Sedges. They carried out exercise with the help of the nurses or caregiver and they often offered social services to them.Lilly was amazed by the beautiful set up of the facility and she was too engrossed with the view that she didn't hear Joy calling her names.“ What is special about this place?” Joy wondered
“ I know you would ask me that question. That woman is a fighter and conqueror. She has gone through a lot. Although I didn't know her whole life story, life has a reason for her survival. I was the one that gave her the name Jane, because she couldn't remember her name after surviving a ghastly accident.” Joy began“ An accident? Where did it happen?” Lilly asked, confused.“ I decided to change location when no job was forthcoming after I graduated from college. I didn't have a good relationship with mom, so it was easy to run away from home. I applied to an organization in Sweden with the help of my college friend and I was called for an interview. I packed my bag without notifying mom, then I boarded the train that fateful day. After spending almost five hours on the train, we arrived at Stockholm central station. We alighted, then I tried to follow my friend's instructions by waiting for a bus that would take me to my interview location. While waiting, we heard a screeching and h
“ I can't start searching for her in the whole of Sweden on my own, because that will alert Lucifer and his men. I think he has sent someone to be monitoring my movement, because I have noticed someone on my trail for a month now. Any important task that concerns me will be carried out by either Alex or Lucas, I will just guide them.” Albert start“ So you have to always be on your toes when you move around the city because of your father. He has willed his company to you because you are his son, why is he still insecure about you?” Lilly asked a question which made the men look at themselves. They shared a knowing look that Lilly didn't know about Lucifer's game. They knew monitoring Albert wasn't because of his company alone, but he had other reasons. They decided not to explain further to Lilly, because she might get confused.“ Albert has decided to hire a private investigator that will help us to know about his mom's whereabouts, so that Lucifer won't know he is looking for his m
The table turned around all of a sudden, the almost peaceful atmosphere changed. Joy's face was gloomy and her lips compressed. The hope and optimistic belief in her disappeared instantly. She chuckled and she looked at her mother as if she had grown horns on her head. She felt so confused and angered that she wanted to attack Marie on her spot and trash her, but she wasn't rude. She didn't want to become a disrespectful child because of her mother's nonchalant attitude.Joy chuckles turned to a grin because she thought her mother was being unreasonable, “I'm surprised at the boldness and confidence in your voice, you seemed so sure I would listen to you if you used that kind of tone on me. Well, you have misjudged me on this, mother, because I will never listen to you either!”Marie's hardened face became soft, she felt she had gone overboard with the way she spoke to her daughter, so she made an attempt to speak to her calmly, “Sweetheart, I…” she was interrupted by a furious Joy
Early morning of the following day, Joy pressed the bell at Albert's door. She couldn't sleep throughout the night as she was thinking of the decision to take. It wasn't her visiting day at the old folks'home, so she couldn't go to Ms Jane to seek for advice. She couldn't share anything with Lilly either, because it involved their father.Albert was the only new friend she made that she could confide in. Initially, she hated him because of the dark aura that followed him, but she later liked him because of Lucas. Albert had pestered her for friendship, she only gave him a chance because Lucas intervened. He pleaded that she should give him a chance to proof his worth to her, so she agreed.She stood outside for a while, when she didn't hear any movement from inside, she pressed the bell again and didn't stop until the door opened suddenly with a furious look on Albert's face.Panting heavily, “ Who the hell is disturbing my beautiful sleep at this time of the day? Don't you…” the word
“ Wow, that would be a huge commitment for you. You told me you aren't the relationship type. What has changed?” Joy asked. She was amazed by the straightforward approach of Albert. She didn't think he could think of being committed to anyone in a million years.“ Love, baby. Love changes me. I fell deeply in love with you and the power it has over me was beyond my control. I'm ready for any commitment, as far as it's with you. I know I'm not perfect, but I will try my best if we can give this a chance. So, what do you think?” Albert asked. His heart was beating fast, every second of Joy's silence sent dagger into his heart. His heart had started bleeding even before hearing the verdict. Joy stood up from his seat, then she kissed him deeply on his lips, “ That's my answer” she blushed when she detached herself from the kiss.Albert was elated ,but he wanted to be sure, so he asked, “ Is that a yes?”Joy nodded without raising her head, she was feeling shy.Albert was restless, “ Use
Albert felt goosebumps on his skin at the mention of his mother's name. All his sensory neurons were alerted and he shifted in his seat to face Marie properly.‘ Maybe it's another Juliana she was referring to. My mother did have any dealings with any other dark lord, except my dad.’ He thought. He was extremely disoriented and confused, he wanted assurance, so he asked Marie, “ Can you mention the full name of that Juliana, please”“ Why are you concerned about the name? Are you related to any Juliana?” Marie became angry at his question.Albert almost lost his cool posture, when he shouted at Marie, “ What's so difficult about the question I asked? Just tell me the damn full name!” Joy threw him a scornful and bitter look, “ Are you sure you are normal? How dare you talk to my mom like that?” Albert had forgotten Joy's presence in the room and he also forgot he was talking to his prospective mother-in-law. He faced both mother and daughter with a remorseful look, “ I'm sorry for s
After the discussion and their agreement, Lucas and Albert stood up to leave, so Marie and Joy followed them to their car.With a determined look, “We will get to the root of this matter and I'm sure we won't fail. All I want is your support and nobody should take any decisions behind me. I will inform Alex about the latest developments, but if there is any strange occurrence or feelings, don't hesitate to notify me”Lucas passed the message to the three other sorcerers standing before him. Albert was distraught and disturbed, so he couldn't say anything to Joy or gave her a goodbye hug. He also wanted to be careful around Marie, he didn't want to feel her wrath. He quietly sat at the front seat of the car and patiently waited for Lucas to take him home.Joy moved closer to Lucas, “ Let me go inside and pick my bag, I can sleep over at Rowland's mansion tonight”She wanted to evade her mother's scrutinizing look and serious questioning, so she wanted to leave the house. A perfect mot
Everybody rose at once, including the president. The president moved forward to shake hands with him, but Lucas remained puzzled. He was perplexed with the warm welcome, but he honorably walked round the conference room to shake each delegate's present. The president with his cabinet had smiles on their faces and they didn't hide how happy they were to meet him.A middle-aged man had his jaw dropped since the time Lucas entered and the shock didn't wipe off until Lucas got to his side.“ Good evening sir, you looked surprised to see me. I hope there is no problem” Lucas asked as he shook hands with the man.“ Yeah, I'm completely overwhelmed and I have a thousand reasons to be. This resemblance is just too much that I can't even fathom how we didn't realize it till this moment. You are highly welcome, son of grace” He said, then he faced the other cabinet who had gone back to their seats.“ If you observe very closely, this is James Armstrong in flesh and blood. Why haven't we noticed
As they drove through the busy road in the dark, many thoughts ran through Lucas's mind, “ What will my fate be when I get to the NSM office? Will I be punished? Will my identity be revealed? What excuse should I give for unsheathing the sword?”He wasn't worried about the condition at home on how to handle Albert's issue and the announcement of Justin's death to the public, because he trusted Alex to deal with that.He remembered when he visited the museum with Alex two days ago. Their father knew little about magic and he hadn't explained some of their family history to Alex, so he took it upon himself to enlighten him. They bought tickets and Lucas started explaining the existence and benefits of some artifacts to him. Although Alex was older, apart from the western knowledge, all he knew was business and Mafia dealings.They were about to round up their tour in the Museum when Lucas got to the door where James’ picture was engraved with the ancestral sword. He smiled when he went
Lucas rushed to Justin's side, he raised his head and sat behind his back. He rubbed his chest with his hand I'm order to relieve him of his cough. Although Justin's shirt was filled with blood, Lucas didn't mind. He rubbed the soaked shirt until Justin stopped coughing.Justin's cough stopped but his breathing was uneven. He found it difficult to form a whole sentence, so he just whispered in Lucas's ear, “ Please take me home urgently and make sure Albert and Joy followed us back to the mansion. Call your wife attention back to us please, she is disoriented about the new revelation”He managed to order Lucas after some minutes of break-in each word. Lucas wanted to question him about the new revelation, but he thought against it. His main focus was to take Justin home safely.“ Hey baby, come and help me carry dad on my back.” Lucas said to Lilly who was still lost in thought about the news of her unknown pregnancy.Her mind was somewhere else, so she was confused if she should hug
The dragon landed on the ground, then it covered the two brothers with its wings.“ Why would the Young warlock lay in a pool of blood like this? Why did he wait to be this injured before I could be summoned?” It questioned AlexThe dragon took a good look at Lucas, then it noticed he was unconscious. “ How did I get summoned if he was unconscious, I came because I saw his signature”Alex became paranoid, but he spoke up. “I rubbed the ancestral sword with his blood, that's how I was able to summon you” he answered.“ Oh! That's so thoughtful of you. You are just as smart as your mother. Let's check his wound then”The dragon started licking the wound. It licked all the blood on his heart. When it was satisfied that everything was clean, it spit on the wound.“ Let's give him some time to heal, he will be back to life. You should be grateful you summoned me on time, because the effect of the coated dagger hadn't reached his soul yet. Where is the monster?” The dragon asked “ I don't
Alex paced back and forth in his living room, while other family members sat down quietly expecting order from him. He became restless when he hadn't received any call from Lucas. He expected him to have gotten home and heard the situation of Joy's kidnap from his father-in-law, then put a call across to him, but he got nothing.He was running out of patience, because he was the one controlling Albert from jumping out of the house to meet his father.“ Are we still waiting for him? I'm losing my patience already. Don't try to stop me if I step out of this place” Albert shouted.“ Sorry, let me call his wife” Alex dialed Lilly's number, then it was picked instantly. “ Hi Alex, hope nothing is wrong with my husband” Lilly asked, as if she had been expecting his call.Alex was confused and everybody in the room became alert. He increased the volume of his phone for them to hear his conversation with Lilly.“ I don't understand what you are talking about. It's almost three hours since Lu
Lucas sighed heavily as he got to Rowland's mansion, he didn't know the kind of panel he would face when he entered. After a few seconds, he summoned courage to enter.As he opened the door, he was ambushed by his wife, Justin and Marie. Scared of their thorough questioning, he decided to start explaining himself, “ I'm sorry I didn't come home last night. I was with Alex discussing some important things before I lost the track of time, so I decided to sleep over. Please forgive me for making you worried, guys” he apologized.Lilly rolled her eyes and hissed. Her face was sad and she reluctantly went back to sit as if she wasn't expecting him.Scared that his wife wasn't ready to forgive him, he apologized again. “ Baby, I'm sorry please, this mistake will never repeat itself again”Justin and Marie also went back to their seat silently as his wife. Before he could say another word, Justin's voice stopped him.“ Joy has been kidnapped by Jeffrey and he demanded I come to a specific lo
“ My Joy, in trouble? Wha..what did the caption say?” Albert stammered.“ Okay, let me check…It says; come to this specific location if you want your daughter alive. Failure to do so in the next forty-eight hours, her corpse will be sent to you” “ How did she get captured? She is a great witch for goodness sake, how?” Albert yelled, then he threw his phone across the room.Alex hurried to his side, then he found forced him to sit down.“ You have to calm down. We will think of…” His statement was cut short by Albert's ringing tone.He dashed to pick up the almost shattered phone, but he was met with silence from the other end.“ Hello! Who is this please?” Still with no response, he lost his patience.“ If you can't speak, then get the hell away from me and don't try to call this number ever again” He screamedHis scream sounded like a joke to the caller, as the person bursted into a maniac laugh.“ Hello boy. You sounded so tough earlier on the phone, why is your voice shaking? Is t
“ Goodbye Lucifer!” As Lucifer heard these words from his son, he became furious. He knew he had lost his son forever but he wasn't ready to give up.“ No matter what it takes, I must get this boy to be on my side.” He thought, then he switched his attention back to Xavier, who was still on the phone with him.“ I don't know how you want to do it, but you must get my company back. Use any method possible to regain back my money from those scumbags. If you fail to give me any positive report, I will have your head on a platter” He threatened, then he disconnected the call “ Haa!, This can't be! How could someone successfully dupe me without any stress? Have I lost my power and sense of reasoning because of my lost arm? Why didn't I see this coming? Damn!” He hit his left hand on the wall before he remembered it's an artificial arm.“ Ouch! Shit! Shit! I will never accept defeat. I can't go down like this, I must do something. Justin has to let go of this dark magic by force. Snake! Sn
“ Good morning Mr Albert, Adrian and his team are waiting for us downstairs. Shall we go now?” Albert closed his laptop and he smiled, “Sure, let's go”Although he didn't know what Alex and Lucas's plan was, he still put his trust in them. Xavier and Albert drove in Albert's car. They followed Adrian’s car , then he led them to the Oil grill location.“ This will be your first project as the CEO of Robinson's Company, your father will be very proud of you” Albert looked at Xavier and he shook his head, “ I wouldn't want to take all the compliments and the glory, because most of the work was done by you. Robinson's Company is very lucky to have a dedicated manager like you, keep it up.”Adrian’s car moved at a high speed because the location of the oil grill was far. They drove for about an hour before they got to a high fence with a gigantic gate at the entrance. This fence encompasses a olarge expanse of land located at the outskirt of the city.Adrian parked his car in front of