“ You aren't dumb, are you? I asked you a question. Where is my father?” She yelled more than before. Her face had been welled up with tears as she dragged the bodyguard's shirt.“ Erm.. Boss is..” The guard couldn't make up a full sentence because he didn't know how Lilly would react to the news he wanted to give her.When Lilly didn't hear anything from the guard, she broke down in tears, “ I shouldn't have left this house today. We shouldn't have. This man gave us a head up, he had promised us to come after my father but we didn't take it seriously. It's my fault, Daddy!” She screamed.Lucas rushed in as he heard his wife's scream. He was busy questioning the bodyguards outside about how the event had unfolded, so he didn't enter the house with Lilly. He went to pick up his wife, who was crying on the floor, “ Calm down, honey. Nothing serious happened to dad. Please don't hurt yourself” “ What did you mean nothing serious happened to him? This stupid man couldn't say anything w
Lucas cursed as he drove at a high speed towards Alex's house. It took him a long time before he could calm Albert on the phone. He was supposed to be in charge of the injured men in Rowland's mansion but he called Bobby over to settle the matter. He had to visit Albert because he could be stupid enough to rush down to his father's place in anger. And taking such a hasty movement could be drastic to them.He hit the dashboard hard, “ Damn, this man is fully ready for us this time. He already had his plans mapped out. I'm sure he went to either kidnap Juliana or Albert. Thank goodness we are a step ahead of him this time” he murmured.He pulled over at Alex's garage, then he rushed outside to meet Albert dragging words with his mother.“ Will you please calm down? If everything you said about Jeff is true, then I don't think it's a good idea to visit him now. This might be a set up or some kind of trap to capture you. I just met you and I can't afford to lose you, please listen to Luca
Before Lucas could get back home, it's already nightfall. Bobby had taken care of the paramedics and the police that came for investigation. Since Lucifer's men were wearing masks, no cogent evidence was obtained against them.“ How is dad’s condition? I just checked up on him in his room, but he is still sleeping, hope there is no problem?” Lucas asked Lilly when he got to their room.“ He is getting better,babe. He woke up an hour ago to take his medications, then he went back to sleep. I didn't want to disturb him, that's why I left his room. How far about Albert? Were you able to calm his stubborn head?”Lucas chuckled at his wife's adjective, “ Alex’s men could have beaten him up, if I hadn't got there. Although Albert deserved that, he was deceived by his father. Lucifer was trying to lure him out of his hideout. He will resume work tomorrow, and I'm sure he can't kidnap him in a public place. Two of Alex's strong men will accompany him tomorrow, so there is no cause for alarm”
Bobby was seen pacing back and forth in front of Rowland's company. Immediately he received Lucas's call, he left his research institute and rushed down to inform the board of directors about the news.Some were scared and they even pitied Justin on his series of encounters his family had with the criminals. Bobby was asked to call the police, but none showed up until Lucas and Justin left the scene.While some were scared, of course his enemies were happy. Some even accused him of having dirty dealings with the criminals.“ I don't think Justin is pure, he might have secret dealings with those criminals” “ Yeah, I think you are right. How on earth will they focus only on his family if they didn't have something hidden”“ He should have just surrendered himself if he had any shading dealings with them. He put the life of his daughter in danger because of this” “ Yeah, poor Lilly. She was traumatized because of her father's offense.” A reasonable man among them shouted at them, “ Wi
“ Calm down babe, Dad is fine” Lucas tried to console his wife on the phone, then he picked up Justin's file, “ We need to leave now, dad. Lilly and Joy are getting worried at home”At the same time, at Robinson's Company, Albert arrived at the company with two bodyguards. The memo had been circulated within the company that a new CEO will replace Alex, so the employees weren't surprised.As he walked majestically inside the company, the female employees were left in awe.“ I heard Alex has a younger brother, but I never know he will be as handsome as his elder brother”“ Yeah, the Robinson's gene is very strong. Mr Jeffrey's genes produced fine specimens as children. He is even taller than Alex, I feel like touching those abs on his chest.Albert always left the first three buttons open when he dressed and he hated using ties, so part of his chest was displayed.As the employees still regarded Alex as Jeffrey's Son, it showed that he didn't announce to the public that he had disowned
“ That bastard waylaid you on your way to the office after the havoc he caused yesterday. Let's do something please, this is becoming a ritual for him” Lilly cried out.After Lucas and Justin rushed home to calm Lilly. Lucas has to explain the incident to Lilly, Joy and Marie in the presence of Bobby who was kept in darkness for weeks. Lilly was scared for his father and she freaked out.“ I can't believe you hide all these from me, I am your best friend, Justin. How could you hide something as serious as this from me! Don't you trust me anymore?” Bobby yelled in anger, he felt belittled, betrayed and worthless. He was disappointed in his friend of almost forty years for hiding his pain from him.“ I'm sorry, Bobby. I don't want you to get worried because of what we passed through before and after Lilliana's birth. Clara developed high blood pressure after the birth, so I didn't want to add to your problems.”“ You should have said something even if it's little, what is the solution
Their Jaws were dropped and they kept it hanging for a while. The unexpected volunteering was like a bombshell to them. Everyone knows Marie didn't want to be in the same space alone with Justin, so the sudden change in her decision shocked them.Joy dipped her index fingers into both of her ears to check if it was blocked by water or any other foreign object, but it was cleared. She also opened and closed her eyes in a dramatic way to see if she wasn't suffering from eye defect, but her sight was still sharp as usual.“ Haha, my sight and hearing are both perfectly okay, so I'm confused. If there is any foreign being in this body, please come out. You are confusing everyone here, so kindly leave Marie's body. What have you done to my mother, because this isn't my mother sitting down here. The mother I know cannot and will never joke with her personal space. Guys, is there something wrong with my hearing?” Joy’s facial expression and her speech contradicted each other. Her statement
“ I knew you were called earlier by Lucas in a rush, then you came back home raging with anger. You just sat there and you kept quiet since then, without telling anybody what transpired between you guys. Please talk to me, Alex. Your silence is killing me”Despite Elena's plea to hear from her husband, Alex refused to say any word to anyone. He was still boiling with anger with his eyes changing color at intervals. Although he made sure he destroyed one of Lucifer's arms, he wasn't yet satisfied with his actions. If Lucifer hadn't disappeared during the fight, he would have burnt half of his body with fire.In his mind, he had vowed to make Lucifer a handicap before his actual death. He promised himself to make him see hell before killing him. He denied him of his biological parent's love, made him a criminal, slept with his wife and used him against his blood brother.All these punishments he received from Lucifer were going through his mind when he was shooting the magical gun at L
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