Before Mark could get to his mother-in-law's place, she was already back.He wasn't allowed to go inside as his mother-in-law was already back. It pissed Mark off and he had no other choice than to leave, hoping to come back later when he gets the information that she has left the house.Michelle managed to go meet her mom in the sitting room to ask her why she hated Mark so much because it was getting out of hand and she didn't like it.She sat beside her and relaxed on the couch."Mom, can you please be sincere with me? Why do you hate Mark so much? He has never offended you but you have chosen him and whenever I think about it, I cannot seem to understand," Michelle said with a dull expression on her face."My princess, I wish you would understand," Elizabeth replied with a deep sigh."Tell me about it and I will have to because this hatred is more than him being a poor son-in-law," Michelle said to her mother."I know and I have to hide the reason behind my hate for him because I d
After a thirty-minute chauffeured drive, the family alighted at John’s also expensive mansion which was situated in a secluded area, with minimal houses in sight. The couple shared a look before proceeding into the mansion. There in the upstairs lounge was John seated, engrossed in a magazine with a cigarette stick pressed against his lips.“Parker? What a surprise. You didn’t tell me you were coming over.” John said, looking away from his magazine on noticing his good friend’s presence.“I’m only here with my family without prior notice because there’s trouble,” Parker explained, putting his hand over his wife’s shoulders.“Trouble? Why!” John exclaimed, setting down his magazine.“They’re after the Safe. I swear, they’ve been following me all day and I feel it’s time I return the Safe to Texas, I shouldn’t have brought it back in the first place all it has done is endanger my family and myself.”“ So I presume you’re here to have me take it to Texas,” John asked, puffing out wisps
John left the lounge and scurried into another room. Less than a minute later, he was back with two rifles and then locked the door behind him. He tossed one to Mr. Parker and kept one for himself.“We are going to fight,” John said and cocked the gun. Mr. Parker didn’t want a debate. He had been skeptical all along about giving up his life thing and this seemed like a better idea. Mr. Parker proceeded to open the briefcase and take out the locket then slid it into the pocket. He nodded to show her was ready for the battle. Such confidence.“So what do we do now?” Jenna asked and just as John was about to answer, they heard gunshots followed by sharp painful outcries coming from downstairs. They were the voices of the housekeepers and maids. They were just murdered. This increased the frightful mood in the room but the two men seemed fairly confident that nothing was going to happen to them and their families, after all, they were armed. It is foolish of them to think that two ri
Mr. Parker bowed his head and shook it side to side in sadness and disappointment. That bullet wasn’t the one that killed his bosom friend, he was. He was the one who endangered him and his family and now, he was gone. Gone forever. All because of him.Everyone was shocked and scared, traumatized by not only this but the recent spree of bloodshed. Mia had shielded her daughter with her hand and used the other to cradle her son. John's two sons began to cry for their dear dad. No one knew where the bullet had come from, it could be anywhere. And that guaranteed that more shots may follow. They had to leave this place immediately.“Jenna got up. We have to leave.” Mr. Parker said to the bereaved woman. She ignored him.After waiting a while with no response, Mr. Parker decided to speak again. “Jenna I said we have to ““Leave me alone. Leave me alone Parker. Because of you and you're stupid Safe, I lost my husband today.”Jenna was right. It was his fault. Mr. Parker shut his eyes ti
“Tell him to set the bomb. It’s going to kill everybody in that mansion. Everything will be destroyed by the time the SWAT gets down there. It is the overall Boss’ order.” Peter completed the statement after the abrupt pause and Derek was thrown into a state of utter bewilderment on hearing just how cruel the overall Boss and Peter could be in a bid to cover up his tracks. This was the height of it all. Killing numerous people at once just because you don’t want them to get caught. Selfish cruelty.“But what about the briefcase? Doing that will kill everyone and destroy the briefcase as well. Everything we’ve been working for will be turned to ashes. Literally.” “You think that the overall boss isn’t aware of that? He was the one that told me to call you so you should know he has thought this through and arrived at a conclusion which is to blow up the damn mansion. So just call Edward and have him do as instructed, do you hear me?” Peter thundered.“Yes,” Derek replied with a tone t
Ma'am Elizabeth completed the story with tears in her eyes. That was how she lost all the members of her family.Michelle also couldn't hold back her tears, no wonder her mom never cared to tell her what happened to her grandparents whenever she asked after them. It was a painful memory as a child for her back then and she understood why she had avoided talking about it all this while but her concern was how it all related to her husband Mark so she went ahead to ask her mother."I was told that Peter, who killed my parents, was Mark's late grandfather. Why do you think I should accept him into the family his grandfather wiped off the surface of the earth," Elizabeth replied with hate and anger in her eyes."But you ain't certain about it mother. You cannot hold a grudge against an innocent man all because of the information you received that I am not sure you are sure of," Michelle replied and immediately her mother stood up burning with rage."So you don't believe me and want to sti
Mark later went back to his penthouse after staying for an hour with Michelle promising to come back as soon as he can despite knowing that his mother-in-law wouldn't allow him to see Michelle again if he gets to come when she is around.He couldn't forget the smile Michelle had on her face when he handed her the gown and the pizza he bought for her.She was very happy when she wore the gown and paraded in front of him which made him laugh. She had asked how he was able to buy such an expensive gown but he waved it off saying that he had been saving for it and was able to buy it when his money was able to afford it.He cooked something snappy for her which they had together before he started leaving in order not to make the butler and the security personnel's favor a waste as he didn't know when Elizabeth would come back.Mark gritted his teeth as he thought of what to do. He never knew how much he missed Michelle until today he visited. She was looking pale and sickly which made him f
Mark stood there feeling ashamed for the first time because he knew that Mr. Davis would take the matter to the company but he cared less and turned to leave.He saw Mr. Davis quickly look away with a smile on his face as he hurried off but Mark didn't care. He started walking away.When he went out of sight, he called his driver to come to pick him up and in no time, he arrived.He got in and sighed all the way home, he was trying to avoid such humiliation in front of Mr. Davis, it was the reason why he had wanted their conversation to end quickly so that Mr. Davis would go on his way but unluckily, his mother in law had acted faster than he expected.When they got to the penthouse. He rushed in to take another bath and wore a new set of clothes. He dried his hair and started heading to work as he was already an hour late.When he got to the company's premises, where he passed, he would hear whispers, and then laughter would follow, he clenched his fist as he knew it was Mr. Davis. H