“What a surprise,” the Don gasped, laying back in his seat after staring at the board in silence for a few minutes. Even Richardson who had won was shocked at his winning move. It had been one he had brought up on the spot. He had tried using his own move which had failed and after trying with his grandfather’s move, he resorted to combining the two moves to win. A risky gamble but it had played out well.“How did you do it?” the Don asked in shock. It was clear he was not expecting to be defeated at his own game. This was news to the man who stared at the board like some secret would flow from it.“I… I don’t know,” Richardson chuckled. “I wasn’t even expecting to win.”He was elated at his new mice which he was ready to try out with his grandfather. The old man would definitely be defeated after a bout or two of the game.“What do you want?” the Don clicked his fingers as the crowd dispersed leaving him in the booth with his opponent.“I just…”“Hey Gary,” the Don called to his se
The man hacked a loud cough laying into the couch.“Well, if they lose they are free to go. But not if they are owing me something or if they have been in my debt for a very long time. Of course I cannot let that slide. I’ll need to take something from them.”“So if they bet a body part or something, would you still take that away from them?”“If you are referring to the jerk face whom I sent out of the bar, no, he’s a stupid drunk who tries to bet on everything. If he could bet on his own mother he would gladly do so without thinking about the repercussions of his actions.”“So, he isn’t going to lose his finger?”“Eww, no,” the Don grimaced at the thought of blood. “Of course if he is owing a finger we will collect a finger but I don’t think we’ll use his finger to do anything so we’ll just collect whatever we can from him and let him be.”This new information relieved a lot of weight from his shoulders as he relaxed. The mafia were not so bad if that was the case. He could join the
“Great job,” Peter laughed clapping his hands with his henchman doing the same as George cleaned up the mess around before leaving the room.“Thank you,” breathed an exhausted Richardson. He had gone through a tough moment and he was happy it had gone well.“I’ll tell you what,” the Don went on. “You set me up with your old man so we can have a meet and you’ll have anything you want from me.”“That can be arranged,” smiled a triumphant Richardson.“Great,” the Don stood to his feet. “Here is my card. Call me anytime.”The man dropped his card on the table before leaving the room.“Have a nice night Mr Richardson and enjoy the party.” Those were the last words the mafian Don said before leaving the room with his henchmen.Richardson waited for them to leave before punching the air triumphantly.“I did it,” he sighed in relief. “I can’t believe that went well.”Picking up his phone, he called Tom up who picked it with a groggy voice.“Hello.”“Tom? Are you awake?”“Young master?” a conf
“You wanted to see me grandfather,” Richardson said after meeting with the man at the tennis court. He had forgotten where he should meet him and after searching for him in the sitting room, he had found only Tom there who had directed him to the tennis court.“Oh yes,” the old man smiled, pointing to a bench. “Let us sit here.”“Sure,” Richardson agreed, settling into the bench.“A beautiful morning, isn’t it?” Damien asked with great gusto. Richardson looked at the old man wondering what he was excited about.“Yeah,” he replied.He looked around to see the morning sun blazing in the sky and the rays brought a piercing headache to his head. He was having a hangover from the loud music and the drinks he had had during the other night.“Did you drink alcohol?” asked Damien who noticed his headache.“No I did not,” he responded with a grimace. “I took an orange juice…”“Which was laced with alcohol,” laughed Damien. He was having the time of his life taunting Richardson. “You should k
Richardson watched Damien pick up the call and move to a different section of the court to answer his call. He settled deeper into the bench to think about what he was missing.“Work?” he asked himself, shaking his head later on. There was no way work was giving him the nagging feeling he was having. “My mother?”He shook his head again. It was not her, it was something else.He searched his memory thoroughly before settling on Jennie which led him to Mary. It was the girl whom he had hit. She was the one on his mind.He had forgotten to take her up from the hospital. “Shit!” he snapped taking out his phone to call up Dr Romeo.“Hello,” the doctor's voice came on the speaker.“Hello Doctor, it is Richardson,” he sighed.“Oh, Mr Richardson. I have been waiting for you to show up and sign the release papers.”“I am so sorry for not showing up. I have been held back by work and other things. I will show up soon enough to do that but I have a request to ask of you.”“What is it, sir?”“
Richardson heard Tom’s car hum in the garage getting him to jog to the place. He reached just in time to see the man get out of the car with a downcasted look on his face.“You still couldn’t find anything huh?” asked the heir to the butler who shook his head.“Nothing. But I did find a nice spot for a new shawarma business venture if you’re into that.”Richardson could tell that the old man was trying to cheer him up but it was not working out well. He still felt bad about dropping Mary in the hospital without an idea of who she was or who her family was.How was she going to regain her memory with foreign people around her? At this crucial time she needed her family around and not new people. That could make her condition worse.The doctor had said that she would need to find something which would trigger her memories but nothing he did brought her memories back. He could instead feel her slipping further away from who she was supposed to be.“Cheer up sir,” Tom smiled at his young
It seemed like what the doctor wanted to discuss with him was urgent. He hoped it was good news and not bad news. He had already had a lot of bad news for the month. Some good news was what he was looking for.“Hey, how about you keep playing your game while I meet up with the doctor real quick. I’ll be right back,” Richardson noted to the lady who had her mind focused on the game she was playing.“Alright,” the lady answered absentmindedly, swerving her game device around. “Shall we?” he asked the doctor who nodded again leaving the room as he did the same.They stood at the hallway looking around to see if anyone was eavesdropping on their conversation.“What did you want to discuss?” Richardson asked, the suspense getting a hold of him.“We had new scans done on her this week.”“And?”“Well let us say that the chances of her getting her memories back keeps degrading with her spending time around you.”“What do you mean?” Richardson could feel his heart beating louder than before.
Driving through traffic, he decided that it was time for her to stay with him in the estate. If she was going to lose her memory then she might as well regain better ones where she was rich and not lacking in any way.He wondered what her former life was like. Was she rich or was she poor? Did she have families or was she an orphan? Was she loved or was she hated?Whatever problems she had, he had to create better memories with the lady. That was the only way for him to redeem himself for what he had done to her.***“Hello grandfather,” he greeted after seeing the old man in his study playing chess by himself. That was his favorite game. He wondered why the man had not gone on to be a chess grandmaster but instead stayed at home playing by himself.“Richardson,” the man looked up with a smile on his face. “Where did you go? I looked everywhere for you.”“I was… out,” he sighed, joining Damien at the table.“We didn’t get to finish our conversation before. But we’ll continue later on