When Aaliyah and Lisa drove back home, they drove in silence. Aaliyah just wanted to get home and query her grandfather for setting her up with an Ex convict."Grandpa you didn't tell me he was married before and is even an Ex convict." Aaliyah scolded her grandfather angrily after being humiliated at the party."Ex convict? Are you sure of this information?" Lord Gullathova asked cautiously knowing the real truth of Ric was.Lord Gullathova had done a background check on Ric Mariano and had found nothing since his documents carried Ricardo Maximillano and all information about Ricardo Maximillano were properly covered and protected from public access so there was no way anyone could get any information about Ric except the basic ones he posted himself on his social media handles."I don't know how concrete your claim is." Lord Gullathova tried to defend his choice for his granddaughter but she was more than certain since Ric had admitted the potency of Jeremy's claim."He admitted i
Lisa didn't give any room at all as she wey on running her mouth embarrassing Ric non stop and that pissed Aaliyah off. Aaliyah had meditated all through the night on everything that had happened and had felt sympathy for Ric getting divorced from his wife after his jail term. She had inquired and found out that he had been sent to jail for a driving accident and not any vice, she also gave excuse for him not being interested in anyone and attributed it to the divorce trauma. All these she did to justify the option her grandfather had chosen for her. "Lisa! Just stop already." Aaliyah yelled much to the surprise of everyone. Aaliyah was always very quiet, calm and lovingly obedient. "Aaliyah! Can you hear the things she is saying, are they truth?" Aaliyah's mother was quite alarmed at her daughter's outburst at Lisa, she thought it was better channeled to Ric since he was the culprit of deceit. "I know of the things she speaks of but it is not her place to reveal such thi
When the table was emptied of all the bodies, Ric sat still hoping to have a word with Aaliyah before leaving. Aaliyah walked Ric to the door and they walked in a very comfortable silence. "I guess this is goodbye till we meet again," Aaliyah said to a mute Ric after they got to the car where his friends awaited him in the car with Frank behind the wheels. Ric had so much to say to Aaliyah but he had walked down the stairs in front of the Gullathova Mansion with her yet he said nothing. "Did you send me any gifts?" Aaliyah asked hoping to satisfy her curiosity. "What gift?" Ric was very good at playing dumb. "Oh, nevermind." Aaliyah dissed the matter, if Ric knew nothing about the gifts then they were obviously not from him. "Say," Ric insisted in a cold voice yet his tone was gentle. He watched the rise and fall of her chest as she struggled to say what was on her mind. "It's really nothing. My grandfather just pulled a little stunt on me and used you as a cover
When Ric got back from the meetings he had, he stopped several meters from the estate with Frank and they both took a ride back home. Ric was shocked to see police vans surrounding their home and Police officers talking to different people in the neighborhood. When Ric got down from the taxi cab, people looked at him strangely and some whispered to themselves. "What is going on?" Ric asked Frank who was equally as confused. "I'll find out just now Boss, I think you should wait in the car a while longer." Frank said before walking into the house to figure out what was happening. Ric sat back in the car because he understood the importance of his safety and security even if he was not known by the public just yet. "Frank! Where's Ric?" Damon jumped from the table where he was explaining to a detective what had happened. "Outside," Frank said eyeing the officers. "What is happening?" Frank inquired. "I got back and didn't find the both of you, I checked with the security
Ric was panting heavily and he was drenched in sweat. "What happened to you?" Damon rushed to Ric's side but he was stopped by Frank. "He's hurt, let's get him to the hospital!" Damon told Frank who restrained him from getting any closer to Ric. "We can't go to any hospital." Frank said and this was true because any hospital Ric went would definitely need his details to open up a file for him and that was the last thing Ric or Frank was going to agree to but none could explain this to Damon. "Get him home safely, I have unfinished business." Ric literally growled. "I'm not going anywhere without you, don't be silly." Damon protested but the look in Ric's eyes were different. They were not just cold, they were unfamiliar and murderous. "You will go with him and you will not open the door for anyone until I return, even if the building is in fire, don't step out until I return." Ric instructed and although Damon wanted to argue further, he found himself doing as he was told
When the sound of the gun went off, Ric had dropped to his knees, his heart rate was faster and his breathing slowed. Ric hung his head low and awaited the approach. Cold hands wrapped around his torso and helped him stand to his feet. "Deadly game you are about to involve yourself in," the man in the car informed Ric as he was supported into the car. "Thank You," Ric said simply when he got into the car. "For what? A deal is a deal." Lord Gullathova replied from beside Ric at the back seat. "That could have been me," Ric stared out the window at the body of a man with a gun shot injury being carried away. Lord Gullathova had people monitoring Ric and his movements. When the trigger has been pulled, the shot was aimed at the man who released the gun safety attempting to shoot Ric. "Do we have evidence to nail him for attempted murder?" Ric asked not willing to let the case slide. "The sniper wasn't shot dead, we'll take his testimony and get all the information we need fr
Damon and Ric barely said a word to each other when the sun gave it's light and illuminated the little house the inhabited. After his morning routine and a cold breakfast at the same table with Damon, Ric sat in his desktop and finalized all the details of the new project he was launching. "It's time for Lunch, I'll be going to the factory a bit late today," Damon informed Ric who had sat in his spot for hours already. "Why?" "The property owner is demanding we pay two years advance to keep using it so we're about selling out." "What do you mean selling out?" Ric asked alarmed, the weary look on Damon's face already communicated his meaning but Ric didn't want to assume anything. "We can't pay such an amount and the factory is already running at a loss with a lot of debts. The bank didn't shut it down because I was able to use this house to service the loan as collateral." Damon explained. Ric gnashed his teeth, he couldn't believe that he had so much money and influenc
The three men looked to themselves, they were not expecting anyone but Damon went to answer the door all the same. "A parcel for the house owner," a delivery girl dressed neatly in her uniform announced when Damon flung the door open. Damon easily signed the parcel and carried the box in. He dropped it on the table and started unboxing it. When Damon walked into the kitchen, Ric and Frank exchanged looks before diving for Damon to stop his actions. "Get it away!" Ric yelled at the top of his voice as the box rolled off Damon's grip. Frank immediately carried the box outside and set it far at lightening speed. Damon laid underneath Ric perplexed. What was going on? He had questions but his shocked state would not release his tongue to ask them. "It's safe," Frank announced walking back in to the house with the same box in his arms. Ric sat up in the floor panting, his heart beat rapidly in the cage of his ribs. Damon mirrored his actions and sat still. "I've neve