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Hannah was not happy to see Samson at all. She had wanted to invite him at her own time and her convenience, but Declan chose to make her plans futile.She did not say anything to either of them as she entered her house and Declan knew that she was not happy with the arrangement he had made for them.He asked Samson to wait in the living room while he followed her into her bedroom."What is he doing here?" She asked him as she dropped her bag on the bed."He pleaded with me to help him come see you," he said."Oh, so now, Samson needs your help to come to see me?" She retorted. He was quiet."What is eating him up that suddenly, he cannot come to see me on his own?" She asked Declan with her voice elevated. Declan signaled at her to bring down her voice but it irritated her more."Please, just come and hear what he has to say," he pleaded with Hannah. She decided to do so anyway because he had been a good person to her."I'm doing this because you are involved," she said as she headed
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Daniel shot Declan a mischievous grin as he stepped into the courtroom. Declan almost did not recognize him. He looked lean and abandoned, something his well-tailored suit could not conceal as he was brought in. As he walked to his seat, he staggered so much that Declan thought that he would fall to the ground.That was not what Daniel was thinking about. Eight months behind bars had given him enough time to restructure his next move. He had been under the radar intentionally, choosing not to cause any trouble from behind bars. He wanted to come up unannounced and strike when the iron was the hottest.He had taken his time and the money he had stacked up, including his investments to raise a form of funding for his schemes. He knew who to meet and he started at the top. The court proceedings were only a camouflage to fulfill all righteousness. He had watered the hands of people in the system generously, in a way that would guarantee his freedom the following week.The proceedings were
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The last thing Declan felt before he collapsed was excruciating pain in his knee. As his eyes fluttered open on the hospital bed, he felt the shot of that pain again, that sent jolts of electricity to course through his entire body.As he opened his eyes slowly, the bright hospital light almost blinded him and he shut them back immediately, trying to recall where he was. The last thing he remembered was that he was in the courtroom and a bit of chaos had happened. The beeping of the hospital machines was irritating to his ears and when he wanted to move, his body ached. He almost screamed from the pain in his knee.He looked around the ward and noticed that flowers and cards were wishing him a safe recovery. It was quiet. He had no idea how long he had been there and he wondered how much he had missed. He looked towards the window. It was dark outside. He made a painful attempt to stand up, and when he tried, he was back down on the bed soon enough. His eyes went to the armchair at
Vindication of the Rejected Heir Chapter 169
As Micheal dropped the news to Declan, it sounded like a bombshell, one he could not accommodate at all. Every other thing he said afterward fell on deaf ears as a piercing sound rang in his ears, one that shifted him from reality and plunged different thoughts into his head.The thought of his leg being amputated simply meant that he would not be able to walk on his own for the rest of his life. The bullet had lodged in a very sensitive area of his knee and could not be pulled out without an amputation. It was not something any top surgeon would do. He was already in the hospital with the best.If the bullet was left there without removal, it would eventually cause some form of nerve damage, and if it was taken out by force, there would also be some form of nerve damage and severe pain following the healing. He would require a large amount of physiotherapy to get better.He could not believe that Daniel had the upper hand again. If he lost his legs, it seemed like more punishment tha
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Samantha stayed throughout the whole process. Declan had suggested that the bullet be retrieved. He would decide on a physiotherapist when he was discharged from the hospital.Three years was the minimum time the doctor had said that his movement would be restored. Before that, he would be confined to a wheelchair.The procedure had been so painful for him and at the end of the day, a large amount of pain relief was administered to him. Declan would not let Samantha out of his sight.She was the only one that he permitted to touch him and she had to be present around the clock to take care of him. He was her boss at work so she was on an automatic leave with a consistent paycheck at the end of each month.
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Once Patricia hung up, she continued preparing her son for school. She could not say her life had been lonely and quite boring because she knew it was a good cause.Declan wanted it that way so he would not have to worry about her, and she knew that he was only doing her and her son a favor.When she heard about the havoc that Daniel had caused in the courtroom, she thought that she needed to go see Declan. He had been hospitalized for days but he had given the order that she should not be allowed out of the heavily guarded safehouse.She felt empty inside most times, like the world was going on without her and time passed while she remained stagnant. It was what Daniel had made of her, a miserable single mom. Maybe not so miserable because Declan had been of so much h
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Lucas looked at the shreds of paper before him, still, his jaw dropped at why Samantha had torn it. She had disturbed him desperately to sign the papers, but here she was, tearing it into shreds.When he looked up at her, she had tears in her eyes. In other circumstances, he would have been happy that she had done so. It meant that she was not interested in going on with the divorce."You wanted that so badly," he said to her."I think we should focus on making sure that you are fine," she said to him."Sammy, I would be fine but sometimes tells me that you won't," he said to her.She seemed unhappy and looked a bit devastated. It was beyond the divorce papers. Something was wrong, and he fel
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Hannah was skeptical about her impending date with Kennedy. He had disturbed her so much for one in the hospital space that she finally agreed.She had gotten so fond of him in the hospital that whenever she came to work, she looked forward to seeing him. Some members of staff were beginning to suspect something brewing between them. Some even regarded them as the love birds in the hospital.But Kennedy was nice to her. He would opt to take her to work and bring her home safely if they were working the same shift. He brought her coffee at intervals in the office and when he got to know that she liked muffins to go with them, he would always buy some from a nearby store.Asides from his gestures toward her, he was also a fantastic surgeon. She did not believe what she h
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It had been over two months since the doctor told them that their babies had high chances of survival as they showed massive improvements with their treatment. Samantha had stopped going to the office totally, and Declan had requested that an office space to be set up in the executive ward for him. Lucy was getting so much better and she was able to breastfeed the children as Samantha had required of her. It was as though they were living in the hospital with their children. Declan's heart swelled with joy with every inch that was added to their height, and every iota of flesh they put on. He would spend most of his time looking down on his boys, wondering if it was the same way his father looked at him and Daniel when they were babies. As he thought about Daniel, the events of the court's final verdict the previous week all came rushing back to him. He had always dreamed of the day Daniel would be sentenced to prison, and he would rejoice and rub it in his face. But on
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Samantha was the first to notice his dazed expression once he was done with the phone call. He entered the private chamber of his office and stayed there.When she saw that he was not going to come out anytime soon, she went in there to search for him. "A celebrant can't leave his party, you know," she began in an attempt to lighten up his sour mood. He looked up at her and would not say a word. "What is going on?" She finally asked him. He dreaded saying anything to her. The news that he had just heard was capable of breaking her, and he did not want that for her. "You don't need to worry about it. I will fix it," he replied. "I did not ask you if you could fix it," she said. "I asked what was the matter," she was insistent. "Abigail just called me and she informed me that Lucy was rushed to the hospital," he finally spilled. "What are you talking about?" She asked, very bewildered. "Lucy was rushed to the hospital," he repeated. "And what are you doing about it?" She asked
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The news about the court case had spread like wildfire, but Declan was not disturbed because he was on top of the case, gaining some level of victory over Daniel. The best part of it all was that he now had the judge on his side without having to try so much. It was in the course of these coincidences that he learned of the good legacy that his father had left behind because of his good deed. The judge had told him how he knew his father. When he kicked off his career as a barrister, he encountered different types of attacks from his rivals on the court. It was very unsafe for him and he was always running. One particular night, some armed men attacked him and beat him up so much that one could hardly recognize him except if they looked closely. He went about, knocking on doors and asking people for help, but no one would attend to him, especially because it was very late at night. They thought he was a thief or killer in disguise.Ferdinand was the only one who opened up to him.
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Declan's eyes did not leave Georgina as she walked up to the witness box. He wondered what it was that she wanted to be a witness to. He saw the way she quivered as she stood there and he suspected that she had been coerced into doing what she did. He listened closely to her as she spoke, saying her vow on the holy book, even though everything that would come out of her mouth was all going to be lies. She did what he least expected. She said to the hearing of everyone in the court that she was raped by Declan the first time she came to be a surrogate for them.Declan was too stunned to say a word at all and just kept his eyes on her. She was crying bitterly. Looking intently at her, he was forced to wonder if these were just fake tears to back up her lie, or if it was a sign that she regretted betraying him. Daniel could have been the one coercing her to do this, but he did not say anything. His eyes still followed her as she walked down the witness box. She glanced at where Dan
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If Declan could have collected all the pieces of evidence and witnesses he wanted in just a week or a month, it would not have been sufficient. But it took him three months, with Samantha solidly behind him. Micheal was not left out of the entire planning process for Daniel's court case. All they wanted to do was get him out of the way as soon as possible. To take down someone like Daniel, who hardly left any stone unturned or left loose ends, they needed to be well prepared, and Declan insisted that they were going to prepare well. The surrogacy plan kicked off in the second month. Lucy was giving off so many dangerous side effects at first that they kept wondering if her body could hold a child. She knew what she had gone through to produce a child that her body did not agree to. The one time that she thought she was close, was when the incident with Daniel happened. But Lucy's body adjusted afterward to the treatment. She began to respond positively and soon, she fell pregna
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Declan paced about in the bedroom endlessly and Samantha was beginning to get dizzy from following him with her eyes. "You are going to bore holes in this floor if you don't stop pacing so much," she said to him. "That boy is making me go crazy," Declan said as he rubbed his forehead in exhaustion. Samantha wondered if it was Daniel he was calling a boy, but she resolved that there was no better way to refer to someone so petty than a boy. "What did he do this time?" She asked him gently, not wanting to piss him off further."He fired the entire members of the accounting department before I could come to the office," Declan complained. Samantha was left to wonder if Daniel was going insane or not. She had never seen someone that acted so much on impulse in an instant. He was so quick to act that one would think that he was not thinking at all. "I thought he was no longer CEO.""I nullified what he did immediately after I got the notice.""Then what are you worried about?""Don't
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Samantha had never been pleased to hear the news before. Declan's agreement to still go ahead with having a child despite the Georgina drama was like music to her ears. She had not bothered to pester him about it anymore, as she did not want him to say he was right after all about Georgina. Instead, she had been more intentional about living her best life. She thought of the children back at the country home. They were enough to suffice for what she could not have. "Do you want to do an adoption or should we still search for a surrogate?" She asked him, deciding to lay all the cards on the table so they could deliberate together. She was not going to be selfish this time. Having a child was going to be a big step for them. It was not the financial aspect that bothered them. Declan's companies and businesses were worth an amount that could feed an entire city comfortably."We are both hoping to carry our child in our hands someday, so I guess surrogacy would not be a bad idea," he
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"I will have to leave very early today," Micheal informed Declan ahead of time. He did not want to be faced with the challenge of having so much work that he could barely manage any spare time. "You have a date with your girlfriend, I guess," Declan said as he looked up at Micheal."Let's not say it's a date," Micheal began, blushing lightly. "It's just a little thing that I do with her every month," he explained. "What is that?" Declan asked, not feeling bad about prying. It was the same thing Micheal did as well. He could swear that Michael knew so many things about him that Samantha had yet to find out. He was very observant and he loved that about her. "We go to the prison for a visit before we head to the orphanage," Micheal said. "Shonda said she wants to own an NGO in Africa in the future, so this is a good start for us."Declan was highly impressed by this agenda. His father ran several orphanages and charitable homes before he died. It was conferred on him in the will. He
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Daniel had been very cranky the entire week. First, all the money that he stole from the company's account had magically returned to it, and it still surprised him that they found out about the offshore account. He also received news that Declan hosted a birthday party over the weekend. He had not been invited nor did he have any knowledge about it. He knew what he could do with the knowledge of such a gathering. He was angry because, after months of being CEO, he had still not successfully convinced the board why he should take over the house. The will stated that it was primarily Declan's inheritance, and there was nothing that he could do about it. Declan, on the other hand, had suddenly banned him from entering the house. The security around it was toughened up so that no matter how much he tried to meander his way in, he would not succeed. This morning, Declan called for a board meeting that he said was going to be used to pass some information. He wished he could stop De
