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
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
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
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. 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 hVindication of the Rejected Heir Chapter 171
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
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
Patricia's thoughts were constantly focused on what Daniel had said to him. She knew that he was a loser, a philandering husband, and a deadbeat dad, but at the end of the day, in the past, she knew that she lived the life she wanted. He always had money to throw her way. She went on incessant shopping sprees even without knowing the whereabouts of her husband most of the time. When she hung out with her friends, she was always the cynosure of all their eyes. She wore the most expensive outfits and carried about designer bags on her arm. Looking back at her past life, she was living the luxurious life that she had always bargained for. People talked everywhere and had a lot of bad things to say about Daniel and his philandering ways. Some said that she was in the marriage because she could not survive on her own. But she cared less. Daniel had never brought another woman into their home and had never spoken about ending their marriage. But he was vile with his schemes and his consi