Chapter Fifty – Deserted The surrounding was eerie. Bethany knew something was definitely up. He had stopped by recently to take his son so there’s no way the place would be deserted within an hour. “Connor!” he called when he noticed someone staggering towards him. He had a knife stab on his sides but it didn’t seem fatal. Bethany caught him as he fell on him. “What the hell happened here?” he yelled but the boy passed out after getting to him. Bethany carried him and began running back to the exit. There were footsteps behind him so he stopped, and turned. “Where you the one who did this?!” he shouted. He left three of his men here. Connor, his older bother and his older brother’s girlfriend. There were other boys from other mafia gangs that came to discuss some issues. If the place was now deserted then it meant they were all down or escaped. But there was no way Connor’s older brother would leave his younger brother here with an injury. An older man walked out, to
Chapter Fifty-One – BackupBethany laughed, no matter how serious he’d have liked to be at that point. “Did you just realize you are my father now? Okay then, sign the ownership of Allen Enterprises to me, huh?” The old man frowned deeply. That was the very last thing he’d do. He glared as Bethany brought the knife closer to his face. Would he kill him? And risk being chased by the government forever? But he was a mafia boss so he could get away with it by pinning it on a lackey. What would he do? How’d he advert this? The old man’s eyes shook violently. Frightened by the seemingly impending death before him. Bethany stared at his father’s frightened state. Did he fear death so much while dishing it out to others? Annoyed, he dragged the knife across the old man’s face. Mr. Allen yelped in pain, holding his face. Bethany had a serious expression. “I can remember you giving me a similar wound as a kid. You’re lucky it healed but I’d like to make sure yours doesn’t.” The
Chapter Fifty-Two – Useful Information The boys fell asleep after dinner. Dominic brought blankets to cover them, before it occurred to him that he would needed to carry them to a room to pass the night. The new Thales Mansion he'd bought had the same number of rooms the old one had – ten rooms in total. He transported the kids two in a room. He kept the twins separately with Lucas and Jake so they’d know they weren’t at home. He kept Bobo with him, in case Bethany suddenly called, asking for his son. After making sure they were all tucked in, he returned to his work. He finished within two hours and exhaled tiredly. Being a father and a CEO, the former always seemed the hardest. Since he hadn’t gotten a call yet, he decided to dial Selene’s line. Surely she must have gotten some news to give him. He found a missed call and text message from the security guard at his building. It should be about Freud. He had totally forgotten that man and drove home with his car. “Youn
Chapter Fifty-Three – Pay MeDominic’s words made sense to Allen. He left the ground and held unto the stranger's phone. “Don’t post. I’d tell you who I am and where to drop me. But you have to keep it a secret.” He was really trying to protect his image. Dominic shrugged. “Get into the car then. I’d take you.” A relieved sigh left Mr. Allen’s lips as he walked inside the car. Immediately he got in, Dominic entered and locked the doors, without the old man noticing. “Thank you for this. I really appreciate it.” He said. Dominic made an ‘hmm’ sound. “So how did you get there? That place is off charts for civilians. I was looking for Neem leaves when I found you, you know.” Mr. Allen gasped. “Ah, Neem leaves were around where I was. I’m sorry you didn’t get to take them. I am really sorry.” Dominic rolled his eyes. The old man was acting like some saint now he thought he was out of danger. “No problem. So where should I drop you? And you didn’t answer my earlier question.”
Chapter Fifty-Four – LeaveDominic packed the car in his garage and stretched when he got down. It was time for his body to rest or he’d be useless the next day. He sluggishly walked to his house. Suddenly, a person jumped on him. Timely, he moved aside but made a roundhouse kick to whoever it was. His leg was caught and the person began laughing. “You looked like you were sleepwalking but you’re still so agile.” Bethany chuckled. “Man, you’re funny.” It wasn’t funny to Dominic. That’s an unnecessary movement he had to make. “Weren’t you supposed to be at the hospital? What are you doing here?” Bethany exhaled, finally dropping Dominic’s leg. “I reasoned that I’d rather be where my son is. So I came here.” “To pick him, right?” Dominic gave Bethany the side eyes. “Come on, you have lots of rooms here. I can’t borrow one?” “Yes, you can’t.” Dominic deadpanned. “Return tomorrow for Bobo. He’s asleep. He’s eaten and played so let him rest.” Bethany nodded. “Thanks… but
Chapter Fifty-Five – ID PassBethany packed the broken clock into a book and handed it to Lucas to discard when the door to the room was banged open. His heart flew to his mouth in fright but his face didn’t show it. “Huh? Miss Selene? What are you doing in Dominic’s room?” he asked with a lightly annoyed expression. The twins looked at the lady with slightly annoyed expressions too. That was the lady who scolded there father all the time. Lucas has given them a clue. Selene shook her head. “I could ask the same of you, Mr. Bethany.” She was so tired of having to run around for proof while the two that should help her were busy sharing a bed! “Oh, is this a reoccurring act? You visiting Dominic in his room? That’s suspicious. That’s weird.” Bethany raised a brow. The little boys in the room didn’t understand, but they didn’t like Selene so had an encouraging look. A large bear plushy was thrown at Bethany’s face but he caught it in time. A small girl he hadn’t seen befor
Chapter Fifty-Six – Anderson Dominic opened the door and walked in, he left it open for Selene. The place was buzzling and like usual, no one knew who was coming in and out. That was how loud it was. “Who are we looking for?” Dominic asked as they got inside. This person supposedly knew about Mrs. Jones. “Augustus Arthur Junior Duncan…..” Selene replied. Junior? Dominic had a horrified expression. That was his cousin? Could he have been working with Mrs. Jones? “Note, I don’t think he’s working with Mrs. Jones.” Selena said, making Dominic calm down. “The Duncans don’t have any reason to kill your aunt, uncle and grandmother.” Dominic agreed. They detested his family but would never go that far. He looked into Selene’s phone to see the young man’s picture. Dominic remembered seeing someone like that in the video of his mother, Augustus Arthur had given him. He was probably the first grandchild of the Duncan family. “There.” Selene began moving. Dominic followed her. A
Chapter Fifty-Seven – Drama Anderson left his seat and followed Dominic, confused. Was the man going to cause trouble with one of them purposely? Dominic’s eyes darted about, till it landed on him. He nodded, stretching his hand towards Anderson and giving him car keys. “Walk up to him, make this key visible then tell him Dominic Thales wants to speak to him. Don’t worry, he’d be sure to accuse you of something.” Dominic smirked. Accused him of something? Anderson looked at the man he was to speak to. Wasn’t that Freud? His rival. He didn’t want to speak to the man, he had nothing to speak to him about. Still, Anderson took the key and walked up to where Freud sat, with his secretary. “Um, hello… there’s someone who wants to…” Freud sprang from his couch on seeing him, he hadn’t even seen the keys. “Anderson! Scion cars, right? Oh, did you come to rub it on my face that your new model will be successful?” What? Anderson frowned. He wouldn’t even know if it’d be successf