Chapter Forty-Five – Brace Yourself The information on the file was more informative than Dominic could have hoped. He wiped off the tears threatening to leave his eyes. His memory of his mother was totally messed up. She was prettier than all the edited photos of her that were on the internet. And she wore smiles more often. Dominic exhaled, feeling like a part of him had been sorted out. He kept some pictures that featured his cousins his mother held and some of her brothers, even her parents. The most important information on the file, he’d handle it later because it was so distracting and was the sole essence of his mother’s life. His phone began vibrating and Dominic’s eyes shifted to it. He groaned, regretting his reflexes. He had told himself to not get distracted till he was done paying all his workers for the month. He had told them salaries were paid at the 28th of the month but he wanted that to be the limit and pay on the 25th. But whoever was calling him did
Chapter Forty-Six – Unredeemable Could she and Mr. Allen be working together? Then he was in huge trouble. He looked downwards. “Do you know who met the other? Was it Mrs. Jones who met your father?” “It’s possible it was my father that met her first. I told you my father’s problem with your family is generation years old. It didn’t even start with your grandfather.” Bethany reminded. “Then what was it?” Selena asked immediately. “If he was responsible for the death of the Thales daughter, my father’s, and Mrs. Thales death, then what did the Thales do?” Bethany shrugged. How was he to know the cause of the argument? It was definitely not something easy to pass off. Dominic sighed. So Mr. Allen had a hand in Lucas’s parents death too? And his grandmother and Butler Saunders? He was bent on wiping out the whole family. His last attempt was the car accident on he and Lucas. Dominic ran his hand though his hair in frustration. This was surely not a case he could just tell th
Chapter Forty-Seven – Accomplice? The door to his room was knocked on and Casimir paused the movie he was watching, “Come in, Jean.” There was no one else he lived with anyway. His sister peeked inside, wearing a pout. “This is the next day already and mom hasn’t come back home.” What was she? Five. “And so what? Do you want to sleep on her body? She’s married now so she’d be with her husband.” His mother had been staying with her Japanese husband more frequently than usual but that was expected since she was his new favorite wife. It was still annoying that his mom married an already married man but that shouldn’t be his business. As long as she wasn’t involved with what he spoke to Dominic about, then she could be anywhere she wanted to be. “I called and they said she wasn’t there either.” Jean replied, entering the room. “Should we call the police?” Casimir glared at her and she folded her arms. “What should we do then? What if something bad happens to her?” What’
Chapter Forty-Eight – She’d Pay The siblings were quiet before Casimir sighed. He knew he had to act fast or his little sister would pay for their mother’s bad influence in her life. Dominic must suspect Jean if he didn’t even try to let her know what’s going on. And why wouldn’t he? Jean was known to already involve in a lot of shady stuff. Even as she had turned a new leaf, sometimes, company’s called her to destroy their competitors because they don’t believe she’s completely turned a new leaf. And with how excited she used to be, seeing the paycheck the companies offered, if not he was always there to remind her of her vow, his little sister would most likely jump on them. “Get my phone from my room. Let’s hear what he wants to say. Note also, I’d tell him you just told me your suspicions.” Casimir said. “Will he believe I just told you?” Jean rolled her eyes. “Well, he just called you so he can as well assume it made you remember something. Let’s hope on luck and hu
Chapter Fifty-Nine – Babysit How could he had let this happen? Dominic opened the car door for the boy to get in. Bethany still ended up making him babysit his son. He'd said “till further notice’ but it sounded like ‘till I feel like taking him back’.The Young Master sighed. To think that for a split second, he assumed Bethany was a decent caring dad. The boy looked sick and pale like he barely went out under the sun. Lucas rubbed his eyes as his uncle started the car. He noticed the visitor with them and smiled at him. “Hello.” The boy recoiled, facing the other direction, still he managed to mutter. “He-Hello. My name is Bobo.” “Oh Bobo. I’m Lucas.” Dominic glanced at the two. If his nephew could make friends with the kid and keep him from bothering him then he’d be grateful. His phone vibrated and he frowned, assuming it was Bethany. “Oh great. It’s his sister.” Dominic seethed. “Hello?” Brielle breathed out before responding. “Hello, Dominic. I have a favor t
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