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
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