The way Nessa slammed the car door when she entered made Chris to flinch and jolt.“Why are you so angry?” He asked the moment she sat beside him but instead of answering she rolled her eyes at him.“I have everything under control Nessa, you don’t have to worry”She scoffed, “the moment father finds out that you lied to him all those years ago Chris, even before Nick finds out, you will be doomed”Chris flared as he hit his hand on the steering, “I know all of that Nessa and I know what the consequences will be so if you won’t help me to clear the mess once and for all, just get out of the car”Nessa finally sighed, “look Chris” she began slowly, “the fight is against Nick but we have to be very careful with father too, if he finds out what you did years ago, he won’t be happy about it”“I know Nessa, we will talk when I get home. You don’t have to follow me to the airport ”“Right” she answered and climbed out of the car, she didn’t move until the car drove out of the compound.As
A tight slap turned Chris’s face away as his father’s angry face came into view. Gregory was very angry and everyone understood his anger perfectly and they had Chris to blame, even Nessa was cowering behind him in fear. She knew her father would come for her soon.“How dare you Chris?”Greogry asked angrily as he raised his walking stick to smack Chris with it, “how dare you lie to me all those years?” He bellowed again and Chris gulped.The secret he thought he hid so well for the past twelve years was finally out in the open and he could not justify his actions.“I am sorry father, I didn’t know what came over me” he begged, right now he had to put his pride aside because his father was the only one who could help him out of this mess.“There is no use getting angry now Greg, we should think of a way of dealing with this mess” Emilia chipped in, earning a glance from her husband.“You are a fool Chris” Gregory thundered again ignoring his wife, “I thought I was raising my heir, I di
“Who do you think you are, Nick Furgesson to threaten me like this? Kathlyn yelled dropping her limited edition bag on the table noisily. She thought she came to meet the one person she truly liked among the Furgessons but she didn’t know she was being deceived.“I have no business in toying with your business Kathlyn not unless you want me to. I have no business with you, I just want to know what you know” Nick answered, his lips curving into a smile because he knew exactly what the lady in front of him was thinking already.“Kathlyn, just say something” Fedora said in a pleading voice but her sister in law glared daggers at her.“Just say it Kathlyn” April chipped in, she was getting tired of talking to the lady already.“I won’t betray my husband” Kathlyn finally said, smirking.“Very well then” Nick replied standing up, ``I will get back to you soon” he added and walked out while April followed, she didn’t even spare the woman a glance.“What do you think you are doing fedora?Are
The cellphone rang and Fedora answered it immediately when she saw the caller ID.“Hello, sister in law”“Put me on the phone with Nick,” Kathlyn answered from the other end, she finally made a decision and nothing was going to change her mind.“One sec” Fedora replied and quickly climbed out of bed, Nick was alone in the living room when she saw fedora making a run towards him and he squeezed his brows in confusion.“Sister in law wants to talk to you” she said, handing the phone to him immediately.“I see you have made a decision” Nick said immediately he collected the phone, he didn’t know she would come up with a decision this early.“Dreame Cafe, in an hour. I will be waiting Nick” Kathlyn said from the other end and disconnected the call while Nick glanced towards the war clock, it was already past nine and April would be sleeping by then.“Are you going to meet her?” Dora asked, collecting her phone from him.“Hmm” he nodded and stood up, he was dressed in a pair of denim and s
Nick was pacing up and down the hospital lobby, the doctors were battling to save Kathlyn’s life but he didn’t want to lie to himself. She may not make it, the accident was pretty bad.The sounds of heels and shoes made him to raise his head and he saw his supposed family walking towards him while the reporters kept flocking around them and clicking pictures.“A word sir” one of the reporters begged and that was when Gregory stopped but he didn’t say anything.“Don’t you have any shame left?” Nessa retorted, “how do you expect him to talk when his daughter in law is lying critically on the hospital bed and fighting for herself?we all should be praying for her and not you looking for news to scoop” by now tears of pretense were already falling down her face and she was trying very hard to her face to be captured by the camera.Gregory finally cleared his throat and everyone kept quiet, “it is indeed sad that my own family was attacked in this city, I will not let the culprit go, I must
Gregory was making his way down the stairs slowly when the “ding dong” of the door sounded in his ears, one of the helpers in his house quickly ran towards the door to open it. She was shocked when she saw a group of police officers standing outside the door.“How may we help you” the helper asked, this was the first time she was seeing the cops come to the house in the ten years that she has worked for the family.“We are here to see Mr Gregory,” the one who looked like the leader of the team said.“Who is that?”Gregory asked from behind hrr.“Some police officers”“Let them in” he immediately beamed and she opened the door wider for Them to enter.“Hello sir”“Please make yourselves comfortable, I wasn’t expecting you”His wife and kids came over to the parlor and Nessa’s heart skipped a beat when she saw them.“We just came to ask a few questions about your daughter in law’s case, our station was given the jurisdiction to handle it”That was when it dawned on Gregory, these people
The funeral hall was already filled up and everyone was sitting quietly, Emilia was shedding a lot of tears and Nessa was not left out. Only the men had composure on themselves but Gregory was nowhere to be found, he was already on his way to the Philippines.Chris was sitting downcastly near his wife’s casket and Kira was a few feet away from him, she wasn’t crying but to an extent she understood what was happening around her.“Dad, why is mummy in that?” She asked childishly after a while.Chris gestured for her to come over and she crawled towards her dad.“Mummy has gone to heaven and she will be watching us from afar”“Why? She told me she would be back to tuck me into bed so why is she not doing that?she is the one sleeping though”He still wanted to talk when a loud commotion started outside, lifting their heads they saw kathlyn’s parents walking into the funeral home, her mother was crying profusely and her dad was dried eyed but his eyes looked red, obviously from crying too
A black Audi R8 was already parked at the airport awaiting Gregory and immediately he alighted from his private plane, he entered the car and they immediately took off.A group of two bodyguards were with him and another convoy was behind him, all of them had one motive. To keep him safe.After about thirty minutes, the cat drove into a semi spacious compound and it came to a halt in front of the water fountain and after a few seconds, Gregory alighted.“How many years has it been?” He muttered to himself as his eyes drank in the sight of the house, the last time he set his eyes on this house was twelve years ago. The day that Natalia, Nick’s sister was raped and killed. It was in this same house that he was standing in right now.“We should go in now boss” one of the guards whispered to him and he nodded before taking dignified steps towards the house with the aid of his walking stick.The exterior of the house was nothing compared to the inside. The house looked small from the outs