Fedora just opened the door to go out of the house when she came face to face with her angry father who was also about to open the door, he looked so angry that she had to take a few steps back away from him.
“Dad?” She called but the man didn’t answer neither did Chris who was standing beside him.“Why are you glaring at me like that?” She asked again.“What did you do fedora?”Gregory hissed, stepping into the house with the aid of his walking stick.“What are you talking about?” She asked, trying to remember if she did anything but nothing came to mind.She was still in her reverie of thought when a slap turned her face away and her hands immediately flew to her cheeks, her father slapped her for the first time in his life.“What is going on here?”Emilia asked, walking rushing into the living room alongside Nessa, they both heard the sound of the slap and wondered what was happening.“Why don’t you ask fedora why she allowed Nick to take the box yesterday” Gregory blurted and a shocked expression came on all their faces.“What?Did you do that?” She asked going closer to her daughter.“I always knew you were an unfilial child Fedora, In the end you join hands with the enemies to bring your own family down”Nessa chipped in as she tongue lashed her sister.“I really want to strangle you right now” Chris added but even at that, Fedora didn’t say anything as she kept clutching onto her cheeks but that pained her was the fact that her family now saw hurting someone as the new normal.“Say something” her mother bellowed into her face but she was unmoving.“You know what?”gregrory said after a while, “take herto her room and lock her up. She will not be given food or water until she learns her lesson” he added and like that two of his bodyguards bundled her up and took her upstairs. Neither did she protest or say anything, she just kept looking at the people she called family.Hardly had they taken her to the room when one of Gregory’s guards ran up to him and whispered something in his ears.“Let them in” he said and he nodded before running back out.“What happened?” His wife asked.“Nick is here”Gregory replied and took a seat, he was very mad.….Nick was still dressed in the suit from the office when he entered the house alongside his wife, they both had a mocking look on their faces and with Nick was the box that he took the night before.“Hello dear family” he greeted sarcastically as he lowered himself on the nearest chair.“Why are you here Nick?” Nessa asked, her voice was filled with loath and anger towards the person she was once called brother.“To return this perhaps” he answered and dropped the box on the table.Mr Furgesson scoffed, “I thought you said you wanted to give Fedora the world, I didn’t know you would put her in the forefront of this battle, how calculative. She helped you to get the box yesterday right?you are making a big mistake, Nick thinking you can go up Against me son. I have been in this business for years and you know what I mean” his voice was laced with threats but the man sitting in front of him was unfazed.“Are you scared already, Mr Furgesson?” April asked, her voice containing ridicule.“Oh shut up you sloth”Nessa bellowed but what happened next surprised all of them. The moment that words came out of her mouth she immediately regretted it because at that instant, she received a slap from someone and that someone turned out to be Nick.“How dare you, Nessa?You open your mouth to insult my wife?” He asked angrily.“You dare to slap my daughter in my house?” Emilia bellowed and raised her hand to smack him but her hand was intercepted by April.“You don’t raise your hand to my husband, Emilia” she retorted.“You can’t come into my house and harrass my mother” Chris hissed.“Oh shut up Chris” Nick answered and sat back down with his wife, it was a well thought out plan by these two couples.As soon as he sat down, the smile on his face was gone and he looked serious.“Where are my parents?” He inquired, glaring at Gregory who had an amazed look on his face, the son he trained all those years was back to take revenge on him. How bizarre is that?”“You all should leave, I want to have a word with him” he ordered after a while.“But….” Nessa tried to talk but Nick interrupted.“You should get a husband sis and not always be the daddy’s dog”“You!!!” She hissed and stalked out of the room while the rest followed but his wife was still seated.“The lady also leaves”April smiled before she stood up, “I will help Fedora pack” she added and walked out of the room.As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw the three sinister beings Standing right outside and she so much wanted to laugh. The fact that they were her father and her husband’s enemies made her want to trample on them the more, how she hated them.“You think by marrying Nick, you can boss us around?”Nessa was the first to speak, the anger from the slap was still evident on her face and she hated the husband and wife even more.“If it was that easy my dear, you would have found yourself a husband by now I guess” she mocked, “or I forgot, you have already passed the stage of givingbirth am I right?you don’t even look pretty enough to attract a man”“You!!” Chris chided and made to raise his hand but she intercepted it midway.“If you don’t want me to dig up dirt on you Chris Furgesson, never raise your hand to me again. You are all pathetic and you Mrs Furgesson” she turned to Emilia, “I wonder the kind of children you have raised, I mean they are all older than me but I think I am way smarter so i will give you a piece of an advise, just turn a new leaf or you all will be destroyed faster than you can spell your name” she added and walked towards the stairs, she didn’t need anyone to tell her where fedora’s room was .“Oh, the nerve of that bitch” Nessa retorted angrily, no one had dared to insult them ever the way April just did.“With due time, we will take care of her” Chris added before he went in search of his brother.…….Back in the living room, the two men were staring at each other and none of them wanted to back down from the staring contest until Mr Furgesson finally said something,“Is it because you heard of the conversation five years ago that you suddenly changed?You no longer care about the people you once called family?”He knew trying to use an iron fist on this man in front of him won’t work, maybe being gentle would soften hismind.“The day you planned to kill me was the day you lost all the respect I ever had for you Gregory and don’t even try using that tone with me, it won’t work”Gregory smiled, “how much have you made that you think you can destroy Gregory Furgesson with just a few trillions In your account?I own this city and everyone in it Nick, you wouldn’t want to go against me”“Just like when you deleted my parents data from the database?” Nick asked back and he saw the old man move uneasily on his chair.“Come back to the family, son, let us forget what happened five years ago. You are part of this family and I will treat you like you deserve”This time around as soon as he finished talking, Nick began to laugh. It was funny because he has never seen a more funnier clown than this man sitting in front of him, Gregory must think he was that twenty seven year old boy five years ago still to want to manipulate him, how stupid of him to even think that.After laughing, Nick sat up from the couch. This time around, he looked dead serious.“I want to destroy you father, I want to make the almighty Gregory Furgesson beg in front of the public for all the crimes you have committed. The ones I know and I don’t, I want you to pay for everything. Not only you, your entire family. I want you all to gravel before me and beg for forgiveness from me and everyone connected to me. I want you to suffer more than you can ever imagine Gregory Furgesson and this is my promise to you, I will do it even if it is the last thing I do on earth” he added before standing up and buttoning up his suit, he made to walk away but the next words of the man halted him.“Do you think you will be able to find your family?Nick, I killed them all” his voice held a sense of mockery and ridicule towards the man in front of him.“Don’t think I will let you live in peace either, the footage is inside the box. Get ready Mr Furgesson, more shows are coming up” Nick added before walking out of the room while the smile on the old man’s face disappeared.Everyone was standing outside the door as he walked out and he halted in front of them, April was standing a bit further.“Where is Fedora?”“She is locked up in her room” April replied and Nick's pupils dilated and before anyone could say jack, he brought out his gun which made the people in front of him take cover.“Mrs Emilia, you will go right now and bring fedora out or I will blow up Nessa’s brains”He didn’t sound like he was joking but the woman in front of him wanted to claim stubbornness.“Her father was the one who locked her up”“Release her Emilia” Gregory’s voice filtered into their ears and Nick smirked.“Even your old man listens to me now” he mocked. How he enjoys the look of defeat on their faces.The moment Fedora came out of her room and Nick saw her, his eyes darkened. He could see the slap marks on her cheek.“Who slapped you?” He asked but she said nothing.“Talk to me” he bellowed.“I did” Mr Furgesson replied coming face to face with them and once again Nessa received another slap from Nick.“The next time you slap anyone dear to me old man, I will slap you In return” he warned and grabbed his sister’s hand before walking out on them, how dare anyone even think of hurting the women in his life?Even Nessa was speechless, she couldn’t believe she received two slaps from Nick today. What the hell was wrong with him?Nick was fuming in anger as he boarded his black Mercedes Benz and it was evident on his face. He so wanted to slap Gregory Furgesson for raising his hand to fedora but he just didn’t do it, even if he slapped Nessa in return, he wasn’t satisfied.“You don’t have to get angry over those people Nick, they are just chess pieces on your chess board and with time you will do away with them, let this just be like your stepping stone towards their destruction” April who was seated beside him advised, she could see her husband struggling to contain his anger and she could understand it perfectly well.“Take Fedora home” Nick announced through his earpiece and he received a “yes sir” from the other end,” we will go see your father” he added before closing his eyes, the imprints on his sister’s face kept tormenting him to the bane of his existence.Completely understandable, April didn’t say anything and just focused on the road ahead, she knew the man beside her needed space and time.………As t
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