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
Amidst the cries and pleas of the people inside the room, Xavier went ahead to throw the gas around while having an awkward look on his face.He was also scared, for a man like Nick to pull up this kind of stunt In the prison it meant he had a lot of grounds.“How could you betray me like this?” Alvanon growled at Xavier who gave a fake smile.“Always join the winning team sir”After he was done, the three of them were soiled in the liquid gas and tears were still streaming down their eyes.Gregory was begging but all his pleas fell on deaf ears as Nick dragged him out of the room and the iron bars were locked after Xavier.“Don’t do this wickedness nick” he begged and fell on his knees, “please for the last time”Nick’s lips curved into an emotionless smile, “you should say your goodbyes father”After talking he brought out a lighter from his pants pocket and flicked the light on while twirling it in his hands.“Are you really going to burn them alive?” Xavier had to ask.“I am not d
“Hello sir” the police chief greeted as Nick sauntered into the office, “i just finished talking with the president and he says his speech is scheduled for 12 noon tomorrow”Nick lowered himself on the chair opposite him, “then I have only today then”“What do you mean?” The man was confused.“Have you ever come across a case of arson?” His eyes were glued to the man as he asked, he was studying the man intently.“We deal with the case of arson almost every year sir, I think people who are involved in such acts are psychopaths” he cringed as he talked which made Nick smirk amidst his anger.Then he leaned forward, “what if I tell you I am about to commit such a crime?”The chief’s face went from normal to horror, “what?”Why was this man weird? Not only did he bring himself to prison willingly, he was announcing the crime he wanted to commit? Wasn’t he even scared of the law even in the slightest?“See” Nick paused for a second before he continued, “I will let you in on the main reaso
Nick kept pacing up and down the clinic area, he was literally panicking about Caesar's life. He promised Fedora he was going to bring him home and now?How would he face his sister if anything happened to the man she loved?A lot was going on in his mind when the door opened and the doctors walked out of the room, the look on their faces said otherwise and Nick found himself giving a silent prayer in his mind. Why the hell was he always in this kind of situation? The other time it was his wife and now ceaser? Would fedora be able to bear it if anything happens to him?“How is he, doctor?” Nick immediately asked, “is he okay?”Even as he was asking, he was already dreading their answer.“I’m sorry, we lost him”His world paused for a split second, his mind was unable to comprehend what the doctor just said. Lost him? Like Caesar was dead or what the hell did he mean?“I don’t understand you doctor”“The knife penetrated his abdominal wall to a great extent which affected some major pa
“I need your help” Emilia told the female guard that was stationed outside the clinical center, her face was no longer swollen But traces of the stings were visible.“What do you want?” The woman asked in an uninterested tone. She looked like she was tired of her job by the way.Emilia who read right through her smiled at the thought of how desperate she would be to get a few thousand dollars.“I just want you to help me get some cans of chlorine trifluoride and I promise to pay you really well”The guards lips went from pursed to an “o”“”Are you kidding me right now?”“I mean, you could save your son if you do that, i overhead you on the phone”The woman became speechless, it was true. Her son was dying of cancer and she has not been able to find his hospital bills. Working as a guard in the female prison didn’t give her the kind of money she needed for her son’s chemotherapy.“I just need you to help me get the cans and I will pay you handsomely, what do you think?” The smirk playi
“You…you were standing outside?” The look of horror on Emilia’s face was priceless. All the color from her face had been drained away and she looked as white as a sheet.Nick had never been so happy to be in a place he was not invited, he wouldn’t have known of their plans.“Don’t you understand the logic behind privacy?” Nessa fumed.He gave a smirk before lowering himself on the chair in front of them, Nick folded his hands across his chest and leaned backwards.“So you still have the audacity to think of escaping this place?” He asked and paused. The mother and daughter looked scared but were trying to mask it up.“Don’t tell me you think I will allow myself to die in this hell hole nick, I mean I still have to get back at you for the bees” her hands flew to caress her swollen face as she talked. This was the highest point of embarrassment and she was not going to forget it. Damaging her face was as good as killing her.“You shouldn’t have come here nick” it was Nessa who spoke, “d
After April dropped the call, she closed her eyes for a good thirty seconds before opening them again. Nick begged her to forgive Fedora and she couldn’t say no. Everyone had their flaws and Dora had already learnt her lesson.She was still in that reverie of thought when her door pushed open and the tall frame of her father entered.“Dad” her lips curved up into a happy smile, she was glad that, that bullet didn’t claim her life. Her father would have missed her so bad.“Princess” he drew her to a hug again, Fray had never been so happy to see his daughter, “how are you feeling now?” He sat beside her as he asked.“Am better”He noticed the sad look in her eyes and his heart broke. She was the only person he had after he lost his wife and seeing her on the hospital bed was too much for him to bear.“I am really glad you are alive pumpkin, what would I have done?” His eyes turned misty, “I was almost losing my mind when you couldn’t speak or do anything. Just lying down and fighting f
“Ahhhhhhh” a loud scream escaped her mouth as Emilia jumped to her feet after seeing the scorpion. Her heart jumped into her mouth, the look on her face was enough to send anyone rolling on the ground in laughter…horrifying.“Why are you shouting?” Nick asked with a smirk on his face.“A scorpion” she answered, her voice quivering with fear and Nick had the inkling to laugh out loud.“You should kill it”“I don’t know how too”He shook his head, “To bad then”Emilia watched as the scorpion began to advance towards her and she almost peed herself. Out of fear she smashed her shoe against it body and the whole thing scattered around, that was when she heaved a sigh.“Good job” she heard Nick say to her, then reality dawned on her.“Did you bring that here?”Nick smirked as he stood up, “who knows what you may see here in my absence? I heard the black mamba is the worst of all snakes”After talking he didn’t even wait for her response and walked out.Emilia just stood there listening unt
Emilia stopped dead in her tracks when she came face to face with Nick who just entered the female sports area in prison. Not like he had anything to do there, he just wanted to show himself to Emilia and let her know that the boss was also here. His lips curved up into a big smile when he saw the look of horror in her eyes, even Nessa looked like she just saw a ghost.“You are really out to give them all a heart attack right?” Caesar asked behind him and Nick couldn’t stop himself from smiling in ecstasy. Nothing was much better than seeing your enemy hovering all over you even in your sleep.“Don’t forget the experience you will get here ceaser, it will keep you entertained for life”The two of them walked over to an empty space and sat down, Nick’s eyes not leaving the mother and daughter duo. He could clearly see the mother and daughter duo converse among themselves and they looked as white as sheets.“The chief told me you will be training with the ladies today?” The scar faced j
It was a busy Saturday, everyone was having their lunch in the dining room when the huge doors creaked open and a tall dominating figure entered in all his might and poise. The whole hall became quiet as a graveyard when all eyes fell on him. Was he really here? What the hell was he doing here and he was also dressed in a pair of prison uniform, what crime did the number one businessman in London commit?Well, that was Nick furgesson and he was live in prison.The smirk on his lips didn’t go unnoticed by people but the moment his eyes fell on a particular person, the smile on his lips disappeared and in its stead was a deadly look.Alvanon almost peed his pants when he saw Nick in the prison. What the hell was he doing here? How did he even get into this prison and that too so secretly? It was not announced that he had done something and he was to be taken to prison. When was he even tried?All these thoughts were running through his mind when Nick walked past him and went to sit with