A Week LaterROMULO ARMSTRONG 80th BIRTHDAY It is a busy day at the Armstrong estate with servants moving around trying to get everything done before guests arrive for the party.By 5pm reporters were already outside the estate as they waited to gain entrance inside the large family estate. The party is scheduled to begin by 7pm which is about two hours from now but they came early so as to see the first guest arrive.“Is that not Mrs Haywood’s car approaching?” One of the reporters from Hcity daily news asked his senior colleague who looked towards the direction of the car approaching the giant gate.“Yes it’s her car” they immediately brought out their cameras and started recording.“It’s 5:20pm and Nuella Armstrong just arrived at the Armstrong residence for her grandfather's birthday party and from what we can see little miss Alicia her daughter arrived with her '' the cameraman videos the luxury car of Nuella as it drives into the estate.“We will surely come back online when o
The Armstrong estate is vast in size and has several buildings inside, one of which is a family temple and also a large reception building close to the mansion, the reception will be used for the banquet and everything has been put in place already. At about 6:30, guests began to arrive for the banquet.This isn’t just any guests, but people in the elite society, the Castillo family arrived, one of the top military families arrived, and other top people in the society also attended the banquet of the Armstrong family. Directors and other top employees of the Armstrong empire arrived at the banquet.Reporters from different media/tv houses took photos and videos and covered stories of the whole event. Arriving at the banquet were legendary actors and artists who were immediately interviewed by the reporters.“I’m glad you guys made it” Nuella said the moment she saw Alison and Alex in the banquet hall. She had immediately hugged both of them and kissed them on the cheek.“We could not
Raymond smiled as he advanced towards her, he enveloped her in a hug “I missed you my child” he said in an emotional toneNuella thought she was going to be angry when she saw him again or curse at him for leaving her instead of seeking for her forgiveness but here she was happy to see him.She wrapped her hands around him “Father” she said emotionally Romulo smiled when he saw this, he had made it possible that his son was here today.Other guests in the banquet all looked at the father and daughter. Those he knew started gossiping amongst themselves.“Seems like the old master has asked his son to return”“Yes it seems so”“Is she going to forgive her father?”“By the look of things she might forgive him” another person said Little Cia that was eating cookies immediately stopped eating when she saw tears in her mother’s eyes. Who was that man standing close to her mother? She was sure he had made her cry. Thinking about this she looked at her uncle Alex.“Put me down uncle Alex”“
“Daddy”“Yes baby”“You told me that grandpa died”Oliver moved his eyes away from his tablet and stared at her “Yes, do you want to see his grave?”“I will love to”“Okay baby you will see it the day we visit the family house for now you need to finish your food so you won’t be late for school”“Okay” Cia looked at her plate of cereal, she was sitting on her own chair and table having breakfast while her father was sitting down at the breakfast table drinking coffee. She picked up her spoon and started playing with her food. “What is it baby? You don’t like the cereal?” Oliver asked when he saw she was playing with the food.“I like it”“Then why are you not eating?”“Because I wanted to ask you something” Oliver dropped his tablet then faced her fully “What do you want to ask daddy?”“What about grandma, your mother?” She blinked her lashes.Oliver was silent for a while because he was thinking of the best thing to say to her “She is far away”“Far away?“Yes Cia”“Where? Is she
She had spoken to her grandfather yesterday and he even came back to the office but did not think it was necessary to tell her that he was the CEO of RNA and wanted them to become business partners. Is this how he plans for them to reconcile by keeping things away from her?Her grandfather on the other hand did not think it wise to inform her about this. She slowly scrolled through the page in the tablet and read his information as the chairman of the RNA company that deals with construction. From what she was reading here, it shows here that he had founded the company from scratch in France three months after he had left country A. She scrolled down and read more information on it.Nuella handed back the tablet to Alma who was standing close to her. “What do you plan to do now ma’am?“Invite them for a meeting tomorrow”“Okay ma’am I will do that right away, is there anything else you want me to do ma’am?”“Reschedule my last meeting to 5pm, I will be having dinner later with some f
“I really missed you guys” Nuella said as they sat on their reserved table “I missed you too, I rushed with what I was doing so that I could come back, I missed Alicia as well, how is she asking of me?” Israel asked “I told her you guys are coming today and she was so excited”“I can’t wait to see her”“Her birthday is coming up soon, right? Mattthew asked“Yes, she will be turning three soon in a month time”“I need to think of what to get her for her birth” Israel said “Me too”She is growing up so fast isn’t she?“Way too fast, I which she could just behave like the child she is because sometimes she behaves like an adult” Nuella said and sighed Matthew and Israel both smiled “She is very smart, I wish I had such a child” Matthew couldn’t help but admit.“You can if you get a girlfriend and get married” Nuella teasedIsrael laughed when he saw the horrific look on Matthew’s face.“You should do same as well” Nuella said to Israel “I will skip”“Me too” Matthew said Nuella cou
Oliver has being keeping his mother in prison? She was shocked Nuella looked at the lady in front of her, how is she sure that this woman was saying the truth and about Mariana being in prison? Although nobody not even Oliver had talked about the whereabouts of his mother but she never ever thought that prison would be where she is.“How am I sure you are telling me the truth miss? “It’s Cynthia”“Alright miss Cynthia, how am I sure you are telling me the truth and you are not doing this for some other reason.“Some other reason? I won’t come all the way from C city to H city instead of being with my family just to come tell someone a lie” shd said seriously Nuella studied her closely and saw how sincere she looked “You mentioned you can come from C city, where you locked in the prison there?“Yes and that is where Marian is two”Nuella nods “What do you mean by Oliver has being keeping her in prison? Cynthia brought out a piece of paper from her pant pocket and headed it to Nuell
On her way home she thought about all Cynthia had told her. She is sure Oliver had forbidden anyone from speaking about her whereabouts which is why she knew nothing until today. Once in a while she gets to learn something new about her husband but that doesn’t take away the love she has for him. What she really wants to know now is why she is in prison and was sentenced to fifteen years and why Oliver still wants to keep her there. If she could remember clearly Grandma May had told her that she had caused the death of her son, that because of her a car ran him over so she doubts that is the reason why she is in prison.Should she confront Oliver about it? He always gets angry anytime she brings up a topic about his mother. Should she ask David or Alex about it? That would piss Oliver off. Should she go to C city and meet Mariana? Would it be safe to go see? Nuella thought to herself, she was really confused about what to do now, she has never been this confused in her entire life. A
15 Days LaterIn the past 15 days a lot has happenedFirst, Jenna has given birth to a beautiful baby boy Secondly, Cassandra was already in prisonThirdly, Everyone who was a victim of Cassandra has press chargesFourthly, Mariana has woken up from her coma but is still in the hospital recovering.Oliver has put some restrictions on Nuella, for the past 15 days the only place Nuella was permitted to go was the hospital to see Mariana, his mother. She was restricted from going anywhere else.She had a company to run but could only stay home to do it. She has been a full house wife for the past 15 days. One thing she enjoyed about this punishment that she was given was that she could spend a lot of time with Alicia who was so happy that her mommy was home with her.She did dancing, singing, drawing, swimming and other fun stuff with her daughter in these 15 days. She also spent time talking to Jenna on phone and video calling to see her god son since they could not return back yet.Ol
Nuella was shocked, she looked at the body that blocked hers and was shocked to see that it was Claudia, Cassandra’s mother.Cassandra screams “Nooooo!!! Nooo!!!! Mother!!!” She dropped the gun and immediately rushed towards her mother whose body was held by Nuella.She knelt down and shook her mother’s body for her to wake up “Mother place wake up!!”Oliver dragged Nuella up to allow Cassandra to hold her mother instead. Nuella who has been in a dice, stared at Oliver.“Oliver, how….?” She was surprised as to how he was here.Romulo and the others who had seen what had happened, immediately left the base that was not far from where they were and rushed there immediately.“Why would you plan all this without my knowledge?”“I’m sorry, knowing you, you would have done things more rashly” Nuella said Oliver sighed “All the anger he had for her immediately disappeared now that he was holding her in his arms.Oliver hugged her and sighed in relief, he was glad she was not hurt. After a
Seeing that David was about to be strangled to death by him, Oliver freed him. David gasped for air, and became pissed, he immediately stood with all his strength and gave Oliver a punch.Oliver, who was not expecting it, staggered back but regained his composure. Before he could retaliate, David gave him a second punch that landed him on the ground.He was shocked, he was always the one punching but this time David had retaliated which he did not expect.“I always do everything for you and tolerate your nonsense but where I draw the line is where you try to strangle me to death. “From today onwards we are not friends, I do not see any reason why I should abandon my own business to always be with you and help you.David was panting in anger “As much as I want to help Nuella in this situation I will be leaving” David got in his car and drove off.Oliver, who already got up from the floor, stood and watched as he drove off. All his men stood a few distance away and could not do anythi
“That’s my granddaughter” Romulo was so happy like he was watching a wrestling match.Matthew and Israel were relieved that Nuella was not the one that was knocked down instead.“Now is time to move to the next stage” Romulo grinned.Back to the ladiesNuella benth down and stared at the unconscious Cassandra on the ground. This was just the beginning.She had hit Cassandra so much that she looked a little bit unrecognizable.Soon, some of her grandfather's men rushed to where she was after they had finished fighting off the men that came with Cassandra.“Ma’am are you oka……” one of the men was about to ask but stopped what he was going to say when he saw that the person on the ground was Cassandra and that the madam was fine with no single crash in her body. They sighed in relief.“What do you want us to do with her ma’am?”“Carry her and bring her along” Nuella said Nuella started walking to the next location and the men followed along while carrying Cassandra.The men Cassandra ha
Cassandra headed to the location after meeting with her men. She did not know what Nuella had planned so she had to bring back up, a good number of her men were following her to that place.Unknown to her, Claudia had hidden herself in one of the vans.At the location, Nuella had already prepared herself, she had prepared a lot for Cassandra, the whole world was going to witness a part of what was going to happen today. Cassandra was not going to escape all this. About an hour later, Cassandra and her men arrived at the place.Their cars were packed in the side of the express and through the directions she was given they were supposed to enter the woods.Why will Nuella bring her to the middle of nowhere, is her plan to kill her and feed her to the wild animals?Cassandra could not tell what her plan was but she was glad she was prepared. It is either she kills Nuella or Nuella kills her, both of them can not live here alive.A call came and it was Nuella “Hello Nuella” she said onc
“H…how?” Nuella smiled “You thought I was inside?”Cassandra's eyes widened “How did you know?” she clenched her fist.“Don't worry I will tell you when you get here. It will take you few hours to get here and while you are coming please come with you add-ons or lifejackets cause I promise you that I will not miss like you did, I will make sure you die by my hands?”“And if I don't”Nuella smiled “You won't dare, I have a lot on you already Cassandra. You have to face me whether you like it or not, it is either you die or I die Cassandra”“You are right, it’s either you die or die” Cassandra said“I will send you the location, you already had a plan on how to get rid of me before the car accident which didn't work so now that it didn't work I want you to bring on your A game cause you won't imagine what I have waiting for you” Nuella hang up the call and sighed in relief.Cassandra can choose not to be here but she is smart enough. Cassandra was still shocked, it is beginning to see
Hours Earlier Cassandra stayed in a car close by waiting for the car Nuella was inside to catch in flames. She had sent her people to plant a mini device that would lead to the car crashing and going in flames. This will enable Nuella to die or have severe injuries.Right in front of her eyes the car from miles away driving at full speed caught in flames.In the early hours of the morning she had used a burner phone to call Nuella which she picked.“I think we should finally come face to face, don't you agree?” she had said to Nuella.Nuella smiled because she has been expecting this call “I agree, it's about time we settle our scores. You do understand that it is either I die or you die in this battle”“Yes I do, and I can't wait to come out victorious”This conversation took place at around 5am.When the call ended, Nuella informed Matthew and Israel about the call. Mathew and Israel left their hideout to the place where Nuella was going to meet Cassandra.Nuella informed her grand
Just as she had suspected, Oliver had come to the nightclub late hours of the night. She was in her vvip section close to his and waited patiently. Thinking he will be here alone, surprisingly Alex and David also came along after ten minutes.There was no way for her to listen to their conversation since the private rooms were sound proof. In order for her to know what they were saying she paid the server that served drinks for them to listen to their conversation.After 10 minutes of waiting the female server returned and told her all they spoke about.“So they are all still in support of Nuella? She scoffed Cassandra was here for two hours until Alex left and now it was just David who she is sure must be convincing him to go back home.She is sure Oliver will refuse and at that time David will leave. Oliver does not need protection since he had his bodyguards in every single inch of the club. True as she said David left after failing to convince him, so now came her opportunity.S
The person that called Nuella next was Elena. Elena asked her what was going on and what she plans on doing to clear her name and that if Oliver sees this he will be really angry most especially since what happened between his father and mother is yet forgotten.Nuella felt at ease that Elena did not outrightly accuse her of doing what the media said she did.“Has grandma seen it?”“No, I have warned you that no one will show her the news today. Seeing such a thing will make her distressed and will remind her of what happened between her son and Mariana. She had planned on visiting Mariana at the hospital today but I had to convince her to postpone it since reporters will be outside the hospital premises.Nuella felt at ease knowing that Grandma May hasn't seen the news yet “Thank you Mariana for making sure she doesn’t see it and also for trusting in me”“Have you spoken to Oliver yet?”“Yes and he is really angry”“Oliver should know that you won't do such a thing. Although the pic