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Back at the hospital, Lily was feeling better. The doctor came to check up on her and informed Derrick she could be taken home. Derrick quickly completed the discharge forms and called Marcus to pick them up straight to his apartment. Lily had only been gone for a day, but it felt like forever for him. Derrick helped her to the room and got her some food. Marcus patiently waited in the living room. Derrick was soon done making Lily comfortable and he joined Marcus in the living room."Sir, there is something I want to tell you," Marcus began."Yes, go ahead, have a seat," Derrick replied pointing to the sofa and he equally sat opposite Marcus.Marcus took a deep breath and stared at Derrick for 10 seconds wondering if he should say it or not. Will he believe him without any evidence was the problem?"What is it?" Derrick inquired sounding exhausted."Sir, yesterday when I got back to the office," Marcus began and paused."Something bad happened at the office?" Derrick inquired sounding
Derrick dialled again and prayed to God to let Derry answer his call. The phone rang for a while, and it was finally answered but Derrick could not hear Derry. There seems to be some sort of radio static interference sound."Hello, Mr McClean, can you hear," Derrick asked as he moved around to see if he could get a better reception for a better voice clarity but that didn't work.Derrick ended the call after a few minutes and shoved the phone back into his pocket."Let's go back to the company," Derrick said to Marcus and they all got into the car.They had met the last company that cancelled their contract outside the office but they could not save that either. Weeks had gone by and the company was nearing bankruptcy. Derrick and Rosy sat in the back seat and Marcus drove them all back to the office.Arriving at the office, Marcus followed Derrick to his cabin, and he called John to join them as instructed by Derrick.Rosy however did not follow them to Derrick's cabin, but she entere
"I need to take care of Lily. It has already been a long day. Get some rest. I will call you," Derrick said and made Marcus head to his home first.Derrick took over and drove back to his apartment. Upon arrival, he went straight to his room to check up on Lily."You are home early today, is everything okay?" Lily asked as soon as Derrick entered the bedroom skipping the welcome home pleasantries.She had just returned to the bedroom from the bathroom"At least welcome me home first and we can talk about the rest after," Derrick complained and moved towards her planting a kiss on her forehead.He held her by the waist and stared at her beautiful face."I am sorry babe. I was just surprised to see you home this early," Lily explained."Let's say I miss you and the reason I left the office to come to see you," Derrick replied with a smile."Yeah right," Lily replied, wriggling herself free from his arms and proceeding to sit on the bed.Derrick removed his jacket and hung it on the coat
Lyla was sitting behind the desk recalling everything she had done to get Derrick's position and his company. She sabotaged Derrick's company to take it away from him. The crisis was created by her. She visited most of the companies with whom they had signed contracts and convinced them to cancel their contract, offering them a better deal as CEO. Thinking about it, she realizes Derrick had given up the company so easily. She had expected at least a fight, but it was like he already wanted to give it away. She had put the company back on track by offering four times the initial amount Derrick offered as the CEO to the partnered companies. She now needed to work four times harder to put the money back else the company was as good as bankrupt. She has just started the paperwork to resume the projects and these headlines came up."Derrick, son of a bitch," she muttered under her breath.Marcus and John resigned from their position upon Derrick's exit, so Rosy had to put an ad up to get
Derrick was left speechless after listening to the servant. He quickly searched his pocket for his phone and he realized he didn't have it on him. He figured he may have left it in the car. He gave his car keys to the servant to fetch him his phone from the car and went ahead to ask her which ward Lily was in."Not sure, I have not been told anything," Replied the servant."Fine, just get me my phone," Derrick said and proceeded to the reception to ask about Lily.He had a baseball cap covering half of his face. The nurse looked at the strange man standing in front of her with half of his face covered. She thought he looked familiar though but could not tell who exactly he was."Ms Lily Shawn," Derrick said her name."Are you a relative?" asked the nurse."Yes," came Derrick's deep voice. "I am her fiancé," he added."Private ward three. It's upstairs, on the 2nd floor," the nurse informed him."Thanks," replied Derrick and he checked to see if the servant was back with his phone.As h
David set up a meeting for Derry to meet the expert he was bringing on board to help with the case. The expert happens to be Luis.They all sat down behind the round table, and they started the conversation. With Derry's clearance, David now gave Luis the full details of the case."So, Lyla was involved in an accident. We started an investigation to find out if it was just a random accident or if it was planned," David began and Derry and Luis just stared at him."It was planned?" Luis interrupted, trying to get to the whole details faster than David was slowly revealing.It was like David was telling a story and Luis didn't have that time."Yes, but I was surprised by what I found out when I dug further," David said and paused awaiting a surprised look reaction from the two gentlemen, but Luis and Derry just looked at him with no reaction."Well, multiple accounts were used in transferring the payment to the person who was tasked to do the job. Guess who owns the main account?" David
Luis was back in town after David, Derry's private investigator engaged him on a case. Derry, David and Luis met and discussed the case further. Luis tried to reach out to Derrick and Lily but found out Lily was in the hospital. Upon arrival at the hospital, he could not find Derrick and he found that strange. He dialled Marcus's number and waited for him to pick up since Derrick was not at home either so he could confirm the whereabouts of Derrick."Hello Marcus, how are you?" Luis greeted when Marcus answered the call after two rings."Hello, I am good. How are you doing?" Marcus replied."Good, do you know where I can find Derrick, he is not at home?" Luis inquired."Last I spoke with him, he said he was going home. He might probably be home now," replied Marcus."How long ago did you speak with him?" Luis questioned."Arh, that was like three hours ago," Marcus replied."Okay, thanks, Marcus. I will go to his apartment then," Luis said, and the call ended.Luis stood at the entranc
Lily soon realized she heard right in her sleep; Derrick had left her. Her heart was broken for being dumped at her worst moment and she quickly went into depression.It was 6 in the morning when Luis opened his eyes, still lying on the bed. He turned to look at Rose who was still sleeping with her head on his shoulder. He smiled and kissed the top of her head before quietly getting out of bed. He went to the washroom and got himself ready for the day. He stepped out of the washroom, opened the wardrobe, and picked up a pair of black trousers, a black shirt, and a grey blazer.He quickly put them on. He picked a comb and styled his hair. When he was done, he stood in front of the mirror and admired himself."The best way to do this is to let someone else admire you," came Rose's voice making Luis turn to look at her.Rose was awake and was still lying in bed admiring Luis resting her hand on her hand while supporting her weight on elbow. Luis smiled and walked to the bed, placing both