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“Dring…. Ring….Dring…” The phone kept ringing. “Hello” Christopher picked up the call with knitted brows. “Chris, where are you?” Mark’s deep voice came from the other end; The worry laced within was not hard to detect. “I just got back to Mossel Bay.” Christopher paused before asking “What happened eldest brother?” “That….” Mark didn’t know what to say. All the women in the family, including his mother, their wives and sisters were looking anxiously at him. “Chris, hold on.” Mark turned to his family that staring at him holding their breath “Mom, he is fine. He just got back from a work trip. I will go next door and discuss the Treger Merger with him since I have got the bugger on call.” Mark laughed lightly as he tried to ease the tension that was filling up in the room. “So, you’re saying he is fine?” Elizabeth asked with weepy eyes. “Um” Mark nodded reassuringly “Mom, do you want to talk to him?” “No… no… what’s there to talk?” Elizabeth waved her hands and added “Tell him
“Have I caused trouble?” Emile asked in a soft voice as she rubbed the tip of her nose. “How could that be?” Chris chuckled as he gestured Night Rider to bring the info over while both Emile and Abbey spoke in unison that they wanted to read as well. Helpless to reject, Chris gestured Night Rider to read out loud. Night Rider informed everyone that the job was taken by a mob who called themselves ‘Agents to Hades’. Their trademark was the ingenuity with which they carried out their hitlist. The only MO they had, was the untraceability to its members. Night Rider told them that the mob had made a deal with the cruise owners to run the session earlier and inform everyone except Emile or rather the group registered with Emile. They had purposely tampered the bottom of the cage to give way with manipulation that could be done onboard the cruise boat in such a way that it could not be detected even if it was investigated. They also used sonic waves to manipulate the sharks into being ag
Once Eva entered her car, gone was the ‘loving, worried aunt’ expression instead it was filled with viciousness. She was also surprised that her niece who was usually very obedient could think of something like this. She called her brother as she drove to the police station and updated him on the turn of events before hanging up. Eva reached the station earlier than her brother, but she didn’t want to go in. She thought that it was better to give Amanda a lasting memory so that she would be more obedient next time. Eva sat in the car contemplating the everything that happened since morning. She had never seen Mark so furious. He was always calm and collected. Her brows knitted as she thought of an oddity; The Walters were all very protective of their own and Darcy was the most hot-headed. Her frown deepened as she remembered how he barely spoke a word. Once she hit upon a problem, she started to re-analyse the turn of events over and over in her head, but there was nothing out of the
Eva slapped Amanda furiously as soon as they entered the house “Little bitch, what do you think you were doing?” “Auntie… I ….” Amanda paled as she saw the drastic change in Eva’s aura. “Do you have a death wish?” Eva fumed “Don’t drag me with you. This is the last time I stand up for you.” “If you don’t obey, then you are on your own.” Eva couldn’t calm down no matter how she yelled. “Auntie…. don’t …. Auntie… don’t….” Amanda cried pitifully tugging her Eva’s arm disregarding her insults and the slap. She needed Eva to be on her side. She was her ticket to the Walter manor and Chris. Poor Amanda didn’t know that Eva herself was walking on thin ice. Despite all her scheming and meticulous work in the household, she couldn’t get the heart of the one man she loved nor the support of that family. Only she knew that the loving husband-wife relationship was just a façade. The twenty-year timeline that they had signed on their marriage contract was soon nearing and she didn’t have any o
Night Rider made the arrangements for Neil for operate on Night Wing shortly after his arrival following Christopher’s instructions. Abbey was the most stressed of everyone waiting outside; Christopher and everyone on his team were confident of Neil’s skills and Emile trusted Christopher’s judgement. Abbey put down the reason for her stress to, her being the reason Night Wing got hurt. He would have been able to escape unharmed if she was not there and if Christopher did not delegate him to oversee her safety. Emile gently comforted her. Time passed slowly with no signs of people in the theatre coming out. However, no matter how Chris tried, he couldn’t get Emile to go and rest in the room. She wanted to be near Abbey. He could only sigh helplessly looking at the women sitting on the bench cuddled together. Strangely, he could understand. They were each other’s strength. Finally, after what seemed like ages, the lights above the theatre went off; shortly after the door opened with a
Christopher updated Neil with the details on what went on in the Walter manor on their way to the dock. “Cheee! Does she think it’s as simple as a visit to the precinct after hurting Night Wing?” Neil sneered. His lips curled up in a sinister manner “She has yet to meet this young master and truly understand what it means to offend one of us.” The dock was lit up with night lights. Chris and group headed for a very touristy looking cruise that was decked up for some sort of celebration. They headed downstairs under the guidance of their subordinates. The cruise moved forward silently. In the lowest deck was a glass cage filled with fish waste and freshly killed fish. But what was even more gruesome was that there were 5 men immersed all the way up to their chins in this concoction. The men who were most feared and mysterious on the dark net stood in the glass cage with just their heads above the gruesome mix, their eyes roving around with fear. Chris and his group were not in a hur
2 weeks went by as Night Wing recovered. During this time, the only change Emile noticed was that she was becoming incredibly lazy, she found herself dozing off more and more frequently. Christopher called the doctor they had consulted previously as he was worried. The doctor reassured him that it was normal for pregnant woman to feel sleepy and that there was no harm in sleeping. She didn’t forget to remind him to make sure that she avoided cold seafood and had plenty of nutritious food and exercise. Christopher realised that they had been distracted ever since they found out that she was pregnant and he had forgotten to care about her diet. He called Night Rider to enquire whether any of their men were proficient in nutritional aspects and had good culinary skills. “Shouldn’t you be asking me this question?” Neil had just walked in. “Why do you need a nutritionist?” Neil continued as he sat on the couch with Night Wing without waiting for Christopher to answer his first question.
Daniel was extremely busy with all the work that had snowballed from time he took off for running away to Mauritius chasing Emile and slacking off the following week. He rarely got time to rest let alone think of how to find Emile. Michelle was initially on high alert due to the change in his attention but was soon relieved of her worries after personally verifying that he wasn’t lying and that he was at work. It took him three weeks to finish the backlog of work and return back to his normal rhythm. Today, he had finished all the tasks that were required before 3 pm and sat back to think back to the last few weeks. He had to admit, the more he tried to forget, the more distinct his memories of the time spent with Emile became. He tried to take the advice from his grandpa and Ron and live a good life with Michelle but the more he tried, the more miserable he became. Subconsciously his mind kept comparing, taking stock of his life with the two. Even his interactions with Michelle bega
“You two….” Marcus looked from one treasure to the other in disbelief, holding a wedding was a huge thing, he wanted to dissuade them, but he knew that twin look; A hundred wild horses wouldn’t be able to hold them back…. What could this poor eldest brother do other than support them?“Tell me what to do...” Marcus slouched down, sighing with a resigned expression; since he couldn’t talk them out of it, he might as well support them all the way and face the music later. Little uncle might be disappointed with him for not being sensible and mature enough to guide the duo in the right direction but at least he could be a good eldest brother.“I have given the task of selecting the wedding planner from the three wedding planners I have shortlisted to Uncle Night Vigil.” Chris Jnr fiddled with his fingers as he lowered his head and raised his eyes to look guiltily at eldest brother and little treasure. He didn’t ask for their opinion before he decided to act and didn’t know if they would
Chris Jnr locked his door soon after Emile ran out of his room with the phone and climbed back onto his bed and dialed little treasure. He knew he would have to wait for a while since they hadn’t made an appointment but contrary to his expectation little treasure picked up the call even before it could ring.“Big brother….”Chris Jnr pursed his lips into a pout; Little treasure rarely called him big brother…. Not unless she had encountered some sort of grievance….“Big brother is here…” Chris Jnr softened his voice, like he had seen his daddy do when he was comforting them “What’s wrong with little treasure? Is eldest brother not there?” He knew that with eldest brother near her, there was no way she would suffer any grievance.“Little treasure is fine…” Emm pouted as she tried to hold on to her grievance. She was fine, just that she missed her brother too much… they had never been separated and that too for this long.“He’s here.” Marcus responded at the same time as Emm.“What’s wro
“I…. what???” Emile’s voice rose a notch as she lifted her head to look at Chris in shock. She shook her head in denial as she lowered her eyes taking stock of every conversation with Daniel; she muttered in disbelief even before her brain finished processing her thoughts “In my memory, our re-acquaintance did not exist, let alone marriage…. Then how can I ask for a divorce?”“I believe you…. you might not have asked.” Chris coaxed patiently as he gently massaged her back to calm her emotions.“Hubby, I am truly sorry….” Emile buried her face coquettishly in his chest, as she muttered “I cannot even imagine the pain it caused you…. I am so sorry…”“It is not your fault. I am to be blamed if you have to blame someone…. It is my fault I believed that lunatic.” Chris pacified gently, without feeling tired or agitated even though he was repeatedly saying the same thing.“The only reason I believed him was because my brain was not functioning properly; I couldn’t see through his stupid sch
“Yes…. I don’t think either of us will have a choice when those two scheme together.” Chris’s lips curled up; his eyes narrowed with curiosity.Although he was eager to know what his treasures had in store for them, he didn’t look into it as he didn’t want to deprive them of the joy, the joy they got from seeing their expressions towards the element of surprise that his treasures had planned. This reunion was fully to their credit although he didn’t know how they managed; this indulgence was what they deserved.“You mean ….” Emile raised her head curiously to look up at Chris “You mean, the two are plotting?”“How else could you explain me missing my tail?” Chris chuckled “and giving me the luxury to come and find you on my own?”Emile giggled as she leaned comfortably into Chris’s embrace.“Wife, what happened?” Chris asked once they settled comfortably in each other’s embrace.“I am not sure…” Emile paused as she bit her lower lip hesitating before raising her head to look into Chri
“Hubby, you…. aren’t you getting married to someone else?” Emile asked cautiously in a low voice; no matter how cautious she was, she couldn’t hide the hope in her heart…which transmitted as an excited relief through her voice.“Wife, I have told you before…I, Christopher Walter will only marry once and my wife can only be Emile Burke…” Chris assured patiently, his voice carrying a promise…. an oath of a lifetime…“Hubby….” Emile called out in a soft voice, her lips curling up in a sweet smile, brightening her entire aura; all her grievance melted with his promise…she knew her husband never spoke for verbality.“Um” Chris hummed in a low coaxing voice; his aura too brightened, dissipating the cold, gloomy aura around him…. a simple address from her, calmed his restless soul like magic.At this moment, silence entwined with each other’s calm breathing, seemed to be healing the undue grievance suffered by the two souls who loved each other deeply.“Hubby….” Emile called again, her voice
Chris Jnr was setting up his gadgets to contact little treasure when Night Sonic announced that he had taken care of everything. Chris Jnr nodded in acknowledgement as he continued to fidget with his gadgets.‘Duk…duk…duk…’ A soft knock was heard a few minutes later at Chris Jnr’s door.Chris Jnr’s lips curled up in a knowing smirk as he carelessly placed a sheet over his bed, covering his gadgets, and walked over to open the door.“Aren’t you tired? Shouldn’t you be sleeping?” Chris Jnr quirked his eyebrows wanting to taunt, however his lips curled down guiltily as he saw his mommy’s red eyes.“Do you have a way to contact your daddy?” Emile quickly entered and closed the door as she didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble; she didn’t know if Daniel was still awake or if their voice would attract unnecessary attention.Chris Jnr pursed his lips stubbornly toying with the idea of whether he wanted to pay back his daddy’s grievance or succumb to mommy’s sorry state. However, he gave
“I was thinking out loud about the credibility of the news….” Daniel pursed his lips as he came up with what he thought was a plausible explanation “Considering we were college mates, and our families have collaborated on several projects and yet we were not invited.”“Che!!!” Chris Jnr sneered as he looked at Daniel with disdain “Do you think the legal team of the Walter enterprise is a joke?”“Libel is a serious offense.” Chris Jnr continued with his lips curled lopsidedly in disdain “I don’t think this outlet has money to burn nor the guts to gamble by slandering my….” “Why does a little kid like you have so much to say?” Daniel interrupted Christian, preventing him from completing his sentence and digging a hole for him. He truly regretted his decision to bring this brat back.Chris Jnr shrugged nonchalantly, no longer inclined to complete what he said.“You are right. Why were we not invited?” Emile didn’t want the topic to die down. She wanted to see if she could pick some cue
The day went by without any surprises till everyone sat to watch television after dinner at 6:45, this was the norm in the manor. Although this was the norm, today was different; different because the mental state of the three people seated in the room was not the same as every other day.On the surface it looked like a family of three enjoying a little downtime, however the waves surging underneath the calm exterior were far from calm, perhaps even using the word turbulent to describe the situation would be an understatement.Daniel narrowed his eyes as he thought about what despicable measures, he could use to force Chris to agree to divorce and speed up the process. He had already made arrangements to get a marriage certificate that was legal and valid as soon as the divorce was finalized even without Emile’s consent.However, Chris was proving to be a tough nut to crack. He couldn’t believe Chris didn’t have any intention of leaving Emile even though it appeared that she had betra
The stalemate between mother and son didn’t last long… as fate intervened in the form of entertainment gossip. On screen was a video of Chris entering the shopping mall with a female while the anchor in the background was excitedly raving about the upcoming nuptials that the whole country was looking forward to.Emile’s heart stopped beating for a minute as she turned her head to look at Chris Jnr with a shell-shocked expression “Is he getting married?”“Why wouldn’t he?” Chris Jnr smirked but before he could pacify his mommy as he saw the color on her face draining, he heard the door to Daniel’s study opening; he turned his head back to the idiot box and watched with an indifferent expression.Emile wanted to ask further but she was thrown back by Chris Jnr’s sudden change in aura. However, even before she could voice her confusion, she heard Daniel’s footsteps nearing the top of the staircase. She now understood what happened to her son and quickly tidied up her expression as well.