“Ari wants them but I have no idea what they are,” Caddaric said honestly. Casper chuckled slightly but there was a long pause before he began to educate Caddaric. “The ‘Black Diamond’ is a rare apple with a Jet-black hue, taste sweeter than honey from what those who ate it said. For me, I enjoy the crispness unmatched by any other apple. Their exclusivity means they can cost up to $7 and you only find them in Tibet.” Caddaric was slightly relieved upon hearing that Casper had also eaten some before. It only meant he could get it for Ariana. No wonder she trusted the middle-aged man so much. He said over the phone, “It seems you have eaten some before so how did you get it?” He asked. “Take your jet or a commercial flight to Tibert and get some,” Casper responded sarcastically. Caddaric could not bring himself to get annoyed since he needed it and said bitterly, “That is not a problem, except that she wants it now.” There was a short pause before Casper spoke again. “Open the doo
“The masked man!” The girls kept screaming and running toward Caddaric.“I’m Roza, you saved me from a moving train when I was trying to escape from a kidnapper. I could not thank you then because you had left and I could not find you because of the mask. Now that everyone knows it’s you. Can I take a picture with you?” She asked with excitement, Caddaric frowned as his grip tightened around Ariana.Another girl said, “You saved me in Don Privy’s penthouse from being raped. Can I take a picture with you too?” She asked pleadingly. “You saved me from being sold for illegal organ harvesting,” another girl said. More of them kept talking until Ariana said, “Alright, where is your camera? I will take the pictures.” The girls were jumping in excitement. Most of them were less than sixteen years of age. “Thank you, Ariana, you are so kind. No wonder he loves you so much,” one of the girls said before posing for the camera with Caddaric. Ariana patiently clicked the camera and was laughing
18 Years Later It was a sad day among the Blade families. At the cemetery, Rex Blade's dead body was being lowered into the ground. Only a few sniffs could be heard as everyone kept their emotions buried. The one feeling the impact most was Casper Blade. Having learned a lot from the old man over the years, he was like a father to him. Worse, Caspian passed away a year ago, after his wife, Kira, died peacefully of old age. He was still strong so most people attributed it to the fact that he could not live without his wife. He slept and did not wake up again. Anna resigned from her violent life and relocated to the countryside with her old husband, living on a ten-acre farm house. Two years ago, Jenna received news from one of Anna’s maids that she passed on while relaxing in her favorite recliner. Her husband could not take the news, following suit two hours later. That was how Jenna lost both her mother and father on the same day. Hunter reti
“They never appear at the same place at the same time. I once threatened one of them with a knife to his throat just so the other would appear but it didn’t work, even when I shot him in the arm. Strangely, he appeared the next door without taking a break to nurse his bullet wound. I knew it was the other twin but they kind of outsmarted us along the way and we can’t tell the difference,” Casper sighed in frustration. Caddaric could not believe it, asking, “Did you not threaten to not pay one of them?” Casper chuckled and replied, “Don’t forget that they have the same identity and the same bank account details. They address themselves as, ‘me and myself.’ They even went ahead to tell me that only one of them is needed at the academy so we should not question where the other was. When one was at the pool, the other would be in the kitchen but in the end, they would both know everything that transpired at both places. Even after the gunshot, I realized the other had gotten a gun shot
“Cal, I have to take care of something in Mexico. I will be back before the graduation,” Cleo said over the phone. Due to the assignment given to them, they were allowed to go out of the academy but not to go to their parents. Cleo was obedient but not the Callahans. “Details,” Cal one, the first of the triplets said sternly. Cleo never knew that her brothers watched her back with every assignment but she was always like an open book to them. “I have a lead on Jim. I can take him down,” Cleo said seriously. She and Claire made an amazing team because they looked fragile but were rather tough and ruthless. Most times when they had to help the Callahans, they would make up to look the same and no one would know which of the Callahans were on the move. “No! Too dangerous,” Cal one disagreed. Jim Correy was skilled at manipulating and eliminating women but his movements have been a clean one with no evidence so far since the bodies of the women were never found. Even when their mansion
A few minutes earlier, Fusion stepped out of the conference room with the intent of running away. His world-acclaimed assassin bodyguards joined him as soon as he was out of the entrance of the hall in which the meeting was being held. When the doors of the elevator slid open, his face discolored when he saw Cal One and Claire, who looked exactly like Cal Two and Cleo. Same outfits with every single detail in place. “Boss, should we go in?” One of his bodyguards asked, holding the door of the elevator to stop it from moving. Fusion recovered from the shock and stepped inside the elevator with his four bodyguards. It could never be the same people he was running away from, especially when the woman had threatened to cut his dick. Perhaps they were clones of the original there. He asked Cal one, “How did you and your girlfriend get here before me?” “Why should I tell you? We are not friends and don’t forget the last thing I said to you before you left the meeting,” Cal one responded e
The days flew by quickly and it was a day before the graduation party. A troubling storm was headed in the way of Garnet’s residence. Florence had a secret she could not hold anymore but her mother wanted her to keep it. “Florence, I can’t lose you too. Please don’t tell this to Casper.” “What do you mean you can’t lose me too, Mom? Who did you lose before?” Florence wiped a tear and asked curiously, brushing strands of hair from her face. Sorrow lingered on her mother’s face for a while before she said, “It’s nothing but you don’t need to tell Casper anything.” Florence could not agree with her mother. She was the one meeting different tutors from the academy five times every week, thereby knowing them better than anyone else. “If I don’t do it, the whole family will be affected. Don’t forget about what happened to the Wreaths. Grandpa said we should always be honest.” “So, you think he would clap for you for telling him that you slept with a man whose name you don’t know after
The day of Casper’s birthday party slash graduation party for his grandchildren was filled with expectation. The event held the usual classiness of the Blades. Guests, as well as the media were beginning to arrive. Since Caddaric did not intend to hand over the management of Blade Towers to the Callahans immediately, he deemed it fit to announce their presence to the world at the party, with the spelt-out conditions attached. The tables and sitting arrangements were done according to families. The Blades sat together on a long table including the seniors. The Garnets and their women sat on a long table as well. Casper had forbidden single ladies from elsewhere from coming, unless they were coming with their boyfriends or fiancé’s or were escorts. It was the only way for the new generation to find their brides from the Garnet family maidens. Because of Florence, he moved his immediate family to another table with the excuse of the people being too many on it. He allowed Florence to s