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
“Are you sure about what you are saying?” Casper asked seriously, filled with complicated emotions. If this was true, then was it fate for one of the Callahans to have already met his arranged bride under a different circumstance? Jenna was busy with her best friends, Peggy and Kate, not giving attention to her husband and Florence. “Grandpa, he is the man I saw when I woke up,” Florence insisted, whilst staring at Cal two. She was not privy to the news and did not know his evil side but that was the man she saw on the bed. “He is my grandson so just relax and pretend that you don’t know him. Can you do that?” Casper asked seriously. He wanted to see Cal’s reaction if he sees Florence but if he’s indeed the one who slept with her, then he’d also have a problem with Casper since Florence was either drunk, or drugged by then. Any man who took advantage of a vulnerable woman was a coward and Casper would make sure that either of the Callahans got punished for it.
“Cleo, what is he talking about?” Cal broke from the shock and asked, while Casper warned the media to stay away. He indeed assigned Jim Correy to the team knowing that the Callahans would take care of him, never expecting it to be another bloody love story. Jim’s presence was a threat to every woman at the party and Casper was not liking it. “This is not how I wanted to announce it but it already happened so yes, Jim and I plan on getting married,” Cleo tried to sound believable, now that the cat was out of the bag. She also knew it was time to up her game but how could her family allow it? “Impossible. I will not allow it,” Caddaric said coldly. His only daughter to be married to a man whose days were numbered? Never. “Cal,” Cleo pleadingly stared at her brother. He was the only one who would be able to override the decisions of Casper and Caddaric but even Cal was not up for this. Cleo never kept to her side of the bargain, never telling Cal how things went so how could she hit h
“We shall not proceed and you shall not have your wristwatch back until your friend is here,” Casper said seriously after all parties took seats on a sofa around a small center table in one of the sophisticated hotel rooms. Cal one was unmoved, knowing that his work depended on that wristwatch. He had searched and searched, not until he heard Cal two’s discussion earlier with Florence over the special earpiece about the wristwatch, thereby requesting a switch, which was delayed because of Cleo and Jim. He had not told Cal two about that night because of the guilt which lay largely in his heart, the fact that he lost control, which was very unusual of him. “If I don’t have it, I can’t back up Cleo.” “How did you lose it? I mean, what did you do to her?” Casper asked directly. Cal one remained stoic but guilt laid heavily on his heart. He also found relief because he could make things right. It was strange how he felt comfortable around Florence. Something that never happened when he