Samuel paced his living room, enraged.“How did she escape without anyone knowing?” Samuel barked. Kingston took a step backward to avoid the wrath of Samuel’s anger. “You were parked outside, weren’t you? How couldn’t you have seen her?” Samuel turned to Kingston in mad rage. It was as though he would grab him and strangle him for such level of incompetence.“Sir, maybe she left before we arrived, because I did not see anyone sneak out of the penthouse, or I would have notified you,” Kingston tried to defend himself.Jess just sat there and watched Samuel exhibit his anger.“Get out,” Samuel told Kingston and he bowed and exited the living room.“You are barking up the wrong tree,” Jess said plainly.Samuel put his fingers through his hair and roughed it up in annoyance and frustration. It was clear as day now; Ciara Summers would be the death of him. He knew that Jess was right. He should not have poured the entire blame on Kingston, because truly, Ciara might have fled the house
Ciara was woken up when the train stopped. Tired and exhausted, and certain that she wasn’t being followed anymore, she had fallen into a deep restless sleep. As usual, she had dreamt about being mercilessly tormented by the two inmates, and there was no one to rescue her. In fact, this time around, they had taunted her that Aunt Mary had died, and there was no Samuel Fury coming to save her from their torture; as Aunt Mary was dead now, Samuel Fury had abandoned her to their torture.Ciara had wanted to wake up badly, but she could not even though she struggled to. Then they also threatened to rip her stomach open and bring out her baby. Ciara had begged and cried, but they had refused. Again, she had seen the knife in their hands when the train stopped and Ciara was forced to wake up. The passenger sitting close to Ciara, a middle-aged man stared at Ciara weirdly, and she knew at once that she probably had been acting funny as she slept.“Rough sleep?” He asked.Ciara nodded and go
“What is your name, and how did you know my mother?” Ciara asked him.She was more than fortunate and grateful to have run into someone who knew something about her. Being that it had been years since she last came here, Ciara wasn’t sure she would find people she knew, or people that would even know her.“Johnway,” he answered.The name did not ring a bell at all, and for a moment, Ciara almost felt as though the man was making things up. What if he had been sent to get her? Ciara was extremely careful and mindful now, because it would be stupid of her to underestimate the power and influence of Samuel Fury. “I don’t know anyone like that. I do not recognize the name…or the face,” Ciara cautiously said. She made sure she kept her voice at a guarded level. Initially, when he had mentioned her mother, she had let her guard down, relieved that her trouble had finally been eased, but now, they were back up.“Of course, you wouldn’t. You rarely came around after your mother’s illness det
Samuel drove to the main house in a mad rush. His mother’s call had turned his world upside down, and as Samuel raced through the traffic and past other cars, he worried if something terrible hadn’t happened. His mother rarely placed a distress call to him. In fact, she has never placed such a call to him, and she sounded really weak and frantic over the phone. Samuel decided that driving himself to the main house would be better.And hopefully, he would be able to evade the cops. Samuel really did not fancy staying in the main house, because it brought a whole of ugly memories to him; memories that he would want to keep buried for the rest of his life, but his mother had insisted on staying there after she was released and discharged from the hospital. According to her, she had wanted to feel the warmth of a home before dying. Samuel was more than willing and capable to rent her the most luxurious apartment the city could find, but none of that would make his mother feel more at hom
Ruby and Linda busied themselves picking out things for her wedding preparations.“Mum, don’t you think it is a bit early?” Linda asked Ruby sounding unsure. They still had like two more months before the wedding, Samuel was still very much married to Ciara, although she wasn’t sure how that was going, considering what she told him the last time, and things were still pretty tense with the both of them. Linda hadn’t even said this aloud, especially in the presence of her mother for fear of being condemned, but she was very scared and intimidated by Samuel Fury. He made her want to cower and hide away, but she could not bring herself to spitting this out to anyone’s hearing, not especially with how far they have all gone to secure him for her. Anyway, she hadn’t heard from Samuel since the last time.“It is never too early, love. I want you to have the best wedding you can get; something way more grand and special than what that wretch ever had, okay?” Ruby assured Linda.They had inv
Ciara had to wait for Johnway to round off for the night after what he gave her, and it stretched into the night. Johnway had suggested that Ciara go to his house and rest for a while, but Ciara refused. She did not want to risk leaving and not getting the full details, because even the file was not giving her all the answers she needed. Just as she had suspected that something had gone down with her mother, some evidences were popping out.“Here,” Johnway had scribbled down his house address and given it to Ciara. “I have a spacious apartment and some leftover food in my fridge. Why don’t you go over, eat and get some rest, then when I get home, we can talk,” Johnway had directed. “It seems I am going to take longer than necessary here,” he said.Ciara had put the address in her backpack and said, “No, I will wait for you,” she had insisted.Another man had come in a few minutes later, and from their discussion, Ciara got to know that his name was Martin, and he also worked there.“H
Ciara stared at Johnway’s dead body in his pool of blood in utter shock. She could not believe what she was seeing. She bent over slightly to take a look at him and she realized that his throat had been slit. His blood had congealed, and the slit on his throat did not seem fresh at all, which only means that he wasn’t recently attacked. Also, he had already begun to smell; the exact smell Ciara perceived when she stepped into his apartment.So with such retching smell, Ciara’s stomach rumbled again and she threw up, right beside Johnway’s body and blood. Ugh, she was very disgusted now, and everything just seemed to be very irritating. If Johnway is murdered barely twenty-four hours after attempting to help her, then someone knew she was in her hometown. Ciara’s first instinct went to Samuel Fury, but in as much as she knew that he was brutal and ruthless, she did not think he was that heartless to take someone’s life in cold blood. Besides, she already suspected him of something rel
Samuel held his mother’s weak hand tightly, but also tenderly at the same time as the doctor examined her.After what she had told him, his mother had slipped into unconsciousness. Samuel had quickly called his doctor and asked him to come over to the house for a medical examination. With his mother’s condition, there was no way he could comfortably transport her to the hospital, or maybe Samuel’s fear was that she would die before he even reached the hospital. Samuel continued checking her pulse to ensure that she was still breathing every second before the doctor arrived.“Should we take her upstairs to her room?” Samuel had asked immediately the doctor stepped into the main house.“She has been lying here, hasn’t she?” the doctor asked.“Yes, I did not want to lift her up and get something wrong in her system by doing so, so I just left her here to rest while waiting for you,” Samuel explained.“Then I will examine her here first and see what is wrong,” The doctor informed Samuel.
“…You have fallen in love with Ciara Summers.”The words of Doctor Pedro continued to tug Samuel’s heartstrings.“That is a blatant lie. Doctor Pedro has no idea what he has said,” Samuel said vehemently to himself, fighting strongly against Doctor Pedro’s words. “He is a bloody medical doctor, not a love therapist,” Samuel added as he stubbornly resumed his position by the door of Ciara’s ward.He had convinced himself that Doctor Pedro was lying, so why couldn’t he discard the words. Usually, Samuel never engaged himself in words that were even remotely related to love, so he could not understand why he couldn’t stop thinking of those words. In order to distract himself, he called Kingston.“Have you run the errands, Kingston?” Samuel asked.“Yes, I have,” Kingston answered without stuttering this time around.Samuel still felt skeptical about his delivery, but he did not have the time to dwell on that.“That is impressive,” Samuel said, and for someone who acted as though it was im
“Mr. Fury, you were supposed to meet me in my office. I have been waiting for you,” Doctor Pedro said as he walked over to Sanuel who was still standing by Ciara’s door like a guard.Samuel just couldn’t bring himself to leave Ciara’s door. He hadn’t still gone in to check up on her, but he believed the doctor when he said that Ciara was doing just fine.“I have to stay here until she is ready to be discharged,” Samuel said.Doctor Pedro looked at him in shock. “You can’t possibly stand here until then. You have been standing right on this spot for hours, Mr. Fury. You will get yourself exhausted if you continue to do so,” Doctor Pedro tried to warn Samuel.Samuel had been in the worst situations. He almost told Doctor Pedro that he had been in more tedious situations, and hadn’t broken down, so this was little compared to what he had been through before.“I am good, thank you,” Samuel said firmly.He had a lot of things he was worrying about, so it would not be ideal to add Ciara’s s
Samuel remained in the hospital after what the doctor told him, although he was battling with the urge to pay the Luscious family a visit.Things were gradually coming to light now, and all fingers were just pointing to the same family. “Gosh, I can’t believe this,” Samuel said to himself.He could not believe that this was the same family he had a contract with. He still had unfinished discussion with Jess; Ciara’s distress call had interrupted it. The moment Samuel had picked Ciara’s call, he had dashed out of Jess’s place, but Jess’s last statement stayed glued in Samuel’s head.Something was wrong, and he knew now that he was close to finding out. Jess already told him that Colt Luscious was responsible for the most horrible experience of his life, but he needed to know why, and without a doubt now, Samuel knew that Linda was not the woman he spent that night with.“Then who was she?” Samuel asked himself, deeply worried. “Oh, Jess is going to be swamped with a whole lot of craz
Samuel tried to drive as fast as he could without drawing the attention of the patrol officers, because that would only make things messier and more complicated. Ciara had stopped screaming now, but she was groaning in deep pain that Samuel felt deep in his bones.“Ciara, are you okay?” Samuel asked, turning to take a quick glance at her. His heart, against his will, shattered at the sight of Ciara in severe pain.“Mm-hmm,” Ciara hummed in response, unable to talk. Her voice was overwhelmed with the pain she was experiencing. Samuel’s heart squeezed in agony. Looking at Ciara now made him remember seeing his mother in her own pain. Samuel did not understand why women, who are tender and fragile, needed to be going through pain. If he could, he would have gladly taken on the pain from them, especially his mother, and now, Ciara Summers.“Just hang in there. We are close already,” Samuel said in an attempt to soothe Ciara. Deep down, he was scared that something would happen to her…or
“What should we do now, Ruby?” Colt asked his wife, tensed.They had both been restless ever since Colt got off the phone with the head cop who informed him that things did not go as planned. “I need a moment to think,” Ruby said.“We don’t have a moment, Ruby!” Colt said desperately, his voice almost reaching the roof; he was losing control again. “Samuel Fury is up to something, and I know it. If he ever finds out, then we are doomed!” Colt continued.“Well, I will not be able to come up with a concrete plan if I keep hearing your loud voice in my ears,” Ruby said, but deep down, she was deeply worried; more worried than she was letting on.She knew the consequences of being caught by both Samuel and Ciara. All their dirty dealings from the past would come to light, and they would all go to jail. Ruby couldn’t let that happen.But then again, she was even more worried because she had been unable to come up with anything useful recently. It was as though her mind was beginning to f
Ciara paced about the penthouse as Martin’s words kept ringing in her head. He eventually wanted to talk to her, and here she was, locked up and unable to go anywhere. She still hasn’t been able to get in touch with Rudge and meet his demands, because clearly now, he definitely knew something that would help her. “I am so close. So close!” Ciara said desperately to herself.All that she had fought for were coming to her with ease, but yet again, Samuel had managed to make it far from her reach. If she was still in the woods, she would have just driven down to the cabin. The last time she was there, he refused to tell her what she needed to know, but now, by some sheer luck, he was even offering to talk. Ciara wasn’t exactly sure why he now had a change of heart, but she knew that sometimes, conscience did lead people into doing the right thing.“I need to get out of here,” Ciara said desperately to herself.If only Samuel would show up, then she would be able to get out at night, whe
It had been hours, and it was getting dark, Samuel was yet to return. Ciara became increasingly worried.She had eaten as many times as she had gotten hungry for, and did everything else, like launder her clothes, and hid in her room while she got it dried, but still, no sign of Samuel. “Where could he be?” Was the question that Ciara asked herself all day.Then she was beginning to regret falling asleep, but she could not have controlled it, even if she wanted to. As the pregnancy progressed, Ciara noticed that she had become easily hungry, tired, and sleepy now, and this really scared her, because it also meant that she might not be able to achieve most of what she wanted to achieve.Ciara was yet to visit the hospital and register for antenatal health care, and that was another problem that plagued her mind.It would be difficult to achieve, especially now that she was hiding out in Samuel’s penthouse, and was being sought by the cops.Ciara’s phone rang, jolting her out of her t
"That’s a joke, right?” Samuel asked Jess.“You know I only tease on the phone, and not physically,” Jess answered.She was right, and Samuel knew this. He was just overwhelmed by shock to believe what Jess said. Samuel turned and looked at where he parked his car, and everywhere seemed peaceful and clear. Jess’s place was very open, so it would have been easy to spot anything amiss.“You don’t think your trailer would still be right there waiting for you to see him or her, right?” Jess asked, shaking her head when she noticed that Samuel was looking around, searching for his trailer.“Now I know that you are lying, because you can’t even tell if it was a male or female,” Samuel said, wanting to believe his own words so that he would feel relieved.“It is a black Mercedes with tinted glasses,” Jess said, indicating why she couldn’t catch the identity of the person. “And unfortunately, I didn’t get the plate number,” Jess added.“Are you being serious, Jess?” Samuel said, confused and
Samuel got into his car and zoomed off, headed straight to the penthouse. He knew that Ciara might be worried about where he went, and also, he needed to tell Ciara about the recent development, and they did need to have a long discussion about what to do next. One thing that Samuel was grateful for was keeping his penthouse completely private, and even so, no one would ever be able to get in except he gave them the code.His phone rang, and when he looked at his screen, it was Jess that was calling him.“What have you found?” Samuel said the moment the call connected.“Slow down, mate!” Jess said, laughing. “Days ago, you weren’t so eager, so what changed?” Jess asked lightly.“Not everything is a joke, Jess,” Samuel said. There were a lot of things running through his mind, and the more he had knowledge of what was going on, the faster he could fix everything. “Don’t bite my head off,” Jess warned. “I am not one of your puppets, Fury, and you know I am not afraid of you,” Jess sa