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Mrs Brown staggered backwards and sat heavily on the chair. Chantel was pacing up and down with just one thing on her mind"How to get her phone back," she thought. Ruth opened her eyes, later in the afternoon. She frowned scanning her environment but feel okay when she her mother sitting on the side and Chantel leaning against the window. They were both looking at her "Mum, where am I? What happened?" she asked "Sweety, how are you feeling? Are you okay?" she asked with concerning and ignoring her questions Ruth sat on the bed and wanted to ask where she was again but the doctor walked in "Ah, you are finally awake," he said and Ruth looked at Chantel, her mother and back at the doctor. It registered in her mind she was in the hospital and she remembered her father. "Dad, where is Dad?" she asked alternating her gaze between her mother and the doctor. The doctor inhaled deeply. "Ms Brown, I am sorry your father was brought in dead." the doctor said holding his stethoscope
They all returned home feeling sad only to find a notice taped to the front down "You have three days to pay your rent or evacuate the premises" Mrs Brown read and dropped the paper to the floor. Ruth picked it up and also read. Chantel had the corner of her lip curled up in a smile but none of them saw it. "What are we going to do?" Mrs Brown asked "Mummy, I think we only have one option move out. Do you think we can use the money left in Dad's account to look for a smaller and more affordable apartment?" Chantel asked "The earlier you guys leave this apartment to wherever you want the faster for me to go back home," she thought "It depends on who your father made the next of kin?" She replied "Let's go check," Chantel suggested "Let's do that tomorrow. I don't have the strength to do that now," she replied and entered the living room with Ruth entering right after in silence "But mum, we only have three days. Tomorrow will reduce our time to two days. How much time do we
"Everything is going to be alright soon," Chantel said with a smile Mrs Brown got closer and hugged both of them. "Mum, we are out of food," Ruth said Mrs Brown pulled away from the hug and looked into her bag. "Here, this is enough to us some noodles. I will go to the bank to see if we can have access to what is left of your dad's money," she said "Chantel, take care of the house," she said and headed for the door with Ruth.Chantel followed them to the door and looked out the window. She pulled up her phone and dialled Mrs Hayford's number as soon as Ruth and Mrs Brown could no longer be seen"She is going to get what is left of her husband's money," she said as soon as the call connected"Let her have it, it's just a thousand dollars, and she will run out," replied Mrs Hayford"Why are you suddenly going soft on her for what she did to you? She killed my Daddy," she said almost yelling "Calm down sweety. Let her have that money, she can't do much with it. At the level we have
They all went back to their rooms, to spend the last night in the apartment as they will have to leave the very next day before the Ladyland comes to drive them out on the third day. Ruth stepped out of the room as soon as the sun came up. She walked down the hall past her sister's room and made a turn towards the staircase leading to the living room. She walked past Mrs Brown's room and saw her closing a travelling bag. She halted in her steps and knocked on the door drawing her mother's attention to herself. "Mum, are we leaving this morning?" She asked "Yes, it will be for the best. We can settle in and have enough time to do other things," she said "Today is supposed to be my first day at work," Ruth announced "I know. You get ready for work but remember to pack your stuff and leave it in the living room," she said "Is your sister awake?" she asked clearing her dressing table "Not yet," she replied "You do what I ask you. I will go get her later," she said as she walked to
"Mum!" she screamed"What happened?" asked Chantel who was closing the front down. "It's mum," Ruth said as she rushed to the side of Mrs Brown and checked for a pulse. "Oh mine God. I am calling for an ambulance," Chantel said and quickly called the emergency line "Hello, please come quick. There has been an accident in our apartment. Our mum fell down the staircase," she reported "Alright, help me with your location. What is the current state of your mother? Is she still breathing?" asked the ops lady "She is not moving and her breathing is very faint," Chantel informed the ops lady after sharing their location information "Help in on the way. Do you any signs of bleeding," asked the ops lady and Chantel asked Ruth who quickly shared the feedback "Yes, there is a blood stain on her head," Chantel reported "Okay listen carefully, make sure there is enough ventilation around her," instructed the ops lady. Chantel listened and shared the information with Ruth. They heard the am
A smile creeps on Chantel's face as soon as she exited the ward, getting the doctor to discharge Mrs Brown irrespective of her condition was easy. She sent a message to Mrs Hayford Ruth has agreed to the home treatment. Help me get the doctor to discharge her "Consider it done" Chantel read the reply and smiled Inside the ward, Ruth held Mrs Brown's hand in hers in tears."How did we get to this?" she thought looking at Mrs Brown"s swollen face. "Dad is gone. Mum's account mysteriously got emptied and another accident. Now Mum is blind and has also lost her speech. Will this ever end," she thought as more tears flow"She will be discharged tomorrow," came Chantel's voice snapping Ruth out of her thought. "He gave us the medication to get for her treatment at home," Chantel added as she stood at the foot of the bed "My job will be paying me two hundred dollars a month. Can we afford her medication?" Ruth asked "I will get a job," she said"Talking of which, I saw a job ad for a
"Take mum home. I will go check the job advertisement and speak to my friend," she said and Ruth noddedThey got ready and exited the hospital. Ruth took Mrs Brown to their new apartment and Chantel left for Mrs Hayford's apartment. The car pulled over in front of the apartment and Ruth got out first and helped Mrs Brown out of the car. "O mine God, Emily, what happened to you?" came Mrs Brown's friend "Hmmm," Mrs Brown made a sound holding onto Ruth's shoulders to stand properly. Cassandra hurried and helped Ruth take Mrs Brown into the house. "Ah aa, hmmm," Mrs Brown attempted to speak again but no words will come out aside from unmeaningful sounds "What happened to y friend," Cassandra asked Ruth as she helped her take Mrs Brown into the house. "She had an accident," Ruth replied sadly. "This place is too small for the three of you. I wish I could do more but this is all I have. It's very expensive getting an apartment with my kind of salary," Cassandra lamented "Tha
"Keep what you know to yourself, one word and Ruth pays the price," she said and opened the door to leave but came face to face with Ruth who was standing at the door."You are back," she said looking nervous as her heart skip multiple beats. "Yeah, why what happened? Is mum alright?" Ruth asked seeing how nervous Chantel lookedShe entered the room walking past Chantel who remained at the door looking at Ruth heading towards the bed"Sis, what happened?" she asked reading the fears in her mother's eyes. "Nothing, I went to use the bathroom, I think mistakenly kicking the bed on my way out may have frightened her," Chantel said "I am sure she was having a nightmare," she quickly added hoping it would be convincing enough. She was glad Ruth didn't hear anything she had told her mother. "Get some rest, Mum," she said and examined her swollen cheeks. The swell was going down. She covered her with the sheets and exited the room with Chantel"What time are you leaving for your job?"
"Yes, we found their hideout and took all of them to a warehouse. I was getting my revenge while the leader also end Nick but things didn't work out as expected. Nick was way ahead of us," She narrated and Chantel covered her mouth shocked "The rest of the story you know. I am here and so are you," she added and Chantel sat down next to her "So what are we going to do?" she asked "The leader mentioned to me on our way here that, he has a secret connection with some drug lord and he will get us out of here," she said "Do you believe him?" Chantel asked "Yes. They are allies. He was sure he will not abandon him and he has promised, he would not abandon me," she replied confidently Days passed and Mrs Hayford, Chantel and the group of criminals found themselves in court. The evidence was presented in court. Nick has been discharged from the hospital and he was present with Gustave, Cassandra, Mrs Brown was still in a wheelchair and Ruth at the court. Nick was called to the witness
Meanwhile, Chantel who had not been herself following the demise of her sister was now heading home after staying in the office for a while after closing. She packed the car in the garage and stepped out after a while heading for the main door. The servant opened the front door when they heard the car drive in. "Welcome home Ms Chantel," she greeted and Chantel just waved her hand in the air dropping the keys on the counter next to the door. She quickly changed her shoes to something more comfortable and the servant took them away to clean them. She headed straight for her bedroom. After taking a shower she just jumped into bed and closed her eyes. Meanwhile, at the station, Mrs Hayford was now awake and the leader of the criminal group together with his three men were all behind bars. At the hospital, Nick and Gustave received medical attention while Ruth and her mother were with a therapist. Cassandra had her leg bandaged sitting in the same ward as Nick and Gustave since t
He read and turned to Nick "The police are here," he said but before he could return his focus to the door, he was shot in the shoulder and the stomach, but Nick shot the man that had entered. "Boss, we are surrounded, the police are here," reported one of the men to the leader "What should we do?" he asked He said nothing but removed from his breast pocket what looks like a phone and flipped the pad open. The other men watched him as he dialled some numbers on the device and next, they heard explosions accompanied by screams. "Get everyone, out there and call the rest to come in," he ordered "I will take care of Nick and his friends, they are wounded right?" he asked and proceeded with the men to find Nick "Yes boss," the man replied and pulled out his phone to make a call as he followed his boss together with four other armed men to search for Nick and his friends. All this while, Mrs Brown was still locked up where Gustave kept her and Mrs Hayford was also still sleeping
"I don't intend to let you go. I will only be happy when I send you away to join your husband," she said and pulled a gun but before she could shoot her, someone shot her neck with something. She felt the back of her neck and pulled what looks like a dart and she fell to the ground. "Sssh, I am here to help," came the voice of a man in a mask. "I have to take you to somewhere safe," he said "Okay," Mrs Brown responded unable to recognize who her saviour is due to the mask he was wearing but the voice was very familiar. The man sneaked her out of the room and put her in another room. "Stay here quietly and whatever happens, don't scream and don't make a sound. I will come for you," he said and Mrs Brown nodded. She could not walk anyway and without her wheelchair, how far can she run was the question. She sat on the floor quietly as instructed by the man. She heard the door being locked but she remained silent as instructed. Even though she could not tell, the man that had re
"Looks like you have a lot of settlement to do Mr Hugo or should I say, Nicholas Brown;" the leader said and Nick only looked at him "Where is my family and what have you done with them?" he asked again "There are breathing. I can assure you of that. Now let's make this simple. I have all the documents on every property your parents owned. Some I am sure you didn't even know about. All you have to do is simple. Sign everything over to me," he said and gave him a document. Nick took the document from his hand looking at the man pointing a gun at him. He went through them. He did know of some of the properties mentioned including his company. There were some hotels and Estates his parent owned that he didn't know about. He looked through the document and immediately found out the reason why his parents were killed. Aside from the fact that his parents acquire so much wealth making them the 6th richest in the world. They were aiming to take over the security of every country. They wer
He went to the bedroom and ready saw a note. [If you want to see your family again, come to this address. Don't do anything funny, we are watching you] He read and his heart skipped multiple beats. He paced up and down the room thinking of what to do. "Who has my family, Mrs Hayford or the tugs that took my parents?" he thought and paced up and down the room. He took the clothes he was wearing off. He took a quick shower to remove the tunnel smell from himself. He put on fresh clothes and without combing his hair, he sent a message to Gustave. [I just got back and everyone is gone. All I have is a note asking me to come to an address] He typed and sent it to Gustave. He grabbed another jacket with a hoodie and went out of the house in Gustave's car. He rolled up the windows so no one will see him. He went off the main road towards the direction of the location he had on the paper. After driving for half an hour, he found himself on an untarred road heading towards a place that
The day went to a close and Alice called Gustave "Nothing is happening. The game is over so they are not doing anything," she reported "Okay, I will give you a callback," Gustave replied ending the call. He sat in his study for a while in deep thought. He tossed a few ideas around, unable to come up with anything, he left for the underground apartment. He locked the main entrance door and put the surveillance camera on and ensured he could see every part of the house on his phone. He headed for the underground apartment. Nick let him in and they went to the living room to talk after briefly engaging with Cassandra, Ruth and Mrs Brown "I know it sucks staying home all day," Gustave commented "Yeah, I never for once thought I will miss seeing people going about their normal routine and outside air," Ruth replied "I know the feel," Gustave acknowledged "How soon will this be over?" Mrs Brown asked "Not sure but it will be over soon and you can have your freedom," Gustave en
"O jeez, girl you have some dramatic entering. You almost gave me a heart attack," Gloria said still recovering from her frightAlice laughed and got up from the seat and walked towards Gloria and hugged her.'You poor little thing. Next time I will bring the paramedics along," she teased"You have not changed a bit," Gloria replied hugging her back. Alice sat down on the chair behind Gloia's desk and Gloria took her seat behind the desk. "Okay, I know the rat does not come out of its hole unless there is smoke or to hunt," Gloria said rotating the pen she had picked up from her desk after placing the file down in her hand. "You know me too well my friend," Alice said and got up from the seat walking towards the window"I came out to hunt," she replied over her shoulder and looking out the window"Huh!, which idiot fell into your trap?" Gloria asked laughing"A handsome one," Alice replied turning to face her"Wait, you want to settle down now?" Gloria asked sitting up in her seat
"Maybe, I am not sure. She is not my type of girl. Besides, I am not ready to date right now," he replied sounding awkward "Hmm, we need to be careful then. If she is doing this because she likes you, she may as well give you out if she feels betrayed or used," Nick pointed out and Gustave started thinking The ladies soon joined the men in the living room and they watched TV together. Gustave left for his floor after 8 pm. Everyone retired to their room. Nick lay on the bed with Ruth in his arms. Ruth was asleep but he was thinking of their plan to put an end to all their problems, The next day, Alice will be meeting her friend Gloria. He was confident until he realize Alice likes Gustave. After thinking about it for a while, he stretched his hand to fetch his phone from the night ensuring he didn't wake Ruth. Once he had the phone in his hand, he searched his contact and pulled a certain number. He typed a message and sent it to the person and placed the phone back on the nig