"Now that your mother is better, I am thinking of getting her an apartment so we can have the house to ourselves," Nick said upon entering the bedroom and Ruth turned to look at himShe has stayed under his constant molestation she had come to accept that is what married life will be for her. Her mother's health was her first priority when she got her mind to think straight. Now next was to find out the problem with Chantel who to her looks like a habitual liar. "How about Katherine, will you send her away too," she asked unfazed "I have my reasons for keeping her around," he replied and walked towards the closet and grabbed his sleepwear"I also have a reason I want my mum here. She needs me too," she replied "Okay, I am moving her up to the apartment above ours," he said "Alone?" Ruth questioned"No, she will have some servants there with her and you can go see her. It is just a staircase away," he said and Ruth said nothing "Good, so you move her there tomorrow," he said and g
Ruth despite all that was happening in her family has seen some things that she needed answers to. First, Chantel's relationship with Mrs Hayford and Nick's complete change in attitude. She knew him as a loving and caring person and the sudden change in character has something to do with what happened at the promo which she has no memory of but, who is he? How did he land all these riches?This made Ruth start an investigation, Nick had noticed her sudden large expenses, but seeing the locations of withdrawal he didn't care. For him trapping her in an abusive marriage is enough punishment. Ruth is determined to find the truth to all these questions on her mind. It will help get her life back and it will help fix everything. Maybe she will discover who is behind their misfortune. When she closed from work, she went to the house to see her mother and left for the motel to meet with a man, who had told her he had the information she wanted. "Come in," Ruth said upon hearing the knock
When he returned to the bedroom, Ruth was already gone. "I need to understand what happened last night," he thought staring at the empty bed. He got ready and left the apartment for work. Mrs Brown was relaxing in the garden as she admires the environment. As the days pass by, her health gets better except for her leg which has refused to heal. She thought she would put the walking aid down at some point but it didn't look like that was not going to happen.Ruth has been busy trying to understand what was happening but she still made time to check up on her. At Mrs Hayford's apartment, Chantel was still waiting patiently for Ruth to call with news of Mrs Brown's eye issue but that appears to be taking forever. She had changed the medication several times to get the results she wanted but for some reason even though Ruth assured her of using the medication, nothing was happening. On the balcony with her friends, Chantel was having fun chatting away with her boyfriend sitting next t
"No, I think Ruth came here the last time. I wanted a way to confirm and your feedback now confirms she knows you are not a house help," Mrs Hayford announced making Chantel raise an eyebrow "She was here? When?" Chantel asked surprised "A couple of days ago. You remember when you suggested I get a security guy to be at the gate?" She reminded and Chantel thought for a while and recalled the day"Yeah, I remember," she replied"Yep, that day, she was here," she repeated"So what are we going to do," Chantel asked "Don't worry sweetheart, I have my ways," she said and the side of her lips curled upBack at Cassandra's Ruth and Mrs Brown were leaving for Nick's apartment. "So visit again soon," Cassandra said as she walked them to the roadside to hail a taxi."We will," Ruth replied and Mrs Brown smiled taking slow steps with the aid of her walking stick Ruth stopped a taxi and she and Mrs Brown got inside after hugging Cassandra goodbye.They both sat in the back seat of the taxi a
"Mum, why do you have your signature on a surrogacy contract?" Ruth asked and Mrs Brown jumped out of the bed"What are you talking about?" she asked avoiding her gaze"Mum," she called and sat on the edge of the bed looking at the back of her mother's head"I recently found out, Chantel has been lying to us. When the unexpected happened and you and your dad's account miraculously ran out of money, we all tried to raise money for your care because you were both in the hospital," she narrated and her mother listened silently but with her back facing her"Chantel helped me with getting employment at the restaurant where I work now and she found for herself a job as a house help at Mrs Hayford's home," she continued "Guess what I found out?" she asked her mother"She is not a house help and the apartment had not opened vacancy in a long while now. I asked Chantel and she lied to me. Meanwhile, I have seen her heartily chatting with her supposed new employer Mrs Hayford," she narrated"So
"I am sorry. I could not handle parting from you. I discovered later I was having twins. I could have given one child out but I was scared of getting arrested for breach of contract and my husband didn't know," she explained crying "Wow!" Ruth sat holding her head in her hand ignoring her mother as she pleaded for her forgiveness."So Mrs Hayford, our landlady is my real mother by blood?" she asked Mrs Brown turning slightly to look at her"Yes but I didn't know she was our landlady until the day she visited our home," she replied "Wait, so you didn't know?" Ruth asked surprised and she shook her head in a no"Wow! Wow!" Ruth repeated standing up to her feet."Ruth it doesn't change anything. You are still my beautiful girl," she said dragging herself to the edge is the bed"Mum, it changes everything. You may have carried us for nine months and raised us as your own but we are not your children," Ruth said sternly but her eyes were filled with tears'I am so sorry my sweety," she p
Ruth found out the truth about her birth from Mrs Brown and she became upset with her for taking her away from her true parents. She left home and ended up in her usual hideout, the motel unaware Mrs Brown had followed her out.In the motel, she found the rest of the story but she was forced to stay in the motel because of the rain. Mrs Brown was out in the rain, standing In front of someone's shop to shield herself from the rain while back in Nick's apartment, he was in bed with Katherine. It rained all through the night till the early hours of Sunday morning. She opened her eyes and stared at the window. She got up from the bed and sat briefly on the bed with her feet on the ground and her head resting in her palms. "Gosh, my head," she complained to herself She got up and went to the washroom, took a shower and put on the clothes she was wearing the previous day. She exited the motel and hailed a taxi back to Nick's apartment. Upon arriving and recalling what she had walked int
Ruth packed things she felt they will need and she could carry and she put them into a bag and close it. She looked at Nick's card and dropped it on the table with a note. And exited the apartment with her mother. At the gate, she hailed a taxi and went to her motel with her mother. "I know I don't have the right to call you daughter because of what I did but it will be too expensive to leave her. Why don't we go back to the place my friend gave us?" she suggested Ruth stood there for a while and thought about what Mrs Brown just said "We will go there tomorrow. For now, let me get you something to eat," she said and ordered some food. The The food arrived a few minutes after and they both ate. She could tell from Mrs Brown's face she wanted to ask something but she kept mute. Ruth was also not in the mood to talk after what happened in Nick's room. They ate their food in silence and Ruth step out asking her mother not to go anywhere. She asked her to call her if she needs anythi
"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