Ruth and Nick have arrived at the hospital. Ruth introduced Nick, to Cassandra before she left for home beaming with a smile. Mrs Brown was awake and was happy to see Ruth smiling. An indication that things are getting better. "How are you, mum?" Nick enquired "I am fine, how are you doing?" Mrs Brown replied "I am doing well," Nick replied with a smile "Mum, have you had your lunch already?" Ruth asked since she kept a bit long coming to the hospital.Nick's phone rang and it was Gustave. Gustave from the coffee shop, went to Nick's apartment but he wasn't there. Thinking he is probably somewhere drinking him into a stupor. "Hello, Nick," he said as soon as the car connected "Hello," Nick responded excusing himself "Please where are you?" he asked "At the hospital," Nick replied "Hospital? Are you feeling unwell?" he asked wondering what he was doing at the hospital "I am here with my wife, visiting her mother," he replied "You and Ruth reconciled?" Gustave with joy in his
She took slow steps towards the exit. Just when she thought everything is fine "Nick, could this be the reason Nick came back? To make her life miserable again?" she thought as she exit the building She stood by the roadside wondering where to go. She thought about how her mother will feel if she goes back to the hospital this early. She decide to go to Nick's office but realize she didn't know where his office is. "I need to call his friend," she thought and fetched her phone from her bag. She scrolls through her call log and found Nick's contact. She quickly dialled the number and brought the phone to her ears. "Hello," she said "Hello Mrs Brown," he addressed her "Mrs Brown, sound almost like mum," she thought forgetting the call had connected "Hello, are you there?" Gustave asked "Yeah ...yes," she replied snapping out of her thought "Can you help me with the location of Nick's workplace?" she asked "Sure, do you want to go there?" he asked "Yes please," she replied "
"She got fired at her workplace for theft?" he read and Gustav raised an eyebrow "I need the one behind this," Nick saidBack at Chantel's office, she was sitting on the sofa with Gloria celebrating their success with wine"Now let's see how she is going to foot those bills now that she is jobless," Chantel said and lifted her glass briefly before sipping her wine "Well, done," she added"About that, I found out something when I was going to give the remaining balance of the money to the guy I constructed to do the job," Gloria began still holding her wine in hand "Did you find out," Chantel asked raising an eyebrow"He told me, Ms Brown is married," she said "Married?" Chantel repeated putting her glass of wine down on the table and facing Gloria fully "Yes," Gloria confirmed "To who?" she asked "I don't know yet. That is all he told me and I felt I should let you know," she replied Chantel took her glass of wine from her hand and threw what is left of her wine in the glass o
"Please, let me help you," he begged but Ruth has already locked her heart and turned and walked awayNick stood there looking in the direction she had left. He turned to live and suddenly felt dizzy. The receptionist saw him stagger and she hurried to his side."Sir, are you alright?" she enquired and wrapped her arms around his waist to support himHe placed his hand on her shoulder as he tried to understand what was happening to him. Ruth headed back to the reception to ask the receptionist what time would the doctor would be discharging her mother come around. She walked onto the scene of Nick leaning on the receptionist. She frowned but heard the receptionist asking him if he was okay.She drew closer to find out what is happening but before she could get to them Nick dropped to the ground"Nick," she screamed and run to his side. "What happened?" she asked the receptionist as she shake Nick to wake up"I don't know," the receptionist went to the reception and pressed the bell
"What is wrong with him," Ruth asked Gustave"He is becoming a shadow of himself," Gustave replied and exited the wardRuth stood there for a while before exiting the hospital recalling the events from the previous night. She thought she had lost Nick. She hailed a taxi to Cassandra's place. Her mind was occupied with deep thoughts as she sat silently at the back of the car. She still loves Nick but she didn't want to go back to the life of misery he subjected her to. "We are here," said the driverRuth snapped out of her thought and exited the car after paying the driver. She headed for the front door. She stretched her hand to knock upon reaching there but before her hand could touch the door, it flung open and some people dressed in black from head to toe with only their eyes visible came out of the house pushing her to the ground. They quickly hit the streets and were gone before Ruth could recover from the push. She rushed into the house to find Cassandra and her mother beaten
She knocked and heard Nick's voice saying go away. She ignored him and knocked on the door again"I said go aw......." he said opening the door but saw Ruth and froze"I am sorry," Ruth said "Ruth," Nick mentioned her name"Nick," she mentioned his name"Why are you here?" He asked still standing at the entrance of the door"I found out the truth and I know you were not the one who got me fired," she replied "My sister did," she added"Your sister? Why will she do that?" he asked leading her inside the office and closing the door"She is not my biological sister," she replied and Nick raised his eyebrow"Wow, what happened?" he asked for clarification Ruth told him everything her mother had told her concerning her birth and that of Chantel and also filled him in on their struggles and everything that had happened to her and her mother including the loss of her father."Wow, love, that is a lot to go through. I never knew Chantel was never your biological sister. I have heard storie
"Mum, if what heard about the Hugo family is true, Ruth has a strong backing now," Chantel said "It is time to reach out to some old friends," she said and searched her phone "What are you going to do, Mum?" Chantel asked "If I remember the story correctly, the Hugo family were murdered because of their political ambition," she said "Okay," Chantel listened attentively "The news has said the whole Hugo family has perished. It only means no one is aware that Mr Hugo's son is still alive," she said with a sinister smile "I just need to confirm Ruth's husband is Arthur Hugo. If he is, I would let some people know where he is," she said smiling wickedly "Will they come for him?" Chantel asked trying to understand what would be done to Nicholas "Well, they will finish what they started. The good cover-up for us," she added "A cover-up?" Chantel repeated "Yes, we can get rid of Ruth and her mother and everyone would think, the past came for Nicholas," she said smiling and Chan
"My love, a battle line has been drawn but you are not alone. You have me," he said staring into her eyes and Ruth stared back at him. "Hmm, watching my mum go through one near-death experience after the other, I think I have already seen the worse," Ruth replied "Then I am going to ask you one important question?" he said fully facing her "Do you trust me?" he asked Ruth stared at him with so sign of answering the question so he asked the question again "Ruth, do you trust me?" he asked "What are you planning?" she asked looking at him questioningly "You don't trust me," he said and turned to face the people having fun with Ruth facing his side and looking at his side profile "I trust you, Nick. Yes," she replied after staring at him for a while "Why?" he asked because it took her forever to reply to the question "Why do I trust you?" Ruth asked "Yes," he replied looking at her standing by his side Ruth turned to also face the people having fun and was silent for a while a
"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