"I am pregnant," Fiona said and James stopped in his tracks. James looked around ensuring it was just the two of them and no one else was around. He quickly turned around and holding Fiona's hand dragged her into the apartment. "Stop it, James, you are hurting me," Fiona screamed. "Quiet," James said to her in a stern voice. "Let go of me else I will scream," Fiona threatened. "Scream, like someone will come here and rescue you. Do you know exactly where you are?" James asked opening one of the rooms and throwing her onto the bed. Fiona, who had fallen onto the bed got up and sat on the bed moving away from James who was advancing towards her. "Get away from me," Fiona said sounding terrified. "So this is all it takes to make you lose all your boldness," James said placing one foot on the bed and leaning on it. Fiona pushed further back not realizing she had hit the edge of the bed making her fall over. "Careful there, you don't want to give that bastard inside you a head
"Just like that?" asked Jason making Dr Andesh wonder what he meant by his question. "Yes, your father has searched many years for you and he never gave up hope of finding you," Dr Andesh explained. "The search was a bit difficult when we tried to be discrete about it. You never came to mind even though you have a striking resemblance to Mr Wellington," she added. Jason stared at her in silence with an expressionless look. There was enough distance between them and hence Jason did not have much of a problem with her presence. "We always thought you were Mr Haward's biological son. The day I found out you weren't, you went out of the country," Dr Andesh explained further. "But tell me, what made you come to look for me?" she asked curiously. Jason remained silent as he thought about her question. He was not ready to disclose that to her. "Let's save that for another day. I don't believe you came all the way here to just talk," Jason said. "You are right. You requested an audience
"Hmm," Peter replied and raised his head to meet Julia's gaze. "O shit!" he thought as he looked at her staring back at him with mixed emotions. "You also work here?" Julia asked a bit surprised. "Wait, Jason is here too? Where is Jason?" she asked. Peter opened and closed his mouth and all that came out was 'Errm". "Sir, please you are needed upstairs," informed the receptionist who was placing the receiver back in its place. "Errm, Ms Julia, I have to see my boss right now. I will call you and we can talk," Peter said feeling guilty. Julia stood there saying nothing and watched Peter enter the elevator. She realized she didn't even know anything about who owned the Hotel. She knew Peter's loyalty to Jason and the fact that he would not leave his side. "This could only mean one thing, either Jason works here too or he owns this place," Julia whispered on her lips and turned her gaze to the elevator which was already moving upstairs. She looked at the numbers reading at the
"Jason, you are in love," Henry said with a smile making Jason look in his direction. "Is that what love is?" Jason asked lowering his gaze. "Jason you have a special attraction for this girl. Tell me, do you feel the same when other women are around you?" Henry asked. "No, I still feel uncomfortable but..." Jason began and paused recalling how he felt around Dr Andesh when she exhibited signs of fear. Henry patiently waited for Jason to say what he wanted to say. "The female doctor, I was chatting with her," Jason narrated lifting his gaze to look at Henry. "She got scared and I was no longer uncomfortable like I was when I entered her house," he said. "Think about it, do you think Julia is scared of you all the time?" Henry asked. Jason tried to recall his moments with Julia and realised it was not all the time she was scared. During the period of his scandal, Julia was worried. She was worried about him. "She was worried about me. How did I miss that?" Jason replied. "Mr H
Mrs Haward sat in silence after hearing Mirenda's words and felt a bit of pain in her heart. She hated the man that got her pregnant and her problem with Mirenda is her presence constantly reminded her of that awful night. She shut her eyes briefly and brushed it off. Mrs Haward sat in silence ignoring Mirenda entirely. James entered the living room shortly after Mirenda had left. "Mum, what is going on? Mirenda said something I didn't understand," James asked making Mrs Haward raise her head to look at him. "We wanted her out of the house and now she is out of the house, does it matter what I told her to make her leave?" Mrs Haward asked and James pursed his lips seeing her point. "Now let's get to business. You can move Fiona in. I know how to get rid of the pregnancy," she said. "Sure, I will call her tomorrow," James said. "But where are you keeping Julia?" he asked. "Why? Do you want to replace her pregnancy which you destroyed?" asked Mrs Haward making James raise his brow
Fiona immediately tensed up, James had been to her apartment multiple times. If she turns on her video, he will know she is not at her apartment. "He wants to see me, if I put on my video we are done for it," Fiona informed Vera covering the mouthpiece of the phone ensuring James doesn't hear anything. "Have you taken him to your bathroom before?" Vera asked. "No," Fiona replied as she shook her head in a 'no'. "Good, go to the bathroom, " Vera suggested and Fiona made a beeline for the washroom. "Fiona, can you hear me?" James asked about three times. "I am sorry, I pressed the mute button with my cheeks" Fiona replied and turned on the video. "Wait, where are you?" James asked. "In the bathroom?" Fiona replied quickly sitting on the toilet. "Nice. Are you going to take a shower?" James asked and sat on the bed resting his back on the headboard. "In a couple of minutes?" Fiona replied acting shy. "Can I watch?" James asked with a smile. "Nooo," Fiona answered almos
"Good, gather your men and let's move, the place is heavily guarded" Jason informed him. "Sure" replied the chief of police and the call ended. "You still will such power?" asked Mr Wellington. "Well, the people who know you better always know the truth," Jason replied. "So why didn't you do something about the dragging of your name in the mud?" Mr Wellington asked curiously, just to know Jason more. "Mrs Haward raised me. History will remember me for what I did to the woman who raised me. That is something I didn't want," Jason replied and Mr Wellington nodded. "Dr Andesh was right. You are a man of integrity," Mr Wellington thought with a smile. Jason's phone rang again and it was the chief of police. He answered the call, bringing the phone to his ears. "My men are ready, we move in 10 minutes," the chief of police announced. Jason checked his watch, and it was half an hour to 6 a.m. "Okay," he replied and the call ended. "We are moving now?" Jason informed Mr Wellingt
Julia sat in the car unsure of what to do with the revelation. They soon arrived at the Haward's apartment. Mrs Haward knowing James was around asked the guard to send Julia to the 7th floor so she could shower. "Where is James?" Mrs Haward asked upon entering the 6th-floor living room. "He went out ma'am," replied the servant who had his head bowed while addressing Mrs Haward. "How long ago?" Mrs Haward asked to know how much time she had before James returned. "Not sure ma'am, but it's not been that long," replied the servant respectfully. "How do you not know? Do you not know how to tell the time or you are just stupid?" Mrs Haward questioned angrily. "I am sorry ma'am," the servant apologized. "Get out of my sight and get me, Veronica," Mrs Haward yelled and dropped her bag on the sofa. "Yes ma'am," the servant replied giving her a final bow. "I said get out," Mrs Haward yelled making the servant run out of the living room. Veronica ran into the living room less t
At the station, Mr Wellington, Dr Andesh, Henry, Mirenda and Jason decided to leave. The General walked them to the exit before returning to his office."Wait, does it mean you faked your health condition?" Jason asked still surprised by how Mr Wellington was walking around like nothing happened."Well, Dr Andesh here was able to identify the chemical and prepared an antidote with the help of a friend," Mr Wellington said."Jane did drugged me and seeing this needle mark, I knew she injected me with the chemical. It was not going to kill me, but I will be lying in bed like I am in a coma," he explained."How did she come by such chemicals?" Jason asked as they walked towards their cars flanked by some bodyguards."Jane has a basic knowledge of pharmaceuticals, but her friend Maria has more than basic knowledge in that field," Mr Wellington explained."Does this scene remind you of anything?" Mirenda asked Jason as they stood by their parked cars."Yeah, when we came to get you out of
At the hospital, James pleaded with the officers to allow him to see how his baby was doing. Seeing the honest look in his eyes, they agreed, but one officer went with him. James went to the unit where Lily was kept under close monitoring but she was not there. He started panicking as he scanned the whole room frantically. "No, she was here last night. Let me ask the doctor. Maybe they moved her to the nursery," James said and the officer stared at him wondering if this was just a trick to get away, but before he could say anything to James who looked very worried a doctor walked to the scene."Doctor, how is Lily?" James asked looking very anxious, and the officer stood there looking on."Mr Haward, I am sorry. It appeared the baby was given an overdose. We did our best, but we lost her," he announced and James dropped to the floor on his knees.The room suddenly felt heavy for him and his heart broke into many pieces. The first day he set his eyes on the child who looked so much li
"No, that is impossible. I checked all the accounts before I changed the ownership with the letter your husband signed," Maria said. ”It was from one of the accounts I paid the six partners from Haward’s International to council their contract and sign a new one with the Wellington company. I will be sending the prepared partnership contract to them today,” she added."Well, see for yourself," Jane said turning her laptop to face Maria.Maria flipped through the accounts displayed on the laptop and they were all empty. She picked up the phone and after looking through a file she dialled the finance department extension."Come to my office now," Maria yelled on the call."Ma'am, please where is your office?" came the finance manager's voice."Don't ask me stupid questions. Come to the CEO's office," Maria yelled."Forgive me ma'am, but which of the CEO's office, Mr Wellington’s or Mr Jason’s?" he asked and Maria was livid."Are you mocking me?" Maria questioned."No, ma'am. I just want
"And ma'am, a strange man came here a couple of nights ago. He gave me his name as Mark Smith. He said he was here to help Ma'am Fiona get her TV channel," he added and Mirenda's eyes widened."James," Mirenda whispered. "Fiona is in trouble. James got her. I knew it," she said."No, James doesn't have Fiona. James came for Ms Julia but we got her back. I was there with Mr Haward," Henry said."But you heard what he said," Mirenda said.Henry pulled out his phone and dialled Jason's number. He waited for the call to connect while Mirenda started looking around for anything that would give them a clue about where to find Fiona. She hoped Fiona left clues for them to follow as she searched the environment. She headed for the apartment."Hello, Mr Haward. We have a situation. Ms Fiona is missing and it is possible James may have come for her," Henry said."I am with the police now. I will alert them," Jason said and the call ended.Henry turned around and Mirenda was nowhere to be found.
Jason and Julia were attended to at the hospital. Jason had his wound leg bandaged. Julia was given a laxative to pass the ring out of her system. Jason jumped on a call the moment the nurse was done with him. Julia was in the lavatory."Yes, you couldn't find him because he changed his face. He looked different now. Same voice, same mannerism but a different face," Jason said on the call."Well, my men lost the car, but we have sent our security agents to all the airports. We are strictly checking all flights booked within the last forty-eight hours," the general informed Jason."That is good," Jason acknowledged."Is it possible to get a perfect description of his current face to share with our men?" the general asked."Yes, have someone come over to the hospital," Jason said and the call ended.Jason sent the location of the hospital to the general and dialled Peter's number next. Henry had left to pick up Mirenda."Hello Peter, what is the current update?" Jason asked."After the
Jason dropped his gun to the floor and put up his hand in surrender. James smiled and tried to stand still with his gun aimed at Julia. He knew that was his only way of keeping Jason from attacking him. He saw just now how skilful Jason had become since he last saw him. Jason was already skilful in combat and realized he also had a perfect aim. He gunned down four men delivering a bullet into each person's skull."Now listen carefully. Kick that gun to me," James instructed and Jason did just that.James stopped the gun with his feet and quickly picked it up."Now, you are going to take a step back and keep going until I say stop," James instructed. "Keep your hands where I can see them," he added and Jason obeyed walking backwards but he kept his gaze on Julia."Good, you are doing fine," James said, briefly looking at his wounded shoulder.With the gun Jason had pushed to him, he shot the legs of the chair at the joint and broke it wounding Julia in the process. It was easy to kick
Outside, Jason's car was parked at the shoulder of the road. With him was just two guards. He had all the guards watching the house to ensure no one attacked his son"That road to the location you mentioned looks like a dead end," Henry pointed out."It is a dead end," Jason said."How do you figure?" Henry asked."The road ends in front of a warehouse. When my stepfather was alive, he worked closely with the man who owned this warehouse. I am not entirely sure what happened to that man. We woke up one day and he was nowhere to be found. Dead or alive no one knows. He sold the company overnight. My stepfather visited the place saying he had a home inside this warehouse. He thought he could find him here but the place was empty. We checked all the rooms except for one room that was locked with a huge padlock from the outside. It was the first and last time I visited this place," Jason narrated."Wow, you rich and powerful people have hidden stories," Henry commented."Hmm," Jason said.
"James cut this shit and let Julia go. I am the one you want. So come and let's talk," Jason said coldly."No dear brother. I think I have what I want right here," James said with a sinister smile as he stared at Julia who still looked unfazed."James," Jason called out to him.Julia kept her eyes locked on James and slowly moved her hand to her back. She removed her ring from her finger behind her back as she remained rooted to her spot with her back facing the elevator."I know what you are doing. Just stalking me so the police will get here. I will not give you that luxury," James said and ended the call.He threw the phone into the wall smashing it into pieces. In that brief moment, Julia put her wedding ring into her mouth and swallowed it. James shifted his gaze back to Julia and frowned seeing her squeeze her face."I will not make the mistakes I made in the past," James said. "Strip," he ordered with a serious expression."What?" Julia said."You heard me," James replied."I w
"What? What are you talking about? Who is Jason's mother?" Dr Andesh asked and pressed a button under her desk."It's an interesting story, but unfortunately, your people will start coming in and I don't want too many dead people in this room," Jane said and set the gun."If you are going to kill me, at least tell me who Jason's mother is?" Dr Andesh said and Jane smiled."The nanny who took him to the park and he got kidnapped," Jane replied with a smile, and Dr Andesh raised an eyebrow wondering how but before she could ask another question hoping to buy time for someone to come in, Jane pulled the trigger.Dr Andesh fell to the ground. Jane walked over to look at her lying on the floor behind the desk."You are Mr Wellington's right-hand person. You will make trouble with everything you know if I don't clear you," Jane said and pulled the trigger putting a bullet into Dr Andesh's chest.She walked out of the room and closed the door. She heard footsteps and she exited the place goi