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
The doctor quickly checked her and also noticed the bruises on her wrist. He promptly called a medical team, and Julia was sent to the ER. His phone rang and he checked the caller ID. He knew who it was and decided to ignore the call for now. Back at the Hawards apartment, Fiona sat comfortably on the sofa in the living room, with James and Mrs Haward. "You are welcome to my humble home," welcomed Mrs Haward. "Thank you," responded Fiona and James who was sitting next to Fiona with his legs crossed smiled. "I know we got off on the wrong foot but you can understand, a mother's love for her children. You are about to become a mother soon. I am sure you understand," Mrs Haward said with a smile and Fiona smiled back. "I can understand. I also want to apologize for my behaviour that day. Taking an issue as delicate as this to the public was not the best way to handle things and for that, I am deeply sorry for the humiliation and the problem I caused you all," Fiona apologized soun
Jason lifted his head upon hearing the words that had just come out of her mouth and what Julia saw left her surprised. Julia was utterly surprised to see tears in Jason's eyes. For almost a year she had lived with him, this was a side of him, she had never seen before. She has never seen him express this kind of emotion. She stood there staring at him shocked. "All this while she was talking, he was crying?" Julia thought still staring at Jason. Jason on the other hand will only allow Julia to see him this vulnerable. He lowered his head when his sharp ears picked up the sound of the doorknob turning. Julia turned to see who had entered when she felt a presence behind her. "Ah, you are finally awake and even standing," said the doctor who had just walked in. "How are you feeling now?" he asked and Julia frowned her brow. "I, I, I am fine," Julia replied turning to face the doctor. "Great, your test results came out fine but what happened to your hand? Look's like injuries sustai
The very words Julia had wanted to hear from Jason some months or so ago, he was saying them now. Julia reached out her hand and cupped the side of Jason's face. Jason held her hand and kissed her palm. Julia was greatly moved by his confession but she was not sure how to feel about it. "Can I trust him? He abducted me. That is how I moved to his apartment. I have no reason to doubt he is responsible for what happened at the warehouse. Did he put me there just so he would tell me this?" Julia thought her hand still on the side of his face. Using both hands, Julia wiped Jason's tears with her thumb and pulled him up to his feet. With Jason now standing Julia appears to be short. She led him to the sofa and they both sat down. "Jason," Julia called his name and Jason lowered his head. "Please look at me," she requested and Jason lifted his head to look at her. "I was first to fall in love with you and you hurt me so bad. You are a great man and I don't know what happened to you bu
"Matilda since channelled all her love towards James," Dr Andesh said and Mr Wellington raised an eyebrow. "I see, that makes sense. I see now why she was so fond of James. He is the child of her true love," Mr Wellington added. "But what is Mirenda's story?" he asked. "A prank gone wrong," Dr Andesh said and Mr Wellington looked at her with a squinted brow. "Well, Matilda and her friends went out to party and her friends decided to prank her by putting her next to a kind of man she will never breathe the same air with," Dr Andesh narrated. "You don't say," Mr Wellington said. "What kind of man is that?" he asked. "Low class, not rich with no taste in fashion," Dr Andesh replied. "So, what did her friends do," Mr Wellington asked. "They put Matilda and the guy in one of the private rooms, both dead drunk and forgot about her. Well, they didn't stay quiet and a couple of weeks later, Mirenda happened. She couldn't get rid of the pregnancy because her husband found out and w
"Mrs Haward," Peter whispered on his lips. "Which hospital please?" he asked. "I will send you the address," Dr Andesh replied and the call ended. Dr Andesh dialled Mr Wellington's number after sending Peter the hospital's location address. "Sir, I am sorry to inform you that the emergency I have at my hospital is your son," she informed Mr Wellington. "What!" Mr Wellington shouted on the phone. "What happened to him?" he asked. "I still don't know. We are still running tests to understand what is happening to him," Dr Andesh replied dejectedly. "I am coming over," Mr Wellington replied and ended the call. Dr Andesh went back to the ER to check on Jason. Some of the results were ready and again, everything looks fine. She moved him to one of the private wards upstairs and put some guards to prevent an unauthorized person from entering. Nothing shows Jason was physically ill as all the results show everything was fine yet he will not open his eyes or speak. He appears to be
"Why do you have this here?" James questioned angrily and Fiona swallowed hard sitting on the bed. "I..I...I," Fiona hesitated unsure of the best explanation to give that would sound convincing. "Answer me dammit," James yelled at Fiona making her jump on the bed. "I just wanted something for later?" Fiona said the first thing that came to mind. "Wait, you wanted a video of us in bed?" James asked with an eyebrow raised and Fiona decided to go with it. Fiona didn't think through what she had just said. She had just said it but now she can't take it back. "Yes," Fiona replied and covered her face with the pillow. "I didn't know you were into that kind of thing," James said and walked towards the bed still holding the phone in his hand. "You should have told me first. I don't like that, so delete the video," James said and climbed the bed, pulled the pillow from her face and handed the phone to her. Fiona now wonders what will be the first thing that will show if she unlocks t
"What happened to Jason?" Julia asked sitting up immediately on the bed. "Ms Julia, he is in the hospital?" Mary announced and continued with the call. "Did he come to see Julia?" asked Peter. "Yes, he was here hours ago," Mary replied and Julia got up from the bed and took the phone from her. "What happened to Jason?" Julia asked anxiously. "Not sure but he is here at the hospital. Please, I need you to tell me what happened when he came around," Peter asked. "Which hospital? I want to come over," Julia said. "She wants to come over but I am not sure of her safety. Especially when Mrs Haward is after her," Peter complained to Dr Andesh and Mr Wellington. "I will have someone pick her up, give me her address," requested Dr Andesh. "Julia, kindly send me your address, someone will come to pick you up," Peter said to Julia. "Okay," Julia replied and sent her address to Peter quickly. "Ms Julia, what did they say is wrong with Mr Haward," Mary asked seeing the call had ende
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