Damien turns into a coward immediately when he sees that Duke Scales has been killed in front of him. No wonder Helen has always maintained that Alex Kane is a very dangerous man. He immediately starts to sweat and his legs give way, so that he falls to the ground after a stagger. “Get a grip of yourself, Shankly, what's with this girlish behavior?” Alex Kane laughs with mockery. “Get up, son, this is not the time to get weak in the knees.” Mister Jones speaks. But Damien can't help it. One of Alex's men has to go and pull him up by the collar. “Don't shoot me, I was going to sell it to you anyways.” Damien raises his hands in surrender. “Duke Scales wasn't even offering that much money.” “Again, we will have to talk about this as proper business men. This is not the right place, so come with me.” Damien takes one look at the pooling blood and Duke's lifeless body. That's when it dawns on him that Alex doesn't care if one is from a very rich family. He has the connections a

Alex pulls a chair and sits back down. His legs are crossed with ease, and there is a twinkle of interest in his eyes. “I have to tell you, this has got to be the most captivating thing to have come out of your rotten mouth.” He says. “And it's the truth, I swear to you.” Damien insists. Alex turns to look at Mister Jones. “Jonathan, you care to explain what this is?” Mister Jones steps forward and clears his throat. “I don't know.” “You don't know?” Alex huffs. “Your father instructed me to get rid of the Shankly son, and I did! I made him disappear, and it's not my fault that Helen thought of getting a replacement. She kept away from my family for years, and I never noticed that Damien was… adopted.” It's true, except there is a small white lie in that story. Mister Jones didn't kill the Shankly son. He took him and dumped in a lonely place, because he couldn't kill him. His adoptive parents (the Smith couple) adopted him, and they raised Leon. Alex just heaves and lets h

The first thing that Leon does when he sees Damien at the hospital, in his office, is to punch him in his face. Damien did not see that coming at all, and now he has a bloody nose. “What the hell, Leon?! Do you want me to beat you up again?!” He yells, wiping the blood before it stains his perfectly white shirt. “Alex Kane, really?! You would have been better off making a deal with the devil himself!” Leon fumes. “And what has that got to do with you?!” Damien slams him. “Helen doesn't deserve this! She worked so hard and you are going to ruin everything for her!” “You see, that's my problem with you, Leon. You don't know when to stop. I am an ambitious man, and your darling Helen and I have different visions, so it's not a surprise that we are taking different routes and trying to do our things. If you still want that head surgeon position, you better keep quiet and behave yourself.” Leon folds his hands. “Don't be so patronizing, Damien. You already promised Alex that you a

The first thing Helen does is to take Alex's expensive diamond ring and flush it down her toilet before anyone could stop her. “Pathetic fool,” she mutters as she wipes her hands on a towel and leaves. Everyone saw what she did, but no one could stop her. Not even Leon. Damien clears his throat as he steps forward. “Helen, you took my birthright away from me, but that's not important, I have forgiven you.” Damien smiles. “What is important now is that we join our hands together and take down Alex Kane–” “I need you to prepare a speech, because you will be standing in front of the news in a few days.” Helen folds her hands. “Pass it by me, and if it's not up to my standard, you will rewrite it a hundred times. It's a letter confessing to the world that you are adopted, and that you are not the Shankly's heir.” Damian staggers back, as if a cannon ball has just landed directly on his chest. “Excuse me?!” His face screws with horror. “What the hell are you talking about?! My enti

Ella, James, Brian, and their mum are having breakfast. It is the morning after James almost died and for the first time, they are all sobered by what happened. Ella puts the tablets in James’ hand and watches as he swallows them with a grimace and follows by a gulp of his tea. “I think we should leave this place.” Ella sighs. “Excuse me?” Her mother almost chokes on her drink. “What are you talking about? Your brother is taking care of us, we have been living like royalty for weeks, why do you want us to leave?!” “Yes, Ella, I am not going anywhere.” Brian huffs. “For the first time in my life, I am being shown respect. The lobby boy calls me, ‘sir’. I have never experienced that before!” “Look, guys, I will be real with you. I don't think Damien is going to help us get the farm back. I think he is lying to us. When I took James to the hospital, he refused to help. He was angry that I came and called him my brother in front of people.” Rita sighs and shakes her head. “Well, to