CHAPTER FORTY-ONE“What? I didn’t steal them!” Marcus said trying so hard not to overreact to the words that came out of Jacob’s mouth. His fists were clutched tightly as his breathing began to increase gradually.“Oh what are you trying to do? Hit me as well? I can see that you have added assault to your resume.” Stephen glared at Marcus looking ay his tightened fists.Just then, Vanessa appeared from the stairs carrying their son who was sound asleep on his mother’s bosom.“What is going on here?” She asked the moment she saw Marcus and her cousins engaged in a heated argument.“Well good thing you are here Bella. Your ex husband here stole some new pair of cloths and a Hublot watch. There is no way he could have bought them, I am sure of that.”“Is this true?” Vanessa said to Marcus following what Stephen said to her.“Of course not! Why would I steal?” Marcus returned immediately still trying to hold himself from throwing a punch at Stephen who stood just few inches away fr

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE“That was really fast.” Vanessa said as the entire eyes in the room including Marcus ’s turned towards the glass windows and saw the two police cars and the black jeep speeding into the compound.One would have thought that a politician was being escorted with the way they drove into the compound.The two white Police cars blaring their sirens parked right in front of the house and four fully armed policemen stepped out from the two cars. Three of the policemen made their way towards the house pointing their guns as they walked briskly while the fourth man went towards the black jeep with tilted glasses and opened the left door of the back seat.A middle aged man putting on a grey suit and black loafers to match stepped out of the car gradually, then he adjusted his collar and tie while the police man in front of him saluted him with a perfect agility.“That’s Gilbert BensonLucy’s father.” Sierra announced the moment she saw the middle aged man alight from the car

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVEThere was a sudden silence in the ambiance as all the eyes in the room except Marcus ’s looked into the screen of the white laptop.“There is nothing here. It’s Empty Chief.” Festus said with a low and disappointed voice as he turned to Mr Gilbert and then faced Will.“Nonsense! That’s not possible! Move!” Mr Gilbert said, then he quickly went towards the laptop and pushed Festus away gently.“What’s his bloody name?” He questioned and raised his fingers to type into the keyboard for the laptop.“Marcus Hayes Sir.”“Marcus …Hayes” Mr Gilbert said as he typed in the names of Marcus , then he clicked on the search icon and waited impatiently with his eyes glued to the screen.While all these were going on, Marcus kept on smiling and shaking his head in a scornful manner as he looked at the three men in the room with him one after the other.“What? That’s not possible. You can’t tell me that this bloody thief and assaulter has no criminal record. Not even one!” Mr

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN“That was really fast. But I guess the earlier the better yeah.” Mr Gilbert said as soon as Festus spoke those words in excitement.“You are definitely going down young man. You messed up with the wrong family.” Festus said to Marcus with so much satisfaction filled in the snigger that followed suite.“There is a storm coming, but you don’t see it.” Marcus said, then he Scoffed and nodded his head twice in satisfaction.“I really commend your bravery even in the midst of impending danger. Bravo! But I hope it saves you from whatever they decide to do with you.” Mr. Gilbert said to Marcus , then he looked towards the door waiting with so much eagerness for Warren to walk into the room.“What is going on here?” Warren shouted as soon as he had stormed into the building.“Good thing you are here Sir. We caught this criminal with the card belonging to the Hayes. We hope he hasn’t withdrawn any money from the account.”“Yes. Just say the word and we will deal with

The ride from the Police Station down to the Sterling resident seemed like the longest ride for Mr Gilbert notwithstanding the fact that the distance between them wasn’t so far off. He continued to wipe the sweat balls that emerged from his pores at several intervals.“Could you be a little bit faster Mr Gilbert?” Marcus said to the man whose hands were really shaky and clutched tightly on the steering wheel.“Yeah that’s better now.” Marcus said with a smile on his face as soon as the Chief of Police increased the speed of the vehicle.“Don’t worry, this would be over very soon. All you have to do is to arrest your lovely daughter for wrongly accusing me, her husband and also Stephen for assault. Very much easy.” Marcus said with a smirk on his lips but that made Mr Gilbert’s heart beat faster as he wished he had not gotten himself involved in such a situation that was about to make him do the unthinkable.“Who arrests his own daughter?” He thought to himself as he shook his head