CHAPTER HUNDRED AND ONE“Where are you going, Riley ?” Mira asked as soon as she saw that Riley was getting out of her car, but he ignored her until he was entirely out.“I am going to find my family, you can keep your car to yourself. I prefer to walk to that building, I don’t think I can stay in the same space with you.”“Really, Riley ? Do you prefer…” Mira was still talking when Riley slammed the door in her face, causing her to blink at once, as she was taken aback by the loud bang.“What are you doing, Riley ?” Mira gestured to Riley at once, but he ignored her and started to walk hurriedly toward the headquarters building.“Okay, come back! Come back to the car!” Mira hit the horn severally, but Riley ignored her and increased the speed of his steps.“What’s wrong with him?” She grunted loudly, grinding her teeth together in intense frustration.“What has gotten into him? Where is all this attitude coming from?” Mira complained, and then she turned on the ignition of her ca

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THREE“Saw me? What did I do, Sir?” Riley asked almost immediately, ignoring the guilt that nestled inside his body, but Mr. Sterling chuckled almost immediately and shook his head slowly.“There are surveillance cameras everywhere, Riley. I know you may have avoided the ones that you could see, but you failed to realize the fact that we had hidden cameras in every part of this headquarters. All the buildings and surroundings are under surveillance, and I get their footage in my office.” Mr. Sterling said with a confident smile.“Oh,”“Exactly, Riley. So, yes, Riley. I know that you took your family to the D-rank quarters and kept them inside one of the rooms there.” Mr. Sterling said in a whisper, but he seemed to be enjoying the shocking expression he saw on the young man standing before him, who couldn’t utter any sound from his mouth.“I am sure you know the rules, Riley. No family member is allowed inside the quarters. You are aware of this, and I am sure of t

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FIVE“I can’t believe you would even think of such after so many years, Riley. It was just a harmless gesture, right, Joe?” Mira turned to look at Joe, who nodded in affirmation after a few seconds.“Right. Exactly man. I was just saying hello to Mira here, no harm intended.” Joe said with a smile on his face, which Riley found very annoying.“Mira? I have to go back to my office now. It was nice meeting you.” Joe said, and then he turned to look at Riley, who was still giving him an unpleasant look, before he adjusted his Bock jacket and walked away.“How come I haven’t seen him before?” Riley thought to himself as he watched Joe walk into a room by the right corner of the ground floor with confident steps.“Babe?” Mira called out to Riley, who reluctantly looked at her with no expression on his face.“What is it? You don’t believe me?” She asked, but Riley had a lot of thoughts running through his mind, and he just didn’t know what to say to her.“I can’t believ

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SEVENRiley turned to look at his mother instantly and tried to signal to her to be easy on the young lady, but Mrs. Ederson shunned his son with her eyes and focused all her attention on Mira who suddenly felt really uncomfortable on the cozy couch.For the second time, Mira turned to look at Riley, expecting him to come to her rescue, but he had already received a stern warning from his mother not to get involved in the conversation, and he was determined to respect her wish.Mira scratched the back of her hair, and then she adjusted herself before she managed to maintain steady eye contact with Riley’s mother who looked like she had all the time in the world to listen to whatever explanation she was going to give.“I am really sorry for taking so long to see you, Mrs. Ederson. It was never intended…” Mira began her explanation, but her first two sentences were not strong enough to convince the middle-aged woman who looked at her without any expression on her fac

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINE“You have been crying, Mum. What’s wrong?”“Nothing, Riley. It’s just that your brother has been this way for such a long time, and I wonder when he is going to get better.” Mrs. Ederson said with a tone laced with so much worry, and Riley grabbed her right hand at once, and put up a smile on his face.“I know you are worried, Mum. But everything is going to be alright, okay? Trust me. Sammy is going to be better someday.” Riley turned to look at his brother, who was lying still on the bed without any signs of improvement.“Look at your brother, Riley. He doesn’t even look like he has a chance of getting any better. He has been like this for so long.” Mrs. Ederson expressed the worry that nestled in her mind, and then she sighed heavily.“I know, Mum. But you still have to be very much hopeful. I am sure that there will be a change someday. Look at what we are going to do…” Riley said calmly, and then he grabbed his mother’s left hand as well and stared her in