2024-01-24 20:58:12Joal said to Justin "we barely met and I know it will be very difficult for you to trust me. I treated you badly when we first met but that was all an act. If I don't do that my boss will start suspecting me and it might put us in trouble." Justin replied. "I understand."
You see Joal continued, "my dream is to make enough money set a sail on a ship and take a trip around the world with the woman I fell in love with but unfortunately for me she got married to a man I was worked for. Like they say life goes on right? "I have tried to make things work the right way, the legit way of course. But you see the challenges I faced trying to make it work started to make me ask questions I don't have answers too. Life is really unfair, most of my friends forgot about me. They even went as far as seize communication with me. Every time I call them they ignored my call and pretend as though they never say it. After my mother got sick I decided, I have to do something. I am not proud doing this job. I only did it to see if I can pay my mom's medical bills but in an effort to do that, I lost her to the cold hands of death. Thanks to that stupid man who calls himself The Engineer."As a result, I decided to take him out of the picture, raise funds and start a company of my own. "Enough of my story" Joal said. "I told you this tale for you to trust and believe me. We are on the same side. I am your friend unless of course you decide to look the other way.""I have nothing to lose after all. If I don't trust you, what other hope of getting our of here to I have?" Replied Justin. Fair enough says Joal. "So tell me, what is your story?". "My story? It's a very popular one first child of a low class family. I had to struggle my way through school. Graduated didn't seem to find myself a better job. I was only managing at the construction site to provide for my family before my adoption and now I don't even know if my family is still alive or not. This is not my dream, this is definitely not how I planned my life to be.""What is your dream?" Joal asked. My father always told me a dream is that one thing you live for, you have none, you live for nothing." In response Justin said, "My dream is to be the greatest of all time. The richest man on earth." Joal nodded his head and said "you see what I mean, we are alike in a way. So right now all we need to do is get out of this place before we end up dead. The Mafia is not going to stop until he finds us. He has people everywhere, police, FBI you name it. So we have to tread carefully."Please I have to call my wife too know if they are okay and also tell her to stop worrying that I will be home soon." "You have to be very careful while making this call Joal said." There are people everywhere. Never tell your wife you location and caution her to act as if she has never heard from you since your adoption. Most importantly don't speak for too long. Make sure it is brief and precise. You don't know if your wife is with the police or anyone, she might give us away in the process.""I will do just that. I totally understand the risk involved." The next day Justin called his wife and explained everything to her warning her not to tell anyone they spoke not even his best friend Greg. He also told her she should not worry too much about his whereabout and when he will be coming back home. The most important thing here is that he's is alive.Lina was speechless, confused and happy at the same time. Just the thought of her husband still alive made her day. This past few years had been a nightmare for Lina. She works in a bank prior to her delivery. She was giving leave to care for her child until she is fit to return. She could not resume work as expected but the management understands what she was going through and gave her all the time. Lina is devoted and customer friendly. She brings a lot of clients to the bank.She had to carter for the children with the absence of her husband. So she decided to go back to work. A colleague of hers has been developing feelings even before her husband's disappearance but was scared of letting her feelings known, considering how Lina will react when of course he is aware that she's a married woman.The next day after Justin called, she went to work and was a little bit lively compared to her previous years at work after her husbands adoption. Abraham a colleague of his who wants to get romantically involved with her from the first day he worked at the bank felt this is the right time to let Lina know. He worked up to her and said "I have been thinking Lina ever since this incident about your husband happened. I have never gotten the chance to cheer you up." "Dinner? Please don't say no."Lina did not object. She agreed by saying "it's fine. Let me know when you are ready. Lina always pick the kids at 5PM every school day but this time she asked her sister to pick them up that she will be late from work.It's close of business. So Abraham took Lina to a fancy restaurant. He has other ulterior motive of drugging her drink so that he can get a taste of her in bed. Everyone at the bank admires Lina because undoubtedly she is the prettiest in that bank's branch.
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“True progress,” she said, “is measured not by wealth, not by dominance, but by the lasting impact on communities and the lives of people. Every building, every project, every policy should reflect the values we claim to uphold. That is the standard I hold myself to and it is a standard we must all aspire to achieve.”The audience rose in applause, some moved by her vision, others by the quiet force of her personal narrative. Helena remained composed, aware that this moment was less about personal acclaim and more about shaping the future.Victor’s final appeal was denied. Exhausted and broken, he could no longer influence the world beyond the prison walls. Helena’s legal team had ensured that any lingering assets or connections he maintained would remain frozen or redirected toward restitution programs. In effect, he had been stripped of every lever of control he once wielded.For Helena, the moment was symbolic. It was not victory in the petty sense, it was closure. She no longer ne
CHAPTER 43
Helena sat in her office late into the night, the city lights sprawling beneath her like a glittering blueprint of opportunity. Outside, traffic hummed, unaware of the woman who had once been crushed under the weight of betrayal and false accusations. Now, she wielded authority not through inherited wealth or family connections, but through vision, resilience, and the meticulous precision of a mind unbroken by adversity.She had received news earlier that day: a coalition of international investors wanted to partner with her on a large-scale sustainable city project in Southeast Asia. The plan was ambitious, entirely self-contained, incorporating renewable energy, modular housing, green spaces, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Helena read through the proposals carefully, her mind already analyzing potential challenges and risks. To the outside world, she was a visionary architect and philanthropist. To herself, she was a strategist who would not let ambition blind her to detail.H
CHAPTER 42
By early summer, Helena’s urban renewal projects had begun transforming neglected neighborhoods into thriving hubs of culture, commerce, and sustainable living. Her work attracted attention from city planners, philanthropists, and even international investors. Yet, despite the accolades, she remained disciplined, never losing focus on her ultimate goal: securing her name and legacy, ensuring that no one,not even her family,could ever again manipulate her life.Her office had grown into a small headquarters, buzzing with engineers, designers, and legal experts. Helena walked among them each morning, checking plans, asking questions, and quietly inspiring. She had learned the power of visibility, not as a weapon, but as armor. Each successful project, each partnership, was a declaration: Helena Ward existed beyond betrayal, beyond imprisonment, beyond the shadow of Victor’s schemes.Adrian occasionally visited, ostensibly to discuss technical aspects of a project, but Helena had kept hi
CHAPTER 41
Helena woke to the smell of wet earth and winter smoke drifting through the open windows of her new apartment. The city outside was alive, indifferent, and utterly oblivious to the drama that had consumed her life for the past year. She could hear the faint clatter of subway trains, the low hum of traffic, and the occasional wail of sirens. A world still spinning, despite everything Victor Ward had tried to destroy.She dressed carefully, choosing a charcoal-gray suit that carried authority without arrogance. It was her first day back in the professional world, not as a wife or a prisoner, but as herself: Helena Ward, architect, strategist, survivor. She paused in the mirror, studying her reflection. The prison had not stolen her beauty, nor her poise, but it had sharpened her. Her eyes were harder now, more focused, carrying the quiet intensity of someone who had stared down betrayal and refused to blink.The small office she rented in Manhattan was modest but functional. Sunlight st
CHAPTER 40
Snow blanketed the grounds of Blackridge Prison in pale silence, softening even the barbed wire’s menace. From her narrow window, Helena watched the flakes drift past like white ash. Every day in confinement had taught her patience, the kind architects used when sketching blueprints line by line. Only now, she was drawing something far more intricate: revenge.Riya’s plan moved forward cautiously. Helena’s former assistant, a nervous but loyal young woman named Eliza Moore, had agreed to help. She worked in the administrative wing of Ward Global’s New York office and had limited but crucial access to the company’s internal archives. Her first message reached Helena through Riya, smuggled as part of a legal document: I found the shadow account. It’s still active.Helena read the words twice, her pulse quickening. It meant that whoever framed her hadn’t cleaned up perfectly. Victor’s arrogance, she thought. He believed himself untouchable.Riya met her the following morning, exhaustion
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Just few minutes before the end of Maya's ordeal the next inmate woke up and join in the conversation. She said to I have kept to myself because I don't know whom to trust after what happened to me and I found you two trustworthy to share my story with and this is her story.The first thing people noticed about Helena Ward was her poise. The second was her silence. She had learned that quietness carried a kind of powerespecially in the world her husband, Adrian, had built from the bones of a family empire. The Wards were an old-money dynasty that pretended to be modern: sleek art collections, smart investments, and estates in three continents. But beneath the veneer was a web of grudges, loyalties bought and sold like stocks, and a family that had forgotten what it meant to speak honestly.Helena had not married into it for the money at least, that’s what she told herself. When she met Adrian, she was a young architect struggling to prove herself in a firm that dismissed her ideas. He
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