
“Beep, beep, beep.”
The sound of the heart monitor carried the words the medical staff were too anxious to say.
The white walls of the ward loomed in. Carrying with it a heavy rhythm of silence.
Lucian Cross laid motionless on the bed, attached to his body were a number of life support equipment.
Mist formed in the ventilator which showed his slow and steady breath.
“I think it's time we put an end to this.” The senior staff whispered to the other.
His younger colleague opened his mouth slightly, no words came out. Eyes bunged with defiance.
“We can't do that, we need the signature of his family.”
The senior colleague waved his hand dismissively.
“Ohh please, it's been what?
One year,no one gives a shit about Lucian Cross anymore. He's just going to be a burden and incur more expenses to the hospital.”
“I guess you are right. It's just a shame though.”
A few feet from them, Lucian's eyes fluttered into awakening.
He blinked slowly, trying to adjust to the wards blinding light
His hands moved to the ventilator over his mouth and he yanked it away. Drawing the attention of the medical staff to him.
Their eyes slowly turned towards his direction.
Eyes froze as the man they were about to pronounce dead was suddenly awake.
Lucian Cross, the continent's former leading business tycoon, who was pronounced brain dead about a year ago suddenly awakened.
Lucian looked down at his hands, the patient dress and everything in the room appears strange to him
“What am I doing here?” His voice croaked
The senior doctor broke out of shock and took two steps forward.
“Mr Cross, calm down, you've been-”
The words were barely out of his mouth when Lucian Cross made a dash for the door.
“Get him.” The senior doctor shouted
Lucian Cross was surprisingly quick on his feet for someone that just came out of a coma.
He burst through the door, his feet barely touched the ground
“Wait, don't go.” They shouted after him.
He paid no attention as he ran into the lobby,still in his patient gown.
Everything was spinning, and nothing made sense.
He came to a screeching halt at the entrance when he spotted two security men.
They noticed him and charged.
Lucian made to twirl on his feet but was accosted by another security guard who had him pinned to the ground.
Spit gathered at the edge of his lips.
He grunted viciously.
“You'd regret doing this to me, I'll have you locked up.” He growled.
His eyes scanned the lobby for another exit but there was none.
The doctors in Lucian's room caught up breathless.
“Sedate him, quickly.” One of them shouted.
Lucian tried to fight the guard off him, but he wasn't that strong, running was as far as he could go.
“No one lays a finger on him,” someone thundered.
Everyone froze and looked at the direction where the voice came from
The person was dressed as a medical staff as well, but his aura depicted someone with a higher authority.
He stooped to Lucian's level with a grin
“Glad to see you are back.”
He helped Lucian off the floor.
Lucian's brow creased.
“Who the hell are you? And where is my assistant? You guys messed with the wrong man.”
The man only grinned at Lucian's words.
“If you'd come with me please. I'd explain everything to you.” He gestured.
Lucian was skeptical at first, after a second deliberation, he followed the man.
“If you don't mind, we would run some tests on you, then we'd talk in my office.”
Lucian agreed to the rest, and minutes later they were in an office.
In the man's office, Lucian sat down without an invite, the hospital gown was already making him uncomfortable.
The doctor say down across from him
“I am Maxwell Friedman.”
Lucian arched his brow.
“Am I supposed to know who you are?” His voice sleeked with grime
The doctor rested his back against the chair
“Do you know how you got here, Mr Cross?”
Lucian was already getting irritated by the conversation.
“Isn't that why you brought me to your damn office? To tell me what the hell I am doing here.” His voice was raised a bit
Maxwell let out a soft sigh.
Then gave Lucian Cross a summary of what went down before he woke up
A year ago, Lucian Cross was involved in a terrible car crash, he was rushed to St Levi's hospital and was on life support till he woke up.
Lucian released a short, wicked giggle.
“You must be kidding me right? Carcrash my foot, then why can't I remember?
Where's my wife, Adriana. I'm sick of this bullshit. Call her and tell her to get me hell out of here.”
Maxwell's ear pricked at that.
“Your wife? You remember her?”
Lucian sicked air through his teeth.
“This is beginning to piss me off.”
“I'm sorry Mr Cross, but from the test results I have here.” Maxwell tapped on the paper.
“You have retrograde amnesia which means. Your memories of the last five years are gone.”
Maxwell dropped the bomb as gently as he could.
It still hit the vital spot of Lucian Cross.
Lucian chuckled in between talking.
“Memories, huh, five years. You know what, I'm done with you. Where's my phone, I need to call my wife.”
“You don't have anything like that here, I would like to help you if you don't mind.”
Lucian eyed him like he just offered him dog shit
“The only help I can get from you right now is your phone, so that I can call my wife or my best friend.”
“Mr Cross, there is something you don't know. You aren't the business tycoon you were years ago.”
Lucian paid him no heed.
Adriana's number was not going through.
So was his best friend and business partner, Vincent Price.
He tossed the phone back at Maxwell rudely.
“I am going back to my family, and don't you dare stop me.” He spat icily.
Maxwell watched as Lucien cross strode away in hospital garments.
He has no idea what was waiting for him out there.
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chapter 12
Lucian's new home was in the heart of the city, the penthouse on the top floor of a building that had been completed about three months earlier.Before then, he had lived in a standard but luxurious three-bedroom apartment close to the estate of his former house.There, he had been able to observe his daughter most times when she went off to school and came back.He had been restricted from coming within a hundred feet of Maya.Adriana had made sure of that during the last year, while Lucian remained silent as the ghost millionaire.He had made sure to be very observant of his daughter's life.But he had to move to a home befitting his wealth again. He would definitely miss watching Maya leave for school, but for now, he had to make better moves.As his driver parked the car in the underground garage, Amira's phone beeped in her hand.She swiped it open, and a message flashed on the screen."Oh my goodness, Mr. Cross, they accepted," she beamed, fingers over her mouth."Amira, I've to
chapter 11
As soon as they were outside the conference room, Adriana shrugged her hand roughly out of Vincent's hold."This is bullshit, complete bullshit," she grumbled aloud.Vincent called to her to slow down, but she was too heated to listen. All she wanted was to be as far away from Lucian as possible.A porter rolling a trolley of clothes collided with Adriana out of nowhere.She was too livid to see it approaching, so she didn't get out of the way.It rolled over her toes, and she screamed in pain.Vincent rushed over to help her, and so did the porter."Are you blind?" she thundered at the porter.Tears had already gathered in her eyes as she fought the urge to cry in public.Vincent put his hand under her arm to assist her."Let's get you treated.""No. I want this man fired," she shouted again.The porter opened his mouth to offer an apology but was met with a stinging slap across the chin.People had already gathered, phones out, taking videos of the incident.Vincent leaned closer to
Chapter 10
Vincent looked from Lucian to Adrian, then from Adriana to Lucian again.He rubbed his eyes to be sure he was not seeing things.“Lucian?” He also repeated.With a wide, mischievous grin on Lucian's face“In the flesh.” He said Adriana gave a sarcastic scoff“No, there's no way-” She stopped mid sentence.“How are you the president of Nixon's Holdings?”A short, sarcastic laugh escaped Vincent's throat.“This must be some sort of joke, I must be dreaming, I am dreaming right?”Amira who had been quiet all along finally spoke up“No, you are not. Mr Cross is here to hear your propositions as stated in the mail.”Vincent sucked his teeth really loud. His eyes clouded as he thought this was some kind of prank.“I'm not buying into this, young lady. I want to meet the president of Nixon Holdings, not this man who has been to prison.”Lucian just sat crossed legged, observing the shock on both their faces“I advise you to watch what you say about Mr Cross, he is the president of Nixon's
Chapter 9
Nixon Holdings transformed into one of the fastest, rising real estate firms in the country. Within the space of a year.Every company in the country wants to associate with them or even get to collaborate with Nixon Holdings.The company's growth astounded everyone and was the talk of top organisations in the country and other countries.It was hard to get hold of President,.which everyone assumed was a millionaire ghost.He chooses the company he wants to get tangled with personally and refuses any other offer that comes up.Vincent Price slapped his hand on the smooth surface of the desk in Cross Venture’s conference room “This is the third time that Nixon Holdings would be refusing an alliance with us. Does he know who we are.” His words dropped like acid.“He should be grateful that we are reaching out to him instead, many real estate companies would fall flat just to align with Cross Ventures.”The shareholders that were present in the board room murmured amongst themselves.Ad
Chapter 8
“You've been glued to the television screen for more than an hour now, you do know that it could hurt your eyes.”Amira said out of curiosity, it was her day off and she planned to have a good rest.Lucian was not supposed to be in the house that day And she wanted to have the house to herself while he was out for work.Kuavin hit nervously into his fingers. His eyes remained focused on the tv screenNothing of importance was showing at the moment, but he has his reasons for staying in that position all morning In less than ten minutes, the redevelopment of the region he bought with Mr Nixon's two hundred thousand dollars would be announced.Sweat beads formed on his forehead, despite the heavy whirl of ceiling fan above.The news anchor for the sunrise television news started the announcement and Lucian edged forward on his seat“We are live today as the governor of the state has released the news of several areas that would be developed soon. And amongst them are.”Lucian's ears p
Chapter 7
When Mr Nixon commented on Lucian's physical attribute, Lucian's mind wondered around a lot of of things Like, what the nature of the job could probably be? His mind could not settle on anything in particular.Not until he entered Mr Nixon's old truck and they stopped in front of a building.Lucian looked out through the window of the truck“You've got to be kidding me.” He muttered aloudMr Nixon slammed the truck door shut as he stepped out.He Yanked his pants so that it settled on his bulging tummy.“Yeap, my very own janitorial company, passed down for three generations.”His voice exuded pride as he spoke“What did you think you were coming to do?” He asked Lucian.Lucian's face was scrunched as he continued to observe the small building.“I don't know, definitely not this.”Mr Nixon ignored the snide in Lucian's voice“Come on now, We've got work to do.”It turns out that Mr Nixon runs cleaning services for some offices in the city, especially buildings that have just been bui
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