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He could not let anyone around him get deceived by the games of Austin. Austin didn't want to agree with him on this and he was ready to go to the root of this matter."How can you tell it's fake? You know nothing!" Austin blabbed. His sister was taking his side too as she continued hammering that her brother can't get the fake of anything."I know my gift is nothing compared to others," George started and everyone laughed out loud. He did not get the joke and he wondered what was funny in what he said."You brought thrash here, calling it a gift. I'm sure the maids have done a great job in taking it to the wastebin," Austin mocked him the more.He was not feeling sorry for himself. This made George Melmer's heart harden even more. He expected Austin to drag him to a corner and beg for forgiveness.At least, the secret would be between both. Austin was a proud man and George wanted to kick that pride out of his body."Have you forgotten what to say, Mr. Man?" Someone asked from the table side and George was brought back to reality.Standing in front of them was a great difficulty for him. Most times, if he tries looking at them in their eyes, he will see different facial expressions that will make his leg shake."My gift must have been taken away but the heart with which it was brought from is still here," George continued, touching his chest.Another roar of laughter filled the air. Leaving George to think he had made a fool out of himself again. His mouth turned bitter as if bile and vinegar was placed in it."Since when did you turn into a motivational speaker?" A lady in her early seventies asked. She looked like a very close friend to the Melmer's. She had a scary look on her face and her makeup wasn't helping matters."There is nothing poverty can't do. If I were you, I would run out of here and get a tangible gift. You love spilling thrash all the time," another threw in a remark to George.George felt a sudden weakness inside of him. He staggered and felt like falling. He was receiving all these because he wanted to expose Austin's deed. All the same, he pulled himself together and continued after clearing his throat."My gift may not mean anything to this family but still, I am better than Austin," he continued."How dare you say you are better than me? You can never be better than me, even in your next life. Let that sink into your skull," Austin said with so much anger brewing out."Allow him to talk, Austin. We all know that he can never reach the height that he wants to attain. The only thing a poor man can do is dream," the scary looking old woman said to Austin and Austin calmed down.George shrugged and continued what he had to say. They will be shocked by this and will be convinced that Austin is just someone who loves to play games."This vase that Austin bought for grandmother is not only fake, but it's coating also contains a toxic substance," he revealed and there was sudden silence.Austin on the other hand made sure he avoided eye contact with George at all cost. He felt he had to use the toilet but if he leaves, everyone will be convinced that he was guilty of what he was being accused of.When George noticed that everyone was listening to him with rapt attention. He felt glad and he continued."These toxic substances can cause severe injuries and can kill. If grandmother put this in her room for a couple of days, she might get ill because of it and we don't want that," he added."Hmmmm….""How sure is he?""Are you sure he knows what he is saying?""There seemed to be sense in what he was saying.""I don't believe a thing though."Whispers went around the room. Some of the family members had to put their heads together, discussing whatever they felt like discussing."I may be poor but I did the best he could to get something that I could afford. Austin has deceived everyone by claiming to buy a vase worth millions."George had to pause for a few seconds. He felt as if he had said too much. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he knew that it was that of his wife."George…what do you think you are doing?" she asked, whispering into his ears."What I have to do. I will appreciate it if you don't disturb me any further," he answered her and it was as if a stone was thrown to her head."How could he say that to her?" She thought within and left when George continued what he was saying."This vase is nothing but a freshly fake vase and not an antique like he claimed," this final sentence was like a blow to Austin.His teeth were chattering. That was the height of it all. Everyone's eyes turned to where Austin was. The whole room continued watching in silence.Austin knew that George could go an extra mile to prove it to them. His heart sank at these words because they were true.He was still worried about how George knew that the vase was fake. His dirty linen is about being washed in the public and if nothing is done about it, it will be done for.His selfishness and greed was what pushed him into doing something like this. He thought since his grandmother would receive tons of presents, and her house had no more space for a huge vase, it would be put into a storage room right away.He didn't want that. He wanted to be placed above everyone and be considered as the most important person. Anything he must get for his grandmother must be placed where everyone's eyes could reach.Then a thought came to his mind. Why didn't he think about this earlier?Austin thought he could buy a fake vase with a ridiculous low price. He had plans to pocket the rest of his money which he finally did. His father gave him a lot of money to buy a new car and give it to his new girlfriend.But as the man full of pride he can never admit this. He can never say he was guilty to all these charges brought up against him."You are really not okay. A poor man like you surely doesn't know the first thing about an antique. You are just blabbing around," he sneered and George just chuckled.He was not surprised that Austin was playing dumb. He suspected all these beforehand. To his greatest surprise other relatives took sides with Austin."I can't believe you had the boldness to make such an accusation towards grandmother’s favorite grandchild. " a family member said."I mean, how dare him!" Another supported him. Their faces all looked like they could bundle George and beat him to death.This was not a funny scenario to either George or Austin. A plan to expose the truth and a plan to conceal the truth. Austin was thinking really hard.There has to be a way."You have heard from others that all you are saying is nothing but a lie. I deserve an apology," Austin shot at him but George wrapped his hands around his chest, shaking his head."I won't do that. I won't apologize to you, Austin. How can a man like you be this deceitful?" George maintained his ground and Austin was taken aback.He wanted George kneels on the floor, begging and shouting and weeping. He wanted to be sure that Austin is still in charge and he can treat anyone in any way he likes."I urge you to apologize before grandmother comes back," a family member advised George.Madam Patricia left the room some minutes ago to go get something. No one knew when she would sneak back into the room."I am not apologizing to anyone. Not when I did nothing wrong," George maintained."You did everything wrong. You lied that I bought a fake vase. Indirectly, you accused me of wanting to kill my lovely grandmother," Austin yelled at the top of his voice. He pointed his finger at George who just turned his back on him."Of course, you wanted to kill her. You know the consequences of this action, Austin. Tell everyone the truth," George answered in a very calm voice"There is no truth!" Austin thundered."You bought a fake vase, Austin. You wanted to kill your grandmother!""Never!"They kept firing their words at each other and it was getting hotter.Ma'am Patricia, now the head of the family since her husband died, wondered what the noise was all about. Managing a whole family since the death of her husband was a huge task for her.The only thing she kept hearing was the truth, the truth."What does the truth have to do with my birthday party?"
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The police officers were able to trace Sally and Davis through the men they caught to their hideout where they got arrested and taken to the police station.George went to the hospital to check on Anna and Jane who were admitted. He was worried about their condition when the doctor informed him that both of them were in critical condition.Anna was being operated on to remove the bullet, and Jane was being revived as she had passed out due to the substance that the men fed her.George was restless as he paced about the hospital, praying that he doesn't lose any of them. Jane risked it all, just to help him get Anna back from the hands of the abductors. It wasn't an easy task but she made sure she stood by him.Too many people were already hurt in this journey of his, salmon and Damian were yet to be discharged from the hospital because they were recovering from the attack they got the last time now it was Jane and Anna.Everyone around him was down, he was the only one standing and it
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On getting close to the penthouse, George stopped the car, making the other people to do so too."Why are you stopping?" Jane asked him."It's dangerous, remember the group of dangerous men that was seen entering the penthouse," George pointed out."Yeah, I remember," Jane replied.George decided to involve the police in order to have assurance for safety. He didn't want a case whereby the men would attack and get them injured or hold them captive. He didn't know what Davis' plan was and he couldn't tell.He didn't know what he might have planned with Sally but he knew how dangerous he could be.George searched through his phone, looking for the contact of an acquaintance who was a police man, a high ranked officer in his division. He luckily found it and quickly put a call through him.The police officer picked after the first ring like he was expecting George's call."Hello Mr Jackson! It's been a long time," he said cheerfully over the phone. "How have you been? I know how busy yo
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Jane reached out to George to know the situation of things so far in finding Anna."My secret agent had been trying to reach out to them. He is also looking out for him. I had instructed him to keep an eye on Davis, he might be the one making all the moves while Sally, who we discovered was also involved, would be watching Anna," George said, to which Jane agreed."I will also be doing everything in my power to help out. I and Chris had checked almost all the CCTV cameras in search of Anna. The house they are staying at on the outskirts of the city is unusually cold. As of today, I don't think Anna is safe anymore. We got a glimpse of men who came visiting," Jane reported.George informed her of how hard his men were working towards finding Anna which was very satisfactory to her.He was disturbed himself, he was feeling very bad and had a strong feeling that Anna wasn't safe too which made him decide to go onlook and in search of him himself. He didn't care if his life would be expo
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George had been tracking Sally's whereabouts who had gone into hiding.While George sat in his study lost in thoughts after the news of Anna's kidnap got to him, it's been two days already. He has been tracking her and doing everything to know her whereabouts but none has proved futile. The kidnappers too haven't contacted him.His phone rang which brought him out of his thoughts. He checked it and saw it was a strange number, he hesitated before picking it up, a strange number hadn't called his phone so he was skeptical about picking up the call but since he didn't know the reason why whosoever that was calling him was using a strange number, he decided to pick the call."Hello, I guess you are good, George Melmer!" A deep masculine voice said."Of course, who is this?" George replied."I heard about your wife and I can be of help. I know who has her, and where she is and if you think I am lying, check the CCTV footage I will forward now to your phone," The voice said and immediately
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They all stared at Sally as she brought out a gun from her cloth. "Guess I came prepared too." They all moved back in shock as more SWATs entered. "Everybody out!" The people in the restaurant were allowed to go outside, leaving George and Sally with the SWATs."You don't want to do this Sally, just surrender and let's all forget that this ever happens." George said.George had called the SWAT on his way to the restaurant. He wanted to arrest Sally and he had put a recording tape on his body, which recorded everything and enhanced the SWATs to hear everything said by them."This is exactly what I want to do, to finish everybody off and return to my mom." She pointed the gun at George and pulled the trigger unexpectedly, cursing a distraction for them all. She used that medium to run out of the restaurant, she met one of the SWATs outside waiting for them and shot him before he was able to lift his gun to shoot."Oh my gosh! Hold on dude, just hold it there." One of the SWATs chanted
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George exchanged a look with Sally before starting his questions. "Why are you like this? You wouldn't have been born to be evil." He has been wondering about the question for a long time now and he only had time to ask about it then.Sally sighed. "That should not be your concern George but if you want to know, I was born as a sweet girl but that sweetness suddenly disappeared when my father lost his job. Your family caused that and my mom wanted revenge but couldn't do it by herself. She had been bittered since the death of my father who died recently because of the delay when ma'am Patricia opposed the marriage and got hospitalized. My mother wanted her revenge then, so she put up a test for us all which I was able to pass without much stress but I was a child that's not trusted, I was too sweet to do evil tasks, so another task was brought up which got me thinking and all that.""Do you know that I had a lover then?" George shook his head indicating a no. "Well, I did. Her next t
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