The Lost Heir's Vendetta

Chapter Five

Aidan stepped into the car where his father waited and banged the car door in a rage.

"My son…" Robert noticed his face and patted him on his back. Aidan turned to face his father and he had a look of pity on him. It was as if he had witnessed everything firsthand himself.

"I'm ready to be the son you want."

"How much power do you really possess?" He asked.

"More than the Claytons have. Why do you ask?"

"Because I need it to make some people pay and wish they had never taken my Rachel away from me." He breathed heavily.

The Roll Royce parked at the most luxurious hotel in the City. "We're here son" His father touched him as if to alert him.

The ride had been a silent one since they left the Hartford estate. "Oh…" Aidan jerked as if brought back to reality by the touch. His father noticed the encounter with the Hartfords was taking a toll on him and showing. "I will get to the bottom of this" He muttered to himself.

The door was opened by a man in a suit. As soon as he emerged from the car, several men dressed in the finest suits came and bowed to him.

He turned to his father to see him smiling. "What is this? Why are they bowing to me like I'm a king?"

"Because you're the new owner of the Ack Hotel, one of Ackerman's investments, and as the staff, they are duty-bound to serve you like a king," Robert replied to him wholeheartedly.

Aidan's eyes glistened at what his father said. Ack Hotel was one of the leading and most prestigious hotels in Emergande City and not just that, it appeared overnight overpowering even the Claytons in terms of wealth.

Aidan snickered. The Hartfords were no match to him now.

"Welcome Sir Aidan, we have been preparing for your arrival." Said a young lady who walked up to Aidan dressed in an elegant corporate white gown hugging every figure of her body. "We're glad to finally meet you, Sir" She bowed as she spoke the final words.

"This is Sadie Colt, she's the managing director of Ack Hotel. "Robert gleamed as he spoke about her. "She's got a smart head on this one." He said to his son. Aidan smiled nervously looking at her.

"Have you handled all my orders?" Robert asked in a commanding tone.

"Yes Sir, as you ordered. Please this way…" She stretched her hand and we walked behind her with men in suits finally raising their heads as we walked past them before they trailed behind.

"Is that necessary?" Aidan whispered to his father surprised as to how the men in suits were acting like zombies.

"They're just following orders and are here to serve you. Are they making you uncomfortable?"

"No shit Sherlock!" Aidan yelled. "They look like their life is on the line if they don't do as they are told" Aidan hissed and turned to the men.

"You're all dismissed except Sadie Colt." The men exchanged looks amongst themselves.

"Did we offend you, Sir?" One of them asked.

Aidan scoffed. "No, but I hate how you're wavering around me. Just go about your business."

"Yes Sir" They answered in unison and left.

"I'm sorry Sir if they disappointed you but we have to hold them with a firm hand otherwise our reputation would be on the line," Sadie spoke to alleviate Aidan who seemed pissed.

"Like bloody hell… Just take us to the room." She nodded and did so and left right after. The elevator opened right up to the penthouse. Adian let out a gasp; the Hartford estate which he had known for two years was nothing compared to this.

"This is heaven" He mumbled as he fell on the enormous bed that felt like a cloud. His father smiled with a fulfilled heart knowing his lost son was alive.

"Now about your daughter and your connection with the Hartfords…" His father hesitated, noticing his son's expression had turned sour. "I'm sorry I brought it up. If you don't want that…"

Aidan cuts in. "It's alright. I should tell you anyway." Aidan sat up properly and gave his father the ordeal of how he ended up as the live-in son-in-law of the Hartfords, how he was framed and thrown in jail for a crime he knew nothing of, and how his Rachel was taken from him.

His father was perplexed as Aidan spoke. The next minute, he stood up, took his phone, and made a call.

"Rest son, I'll handle everything." With that said, his father walked out. Aidan fell back on the soft king-sized bed and before long he slept off into the next day.

*****

"The fuck!..." Aidan shouted as he jerked back into the bathroom seeing a strange lady standing in his bedroom as he was coming out of the bathroom naked.

"I'm sorry Sir if I startled you, but Mr. Robert said I could come in." She said politely bowing her head away from looking at him.

"And you couldn't fucking wait in the sitting room, you had to invade my privacy!? Don't you have manners?" Aidan shouted angrily at her.

"I'm sorry Sir. It was a mistake" She quickly bowed her head and retreated to the sitting room.

Aidan threw a robe on and stormed into the sitting room to meet his father coming in with a man trailing behind him.

"Who the hell is she?" Aidan yelled pointing at the stranger who was just in his room.

"She's Dr. Casey. I sent her to collect a sample from you for the DNA test. What's going on?" His father asked, clearly confused and surprised at Aidan.

"A doctor who doesn't know the meaning of privacy?..." Aidan snorted. "I don't want her fucking hands on me"

"She invaded my privacy and saw my…." He trailed his words. "It doesn't fucking matter, I don't want her near me!"

Robert understood what he met immediately he saw him in the robe with his hair wet. "I'm sorry about that son. It was unprofessional of her but she's the best and that's why I had her come here." Robert tried to pacify Aidan. "Apologize this instant" He commanded Casey.

His tone reverberated throughout the room jerking her to bow to Aidan apologizing profusely.