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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Two: AN UNCOMMON FOE
The day finally came. The day that Estelle’s assistant, Chris, was supposed to come to Marcus’ company and watch him work or at least, the way Marcus saw it, spy on him and report him in any way. Marcus sat down in his office, his mind racing to what may happen in the next. Estelle had called him earlier and informed him that Chris would be arriving and for some reason, like the last time Marcus had seen the man, he had an uneasy feeling. His thoughts began to dissipate just as his door was opened and Lori popped her head through with a puzzling look on her face. After two weeks of Eric being behind bars Lori had felt comfortable coming back to New York with her family and continuing to work once more for the Wei family. She had a huge hand in putting both Eric and his men behind bars for what they had done and once that was settled it was like a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders. So much so that she felt it safe enough to allow her brother and grandmother to live a life witho
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One: ESTELLE MOORE
The dinner between the Wei’s and the Moore’s had come to an end perfectly. Everything more or less went according to plan just as Marcus thought it would and Rachel was now in a good mood about the whole Estelle drama. The Moore’s left the Wei mansion with their bellies full and a big smile on their faces while Marcus, his wife and his father waved them off as their car and their entourage drove away into the night. The Wei family went back into the mansion, said their good night to one another and retired to their separate rooms. Marcus wasted no time stripping off his clothes immediately he entered his room. He forwent the choice to have a bath before going to sleep, went directly to his king sized and plopped down on it. A groan escaped his lips as his head sank deeper into his pillows. He wasn’t frustrated or anything. He was just tired from all the work he had thrown himself into the past few weeks. Marcus sighed and rolled over. To him, the fatigue he was feeling as of now was
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: A REUNION OF SORTS
A few days went by since Rachel had dropped the bomb about Estelle Moore not liking her. The dinner had been thrown into silence as both Marcus and his father tried to wrap their heads around what she had just said. They asked her about it consistently at the table, but she turned all their requests to know about their history down. In the end she excused herself and left the dining hall to retire in her room, with a sad and grim expression on her face. Now, as Marcus stood outside the mansion awaiting the Moore’s to arrive at the mansion for the dinner, his mind went back to the way Rachel had acted when she let her last sentence slip from her lips. Her downcast eyes and the way she wrung her fingers like it pained her to speak about it. He thought about it and the dinner. Was this the right play? Would she be comfortable with this arrangement? Should he just cancel the whole thing and reschedule? Just as he was having second thoughts about the dinner, several black jeeps drove u
Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen: CLOSED DEAL
“I heard from the grapevine that the Wei’s throw an annual ball around the time of Christmas eve. Should we be expecting such this year now that you’ve joined the family?” Estelle questioned, her voice light as she just had her third glass of wine.“I think so. I mean I would want it to be held this year.” Marcus answered, not really sold on the idea of having to throw a Christmas party when all he wanted for his family was to spend the time alone but open to it happening if the Moore’s wanted to come. Of course, he would cut the guest list by a lot of names to make the party seem homier than lively. Even though they were already in business, he would still like to make a good impression presently. That, he could do.“Good because I want to attend it. It would be a shame if it weren’t.” Gregory said.Marcus chuckled at the thought. These well known and mysterious people wanted to attend a party thrown by his family. It would certainly be an honor and would also shut the mouths of thei
Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: A NEW VENTURE
Marcus and the rest of his family had gotten home in the nick of time even though they went through the throng of reporters and civilians that ambushed them in front of the courthouse, on the road as they drove by and at their mansion gate. The turnout was a massive shock to the Wei family as they didn’t expect that much people to actually come up to them holding up placards of hope and congratulations and even giving them words of courage and upliftment. It was a nice change of pace for Marcus as his life went from constant attacks and trouble to peaceful and serene. A bottle was cracked open once the family had made it through their gate and glasses were filled with alcohol to celebrate their win against one of their own. A celebration that was more solemn than it was of happiness. The family sat in silence even amidst their so-called celebration as they relived what had happened in the courtroom. It was a hard day even with the win and congratulations that they got
Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: PUT AWAY
The other trial between Micah against Eric took place almost immediately after the trial between Marcus and the latter. It went exactly how Marcus and the rest of the family saw it going but they didn’t expect Eric not to say anything to them or even look in their direction when he was walked out of the room. Eric and his defense failed woefully after they decided to base their defense on fallacies, goodwill and denial of the evidence. The courtroom was, like before, in shock at the turn of events. Eric Wei did not lose just one but two court cases to his own family members, all in the space of four hours. It was outrageous. A third and fourth case was meant to take place; cases by Lori Hudgins for kidnapping and extortion and Elias Wei, his own father for money laundering and fraud from the company as a fellow shareholder, but the cases were put of until the next day after everyone had had a chance to rest, regroup and reconstruct their evidence and arguments. Surprisingly though, t
Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen: THE TRIAL
In the course of the rest of the interrogation Eric had all but said that he was guilty, even when his lawyer came around and the evidence that was brought by the family to the precinct was reviewed and brought against him, he maintained his innocence. In the end Eric was taken away and was set to stand trial to determine if he would be granted bail amidst the charges that were brought against him.The trial was held the next day due to the severity and status of their name and unsurprisingly to the rest of the family, Eric was granted bail for the amount of three million dollars due to his status and the number of crimes brought up against him. Immediately after the closed hearing, Eric had told his lawyer to get the money out of his accounts but unfortunately for him Marcus and his father had blocked it and removed all the money from it through legal ways of course.Eric had to spend the next week in a jail cell while his court date drew near and the public speculated heavily on wha
Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: OLD PLANS
The next day had come far too quickly and that was a good thing for Marcus because he had not slept a wink ever since he left the study and went to his room under the pretense of getting some rest. He sat on his bed with full clothing mentally preparing himself for what he knew was going to be a mentally challenging day ahead of him. A knock made him remove his head from his hands and before he could invite the person into the room, the door was opened and Micah stepped in.“Marcus. We’re all ready to leave. Is everything all right?”Marcus sighed and got up from the bed. Yes, that was another reason for his distress. His family had insisted on following him to the precinct as well. According to them, they wanted to present their separate cases on their own. Rachel for Lori who was till in hiding with her family and was under protection just in case Eric got out. Micah for the attack on his life months before and Elias for moral support and to act as a witness in any position he was n
One Hundred and Fourteen: DAMNING EVIDENCE
Marcus had stormed out of the second interrogation room with Callum on his heels and an unknown feeling creeping into his soul. He shook it off, wanting to interrogate the rest of the captured men before he jumped into conclusions. Callum’s words ran off his ear as he made decisive strides towards the other interrogation room, his mind set but Callum didn’t take no for an answer. He stepped in front of Marcus and stared him down causing Marcus to stop in his tracks abruptly and glare.“What was that in there!?” Callum screamed at him, finally fed up with his bullshit. Marcus looked at him obviously not in a mood to answer the question. Callum blinked and spoke up again. “Let me repeat myself again. Why the fuck would you go off on a suspect like that? I warned you that if you acted a certain type of way then you would be removed from the premises and the investigation all together.“I did nothing out of turn.” Marcus said as a matter of fact.Callum chuckled dryly and placed his han
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