2024-10-11 04:35:51Peter Hale barely held his tears, seeing his long lost son hovering above him with a face that looks similar to his younger self.
How cruel could fate make itself that he had become bedridden at the time that he had no muscular strength to engulf him in a tight embrace.
As he had always imagined he would since the time he had been desperately searching for him.
Ryan is now a grown man with good looks but obvious traumatic life experiences.
That prickled Peter's conscience more, he failed as a father,he thought
" H-hello sir" Spence stammered
" You still look as cute as you were back then" Peter said with mixed emotions written all over his wrinkled face
Spence stood there helplessly,he didn't know how to respond to his word.
A compliment that sounds more like a soliloquy
" Ryan" Peter called softly
It took Spence few minutes to respond to his birth name.
It is all still strange for him to get accustomed to the name.
He moved closer to Peter who was desperately trying to move his body parts but was unsuccessful.
Spence held his hand lovingly,at that moment he wished he could retrieve his childhood memories but unfortunately it all seems blank.
Only that he could feel the bond of love radiating from the old man's affectionate eyes.
" I do not know what to say" Spence heard himself say
" Just call me father " Peter responded with pent up love
Spence closed his eyes in a bid to hold back his tears, the word "father " had never been in his dictionary.
Mrs Wellington,his adopted mother was a widow so she only told him stories about his so called late dad.
She never gave love a second chance so he had absolutely no father figure in his life except his mentor Robbin who he met in highschool.
"F-f- ather" Spence stammered adding the most difficult word to his vocabulary
Peter smiled satisfactorily , he only has his daughter Selena to thank had she not been stuck in the emergency room at the moment.
Falling into the swimming pool she lost consciousness and had to be admitted to the hospital only for Peter to be informed about her cancer.
Selena had hidden her health condition from him, learning about it infuriates him but also made him sad.
He loved her like his very own and loosing one child after reuniting with the other gave him sorrow he had to bottle in.
" I heard your life has been challenging?" Peter said bluntly
Spence didn't know how to respond so he just nooded in affirmation
" I am sorry I failed you,if only we were more careful at the amusement p----" Peter said with warmth and pity
" No, it wasn't your fault " Spence interjected hastily
He didn't hate the old man for everything that has happened,the unpredictable web of fate can be unreasonable sometimes.
" I am a helpless old man now but I will make sure to bring everything back to how it was meant to be" Peter promised wholeheartedly
Spence was heartbroken,the feeling of wholesome love engulfed him.
Maya had deceived him into believing people only love him for his looks
Despite Mrs Wellington's affection for him, something has always been strange from onset, he knew that
Several times he had dreamed of a different family with him being the center of attention but he couldn't place the other faces.
His adopted mother had always told him off whenever he narrates such weird imagination to her.
She had made him believe his look changed when he entered childhood so his infancy pictures looks quite different.
" I heard you refused all the luxury you were offered?" Peter said
" I appreciate them father but I want something else " Spence said in a businesslike tone
Peter was elated,he had called him father without thinking
" What do you want?" Peter asked calmly
" An opportunity to work in Zillow Jade " Spence said unsure if he hadn't sounded greedy
Peter smiled gently
" You are the heir to Zillow Jade son, it is your inheritance" Peter said in a fatherly tone
"I wish to work as a lowly staff in disguise,so that I can learn about the company from the scratch " Spence said convincingly
Peter has always been an intentional and intelligent man, despite being bedridden.
He had always kept himself abreast of the happenings in Zillow Jade.
His intellectual quotient could comprehend Spence's revenge tactics.
He had made the chief security officer read Spence's history to him and noted all what were worth noting
Peter let out a deep breath he had been holding while Spence made his request
" Pour me some tea" Peter said to Spence
Spence picked up the tea cup beside the bed and half fill it with rejuvenating green tea in the flask.
e lifted it up to his father's mouth and watched him gulped down its content
He sat back and faced Peter looking directly into his aged eyes
" Is it about your ex-wife?" Peter asked out of the blue
Spence's left hand balled into a fist
" I am not sure what you mean father?" Spence said pretentiously
" Is it about getting revenge on her?" Peter said bluntly
Spence knew the bedridden old man has seen through him,he didn't need to deny the obvious
" Revenge isn't my only drive but it makes one of my reason" Spence said confidently
" Your honesty impress me,you aren't a weakling afterall" Peter said smiling knowingly .
" Thank you father" Spence said gratefully
" For how long would you keep yourself veiled?" Peter asked
"One month father " Spence said pleadingly
"And Ryan Hale goes public?" Peter said enthusiastically
" Yes father, just one month to ruin the betrayers" Spence said dangerously which Peter welcomed with a knowing smile
The young lad truly is a Hale.
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Chapter One Hundred and Three: Blooming Cherry.
I had misunderstood Cherry, she was an escort but more surprisingly, she was very intelligent.“So Mr Hale, I told you last night that you planned to dine with the devil.” She said suddenly jolting me out of my admiration.“Dine with the devil? What did we discuss last night? Infact tell me everything that happened last night after my third bottle of wine.” I said firmly.She gave me a doubtful look and focused on munching her donuts before she responded to me.“Well, I met you on the fifth bottle so we will skip what happened in my absence.”“Sure.” I responded immediately getting agitated. The suspense she was putting on me was starting to get me annoyed. I woke up in a strange bed at a low level room where I had never been before. When I looked out of the window, it turned out I was in the same trenches where I used to meet with Pamela my strategist.“Well, I walked in and I got to the bar to pick up my….client,” Spence nodded encouragingly. “Then you grabbed my shoulder and asked
Chapter One Hundred and Two: Outrageous Demand.
“What would it be, fellas?” He shouted again.Gale and Spence exchanged glances. Even Selena that had ducked her head earlier started to raise it. She knew the end was definitely coming but she hadn’t envisaged being gunned down by a lunatic psychotic criminal.The loud banging sound subsided and so did the threatening words. Gale crawled slowly toward Selena while he kept punching on his cellphone, he had requested for backup but he knew they had to hold out and survive before the team arrived.The man at the door became really impatient. He brought out a firearm and aimed for the door. He sprayed a few bullets in the air but none of it could penetrate the bulletproof door. Hale knew it was a matter of time before the man took another way out and he knew feeling relaxed could endanger all of them.He kept putting a call across to the backup team again, unfortunately, the network signals in the house were already jammed and he had no means of reaching anyone.They were trapped, they kn
Chapter One Hundred and One: Gravely Wounded.
“Are you going to arrest me now?”Selena’s chest tightened. Despite the fact that she tried to act tough in front of her brother and lover. She knew deep down, she was wounded. She had blamed herself severally for everything that happened while she was younger, it all didn’t make sense that she had to endure so much toxicity that she ended up as everyone’s nightmare.“No Sel, I said it earlier, I am not here as a detective.” Hale responded.Spence didn’t! He just looked sadly at his sister whose life had been ruined from the onset. He didn’t blame her, he dared not. She didn’t have the same privilege of a caring mother like Mrs Wellington. All Selena had ever done was thrive in the harsh world. He didn’t have to go through all that, all he lacked was wealth and now that he had all of that, he quite misses the old days.“How could you do that to a child?” Spence said at last.“I didn’t kill him intentionally, I just didn’t save him from harm, that’s all.” She picked up her phone and st
Chapter Hundred: Out Of Line
*Flashback* “I won’t condone this Pete.”Clara, Spence’s mum cried out angrily. She turned young Selena’s back and her eyes scanned through the scars that lie heavily on it, some of the parts still bleeding. She held Ryan who kept staring at the crying Selena. Peter on the other hand raised a defiant gaze and looked over at the damage he had done as if it didn’t matter at all.“She needed to be punished.” He said casually.Clara was made with rage. She picked up Ryan and took him to the other bedroom, Selena followed beside her and when she got to the room Lena, the mansion head maid came forward. Clara instructed her to treat Selena’s wound which she did gently. The other woman stared at the child’s back in awe.Her insides cringe at the thought of an adult doing that to a child. Lena had worked for Clara longer before she got married to Peter, a poor countryside bumpkin whom she somehow fancied; unfortunately, behind her back, he had always attempted to lay with her.“Lena, breathe
Chapter Ninety Nine: Mother Knows Best.
“Clara deserved her death.”Spence couldn’t wait to hear the rest as he splintered across the grounds. He hastily got into his car and zoomed off the premises not minding if his father had heard the loud screeching noise from his car tyre.He couldn’t process the information he just overheard rather an echo of it kept replaying in his head. He remembered all too well the first day he was given a tour of the Hale mansion. He had seen a large portrait of his mother hung in the hallway leading to his father’s room, unknown to him that it was merely a souvenir.He drove his way to his least expected place, the only place that was really home to him. Right into Mrs Wellington’s arms where he had spent his childhood. He remembered how much he had warned him about the secrets of the rich. Now that he was entangled in the web of fate and ended up as one, he didn’t know if he could live with knowing the secrets that came with it.Spence’s car came to an abrupt stop in front of his adopted moth
Chapter Ninety Eight: Glow In The Dark.
Pamela had the bag all packed, she sat there beside her girlfriend waiting endlessly for the doctor to show up for his rounds. She needed to personally appreciate his endeavor on Anita’s health and at the same time warn him to stay clear of harboring any infatuation for her.They had spent the last three weeks in the hospital and she couldn’t wait to return back to their warm bed to sleep out the rest of the day with Anita cuddled in her arms.They were still there gisting with some other patients and their guidian when Bella walked in. She had a big basket in her hand which she handed over to Pamela before rushing forward to hug her best friend Anita.“I thought Mr Hale had all the paperwork’s done already?” Bella questioned suspiciously.“He did, just waiting on the attending doctor.” Pamela said casually but Anita knew better.She just pretended not to notice the guilt her girlfriend wore on his face. They were all still talking when someone else walked in, all head’s turned in Spe
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