2025-05-14 03:36:12“I'm sorry to ask, mother, but is all well?” He asks as meekly as possible.
“Yes, yes,” she waves off, trying to hide her excitement. She is about to speak, but she suddenly stops herself and frowns. “How is that any of your concern, Leon? Just mind your business and take care of my daughter tomorrow! I forbid you to be outside of this room tomorrow! Else, your mother will have to die when I cut her medical allowance!” Leon heaves under his breath. He doesn't know why his mother-in-law is being very defensive, he would have loved to give Damien Shankly a piece of his mind for abandoning a sick Selina Xavier, but his mother in-law obviously doesn't want him there. Loen is not too bothered by her strange order, it's her house and rules after all, but he has something very important… “Please, Mrs Xavier.” He holds his hands together in plea. “I will obey your order, but I should leave very early in the morning and go to see my mother. She needs help to go to the hospital tomorrow.” Victoria snarls. “Are you deaf? Did I not tell you that you can't leave?” “I just need one hour, please –” “You want to disobey me? Do it! Just don't act like a victim once I cut off my donation to help your mother get her medicines! Then you will say I am wicked!” Leon bits down his lips, even though he wants to beg some more. She won't change her mind, he knows Victoria too well. “Stupid boy. Ungrateful boy.” She murmurs as she walks away. “Let me see you even leave this room tomorrow!” She bangs the door so hard that Leon jilts. He thinks into the ground, he grabs his hair in frustration. How can he not see his mother? Her treatment is very hectic, she has to take like a dozen injections at the same time, and it's so hard for her. He has to be by her side, he has to hold her hand while she goes through the pain. But his mother-in-law has forbidden him from seeing her. What is he going to do? He looks across the room, his comatosed wife is still as still as a log, she has been like this for years now. He goes over to her and runs his fingers through her hair. “I am sorry my dear wife, but I have to leave to see my mother.” He whispers to her. “Don't worry, I will make sure that you are comfortable. I will be back very early in the morning, I promise.” ***** Leon sneaks out through the window, and then climbs over a section of the wall, where no one notices him. By the time he gets a taxi to the hospital, his mother is already standing by the door. Beverly Smith is Leon's adoptive mother. She is a very beautiful woman, but age and grief has drastically aged her. She is so sick that she is leaning over a walking stick, but she manages to rush to hug him. Leon is exhausted working for the Xavier family, but he manages to smile. “Hello, mum. Tell me that you are feeling a little better.” “Last night was terrible, but I am glad that I will be getting injections today. Remember, they make me feel very much better.” “Great.” Leon smiles, as he leads her in. Just as they walk through the door, Leon is so focused on his mother that he doesn't notice when he bumps into a very rich looking woman and throws her bag to the floor. “Oh, my bad!” Leon goes down quickly to grab her stuff for her, even before she could react. “I'm sorry, I should have been paying more attention…” He raises his eyes to look at her, but his jaw slacks to the ground. She has the face of an angel, and she seems to be smitten by him. “I'm sorry about your bag, Miss. I can't afford–” “Leon?” She asks in a shaky voice. “Is this really you, Leon?” Leon almost drops her things back in fright. How is it possible that she knows his name? He has never seen her in his life! “I'm sorry, miss, do I know you?” She quickly smiles and shakes her head. “My name is Helen Shankly.” Leon feels like someone wacks him in the face. He is standing in front of Helen Shankly?! The most gifted medical doctor in the whole country?! “Doctor Shankly, it's an honour to meet you, i don't think that I have ever met you before. Even though you know my name…” She laughs and waves it off. “I'm sorry, I think this is just mere coincidence. You just look like someone I knew long ago.” Leon finds it strange, but he smiles and hands her bag to her, before he leaves. Helena Shankly can't help but stare at him as he walks into the hospital. She has to call her sisters. She thinks that she has found their long lost biological brother!!
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When they get to Love hearts hospital's parking lot, Helen turns off the car. “I can't thank you enough, Miss Shankly.” Leon bows. “Thank you for saving my life today. I owe you.” Helen's hands tighten around the wheel. “You don't have to thank me for anything, Leon. This is what big sisters do. Just promise me one thing, okay?” Leon shifts on his seat. “Sure, Miss Shankly. I will do anything you want.” She rolls her eyes. “I want you to first of all, stop calling me ma'am, Miss Shankly, all of that! I might be someone important to everyone else, but I am just your big sister, okay?” Leon snickers. “Alright. What's the second?” She turns to make sure that she is looking him in the eyes. “I want you to promise that you will call me if you need anything. Okay?” Anything? Leon feels a tight pain behind his throat. He needs some money to handle his mother's hospital bill immediately, but he can't bring himself to ask his sister. His adoptive parents didn't bring him up to take
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Leon has never felt this beaten down by life. Not when his adoptive father died, not when Selina practically spat in his face. A few drops of tears roll down his cheeks as he realizes that his mother is about to slip out of his hands. He has lost his biological mother, he won't lose his adoptive mother too. Not even the devil will be able to take her away from him. He wipes his eyes with the back of his left hand and lifts the phone back to his ear. “Listen to me, mum. You are not going to die. I am going to get the money right now, and you will get the treatment.” He assures her. His mother chuckles painfully at the other side. “My poor boy, don't you understand? Mrs Xavier cancelled it a few weeks before, and has been giving us fake cheques. That means that I have exhausted any chance to get treatments on loan. I have to pay that off, before they even consider giving me a bed.” “I will get the money!” Loen quickly declares, surprising himself. “Hold on for me, I will be ther
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Helen Shankly's car is the nicest that Leon has ever rode in his life. He is not used to the cool conditioning, so he runs his hands against each other. Helen faces wrinkles with amusement. “Do you want us to turn the air conditioning off?” Leon sniffs with embarrassment. “No, it's fine. I'm just reacting from the medicine.” She nods with understanding. “I understand that you are still recovering, and all, but I just want you to visit our family home. Do you know that mum gave birth to you right in our mansion? Dad hired the best doctors to make the birth safe for both of you.” She says. Leon forces a smile, even though it feels so awkward for him to be discussing the biological parents that he doesn't even remember their faces. Helen notices it, so she quickly changes the topic, maybe it's not the right time.She brings out her phone and finds a picture that they took, all three of the Shankly sisters. “Here, we are your sisters.” She shows him the picture. “This is me, Helen
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Leon feels the crushing weight of all of this heavy on his chest. It's too much information all at once. He has been through so much tragedy in his life, that he can't believe that his fortune has suddenly changed. He doesn't believe that he is Shankly's lost heir. It takes a heavy toll on him, that he finds himself staggering back to the bed, and Helen rushes to help him. “Come on, Leon, please be careful,” she holds onto his arm. “Argh, Miss, please. I don't want to stain your expensive clothes with my blood.” He winces. “Please,” she snorts. “How does that matter when you are my brother?” She performs a few examinations, to know that he is not in any real danger, then she leaves the doctor to administer the rest of the drugs to him. Leon needs help immediately. Not only physically, but in many aspects of his life. Thinking about all the trauma he has experienced in his life, she finds herself at the very brink of tears. Helen is a doctor, she has a deep background in ps
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She shifts in her chair, as she prepares her approach. “Mister, can I ask you a question. This mark on your hand, is it a real birthmark or a tattoo?” Leon looks at the star birthmark on his right hand. He used to be fascinated by it, but he never gave it too much of a thought. He smirks as he runs the fingers of his other hand over it. “It's a birthmark. I can't afford a tattoo.” Helen's heart skips a couple of beats, but she maintains her calm with a smile. “I'm going to ask you a question, now. Do you remember your life when you were a toddler?” He shakes his head. “I'm adopted. My parents found me, and took care of a poor orphan like me."“An orphan?” She pulls her eyebrows up. “Yes, ma'am.” Helen breathes in deeply. “Do you know even the slightest details from your life before adoption?” Leon stops to think for a while. “Well, I think I have three sisters, but I am not sure.” Helen's lips quiver with anxiety. “And what's your name, please? Please tell me the truth.”“
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Helen Shankly is pacing around the room. Leon has been treated and stabilized. Tests have been run, and she is waiting for the results. She takes out a picture of the twins, and holds it next to Leon's face. They look like siblings, sharing a number of features, even though he is oddly lean for a man his age. She swipes to a picture of her, and all she gets is assurance that this is her brother. The last confirmation for her is getting a picture of her father and when she places it next to his face, her heart stops for a second. This man is her father's twin. She holds her hand over her mouth as she steps away. Her eyes swell with tears, she can't believe this! She takes a picture of the star birthmark on his arm, before she leaves the room. She immediately puts a call through to both of her sisters at the same time.They live abroad , and can't come down, but thankfully, they are all so close that they pick the call immediately. “Hello, big sister.” Doreen yawns. “What's up,
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Damien laughs as he kisses her forehead. She is so tough, and he loves her for it. “Don't worry, we will punish Leon Smith soon. We can even throw him into jail, but right now, we have some catching up to do.” She catches the cue. She tosses her phone away, and they both crash against the bed. They are making out heavily, but suddenly, Selina seems to be losing interest. Damien notices this, so he stops for a second. “What's the problem now, my love?” “I can't go back to being unconscious.” She sighs. “I need that drug everyday. How can I get it every day when it's not even out in the market? It's not for sale!” Damien laughs. “Come on, Selina. I'm the heir of the Shankly empire, my sisters won't say no to me. I can get a million of those from my sister, Helen, you don't have to worry.” Her worried face breaks into a smile. She snakes her hands around him. “That's why I love you so much. I've missed you!” ****Leon can barely see, because Damien hit him severally in his eyes.
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4. This has got to be the most humiliating day of his life. He watches all the servants stare at him with pity. He is still shaking, because he has not eaten anything for more than a few days, and he just got the beating of his life. He is holding his hand over his stomach, as he looks at his precious pendant in Damien's hand. Why isn't he giving it back? Selina smirks by the side. “This is your apology? I don't think that it came from your heart. You will kneel right where you are for the next five hours, and that's the only way you will be forgiven.”Leon heaves as he looks from one person to the other. Finally, he looks up to the grey sky. “But it's about to rain any moment from now. I am going to get sick from the cold.” Selina looks at him from his head to his toes. “And what has that got to do with me? Get down on your knees, or you will regret disobeying me.” With that, she gives Damien another kiss and seductively walks away. “I'm just going to take a shower, babe. You
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“Don't worry, I have already signed the divorce papers.” Leon says to him. “Good!” Damien chuckles. “And I don't want you to ever come back here to beg for my wife's love!” This last statement angers Leon because how can this man call Selina his wife when it was Leon that nursed and took care of her for three years?!“Your wife?!” Leon throws his bag down. “Are you dead ass right now?! I was the one who nursed her back to this state for three years, while you ran away like a fucking coward!” Damien smirks and pushes his hair away from his face. “Well, it's not your sister that made the miracle drug that has given her back her consciousness for the first time in three years.” He tells him. “Don't ever compare me to your useless self, you stupid boy.” “Fuck you.” Leon yells at him. “You are never going to be a real man! You will never be Selina's true husband!” Leon is so upset that he couldn't stop himself. Running his mouth makes Damien boil with rage, and this makes him give Le
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