CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

Nick was fuming in anger as he boarded his black Mercedes Benz and it was evident on his face. He so wanted to slap Gregory Furgesson for raising his hand to fedora but he just didn’t do it, even if he slapped Nessa in return, he wasn’t satisfied.

“You don’t have to get angry over those people Nick, they are just chess pieces on your chess board and with time you will do away with them, let this just be like your stepping stone towards their destruction” April who was seated beside him advised, she could see her husband struggling to contain his anger and she could understand it perfectly well.

“Take Fedora home” Nick announced through his earpiece and he received a “yes sir” from the other end,” we will go see your father” he added before closing his eyes, the imprints on his sister’s face kept tormenting him to the bane of his existence.

Completely understandable, April didn’t say anything and just focused on the road ahead, she knew the man beside her needed space and time.

………

As the car drove into the parking lot, Fray Raymond was seated on his porch with some men and they seemed to be having a serious discussion but as soon as he saw his daughter, his rigid face broke into a smile.

“Hey dad” she greeted happily as she bent down and gave him a light hug, “it has been a minute” she added.

“You look good my darling” Fray replied as his eyes flew towards Nick who was taking slow towards them.

“That is my son in law” he said to the men with him and they marveled at the man who was approaching them, they couldn’t even ignore his aura.

“Hello father”Nick greeted as he got to them and nodded towards the men.

“Why don't you just wait for me inside?I will be there in a short while”

Nick nodded and found his way inside the house while his wife followed suit.

“We didn’t know the famous Nick Furgesson was your son in law ''one of the men whose name was Brown asked.

“The best things are not advertised” Fray replied standing up, “well gentlemen, you should come to my office tomorrow and we can finalize our discussion. Right now, my daughter and her husband need me” he added, smiling.

“Of course sir” the other man replied.

They shook hands and like the dignified man that he was, he went into the house.

Nick was standing by the wine rack with a glass of scotch in his hand while his wife was on the sofa but her eyes were on her husband.

“That is the best scotch in the world” Fray said as he walked up to Nick and also poured himself a glass.

“You guys talk, I have something to pick from my room” April added and left the two men to themselves, she already knew what they wanted to talk about anyway.

“About what we discussed earlier” Nick began slowly after he gulped the whole glass of scotch.

Fray smirked before making his way to a nearby sofa and Nick followed him,

“It will take a little bit of time Nick, Gregory Furgesson is not an ordinary man and he did so well in hiding his tracks, the best of the best is yet to get me the information on your family but I know I will get it”

Nick sighed as he leaned on the sofa, the fact that the Furgessons were always one step ahead of him made his blood boil.

“Why do you look so angry Nick?” His father in law asked after studying him for a while, he looked restless and kept sighing.

“I am just in a bad mood, that's all, I will feel better when I rest,” he answered, closing his eyes.

“The guest room is clean, you can take a rest there and I will talk to april”saying that he stood up and left while Nick kept sitting there.

……..

The soft knock came on the door before fray pushed his daughter’s door open, she was just sprawled on the

bed but her eyes were open, she also looked angry.

“Bad day huh?” He asked as he sat beside her and April also sat up.

“Kind of dad, it was hectic. I mean this is the first time in my life I am going to an office and all that, it is kind of exhausting you know” she answered sincerely and for a moment, he kept looking at his daughter without saying anything.

“What?”

“You took Nick’s problems like it were your own, why?you have always been interested in technology and all that”

April sighed as she moved closer to her dad, “don’t have any weird thoughts in your head father, It is certainly not love. I am doing everything I can because he is my husband and those people hurt him so they must pay and for the record, we don’t particularly like the Furgessons. Those people are trash”

Fray gave a throaty laugh,

“I am happy that you found something else that interests you”

“Yeah I am” she answered but her voice sounded distant and her father noticed it but he didn’t want to pry too much, they had a business at hand anyways.

“I have a list of companies you can either purchase or get in contact with to be able to ruin Gregory’s life. Only Dogbam won’t be enough to send that bastard to his grave”

April laughed at her father, he obviously hated the Furgessons and he wasn’t trying to hide it.

“I am already coming up with the list of that dad, you just have to hurry up with those people, we really need it”

“Don’t overwork yourself princess, slow and steady wins the race” her dad advised before standing up from the bed, “I prepared your favorite, I will have one of the helpers bring it up for you. I have a very important call to make”

“You are the best” she air kissed him and he caught it before walking outside.

Despite his ruthlessness, it was only his daughter that had the right to see him at his lowest and that was how they both have been living until Nick came into the picture.

Laying back on the bed again, something immediately dawned on her and she shot out of bed before rushing downstairs. Nick was still seated where he was and his eyes were still closed.

“Nick”

“Yes” he replied as he opened his eyes and sat up.

“I just figured something”she hurriedly sat beside him,

“Remember when we saw the picture, they was a total number of four persons in the photo and I am sure to an extent that that is you and your parents so who was that other tiny girl your mum was holding?

Then it dawned on Nick too, they had been so focused on catching the culprit that they forgot other details.

“Could she be your sister or something?”

Nick shook his head in the negative a lot of times, “no, how can I have a sister”

“Then how do you explain that? Did your parents just pick a random baby from the street and make her take your family photo?”

Like lightning, he jumped off the sofa as he buttoned up his suit,

“Have your chauffeur drive you home okay?”

“Hmmm” she nodded and he immediately rushed out of the room, he needed an urgent answer to that particular question.

…….

Nick didn’t allow of his bodyguards to follow him and with the way he was driving madly, you would know it was a desperate man behind the wheels.

As soon as he got to the Furgesson mansion, he jumped out of the car and made his way inside the house with the shouts of “Gregory” on his lips.

As usual the whole family was sitting and plotting when they say Nick enter the house.

“Where do this end?”Nessa muttered to herself, she still looked angry about the slap from earlier.

“Who is that Lady in that photo?” Nick questioned immediately and he could see a different expression on thier faces and Chris had the most disturbed look. He had stayed with this family for almost twenty five years of his life and he had never come across that lady, not even once.

“That is Nessa?” Gregory said the first thing that came to his mind and even Nessa was suprised that her father mentioned her name, “the lady in that picture is Nessa”Greg repeated himself.

Nick scoffed but it was filed with anger and sadness,

“you must have always taken me for a fool Gregory, I am obviously older than that lady and you sit here to lie to me?” He thundered, the veins on his neck was popping out.

“I see you enjoy coming your your old house” Chris chipped in trying to change the topic while his sister glanced at him for a split second but that didn’t escape Nick’s hawk eyes.

“You know something right?” He asked moving towards Chris, “you know that lady is not Nessa so who the fuck is she?”

For the first time in his life, he saw fear in Chris’s eyes, a kind of fear that he could not really pinpoint.

“Get out of my house,Nick” Emilia finally talked, she hated his guts and intimidating aura.

“She is Nessa and you have to believe that”

Suprisingly, Gregory’s voice was calm and tender but Nick was not buying that.

“So you all have decided to lie to me all your lives right?then better keep doing that because the moment I figure out the truth, am coming for you all” and pointing to Chris, “I don’t care if you are older than me but i will fuck you up if you had the biggest hand in this fucked up shit”

With that, he stormed out of the house and that was when Chris heaved a sigh of relief, he didn’t know he was actually holding his breath. After all, who wouldn’t when Nick looked like a wounded lion ready to devour him but that was the least of his worries right now, what if Nick finds out the truth?”

“What is it Nick?” His father’s voice filtered into his ears drawing him back into the world of the living.

“No….nothing dad” he answered but that didn’t stop his father from looking at him intently, there was more to what Chris told him twelve years ago.

Suddenly his phone rang and he almost jumped out of his skin and when he saw the caller ID, a look of realization appeared on his face.

“I lost track of time, I will pick up my wife and kid from the airport”

“I told you to tell her this is a bad time Chris, we can’t have her around when things are a mess” his father warned.

“She refused to listen dad, they will stay at the manor”

“Bring them over before you take them to the manor” his mother chipped in before going to the kitchen to add to the food, her daughter in law was coming after all.

“I will come with you Chris” Nessa announced and followed her brother outside while Gregory’s gaze continued to linger on them.