CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

Fedora just opened the door to go out of the house when she came face to face with her angry father who was also about to open the door, he looked so angry that she had to take a few steps back away from him.

“Dad?” She called but the man didn’t answer neither did Chris who was standing beside him.

“Why are you glaring at me like that?” She asked again.

“What did you do fedora?”Gregory hissed, stepping into the house with the aid of his walking stick.

“What are you talking about?” She asked, trying to remember if she did anything but nothing came to mind.

She was still in her reverie of thought when a slap turned her face away and her hands immediately flew to her cheeks, her father slapped her for the first time in his life.

“What is going on here?”Emilia asked, walking rushing into the living room alongside Nessa, they both heard the sound of the slap and wondered what was happening.

“Why don’t you ask fedora why she allowed Nick to take the box yesterday” Gregory blurted and a shocked expression came on all their faces.

“What?Did you do that?” She asked going closer to her daughter.

“I always knew you were an unfilial child Fedora, In the end you join hands with the enemies to bring your own family down”Nessa chipped in as she tongue lashed her sister.

“I really want to strangle you right now” Chris added but even at that, Fedora didn’t say anything as she kept clutching onto her cheeks but that pained her was the fact that her family now saw hurting someone as the new normal.

“Say something” her mother bellowed into her face but she was unmoving.

“You know what?”gregrory said after a while, “take her

to her room and lock her up. She will not be given food or water until she learns her lesson” he added and like that two of his bodyguards bundled her up and took her upstairs. Neither did she protest or say anything, she just kept looking at the people she called family.

Hardly had they taken her to the room when one of Gregory’s guards ran up to him and whispered something in his ears.

“Let them in” he said and he nodded before running back out.

“What happened?” His wife asked.

“Nick is here”Gregory replied and took a seat, he was very mad.

….

Nick was still dressed in the suit from the office when he entered the house alongside his wife, they both had a mocking look on their faces and with Nick was the box that he took the night before.

“Hello dear family” he greeted sarcastically as he lowered himself on the nearest chair.

“Why are you here Nick?” Nessa asked, her voice was filled with loath and anger towards the person she was once called brother.

“To return this perhaps” he answered and dropped the box on the table.

Mr Furgesson scoffed, “I thought you said you wanted to give Fedora the world, I didn’t know you would put her in the forefront of this battle, how calculative. She helped you to get the box yesterday right?you are making a big mistake, Nick thinking you can go up Against me son. I have been in this business for years and you know what I mean” his voice was laced with threats but the man sitting in front of him was unfazed.

“Are you scared already, Mr Furgesson?” April asked, her voice containing ridicule.

“Oh shut up you sloth”Nessa bellowed but what happened next surprised all of them. The moment that words came out of her mouth she immediately regretted it because at that instant, she received a slap from someone and that someone turned out to be Nick.

“How dare you, Nessa?You open your mouth to insult my wife?” He asked angrily.

“You dare to slap my daughter in my house?” Emilia bellowed and raised her hand to smack him but her hand was intercepted by April.

“You don’t raise your hand to my husband, Emilia” she retorted.

“You can’t come into my house and harrass my mother” Chris hissed.

“Oh shut up Chris” Nick answered and sat back down with his wife, it was a well thought out plan by these two couples.

As soon as he sat down, the smile on his face was gone and he looked serious.

“Where are my parents?” He inquired, glaring at Gregory who had an amazed look on his face, the son he trained all those years was back to take revenge on him. How bizarre is that?”

“You all should leave, I want to have a word with him” he ordered after a while.

“But….” Nessa tried to talk but Nick interrupted.

“You should get a husband sis and not always be the daddy’s dog”

“You!!!” She hissed and stalked out of the room while the rest followed but his wife was still seated.

“The lady also leaves”

April smiled before she stood up, “I will help Fedora pack” she added and walked out of the room.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw the three sinister beings Standing right outside and she so much wanted to laugh. The fact that they were her father and her husband’s enemies made her want to trample on them the more, how she hated them.

“You think by marrying Nick, you can boss us around?”Nessa was the first to speak, the anger from the slap was still evident on her face and she hated the husband and wife even more.

“If it was that easy my dear, you would have found yourself a husband by now I guess” she mocked, “or I forgot, you have already passed the stage of giving

birth am I right?you don’t even look pretty enough to attract a man”

“You!!” Chris chided and made to raise his hand but she intercepted it midway.

“If you don’t want me to dig up dirt on you Chris Furgesson, never raise your hand to me again. You are all pathetic and you Mrs Furgesson” she turned to Emilia, “I wonder the kind of children you have raised, I mean they are all older than me but I think I am way smarter so i will give you a piece of an advise, just turn a new leaf or you all will be destroyed faster than you can spell your name” she added and walked towards the stairs, she didn’t need anyone to tell her where fedora’s room was .

“Oh, the nerve of that bitch” Nessa retorted angrily, no one had dared to insult them ever the way April just did.

“With due time, we will take care of her” Chris added before he went in search of his brother.

…….

Back in the living room, the two men were staring at each other and none of them wanted to back down from the staring contest until Mr Furgesson finally said something,

“Is it because you heard of the conversation five years ago that you suddenly changed?You no longer care about the people you once called family?”

He knew trying to use an iron fist on this man in front of him won’t work, maybe being gentle would soften his

mind.

“The day you planned to kill me was the day you lost all the respect I ever had for you Gregory and don’t even try using that tone with me, it won’t work”

Gregory smiled, “how much have you made that you think you can destroy Gregory Furgesson with just a few trillions In your account?I own this city and everyone in it Nick, you wouldn’t want to go against me”

“Just like when you deleted my parents data from the database?” Nick asked back and he saw the old man move uneasily on his chair.

“Come back to the family, son, let us forget what happened five years ago. You are part of this family and I will treat you like you deserve”

This time around as soon as he finished talking, Nick began to laugh. It was funny because he has never seen a more funnier clown than this man sitting in front of him, Gregory must think he was that twenty seven year old boy five years ago still to want to manipulate him, how stupid of him to even think that.

After laughing, Nick sat up from the couch. This time around, he looked dead serious.

“I want to destroy you father, I want to make the almighty Gregory Furgesson beg in front of the public for all the crimes you have committed. The ones I know and I don’t, I want you to pay for everything. Not only you, your entire family. I want you all to gravel before me and beg for forgiveness from me and everyone connected to me. I want you to suffer more than you can ever imagine Gregory Furgesson and this is my promise to you, I will do it even if it is the last thing I do on earth” he added before standing up and buttoning up his suit, he made to walk away but the next words of the man halted him.

“Do you think you will be able to find your family?Nick, I killed them all” his voice held a sense of mockery and ridicule towards the man in front of him.

“Don’t think I will let you live in peace either, the footage is inside the box. Get ready Mr Furgesson, more shows are coming up” Nick added before walking out of the room while the smile on the old man’s face disappeared.

Everyone was standing outside the door as he walked out and he halted in front of them, April was standing a bit further.

“Where is Fedora?”

“She is locked up in her room” April replied and Nick's pupils dilated and before anyone could say jack, he brought out his gun which made the people in front of him take cover.

“Mrs Emilia, you will go right now and bring fedora out or I will blow up Nessa’s brains”

He didn’t sound like he was joking but the woman in front of him wanted to claim stubbornness.

“Her father was the one who locked her up”

“Release her Emilia” Gregory’s voice filtered into their ears and Nick smirked.

“Even your old man listens to me now” he mocked. How he enjoys the look of defeat on their faces.

The moment Fedora came out of her room and Nick saw her, his eyes darkened. He could see the slap marks on her cheek.

“Who slapped you?” He asked but she said nothing.

“Talk to me” he bellowed.

“I did” Mr Furgesson replied coming face to face with them and once again Nessa received another slap from Nick.

“The next time you slap anyone dear to me old man, I will slap you In return” he warned and grabbed his sister’s hand before walking out on them, how dare anyone even think of hurting the women in his life?

Even Nessa was speechless, she couldn’t believe she received two slaps from Nick today. What the hell was wrong with him?