Chapter 7

The unexpected appearance of Derek Harvey left Penny and her family reeling from the sudden, inexplicable turn of events.

Curiosity got the better of Benson when they were back at the dining table, continuing their breakfast. “Your words came true when you’d said Mr. Harvey would show up today to apologize in person.” He cast an inquisitive glance at Nathan, “Do you have something to do with this?”

“How could this be possible? I’m sure that it’s merely a coincidence.” Leah snorted, “He hardly had stepped out of the house the entire night. There’s no way that he could be involved,” she insisted.

you think that a homeless bum like him could get Mr. Harvey to

sure that this is due to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares,

at such wee hours of the morning.” She shrugged, “He was merely following

her life. Hence she would attribute all unexplained events to

Leah’s explanation; he found

all he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How could he get Derek Harvey to show up and apologize, let alone if

down to Derek Harvey’s own conscience, which had prompted

the whole matter. She reckoned that it was likely masterminded by

monster to kill a monster. There would be no suitable candidate for the job, other than Thomas Dunn, who

due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan had already helped Nathan on two

for the third time. Their luck would run out

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Royale Villa Residences, the

family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third son, was having a

simply outrageous,” Paul complained. “How could Mr. Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to

he would not want to meddle with Penny’s lunatic boyfriend A mad and penniless guy like him has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste

talk about Penny and Nathan. “It sickens me to the core whenever I hear her name. What have I done to deserve such a shameless granddaughter like her? She has

your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family from

utter humiliation in front of our friends and relatives to

disagreement, “Now that Mr. Harvey had the leniency to let them off the hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our family? It would look bad on us and

family were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet, which would be held at the Grand

meant that they were still regarded as part of the Smith family since Sean had given them

thorny issue when they had tried to think of a

him something too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We should think of a present that is moderately priced, yet useful and meaningful to

of one, but it

you just leave it to me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean an extraordinary present which would

really think that you can find a present that would please grandpa

I know what to do.” Nathan offered her a confident

the balcony, giving Colin Dunne a call, “I need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to

Colin Dunne answered with absolute

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The following day.

big day for Penny and her family, as

Penny asked Nathan whether he had the present ready. It had

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a

was an

up in plastic. It was almost the size of a

Sean’s response

Are you out of your mind, Nathan?” Penny was on the verge of tearing at

and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by what we commonly termed as the

it was a gift carefully chosen by Colin Dunne, as required

on Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that

aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension,

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