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.

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

with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma would befall on him

at such wee hours of the

who had never skipped a prayer throughout her life. Hence she would attribute all

of Leah’s explanation; he found it wrought with

performing such a heroic feat when all he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How could he get Derek Harvey to show up and apologize, let

that it had all boiled down to Derek Harvey’s own

reckoned that it

to kill a monster. There would be no suitable candidate for the job,

knew that it was all due to the influence of

third time. Their luck would run out soon, and it

...

Royale Villa Residences,

patriarch of the Smith family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and

could Mr. Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to inform

and penniless guy like him has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste his time with that hooligan, subjecting

moment he heard Samuel 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

we banish Benson and his family from

front of our friends and relatives to let

Sean waved his hands in 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 make us look petty and callous if they compare us to an outsider

family were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet,

part of the Smith family since Sean had given them the green light to attend

they had tried to think of

badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We should think of a present that is moderately priced, yet useful and meaningful to

think of one, but it was

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

you sure about this?” Penny eyed him skeptically, “Do you really think that you can find

do.” Nathan

a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday

Sir!” Colin Dunne answered

...

The following day.

her family, as they prepared themselves for

Penny asked Nathan whether he had the

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing

was an

was a pill, all sealed up in plastic. It

think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a

little pill be our birthday present? Are you out of your mind, Nathan?” Penny was on the verge of tearing

“This pill was cultivated more than sixty years ago, its name is Phoenixia. It was made with the rarest and most precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by what we commonly termed as the three highs - hypertension, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol. These are the three harmful killers that

gift carefully chosen

Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with

his health since he was aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension, high blood sugar, and

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