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.

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

sure that this is due to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma would befall

such wee hours of the morning.” She shrugged, “He

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

skeptical of Leah’s explanation; he found it wrought

she proclaimed that Nathan was incapable of performing such a heroic feat when all he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How

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

the whole matter. She reckoned that it was likely

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

was glad to escape unscathed from the turmoil, she knew that it was all due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which

to help them again for the third time. Their luck would run out

...

Royale Villa

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

outrageous,” Paul complained. “How could Mr. Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to inform us that he would continue to partner

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

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?

birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family from attending the

in front of our friends and relatives to let them

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

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

still regarded as part of the Smith family since Sean

a thorny issue when they had tried

something too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.”

their brains to think of one,

don’t you just leave it to me? I assure you

skeptically, “Do you really think that you can find a present that would please grandpa on his seventieth

I know what to do.” Nathan

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

Dunne answered

...

The following day.

Penny and her family, as they prepared themselves for Sean’s

leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had the present ready. It had almost slipped her

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing

was an inconspicuous, worn-out

pill, all sealed up in plastic. It was almost the

of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous present at his seventieth

Are you out of your mind,

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

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

Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he was never

plagued with the three highs;

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