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

haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of

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

skipped a prayer throughout her life.

explanation; he found

Nathan was incapable of 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 alone if he could not even get himself a

to Derek Harvey’s own

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

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

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

for Thomas Dunn to help them again for the third time.

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Villa

with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his

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

is a shrewd businessman. I bet that 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 his time with that hooligan, subjecting himself to

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 utterly

baneful suggestion, “Dad, since we’re having your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family from attending the party, using this opportunity

humiliation in front of our friends and

“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

been invited to her grandpa’s

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

a thorny issue when they had tried

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

racked their brains to think of one, but it was easier said than

who finally made the bold call, “Why don’t you just leave it to me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean an extraordinary present

“Do you really think that you

know what to do.”

Dunne a call, “I need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to be most lavish, but

Dunne answered with

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The following day.

big day for Penny and her family, as they prepared themselves for

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

is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a small

was an inconspicuous,

box was a pill, all sealed up in plastic. It

think of Sean’s

out of your mind, Nathan?” Penny was on

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

them, it was a gift carefully chosen by Colin

Smith, Colin Dunne knew that

aging and plagued with

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