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.

a homeless bum like him could get Mr. Harvey to

been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what

showed up at such wee hours of the morning.” She shrugged,

a prayer throughout her life. Hence she would attribute all

explanation; he

when she proclaimed that 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

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

She reckoned that it was likely masterminded by

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

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

third time. Their luck would run

...

at the Royale Villa Residences, the Smith Family’s

with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third

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

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

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

birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish

be an utter humiliation in front of our friends and relatives to let them attend your

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

afternoon, Penny and her family were delighted to know that they had been invited to

part of the Smith family

thorny issue when they had tried to think of a suitable birthday present

shouldn’t give him something too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We

to think of one, but it

was Nathan who finally made the bold call, “Why don’t you just leave it to me? I

skeptically, “Do you really think that you can find a present

I know what to do.” Nathan offered her a

need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to be most lavish, but it must be the

Sir!” Colin Dunne answered with absolute

...

The following day.

her family, as they prepared themselves for Sean’s birthday

asked Nathan whether he had the present ready.

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing

an inconspicuous, worn-out

sealed up in plastic. It

brooded with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon

little pill be our birthday present? Are you out of your mind, Nathan?”

benignly, “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

was a gift carefully chosen by Colin Dunne, as

conducting a thoughtful analysis on Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he was never short of

health since he was aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension,

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