“Where are you?” Richard asked Ash through the phone.
“I am at the company.
We are preparing a story to back up Macy’s claims because I think that the Philips might do something to try and protect their precious daughter,” Ash said as he and the PR director of A+ House of Entertainment went through that recording of Angela’s confession again.
“Let Cash handle that. I need you home.
Let’s meet in your villa right now,” Richard said and his voice sounded urgent.
“But isn’t Cash on the other drug case?” Ash asked.
Since that day someone had stolen their truffles, Cash had been sent to infiltrate that organization and he was already in and had already gathered a lot of incriminating evidence but he was not yet done.
“He can take a break for a while.
Just come, I will call him,” Richard said and hang up.
He knew what Cash was doing was important but not as important as what he wanted to do.
This was a matter of top priority and he would and could stop even the running of his company for this.
“May, dint let her go until she tells you where she took that child.
Make sure the police don’t find you until you have milked her of all the information she has.
Let someone compile all her crimes and make sure she signs it.
I wasn’t something that will hold in court.
Call our lawyer and ask him what to do and how to go about it.
I want something that will keep her in for life and the hearing should be expedited.
Don’t call me unless it’s a matter of life and death,” Richard instructed May and hang up.
The next person he called was Cash.
He instructed him on what to do and on the other side, Cash was asked for a day off from his boss and rushed to the company.
He had seen everything that had happened just like everyone else had and he knew that he might be needed because he knew May could not handle everything alone and so, when his boss called, he was all set.
Richard had made sure that Macy was asleep before he left her room and went to his study where he was making all those calls.
A good thing was that his study was sound proof and no one could hear anything even if they were standing right outside the door.
After making sure that he had set everything in motion, he went downstairs where he met the old butler.
“Why aren’t you asleep yet?’ Richard asked the old man.
The old butler had also heard and see everything that had happened and he knew that his young master would be affected since this was the girl who took care of the young mistress that was affected.
After the broadcast ended, all major news houses took up the story with snippets here and there and snippets of Angela’s parts in her movies and appearances in shows were brought up.
Macy’s too were brought up because it wasn’t hard to guess who the other person was.
Even her wedding videos and photos were all over main stream and social media as people discussed them.
Even Angela’s die-hard fans couldn’t speak because this time, the truth and the evidence was too incriminating for them to even defend her.
This meant that everyone was speaking negative of her and anyone who dared defend her was shut down as soon as they spoke.
Her account, that had almost five million followers, was reduced to a mere five thousand followers by the time the broadcast was over and the number was still reducing.
“I was waiting for any orders you might have young master,” the old man said looking at Richard trying to read his face.
He had been there since Richard was just a baby and he knew that Richard was the most dangerous when he looked calm like the way he did then.
“Okay. Since you are here, help me instruct the security head to beef up security and don’t let Macy leave this house without me.
She is not well and needs care.
Send a maid to stay with her and see to all her needs and make sure you personally check on her in case she has a fever or becomes hysterical.
Call me immediately if there is anything urgent,” Richard said and the old man nodded in understanding and Richard went out.
He got to Asher’s gate by the time the luxury car was pulling over.
“Let’s go to your study,” Richard said pulling him out of the car and Asher wasn’t even given time to pack the car and so, he threw the keys to the man that was following Richard.
Asher input he code and opened the door.
He could tell that this was urgent and very important because if it wasn’t, then his brother would have given him the instructions through the phone.
He thus didn’t dilly dally and went directly to the study and turned on the light.
“What’s so urgent that you couldn’t wait till morning?
How is sister in law doing?” Asher asked as an afterthought because he knew without being told that Richard would never have left Macy alone after everything that happened tonight.
“She’s not well though she is asleep now.
I had to sedate her though she doesn’t know.
She had refused to sleep because she wants to look for her child but I believe that May could handle that,” Richard said and wondered how to start the subject matter that had made him summon his little brother this late.
“What is on your mind?
You want me to help May in locating Macy’s child?” Asher asked because he was surprised to see his brother out of it for the first time since he was born.
“That night you drugged me seven years ago at The Fante Hotel, do you remember the girl that you brought to me?” Richard asked and Asher seemed nervous.
“Ha ha! Brother, why are you asking about hat after all these years?” Asher asked nervously.
“The truth Asher. The truth,” Richard said and Asher knew that when Richard called him by his full name, he could get beaten if he didn’t take care.
“Oh, god. I should have known that this would come back to bite me in the ass,” Asher lamented as he stood up from the couch and circled towards his office table.
He wanted to put as much distance from his brother as he could.
“Speak! We don’t have the whole night,” Richard said and Asher trembled at that bellow.
“Okay, okay. But don’t get mad,” Asher said and braced himself.
He took a deep breath and decided to speak whatever happened.
“That night, mother had decided to give the daughter of the Mason’s Enterprises president to you.
We had prepared her and told her everything we wanted and she was just happy to oblige.
I even booked a room in the The Fante but who would have known that you would run away to your room in The Grand.
So, you dint sleep with the girl we had set up for you,” Asher said and looked at his brother from under his eyelids to gauge his mood.
“So, who was the girl I slept with at The Grand?
I went later to look for the video but I was told that you took it.
I didn’t ask you because I didn’t see any need but now the need has arisen.
I want to see it.
I want to know who I slept with,” Richard told him and Asher shook.
“B-b-brother? Is there really any need for you to see it? I don’t see any need,” Asher said with a nervous laugh and Richard stood up and made as if to walk towards him.
“First tell me what you found in the room when you went to clean it later after the girl left,” Richard looked at his little brother and asked.
Asher was shaking by now because he knew one wrong words and Richard would jump on him and as much as he was a good fighter, he knew very well that he has never beaten Richard in any type of a combat.
He also knew that he could never outrun Richard and he decided to tell the truth that he thought he would never do.
“I, errrm, I-I… I errrm…,” Asher didn’t know where to begin and he felt as if he was in a courtroom facing a twenty four members jury.
“Speak,” Richard spoke in a low voice that told Ashe that he was already losing his patience.
“I, I found bloody bedsheets and I thought that maybe you were too aggressive on the girl and hurt her since you were under the influence of drugs and I also… I …,” he hesitated as he remembered what else he found in that room that afternoon he went to have it cleaned.
Richard had told him to have the room cleaned and everything changed because it was his fault that he had slept with someone in his room.
This was the day Asher had prayed that it would never come.