Marcus’s father’s POV
I had to make that call to confirm what he told me that he said the fool saw and I know Mike isn’t smart enough, he was bound to trip if he is the guilty one, I had watched them grow up so I know what to say to get who talking, and I know that’s stupid Marcus is trying to double cross me.
“Hello Marcus come to the study right now ”
“Dad, am here, what is it?”
I didn’t let him finish, I gave him my back hand to kiss, he fell like the weakling he is.
“Dad what did I do?”
“You are a weakling and a fool, who told you to search my house?”
“I told you it wasn’t me dad, it was Marcus ”
“I saw you, I saw you leave my study and you dare lie toy face, and what are you going to did with what you found, huh?!”
I gave him a kick to the abdomen and he curled up like a girl on her period,
“You wanna blackmail your father, is that it?”
“N…. No….. I swear I wasn’t doing it because of that, I wasn’t, I swear I wasn’t ”
“Seems like you being your grandfather’s favourite has made you think you can do anything you want, let me bring you back to your senses”
I removed my watch and cufflinks, then proceeded to fold my shirt’s sleeve up, then I took a long thick stick I had in my office, I stretched my neck and approached the runt lying on the floor,
“Dad, I swear, I wasn’t….. I wasn’t trying anything, I swear please don’t hit me”
“You know why you never make me proud? Because you are a weakling and a coward”
I proceeded to hit him continuously with the stick, he tried to cover his face and head from being hit but I hit his hand instead, he screamed and cried but I didn’t stop, this will teach him never to cross me again,
“Honey, stop you will kill him, please stop”
“Vanessa, get away from that door before I deal with you too”
“Plleeaaassseee, please….. I b…. I beg you, please let him go, you will kill him”
I ignored my wife’s pleas and annoying cries, I was so engrossed I didn’t hear when she opened the door and fall on her wretched son’s body till I heard her scream, seems like I hit her too.
I stopped quite irritated, I wanted to beat sense into that woman but I changed my mind and let go,
“Thank your mother because she saved you”
I walked out of the study into my room to take a bath, that thing got some blood on me.
Marcus’s POV
I was in pain, my whole body was burning up like I would die, my mum’s sob was loud and it was worsening my migraine,
“Ma’am, he will get well soon, he had a slight concussion ”
I heard a woman voice, it was familiar, our family doctor, this isn’t the first time she is here to tend to me after my father used either of us as a punching bag, she had tried reporting but it was useless, so she did what she knows best to help us,
“Thank you doc, thank you ”
“No problem, just apply this ointment to yourself and him, it will help with the bruises and scars”
“Thank you so much doc”
“No problem, you are welcome ”
I heard her footsteps as she left the room, my mum’s warm hand held me and I felt wetness on my hand as she brought it to her cheeks, seems like my father did a number on me.
I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was the IV connected to my hand, my mum was holding my hand with both hands and resting her head on it.
“Mother”
She raised her head so fast I feared it might snap but it didn’t though,
“Marcus baby, you will be fine”
“I know ma, thank you ”
“Why are you thanking me, I didn’t do anything, I couldn’t protect you”
“Ma, you did”
“I couldn’t believe your father would do this at this day and age, how could he beat his own son like”
“Mother, am thirsty”
“Okay, I will get you water”
I watched her as she got the water and raised my head a little to feed it to me, I took huge gulps that I thought I might choke but I didn’t which am grateful for because am not sure if my ribs are functioning properly right now.
I finished drinking and she placed it back on the table, my thoughts wandered, my dad, if I had known he put a camera in his own room, I wouldn’t have gone inside to search for it.
I got the tip from someone to look for it, and truly I was planning on blackmailing him with it but I failed and my body and my mum had to pay for my failure.
I wandered how he confirmed that Mike wasn’t at that party that night, because the person that saw him wasn’t talking rubbish, he was truly there, maybe he came to see Xavier or something but he was surely there.
I felt the drugs I was injected with took effect and I slept off.
Mike’s POV
I stood outside at the parking lot’s entrance waiting for Laura to come back, I wanted to go out to meet her but she said she is already at the entrance to the estate, I saw her car driving in and a smile blossomed on my face.
She parked her car and came out and hugged me which I hugged back, tight.
“How was work today?”
I asked her, helping her remove the strands of her that is trying to get into her eye.
“It was fine but I missed you”
“Same here angel, I missed you more”