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CHAPTER 7 – THE LIGHT
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Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 18– YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED
DERICK A week had passed and no sign of Kora. Since the day of the press conference, she disappeared. Never went back to her dumb job at the convenient store or to that small apartment of hers. I had not yet found where she went or who that man she left with that day was. The news of our divorce, how I left her with nothing and my cheating had been all over the news.My PR team had been working hard trying to supress the news but failed. Instead, the reporters dug up old pictures of Vera and me with our daughter. There was something new about us everyday on the news. Someone even had a picture of Kora at the convenient store and the kids wearing worn out clothes.The media had been tearing me and Vera apart and Kora thought it was a good time to disappear on me without clarifying anything. “Derick, what are we going to do? The board is unhappy and the stock had dropped. At this rate, we might not even be able to take this company public as planned. This is affecting the IPO.”“What d
Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 17– THE SMILE THAT STOLE MY HEART
NICOLUS For once, I had no immediate answer. I could have told her that I saw a woman who had been betrayed by the same kind of man who had destroyed my mother. But that wouldn’t have explained why I helped her as well all those years ago. It wouldn’t explain watching her from the shadows. It wouldn’t explain why I was happy when she and Derick divorced.I could have told her that she deserved better, that helping her had felt like the right thing to do. All of that would have been true. But it wouldn’t have been the whole truth. Because when I first learned what Derick had done to her, I had not only felt sympathy. I had seen an opportunity. An opportunity to make him feel the kind of helplessness I had lived with for years and I had taken it.The problem was that somewhere along the way. Kora had stopped being part of my plan and had become someone I genuinely wanted to protect. It wasn’t the first time; I realized that she wasn’t simply someone I pitied both back then and now. I f
Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 16– THE OTHER BETRAYAL
NICOLUS For a moment I wondered whether I should tell her the truth. Kora stood in front of me, clutching the folder against her chest. She was trying to appear calm, but I could see the questions in her eyes. She had heard enough to realize that my relationship with Derick was far more complicated than I led her to believe. I knew this day would come eventually but I had not expected her to learn of the truth by listening at my door.I glanced at my assistant. “Would you give us a moment?” He looked at Kora then at me. whatever he saw in my expression made reconsider what he intended to say. “Of course, sir.” He stood and walked out closing the door behind him. Kora didn’t sit down, neither did I. “You said Derick betrayed someone.” She reminded me. “Who?”I studied her face. There was time I would have avoided the conversation altogether. I had spent years keeping my past buried, convinced if I spoke about it, it would eventually lose its power over me. it hadn’t. some betrayals di
Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 15– DOUBT
KORA I stood by the door and listened to the sad story of a man who always wore a smile on his face as if nothing bothered him. like nothing could ever disturb his peace. Listening to him talk about the past and the sadness in his voice made me feel sorry for him. I watched through the crack on the door as he slipped his hands into his pockets.“I was the one who arranged the scholarships that allowed Derick and Kora to finish college. When they started their business, I was the first to invest. I sent more opportunities their way. I opened doors for them I had once struggled to open for myself.” My eyes widened and I covered my mouth with my hand shaking uncontrollably.He had always been there in my life, and I had not even known it. I thought he was just helping on impulse. I had no idea he had watched us grow into the people we were. By the sound of it, he had not done it on a whim, he had done it because he knew what it meant to be poor. He knew what it felt like to stand in fro
Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 14– JUST LIKE HIS FATHER
NICOLUS I sank of the couch, I was exhausted. I had spent the entire morning helping Kora and her children move into their new home. Making sure everything was in place and that they had everything they needed. By the time I returned to the penthouse, I barely had time to think. “Sir.” I lifted my head lazily; my assistant stood a few feet away looking as though he had something important on his mind.“What is it?” I wished he could just deal with other stuff without reporting to me. “There is something I don’t understand.” I silently stared at him hoping he would just get to the point. “Are you doing all this because you want revenge on Derick?” That got my attention. I straightened on the couch my exhaustion momentarily forgotten.“If Derick was a decent man, I would have continued to support him from the shadows just like I have always done.” My assistant settled on the couch opposite me. “But he is still your brother.” I threw him a glare. “Half-brother.” I corrected sharply. “He
Our House of Cards: He Thought He Left Me with Nothing CHAPTER 13– TRUST HIM OR NOT
KORA I could hear the hatred in his voice as he spoke. Which told me whatever he went through as child with his mother was similar to what I was going through. I didn’t know if going through similar situations meant I could trust him, but I had no other option. He was the only one who was willing to stand with me, and I could use his resources.Without word, I got out of the car, Wendy saw me and frowned. My daughter must have been wondering why I was getting out of a car like that. “Come on, baby. We still have to go pick up your brother.” She didn’t ask questions. She followed me into the car. “Hello, Wendy.” She stared at Nicolus then back at me.I gave her a nod. “Hello, Mr.” Nicolus grinned. “Let us go pick up your brother then get you something to eat.” Wendy nodded. The drive to my son’s school was silent. I couldn’t stop thinking about the star symbol at the back of that card. Wondering where I had seen it before and why it was important.When we got to the school, I went ins
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