Semua Bab Never to look back: Bab 291 - Bab 300

“Is everything alright?”“Madam, we are finished.” The young secretary breathed in despair as she recounted everything at happened.Amanda decided to keep the phone as she didn’t have one currently; she organized a taxi to pick her up from the rear end of the joint and checked her bank account to make sure she had enough to pay the taxi driver. To her shock, none of her accounts had a figure greater than 0 “What??? What is going on?”“Why is this happening to me?” Amanda swept all the bottles that were left on the table as she screamed maniacally. She naturally forgot the men in the room until she felt a few pairs of lewd eyes staring at her, their mouths drooling as they regurgitated the high voltage scenes from last night. They were all woken up by her screaming; she cursed herself inwardly as she thought about her escape plan.“Let’s go another round, a keepsake for the road before we part ways.” One of the men laughed vulgarly as he stood up and moved closer to her. However, before

Adam and rest knocked on the door and entered as they heard the childish voice inviting them in; the adults’ heart was smaller than a needle and pursed their lips pettily.Adam pushed open the door and entered but his steps paused as he saw a room full of people. He only expected Neil and the kids to be here.“Come… come… family…” Matthias stood up and invited as he moved the chair he was sitting on for Adam.“No…no…no… sit…sit… we will take seats over there.” Adam politely returned the seat as he walked forward towards Chris’s bed. He sighed in relief as he saw both Chris and Emile had woken up.“How are you feeling?” Adam asked, the guilt in his voice couldn’t be hidden.“Dad, I am fine.” Chris blinked, pacifying Adam while Chris Jnr stood up from his seat and pulled Adam to sit “Grandpa, you sit here and chat. I will get seats for eldest uncle and the rest.”Neil rubbed his nose in embarrassment as he stood up along with Adrian to get seats for everyone from the nearby nurse’s stati

“Now that, that is all out of the way…” Mark paused as he narrowed his eyes towards Chris who shrunk his head slightly as he knew what his big brother was going to ask, while the rest looked curiously.“I am more interested to know what you wanted Henry to do.” Mark raised his eyebrows challenging, daring Chris to lie.“Didn’t Harry say….” Chris asked weakly.“Do I look as easy to fool as Eldest uncle Burke?” Mark retorted before fixing his gaze on Chris.“Big brother, can I take a raincheck on answering that….”“Try again”“Emile wanted…”“Try again” Mark interrupted impatiently before throwing a side glance at Eric.“Don’t look at me… I am thoroughly and utterly innocent this time.” Eric raised his hands in innocence.“Big brother, I asked them to keep an eye on the old house and check out a few things.” Chris could only confess partly helplessly.“Why? What have they done now?”“Nothing new….” Chris shrugged “But I haven’t settled old scores, and you know my slate is always balanced

Chris started to make his move once he was discharged from hospital. He got Jonas to purchase all the shares from the small fries which amounted to 10%. Thinking about the 5% shares that got transferred to military, Chris called Henry as he wasn’t sure how things worked up there.“Hello” Henry answered within a few rings.Chris: “I have a question”Henry: “Shoot.”Chris: “Is it possible to buy private shares that were donated to the military back??”Henry: “Yeah… same as anywhere else. The price has to be right. Are you thinking what I think you are thinking?”Chris: “Um”Henry: “Do you want me to scout for information?”Chris: “I don’t want to impose.”“It’s no trouble. You are family.” Henry laughed as he added “Harry can find this information in no time.”Chris: “Then I will be trouble first brother.”Harry got back to Chris the next day saying that the military was more than happy to get rid of those shares as it had long stopped being profitable and all it meant was more paperwork

Adam found it too depressing to stay at the old house and called Chris asking him if it was possible to move the plans ahead of time. The old house was full of memories, and he needed a change; the relaxed aura was just to put the kids at ease, his heart was always in turmoil.Chris didn’t even ask for a reason, he didn’t need to, he knew. He called Neil and asked him to liaise with Master before organizing the trip for his father. Adam set off three days later without any noise or fanfare. For those who enquired about Adam later, they were all told that he had gone to a health retreat for relaxation treatments. However, the rumour mill wasn’t kind.All kinds of rumours were spun and spread faster than the wind; some told that Adam had some incurable disease and was undergoing palliative care whereas others told that he had been contracted some strange illness and couldn’t interact with the outside world as he had been placed under house arrest. No matter how ridiculous the rumours we