ETHAN
Outside Ethan's well-furnished house, he was seen talking to one of his staff rashly.
It's just a simple task , you can't even do it, are you that dumb ?."
"Young master, I was stopped by your mother. She ....
He cut him off before he could finish his statement "she what"?
with his face showing no expression ,he turned and faced his staff.
“Do you still like your stay here?"”he asked with a calm voice, but his eyes were shot red.
his staff replied out of fear, “Yes , yes ,I love my stay please" he stammered with his head down.
One could see the tears in his eyes that he was holding back ,
Everyone knows Ethan
He doesn't care about any one, not even his family. He became cold-hearted years back. No one knows why.
but none dares to find out .
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Ethan pov
I hate her with a lot of passion.
If she wasn't my mother, I would have wasted her a long time ago.
She bought me into this mess.
been next in line to the heir ,
Many will see it as gold, but it wasn't but a broken nail.
how could I even deal with the fact that I am just nothing but a toy?
All my life, no motherly love, I spent my life around nanny Katie
She is much older now. She is the only one among my staff I consider important .
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FLASH BACK .....29yrs ago
In the hospital, Mr Smith was seen looking all worried ,
eyes his wife was in labor ever.
He was excited. He couldn't wait to be hold his son. He remembered seeing
some coubles and their children play. He has always wanted that.
Will it ever be possible?
He married a mafia boss laddie, a woman who managed to build an empire of her own but in a legal and unlegal way.
She owns a lot of companies. She was one of the world known wealthy women , she was rhumble to a fault but was a no nonsense lady when business was involved
never stopped respecting her husband as the man of the house.
It happens she has a lot of enemies around her.
Smith was sweating under the AC in the hospital waiting ward
He was handsome and neat.
Everyone believed that Ethan got his look
but his short tember was from his mother.
....
It seems like ages,
Suddenly, doctors were seen running to the labor ward.
Smith saw Beatrice being wheeled out with blood dropping and heading to the emergency ward for a quick operation. Smith
rushed to find out what was happening as doctors and the nurse were struggling with oxygen.
What he saw was shocking.
Beatrice was shot just after she put to bed
was finding it difficult to breathe
She managed to tell him to take care of their son.
'Take care of him. Call him Ethan' and do well to protect him
I saw it coming.
handle the company till he is of age '' she said weakly.
'No, we will do it together' he said, shaking his head in tears.......
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Mr Smith pov
Every day has been like I am living in hell. Elizabeth is the worst type of woman any man would wish to have. She does nothing rather than lavish money. I have to put a stop to it, but how can I? when I have gotten used to her? She has become part of me.
It hurts me to see my son in pain as days go I feel stupid and used, but what can I do?
......
Miles away, gun shots were heard as if there was a clash between police and some armed men...
on hearing the guns shot
Ethan rushed to his draw pick up his Bryce 9mm pistol , picked up some bullets, moved into his secret room, he tapped on a few digits, marched into a room ,
The room was filled with different kinds of guns, knives, etc.
Ethan dashed to the other end of the room , he heard some noise outside , he quickly picked up his ballistic vest (level IV amor) with fast movement. He wore it.
He knew he was the only one at home. All his domestic staff went for holiday ,
He believes it was a setup. No one knew that he was on the third floor of his house. Even the staff saw him leave the house before they were done packing.
“Who could it be , should I remain calm ?" he thought to himself and continued to settle his gun and some knife under his shoe.
He was wearing ankle boots, from the way the boots looked like ( special customized ones made for him.)
because he fixed two
sharp blade under
When he was done, he made a quick prayer
"Even the devil knows God , I am still young. Please guide me now" he said, smiling at himself.
He dashed out, he went to the window of his room. Hiding in the corner, he recognized one of his domestic staff,
He got angry ,he felt used. He had always been nice to them, he thought. I know I threatened to sack them, but never for once did I
I now understand what it means to leave with
your enemy in the same house
He is not going to escape it.
They broke through the gate.
It was a fancy one. They took their time to cut through it.
Just as the gate keys got open, it was clear to Ethan that his worker turned off the
The electric gate connection which is always turned on,. Once it was 7:30pm.
For security reasons, he opened fire on them and took a move to his other room and pressed the Red button.
He opened some fireworks and threw them out, smiling at how stupid they can be.
From there he could hear a loud scream.
Retreat, retreat!!!!!!!!!
He chuckled softly " I can't waste my armor on you when you aren't worth it. Anyway, your work was not professional.
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Being the next of kin makes life a little hell for Ethan. Either he was attacked at his villa or on his way out he understood quite alright that he was a threat to some people that would do anything to get him swiped,
away from the surface.
He was already used to fighting almost every day.