Chapter 7

The unexpected appearance of Derek Harvey left Penny and her family reeling from the sudden, inexplicable turn of events.

Curiosity got the better of Benson when they were back at the dining table, continuing their breakfast. “Your words came true when you’d said Mr. Harvey would show up today to apologize in person.” He cast an inquisitive glance at Nathan, “Do you have something to do with this?”

“How could this be possible? I’m sure that it’s merely a coincidence.” Leah snorted, “He hardly had stepped out of the house the entire night. There’s no way that he could be involved,” she insisted.

you think that a homeless bum like him could get Mr. Harvey to show

him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of

hours of the morning.”

her life. Hence she would attribute all unexplained events to karma, fate,

was skeptical of Leah’s explanation; he found

she proclaimed that Nathan was incapable of performing such a heroic feat when all he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How could he get Derek Harvey to

to Derek Harvey’s own conscience, which had prompted

vibe struck Penny about the whole matter. She reckoned that it was likely masterminded by Nathan and executed by

a monster. There would be no suitable candidate for the job, other than Thomas Dunn, who was

she was glad to escape unscathed from the turmoil, she knew that it was all due to the influence

Dunn to help them again for the third time. Their

...

the Royale Villa

Smith, the patriarch of the Smith family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his

the hook

businessman. I bet that he would not want to meddle with Penny’s lunatic boyfriend A mad and penniless guy like him has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste his time

talk about Penny and Nathan. “It sickens me to the core whenever I hear her

with a baneful suggestion, “Dad, since we’re having your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family

along, “Yes, Dad. Wouldn’t it be an utter humiliation in front

come.” Sean waved his hands in disagreement, “Now that Mr. Harvey had the leniency to let them off the hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our family? It would look bad on us and make

delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet, which would be held

that they were still regarded as part of the Smith family since Sean had given them the green light to attend the

it was a thorny issue when they had tried to think of a suitable birthday present for

something too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We

brains to think of one, but

the bold call, “Why don’t you just leave it to me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean an extraordinary present which would mean the world to

“Do you really think

know what to do.” Nathan

Dunne a call, “I need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to be most lavish, but it must be

Colin Dunne

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The following day.

day for Penny and her family, as they prepared themselves

as they were about to leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had

is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a

an inconspicuous,

was inside the box was a pill, all sealed up in plastic. It was almost the size of a

They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous present

be our birthday present? Are you out of

its name is Phoenixia. It was made with the rarest and most precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by what we commonly termed as the three highs - hypertension, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol. These are the three harmful killers that could lead to typical chronic diseases

carefully chosen

Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was

aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension, high blood sugar,

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