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.

a homeless bum like him could get Mr. Harvey to show up

is due to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding

of the morning.” She shrugged, “He was merely following his conscience, that’s

believer who had never skipped a prayer throughout her

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 show up

Derek Harvey’s own conscience, which had prompted him to

vibe struck Penny about the whole matter. She reckoned that

be no suitable candidate for the job, other than Thomas Dunn, who was a hundred times more ruthless and

that it was all due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan had already helped

the third time. Their luck would run out soon, and it

...

the Royale Villa Residences, the

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

hook and, calling us up to inform us that he would continue to partner

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 with that hooligan, subjecting himself to unnecessary risk.” Samuel explained, “It’s better for him to drop it altogether and let the

and Nathan. “It sickens me to the core whenever I hear her name. What have I done to deserve such a

why don’t we banish Benson and his family from attending the party, using this opportunity

“Yes, Dad. Wouldn’t it be an utter humiliation in front of our friends and relatives to let

them off the hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our

Penny and her family were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s

Smith family since Sean had given them the

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

that we can’t afford something lavish, but we shouldn’t give him something too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We should think of a present that is moderately priced,

think of one,

leave it to me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean

eyed him skeptically, “Do you really think that you

what to do.” Nathan

out to the balcony, giving Colin Dunne a call, “I need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow.

Sir!” Colin Dunne

...

The following day.

Penny and her

about to leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a

an

all sealed up in

with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous present at

our birthday present? Are you out of your mind, Nathan?” Penny was on

pill, Penny.” Nathan explained benignly, “This pill was cultivated more than sixty years ago, 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

them, it was a gift carefully chosen by Colin Dunne, as

conducting a thoughtful analysis on Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he was

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

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