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

haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma

hours of the morning.” She shrugged, “He was merely following his

her life. Hence she would attribute all

explanation; he found it wrought

not agree more with Leah when she proclaimed that Nathan was incapable of performing such a heroic feat when all he had done was

speculated that it had all boiled down to Derek Harvey’s own conscience, which had prompted him to

that

candidate for the job, other

all due to the

to help them again for the third time. Their luck would run out soon, and it

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Royale Villa Residences, the

Smith, the patriarch of the Smith family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third son, was having a conversation

it simply outrageous,” Paul complained. “How could Mr. Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up

to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste his

core whenever I

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

be an utter humiliation in front of our friends and relatives to

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

and her family were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet, which would be held at the Grand Hyatt

still regarded as part of the Smith family since Sean had given them the green

a thorny issue when they had tried

on us.” Penny suggested, “We

racked their brains to think of one, but it was

it to me? I assure you

this?” Penny eyed him skeptically, “Do you really think that you

I know what to do.” Nathan offered

to the balcony, giving Colin 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

Dunne answered

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The following day.

big day for Penny and her family,

were about to leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had the present ready.

is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a

an inconspicuous, worn-out

all sealed up in plastic. It was almost the size of a

family brooded with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous present at his seventieth birthday

birthday present? Are you out of your mind, Nathan?” Penny was on the verge of tearing at her

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

to them, it was a gift carefully chosen by

conducting a thoughtful analysis on Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he was never

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

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