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.

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

to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma would befall on him if he’d continued

why he showed up at such wee hours of the morning.” She

throughout her life.

was skeptical of Leah’s explanation; he found it wrought

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 and apologize, let alone if

boiled down to Derek Harvey’s

whole matter. She reckoned that it was likely masterminded by Nathan and executed by

job, other than Thomas Dunn, who was a hundred times more ruthless and diabolical than Derek

it was all due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan

impossible for Thomas Dunn to help them again for the third time. Their luck would run out

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Royale Villa Residences,

family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and

the hook and, calling us up to inform us that he would

him has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste his time with that hooligan, subjecting himself

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

baneful suggestion, “Dad, since we’re having your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we

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

hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our family? It would look

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

of the Smith family since Sean had given them the green

had tried to think of a suitable

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

to think of one, but it

me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean an extraordinary present which

about this?” Penny eyed him skeptically, “Do you really think that you can find a present that would please grandpa on his seventieth

do.” Nathan offered

Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to be most lavish, but it must be the best for

Dunne answered with absolute

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The following day.

big day for Penny and her family, as they

about to leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a small

an

box was a pill, all sealed up in plastic. It was

and her family brooded with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous

this tiny little pill be our birthday present? Are you out of

It was made with the rarest and most precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by

a gift carefully chosen

knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he

since he was aging and plagued

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