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.

him could get Mr. Harvey

to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma would befall

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

who had never skipped a prayer throughout her life. Hence she would attribute all unexplained events to karma, fate, and

was skeptical of Leah’s explanation; he found it

with Leah when 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 and apologize, let alone if he could not even get

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

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

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

due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan had already helped Nathan on two

it would be impossible for Thomas Dunn to help them again for the third time. Their luck would run out soon, and it was

...

at the Royale Villa Residences, the Smith

and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third son, was having

Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to inform us that he would

a shrewd 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 with

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

suggestion, “Dad, since we’re having your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family from attending the party, using this

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

of us if we expel them from our family? It would look bad on us and make us look petty and callous if they compare us to

afternoon, Penny 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

family since Sean had given them the green

when they had tried to think of a suitable

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, yet useful and meaningful to him

racked their brains to think of one, but it

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

think that you can find a

what to do.” Nathan offered her a confident

need a present for Sean Smith, who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. The present doesn’t have to be most lavish,

Sir!” Colin Dunne answered with

...

The following day.

was a big day for Penny and her family, as they prepared themselves

the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had

smiled,

an

the box was a pill, all sealed up

brooded with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such

be our birthday present? Are you out of your mind, Nathan?”

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

carefully chosen by Colin Dunne, as required by

knew that Sean

and plagued with the three highs;

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