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

has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma

showed up at such wee hours of the morning.”

never skipped a prayer throughout her life. Hence she

explanation;

he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How could he get Derek Harvey to

speculated that it had all boiled down to Derek Harvey’s own

reckoned that it was likely masterminded

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

was all due

to help them again for the third time.

...

Royale Villa Residences, the Smith Family’s

together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third son, was having a conversation

let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to

has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew

a scornful grimace the moment he heard Samuel talk about Penny and Nathan. “It sickens me to the core whenever I hear her name. What have I done

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

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

would others think of us if we expel them from our family? It would

they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet, which

Smith family

they had tried to think of a suitable

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, yet useful and meaningful to

think of one, but it was

made the bold call, “Why don’t you just leave it to me?

“Do you really think that you can find a present

me, I know what to do.” Nathan offered her a

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

Colin Dunne answered with absolute

...

The following day.

for Penny and her family, as

the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had

Nathan smiled, unearthing a

was an inconspicuous, worn-out

the box was a pill, all sealed up in

with fear. They dreaded to think of Sean’s

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

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

gift carefully chosen

thoughtful analysis on Sean Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with

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

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