CHAPTER 114: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN: BROKEN ILLUSIONS (1)

Kendrick’s POV

"Do you need something?" I asked without lifting my head to look at him.

We just finished a three hour long board meeting. I was about to leave when Curtis suddenly walked up to me.

"I am resigning" he said and I finally looked at him.

"Okay" I replied calmly and returned to looking at the documents in front of me.

"You should be careful with Lauretta, I saw her with Celeste a few days ago" he said before walking away.

I stared at his back as he left, I shook my head and sighed.

What was all the hatred for?

I remembered how Sameen made my childhood miserable and how I had to watch Curtis and Raina as Raymond showered all his love on them.

I sighed heavily when I remembered that I might have to be alone for my entire life.

According to the doctors, my condition hasn’t changed and they can’t explain why Christy is the only woman that can make my body have a reaction.

There are just too many issues between us and our families. So getting back together might be impossible.

"How is she doing recently?" I asked Evans and he immediately knew who I was talking about.

"She has been going to the special forces base for combat training. Mason put Dexter in charge of her training and she visited the boy from the Michaelson family.

She might have found out that you were responsible for what happened as well.

The Old Master paid her a visit and it didn’t end well..."

"Why did he go to see her?" I interrupted him with a frown.

"According to what I found out from Uncle Harold, the old master offered her money as compensation for the child..."

BANG!

I flung the documents on the table down in anger.

When will this old man stop interfering with my life?

"Pack up, I want to go see him!" I ordered as I stormed out of the conference room.

I went to my office to grab my jacket and I heard footsteps behind me.

"Is everything packed?" I didn’t look back as I was certain that only Evans would come in without knocking.

"You are still like before, getting riled up every time that girl is mentioned" grandpa’s voice came into my ears and I stiffened slightly before turning around to face him.

"I was about to pay you a visit" I said coldly while looking at his aged face.

"I know you haven’t forgotten about her, that’s why I went to settle it once and for all" he said with a disappointed expression.

Was he disappointed in me?

"Grandpa with all due respect, I will really appreciate it if you would stay out of my business" I said coldly and he frowned.

"Kendrick, how dare you use that tone with me?!" he yelled angrily but I didn’t care.

"Lauretta told me everything, about how she is just a scapegoat while you are the real mastermind" I noticed his eyes flashed with a hint of panic and my heart felt like it was being squeezed.

So all these years that everyone has been hating on Lauretta was all a big mistake?

She is just an innocent victim.

So everything that Christy and I have been through was actually because of this devil in disguise?

"How can you be so heartless?" I asked him angrily.

"Lower your voice boy!" he growled with a frown.

"What do you know? Do you think your life would be so perfect if I didn’t do what I did? Everything I did was to protect the prestige and honor of this Family.

And as for your mother, she became the scapegoat because of her stupidity. She had only one task and that was to make Ethan Lancaster fall in love with her but what did she do instead? She failed woefully and came back crying!" his face twisted in rage as he spoke about Lauretta.

Now I know where she got her wicked traits from.

"Don’t you have any regret about what you did?" I asked him with a disgusted tone.

How can he try to justify so many inhumane acts?

"I did everything for the growth of the Black family, so there is nothing to regret. My father did worse" he tried to justify his actions with a righteous attitude.

"You never liked Christy right? Especially when you found out about her true identity, you were the one that desperately wanted me to marry Celeste but your plans didn’t work out.

So you instigated Mira to run her over while promising her protection but she still survived, so you became even more desperate.

You kept Curtis in the company because it was easy to watch and control his every action." I paused to observe his expressions and noticed he wasn’t as calm as he previously was.

" The reason grandma committed suicide was because she found out about your affair with Sameen and Raymond also found out about it, he confronted you the same day that he went missing" I continued and he suddenly got up to leave.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I asked him with a smile and pressed the remote to automatically lock the door.

He looked at me like he wanted to kill me on the spot.

"You must be wondering how I found out about all of these" I laughed and walked to the wine cabinet in the corner of my office and pulled out one of my favorite wines.

I poured myself a glass and took a few gulps, before walking back to him.

"Curtis establishing his own company came as a surprise to me, so I did a little investigation and noticed that he was secretly moving funds from the company’s account but the funds he moved are too small for the large scale company that he is creating.

So I figured that he wanted me to think it was the company’s fund but I am not that easy to deceive.

I remembered what you taught me grandpa, you said that when it looks too obvious, then there is definitely something hidden.

After a little investigation, I found out that you were his secret sponsor. I was shocked and didn’t believe it at first.

I knew you were monitoring my movements so I allowed Mason to do the investigations" I noticed how pale he was looking and I took a sip of my wine as I enjoyed the moment.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you making up conspiracy theories? What Affair are you talking about?" he asked with an extremely agitated expression but it only made his panic more obvious.

"I always wondered why you were so lenient with Sameen and her children. You allowed them to do as they pleased while I suffered in the same house.

But it all made sense after Mason checked how grandma died and I couldn’t believe what I found out. You told everyone that she was attacked by a servant who was unsatisfied with how she was treating them but the truth is she committed suicide and then you paid the man’s family enough money for him to stab her and make it look believable.

She was already dying when he stabbed her and you had him secretly released and sent out of the country to ensure your secret isn’t exposed" his forehead was now covered by beads of sweat.

"The truth you have been desperately hiding is the fact that Curtis is your son, the result of your affair with Sameen"

"Shut up! What do you know about leading a family and maintaining dignity?" he yelled angrily, his breathing becoming rapidly short.

"Your biggest pain in life was not having a son, so you got Raymond to marry into the family with the hope of grooming him but things didn’t go as planned as he became greedy and wanted everything for himself.

So you set your sights on me but I was too rebellious and stubborn. You had no choice than to secretly push your biological son up the ladder, all the while making sure no one notices.

You needed time to personally groom him, so you got me injected with a toxin that affected my body and made me unable to be with a woman, then you convinced me to go abroad for treatment and ensured I didn’t come back on time. So in the three years I was gone, you were grooming and making necessary connections for Curtis"

"So what if you know? You should be grateful that I didn’t hand over this company to him!" he growled angrily, his eyes were filled with so much hatred that it sent chills down my spine.

"I must admit that you and Sameen are really good, she cried so pitifully when Raymond got Celeste pregnant but who would have guessed that she planned everything?" I laughed coldly.

"She really played a good game and if not for all the evidence I have, I wouldn’t have believed it as well"

"Kendrick, just let them go.. They are innocent" he suddenly said with a slightly pleading tone that made me surprised.

"Who would have thought that a day would come that the almighty Damien Black would beg" I laughed coldly.

"You should be more worried about your mother right now, she might make her move any moment from now" he warned but I just laughed again.

I pressed the remote again and the door unlocked, Lauretta walked in with a smile.

"Why would I harm my own son, father?" she asked him and he seemed to realize what was going on and his face turned paler.