CHAPTER 116: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN: BROKEN ILLUSIONS (3)

Kendrick’s POV

I watched as my grandpa was taken away by the special forces officers, my mother was a crying mess but things weren’t over yet.

I still have to take care of Sameen and Curtis. I had someone secretly inform them that Raymond’s body had been found to make them panic.

And I am sure it was the reason for Curtis’ sudden resignation.

"I just got a call from the officers, Raymond’s body has been fished out from the river" Evans informed me and I nodded.

"I can’t believe all of these are true, how could they be so heartless" Raina sobbed sadly in Gary’s arms.

"Let’s go, it’s time to punish those responsible for his death" I said before leading Christy out.

We all boarded our car and headed for the location, my mind was occupied and I couldn’t describe my emotions at the moment.

It still feels so unbelievable that my grandpa was the evil mastermind all these years.

And Raymond, I didn’t know how to feel about him as we weren’t exactly close.

He was never a good father and his greed for power and wealth made him make several irrational decisions that led to his horrible end.

"Everything will be fine" Christy suddenly held my hand and her warmth immediately wiped away all my worries.

"I’m so sorry for making you go through so much and thank you for believing me" I whispered as I pulled her into my arms.

I would have been more careful if I had known that my grandpa could be so vicious to not even spare an unborn child.

That incident almost made me call off the plan but Mason urged me to continue and Christy, she was also so understanding despite the pain she went through.

As the memories of everything flashed through my mind, I held her tighter and wished I could merge her into my skin.

"I have to thank your mother for keeping Piper and the rest under control" she whispered and I nodded with a smile.

Lauretta has been in touch with Mark and the others, she came up with the plan herself.

She made them believe that she wanted to harm Christy and also gave them money to make it more believable.

That way, we get to monitor their moves and keep them under control.

"Why did you hurt Ashton?" she suddenly asked and I frowned.

"I just wanted him to learn how to keep his hands to himself," I said coldly.

"So you got him beaten up so badly because of jealousy? How come I never realized that you are so sensitive?" she chuckled while smoothening my brows.

"Stop frowning so much, you will become old quickly" she added with a smile and I glared at her.

"Do you have an issue with my age? Am I too old for you now?" I glared at her unhappily.

She rolled her eyes and laughed slightly. I knew she was just trying to distract me from everything that was happening and I couldn’t be more thankful that she was here.

The car suddenly stopped and I looked out to see a row of police cars and trucks. I also noticed that we were at the shore of the biggest river in Country N.

"What did you say? Where is my husband? Why would he be here?" A loud wailing voice came into my ears as soon as I stepped down from the car.

We all looked in the direction of cries and saw Sameen, who was busy crying dramatically with Curtis holding her calmly.

"Raina, they said your father somehow fell into the river, how can he just leave us like this?!" She rushed up to Raina and held her hands while crying pitifully.

"Who told you that he fell into the river?" Raina asked her with a calm expression.

"How else would he be inside the river? Why aren’t you sad? He was your father!" Sameen said angrily when she saw that Raina didn’t look sad or panicked but rather calm and collected.

"Can you stop with the noise and drama, it is irritating" My mother said with a frown and Sameen immediately turned in her direction.

"Lauretta, you must be very happy right? You and your son have finally succeeded in pushing him to a dead end and he had no choice but to end his own life... How can you people be so heartless?" She accused us while pointing her finger at our faces.

"When are you going to drop the Sameen act? How can you be so shameless?!" Raina couldn’t stand her pretense anymore and immediately lashed out.

"Raina, what’s wrong with you? Why are you siding with the people that are responsible for our father’s death?" Curtis immediately questioned her angrily.

"He was my father... Mine not yours!" she yelled and pushed him angrily.

He quickly exchanged a look with Sameen before adjusting his emotions.

"What nonsense are you saying? Have you fed your senses to the dogs?" Sameen glared at her in rage.

I just stood aside with Christy and the others as we watched how they tried to manipulate things in their favor.

"I feel so ashamed that you are my mother, you didn’t even feel anything when you cheated on my father with grandpa... HowHow has father ever mistreated you in all the years of your marriage? He has been nothing but good to you!" Raina snorted angrily.

Sameen froze and her eyes were immediately filled with panic but Curtis quickly held her shoulder and she calmed down.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you accuse our mother of having an affair with grandpa? Father was the one that cheated on her and got your best friend, Celeste, pregnant" Curtis defended angrily.

"You can continue denying it but let me inform you that your precious father, Grandpa, has been arrested. All his crimes have been exposed" Raina said with a smile and Curtis’ expression was one of disbelief.

"He is the patriarch of the Black family, there is no way he can just be arrested!" Sameen yelled angrily.

"Oh, so you are finally admitting that you have an affair with him" Raina laughed and walked to her, she delivered a very hot slap to her mother’s face before anyone could react.

Pah!

"That’s for my trust and playing me as a fool all these years," she said before raising her hand again.

Pah!

Pah!

"These two are for my father, whom you took away from me forever" she said before walking back to hug Gary.

"Mrs Sameen and Mr Curtis, you are both under arrest for the murder of Mr Raymond Black. Whatever you do and say can be used against you in court"

Two officers stepped forward with handcuffs and before Curtis could react, he and his mother had already been handcuffed.