NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 65.
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Nicklaus halts abruptly when he sees the woman laying on the bed, he stares at her with his mouth slightly open.
“Aunty?!” Nicklaus whispers.
He can’t believe what he is seeing, in fact, he was still finding it hard to believe Mr Lopez is real…alive…and now this!
“Is.. is she alive?” He asked.
Mr Lopez sits on a couch next to the bed, he gestures Nicklaus to sit down too… And he did.
“Alive?”
He inhaled deeply and reached for her hand, he pats it gently.
“I can’t say if she’ll ever wake up, she’s being in a coma since the incident!”
Nicklaus is just gazing at her with a frown, there are so many questions he want to ask?
“I know you’re here to know what really happened then? You have so many questions about the last 13years… ”
Nicklaus nods, Mr Lopez smirks and got up, he walked towards the window… His hands folded behind him as he stares outside the window.
“Go on, ask your questions!” He said.
“I’m confused, why did you and my dad engaged Nina and I when we were just children?”
Mr Lopez smiles, it seems like he was expecting a question like this.
“I never knew the reason, my dad never told me! And do you know who’s behind my father’s death? Why was he killed?” Nicklaus asked.
Mr Lopez stared out the window in a few moment of silence, then he inhaled deeply before speaking.
“The reason we got you and Nina engaged was because.. something happened at Statham enterprise, a very huge amount of money went missing and the finance department couldn’t give account on how the money was spent… ”
Nicklaus frown, he starts wondering why he didn’t know of that.. but he let it go and continue listening to Mr Lopez.. he was just a 15years old teenage boy then.
“…. it caused great confusion among the board of directors, investors started questioning your father.. he’s the CEO after all. Your father managed to replace the missing money with his own personal money.. but it didn’t take long before another huge amount went missing.. this time, the money was too huge, your even if your father wanted to replace it.. he won’t be able to!”
He turned back to Nicklaus, but didn’t move away from the window.. he leaned on it.
“Your father had to take loans from some banks, since the company was going bankrupt.. but the banks turned him down since the amount was so huge… $259,000,000,000!”
Nicklaus nods thoughtfully, it seems he just recalled something.
“I was a shareholder in Statham enterprise but I also own a small company.. I’m wasn’t as rich as your father but I was very ok then… Your father and I were very close friends, we’ve been friends since childhood, since diapers…”
He walked towards a drawer, he takes out a small box and opens it…he takes out a photo and stares at it briefly before handing it to Nicklaus.
Nicklaus takes and stares at it, it’s a photo of his dad and Mr Lopez when they were still very young…teenagers!
“….I couldn’t just sit back and watch the company your father spent so much on, go down the drain… I had to sell my company and give the money to your dad to resolve the crisis…after it was resolved, the other share holders started doubting your father’s leadership… ”
“Doubt my father’s leadership?! He managed the company well, if it was someone else the company would’ve shut down for the money that got missing!”
Mr Lopez nod.
“Yes, but those shareholders weren’t action on their own, someone was influencing them.. they said someone with almost the same percent of shares with father.. should be the CEO since money kept going missing under your father’s watch.. and they already have someone in mind, which was… ”
Mr Lopez trail off and stare at Nicklaus to complete his words, to test his intelligence.
“Benjamin Lane!”
“Correct! At first, your father and I didn’t read much into this.. your father so much love Statham enterprise, after all, it was his company.. he built it from scratch.. your father started looking for more shares to buy but didn’t find any…he was ready to step down for Benjamin but I didn’t want that, Benjamin is greedy and he would destroy the company with his greed!”
Nicklaus scoffed and dropped the photo. *Like father, like daughter!* He thought.
“I was having 40 percent then, Benjamin had 45 percent and your father had 50 percent… so, I came up with the idea to engage you and Nina, then 20% would be given to your father from my 40% and it’ll make your father’s share 70%”
“Yeah, that’s a nice plan!”
“Yes, it was, we succeeded in getting you and Nina engaged.. your father got his 70% but the day your father was supposed to discuss this with the other shareholders… assassins attacked my home, I thought they came for only me so I took some sedatives and fell into a deep sleep.. they thought I was dead and they left but hours later when I woke up, I found my wife in a pool of her blood and my daughter gone!”
Mr Lopez’s eyes are red as he speaks, he blinks repeatedly before he continues speaking again.
“i was still inside my house when I heard Benjamin’s voice, he told the killers to set my house on fire and make sure there were no evidence left… I carried my wife and escaped through the secret tunnel in my house…I wanted to go warn your father about Benjamin but it was too late.. when I got to your home, your father was already killed.. you were laying unconsciously on his blood and Nina…,” He trailed off.
“You saw us, then why didn’t you take us with you?”
“I didn’t have chance, also, if I had took you with me Benjamin would have known I’m still alive.. that’s why before I left, I gave Nina to Denzel’s parents!”
Nicklaus frowns deeply, a thought suddenly comes to his mind.
“I don’t seem to understand something”
“What?”
“Benjamin wanted to be the CEO, why didn’t he become the CEO since he successfully killed my father? Why did he help me secure the position instead?”
Mr Lopez laughed briefly.
“Simple, he wanted you to be his puppet.. he helped you so you would feel indebted to him and do whatever he wants you to do!”
Nicklaus shakes his head.
“It still doesn’t make any sense…”
“Also, he couldn’t be the CEO because your father already gave his 70% to you in his will… which the company’s lawyer already showed to most of the shareholders!”
Nicklaus nods in agreement, now he seems to understand everything.
“But since you’re alive, why don’t you show yourself earlier? Why are you still in hiding?”
“Because I wanted to know if Benjamin is the only one behind everything…and of course he’s got a partner!”
“Who?”
Mr Lopez shakes his head.
“I don’t know yet, the person behind him seem to be someone very close to your father… And Benjamin is a fool, he’s just a pawn in this game but he doesn’t know that… Statham enterprise can never be his!”
Nicklaus groan and rubs his face roughly.
“I thought Benjamin is the only guy I’m fighting, who’s this new bad guy? How can I find him and put an end to all this?”
“I don’t know, only Nina can tell us who he is, she saw him…”
“She saw him?”
“Yes, hold on!”
Mr Lopez checked that box from earlier and takes out a flash drive, he walked towards his laptop and connects the flash.
He turns it to Nicklaus and pressed a few buttons.. then a video starts playing.
They saw a man stabbing Nicklaus’s father, then Nina ran in and challenge him.. soon, Benjamin walked in and exchange a few words with the man stabbing Nicklaus’s father.
They watch how Nina was thrown across the living room, she fell and hits her head on the skirting.. then they rushed out.
Nina weakly lift himself and began to crawl towards Nicklaus’s unconscious body…but very slowly.
It didn’t take long for another man to walk in, but he didn’t face the camera.. only his back could be seen.
Nina seems to be asking him for help, but he kicks Nina’s head and hits it against the wall.. Nina fell unconscious and the man left.
“So.. Benjamin wasn’t the only one, and they dared hurt Nina so much!” Nicklaus growled.
Mr Lopez shuts his laptop and disconnect the flash.
“I’ll kill that Benjamin if I get my hands on him!”
“No, rush… Let’s leave him for now, he’ll lead us to the ringleader!”
“But what if…. ”
“Let’s play with him a little!” Mr Lopez cuts Nicklaus off. “let’s see what trick he have in his sleeves!”
“Benjamin is dangerous, we can’t let him off the hook, let’s deal with him now and deal with his partner later!”
“No, right now, Nina can’t remember too much.. Benjamin can lead us to him”
Nicklaus shake his head in disagreement.
“No, uncle, we should find Benjamin and hand him over to the police for his crimes…we can find his partner later, Nina would remember him if she sees him!”
Mr Lopez thinks about it and nod.
“Fine, but getting Benjamin will be a little bit difficult”
Nicklaus raised an eyebrow.
“He’s always changing his location, it’s not gonna be easy to catch him!”
“Don’t worry about that, his daughter is working in my company… she’ll lead us to him!”
“Ok”
Then silence engulfs them until Mr Lopez broke the silence, he grab Nicklaus’s ear and pulled on it.
“Now you! I’m your future father-in-law.. why are you still calling me uncle? Huh?”
Nicklaus groans and tries to remove Mr Lopez’s hand.
“Uncle, uncle it hurts… ”
“You’re still calling me uncle?!”
Nicklaus shakes his head quickly.
“You’ve fked my daughter and got her pregnant, yet you’re calling me uncle?”
“Dad, dad, dad!”
Mr Lopez laughed and let go of Nicklaus’s ears, Nicklaus rubs his ear gently.
“F**k! That hurts!”
“Mind your language young man, and that serves you right, next time you wouldn’t call me uncle.. your father-in-law is also your dad, got it?”
“Yes, uncle… Dad!”
Mr Lopez nods and pats his back like a proud father, then Nicklaus replayed his words.
“Wait.. you said something about pregnancy?”
“Yes, Nina is pregnant!”
Nicklaus frowned.
“How did you know that?” He asked.
“She came to get some after pills few days ago”
“After pills? What’s that?” Nicklaus asked.
Mr Lopez frowns at Nicklaus’s question, he’s surprised that Nicklaus doesn’t know what after pills mean.
“It’s a kinda of drug that prevents a woman from getting pregnant!” He puts it in a simple way for Nicklaus’s quick understanding.
“A drug that stops women from getting pregnant?!”
Mr Lopez nods.
“But don’t worry, I gave her the wrong pills, I believe she’s already carrying your child now!”
Nicklaus didn’t say a word, he simply smiled and stood up.
“It’s late now and Nina is alone, I should head back now!”
“Ok.. also, about what happened this morning.. please don’t blame Nina for it, she’s just a little girl and she doesn’t think things through… You’re very much older than her, please be her guide.. you can scold her but not too much, just let her know where she was wrong”
Nicklaus nod.
“I’ll see you out!” Mr Lopez said and walks Nicklaus out.
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Matilda’s pov ?
Marc law firm…
I’m the only one left in my department, all my coworkers are gone home.
I stretch my body and turned towards the elevator.. Marcus is still in his office working, he’s been trying to find who leaked Anastasia’s rappe case to the media.
He must be so tired now, I should go get some food for him… I picked my purse and head out.
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“Beef hamburger, please!” I told the waitress.
“Takeout?” She asked.
“Yes!” She nods and leaves.
I take out my phone and decide to call Anastasia to check on her, she picked up after a few ring.
“Hi, Tilda?” She asked in a tired voice.
“Tasia, how are you feeling now?”
“I’m good, just bored!” She replied.
I heard the sound of people talking in the background.
“Where are you?” I asked.
“Home, where can I go now?”
I nod, those people talking must be from the TV.
“Did Mr Statham scold you after we left?”
“No, but he didn’t speak to me either… He’s not home now though!”
“Ok… so, about that apartment you wanted me to find, I found one.. I’ll send you some of the pictures I snap later, you need to make a quick decision.. aunt and Denzel are gonna be leaving the hospital tomorrow!”
I heard her sigh tiredly, I can only imagine her pain right now.. she must be hurting so much.
“Fine, but I hope it’s affordable, you know my situation now… I’m scared to use Klaus’ money!”
“Why are you scared of using his money?”
“Anything can happen to our relationship.. what if he wants me to refund his money?”
I almost laugh at her words.
“Stop those silly thoughts, nothing’s gonna happen to your relationship!”
She didn’t reply but I heard her sigh again… She’s been sighing a lot today.
“Right.. have you seen your period yet? It’s already 6pm.. today is almost gone!”
“I haven’t seen it yet but today’s not gone.. we still have some hours!”
“So… what if.. I’m just assuming, what it you’re truly pregnant.. are you gonna keep the baby or ab©rt it?” I asked.
Because from my observation, Rhoda seem quite happy earlier and I believe Mr Statham would be happy too.
“I’ll ab©rt it!”
“What if Mr Statham wants the baby? What if he found out you abort his child? Have you thought of what would happen?”
“He doesn’t need to find out, I’ll abort the baby immediately I know I’m pregnant and he won’t know I was pregnant!”
Is this girl’s brain working?
“Rhoda already assume you’re pregnant, what if she tells Mr Statham?”
“I’ll just say her assumption was wrong.. besides, I don’t want Klaus to start doubting my child’s paternity!”
Hmm, her last words does makes sense… Now that she’s just raped isn’t the right time to get pregnant.
“Ok, if you say so!”
I heard a bang and a shuffling sound.
“Oh, I have to go, Klaus is back and he doesn’t look too happy!”
“Alright, take care and don’t anger him more.. just coo him!”
“Ok, bye!” The she hangs up.
At that moment, the waitress comes back with my takeout.. I take it and paid her, then I got up and head out.
“Hey! Watch where you’re going!” Someone growled at me.
I gaped at him, he was the one that bumped into me just now.. and now he’s accusing me.
Before I could reply, he’s far gone.. but something falls off his pocket, I bend down and picked it.. it’s a flash drive.
“Hey.. your flash drive fell….” He’s gone.
I dropped it back where I saw it, in case he comes back to look for it.. but I stopped and stared at it.
What if it contains something very important and it falls into the hands of a bad person… I picked it up and throw it in my purse.
I’ll check it later, I can trace the owner from there.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
“What did you do at Dr ghost’s pharmacy?” Klaus asked.
His expression is blank, no smile or frown.. judging from his expression it’s best I speak the truth.
“I went to get some drugs!” I replied.
“Some drugs… for what?”
For what?! What should I say?! How should I answer this question?!
“For headache? Fever?” He looked in my eyes. “Or after pills?!”
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