"That’s because I now own everything that belongs to the Harrison family," he finished.
Michelle couldn’t tell if Jack was playing a prank on her, or if he was serious. But the look in his eyes only showed he was serious with what he’d just said.
"So there you have it little sis, Anastasia is not coming back to take anything. Not in this life or the next one."
"How did you get everything that belongs to the Harrison family in your na? Does father know about this?" She questioned, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
The smirk on Jack’s lips only stretched even more.
"A magician never reveals their secret. And as for Dad knowing...he will soon. But for the anti, he can enjoy his remaining days thinking he’s the head of the house," he responded.
Turning back to his closet, he added, "Selene has no proof against us if she does turn out to be Anastasia, so we are safe. Nothing will go wrong."
’He’s only talking like this because it wasn’t his career which was ruined just recently,’ Michelle thought to herself.
Since Jack wasn’t afraid that Anastasia was indeed Selene, Michelle felt as if she was alone in this battle.
If Anastasia hadn’t been a problem she had to take care of, Michelle would be questioning Jack how he got their father’s properties, but she had better things to do at the mont.
She turned around and exited his room.
**
"What are you doing here?" Tracie questioned Selene as soon as she stepped foot into their mansion. "I thought you said you would never co here again, so what exactly are you doing here?" She added, firing Selene a fierce glare.
Selene sighed, already feeling a weight of tiredness fall on her.
’I forgot she was here,’ she thought to herself.
"I’m here to speak with Father, he said he was ho," Selene replied, searching for Jeffrey, but the living room was empty. "Where is father?" She asked.
Tracie’s lips ford a thin line, refusing to tell Selene where their father was.
"Selene, you are here."
Tracie suddenly heard a voice from behind her. She recognized that voice because it belonged to Jeffrey.
Selene moved past Tracie, who stood rooted on the ground.
"Good morning, Dad," Selene greeted, giving Jeffrey a brief hug.
"Good morning dear. Let’s head over to the garden."
As soon as Jeffrey and Selene turned their backs to Tracie and headed towards the garden, her expression softened, the tension in her features fading away.
"Stop acting like you hate your sister when you know you don’t, Tracie," Nora’s voice cut through the air from behind, startling Tracie and making her jolt.
"I don’t hate her, mother. But I also don’t like her," Tracie said.
A warm smile spread on Nora’s lips as she spatted Tracie’s back gently.
"Selene has been through a lot with her foster family. You heard all that Ezekiel said the other day. She needs a sister who would be by her side, a sister that will love her and cherish her after all she’d been through." Nora said with a long sigh. "You need to stop regretting everything and forget about the past."
Nora gave Tracie a few more pats on the back before she trailed behind Jeffrey and Selene.
"How can I forget about the past when every ti I look at her, I can’t stop blaming myself for her disappearance?" Tracie mumbled with a soft tone.
**
"Before you say anything, I will tell you what I’ve always said, father. I’m not divorcing Xavier," Selene said as soon as she took a seat opposite Jeffrey.
From the corners of her eyes, she could see her mother walking towards them with a smile on her lips. Selene scooted over to make an extra space for Nora.
"Selene..."
"I want to know everything, father. Xavier had already told how I disappeared years ago, but felt that the family feud between you and his father should be told by you since you were the one that got hurt the most," she interrupted.
Jeffrey and Nora shared a look, and she nodded for him to go on.
"A year after you disappeared, Thomas ca to , asking for help. He wanted to borrow my n to fight a mafia boss since he believed there was a mole in his clan," said Jeffrey.
"I think I have a mole in my clan. Soone must have tipped Bruce I wanted to take over his clan. Now, he sent one of my n back, his head was cut off with a small letter covered in blood sitting at my front door. I’m screwed, Jeffrey," Thomas cried to Jeffrey.
"Bruce was a mafia gang leader who terrified other mafia gang leaders who didn’t have as much power as him. Despite being from such a wealthy family as the Wallace family, Thomas was a greedy person," Jeffrey said as he stared at Selene. "He wanted everything, including Bruce’s gang."
Selene stared at him, completely baffled by Thomas Wallace, her father-in-law had a character trait called greed.
"Out of kindness, I lent him my n, but when he was caught, he pinned the bla on ."
Jeffrey glared at the image displayed on his television. It was a video of Thomas looking battered and beaten up, covered with his blood.
"Jeffrey was the one who asked to attack Bruce and his gang with his n. Since we shared a good friendship, I wanted to help my friend. But unfortunately, I didn’t succeed. This is all Jeff’s fault. I only wanted to help him, but I only got in trouble."
A man who seed to be in his mid-thirties ca out and stood behind Thomas as the latter continued to spew lies against his friend, blaming him for his condition. His hair was dyed red, tattoos staining his muscly arms and neck.
"Since you wanted war, Jeff, I will give you war," Bruce said, a smirk stretching on his lips.
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