Today's the day and we see everyone in the court room getting ready for the judge to come out. Peter and his lawyer was sitting down at the front to the left while Claire and her lawyer was at the front to the right and they were discussing with one of their own lawyers. And the court door opened and Daniel and his wife and child step in. Daniel walk towards Peter and his lawyer while his wife and kids went to sit down close at the back of Peter chairs.

"My friend" Daniel said with open arms and Peter looked up and saw Daniel and he stood up and hugged him

"How have you been Dan?" Peter asked and Daniel smiled

"Okay" Daniel said "And I just want you to know that I don't believe you killed Maxwell" Daniel said and Peter just sighed

"I just wish that Claire would believe as well" Peter said

"Claire?  Oh I remember her she's Maxwell daughter. Where is she?" Daniel asked and Peter pointed to the his right and Daniel looked and saw Claire and when he was just about to speak

"Court arise" a person said as the judge step out from a door in the court room. Everyone stood and the judge sat on his sit and said

"Let the case begin" The judge said and everyone sat down.

'Hope the plan is working out for them' Peter thought.

"We're here" Gerald said parking his car where it wouldn't be noticeable by the men at the abandoned Asylum.
     The trio step out of the car and shut the door silently. They walked slowly as they move closer to the building.

"Hold up" Gerald said and they all stopped. Gerald peeked and saw three men not too far from their hiding spot and he got an idea.

"The only way We're gonna go inside is to sneak behind those three men and take their clothes" Gerald explained and Patrick and Issac nodded. They slowly move closer to the three men and snuck behind them covering their mouths with handkerchief which was deep in powder when inhaled can make someone fall unconscious for a long time.

"Let's go" Gerald said and they walked through the gates and inside the compound. They looked around and saw no man around, meaning they must all be inside. So they walked towards the door and Patrick opened it. And they stepped in

"What are the three of you doing inside?" A man asked

'This must be the boss' they thought

"We're tired of standing outside boss. Our feet hurt and there's no way someone is gonna come here" Issac said and the boss thought about it before he nodded

"Okay. I suppose" the boss said and the trio nodded. So they went to sit down. The trio looked around and noticed that they was about four men plus the boss which makes it five. Gerald tapped Issac on his lap and Issac nodded.

"Hey I've got beer here. Anyone wanna drink" Issac said bringing beer out of his bag

"I don't remember you carrying a bag here Vincent" The boss said to Issac looking at him suspiciously

"Well I went home to get it. Sorry I didn't tell you about it boss" Issac said

"Okay. Now hand me a beer" The boss said smiling and Issac hands him while Gerald and Patrick looked at the  five people who was being handed a beer and they both remembered what they put in it.

  Flash back

"You've got it right?" Gerald asked and Issac opened his bag to show ten bottles of beer "What about the drug?" Gerald asked and Patrick smiled and jingled the medicine.

Flash back ends

Gerald smiled as he sees the five men eyes closing and when the five men finally feel asleep, they sighed in relief and smiled to one another

"Okay. Let's go find those kids" Gerald said and Patrick and Issac nodded. They stood up and walked deeper into the hall, listening for sounds at every door they passed. They didn't hear any noise until they got to the last door. They put their ears on the door and heard men laughing and a girl crying for "Leave him alone" They heard the girl said and Gerald nodded at Patrick and Patrick brought out a smoke bomb, only this time, smoke wasn't in it, it was sleeping gas. Patrick nodded and Gerald opened the door and as he did, he saw the girl at his right side and the boy underneath one of the mans shoe

"Hey what the fuck?" One of the men said and Patrick opened the gas bomb and dropped it. "What the fuck?" One of the men yell.  Patrick and Gerald rushed over to the two kids and picked them up and ran out of the door and Issac shut the door and used a wood to lock the door so that the men won't  be able to come out. The trio ran out of the building and outside the gate towards their car. They slipped the sleeping kids inside and entered as well. They drove from the place towards their house

"Well that was easy" Issac said grinning

"It was easy. I was hoping for a challenge" Patrick said sighing disappointedly. And Gerald just chuckled.

"I just hoped everything would go as plan at the court" Gerald said and both Issac and Patrick nodded in agreement

"So where were you at 9:30 that very day on the incident?" Claire's lawyer, Mr Anthony asked looking at Peter

"I was at work sorting some papers out" Peter answered

"Okay did you make any call of what so ever" Anthony asked

"Yes I did" Peter answered.

"Who did you call?"

"Daniel Richard" Peter answered and everyone turned to look at him

"If that's the case I call Daniel Richard to the court" Anthony said.

"At exactly what time did Mr Peter call you?" Anthony asked

"Around 9:40"

"And what were you doing at that time?"

"I just finished making a call and was about to sleep"

"Who did you call?" Anthony asked

"And why are you asking me that?" Daniel asked

"Because it is essential for the case" Anthony said

"I was calling my secretary" Daniel lied

'His secretary?'Daniel wife, Princess thought 'that day he wasn't calling his secretary, he called a person named Mario' Princess thought "Hold up" Princess said out loud making everyone looked at her "Daniel you didn't call your secretary that night" Princess said and everyone gasp except some certain people.

"What do you mean by that?" Anthony asked

"He wasn't calling his secretary. He called a guy named Mario asking him if the job was done" Princess said and Anthony turned towards Daniel

"What job?" Anthony asked and as Daniel was about to say something, the main door opened and Mario walked in and Daniel stares at Mario with widen eyes. Everyone whispered, wondering who he could be. The judge, having enough with the noise, hit his wooden harmer on his desk (Don't know what those things called) and everyone kept quiet and looked at Mario who stood before the judge

"Who might you be?" Anthony asked and Mario looked at him and then at Daniel

"The man who was sent to kill  Maxwell and his wife and son" Mario said and everyone eyes widen

"Please do not be afraid. I carry no weapons with me. I've only come here to tell you who ordered me to kill them" Mario said

"Kill them?  Isn't Peter the culprit?" Anthony asked and Mario chuckled

"No he's not" Claire said and all eyes turned to look at her "Daniel Richard is the real culprit" Claire said

"What?!  How dare you accuse me falsely" Daniel shouted

"Quiet Mr Richard" the judge shushed Daniel "Continue what you were saying Miss Claire" the judge said to Claire

"Yes sir" Claire said "but I'll let Mario explained everything to everyone" Claire said and nodded to Mario

"Well it all started when I lost my job"

Twenty Minutes Later.

"That's a bloody lie" Daniel shouted snapping everyone from their shook except Claire, Harrison and Peter.

"Daniel why would you do that?" Princess shouted and Daniel looked at her

"I did nothing of such dear" Daniel lied.

"Is that so?" Claire asked and Mario looked at "If you say it's a lie then how about we play a little video" Claire said and Harrison brought out a palm top and a small speaker and walked over to the judge to the judge and place it in front of him and connected the palmtop to the speaker and pressed play.

"Such touching moment. Not. Take the kids away" everyone heard Daniel voice

'Don't tell me'. Daniel thought with fear in his eyes
 

"Don't take my kids away"

"Oh don't worry, you'll sew them soon enough. When Peter Simon is in Prison and you've killed everyone in the Simon family including that blond girl" Daniel voice said

"What?!!!" Everyone in the court shouted

"What??  That's wasn't the deal"

"Yeah I know"

"What happened to you Daniel?" Marion asked

"I changed when that Peter stole my woman away from me. You know what you can kill the rest but leave Lisa, so that when she has no one to run to, she'll come find me. Daniel Richard, the richest man in the world"

And Harrison stopped the video "I think that's enough evidence" Harrison said and walked to his sit.

"What did you have to say about this Daniel Richard?" Anthony asked and Daniel couldn't speak. He just looked away in shame. 'Then that does it your honor" Anthony said and bowed and walked to his sit.

"Then it is settled. I here by sentenced Daniel Richard to I year in prison before death by electricity" the judge said and everyone stood up and as he was about to hit the desk, Daniel stated laughing

"You got me but you didn't save your kids" Daniel said and Mario laughed

"And who told you that?" Mario asked and Claire put her phone in loud speaker

"Game over bitch. We got Mario's son and daughter right here" Patrick said and Claire hang up

"What? How did you?" Daniel asked

"Simple. Mario's ear rings" Claire said and touched Mario's ear ring and Daniel just look at them with shock

"Case close" the judge said and hit the desk. And so the police rushed over to Daniel and handcuffed his hands and took him

"How could you Daniel?" Princess said and Daniel turned to look at her

"Shut the fuck up bitch. It's a good thing I never loved you cause you a whore" Daniel said and Princess slapped him which shocked Daniel. He turned to look at Princess and saw that she was crying but anger was in her eyes.

"Then I hope you'll rot in jail. Take him away officers" Princess said and the police did do. Princess sat there and cried into her hands. She looked up when she noticed someone hands on her shoulder, and saw the girl that her family was killed by her husband

"Sorry about what my husband did you" Princess apologized and Claire smiled

"Don't worry about it. Take your child home. He needs rest" Claire said and Princess turned to look at her 5 year old son who was asleep on the wooden chair. She looked at Claire and nodded before she stood up and lift her child up and carried her bags

"Thank you" Princess said and walked away.

"You really are a nice person ya know" Anthony said and Claire turned to look at him and she smiled

"Thank you" she said and Anthony brought out a piece of paper as him, Claire, Peter, Mario and Harrison step out of the court room.

"You're father said I should give this to you when you're ready" Anthony said and handed the letter to her.

"He left you a huge amount of Money and his company" Anthony said as  Claire read it. She looked at Anthony and asked

"How am I supposed to run the company?  I know nothing about it" Claire said feeling sad.

"Don't worry about it. I'm your father lawyer but I'm also his other self when it comes to knowing everything about the company and his rules" Anthony said

"Then you'll teach me right?" Claire said with hopeful eyes and Anthony smiled and nod his head. Claire smiled and hug Anthony which shocked the man but he hugged back.

"Thanks" Claire said

"No problem" Anthony said

"Dad!!  Claire!!" They heard someone shout and the five people turned to look at the voice and saw their love ones.

"Michael. Treasure" Mario said and run towards his kids and engulfed them in a hug.

"Daddy/Peter" Lisa and Tory said as they hug Peter making him laugh in joy.

"Gerald" Harrison said and hugged his boyfriend "Thank God you're okay" Harrison said with a sigh of relief as he looked at his boyfriend face and then he pecked his lips.

"Claire" Patrick said holding Claire's face in his palm making her lips pout. Claire held Patrick hand looking at him. Patrick bent over and he kissed Claire and this time, he didn't let her lips go, he kept kissing it and sucking on it until Claire kissed back.

"They do know we're here right?" Bella asked and they all laughed.

"Papa, we've missed you" Michael said

"I missed you too. I hope you will forgive me for what I put both of you through" Mario said with tears in his eye

"We have papa. We have" Treasure said and Mario looked at his kids and tears fell from his eye and he hugged them and they hugged back while laughing and crying.

So I guess the novel is finally over. 😭😭😭😭😭 I'll miss it so much!!!
  To be honest, this is not how I wanted the last chapter to be but I'm tired right now, so you could say I wrote this with sleepy eyes. But I hope you guys like it just as I do.

Lucy Cherry 🍒 out✌