Chapter 14

Mr. Alfred was at a loss for words, never in his life had he ever imagined that the wife he had dirtied his hands to please had betrayed him this badly, "Gladys tell me, is he saying the truth?" Anita's mom didn't know where to hide her head in shame now, she thought her darkest secret was safe, she made sure to eliminate everyone that could ever sell her out or expose her but now, the truth was finally out. She was startled when her husband asked her about the truth and she wanted to deny it but Vincent spoke again.

"Just from the look on her face I can already tell that she is about to say a lie but don't worry, I've got you covered, here is all the evidence you need". one of the guards immediately dropped down the pictures and everyone could see Gladys from them. several pictures were now spread on the floor, from how they began their relationship till when she murdered her lover, no one could understand how Vincent got these pictures because they were from a long time ago and he was barely an infant by then.

The look on Mr. Alfred's face was a combination of horror, shock, pain, and something else that one couldn't decipher.

He was already old and weak, and all he wanted was a peaceful life, but he started feeling like karma had just cut up with him, his fist was ready to punch his wife, and when everyone realized what was happening, one of the guards was about to hold him but Vincent stopped the guard from interfering.

Mr. Alfred raised up his clenched fist and punched his wife directly in her jaw before he realized what he was doing, his wife shrieked in pain and fell to the floor as blood started oozing out of her mouth, she began to cry and she begged him to stop.

"Alfred you are hurting me, please stop, I did it for us, I'm sorry, please".

The expression on Vincent's face was priceless at this moment, he seemed to be enjoying the whole show and didn't want it to end.

Mr Alfred's anger soon faded away and he was now filled with shame. he sat down and covered his face and remained silent.

He had never hit his wife before, but now he just punched his wife in the face, Infront of so many people because of anger.

He loved his wife so much, he risked all and committed many crimes just to please her, he thought he was smart but his wife had played him, he was hurt.

Only Gladys's sobs could be heard in the quiet room and Vince was getting bored.

"None of you here is innocent and that's why my conscience will never hurt even if I killed your whole generation, the crimes you have committed, caused the lives of people in one way or the other. and these old fools calling themselves parents, y'all should be ashamed of yourselves for raising such toxic children, you all are big failures. I'll start with this family of losers on my left.

Mr. Alfred, remember when you got a letter of sack a few years ago? that was me. your greedy and promiscuous wife here turned a hardworking man like you who had earned so many promotions to become a cold-blooded murderer and thief. it seemed my dad wasn't doing a very good job looking after his subsidiary companies. The reason I achieved so much in just a few years working as the CEO of Metaverse is that I take charge of everything myself, with thousands of companies under Metaverse worldwide, I assign effective, trustworthy, and consistent leaders, and my spies are positioned in every angle, just in my second year as CEO, I fired you, everything would have gone bankrupt, I had to finance it from the start, you didn't pay workers, one thing I hate, innocent people working desperately, yet earning nothing. you went as far as murdering people to cover up for your crimes, the sack letter you received was not up to half of the punishment you deserved, so you see?? my grudge against you was personal. I have tried avoiding you all these years even though I know all the things you've been up to, but it seems fate just discovered your punishment wasn't enough". Vincent said to Mr. Alfred.

The man had been very furious when he got fired, but he had no idea about Vincent who sacked him, he vowed to one day have his revenge but it seems he wasn't the only one with mischievous plans against people.

After losing his job as a manager in one of Metaverse's subsidiary oil companies, he didn't try to amend his ways, his wife kept pushing him until his evil deeds were numerous and he was beyond recognition.

"And I don't even need to talk about your wife, she pushed you to this level and raised up a prostitute for a daughter, who was not only lazy but as evil and cheap as her mother and as cunning as both her fathers combined" Vincent continued to speak, with an evil glint on his face. he knew the wreck he was causing anytime he mentioned this issue.

Vincent went over to the Bright's family. "This man over here thinks he rules the world because of some weak connection with the military, your son is not even a general or commander, he is just a mere soldier, you think I don't know the rumors you spread around to your illiterate folks, everyone thinks your son is the head of the military, how funny!. What I don't understand is how they all fail to reason out your condition, the parents of a great authority in the military are under the protection of the state, they live lavishly and lack nothing, but your family is made up of a bunch of clowns with a cunning facade struggling to live above their status, the earlier you realize your place in the society, the better for you. Your daughter made a mess of herself and instead of reprimanding her, you made a big deal out of nothing! bringing all the blame and false evidence on my sister wasn't the only thing you could do to protect your daughter, but no! You decided to put the life of my beloved sister at risk, after all she did for your household. Juliet here who thinks she is the only social media influencer started the spread of the rumor. and you, her husband, paid bloggers to spread the news, by the time I'm done with all of you, you won't even know how to use a phone!." Vincent snapped.

He had spoken today more than all the times he spoke outside combined, he was getting tired and more annoyed, he clenched his fist as he tried to stop himself from brutally beating all these people to death.

He was done with the talking and now was time for action.

"shadow, organize your men to bring in all the tools we would be needing now. I'll just sit here and watch while you step in", he said.

some guards immediately went out to bring some pieces of equipment while others just took out the ones that were already in the room and kept them on the floor, the captives were horrified as they saw all the torture weapons, they were all wondering whether they would leave here in one piece.

Some guards soon brought in six electrocuted chairs and forced the girls and their parents to sit on them.

The guards brought in all they needed and Shadow finally felt free as his boss had just given him the liberty to do as he pleased, the first thing he did was look over at Anita who had been lousy from the very day she was brought in, he had always wanted to cut off her tongue, he moved over to her and pulled her hair that was all dirty and looked like a bird's nest.

"Get your hands off me you sick low life psycho" Anita screamed, he was pulling her hair and the pain was becoming unbearable. when she discovered that her arrogance couldn't make her leave this place she tried to seduce this man who looked like he was the one controlling the whole place but he had acted like a eunuch, he didn't even react to her seduction, he just looked at her disgustedly and left. Anita figured out that they were giving them some sort of special treatment here, though they weren't well fed, their torture wasn't as bad as the others, and they heard repeated screams every day but no one had abused them so far.

She was now confident that they will let them go either by ransom or by whatever means, she still had no idea why they had kidnapped them at that time.

Unbeknownst to her, Vincent had personally instructed his men to give them special treatment, they were his guest on behalf of his sister and whole family, so he wanted them to be strong enough when he was ready.