CHAPTER 123
Chapter 123: Anniversary Just as Grey opened his mouth to say something, something dropped from above, a smoking device, and soon, everywhere was getting filled with smoke.
Grey took the opportunity to rush at the man still pointing the gun at Richard and about to shoot.
He hit him by the hand, then squeezed it hard so that the gun would drop from his hand.
Soon, the smoke was increasing and it was getting difficult to see anything from afar.
Grey knew the side that Lan was on.
So, he followed his instinct and found him.
Richard was beside him already, straining to see in the smoke.
Fire came down suddenly, and Grey heard Don's voice, calling out to him.
Instead, he looked at Richard.
“Take him.
I'm going to look for Naomi," he muttered and went towards the door by the right.
He saw Naomi on the bed, looking unconscious as well.
She was only in her underwear and he wondered what they had done to her as well.
A man came out of the bathroom, clad in only trousers but he was without a gun.
Grey pointed the gun at him and this frightened the other man.
Grey observed him for a moment, wondering where he was supposed to target.
Well, Grey was too young and maybe his father died too soon but he never taught him how to handle a gun. This is the property of Nô-velDrama.Org.
The only thing his father focused on was martial arts.
Grey pulled the trigger for the first time.
The bullet disappointedly went through the wall behind the man.
The man let out a smile.
"You can't shoot," he was so happy as if he'd won a lottery.
Grey scoffed.
"I don't need a fucking gun to finish you off," and he threw the gun away.
The man, seeing this as an opportunity launched an attack at Grey but he caught him so quickly and punched him by his jaw.
The man sauntered back for a moment and soon launched another punch at Grey’s face.
Grey dodged it and gave him its own, sending him reeling backward and spitting blood.
Grey moved closer to him quickly before he would stand and held him by the neck while punching him so hard with punches fueled with anger.
When he dropped him, he was stained with his blood and barely moving.
Grey spat on him angrily before he moved to Naomi.
By now, the shooting had stopped.
He checked her breathing and was pleased to find out that she was still alive.
Finally, he fulfilled his promise.
Grey scooped Naomi up and rushed towards the door.
Don showed up suddenly, with eyes wide with shock.
"Take her!" He yelled the order and one of the men moved closer to take Naomi from Grey.
When Grey and the rest walked out, Gregory was waiting for them.
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“Damn, Grey.
You shouldn’t have entered,” Alfred scolded.
Grey smiled." I had to and I don't regret it.
But anyways, I didn't lose any of my men today, thanks to you and the elders.” Gregory smiled and looked at Grey." Hercules has finally shown what it takes to be our leader.
I've always been scared that a coward would be our leader.
A cowardly leader means the fall of the group," he explained, with a bright smile on his face.
Charles hurried towards them." Grey, are you alright?" Grey regarded him for a moment.
He didn’t know that Charles would show up.
In fact, he didn't want to have anything to do with him, just yet.
Grey nodded briefly.
“I’m fine.
Where’s Audrey?”
“Dead, we killed him.
He knows too much already,” Charles responded.
Grey nodded.
“We should leave then,” he turned to Don.
"Get Naomi and Lan to the hospital quickly," he ordered.
Don took a short bow.
"Yes, Boss," and he hurried to the car where Naomi and Lan were already.
“Where are the other elders?” Charles asked suddenly.
“Everyone went home.
We will see when Aphrodite comes back as we've decided on the other time,” Gregory responded.
Alfred looked at Grey." I will take you since you didn’t bring your car.
Also, you need to change your suit.
I can arrange that for you," he assured as he led Grey to his car Grey let out a sigh and eventually entered the car.
He was happy that none of his men died.
It would have been sorrowful for him.
When Alfred took a turn, Grey realized that it wasn't the way to work or to Alfred’s house.
“Where are we going?” He asked, with raised brows.
Alfred let out a sigh.” It’s her anniversary.
I knew you wouldn't remember," he said softly, though the sad tone laced his voice.
Grey was still confused.
“Who?” Alfred glanced at him.
“Your mother.
It's her anniversary and I'm driving you over to her tombstone,” he revealed.
Grey felt pain crash at him, wall of it.
"I couldn't buy a flower," he whispered with a shaky voice.
LU Alfred nodded once." I have them in the car.
I knew you would want them so I got some for you,” he explained.
Grey smiled gratitude at him." Thank you so much," he felt moved to tears.
He didn't know that Alfred would remember his mother's death anniversary.
“What killed her?” Grey wondered aloud.
Alfred took a turn.
"She died, naturally but your father suspected more of it.
Though, your father didn't allow autopsy." Grey regarded him for a moment.” Why? Is there a reason to think like that?” Alfred nodded once.
"One of her maids disappeared the night that she died.
This was why your father refused to show you to the world.
He was scared of losing you.
And well, he didn't what your mother to go through the process of autopsy so he skipped it," he expressed.
Grey watched him for a moment and remembered the fact that he was hiding something from him.
"He planned to show you to the world when you were of age but unfortunately, that day didn’t come,” his voice dropped to near a whisper." If only he didn't have the accident_," he trailed off as he pulled up suddenly by the roadside.
“We are here,” he announced sadly.
"My father didn't die because of the accident," he started suddenly.
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Alfred wiped his face towards Grey, confused.