Chapter 33 - Take them out one by one.
Marc realized how much she cherished her daughter even though she didn''t make it seem that way.
De was hardworking and dedicated. De took care of her when everyone of her friends had
abandoned her. De took care of her when she was going through her drug abuse phase. This was
her daughter, Marc thought, she wanted De in her life moreover...?she was in danger.
the person she?called?father was the devil.
Marc thought she was living a lie, she had her happy family. A sessful caring husband and a son.
Many times she told them she didn''t have family, they all abandoned her when she came to chase her
American dream. Marc wanted to protect her daughter and grandson. She certainly couldn''t do it
alone so she had to let someone in even if she immensely distasted that person.
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Andre''s assistant had told him that a women had been requesting an appointment off his busy
schedule. She had even went as far asing in everyday, she was bing very persistent. Andre
regretted his decision of allowing the woman in when he saw his ex-mother inw walking in. She had
her head raised high with pride, the whole scene made Andre every ufortable because all they
ever did in the past was bicker and quarrel.
"Marc.." Andre let out in aposed tone. "How may I help you ?"
"Wipe the smile off your face because I wouldn''t be here if it wasn''t for my daughter." Marc sat down
on the vacant seat opposite his mahogany desk. This made Andre chuckle at how petty she was and
had always been.
"Some parents De has." Andre sighed under his breath. "So your daughter is aware that you''re here
?" Andre finally voiced out in a serious tone.
"Is De my nanny ?" Marc bit back. Andre shook his head not surprised at her verbal diarrhea.
Despite Andre being the person who paid for Marc''s rehabilitation centre and all the other needs, he
just expected her to be a tad bit grateful but boy was he wrong. It didn''t bother him much because he
did all that for Ad.
"Why are you here, Marc ?" He shruggedying back in hisfortable office chair. Marc shook
her now ck hair tinted with bits of red on the edges.
"De, no other reason. I''m here for my daughter." She said in a low voice. Her arrogant Fa?ade,
dropping in a moment of agony.
"De looks like she is doing well without you....without me." Andre muttered a small smile on his lips
almost fading.
"She has always been strong but I''m afraid she doesn''t know-" Marc sighed. "I''m afraid she doesn''t
know who she is letting into her life. De is desperate for love that she is looking for it in the wrong
ces."
This made Andre raise an eyebrow.
"What do you mean, Marc?" Andre leaned over the desk paying much more attention to what was
being said.
"Garreth is the root of all evil." Marc sighed bitterly. Her eyes shed with sadness, tears appearing
at the bottom. This made Andre much more attentive because Marc was never one to be emotional
about anything or anyone. He waited for her to speak...
"He just appeared out of nowhere and wants to take my baby girl away. De is my daughter, i love her
so much. I don''t know what I ever did to deserve a daughter like her and I just want to see her happy. I
hate having to distance myself from her but-" She lowered her head. "I''m embarrassed Andre, I''m
embarrassed!" Andre immediately handed her a box napkins as she was beginning to tear up.
"I''m a useless excuse for a mother Andre. Sometimes I look at the things that I do for my son and
remember that never in my life did I do that for De. It hurts me so much that I have treated her badly
because of that man. The bitterness I have in my heart." She let out carefully removing the tears below
her eyes not wanting to mess up her make up.
"She loves you regardless." Andre muttered giving her an assuring smile.
"I have wronged her in so many ways and one thing I will never forgive myself for..." She paused as if a
bridge of tears had been broken. "How I turned her away, when she was pregnant and needed my
help. She had absolutely no where to go and came to my door and I turned my back on her." Marc
burst into tears.
"That is partly my fault for even kicking her out in that manor." Andre racked through his blonde hair.
"That-" She paused. "That is why I can''t even look at my grandson. I pretend as if I don''t want to
acknowledge him because I failed in the first moments when they actually needed me. I pretend as if I
don''t care but the truth is that night after I turned her away. I was worried sick... Worried about her
wellbeing, out there alone and scared. I was worried for the baby she was carrying. I was disappointed,
i yelled at her for getting pregnant and told her to abort it. I''m gold she didn''t listen to me because I
failed as a mother... what do I know ?" She said turning on the waterworks. "Now she is happy, they are
both happy." She said hurt in her voice. "Happy with that devil."
"You should be telling her all this, Marc. If there''s anything De ever wants to hear is this." Andre
said softly.
"I have been reced, my love is no longer needed or valid because she now has her long lost father
who does absolutely everything for her." Marc added.
"De may have Garreth her father but she will always love you and need you. It''s ridiculous to think
you have been reced, you are her mother."
"That''s why I''m here, i need you help." She said avoiding eye contact with him. Her pride wasn''t letting
her.
"My help ?" Andre furrowed his eyebrows.
"You were my daughter''s first love and you''re the father of her child. I believe she will always have a
soft spot for you than any other person. You helped her throughout most of her difficult moments and
you were there for her." She paused now focusing her attention on the grey carpet thatplimented
the whole interior design in his office. "Even though you broke her, the way you did. I know you''re the
only person who can fix her again."
silence absorbed the?moment.
The air conditioner was the only sound that absorbed them until, Andre finally spoke.
"She?doesn''t?need me anymore."
He said the smile falling from his lips. "I know her better than anyone. She need some to know that
Garreth is not who he says he is and we are the only people who can do that.
"Then who is Garreth ?" Andre questioned. This was something he had been asking himself for quite
some time now. Marc then proceeded to tell him all she knew from their past and the present
meeting she had with him when he turned into a psychopath. Andre listened attentively after Marc
had made him promise that he wouldn''t do anything stupid such as marching up to him. Andre grew
angry as he absorbed the information he was being told. He need to protect his family from the
deranged psycho that he is but it hurt him to know that De would be the only person hurt. She had
already received her share of disappointment and it seems the train just kept on going and going.
When?would?she be?finally?happy ?
"That''s why I need him as far away from my daughter and my grandson and I''m well aware you care
about them as much as i do." Marc concluded.
"So you said the young man who calmed Garreth down went by the name of Spencer?" Andre
questioned finally putting the dots together.
"Yes, this Spencer guy called Garreth''s doctor right in front of me. He then warned me to stay away
from Garreth and never ever call Garreth by his real name."
"De is ying family with a monster. Both my son and De are in danger." Andre panicked.
"We need to keep a proper eye on them." Marc added.
"Do you know thest name of this Spencer guy ?" Andre questioned immediately grabbing hisndline
office telephone.
"Not at all." Marc replied.
"Norah, please request footage of every single meeting I have had with Spencer Hurst-" He demanded
over the telephone.
"Yes, right now."
"Make it snappy." He hang up.
"We recently had a new contact with one of Garrethpanies. They happened to be one of our
clients and investors. Their representation is Spencer Hurst, i assumed Garreth handled his own
businesses but he is the one we have been having contact with." Andre facepalmed everything
immediately starting to be crystal clear.
"I told you Garreth is not as dumb as he seems and all I can tell you is that even wants to take revenge
for whatever you did to De." Marc said appalled by everything that wasing to light.
"What should I do ? do I pull out from this business venture which could leave our family business
bankrupt ? do I tell my father ? do I confront Garreth ? do I report it to the police ?" He sighed looking at
the clock at the corner of the room that seemed to give him jitters everytime it moved.
"Do not call the police! we will figure this out. You cannot tell anyone Andre, not even your father. Don''t
make any stray move ? they will know that you know. Continue acting oblivious and I will help you, no
one knows Garreth the way I do." Marc said assuredly.
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"We will take them down one by one." Marc said a hint of conviction in her voice. Andre was still
trying to process what had just urred.
One thing he knew for?sure?was, he was going?to take?care of the two most?important?people?in his
life.