The Consortium’s Heir By Benjamin Jnr Chapter 68
(Reid Mansion)
James Reid, Darius’ grandfather and former head of the Reid consortium was going through some
documents in his study. The documents were a report of how well Darius had been performing as the
new head of the Reid consortium.
Ever since he handed the leadership of the Reid consortium down to Darius, his life had been very
basic. Apart from the asional reports of how thepanies were faring, hepletely detached
himself frompany matters.
He would have not demanded the reports of how thepanies were faring, but he needed to know,
as Darius was merely a student and still new to the business world. Therefore he was d when he
read the reports and saw that Darius was doing incredibly well. There were even increases in the stock
of thepanies.
James sighed. He was indeed d, as it proved that his grandson was just as shrewd as the rest of the
Reid family when it came to business. He sighed again. He was now getting older as he was 72 years
old now. He no longer had the energy to handle a consortium asrge as the Reid consortium.
He was always worried about who would inherit thepany, and which led him to have so many
sleepless nights. Therefore one could imagine his joy when he finally found Darius. He was even
dder that Darius was handling everything perfectly. With what he read from the reports, he didn’t
need to worry anymore.
He was still deep in thought when the door to his study abruptly opened. He jolted out of his reverie
and was about to scold whoever entered for hisck of courtesy, but when he saw the panicked look on
Bruce’s face, he refrained from doing so.
“Mr. Reid! There’s trouble!” Bruce eximed in an equally panicked voice.
James frowned at Bruce’s words. In all the years Bruce started working for him he had never seen him
get so worked up. Even when he lost his son and daughter-inw in a car ident Bruce was still more
composed than this. What could have possibly happened that would make him lose his cool so much?
“What is the problem Bruce? Calm down.” James replied calmly.
“It’s Young master Reid! He’s in trouble!” Bruce answered exasperatedly.
The expression on James’ face changed drastically at Bruce’s words. His grandson was in trouble?
“Lead me to him immediately!” James bellowed immediately; standing up from his chair and rushing out
the door. There was no longer calmness in his strides or demeanor.
“Certainly Mr. Reid!” Bruce replied.
Together the duo walked briskly outside the mansion. There, three silver limited edition Rolls Royce
cars were neatly parked, with enough bodyguards stationed near the cars for security.
Bruce and James entered the Rolls-Royce in the middle, and the bodyguards closed the door before
entering the driver’s seats and drove off, exiting the mansion.
When the car pulled out of thepound, James turned to Bruce and questioned in an rmed tone.
“What exactly happened to my grandson?! What kind of trouble is he in?”
“I got a call from his personal assistant an hour ago. She said Darius was attacked by an unknown
person and is in a critical condition. He was injured so badly and was in a terrible state when he was
found by the security personnel. He was transferred to the hospital immediately, but his injuries are too
severe, and they are not sure how long he can live for.” Bruce exined the situation at a go. 1
He was in Venus city for a personal assignment when he received the call from Erin. As Venus city was
quite the distance from the Reid mansion, he had toe here by Helicopter. By the time he arrived,
an hour had already gone by.
James paled even more at Bruce’s words. His grandson was attacked? And was in critical condition at
that?
The situation with Darius was even more serious than he thought!
“Drive to the hospital as fast as you can!” James eximed, hollering at the driver to increase his
speed.
“Yes sir!” came the driver’s response before stepping on the elerator, increasing the speed. They
were now driving as fast as the Rolls-Royce could go.
On the journey, James kept fidgeting on his seat. He was incredibly worried about the state of his
grandson. Just months after finally finding him, such a tragedy happened. He shook his head at that
thought. No matter what happened he could not allow Darius to die He had to live at all costs!
“What about the attacker? Have you found any information about him?” James asked. There was a
dangerous glint in his eyes. Someone had the audacity and effrontery toy a hand on a member of the
Reid family, and not just any member, but the head of the Reid consortium himself. He could not
overlook such action, especially when the victim was his grandson.
“I’ve ordered our men to look into it Mr. Reid.” Bruce answered. He too was shocked that someone had
the guts to hurt a member of the Reid family.
“Good. Make it quick. I’ve been too low profile nowadays so some people must think that we’re now
easy to deal with.” James said.
Bruce was about to reply when the car came to a stop. At that moment, the driver’s voice echoed in the
car.
“We’ve arrived at the hospital now Mr. Reid.” The bodyguards alighted from the other two Rolls- Royce
and rushed to James’ Rolls-Royce. They aligned themselves neatly in two rows, garnering attention
from the onlookers in the hospital. They then opened the door to the Rolls-Royce, which James and
Bruce alighted from. The onlookers started gossiping at the sight they witnessed. “Who are those
people?” an onlooker asked. “I don’t know, but they must be big shots! Those cars are limited edition
Rolls-Royce, and
there are only five of them in the market. They must be insanely wealthy to afford three of them, and
customized ones at that!” another onlooker replied.
James and Bruce already used to the attention they brought entered the hospital hastily. They walked
straight to the VIP room where Darius was hospitalized. When they got to the entrance to the room, a
lady walked up to them. “Good day Mr. Reid. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Erin said politely. James
looked at thedy with scrutiny. He knew thedy was Erin Chrysalis, Darius personal assistant. Her
white hair was roughly packed into a ponytail, and her eyes had dark circles. It showed that she hadn’t
had a wink of sleep that night and was under extreme pressure.
James nodded to her as a sign as greeting and was about to talk when a middle aged man dressed in
a doctor’s uniforin exited the VIP room Darius was hospitalized.
“Mr. Reid. We’re d to have your presence here.” The doctor greeted. He had already read the
patients information and knew that the old man present was the patient only guardian and grandfather.
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James nodded as a sign of greeting, albeit he did so impatiently. He was not interested in exchanging
pleasantries, and only wished to see his grandson, hence his impatient attitude. “I’m sure you’re
worried about your grandson, so let’s go in now.” The doctor said. James reply had showed him his
stance, therefore he decided to skip further pleasantries and cut straight to the chase.