Chapter 33


    Soon, Richard appeared right before the Caldwell''s mansion. Instead of entering to bring the kids over,


    he turned to Derrick and Alessio who had been trailing after him..


    "You can''t still have the kids," he said confidently.


    "Why not?" Derrick asked, "we can go to three more Hospitals to have the test done. The children are


    not yours."


    "Of course they are not mine. I even hate those silly kids but that doesn''t mean I''ll let you have them.


    You have no right to take them away from me. Let their mome over herself to im them."


    "I promised Katherine to bring her sons over," Derrick said.


    "And who are you to her to make that promise to her? Under thew, you have no right. Plus are you


    so less busy that you have no work to do? Since when did the god of war start meddling into some


    unimportant issues. Are you aware that Aurora Ind is threatening our country with war. You should


    be working hard in that military base but here you are involving yourself in some petty issues. How


    shameful," Richard insulted.


    Derrick was quiet for a few seconds then said, "I guess you leave me no option but to be hard on you."


    Richard scoffed, "why don''t you look at your back and see what will lead to your end?"


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    Derrick and Alessio turned and saw hundreds of burly men with dangerous weapons jumping down


    from the lorries they brought, the one who seemed to be the leader of the thugs walked over and said


    to Richard, "are these the two men bullying you?"


    "Yes, beat them to death," Richardmanded.


    The head of the gang looked at Derrick and Alessio and smirked, "how dare you bully Mr. Richard? Did


    you not know whom Mr. Richard is?" He had his sharp machete resting across his shoulder.


    "This is the god of war, are you aware?" Alessio asked the head of the gang. He looked surprised and


    looked at Richard, "is he?"


    "And so what? If you beat him and his assistant to death here, who will know?" Richard said.


    The head of the gang immediately sent a resounding p across Richard''s shoulder, "are you out of


    your mind? The god of war risked his life in battle for three and a half years just so we can live


    peacefully, how dare you be rude to him?"


    The head of the gang immediately kowtowed before Derrick and apologized, "we have no idea you


    were the god of wae, sir. Please forgive us." The rest of the gangs immediately kowtowed as well.


    Derrick hummed and said to Richard, "for thest time, bring Katherine''s sons over."


    The head of the gang stood at once and punched Richard in the nose, "I''ll beat you to death if you dare


    to disobey the god of war."


    Richard''s nose immediately began to bleed, he knew the head of the gang was serious about his threat


    so he rushed inside to bring in the kids over.


    Once Mark and Michael saw Derrick, their face beamed with happiness, "are you taking us to our


    mom?" Michael asked.


    "Yes." Derrick answered and lead the kids over to the car. The kids sat at the backseat as Alessio


    drove back to the military base.


    "We don''t ever want to go back to that ce again," Michael said. "Please."


    "You are not going back there." Derrick answered calmly.


    The kids trusted him and rxed back to the chair, when the car entered the military base and started


    to approach the military building, Mark asked, "is mom fine?"


    "She is." Derrick answered.


    The kids remained quiet until the car eventually pulled over at the mansion. The kids stepped down and


    rushed inside. Once Katherine saw them, he hugged them tightly.


    "That man is not your father, I''m sorry for letting him take you away," Katherine bursted out.


    "It''s okay, mom." Mark said, "he didn''t beat us neither was he harsh on us. He doesn''t even have our


    time."


    Marie appeared at this time and on seeing her brothers, she rushed towards them happily and hugged


    them each. "Michael, Mark, I missed you so much."


    "Same here little sister," Michael said.


    "I''m not your ''little sister.''" Marie said and the two boys chuckled. "Hope you are fine, Marie?* Michael


    asked.


    "I fell sick cause that man took you away," Marie said and pouted her lips.


    "Oh so sorry, "Mark said and held her arms, "get better quickly now, okay?"


    Marie nodded happily.


    Whereas, Derrick stood by a side of the room watching the reunion of Katherine and her three kids. He


    loved how loving their little family is. As he turned in an attempt to walk away, Mark noticed it and ran to


    him.


    "Hey, big man." He said as he stood short before him.


    "Hi," Derrick said, looking at his small face.


    "Thest time, my brother and I had said that you should perform a paternity test on us, you refused.


    Are you scared that you may be our father?" Mark asked.


    "Scared?" Derrick repeated. He had never been scared of anything since he was born. Not even death.


    "I''m not scared. Richard may not be your father but that doesn''t mean I''m your father. Your mom and I


    never met in the past."


    "Can you at least perform a paternity test? My request sound foolish but just do it," Mark said and


    followed Derrick as he walked outside.


    When Derrick saw that Mark wasn''t ready to give up, he asked, "okay, let me have your hair sample."


    Mark jubted happily and gave him a strand of his hair.


    "Make sure you perform the paternity test soon, okay?" He asked and added, "so I can call you ''dad''


    instead of big man." Mark winked at him and ran back inside.


    Derrick was amused at his yful attitude, he tucked the hair in his pocket and walked towards his car.


    Actually, he never have a n of performing any test.


    The following day, Derrick woke up with sweats and tears all over his face. His heart was pounding


    hard. As he sat upright, he gritted his teeth hard and mumbled, "can I ever stop having this nightmare?"


    Most nights when he sleeps, he had always seen a man beating his father mercilessly, the man didn''t


    stop beating his father with white canes with sharp mouths until he dies. Actually, Derrick had never


    seen his parents physically. Neither his father not his mother. He had lived all his life like an orphan.


    Thanks to Ian John who raised him since he was young.


    But he had seen his father countless times being beaten in the dream to death. The sight was scary


    and he had lived with this nightmare for many years of his life.


    Could this man he sees as his father really exist? He thought to himself and then decided to act on it.


    When it was morning, while he was in his office, the artist he had sent for appeared in his office.


    He then began to describe the man he had seen as his father in the dream for the artist. After the artist


    was done perfectly drawing what he described, he stood and examined the drawing. Could this man


    have existed in this past? Could he really be his father?


    "I need you to draw one more person," Derrick then went back to sit and began to describe the second


    man he wanted him to draw. This second man was the one who beat his ''father'' to death.


    After the artist was done, he dismissed him and invited Alessio over.


    Once Alessio came around, he pointed to the two drawings on his table, "take a picture of these two


    drawings and see if you can find their identity. These people exist in my dream, I want to know if they


    also exist on earth."


    "Got it, Marshal," Alessio took both pictures and added, "I''ll work on it, Marshal."


    He nodded and permited him to leave. Just a few seconds after Alessio left his office, Alessio returned


    and said, "sir, some spies from Aurora Ind have been found and have been arrested."


    Derrick stood at once and said, "take me to them."