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Ethan frowned, "well I and Agnes are going out for shopping today, remember that this was your suggestion or have you forgotten?"
"Ethan what I have to tell you is more important. The shopping needs to be postponed."
"But I already told Agnes that I will be coming over to pick her up."
"Just cancel the arrangement. Reschedule the shopping and meet me at Hangar's private room. There is a fast food there, please be there in thirty minutes time. What I have to tell, concerns you.. Please be fast."
"Alright but are you there already?" Ethan asked
"No I am not but I will be there very soon," Clinton retorted.
"Okay I will be there but all I hope for is that all these doesn't turn out to be a prank."
"Ethan, I have no time for pranking people, this is legit trust me."
"Okay, I will be there in thirty minutes time and it better be worth canceling my shopping.
"Alright."
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"Dad are you sure that Clinton will stick to our deal?"
"We can not possibly trust him," Eric added sharply.
"Seems like you do not know who your father is. The only reason I made a deal with him was to make him aware that his best friend has enemies."
"But why dad?" Eric's face was filled with awe.
''You must have heard about this saying, "an enemy you know is much better than the angel you know."
"Listen up son. Let us assume that my son, Eric does not keep to the deal, he will at least delay it and that is what I want. If he delays the wedding, I will be able to think of a better plan and I may also able to persuade my brother to transfer his properties and wealth to my name."
"But how? You know it is not possible dad," Eric said briskly.
"It is very much possible because I have this gift of brain washing fools and my brother is an example."
"All you have to do, is watch and learn, you have to be as smart as me. Ethan Moore should never stand a chance against you, because you are the true Moore.
"Alright dad."
"The only mistake I had stupidly made was allowing my dad transfer eighty - nine percent of his will to my brother, your uncle."
Eric smiled an evil grin. "I am glad I took after you dad.""You do not need to be," a strong voice intruded.
Eric and his father looked at each other in surprise and turned to see who else was with them.
"Ethan!" Both of them exclaimed in surprise and fear.
"Shocked to see me?" Ethan asked, drawing out a seat.
"Good day uncle," he greeted in a funny tone and sat down. "Eric instead of standing there and staring at me like as if you saw a ghost, why not get me a drink."
Eric's expression changed to anger, "how long have you been here?" He asked.
"Well you should not be asking me that. It is only but a coincidence that we both met in Hangar's private road's fast food and I am glad that I met you two. I will like to invite the both of you to my grand wedding. I will be releasing the invitation card to you all by the end of this month and I would love it if the only relatives that I have attend it.
"Oh, what a good news, I am so happy to hear that you will soon get married," Eric's dad lied, forcing a smile on his face. "Congratulations," he added.
"That reminds me, before the day of my engagement, I had called the both of you but none of your lines were reachable," Ethan said.
"We did not see the call," Eric spoke up.
Ethan stood up, "alright then we shall see another time, bye," he said and left at once.
Eric let out his breath, which he had been holding in. "It was so near. Do you think he eavesdropped on our conversation?"
"No I doubt he heard us. You should know your braggadocio of a cousin. If he had heard us, he would surely had over reacted and even made sure to disgrace us but he didn't. The only thing I do not understand is why he was so informal and kind_"
"Dad maybe he has been possessed by love," Eric mocked.
They both laughed out loud..
"Dad I forgot to tell you that I have met his fiancee before and she's a beauty."
"Now I understand why he is behaving so strangely," his father replied..
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"Well I did," Ethan whispered. He was still around and he could still hear them clearly. He took out his phone and called Clinton.
"The number you just dialed is out of reach."
"What a fool?" Ethan exclaimed to himself. "If he knew he was not going to come, then why did he disturb my peace?"
His phone rang, interrupting his mumbling. The caller was Clinton.
"Clinton," Ethan said, almost impatiently.
"Hello," Clinton replied.
"Where are you?"
"I am on my way, .. " he let the remaining words to trail away.
"Listen, do not bother coming to the restaurant anymore, just go directly to my house," Ethan said, walking out of the restaurant. He dipped his hand in his pocket and brought out his car key.
"But why?" Clinton asked,.
"You can ask me that, once you see me," Ethan said to him. I am hanging up now, please be fast," he said while opening his car door.
"Ok but you had better give me a reasonable reason why you changed the location, bye."
Ethan hung up and placed the phone on the other seat. He ignited the car key into the ignition, then he started his car and drove off.
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"Do you mean that they were saying all this in such an open place?" Clinton asked in bewilderment.
"I still can't believe it. How could they feel so secure speaking those things out, as if they were in their home."
"There's something else I ......" Clinton spoke up but got interrupted.
"Clinton I heard your name in the discussion they were having. They talked about a deal or something like that," Ethan briefed to him, interrupting whatever he wanted to say..
"Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you all this while," Clinton replied.
"I was kidnapped by them and in exchange for my life, I had to pretend that I had accepted to clash your wedding. Those people are too desperate that they even offered me a huge sum, in order to disrupt your wedding," Clinton explained further.
"My uncle must be really dumb to have believed that you could betray me, just because he flashed wads of cash to your face. His son is the bigger fool," Ethan swore in anger.
"So what should be our next plan?" Ethan asked Clinton.
Clinton looked at him blankly and said, "my brain is empty right now, so you better come up with an idea."
"Luckily enough an idea just popped into my brain," Ethan said, with a smile on his lips.
"What's the idea?" Clinton asked with eagerness.
"Let us fake the wedding card and also change the wedding auditorium." Ethan dropped his idea immediately.
"I do not understand, what is the point of doing all that and how is it going to help?" Ethan asked, looking confused.