'If you refuse to marry Erica and insist on continuing with Palmer's illegitimate daughter, then her family members, including the mother of your son, her half sister, will be killed', his father repeated. 'but I shall start with her father. I hear she and her father are quite close', he smirked. 'Let me see how she continues to love you after realising that you are responsible for her father's death!' his father threatened.

The fight went out of Hector. He told himself the reason he didn't want Alexa to feel such pain was because he didn't want an innocent life to be lost due to his stubbornness.

'Alright', he said,...