Time flew by in a blur of events and soon, Elise was at the party, nursing a glass of wine and watching other people as they danced in frenzy. Loud music blared from unseen speakers. Her friends had fine out to meet and greet the people that they had recognized from school.She had refused to go with them because she was wary about her safety. Richard wasn’t there, watching her and she didn’t want to get careless enough to mingle with people that she could not trust.Soon, one of her friend showed up at her table. Her makeup was smeared across her face and she had a strange, maniacal laughter . “You’re in a party!” Ana cried in delight. The music was so loud that they had to yell at each other to be heard “ Stand up and rock your body” Ana kept pulling at Elise’s arm..Elise laughed hard. She knew that her friends had drank a little bit too much and both of them were slightly drunk. Yet, she stood up from where she sat. Still clutching her purse, she followed her friends into t

That night, Elise had no one to keep her company in the hospital room as her father had left a while earlier. She woke up quite early the following morning to the sound of a nurse arranging some medical equipment on the take beside her.“Hello!” The nurse greeted me in a loud, cheerful voice. She had double dimples on her cheek. Her eyes shone with delight as she spoke to Elise.“Hi” Elise muttered“ You’re up already?” Her smile broke into a grin. It was so contagious that Elise smiled back. “I came in here to administer your final dose of medications. You’ll be leaving today, Elise”Elise nodded. “I Know”“From the look of things, you’re not strong enough to make it out of the hospital on your own.”“Someone will drive me home” Elise blurted, partly hoping that the overly friendly nurse wouldn’t pry any further and ask her about the person that would be coming to pick her up. The nurse didn’t, instead, she nodded and began to prepare Elise for another shot of the injections.She was

The students of Richard’s department were called back to class later that day because the examining council of the school had marked the test scripts of each student and graded them accordingly.So, they called the students back to announce the top three that were expected to represent the school at the international level.Richard was seated in his usual spot at the back of the hall, scrolling through his phone and trying to ignore Judy’s chattering voice. She was trying to explain the difficulty that she had experienced on the test and she wondered if she was going to scale through to the top three students.Richard was calm. The test was quite easy for him and he didn’t seem to understand why the other students were all worked up about their scores on the test. The professor called out the names of students and each of them went out to meet him at the podium of the lecture hall, where they collected their test script from him.After each student had gotten their test script, the

The following morning, Richard took a public taxi straight to his university. As soon as he arrived at the campus he called Elise.She said that she had not yet had breakfast and she doubted if she would show up at school on time. Richard then told her that she should call him as soon as she as she got to school.He decided to go to the school’s cafeteria that morning to get breakfast. He felt a bit guilty that he was skipping breakfast most of the last few days because he had gotten too caught up with the activities going on in his life.He strolled into the cafeteria, trying to stifle a yawn that was going up his throat.His stomach growled quietly within him and he held on to the bag that was slung from his left shoulder. Fortunately, it was quite early in the morning and there were no queues in front of the food vendors; rather, a few students hung around trying to get their meals.Richard scabbed the large hall of the cafeteria. There were more empty tables that there were occupi

“Yes, Sir. That is true”“Is there no way you could turn down this offer to represent your school?”Richard was surprised but he chose not to say anything.“You will get you meet most of the big shots in the works of real estate at that competition. Are you were of this?”“Yes sir.”“Doesn’t it bother you that you could be in open danger? These people are your company’s rivals. After you finally come out as the true owner of your company, you could face a lot of attacks from these people”Richard understood his Master’s point and he decided to convince him that there wasn’t any actual danger in him going to the competition.His Master still argued that he had to be extra careful with the way he carried himself because he had unseen and unidentified enemies.While the conversation lasted, Richard pondered over the words of his Master. And, afterward, he hung up, still assuring his Master that he was old enough to take care of himself and defend himself in the face of any attack.Elise