Richard had been turning around in bed, trying to catch some sleep. After futile attempts to fall asleep, he decided to just go out of the room and get a glass of water. Perhaps, the coldness of the room made it quite hard for him to fall asleep as fast as he wanted..He had gotten used to falling asleep in a room that had a warm temperature—his shared hostel room at school had an air-conditioning unit that was only turned on during the early hours of the morning, so he always had to fall asleep with sweat all over his body.It was quite hard for Richard to adapt to this new life, but it didn’t take him long to get used to it. Now, he was sleeping in a room where the air-conditioning unit was constantly running. He sniffed and pulled off the heavy bedsheets that was on his body. Then, he pushed himself up and got out of bed. He slipped his feet into his padded skippers that were by the bed and he headed out of the room.The hallways was quiet and the kitchen was only a few rooms away

Niko turned around in the revolving chair and his eyes fell on the lady that had just walked into the office. She wore a bright red lipstick and her tight skirt clung firmly to her body, showing her curves. She held a document in her hands and her round glasses rested on the bridge of her nose.Sunlight pierced through the glass walls of the office and flooded the entire office.“Hello, Sir?” She called out again, taking a step closer to him.Niko raised his hand in the air and gestured for her to approach him. The apple laptop on the table was still on. The dim light of the laptop screen had still not gone off. The lady approached the work table in front of Niko and leaned one of her hands on it.“What did you say?” Niko asked her, his eyebrows drew together as he spoke. He looked up at her and saw how she opened her mouth to say something but shut it immediately. He sensed how tensed she was and it immediately got him upset.“I just asked you to repeat yourself” Niko said in a loud,

The party was slated for 7pm but when it was almost an hour to the party, the entire Island was booming with energy and bustling with people. Her mother and Aunt had gotten matching dresses for her birthday party.Elise’s had already sent one of his driver’s to take her down to the island in her party dress. Her friends went in the other car while she rode with her mother. Her Aunt was still at home, giving the final orders to the staff of the residence.During the ride to the island, Elise leaned by the window of the car and stared with longing out of the car at the road. Memories of her 13th birthday filled her mind. It was one of her first birthday parties that gave her much prominence among her peers because of how lavishly her parents had spent on her. Infact, she had the privilege to your 13 exotic places in 13 countries around the world as a special birthday gift from her father. It was an experience that ha always stuck to the back of Elise’s mind.One of the ways that her fat

Elise and her mother arrived at the scene of the party just after it had begun. At first, people stood around in groups of twos and threes as they chatted amongst themselves. The party was an outdoor one and its location was a short distance away from the sea which surrounded the island.There were multicolored light bulbs which hung overhead on different poles. The ambience at the party scene was a calm and beautiful one. Almost everyone seemed excited to be there. After Elise arrived at the party, a few people approached her to take pictures of her but her mother turned them down immediately and ordered Elise to go over to the seat that had been specially decorated for her.It was not long before the MC of the party came on the stage and announced that the party was about to swing into action. He explained that in a few minutes time, the celebrant and any significant male figure in her life would have to open up the dance floor as they would dance before the rest of the couples pre

Elise edged backwards and she sat on a chair behind her. Tears shone in her eyes and she could feel herself tearing apart. She felt empty inside—more like cold.The cool evening breeze caressed her skin and painfully reminded her of where she was: Out at the beach in the Edge Ville island, in her beautiful birthday dress and a broken heart, in shock over a cheating boyfriend.It was really unfair for her, she reasoned. She had tears streaming down her face as a small crowd of people watched her.She blinked rapidly and her breathing pace increased. Her eyes darted to her left as she looked at the spot where her mother was seated earlier.She was no longer there. A jabbing headache throbbed at the back of her head as she bent over and held it in her palm.She felt dizzy as a result of how fast things had taken a different turn. Only a short while earlier, David had been in front of the crowd, praising her in flattering words and telling the entire guest at her party about how much he