“Your wife?” Jason heard a disbelieving voice ask from behind him and he turned to see Mia looking at him with her mouth agape. “You…you have a wife?”Oh shit. Jason thought “I will talk to you later”“It is fine. I understand” Charlotte replied in a somewhat strange tone. Jason disconnected the call to focus on Mia.Her eyes fired at him “You are married? How? When? Did you plan to never tell us?”“Mia…”“What Mia? What Mia are you calling?” she asked heatedly with a sheen of tears in her eyes. “I thought you were too upset about what happened and you were probably out here doing God knows what” she flung her hands aside jerkily “And you were here talking to….” she paused as if she couldn’t even comprehend what she heard as she gave him an askance look “...your wife? Did we mean so little to you that you wouldn’t tell us something that important?”“Mia, you know that isn’t…”She turned abruptly and entered the hospital back. Jason saw her swiped at her face as she walked fast towards

Sonia’s scream was muffled by the exotic padding of the room and could barely be heard outside but those in the room were almost deafened by it as she ignored all elegance. She kicked and clawed futilely at the men carrying her like a bag of rice back to where Andre was seated. He emotionlessly collected the gun from Jose whose deadpan expression made it difficult for one to know what his thoughts were at that moment. The doctors were not so skilled in the art of poker face though and apprehension was written on their faces. The younger doctor looked like he might follow suit in Sonia’s screaming episode. He looked closer to fainting as he mopped nervously at the sudden sweat that beaded on his forehead. Dr Frederick cleared his throat as the bodyguards threw Sonia to the floor and stand back. Their stance was alert and ready as if they were anticipating the moment she would try to run again. “I would suggest you keep calm, pre…” “Did I hire you personally with exorbitant payments

“Please, come with me sir,” Charlotte’s PA said after giving the guard a dressing down for not being discerning before she guided Jason in. Jason knew why she looked familiar now. He had seen her the first day but she had only quietly taken down notes that day. He had not heard a word from her. She looked different today though.Her fierce tone seemed like something she had picked from her boss and her presence was commanding enough for someone who was the personal assistant of the CEO. She pressed the button on the elevator and stepped aside for Jason to get in before following him inside.“Where is she?” Jason asked immediately the buzzing sound of the elevator indicated its movement.“She was rounding up a meeting when she sent me down here, sir. She should be through by now, I believe.”There was something about her voice, even though she looked everything like an Englishwoman, her accent begged to differ. “Where are you from?” Jason asked offhandedly.“From, Kansas, sir” she rep

Jason left Paragon Heights that evening after rejecting Charlotte’s offer to have her driver drop him off at wherever he was heading to. Jason rejected the offer because first, he had no idea where he would be spending the night yet and second, he didn’t want to impose on her. He decided to take a long walk after being led out through the back of the company. “There is less hassle that way,” Charlotte said with a small smile “It was how I have been able to avoid those pesky people so far” Jason smiled to himself as he walked on the busy sidewalk leading away from Paragon Heights to the bus station where people stood to take the bus back home. People seemed to have poured out of office buildings in drove and they all seemed to be in a rush to get home. “Somebody is always rushing here” Jason mused as he sat on one of the waiting wrought-iron seats that a woman with squabbling kids just vacated as she shouted at them to get in line. Dengal was more like an exotic, middle-aged woma

“Not so charming now, are you?” Jason said in a mocking tone. He was pissed that his plan to get in a workout to clear his head before leaving the hotel to start his day was disrupted yet his tone sounded so laidback and relaxed. Jason knew it was an advantage for him to get to assess the imposter one-on-one as well. The fact that the idiot had no idea who he was was another advantage for Jason. He stopped the treadmill and stepped off it as the man asked “Do I know you?” his tone had turned contemplative and he was openly sizing Jason up. One could see from his look that he was confused as to whether Jason was worthy of his respect or not. “Isn’t that a stupid question for a man who had been on almost every TV available in the last week to ask? You do know that people watch TV, don’t you? Even him?” Jason said as he nodded towards the gym attendant who still had his hand on his face, where the man backhanded him. “Oh, now that he said it. I think he looks familiar” one of the men