Maggie was silent for a while. “Mr. Tony, you’ve put me in a very tight situation. I don’t know. I would love to but I can’t leave my work for now.” She replied. “oh ok I guess a no then. Tell me if you reconsider.” I said as I got up to leave. “Let me drive you home.” She said as she got up too. “don’t worry, I want you to stay and attend the conference for my sake. Tell me any important information you get.” I added as I left. Maggie felt I was angry with her responds. I was disappointed but definitely not angry, she has her reasons so I have to respect that. On my way out I passed by Allen, Emeka and Uloma on my way out and I didn’t even look at them one bit. They were all staring at me as I passed by. Uloma got up as I walked out.“where are you going?” Emeka asked her. “what does it look like? I am leaving.” Uloma replied in an angry tone. “why are you leaving so suddenly?” Allen asked. “well you two can continue talking about how you want to steal Sarah’s heart.” Uloma said i

I was just about to sleep when my phone started to ring seriously. “can’t a man just rest.” I sighed. I picked up my phone to see who it was. My phone fell from my hand. “How did he get my number?” I asked. “Uncle Ben, what does he want?” I asked, wondering seriously. I don’t know why I was a bit hesitant to pick up the call because I seriously have nothing to lose. The scars uncle Ben had left on me when I was young were still fresh so he wasn’t my favourite person on the planet but he is still family. I picked up the phone and called him back. “Hello Uncle Ben.” I said in a calm voice. “Why didn’t you answer the first time I called?” he asked with a serious voice. “I heard you came home, why?” he asked further. “to see my family. Is that bad?” I wondered why he was questioning me. “Well for three years you hadn’t visited, why show up all of a sudden?” he asked. “Uncle Ben, why didn’t anybody even try to call for three years? Since I left, nobody has even tried to call or check

I guess the saying is true “there is no life without competition.” The news I was given was one that is inevitable. “what are you saying Maggie?” I asked once again. “you have a strong competitor Tony. A very strong one at that.” Maggie added. “a competitor in what exactly?” I asked confused. “in business. If you had stayed a while at the conference they introduced a young man named El Malid. He is a young business man just like you who own Alvary a big tech company even Mr wellington has some shares in his company. I heard that he wants to start somethings that BRADON produces. He wants to start his own coffee, clothing line, electronics and many other productions that BRADON does normally.” She added. “hmm, so let him. The sky is wide for every bird to fly.” I replied. “I know but EL Malid is very popular amongst the business men in the society. He is a very prominent business man and has a promising future. I want BRADON to overtake. the market but with this kind of competition

“Hello Tony, I need your help!” Maggie shouted. “Maggie, calm down. Why do you sound so sad?” I asked. She started to cry. “Tony, two malls that we are a huge investor in just got burnt.We have lost a lot of money Tony.” She added as she started to cry even more. Before I could say anything my second phone started to ring, I looked at the call and it was Ashely.“Maggie I will call you back but definitely don’t panic. I will help you with everything. Just relax.” I replied to her and hung up the call. “hello Ashely what’s up. I am on my way to the Dark Dragon base.” I said in a rush. “No, I was about to ask you not to come any more. Pain said you’ve already been through a lot and needs to rest. Pain said he was going to take on the mission.” She said, “oh ok, but what was the mission about?” I wondered what it was. “We are looking at an arsonist case.” She replied. “an arsonist? Wait, did they burn a mall by any chance?” I asked further. “Yes, two malls. The case is really very con

I printed out some more pictures. “I have it, the CCTV footage. Ashely sent it.” Pain said. I took it and as we looked at it, we noticed something. “something is off.” I said as I replayed the footage over and over again. “That lady said there was a truck parked outside but there’s no truck at all in this video.” Pain said. “yes and also it looks like someone tampered with the video. This isn’t the complete thing” I added. “whoever is behind this must have planned this for a while.” Pain said, shaking his head. “We have to identify the possible suspects for the fire.” I said looking at the pictures I had printed. I took El Malid’s picture and placed it on the white board. “he is my first suspect because he owns a very huge mall at the eastern bay and yet he owns a share in the one that just got burnt. Why invest in your competition?” I wondered. “Wait, what if the guy is just very ambitious? What if he sees profit in it?” Pain asked. “hmm. You are right though. I thought about tha