For a few minutes, there was silence on both ends. Erick felt a bit disappointed by her response and how blunt it had been. He wondered if hanging up after that would be best but he decided against it because that too, would be insensitive and childish of him."Umm.." He started, clearing his throat for a moment before he continued. "That's alright. How are you, by the way?" Juliet closed her eyes as a mild feeling of guilt enveloped her. She sighed softly before she replied."I'm really sorry, Erick. I'm just having a really bad day at work today and there are many things I need to attend to. I didn't mean to sound rude.""No, no. I understand. There's really no need to apologize, okay? Maybe we can go out some other day. That'll be totally fine with me.""Are you sure?" She asked slowly, feeling a bit uncertain."Yes. So how are you? What's going on at your office?" His voice ringed with the element of concern, eager to hear all she had to say."I'm really not supposed to talk about

"But Treasure..." Sophia tried to protest but then, she heard the beep. Treasure had ended the call. She exhaled slowly as she relaxed in to the couch, her hair aback as she slid her hands through it once more. Michael stood close by with a little rectangular box in hand, looking at her."What's wrong babe?" He asked immediately with the most clueless look on his face. Sophia turned to look at him, tears welled up in her eyes with her stare. "Babe? Talk to me. What's wrong?" He asked again, rushing to where she was at once."It's just...." She tried to speak but her voice trailed off immediately, leaving Michael in a worried and almost frantic state."You're confusing me, babe. Just tell me." He continued, trying to b calm with his approach. He set the present he had gotten her on the table and drew closer to her, his body against hers in a comforting manner. Her stroked her hair gently."It was my sister. She just called all of a sudden." Sophia finally spoke up."Sister? You have a

Robert rushed down immediately, literally flying in to his car as he ordered the driver to start the engine. The driver adhered immediately, although his eyes spoke a different language, a language of great confusion. The bodyguard at the front seat and the driver exchanged glances, their eyes in bewilderment and wonder. Almost immediately, the driver hit the road speeding with the intensity of Robert's command.Not long in to their journey, the driver noticed a fleet of cars way ahead, coming in their direction. He looked on for a while and then, concluded that they were just mere road users as they were. "Sir!" The bodyguard at the front seat called out immediately as the fleet of cars stopped directly in front of them,blocking their way. Robert looked up from the files in his hands at once, a look of confusion and thoughts plastered on his face."What is this? Whose cars are those?" He asked immediately, setting the files on to the seat as he tried to peer forward. "I don't know,

Robert took the card from Mr David, a perplexed look on his face. He gazed down at the card, as he wondered why they would they couldn't talk where they where."I don't understand, sir. Is there any thing you want from me? I'm really busy at the moment so I might not...""Calm down, my boy." Mr David interrupted calmly. "Just find some time so we will talk. It is very important." Robert looked away for a moment and tried to open his mouth but David interrupted again. "Okay. How about you give me your card instead? I'll call you later. Is that okay?""Okay, sir. Let me get it quickly from the car." With that, Robert pushed the door open and got out of the car. His eyes moved from the guard standing by the door to the rest of the cars littered around. As Robert walked back to the car, his bodyguard's eyes lit up immediately."Is everything okay, sir?" The bodyguard asked at once, turning to face Robert as he opened the door to the back seat. "I already called some of my colleagues to ge

As Sophia drove in through the school gate, she felt a warm air of nostalgia sweep through her entire being. She smiled warmly as her head turned from side to side, admiring the environs of the University she had long graduated from. A semester had just ended so the school grounds were vacant, giving her room to drive freely with out any interruptions except from that of the school's security guards. But it didn't last long, for they both recognized her. As a former beauty queen of the school, she was quite known and cherished, even by the non-teaching staff of the school. But looking at the old guards at their duty posts, she felt bad for them. She felt bad that they hadn't achieved more out of life since her university days, but she swept the feeling off and focused on the reason why she had come in the first place.Her heart was almost too small to contain all the happiness she felt, since when her sister had called her earlier. Her eyes were filled with tears she tried so much to