Michael's eyes flashed with defiance. "I don't care. I won't apologize for something I didn't do."Fredrick's voice rose, his words dripping with venom. "You'll regret this, Michael. You'll regret the day you crossed me."Fredrick's smile was cold, calculated. "We'll see about that. You have one minute to change your mind. If you don't, you're fired."Michael's eyes didn't waver, his jaw set in determination. "I won't do it, it's a shame."Fredrick's eyes narrowed, his voice dropping to a whisper. "Fine. You're finished. You're done. You'll never work in this industry again."The air was thick with tension, the silence between them like a living thing.Michael's eyes flashed with anger, his voice rising. "You can't do that! You can't ruin me!"Fredrick's smile grew wider, his eyes glinting with triumph. "Oh, but I can. And I will."Michael's feet dragged as he made his way to Mason, his eyes fixed on the floor. He had to apologize to keep his job."Ah, Mason," he muttered, his voice b

Andrew stormed out of the prison, determined to catch up to Alex and Lucas. He spotted them across the parking lot, getting into a sleek black car."Wait!" Andrew shouted, running towards them. "You're not going anywhere until I get some answers!"Lucas turned a smirk on his face. "And what answers might those be, Andrew?""Who sent him to poison me?" Andrew demanded, his eyes locked on Alex.Alex sneered. "You'll never know."Andrew's anger boiled over. "I'll find out, even if I have to take you down myself."Lucas stepped forward, his eyes glinting with amusement. "I don't think so, Andrew. You see, Alex here has immunity. He's not going to tell you anything."Andrew's eyes narrowed. "Immunity? What are you talking about?"Lucas smiled. "Let's just say Alex has friends in high places. He's not going to betray them, no matter what you do."Andrew's boldness grew. "I'll find out who those friends are, and I'll take them down too."The standoff continued, with neither side willing to b

Lucas just made a fairly acute turn and he managed to avoid the truck. “Don’t worry! I have it under control,” I blurted something out, more to make it look like I was in charge by stomping on the accelerator.”Handling it?” Alex’s voice cracked. “I can tell you, we are seething just a few inches away from a catastrophe.”Oh, we are almost there! Believe me!’ Lucas said with increasing excitement.Alex nodded his head from left to right, his mouth was open, and his eyes bulged with fear. ”Can I trust you? Have you lost your mind? There is no way I am dying today.”“We have no choice,” Lucas said, breathing heavily but his words firmly stated. ’Don’t look up!” or better yet, ‘Just keep your head down!’Thus, Alex’s fear grew to its highest level when Lucas sharply turned the wheel to ram a passerby. ‘‘Are you crazy or what, Lucas? We are going to get ourselves both killed!’’ I couldn’t believe we were embarking on such a dangerous mission.Lucas tried to laugh and it came out, weak and

Mason felt irritated by the boldness of Alex and how he moved his mouth demeaning his father. He was ready to go in all for Alex but at the same time, he was trying to be considerate not to hurt him because he has a family.“You son of a bitch you better watch your mouth on how you speak about my father to my ears. In case your greediness has made you forget some things, I am telling you that my father was one of the people who helped your life. Without my father…”“Enough! Mason, you have zero idea about who your father is so don’t try to meddle in affairs of aged people. You are still a small boy so let your focus be on that.” he hissed at him angrily with his eyes giving him a thousand words.“Alex, you are a fool. You are one of those people that don’t care about the effort your friends or close pals put into your life to make you stand out. I wish my father never got the chance to help you at all.” Mason spoke out his mind with his hands shivering at the tightness of which he hel

At the police station, the day they kept passing by as everyone who had come earlier started dispersing themselves one after the other. The police station started feeling empty as some colleagues started relieving themselves of daily duties. While everything was going on at a fast speed, Andrew kept on checking his wrist with his phone close by to see if he might get a phone call from his son. He moved from one point to another waiting for his phone to beep in a call or a message from his son. He hissed heavily and hit his hands on his head constantly and repeatedly muttering soft words slowly. “Mason, where exactly are you? Why can't you just call me and give me an update on what's going on currently?” He felt restless moving from one place to another while still hoping and trusting his son to respond to him. “Don't you want to go home, Sir Andrew? I believe you can see the day is turning to dawn already and your son isn't back.” Officer Ben broke in his voice into the atmosphe