When Ryan had first seen the owner of the store, he had almost, in surprise, called her name. Anna. She had also looked at him in surprise before going to address Mrs Hill. Now, it took a lot of self control for Ryan not to burst out laughing at the shock he saw in Mrs Hill's face. The type he always saw in her face whenever he told her how much food stuff was gone after the extended family left when the weekend was over."R… R-Ryan?" Mrs Hill looked from Anna to Ryan."Yes. Ryan. That is his name," Anna said."I don't care if you know him. He stole something from me," Mrs Hill busted out."The Ryan I know will never steal because why will he? What can a man who's got everything steal?Alice stormed to them from where she had been pretending to be dizzy. "Don't you dare say what you don't know. He stole a million dollars!" Alice shouted."A million dollars? Last time I c

There  were a lot of questions Ryan wanted to ask Anderson. Questions like; are you scared of Stephanie finding out about this side of you? Why did you do it when you know you won't want to own up to it. Lots of questions but Ryan didn't ask. Instead, he nodded his head. "I won't tell anyone."Anderson grinned. He patted Ryan's arm. "Good luck on your proposal. Just that people no longer propose with a flower. Even monks know that." He grinned at Ryan again before walking off.Slowly, Ryan went inside the hospital. If there was anyone on his mind that took the Babel group partnership document, it was Anderson. If it was Anderson who took the document, it makes sense what he used the money for. Obviously, to pay his debt. The only thing that made Ryan not consider Anderson as the real culprit was because of the safe. If not that he (Ryan) was close to the Hill's grandfather, he wouldn't even have known about it. He was double

"Sorry for my rude manners. I guess it's the Baby," the woman said after some moment of laughing. She finally stopped laughing when she noticed the look on Ryan's face."It's just that when Brice was talking about you, I thought you would be this big man with some brown teeth and scary looking red eyes." She laughed again at her dramatization.Ryan didn't find it funny but he laughed too. Was it the pregnancy that was making her like this? He couldn't help but wonder if Stephanie would have behaved like this too if she had been pregnant for him. The thought alone made Ryan laugh harder, this time, for real.Brice's wife stretched her hand and took a book from the table beside her bed. "I've never seen my husband so scared, pissed off and irritated at the same time. But it happens any time he talks about you." She flipped through the book. "When he said you'd be coming, I was preparing myself for some scary looki

"Look in front of you and you will see a greater surprise," the voice at the other said. Obviously, with the weird way the voice was sounding, whosoever was talking was using a voice changer.Again, slowly, Ryan looked in front of him. He saw three SUVs driving in front of him.It all seemed familiar. More than familiar. The SUVs. The voice changer. The same thing had happened before Piper was kidnapped. If there was anything Ryan was sure about at this moment, it was the fact that the person who is calling him right now is someone close to him. Close enough for Ryan to recognize whosoever the person was just with the voice. That would be the only reason why the person is using a voice changer."That surprise in your back seat will go off in the next ten minutes and seventeen seconds," the weird voice said."What do you want?" "Your life. I want to end it." There was a weird sound at the other end

"Okay. Take your time."  With that, Ryan hung up, pressed on the accelerator and sped home. He has to get rid of the blood and bruises on his body before Brenda returns home.As soon as got home, he went straight to the bathroom and took a thorough bath. It was not until started to bandage the gunshot wound that he realized how much it hurts. After a series of groaning and wincing in pain, Ryan finally succeeded in dressing up the wound. He took his phone and dialed a number. The person answered at the first ring."Some SUVs attacked me some minutes ago. Find out who they are. There should be surveillance cameras in the area. The cars have no license plates." Ryan told the person at the other end the address of the place where the event took place."Alright, Sir.""And my car is outside Brenda's house. I left the key there, get it washed and bring it back before tomorrow morning.""Alright, Sir." Read more