Before he could finish his statement, the lady rolled her eyes at him and continued clicking on her computer. She made a face that seemed to suggest that she did not want any sort of disturbance, but Louis tapped her table with his finger, trying to keep on his faint smile.“I said I have an appointment” “I heard you. Can't you wait a few seconds?” the receptionist rudely answered, a few pitches away from shouting at him. As she returned her attention to her computer, she quietly muttered some words that Louis could partially understand, or he thought he did. “Yet another leech trying to crawl its way into a fountain. They never succeed anyway, but I wonder why they keep trying?”He didn't know if those were her exact words but he was sure she complained and viewed other people who wished to join as leeches. If only she knew who was standing across from her. Louis took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, watching her as she got busy with an austere look on her face. It made Louis wonde

“I think that's a wrap. Now, can we go back to our previous conversation?” the old man hurriedly said, taking a whiff of his cigar. Everyone except Greg and Louis nodded in unison, smiling gleefully as they couldn't wait to get back to whatever made them so engrossed.Their excitement quickly died down when Louis raised his hand upright with his lips pressed together, showing he did not like being the wet blanket in their midst but it was important to him. They all sighed, making tired faces at him while thinking about what could be so hard for him to understand.“I’ll answer all your questions privately,” Greg jumped in; his reason for it was unknown, but Louis swallowed his words from coming out and looked around awkwardly, tired of the shady actions that took place. He watched them fade into their chattering before a worker ushered him to another room to get his handprints and other vital information. The room was a little smaller than the other one, but with a white background and

Taking down a company with solid evidence was too big of a deal to settle for only a black card VIP status, he had to aim higher. He wasn't sure how far it was going to take him but he had to try.“I did have my interest in acquiring the black card, but I don't think it will be easy the way you claim it to be” “I heard that I'd have to stay for at least five years, and I just got in, what? Few hours ago” Louis added. He did his best to not appear moved by the offer.“Leave that to me; I can make it work,” Greg beat his chest, promising easy access to it, “ my impact in this Union has made me respectable here; I'm sure they would pull some strings for me. Besides my relation with the government, brings them all closer to me” “I'm sorry, did you say government?” Louis asked, pondering what he meant by relation. Could he be killing two birds with just a stone, or his head was being filled with delusions? “I got close ties with the president, so some of them leech on me, just for the t

To his surprise, The night was calm for Louis, despite predicting himself to have an upsetting night because of Greg and his knowledge of Hank's sabotaging movement, but everything flew to the back of his mind. For the first time, the push to worry deeply about his next move was void, he could only feel a transient rush of confidence and boldness countering the urge. Instead, he called his pilot to let him know he would be flying back to his company on a mission.He did not call Queen or leave any message of his brief appearance because he felt that a surprise show-up would not raise alarm if they diligently kept to their work, not that he thought of her as lazy anyway. The night quickly gave way to a beautiful morning and Louis was up and ready for his flight before the clock struck seven. He couldn't foretell how long finding evidence in his safe was going to take, but he planned on returning that same day.In the plane, the thought of breaking a record in his family's history exh

They lapsed into silence after their whisper ushered in an awkward moment between them. Louis and Queen waited long for either of them to break the ice-cold silence till Louis hawked loudly and blinked profusely.“I’ll take my leave now; I better prepare your schedule for when next you show up,” Queen softly said, receding her steps to the door with a quirky grin on her face.“Okay, I probably have some things to go through before I leave,” he awkwardly repliedHe watched her scram out of his office before he looked at his watch and noticed he had not spent less than an hour in his office. So he decided to sit for a while and shuffle through some of the documents on his table for the important ones. Minutes in, he lost interest in his work and allowed himself to swim in his thoughts. He knew his questions would have been answered quickly if Mayor Sam was available, but his deteriorating health made it impossible; His ailment grew worse every day. Louis wished his questions about the