Alves' eyelids slowly paved to reveal his weak eyes. The strong rays of light from the illuminant hanging in the ceiling above him was too much for his eyes to withstand. His eyes shut at once. But then the voices and mutters coming from every corner of the room nudged him to give it another try. This time when he opened his eyes, he looked to his side. Deciding not to look straight at the blinding lights. Though the vision wasn't making sense in the first place... all he could see was hues and silhouettes. The willingness to know what was happening and where he was, gave life to pictures forming in his mind. His heart became vibrant aiding the mind. They were several men dressed in blue suits everywhere he looked in the room. He tried to push his body up to sit, but he felt the pangs of pain writhing in his body. He couldn't keep up the action. His graon had brought attention to him. He was in a hospital. "Boss... Sir... are you alright?""He is awake.""Boss is awake."BOSS?Al
Alves was seated in the extrinsically furnished living room of his apartment. After he left the hospital, the manager had taken him to the tower which he bought while Alves was still in Coma. The MANGRID tower was the costliest building across the continent. It was known for its extravagant interiors and breathtaking apartments. Ordinary business men and women could never dream of getting close to the building let alone renting it. It cost trillions. But overnight, a dejected son-in-law, whipped it up. As a random purchase. Yet he wasn't moved by the building...Alves' mind was occupied. He had so many things to set in place. One of the most important things was to make Madam Casper pay dearly for all she had done to him. He still had the huge money to worry about but he didn't care anymore. He had decided to make the best of it. He wasn't the weak hearted man he used to be. If the manager had not spoken to him about spending the money, he had already made up his mind as soon as h
"What's the status of the contract? Did Manuel get back to you yet?"Madam asked, staring at Simeon who was alerted as soon as the question hit him. "I couldn't get to him directly. I had to go through the P.A. as usual. She said that there are still things to attend to internally."Simeon explained, making sure to stress the point. Madam looked away from him. Herself and all her children were gathered in the big living room of Casper mansion. They were there to give a report. An internal report before they'd take it to the board members of the company. Casper built a company which had grown to become one of the best in the Grimming Hills. The company named after his name had retained its fame and status for couple decades, until Madam Casper became involved in the administration. Ever since she was given a post in the company, by Casper, the company had began to deteriorate, losing its fame and status. The company almost went bankrupt if it wasn't for the sudden intervention of C
"I have just three minutes here."Alves announced, gazing coldly at Madam who was still having a hard getting her acts together. She still couldn't bring herself to accepting the conspicuous fact which was set before her eyes. "And I'll be straight to the point."He added."What do you think you are doing, Alves? From where did you hire this riff riffs? How would you even pay them? Did you really put yourself at the mercy of loan sharks just to come threaten us? I always knew that you were dumb, but I had no idea that you could be this stupid."Simeon lashed out at Alves. Alves glared at him. He knew too well what Simeon was doing. "Boss give me a word, and I'll fuck him up."Villian had turned to Alves, seeking his approval to carryout the pact. Alves turned to Villain and chuckled softly,"Let the poor lad be. He's only trying to kiss up to the ass of his mom. Don't take that away from him."Alves replied coldly, making sure to look Simeon in the eyes as he said to words. Simeon g
"Hey! Come back here. You jinx, come back here!!!"Simeon yelled on top of his voice, being dramatic over nothing. He kept on yelling until the vehicles had departed. That should be all for him, but he kept on walking towards the gate as though he could work some magic to turn the vehicles back in the direction of the mansion. While he was yelling at the departing vehicles, he heard a strange activity behind him and turned. When he looked, Madam had turned and was walking back into the house. "Call me that wretched gateman!!!"She yelled on top of her voice as she stomped into the living room. There were so many things to process in her mind. Seeing Alves again was as though her nightmares had been given a new life. When she had instructed the Sheriff to throw Alves into the den of the death row inmates, she had automatically closed the chapter of Alves. She had dismissed him as dead. It was an undisputable fact that Alves would meet his death in the rough company of those monste
Villian pulled the limo over at the front of the AUSTRIX group building. He quickly hurried out of the car to go and get the door for Alves. When he got the door, he bowed,"Boss."But Alves didn't want to come down yet. "Come in, Villian."Alves called. Villian who didn't see that coming was quite surprised. But he didn't let that get the best of him. He climbed into the limo and walked to seat, because he couldn't stand even if he wanted to. "Shut the door."Alves ordered and he did. Villian had no idea what his boss was up to. And he dared not ask questions;Though Villian had just known Alves. Their meeting wasn't even up to a week yet. Yet Villian had learnt the nature of his boss. He had noticed that Alves was a man of few words. And he did love to keep couple things to himself. He couldn't call Alves secretive, neither could he call him talkative. The title for Alves was a term seated on the fence between being secretive and being talkative. "It's obvious now that your in
At first, when Alves traced the corners of Simeon's face to tell what his reaction was after seeing him, he thought Simeon was surprised. But that didn't seem as the case. While the both them exchanged long stares, Simeon's face suddenly broke into a wild laugh. He didn't even hold back the urge to laugh, knowing that he was in a formal setting. The only thing which was going through his mind was what the Jinx was doing in such an office. He couldn't help but wonder how Alves got an access into the AUSTRIX building let alone walk through the door, into the office of an esteemed individual like Manuel. One of the reasons that Simeon was quite surprised was the fact that, even he wouldn't had been able to enter Austrix, let alone visit Manuel if not for the connection of his mother; not every CEO'S could walk through the door of Austrix let alone come that far. Alves already knew what was going on. "What's so funny, Simeon?"Came a feminine voice from behind Simeon. Simeon stepped
"You are not the son of a gateman, are you?"Manuel asked him after a prolonged seconds of silence. "What is that to you? You should stick to business and not beat around the bush."Alves scolded. He hated to think that Manuel was looking down on him. But on the other side, it was natural for Manuel to be surprised. "Forgive my manners."Manuel apologised. Alves had no idea what to make from that apology. Not yet. He had no idea whether or not it was genuine, or Manuel had said it for the sake of formality. Alves had several opinions on the person of Manuel, but he didn't want to jump into conclusions. He had agreed with himself that whatever details he missed about a business partner, he would lift them all from Villian. And now, he would do the only thing that brought him there; business. He watched as Manuel go through some well arranged files which were on his work table. Originally, Alves had thought that a company such as Austrix with great reputation, ought not to have any