"Damien... did he just go out naked?"Elisa asked, still looking stunned. It was as though she couldn't believe her eyes. "You shouldn't worry about him. He doesn't act recklessly... though sometimes he has so much faith in himself... or something unknown to him."Matthew explained and she looked to him. At Matthew's explanation, the surprise in her face waned out. "You seem to know much about him?"She pushed further and Matthew chuckled softly,"I mean, I can see through him."Elisa was quiet for a while. Then she found her voice again,"But we can't blame his decision. He had been through hell himself... he needs to believe in himself."Mathew's face changed slowly. Elisa didn't quite catch it at first, but Matthew made it so obvious that even the blind wouldn't had pretended not had noticed it. "We are not here to talk about him, are we?"Elisa could hear a hint of jealousy in Matthew's voice. Though Matthew's question was right, but Elisa didn't know why he was being that way.
"Mr Marcot reached out to me. He already has all the invited guests invited."Matthew started, as soon as he settled into one of the couches in Damien's apartment. Damien wasn't staring at him as though he wasn't interested in what the fellow had to say. It was as though he had something else going on in his mind. "Majority of them... especially the board members, are worried that you might change the date overnight like you did for the party."Matthew had continued. His eyes not for one second leaving Damien's face. "They want to know the details about the location too. They want to know what preparations had been made. They want to know if there is something they can do to help. I must say that they are really worried.""Worried?"Damien asked, slurping from the chalice of white wine. "I mean, they have the right to be worried. We are talking about ultra rich men who affect the world so positively. Having majority of them taken to an island for a cruise party? Something they had
"I will be answering only eight questions."Damien was standing on the stage of the Boldyville Multipurpose Hall. It's been thirteen minutes since Matthew left the hotel apartment. And in just six minutes after he left, different cars began to drive through the gate towards the Multipurpose Hall. It was as though the folks had been waiting for this opportunity all their lives. More than two hundred media personnels were seated, occupying the front rows, up to half of the length of the seating space of the hall. "And this will be the basis."Damien took another pause. There were cameras set in different angles of the hall. Flashlights dazzling and shutters clicking. Damien understood perfectly well why the media personnels, who had disguised as some CEOs during the party, didn't put out their articles and videos. The personnels knew that the BMX group could sue them for violation of privacy, the act of theft, trespassing and lot more. The amount of fortune they would lose would be
"What! What the hell!""Somebody tell me that this isn't true... it's not real is it?""Did he really say that?""This is a joke right? It must be!!!""Did he really just announce that to the media?""Did he know that he was live? I'm sure he doesn't.""How could he say something like that?""Fuck, we are so ruined."Eight of the nine girls, who had been watching the live video which was still going on in the hall, complained bitterly amongst themselves. Majority of them would look from one girl to the other. But the major person whom they kept staring at was Jada. She was the main concern, it seemed. "I'm not sure if he knows the consequence of what he had just said. We can't take this back!!! This is the media. It'll spread like wild fire in the blink of an eye.""See, it already spread."Lisa called the attention of Mira to the comments which were trooping in. THIS MUST BE A JOKE.IS HE REAL?REALLY? ONE OF THE GIRLS IS PRESENT FOR HIM?HOW COULD HE LET THAT HAPPEN?I MEAN, EVE
There were quite a number of things which left the ladies puzzled. What Damien had done was a thing which he should be reflecting on. He should be cooped up somewhere, reluctant to take in visitors. The girls should be by the door of the apartment knocking to come in while he tells them that he doesn't want to meet anyone. But on the contrary, Damien had come to meet them. And seeing him, the girls were falling away in fear. It should be the other way round. The girls could swear to it. But their convictions or perceptions didn't matter at this time. What mattered was the fact that Damien had walked into their apartment and had taken the best position to seat and cross his leg. The girls couldn't take seats yet. They would occasionally look from Damien to Matthew who was standing behind him, by the right hand side. It was already strange enough that Damien didn't come with Elisa this time. He came with this strange man. Some of the girls counted that as an omen that something ugly
"Why is he doing this to us? Is he trying to get some sort of revenge?"Laurette was the first to find her voice after Damien left the room. Matthew was taking the position which Damien had just left; seated in the chair comfortably. He would occasionally look from one girl to the other. It was as though he was in search of something. He wasn't looking at them like every other man would. There was a strange ray of light in his pupils. He seemed to get weary of the checking out, then threw his gaze back on the person who had asked the question. "If you were the one wouldn't you had done the same?"Matthew replied the question with another. The girls were stunned by his words. It was obvious that they didn't see that coming. When Damien had left them to Matthew, the girls had thought that they had found someone whom they could speak their minds to, but Matthew seemed like an extension of Damien. He didn't act like he cared about what was happening to them. Or perhaps he did but was
"How are you going to handle this?"Elisa was on her feet, standing before Damien who was seated in one of the couches. She was very serious, yet was mindful of her words. "You can't just do things because you want to. This does not have to do with only you, the group has to take whatever happens after this. Whether a fall or something else."Elisa carried on. Damien looked up at her. It was obvious that she wasn't going to back down until he said something to her. He got up and walked to her. He put put his hands on her shoulders."What are you doing?"She was nervous, but he didn't care. He pushed her gently till she got to a couch opposite his. He helped her settle down. Then he walked back to his own position. When he sat back down and looked her in the eyes, he asked,"Elisa tell me, what is the group to you? Why are you so worried about whatever becomes of it?""Huh?"Elisa who had expected him to answer her directly was taken aback. "Answer me, what is the BMX group?"He as
Damien stepped on the wet shore of the island. Behind him was the howling and waving of the wild sea. Damien turned to look at the sea. He felt a longing for it. He couldn't believe that he actualized missed it. He observed closely and noticed that something was a little bit strange. The horizon seemed higher than it used to be. He didn't know what explanation to give to it. He didn't bother giving any explanation. He wasn't there to worry about what happened to the sea or why the horizon seemed higher. He was here for business, and that was what he had set his heart upon. He turned away from the sea and began to walk briskly into the jungle. There were no point to stop, he knew where he was headed to. He needed to get something straight. He needed to get ready for the plan which he had drafted out. He could had used the zoom function or any other thing, but he didn't want to. He kept on walking. He felt no omen. There was nothing to be worried about. The only thing which seemed o