Dwight took another glance at Laimer’s friends “You are lucky that they are still there waiting for you. Aww, you have really good friends.” He mocked. “Imagine having to wait on a man like you who doesn't have a single reputation. Well, as they always say - birds of the same feathers would usually flock together.”“As I was saying, stay with them after giving them the envelope and make sure they go through everything it contains. When you are sure that they have gone through everything, tell them that they risk great danger to the people that appeared in the photographs if they didn’t appear in front of the black truck just opposite the restaurant.”Laimer knew at once that it was the same tactics that were used on him that the dark agents were going to use on his friends. They were going to scare them to their bones until they did exactly what they wanted them to do and as far as things had gone so far, Laimer knew that it was going to work.“Oh, I am sure that I don’t have to tell
He was already frustrated that Laimer was in trouble and now Robert was going to suit in such a lame way. What ammunition did he have on him to think that he could challenge such stern-looking people? He just wanted to take a risk that would intimately put them in trouble, Droppel thought.Robert moved his feet in preparation to walk over but before he could stand up, he noticed something.Laimer was walking over to them slowly, his footsteps were a cautious dread as his eyes were caught up in a tense fear.“He’s coming!” Droppel alerted, using his hand to block Robert from making the move. “He is coming over here, relax. There is no need to go there. It seems they have released him.”Laimer’s mind was a pressure cooker of fearful thoughts. He wondered how people had suddenly forgotten that he was supposed to play a chess competition. He thought that the attention of everyone in the restaurant was going to be heightened and that they were eager to know who the winner was going to be
Droppel’s breath was hitched with a horrified gasp of terror and his legs trembled with a shake of fear. It was like he was watching the most dreadful horror movie anyone could ever watch but the difference was that it was his own life playing in that horror movie.Droppel felt like his eyes were burning with sulfur as he looked at those pictures. They were very embarrassing pictures of moments with his wife and side chick. He wasn’t even aware of some of the moments that were captured in the photograph like that of his wife sleeping with another man. Water fell from his eyes without him being able to control it as his feet suddenly felt heavy.His face was a reddened flush and his posture was a drooping shame as heavy embarrassment weighed in on him. Some of the photographs that he looked at were things that he may probably never know about for the next 15 years. How could someone else know so many secrets about what was happening in his life that he didn’t know about?Robert, who w
They didn’t even have to say any word further before Laimer rushed towards the car handle and flung the door wide open. It was as if the agent’s presence brought about the needed spark in their brain that they were waiting for.Laimer and his friends hurried their way into the vehicle and to their surprise, they met two men in suits with dark glasses seated in the front row - one in the driver’s seat and the other in the left side of the driver’s seat. They looked so tall and imposing even though they weren’t standing to show their full physical structure.The men in suit didn’t speak a word but their faces were commanding enough to put fear in their minds.Zonam soon forced open the truck door where Laimer and his friends had entered and sat by their side closest to the window as the fought person.His lips curled in a mocking smirk of condescension as his brows arched in a lift of contempt. “Oh, I see you are all so seated and comfortable here now. I love that.”He nodded his head i
The whole vehicle went silent at the warning of the big man in a suit. His face was stern and imposing that they wouldn’t dare try to explore what he could do if they were rebellious - at least not with cuffs in their hands.Dwight, Zonam, and Uqaman reached the gate of the warehouse. It was a towering sentinel and a solid barricade that provided cover to the warehouse.They identified themselves as government regulators and got past the gate and into the office of the front desk clerk.“As we have said, we are government regulators and we want to inspect your inventory in line with the requirements provided by the law,” Dwight spoke, his voice clipped with measured tones of stern authority that carried weight.The three agents had files in their hands and their helmet was well placed on their heads as they made sure that they let out no clues into who they truly were. They knew that government agencies who were to inspect warehouses and inventories could always dress the same way th
The instruction they got from their leader Jamal Griffith was that they were going to use a heavy metal approach and that meant that anyone who was caught in the fire and couldn't escape was on his own. The only people they planned to harm were the ones that they had already kidnapped - Robert, Laumer, and Droppel.The dark operatives got into the inventory and adopted the composure of government inspectors with their hands as a meticulous grip on their files. Their eyes were a piercing gaze and their expression was a stone-faced stare with the bearing of a commanding posture.The inventory clerk quickly went over to meet up with them. “You are highly welcome Sirs. We received information that you are from the government. May we ask what body of the government that you are from?”The dark agents knew that they had to avoid that question at all costs. Even if they knew a regulatory body, it could be detrimental to mention it because then they could discover that they were fake.“We are
Why did things have to be so complicated? Walking to the ends of the inventory itself was going to be such a long walk. He had to start whispering in everyone’s ears one by one. Could these inspectors just leave them alone and let them carry out their duty? He thought.Perhaps someone should be bold enough to ask them if what they wanted was a bribe. It wasn't going to be him making such a request though - he was scared that he would be roasted.Ishmael’s lips quivered in a deadly flutter of hesitation as he sought to find the right words that he could use to convince the men against going ahead with the instruction but no words came out of his mouth. They seemed to have so much conviction to go ahead with the task.Ishmael went ahead to everyone in the inventory and whispered the same words into everyone’s ears. “We are to go just outside the inventory because top government inspectors are here and they want to access our staff. Please make it quick.”Ishmael’s words as a hushed murm
But the employees couldn't help but have their faces contorted with confusion as they stayed left and right seeking some answer or some more explanation even though Dwight kept talking.It felt as if they were missing something important and nothing was making sense anymore. The puzzled stare couldn't evaporate from their faces as their gaze was kept in a sweeping scan.Some of them were murmuring under their breaths as they couldn't help but try to find some explanation from their colleagues.“Why are we being criticized? Was it not the same government regulators who came a few days ago and cleared us?” A young lady asked her male colleague who was a forklift operator. Her voice was a secretive gaze of a whisper.“I have no idea. They even praised us. I guess these are not from the same organization as the other ones. Maybe these are another regulatory body you know? But they all do the same work of inspecting warehouses.”“Yeah, I get you but something still feels fishy. I don't kno