A couple of minutes later, Alexander’s phone dinged and vibrated.He had just received a notification from the bank which he checked and saw that fifty thousand dollars had been deducted from his bank balance. “That was fast,” Alexander remarked, because it hadn’t even been up to five minutes since Steven, Lucy, and Tony left the office.“Of course. You’re my guest, so anything you want will be done as quickly as possible. All you have to do is sit back, relax, and they will be back before you know it”, Chris said, then continued to sit comfortably on his couch. Alexander, whose mind had been fixated on what Steven and the other two went to do and when they would come back, finally decided to take Chris’s advice and just relax. No amount of worrying was going to make anything happen quicker than it was supposed to, so he just let them do their job and waited.A couple of minutes more, the office door opened again and, to no one’s surprise, it was the same three bank staff members wh
As Steven requested, Alexander inserted his platinum debit card into the bottom slot of the handheld card payment machine, then Steven set it up so that Alexander could input his transaction pin.“Make sure it’s a combination of numbers you won’t forget, sir, and I don’t think I need to inform you about this, but you should never disclose the pin to anyone. Also, no staff of Polaris Bank will reach out to you, asking for your transaction PIN or any other personal information concerning your bank account details”, Steven advised.“Understood”, Alexander nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he knew just what numbers to press.He was going to use his mother’s date of birth, and with that in mind, he pressed two, zero, four, eight, and six, which represented 20/04/1986.After he was done, Steven finished with the rest of the activation process and the card was good to use. “It’s ready, Sir”, Steven took out the card from the slot and gave it back to Alexander.After looking at the ca
Alexander, Chris, and Steven walked outside the bank then the first thing Steven did was to show Alexander the direction of the ATM, which he didn’t have to because Alexander had eyes and he could see it for himself.After all, in front of the lineup of ATMs were other customers who were either making transfers, withdrawals, or checking their bank account balance like Alexander wanted to.“Go ahead and test your debit card, Mr. Alexander. Steven and I will wait for you here” Chris said.Steven stretched his hand towards Alexander and said “Allow me to hold that for you until you come back, sir”Alexander looked at the mini duffle bag that Steven wanted him to hand over and he didn’t really see the point.For one thing, it was compact and wasn’t heavy, to begin with, but then, he also had his advanced strength which made the mini duffle bag to be as heavy as a notebook to him.Still, he could understand that Steven was just making a nice gesture and it would come off as rude to not acc
“What is that matter, my son? What balance does it say?” She asked. Alexander groaned and looked at the elderly lady.“It says that your account balance is forty-two thousand dollars, Aunty…” he said, paused, then continued “…and that’s strange.” She gulped. “Strange? How my son?” She chuckled nervously.“First of all, you said you wanted to withdraw fifty thousand dollars for your granddaughter and here it says you are eight thousand dollars short, but considering that it’s your account, you should have known that if you took the time to think about it”“What are you trying to say, my son?”Alexander was very smart, so he was coming to a conclusion using all the information he had gotten so far and was also taking account of human psychology.“It means that when your granddaughter made the request you didn’t have time to think and just came to the bank to get it, which means the request was an urgent one and then there was your behavior when I told you what the balance was.”“My b
The elderly lady saw Alexander’s reassuring smile and wanted to doubt him at first, but then she noticed something.She felt the strength of Alexander’s arms that were on her shoulders. Though it felt gentle and from that she could tell that Alexander wasn’t applying much strength— if any— because she was an elderly woman, and he didn’t want to hurt her, she could still tell that if he wanted to, then he could use a crazy amount of strength.His body looked like he contained a monstrous amount of strength and, as a woman who had lived long enough to see different types of people, her eyes weren’t deceiving her.She grunted.‘Would it be enough for the kidnappers though? I still don’t know how many of them there are and if what he says is true, then there are at least two. One following me and the other keeping a watch on Blessing. Can this young man really handle a situation involving two able-bodied men like him? What if this is something way beyond his capabilities and involving him
‘Unique skill, huh? That's the first time I’ve seen something like this. I’ve usually had to possess the skills I have from others, so I wonder what unique skill I’m going to get from a god at the end of this—‘ Alexander thought, then paused and shook his head.He didn’t have time to get distracted by anything that wasn’t the mission in front of him and helping Mary Johnson. He focused on the countdown timer, seeing how long he had to accomplish the mission, and groaned.‘Fifty-nine minutes and forty seconds, huh? Well, I better hurry up and get this over with. Fifty merit points and one unique skill awaits’ he thought, chuckled silently, and then stood up. While in the process of standing, he did really quick math in his mind.After getting a glance at the time on his Patek wristwatch, while crouching, and seeing that the time was a couple of minutes after nine o’clock, he added the one hour he needed to accomplish the mission and got a couple of minutes after ten o’clock. He roun
Mary looked at Alexander with a raised brow that denoted skepticism.“What do you mean by you have everything I need?” She asked.Alexander looked at the elderly woman and said “Just trust me. Go into the bank, wait for me and you’ll see what I’m talking about”“The bank? Am I going to withdraw the money while I’m in there waiting for you?”Alexander shook his head.“No! All you need to do is go inside and most importantly, do nothing. I’ll make everything clear when I meet up with you” Alexander said, sounding slightly annoyed.Though what Alexander said was very cryptic and vague, the elderly woman, who had no choice, decided to trust Alexander because he seemed sure and confident about every word coming out of his mouth.“Okay, Alexander. I’ll do as you say and wait inside like you’ve asked” Mary complied and Alexander took his hands off her shoulders.“Alright then, get going and I’ll come find you in a couple of minutes,” Alexander said and Mary grimaced.“Wait, aren’t you coming
He went into the bank and then met the same security guard from earlier, who had taken Christopher to Steven’s office.Because Steven had returned to his office and dismissed him, the security guard was back to his station by the mechanical door to now be met by Alexander, again.“It’s you, sir. What can I help you—?” The security guard asked but Alexander cut him off.“The restroom, where is it?” Alexander askedThe security guard pointed in the direction, saying “Head that way and take a left. The restroom is at the end of the passage”Alexander looked in that direction and said “Thank you” Alexander followed the direction and soon enough saw Mary waiting for him.Her expression was nervous.“What happened?” Alexander asked from the distance.She showed him her phone and said “Like I told you, the kidnapper called and has given me the location of where to meet with the complete fifty thousand dollars ransom”“Oh,” Alexander said as he got to her.“Yes. This is terrible! What do we