Jones was seated in the lobby, waiting, looking in a particular direction every now and then. He was in the Hoveland company, and he was one of the few people who were already present with their proposals to be submitted to Miss Zoe. Though himself, Harold and Doris had arrived ten minutes before 9.am, there were already five people ahead of them. It was almost 11 am. at the time that he got attended to. And ever since he had submitted the proposal, he had been waiting for a response. Suddenly his phone started to ring. He brought it out and answered the call. "Why are you calling me?" He was informal over the speaker. "I mean, we have been waiting here for a long time. Why is it taking so long?" Harold asked over the phone. Jones looked in the other direction through the door, but he couldn't see the car from inside the lobby; the car in which Harold and Doris were waiting for him. "Don't stress me, please. You can go home if you can't wait any longer." Jones dismissed. "I'm
Within the space of a short time, several exotic cars were seen on the express road, which led to the Dotrug police station. People were wondering what the hell was happening. What could these exotic cars be doing in such a neighbourhood? The neighbourhood where the police station was situated was for average people. But these cars were beyond the average. Suddenly, the cars pulled over at the front of the police station. There was an especially different car. An X modelled Maybach. A couple of men jumped down from the exotic cars and ran to the Maybach to get the door. Out of the car stepped out Miss Zoe, elegantly dressed. But her aura and demeanour meant nothing much to her as she hurried into the police station. "That is Miss Zoe." Someone suddenly shouted. That shout, which was made by the strange person, suddenly created a tensed atmosphere as many people quickly rushed to confirm for themselves. There were even some of them that brought out their phones to film. Some of t
Fear gripped everyone who was inside the station. Everyone who was present with them there was stunned speechless. This trash man who was thrown in the dirtiest cell is who? No one could have seen it coming even if they used the costliest microscope. The Sheriff felt a wave of shame hit from every corner. It was obviously too much for him to take. Seeing that the great Miss Zoe had fallen flat right in front of Achiel, he dared not remain standing. There was a flood of heads bowing to Achiel, but Achiel was not really amused by the homages paid. "Rise." Achel said finally.Zoe was the first to get up, but she couldn't look Achiel in the eyes. She was very scared of what had happened to Achiel. "Please forgive me, Young Master. I was out of my mind. I had no idea who you were. I didn't know what got over me." The Sheriff started to beg. Acheil looked slowly at the sheriff. The rest of the cops also joined the sheriff. "Have mercy on us, Young Master." They all chorused. Zoe sudd
"Sit, Zoe." Achiel ordered. The both of them were left in the suites' living room. "Thank you, Young Master." Zoe settled down. "I'm sure you are yet to approve any contract." Achiel started. "I dare not, Young Master. I was worried about you. You asked me to call you when I was about to approve the first proposal. I did call, but the call didn't go through. I had to pend the first, second to the tenth, until I couldn't bear it anymore. And while I was thinking of what could have happened, your call came in." Zoe explained. "But then, what if I had been caught up with something else. Other than an ugly situation?" "I guess I wouldn't have felt the way I did earlier.""The way you felt earlier?" Achiel suddenly got interested in what she was saying. "It's nothing to worry Young Master about. It was natural for me to have a foul emotion whenever something was not right." Zoe wanted to dismiss it so bad. Achiel knew a couple of things about the Hoveland groups. They had gone thro
The news spread across Jade City like a wild fire, scorching every heart and leaving scars on all minds. The news about the son-in-law of the Auroville Mansion who was maltreated and thrown in prison. It all started with a big media station called Eagle Wings Room. This station was the most popular station in Jade City. This media only put out important news. Every influential folks loved to watch the station because of its up-to-date information and verified news. It has never released rumours or inaccurate information. This is exactly the main reason why the whole of Jade City had gone amuck because of the news. If it was spread by the Eagle Wings, it meant that it was the actual truth. Other media stations that were much smaller and those with average ratings released the news, too. In short, no media station didn't talk about this incident. Articles and posts started to flood the social media apps in Jade City. In the Auroville Mansion, Madam was seated in her usual seat. She
The car pulled over at the front of the White Mansion. A door was pushed open, and Harold stepped out. He got the door for Madam. Marion and Hannah followed, too. They walked towards the door of the White Mansion. They were all standing at the front of the door. Madam had not spoken ever since she saw the news about Achiel. It was as though her larynx had been blocked. "Push the door open." Harold ordered Marion. Marion was fidgeting as his hand was shaking. "Little bastard." Harold cussed, shoving him out of the way. Harold pushed the door open and stepped into the hall. They were greeted by a million of eyes! Their jaws dropped when they saw the hall teeming with so many people. The hall was filled with the same people who came for the birthday party of grandmother. All the families of Auroville were present. The three families. "Why is everyone here?" Hannah muttered, her heart pounding heavily. Hannah had every reason to be scared. If this news about Achiel flourishes an
There was a great wave of muttering that swept across the hall of the White Mansion. Everyone was stunned by the news that they had just watched on the big screen. They were only just celebrating the news of the proposal, which was approved. It hadn't even been an hour that things turned around so shockingly. Each family of the big Auroville family couldn't trust each other at that point in time. Everyone was suspicious of their neighbour. "Can someone tell me what the hell is happening?" Grandmother demanded. Grandmother was the most furious of everyone. She couldn't even imagine losing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. When again would Auroville be able to get a contract with a big shot as Hoveland!!!Getting this contract took them almost a decade. She would do everything in her power to avoid any problem in her way. "AM I speaking to logs of wood? Are you all pretending to know nothing about what Miss Zoe has just said?" Grandmother was raising her voice this time. Grandm
In no time, the rest of the families started to join in. "That's true. Cheating is a bad thing, but should you go to such an extent?" Doris's mother stood up. All eyes went to Doris's mother. The woman waved in the direction of everyone. "Look at what your rash judgement has almost caused us. Because you thought you were smart enough to be the head of the family, thereby disrespecting Grandmother, we are about to lose the contract which we have been dying to get." Doris's mother argued. At the end of the woman's speech, her tone changed as though she was emotional. This triggered the rest of the family who burst out into complaints. "That was not wise.""She should have brought the matter to grandmother.""We can't lose this contract."When Madam looked at her grandmother, grandmother didn't look pleased either. Madam slowly looked back at Doris's mother. The woman smirked at her. Madam turned back to grandmother. "I was wrong to keep this to me. But I did it in the position of