''You know what? I think you deliberately want to be poor. You know, maybe living in jail for a long time has altered your brain into accepting suffering,'' Lucy said, expressing how she had started to give up on Greg.''Yea, you can insult me as much as you want. I don't care,'' Greg replied and looked away.As if he knew that something like this would happen, he had bought a few tools at the store from the last time he went grocery shopping, where he met Lucy.Greg knew he had to take off his shirt to do the work, and it bothered him. He hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lucy carefully.''Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not going to apologize. I think you need help. Not just for a job, but mental care also,'' Lucy said.Greg docked his head inwards and raised a confused eyebrow at Lucy.''Why are you attacking me so much?'' He asked and took off his t-shirt, revealing well-toned abs and a complicated tattoo on his back.Lucy raised one of her eyebrows also, looking at Gre
"Where is he?" Don Black asked his bodyguard when he came back from Greg's house without Greg. "He's your friend boss. You should know how stubborn he is. He told me to come back for him by 5 PM," the bodyguard said and sounded stressed by his message."What?" Don Black muttered and chuckled."That young man has not changed from wanting his way everytime," Don Black said and laughed out hard and throaty while his bodyguard stared at him, uninterested."Okay then. Do as he says and go back for him by 5 PM," he said to his bodyguard. "Will he be there waiting for me? I see it as a ploy to escape being brought here by any means," the body guard said to Don Black.Don Black shook his head fervently. "He will be there, I can assure you," he replied.Lucy eventually left Greg's house.As he had told her already, he was not going to allow her take him to his office, and he stuck to his words. Lucy drove back home sulking because she had already told her mother that she was returning to t
"I always knew you were a smooth man," Greg's colleague told him as soon as he came back from lunch break. While he said this, he walked up to Greg with his phone, pointing at the phone screen for Greg to look at it. "Isn't this you and your lady? How come I missed this part were both of you were kissing and loving? I watched you people through out the night until you left, and I never saw this happen. You sharp guy," Greg's colleague said and gave him a playful nudge. Greg stared at the phone, wondering when the activity in the video he was looking at happened. He started to shake his head as he frowned while looking at the video. "This can't be true. This never happened. I didn't kiss her, neither did I hold her like this. What the hell is this about?" Greg asked warily. He couldn't take his eyes off the phone as he continued to replay it each time it ended."Honestly, like I said before, I stared at you and that lady through out the night, and I never came across anything lik
Greg closed from work. The entire time, he checked his phone to see if Lucy had called while he was working, but to his dismay, there was no missed call from her. It was unlike Lucy. Greg knew that she would jump on her phone and answer it if she saw him calling because he never called her on a normal day, and he also never liked for her to call him either, as he was most certain that she was calling to offer him an unsolicited job. He was terribly worried. For Lucy to be missing in action like this, meant that she had seen the video. There was no other way Greg could explain her silence. As soon as Greg got to Pedro's house, where he had now moved to in a bid to stay away from the gangstas that kept on visiting his house in batches, he remembered that he had an appointment for 5 PM. "Fuck!" Greg yelped and started to leave the house again. Pedro was not at home, so there was nobody to question Greg concerning his abrupt decision to leave the house at that time. It was 4:50 P
"Mom, the video is doctored. Nothing like that ever happened at the club that night, how can I stoop so low?" Lucy whined. She still stood at the door, too embarrassed to enter the living room. "Lu, how can you say that? Can you please stop saying that? You don't know what the video is about? How is it possible to doctor a video? I mean, I am aware that it can be done to a picture, but a video? Come on," Mr. Ban said. "Is this the same young man, Lu?" Margaret Ban faced the screen of the phone to Lucy and asked her. Lucy could not say anything. "Why are you asking her that? Of course, he's the same man from the club. Can't you see the lights and hear the music in the background? That is at my club. Margaret. It's the same man," Mr. Ban said. Lucy stared at her mother intensely, hoping that she wouldn't spill the fact that she was about to get a job for Greg said in the family company. "Mom..." Lucy was about to say this when her mother interrupted her. "Well, I cannot give thi
On Lucy's way out of her mother's house, she deleted Greg's number. Anytime she thought of the video, her heart ached intensely. All she wanted to do was to help Greg, she didn't know why she took the matter up with him so intensely, but she had learned a bitter lesson. ''How long have you been out?'' Don Black asked Greg after they disentangled from the hug. Greg heaved.''Been up to a month, I think,'' he replied with a knowing smile.''The weirdest Greg in the cell!'' Don Black hailed Greg one more time and shook his hand aggressively.Greg laughed.''I still wonder how you come up with a lot of things you say. You just create anything you like in real-time,'' he said to Don Black.Don Black laughed knowingly.''Tell me...'' he started to say to Greg as he led him to take a seat in the lavish sitting room. ''How was it for you after I left? Those worthless troublemakers at the east wing did they continue to try to bully you?'' Don Black asked.''Can you stop an addiction?'' Greg
Mr. Ban grinned mischievously in his office. He had asked his guards to bring him the surveillance footage of the night that Lucy was at the club with Greg. Then, he single handedly altered the video into it seeming like Lucy andGreg were being intimate, and then he paid the best promoters to spread it on the internet."At least you were not photoshopped into being naked," he said, and caressed Lucy's face while he watched the video. "Boss!" Mr. Ban's bodyguard hurried inside his office, looking panicked. Mr. Ban raised his head to look at the bodyguard. "Your niece, Lucy, she's at the hospital. She's had an accident. She missed a red light and got hit by an oncoming vehicle at top speed," the body guard said. Mr. Ban got up abruptly and stared at the man in front of him. "What are you talking about?" He asked abruptly and started to hurry towards his car. "It's Lucy, boss. I received a call from your sister. She said she had been trying to reach you but she couldn't," Mr. Ban'
"How about I fix you up to work with me, or for me? You decide, but anyway you choose, you will be earning some cool cash," Don Black said to Greg. Greg rolled his eyes. Yet another job offer. Did he want to work with or for Don Black?Greg looked at Don Black. "As in, I should be a gangsta boss or a gangsta bodyguard?" He asked sheepishly. "Oh spare me the judgment, Greg. Am I a gangsta? Are you trying to call me a gangsta?" Don Black asked. Greg chuckled and glared at Don Black with surprise. "Are you saying you are not one?" He asked. "Tell me, who is a gangsta? Who do you define as a gangsta?" Don Black put down his glass of rum by a side stool and asked. Greg assessed Don Black closely."Someone like you. Dresses like you. Has fierce, troublemaking bodyguards around like you. I don't know the nature of your business, but I bet you sell drugs, right? Like a gangsta," Greg said. Don Black laughed a high-pitched squeal for a while and smacked his palm on his lap. "I wish I
Greg Chase didn't know if he should laugh or cry. He stared at The Man until he was sure that The Man was serious about what he said, then he heaved a tired sigh. ''You cannot afford to do this to me. I mean...you sparingly ruined my life,'' Greg Chase complained, his eyes on The Man the entire time. ''You are the watcher, Mr. Chase. You shame me. The watcher ought to be more powerful than you are, but you are too full of yourself, so you cannot reach your full potential,'' The Man told Greg Chase. ''How powerful can I get?'' Greg Chase asked. ''Did you hear about the natural disaster that happened in the city Aklans weeks ago?'' The Man asked Greg Chase. Greg Chase nodded.''Yes, that was caused by a watcher like you. He was upset about something, and his intense anger caused a stir and an earthquake occurred. Though the government officials claim it to be solely a natural occurrence, it is a lie, and they know it...'' The Man told Greg Chase. Greg Chase was not sure he heard
Greg Chase almost dropped dead when he heard everything. ''If you have anything to tell me, or there is an emergency, I bet you now know how to summon me. It took you two years to learn how to summon me, Greg Chase. Now, you know what pride can do to you. It can ruin you,'' The Man said as he gradually disappeared into space. Greg Chase stared in arrant shock.All this...it had to be a joke.''Boss...at least...you aware that you returned my colleagues back to our company, right?'' Scissors asked Greg Chase after The Man left. Greg Chase looked at Scissors casually and nodded. ''I have told you not to call me boss anymore,'' Greg Chase said.Scissors smiled. ''The boss is really back to himself. Boss, you have not told me that in the past two years, and I have only called you boss throughout,'' Scissors said, smiling. Greg Chase wished it could stop.Someone needed to come and tell him that all this was a dream.Ge desperately needed to hear that he had been pranked heavily. So
''Master!'' Greg Chase muttered. Then he blinked. The next time that Greg Chase opened his eyes, he was in his living room on earth.He was leisurely watching TV and Scissors walked by casually. Greg Chase looked at Scissors, expecting him to freak out and ask how and where he had been but Scissors acted like every other day. As if nothing happened. Or?Had he been in a trance?''Scissors, what day is it today?''Wednesday,'' Scissors said. ''Where have you been in the last twenty-four hours?'' Greg Chase asked, looking at Scissors, squinting in confusion. It was as if his brain had been formatted. Scissors turned to look at him funny.''Keeping tabs on me now, huh, boss!'' he said, taking orange juice from the fridge and heading back inside the house, to his room. Greg Chase's eyes sparkled in confusion. ''I'm not keeping tabs on you. Fuck you,'' he said under his breath.''I heard you!'' Scissors yelled from afar. Greg Chase nodded with satisfaction. The first thing that
''Boss?'' Scissors called, wondering why Greg Chase was looking at him like that. ''What is growing on your head?'' Greg Chase asked Scissors. Scissors frowned.Was it because he had indicated that something was funny about Greg Chase, that Greg Chase decided to switch up on him?''Boss, are you kidding?'' Scissors asked, flashing a weak smile.Greg Chase shook his head. ''There's a radio on your head,'' Greg Chase suddenly said.''Radio!'' Scissors muttered and raised his hand to touch his head but he did not feel anything, and to Greg's shock, Greg saw Scissors' hand pass through the radio. ''Ah, boss...you are playing the pranks on me. But there is an antenna on your head anyway,'' Scissors said to Greg Chase. Without wasting time, Greg Chase raised his hand to touch his head, and he was not surprised when he could not feel anything, yet he saw Scissors gasp in shock. ''Your hand passed through it,'' Scissors said. ''Same thing that happened to you. There's a radio on your h
''You...I must give it to you as the watcher with the biggest ego ever...'' The Man said to Greg Chase.Greg Chase frowned. ''Are there more watchers? I thought I was the only one,'' he said to The Man as he walked towards Scissors and started to pull him up again, but just like before, an unknown force repelled Greg Chase. The Man laughed his usual mocking laugh, one that made Greg Chase upset by all means. ''Can you please release my friend? What the hell?'' he asked The Man, anger flashing evidently in his eyes.''I am not holding your friend to anything, he will get up when he wants to,'' The Man replied.''And, about your question as to if there are other watchers, of course, there are billions of watchers around the world,'' The Man said to Greg Chase. ''I thought I was the only one. Are they also up to anything as big as mine? Do they try to take down their enemies or they are solely connected to the source of wherever this watcher thing comes from?'' Greg Chase asked. ''T
Greg Chase was beside himself, wondering why Laura had suddenly cut off from him.Yes, she might have been spotted in his house, but from the way he felt, he knew that word had not gotten to Mr. Ban about the fact that she was in his house, so why was she suddenly unavailable? Why was she no longer interested in their plan to overthrow Mr. Ban completely this time?He had his hopes on her, especially now that Don Black had looked in another direction, having found another ''young blood'' to show the ropes of the business and get acquainted with. No matter how many times Greg Chase called Laura Ban, it either did not go through, or she abruptly hung the call up on him.''Urgh, what the fuck is going on?'' Greg Chase asked himself. He felt as if everyone he knew and looked forward to helping him achieve one thing or the other, was turning their back on him. But, under what basis? What did he do, or what did they suddenly realize for them to have such a decision made overnight?''Boss
''What is it?'' Shadow asked, looking very interested in Barter's thoughts. Barter had been looking at him with so much intensity, he had to know what was on Barter's mind while he was looking at him. Barter looked at Shadow closely.If he told Barter what he knew, everything could take another turn for the worst, but he also wanted Laura Ban to face the repercussion of the trouble that she had doled out on others. Shadow stared at Barter, waiting for an answer. ''I was just wondering when you will ever settle down with one woman. You should be married by now, you know...'' Barter suddenly said. Shadow was surprised. ''Are you kidding me right now?'' he asked Barter.Barter shook his head. ''Nope! After you lost your ex-wife, I could understand you staying away from relationships and not wanting to commit to anyone anymore, but it's been nearly ten years since that happened. Don't you think you need someone by you to make you feel better? You know what I mean. Even gangstas nee
Barter was getting frustrated, and desperate. After spending more than two decades with Mr. Ban, he was easily going to throw him, Barter to a corner just because of a loose whore he called his wife? He stared at the door of the room as if he wished that his eyes would bore a hole through. ''Preposterous,'' he muttered as he suddenly turned to leave. In the living room, when Barter stormed in angrily, he saw Shadow. Barter looked at Shadow as if he was seeing a ghost. ''Dude, where the hell have you been for nearly two weeks?'' Barter asked, shocked. Shadow rolled his eyes. ''Did you really expect me to hang around so that I will get discovered by Chase and the rest of them that I am on Ban's side?'' Shadow asked. Barter suddenly realized. There was no way Greg Chase and his cohorts would not have found out about Shadow playing both sides, the tension and pressure were too much, especially after the war. ''You are right, you would have been spotted,'' Barter said.
''We just had a few drinks and nothing more,'' Laura Ban said. By this time, they had arrived at the home of Mr. Ban.Mr. Ban hurried out of the car as if, if he stayed there for one more second, something will happen to him. ''Boss!'' Barter greeted him as soon as he sighted him. He had been waiting rather impatiently for Mr. Ban to return and give him a rundown of what happened at Laura Ban's house. Barter would have been the one to follow Mr. Ban to Laura Ban's family house, but his hideous face did not allow him. ''How did it go, boss?'' Barter asked. Mr. Ban glanced at Barter and rolled his eyes. Barter knew at once that Mr. Ban must have been ridiculed and insulted. The look on the man's face was so intensely upset. Barter spotted Laura Ban behind, hurrying up to meet Mr. Ban, and he obviously hissed, loudly enough so that Laura Ban would hear him. But of course, at the moment, Laura was bothered about something else, so she paid Barter no mind. She hurried towards Mr