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“Sir…sir,” he said with urgency.Ryan pulled the phone out of his ear a bit, he could perceive something was wrong with his voice. “What is going on?” he questioned.Mr. Caleb stared at Ryan with his face etched with curiosity, while Ryan furrowed his brow curiously, as he awaited to know the reason why The security had called him.“Mr. Ryan, there is a fire at the warehouse, it is spreading fast, we have called the fire department, but we need you here immediately.” He said.Ryan’s face turned pale as the words sank into him, “What? How did it start? Is everyone safe?” He questioned with his voice alarming.His grandfather moved closer so he could know why Ryan’s voice was alarming.“We are not sure yet, we are trying to account for everyone. You need to get here now.” He said with his voice filled with tension and fear.Mr. Caleb exchanged glances with Grey, he was eager to know why the sudden change of expression. “A fire at the warehouse, how come? What happened?” he questioned
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Ryan couldn’t shake the unease feeling that was building inside of him, as long as Joseph was still out there, his family life was at risk and he knew he needed to do something to get his job arrested or something bad might happen.“I want you to do anything In your power to get Joseph, I want him arrested and sent to jail at all costs,” Ryan said with his jaw clenched.“Yes, Mr. Baker. My men and I will make sure we catch him.” The chief police officer said.Ryan exhaled sharply, Just when he was about to go the chief mouthed. “Mr. Ryan, Joseph’s accomplice Reuben has been sent to jail with his friends who were part of the murder of the lawyer.” He voices out.Ryan furrowed his face, he was not bothered about the Forster family. But, he is happy Reuben learnt his lesson. ‘That serves him right, I want him to remain there forever.” Grey said with his voice barely above a whisper.Ryan shook his head and walked away, his eyes etched with worries and concern for the workers and his fa
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Ryan was seated at the corner of the restaurant sipping slowly from the wine glass and had his eyes fixed on his iPad as he strolled slowly.He needed to take his mind off some stress after a series of back-and-forths. He chooses a perfect spot to relax his mind.The restaurant door swung open and Ryan glanced up, his eyes widened in surprise, and he blinked twice to be sure he wasn’t making a mistake. Entering the restaurant was his old friend Freddie, arm in arm with a lady. Ryan hadn’t seen Freddie in years, Freddie was the friend who helped him secure a job at Express Cargo a long time ago, but he left a few weeks after Ryan got employed. The sight of Freddie brought a genuine smile to his face.Freddie and the lady were walking slowly when Ryan called his name.“Freddie Armstrong! Is that you?” Ryan said softly.Freddie furrowed his brow, he looked straight to where he heard his name. He spotted Ryan and broke into a broad grin.“Ryan Baker! What a coincidence, it’s been ages.”
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Jeffrey chuckled uncontrollably, “The almighty Ryan Baker. You think I don’t know you, You think you can go around and spoil any plan you want. I have already paid for the spot and I wouldn’t want a refund. All I want is to spend time with my baby and none of you here would do anything about it.” Jeffrey Nil said, kissing the lady on her lips and his right hand behind her waist. Ryan remembered his face clearly, his wife is a business partner with Ryan’s real estate company. “How shameless are you? You left your wife at home and came here with a little girl that’s supposed to be your daughter’s age mate. You are nothing but a shame and disgrace to your family.” Ryan blurted out, his statements made the customers giggle slightly. This made Jeffrey angry, the lady with him glared at Ryan disdainfully. “What are you talking about and how is that your business?” Jeffrey said countering Ryan. Jeffrey paused and continued. “You had better stay off my lane and allow me to enjoy my date,
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“What are you doing here?” Jeffrey abruptly asked.He knew what was set to befall him, so he chose to ask first. While trying to defend himself. “I should be asking you the same question, where is she?” She said with a harsh voice.“Where is who?” Jeffrey said.Maryann chuckled, the customer pointed and screamed at the young lady to identify herself. The young lady felt ashamed and embarrassed by the situation.Jeffery struggled with his words, the young lady tried to move but the guards blocked her path, and she fell to her knees. Her eyes welled up in tears and her palms joined as she pleaded.“I am sorry, please, forgive me. I didn’t know he was married.” She said with her tears shimmering down her eyes.Ryan shook his head in disbelief, the customers had their mouths opened in shock. They began to curse the young lady.Maryann slammed her feet against the floor twice, with her lips gritted in anger. “Teach them a lesson, don’t leave any of them.” She instructed.The guards move
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The manager sighed in disappointment with his gaze downward, “Sir, I…I can explain it was a misunderstanding in the reservation.” He replied.If he wasn’t greedy for an extra tip, this wouldn’t have happened, because Freddie paid first before Jeffrey came and doubled the money.“A misunderstanding, ” He angrily said. The manager nodded his head intermittently, He felt the weight of the situation within him. He knew he had a slight chance if the owner should find the truth. Unbeknownst to the manager the customers have been on live and the video has been trending on all social media platforms.He was about to utter a word when he was interjected by the owner with a slap across his face. “Sir….’Tah, The manager staggered backwards with his hands on his face, his eyes popped out with extreme shock.“A misunderstanding that cost us our reputation and humiliated one of the richest families in the city, you have just a job which is to manage the restaurant smoothly and now look at the
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He managed to maintain his composure but his mind was pounding fast, Grey had to close the tab hastily to avoid Ryan from seeing what he was doing.Grey knew he had to come up with a good answer, he wouldn’t want to be interrogated by Ryan, He could see how angry he was.“Uhhh, I was going through some stuff online. My laptop was having difficulty, so I thought about using yours to finish my work,” he said, getting up from the seat and walking towards Ryan.Ryan stared at him in disbelief, he didn’t believe his statement.Ryan clenched his hand into a fist. He narrowed his eyes, suspicious pricking at the back of his mind. “You should have called the technician to get your laptop checked, my laptop is confidential. I don’t want you going through my laptop again or coming into my office without my permission.” Ryan said firmly.“But Ryan, we are brothers and grandfather said whatever belongs to you, belongs to me as well.” He said. Ryan felt irritated by his words, as he walked towar
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Ryan yanked the thought off his mind, while he continued with his work. His eyes were glued to the laptop screen. The day had been long filled with meetings and planning sessions, Ryan felt a sense of accomplishment as he wrapped up the last reports for the day.He shut down his laptop and stared at his wristwatch, it was 5:30 pm. He sighed in relief. There was a subtle knock on the door, “Come in,” he said in his usual tone.Ryan hoisted his head to deduce who it was and his gaze fell on Nicolas who walked inside the office, Nicolas was worried that his master had spent enough time unlike him, so he came to check to see what was happening but he found his master getting ready to leave.“Oh! I was about to call you. Get the car ready.” He said.“Okay, young master.” He replied.Nicholas left the office, closing the door from behind. Just as he was about to stand up, his phone rang. Ryan glanced at the phone screen and found Elizabeth’s name boldly written on the screen.He didn’t
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Ryan watched as they wheeled her out, his heart was heavy with worries. He rushed and followed the paramedics team, with his mother. He knew he needed to be by her side to make sure she was alright, she just saved his life. Ryan couldn’t shake the unease feeling that was building within him, “Hold on, Elizabeth. We will get through this.” Ryan said in his mind.The paramedic’s team rushed towards their van and drove immediately to the hospital. Ryan took the key from Nicolas and rushed behind the ambulance. His heart was racing fast, he blew the horn repeatedly when they got to the highway trying to find a path for him to drive.When they got to the hospital, the paramedics team sprang into action, and Elizabeth was wheeled into the hospital. And was taken in for treatment.Ryan raced inside like someone who had been chased, he was breathing fast. He asked several nurses and he was told that she was undergoing an operation.He sat on the chair facing downward, with tears welling up
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“I heard everything you said. Grey. It was you who killed Brown at the hospital. I never thought you would be this evil until today.” Victoria said with a voice mixed with anger and pain.The policemen and the guards rushed inside the building, they stopped when they noticed the scenes that were happening before them.“Drop your weapons, you are surrounded by the police.” The Chief police officer said.Grey’s heart sank into his stomach, he knew there was no way out of him. He turned to face Ryan who gave him a small smile by the side of his lips.“You called the police, Ryan. How dare you.” Grey said.Ryan shrugged, “My mum wasn’t the only person you kidnapped, Elizabeth Brian is here.” He said soft but firm tone.The police team moved closer to where Mrs. Rebecca and Elizabeth were tied and helped untie them, setting them free, and moving them towards the back.“Drop your weapons,” The chief of police screamed again.“I can’t drop my weapon, I can surrender to you,” Grey said, his
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His mother’s heart was pounding fast in fear, and Her eyes widened in horror. Seeing Six hefty men against her son Ryan.Tears were streaming down her cheeks and her body was trembling. Ryan placed the document on a rust table, beside him.Ryan knew he could take them if he stayed focused, he watched their movements, and his senses were on high alert. He watched as they moved towards a direction coming out with different weapons to fight against him.Grey stood behind, an evil smirk formed immediately by the edge of his lips. “Don’t kill him, we still need him alive to sign the document,” Greg instructed.The men nodded their heads intermittently while moving towards Ryan with a stern and mocking face.“You had picked the run person, Grey. You guys can walk away now you have the chance, I wouldn’t hurt you. I will give you some minutes to think about it.” Ryan said with a calm but firm tone.The men exchanged glances and laughed, “Let’s deal with him.” The scarred man said.Ryan st
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“But I never believed you would have some people who are still loyal to you. They did a nice job of setting off the fire on time.” He said making a mockery of it.Ryan glared at him, “What is your gain in all this and what do you want?” He asked with his voice dripping in fury.“I had no idea you were this smart,” he said. “I want everything you owe, Everything your grandfather gave to you including the company.” He said.Ryan giggled with the right side of his lips, he wasn’t surprised by what he said. He knew something was odd about Grey from the beginning.“How do you think it’s going to be possible? There are people before you who have tried to take things off my hands and they failed. And one of them is your father,” he said confidently.Grey got pissed by his statement, giving him a deadly glare. With his jaw clenched. Ryan was using this as a delay tactic for the police and his men to take position. Meanwhile, Nicolas and Sebastian have positioned themselves with snipers at d
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They moved slowly till they got to an open space, Ryan glanced around the room and he could see his mother being tied to a chair, her eyes could tell her story that she had pain and fear while her heart was enthralled with indescribable sorrow.It got to Ryan’s notice that she wasn’t the only one, he narrowed his gaze to the left and found Elizabeth Brian also tied at the other end.“What is she doing here and how come she was kidnapped alongside my mother.” He mumbles inwardly. Ryan was in a perplexed state but maintained his composure for the task ahead.His eyes flickered in rage while transferring the anger to his hand grip on the bag. He counted the men he saw starting from the entrance, they were a total of six men.“Where is your boss, tell him, I have what he requested and he should set them free,” Ryan said, his voice deep and showing no atom of fear.One of the gang members who seemed to be the leader, he had a scarred face, spoke with authorities.“Not so fast, we need to c
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Ryan and Freddie got to the entrance of his mansion, where Ryan met his driver, Jerry. “Get in, we are heading out,” he commanded.Jerry felt something was off, he knew his master wouldn’t have sounded like that. But he believes whatever it is his master will always conquer it no matter what.Ryan felt his phone vibrate, he shoved it out placing it on a loudspeaker.“Master, Ryan. It’s Sebastian. I have news that you should know.” Sebastian said.Ryan already knew what he wanted to say, but allowed him to make the statement.“What is it?” Ryan said with a plain tone.“Master, Your mother has been kidnapped. The two guards she went out with were shot and have been taken to the hospital, we have informed the police about it. And they have sent a rescue team to search for her.” Sebastian said.“Master, I believe it was Joseph who sent those men to kidnap your mother,” he added.Ryan inhales.“I know about it, the kidnappers have contacted me.”“What did they say, did they request for any
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The atmosphere was filled with laughter, and excitement as they exchanged memories of the past. Suddenly Ryan’s phone rang out, he didn’t pick up the call at first, it was the second time. He glanced at the phone screen and his eyes fell on an unknown number.He furrowed his brow, “Who could this be?” He said in his mind. He excuses himself from his friends while pressing his right finger against the phone screen.He exhaled deeply and mouthed into the phone.“Hello, this is Ryan Baker. Who am I unto and how can I help you.” Ryan said calmly.“Finally, Finally you decided to pick up my calls. You were lucky, you did. I would have sent you a message with a picture of your mum’s corpse.” The unknown caller said and from the background, one could tell it was a male voice.“Huh? Who are you and what the hell are you talking about.” Ryan questioned with a serious tone, he wasn’t finding the caller’s statements to be a friendly one. He furrowed his face.The caller laughed sarcastically
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Ryan yanked the thought off his mind, while he continued with his work. His eyes were glued to the laptop screen. The day had been long filled with meetings and planning sessions, Ryan felt a sense of accomplishment as he wrapped up the last reports for the day.He shut down his laptop and stared at his wristwatch, it was 5:30 pm. He sighed in relief. There was a subtle knock on the door, “Come in,” he said in his usual tone.Ryan hoisted his head to deduce who it was and his gaze fell on Nicolas who walked inside the office, Nicolas was worried that his master had spent enough time unlike him, so he came to check to see what was happening but he found his master getting ready to leave.“Oh! I was about to call you. Get the car ready.” He said.“Okay, young master.” He replied.Nicholas left the office, closing the door from behind. Just as he was about to stand up, his phone rang. Ryan glanced at the phone screen and found Elizabeth’s name boldly written on the screen.He didn’t
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He managed to maintain his composure but his mind was pounding fast, Grey had to close the tab hastily to avoid Ryan from seeing what he was doing.Grey knew he had to come up with a good answer, he wouldn’t want to be interrogated by Ryan, He could see how angry he was.“Uhhh, I was going through some stuff online. My laptop was having difficulty, so I thought about using yours to finish my work,” he said, getting up from the seat and walking towards Ryan.Ryan stared at him in disbelief, he didn’t believe his statement.Ryan clenched his hand into a fist. He narrowed his eyes, suspicious pricking at the back of his mind. “You should have called the technician to get your laptop checked, my laptop is confidential. I don’t want you going through my laptop again or coming into my office without my permission.” Ryan said firmly.“But Ryan, we are brothers and grandfather said whatever belongs to you, belongs to me as well.” He said. Ryan felt irritated by his words, as he walked towar
