TAP TAP TAPThe gentle but rhythmic sound of the footsteps of Helen and her guards on the tiles could suddenly be heard as the men in the room fixed their gazes on the door to await her arrival.Arthur Columbus, the convener of the meeting smirked maniacally and leaned back on his chair while whispering, 'She's finally here...'The moment Helen appeared at the door with her guards, the mood in the room suddenly changed and Arthur stood up with his men to welcome her."Thank you for honouring my invitation, Miss Jones," Arthur said as he stretched forth his hand for a handshake. "My pleasure. Mister Arthur." Helen replied with a polite smile and gestured towards the chairs in the room. "Let's get to it immediately, I have an event to be at in a while.""That should not be a problem," Arthur replied, "I'll be brief, after all, I don't have much to say.""Okay then," Helen replied and sat down with the elegance of a supermodel, "I'm glad that we're on the same page."Arthur followed sui
"What?" Arthur was taken aback for a moment as he didn't expect her words. He felt insulted at her words and was further angered by the slight smirk that popped up on her face in reaction to his shock."With all due respect Mister Arthur, if your aim was to impress me with all your achievements, you have successfully failed in that" "I still have many other achievements, I can tell you more if you'd like-""Mister Arthur, I'm sure you've said all you intended to say so I'll be leaving you to enjoy the party. As you can see, I have a lot of guests to attend to" Helen cut him off mid sentence as she got up from her seat elegantly like a model."What do you mean Miss Jones. I have done my homework and I know I'm the most suitable man to marry you in this city. This is an opportunity you can't walk out on" he got up from his seat to try to approach Helen but a security guard stepped in front of him to stop him."Heh, watch me" she chuckled before walking out of the room with her guards a
Leo remained quiet as the guards escorted him all the way from the hotel lobby to the elevator and him and two if the guards stepped in.The guard pushed the button to go up eighteen floors and the elevator slowly began moving up.1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7...The minute the elevator reached the seventh floor, the guard quickly pushed the button to go back to the first floor and they began to descend again but the display still showed that they were moving upwards.'That's probably just a precaution to prevent anyone monitoring the elevators from knowing where we are going. The security around Mr Jones is quite impressive' Leo thought to himself as he observed the actions of the guard."I apologize for any inconvenience we may cause you. You have to understand that Master Jones is very powerful and successful but power and success also pulls in enemies in hordes" the African guard spoke in his accent that was slightly difficult for Leo to understand."No problems, he is a very im
"Melissa's lover, Baron, that's his father right?" Leo asked calmly, trying not to let the anger in him cloud his judgement."Yes, the Ax Business Industry is one of the largest single person holding across the country. Only family members are allowed to buy shares in the company and Baron is the direct heir to all of the Ax Holdings" Maxwell explained."Did Johnson find out about me? Is that why Baron is courting Melissa? I've tried my absolute best to stay away from healing people for a while now, you are the first person I've healed in over half a decade" "I'm well aware of that, even with my all my connections it took me a very long while to find you. I was surprised you kept your parents name though, it greatly helped in my search for you. But from my sources, it seems like Melissa and Baron's relationship is completely unrelated to you""But from what you said earlier, you're not 100% sure he's the one who killed my parents?" Leo asked as he remembered Maxwell's words from a fe
"An offer I can't refuse?" Leo chuckled, "What sort of offer is that?""Don't be in a hurry to hear it. Wait a moment leys get to our destination first" Helen replied with a confident smile."Alright then" Leo agreed before leaning back into the seat. He was still feeling sleepy even though he had just woken up from a fifteen plus hour sleep.VROOM!!!The limo sped through the streets of the city and soon they were in the West Side of the city. It was not as popular or classy as the East Side where Redemption Hotel was located alongside the homes of all the wealthiest people living in the city.The West Side was mostly undeveloped and was populated by large apartment buildings still under construction and you could see the various machines of the construction companies all around. The driver navigated the car through the streets and came to park in front of one of the few completed housing complexes. It was a large building containing at least a 100 one bedroom apartments and had the
A taxi pulled up in front of Grant Autos and a tired looking Leo hopped out of it after handing the driver a couple of dollar bills.'I couldn't have imagined the amount of paperwork I had to sign to join the Jones Corporation. Six different Non Disclosure Agreement! What sort of secret activities do they do that they have to make me sign six NDAs? I've practically signed. My signature on over 300 documents in the last 4 hours many of which I didn't even read. I hope that doesn't come back to bite me in the ass' he mumbled to himself in anger as he rushed into the store.He wasn't in the mood to waste time as he really needed a little shut eye to ward of the tiredness."Good evening sir" the female receptionist greeted him in a cordial tone but soon frowned after she noticed the state he was in. He had run his hands through his hair too many times in during the day and it was now scattered and lay atop his head in a mess. His suit which he had been wearing since the party the day befo
"Interesting" Leo smiled as he walked into Grant's private gallery. Cars were lined up on his left and right but Leo was never someone to be impressed by shiny cars. The cars ranged from old classics to new demons and from the pure gold plaques the names of the cars were imprinted on and rare stones that adorned the plaques Leo could tell that Grant was not your regular car dealer.'This man does not deal in only cars, this whole business might even be a sham, there's a reason he brought me in here' Leo thought to himself with a sigh. He was close to losing his cool due to his severe tiredness."Mr Grant, I'm not an expert in cars so I'll let you pick one out for me. Nothing too fancy though, I want something that would fit into any environment and get me from point A to point B in time" "Mr Dubois, I assure you that I'll put my utmost effort into finding you the perfect car but I would like to have a word with you first" Grant smiled widely and Leo immediately likened him to a con m
"There, now you have your proof Mr. Grant now get up we have to talk. There's some information I need from you" Leo said as he helped Grant to his feet."What do you need to know?""I need to know about a certain poison. I believe it's gotten from a plant called the Purple Demon Flower. It's a poison that slowly sucks on the life force of anyone who ingests it and eventually kills the person. It's a very rare flower and is only found in one location somewhere in the Asian mountains. Mr Jones was poisoned by a toxin extracted from the flower and I want to know who would be the most likely person to come in contact with the flower, any one who has any real interest in taking the Jones' family off the map and anything connected to a certain Mr. Liquorice"Grant frowned as if he was unwilling to share information of such massive scale but at the end his greed for power won out over his professionalism."Many families do business in Asia but it's mostly tech based transactions. The only fa