Tristan ignored the chief who has been keen on pissing him off all evening, he scoffed and began to walk out of the woods toward the direction in which he came, when Marie ran to him."Senior!" she called and Tristan turned around abruptly to see her running toward him. She stopped when she stood in from of him and said."Thank you... for everything." Tristan smiled and retorted,"You are welcome, and secondly stop calling me senior, we've gotten past that ages ago," he added and Marie laughed."Sorry, I got so used to it, well thank you, Mr. Coleman," she said."Good, now go with the cops, I'll call you later to know how you are doing," he added. He wanted to tell her to call him Tristan, but knowing that she also now likes him, he decided to keep things formal."Bye." She said and waved at him and Max as they left the wood.As soon as he got to the car, Max took out a phone from the box in the car and gave it to Tristan whose eyes widened in shock."It's the device you asked me to
"I'd explain what truly happened when you are less busy," he typed and sent after much contemplation and kept on staring at the phone. He saw they Claudia came online, saw the message, and went offline immediately.Tristan sighed and face-slapped himself, but then he shaved off those thoughts since he was innocent and concentrated on what he had to do for the rest of the day.After his exercise, he was rewarded with 10 exp points, and then he went back to the house, took a shower, and hit the road, he was meant to come to the station as instructed by the chief, and he also wanted to meet Marie and ask her the required questions necessary for his task.In no time he was at the station and walked to the waiting area where he didn't have to wait a minute before he was directed to the chief's office.Once he got there, he saw Marie sitting there with her hand on the desk that separated both of them. Marie stood up and greeted Tristan casually with a smile but she held back from hugging hi
Tristan felt terrible as he listened to her, he couldn't believe what she had gone through for his sake, and also couldn't believe that once again someone was after his life.He recalled from the start, Mr. John Wilson wanted the downfall of Wilson's Cooperative in his hands, he ended up getting the man convicted and a relative of his assigned Drake to assassinate him, and now someone named Ghost wants his life."Could it be another relative?" he wondered and focused on Marie's narration."I wanted to live," she cried," I didn't want to die, I was so afraid that they would shoot my head off, so I had no choice but to comply. They followed me to the restaurant and sat amid the crowd. I didn't know how to ask you all the questions they told me to ask or explain anything dishonest to you."" I was guilt-tripped by your presence that I reacted the way I did, and that was when everything else happened." She ended her story and turned to Tristan and said," I am very sorry, I should have t
He picked up the call immediately and said,"Please I'll call you later, I'm busy right now okay?" Claudia disconnected the call even before he finished talking and Tristan sighed,"I'll take care of you later," He said and faced the people he was addressing."So, can we pull it off?" "You speak like it's a big thing, sir," Harry retorted,"Only one of us can find out within minutes," He added and the others concurred."Alright then, shall we proceed, if I can find the location now it'll be okay." He commanded and one of the men present in the room set to work.The rest of them left the room since they were not needed, while Tristan stayed with the man who concentrated on the task.Tristan thought it would take less than ten minutes with how Harry belittled the search, but thirty minutes had passed and he was yet to know the location of the phone when that call was made."What is going on?" He asked."Her device is well-secured sir, I'm finding it hard to hack into her location sett
A shiver went down Tristan's spine, he tried to avoid giving off the guilt, but then again none of this was his fault."System you should take care of this, it's not me who made myself a CEO," [ Get an attorney, he'll advise you on what to do]"So Mr Coleman, do you have any proof against mine?" Joel asked.Tristan couldn't say a word immediately because he didn't know how to respond, and worse, it wasn't a good day for such an incident."Why so silent now Mr Coleman?" Mr Joel asked as if trying to intentionally piss Tristan off."I do not have any proof against yours, but I'll consult my lawyer so that we can come to an amicable resolution." He said."I am waiting, I have nowhere else to be," said Mr Joel."What do you mean? I intend for us to have a meeting with him tomorrow, I have a lot to deal with today, except my lawyer represents me while I take my leave." "I suggest you take care of this one first Mr Coleman," Mr Joel interjected."Matters like this can cause the downfall o
"Fine," she said and disconnected the call immediately, Tristan sighed thinking that she got mad only for him to receive a message less than a minute later.The message was from Claudia and it contained the phone number of the person who sent the picture to her, and she sent the picture along with a message which she wrote,"I hope with this you can come up with your lies, but I won't be the one you will tell those lies to." "Don't worry, you'll soon understand everything," Tristan typed, but as soon as he sent the message, he realized that Claudia had blocked him./ Disrespectful isn't it/"It's not her fault, I just hope one day she'll realize that I'm not one of those men out there who treats women like they are instruments to be used." / Aside from that, she'll soon realize one day that celebrities will flock at your feet and beg for your love, she only acts this way now because she knows you'll always come back to beg/"as I said, I don't blame her, I've known from the start th
[ Warning- This chapter contains disturbing content that may or may scare you to the edge of your seat, proceed with caution]"Did you hear that?" Tristan asked Max."Very clearly sir, we should stay alert, it may be the ghost that he just spoke to who knows?" " Well, one of my objectives is to survive within the building until I find that ghost, unmask him, and know why he wants me dead. System how many points do I have?"/ Total number of exp points left - 172/" Good enough to explore with," he concluded and turned from the door. Just as Marie had described, the first place was empty, there was no windows or door in this large hall, no chairs or desk, the floor was black and shiny and Tristan couldn't help but wonder what this place was for.There wasn't anything scary in there, so he proceeded further into the building, towards a hallway with an unstable lightbulb. The bulb dangled from side to side like it would fall off the ceiling, and the light was unstable as it kept changi
"Wow, I can't believe it!" Tristan exclaimed, still in shock that the shield caused the bullet to bounce off his skin, but Max looked the least surprised because it wasn't a new occurrence to him."Yes sir, it's nothing new," Max answered./-1 exp points/"Oh yeah, pay as you use," Tristan said and requested that the shield be taken down which was done immediately.He continued confidently towards the end of the hallway, each step he took echoed but he did not care. As they approached the end of the hallway, there were three diversions, one leading forward but downstairs, while the ones on the right and left side led upstairs.While he contemplated on what path to take, he heard a hissing sound, and no one knew the sound a snake makes better than Tristan because of his hatred for the reptile.Unable to discern what path the serpent was coming from, Tristan waited with his eyes staring in all directions sporadically. And as soon as he set eyes on the slippery reptile coming down the st