"Something illegal? what is that supposed to mean, man?" Tristan asked, he felt offended by the unexpected approach."I don't know okay, dude I don't know what to think, you got back this morning suddenly super rich, you paid the fees of over a hundred students and more, and you suddenly have a Range Rover, and a bodyguard yet the cops are after you, what do you expect me to think, I'm worried that you are into drugs, man I'm not going to lie," Harry couldn't believe he just confessed to Tristan, but he felt that it has to be done."Oh, you thought I was into drugs? I'm disappointed man, why do you even think I'll do that?" Tristan couldn't blame him much, he also never expected to be rich overnight, and with the sequence of events one may think that he was into drugs or something dirty."I don't know man, only you know what you are doing that got you this rich, and also the cops said something about you being involved in Paul's disappearance which, I won't lie, made me feel like you
5:00 amTristan had instructed the system to wake him up as early as possible so he could leave the dorm without being noticed. Taking the same appearance as last night, he walked out of the dorm while Harry was still sound asleep.He had a lot to accomplish today, from interrogating Laura to apologizing to Claudia, and finally finding Paul and completing the task before time ran out because he had until 10;00 am the next day to complete this.While seated in the car, Max asked where he wanted to go, he was surprised to see Max wide awake as if he hadn't gone to bed the previous night. "Did you sleep at all last night?" Tristan asked."Yes, and I hope you had a good rest, sir?" Max inquired with a smile on his face."Yes I did, right now I have no idea how to start, I just have to leave the campus before the cops come here again, and before studens realize that I am here,I can't let them see me. Also, I need to go to Laura's house but it's too early and her parents would get suspicio
Mr. Ortega was not shocked nor impressed with the sudden change in demeanor, he had experienced it before so it did not make a difference."Listen, young man, I don't want to stretch this for too long, here is a document with everything you need to know about the house, you can sign if you are willing to buy it," without regard or respect, he handed the paper over to Tristan who took it with an apathetic attitude.His jaws dropped at the price of the building, despite having a lot of money at the moment, the prices of these things still surprised him a lot."70 million," He whispered and contemplated whether or not to purchase it, he wasn't sure about his next reward and how much it was going to be.Also, he was not confident in completing the quest as it seems a lot trickier and almost impossible. But he didn't want to be looked down upon by the old Man before him so he signed it in the hope to acquire more and if not from the system, then from his position as a managing director."D
*Knock knock* The knuckle on the clenched fist of the young detective knocked gently on the door of Claudia's apartment. Her mother had already prepared breakfast and rushed to the door to check who it was, only to be faced by a man dressed in a black suit and dark shades."Good morning sir," She greeted."How may I help you?" "I am looking for Miss Laura Benson, can I speak with her if it's okay?" The detective answered in a cold voice."Uhm... sure come in," Although skeptical, Laura's mother let the detective in and ushered him to take a seat on the sofa, while she ran off to inform Laura that she had a guest."Detective!" Laura exclaimed in shock two minutes later upon seeing him seated like there was a problem."Is everything alright sir?" She asked and the detective stood on his feet and said."Is there any place where you and I can speak, alone?"With a hint of trepidation in her facial expression, she nodded her head and directed him to the back of the house, where there was
Tristan was not so surprised, besides he had suspected before that Paul might be hiding, but what still didn't make sense to him was how Paul and Laura are doing this together, but Laura called some boys to rob Paul that night."Tell me everything that happened," Lowering his voice, he sat down in front of her, to listen to the tale he longed for, the tale of freedom. And to secure the evidence, he put on the sound recorder on his phone without Laura realizing."He is at his friend's house, that is all I know," Laura said with a straight face trying to avoid the real story she ought to tell, but Tristan/detective played along."I see," he said,"And is he aware that people are looking everywhere for him?" he asked and Laura nodded her head without saying a word."Tell me, Laura, is this a plot among the both of you?" he inquired and yet again Laura nodded her head, her face flushed with embarrassment and she kept her head low to avoid meeting the detective's gaze."Trust me Laura, I w
"Hope everything is fine?" Laura's mother asked with a worried expression on her face as the detective was about to leave the house, she could not understand the pale expression on her daughter's face, and from the window, she had seen her pleading with the detective and it piqued her curiosity."Everything is fine mam," said the detective, before leaving for the car parked in front of the house, only one person saw something strange and that was Laura.She realized that the car in front of her was the same one she saw Tristan step out from before he was arrested and it dawned on her."Tristan was already rich before he was arrested, but how is that even possible, he paid the fees of over a hundred-plus students?" it did not cross her mind that the detective was driven in Tristan's car.Getting into the car and driving off, Tristan heaved a sigh of relief before changing to his usual form, a satisfactory smile crept upon his face and upon noticing this, Max asked,"Successful?" and to
Staring from the pleading eyes of the mother to her shocked and speechless son, and his confused girlfriend, Tristan knew that he had to make a choice he would not regret and that was making sure both of them got punished."I could send both of you to jail," he began and at this point, Laura fell to her knees. She had been trying to hold it for so long but she was overwhelmed by guilt and trepidation."Please Tristan I beg you," she tried to touch his feet but the officer came in between them."Please I am so sorry for what I did to you, I was foolish, Paul blinded me and I feel for it, please I beg you, it's not me doing all of this, I don't know what pushed me to ... please," She cried, her head facing the ground ashamed to meet his gaze.Paul however remained at a spot unmoved by the sequence of events, he could not picture himself bowing to Tristan and pleading for forgiveness like Laura was doing, instead, he gave Tristan a weird deadly stare that caused Tristan to be more annoye
Max drove them back to campus as Tristan heaved a sigh of relief knowing that it was finally over, he didn't have to deal with Laura or Paul anymore, his name had been cleared and the news reached the school administrators as well.As soon as he got back to campus all eyes were on him, and instead of the usual death stare and mockery, there were lots of smiles both genuine and non, students were hailing him and calling him the boss, but Tristan had something else in mind and that was to make up for the time lost with his new partner.He headed for the biological laboratory to search for her, and just as he got there, he saw a couple of students coming out of the hall indicating that the class had just ended, so it was a perfect time for him.In a few minutes, Claudia came out of the hall as well, both her friends walking with her, and as soon as they saw Tristan waiting for them, weird smiles crept upon their faces, but not Claudia."C'mon girl, go say hi," Ari rubbed her shoulder on