*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
>"First of all, I must apologize for the trouble that Laura and Paul put you through, and I promise you that they will be punished accordingly." Mrs. Olivia announced while searching for a file on the shelf."No ma, there is no need for that, Paul is already being punished and as for Laura, I decided to let her go, the humiliation she'll go through for the lies she told is already enough a punishment for her," Tristan told her, while seated in front of the desk with his hands folded."I see," Mrs Olivia said."I heard that you paid the fees of a hundred-plus students, and I must say it's a shock to me. Just two days ago you were working for me at the library and I haven't even paid you yet, may I know what it is that you do?" "I got a job at Wilson's Cooperative," Tristan answered briskly, leaving out the fact that he was the managing director."Oh wow, congratulations then, I just hope you are not too busy to handle a class tomorrow?" Tristan raised a brow,
"Did Harry show up at all?" Tristan asked the security guard to stand at the entrance to the house. He expected at least a call from Harry but got nothing throughout the day so he wondered if he came or got lost."Yes sir, he is inside," The security answered briskly."Alright, Max!" he called."Yes sir.""Tell the maids to bring my things inside, also I'll need your help securing a job for Harry at the cooperative," He added.Nodding his head in agreement, Max replied,"Alright sir," and walked away immediately.Tristan in turn went into the house to meet his friend who he thought never showed up, and was surprised to see Harry relaxed in front of the huge television immersed in the movie that he was watching."Bro!" He stood up immediately and walked towards Tristan as soon as he saw him enter the room. He hugged Tristan before pestering him with numerous questions."Bro how? I can't believe all of this, it's just happened like magic. when I got here I thought it was the wrong addre
"Oh sure, man I can't believe I'm going to pause this movie, it's a crazy action filled movie," Answered Harry as he moved to the side of the couch for Tristan to sit."Yeah, it is a great movie but that's not the case," Tristan said and heaved a sigh of relief, it felt awkward to him that the system wanted to reward him for helping Harry to talk about this, even though he wasn't doing it for the reward."Okay, what's up," Harry inquired as he pushed the pause button on the remote, and faced the young man who wanted to speak with him.Taking a deep breath and hoping that it would not lead to a lot of trouble, Tristan asked him,"What's up with you and Luci," He noticed how weirdly Harry reacted to the question, giving it away with his facial expression, but Harry struggled to maintain composure before replying."We broke up, like three weeks ago, she went with some gangster guy, I'm not even so bothered about it, she started behaving awkwardly," Harry answered, and Tristan's shoulder