Henry had Louis wrap his stepmother’s body in a case. He couldn’t possibly take a dead body back to America, but at least he could give her a proper burial. He had been so in on his head that he hadn’t considered her misfortune. She did not have my luck in life, and the little she had, she had misused it and abused whomever she viewed herself above. Still, everyone deserved a burial. He hasn’t done well with her son, Jerry. Henry admitted that he had been in over his head, guided but by fury and the feeling of betrayal, he has t thought better of burying him then. All he wanted to do was teach her a lesson would never forget. Apparently, it would be him who would never forget; he who murdered the last remaining shreds of family he had left. He would live with this for the rest of his life, lonely and upset that he didn’t do anything worthwhile while alive. Louis threw the body over a rushing river. Henry sat in the car and watched it float away. He wished she would find the pe
Henry struggled to get out of the water, but he was being drawn underneath, deeper and deeper. He kicked his legs fervently, pushed his body forward, but it seemed as if he was being forced back under the water by unknown forces. Henry kept his head above the surface for as long as he could, and when he saw it was a losing battle, he took a deep breath and allowed himself to be submerged by the forces.The water surrounded him, forcing him into an invincible block. Henry was helpless. He had never felt this helpless except when he had traveled to different realms; and even then, he had Homer. He struggled to hold his breath until the forces released him. It was a losing battle. His eyes were dropping. The invincible box around him stretched and expanded; the surrounding hands released just enough for Henry to take a breath, but he won’t take that chance.[System Activated. Welcome, Mr. Henry]If there was any way Henry could roll his eyes, he would. Of all things, the system was the l
Henry jerked away from her. He grabbed his clothes and hurried into it. She was still smiling at him in that annoyingly cocky way. She was soaked from head to bottom; having jumped into the water to save him.Henry was embarrassed. He wasn’t sure if he should be grateful or embarrassed. Sure, she was the external help that he needed, but she didn’t know that. Now out of the water, he was freezing. He grabbed the rest of his clothes and covered himself, hoping to steal some warmth from it. She cleared her throat, and he looked up at her. The girl took one step towards him.“If you’re so desperate to die, why don’t you just shout yourself in your head?” Henry cocked his eyebrows in confusion. The girl gestures around her in a calm nonchalance.“I saw you drive in here,” she explained. “Then you walked in here, scouted the place, and undressed. I thought, ‘this guy must be crazy!’ Only for you to then jump into the pool.”Henry rubbed his eye to chase away the dizziness that came from
He remembered the girl from the night before, and somehow he hoped he won’t get to see her again . Better yet, he hoped to never return to Costa Rica. As wonderful as the place was, he knew he would definitely run into her. He didn’t especially like the thought of being monitored in a place. [System Activated. Daily Task loaded]“Give me a break,” Henry murmured. For god’s sake, just give me a break.”[Daily Task: Find the rabbit in the hole]At least this is easy, Henry thought. All he has to do was find some goddam rabbit in the hole. Hopefully Louis was focused on his own side of the room and won’t see him groping around blindly.His surroundings quickly changed into a rough setting. He was in a forest. The trees were sparse and lacking nutrition. Most were fallen, others were dull with lack of nutrients. He was in a different time and space now, so he didn’t think too much into it. He saw the rabbit hole easily.Henry let out a sigh of relief. It seemed he would be done with this
They did not answer him. Somehow he knew that they would not answer him; the system tends to ignore questions that they deem irrelevant. Henry had to rephrase his question, perhaps even demand for something better. He deserved it after all. He wasn’t even fully awake before they threw him into their den of daily tasks. And last night in the water. So obviously they owed him. He cleared his throat.“I don’t like this. I want an external healing potion instead. The scratches are external and wound attract unwarranted attention.”There was a short silence. It won’t last long. Henry had come to know the unexpected droning of the system and it’s crackled electric voice. Just as he thought it, another vial appeared in the air. Henry took it off and replaced the previous one it had given him. It disappeared as quickly as he came.“Thank you,” Henry said.He opened the vial. It still had a foul smell, but at least he wouldn’t be taking it down his throat. He angles his arm and studied the wou
Henry glanced at his hand and waved carelessly to Louis, “It’s all gone. I just went in and discovered that it wasn’t a wound at all.”Louis rose his brows in disbelief. “Really? I thought you were bleeding. Wasn’t it like, just a few minutes ago?”“Yeah and then I came to wash up. Discovered that it was a smudge I got from my stroll last night.”“How did you get a smudge?”Henry sat on his bed and tried to look as nonchalant as possible. “I came in contact with a girl, that’s how.”Louis immediately shifted closer to him in excitement. “Really? Finally. Who’s she? How did it go?”“It’s the weaponry girl; no one important.”Louis sighed at the nonchalance in Henry’s voice. He was excited and even forgot about the wound when Henry mentioned that he had come in contact with a girl. At this stage he wasn’t sure his boss would ever even find love. He kept brushing off the tiniest little things. It was exhausting, really.“So,” Louis continued, hoping to get something out of him. “Did you
“Successful mission?” Henry asked.“You know, being able to track down Mr. Anderson too. We’re lucky he’s in the same place at the same time. Also, Mrs. Cavil hasn’t sold any information about you, so that’s a bonus.”Henry paused to consider this. Louis went to the section where they had packed their car and removed the large overalls covering it. Henry followed suit, only stopping before the car so that Louis check the car and make sure it was filled and ready for the road. He didn’t particularly like clubbing. The sanitary of his house was better than some loud, over crowded place. He knew a few clubs that come colleagues of his managed, but he hadn’t thought of visiting once to have fun. It was interesting, this Louis idea of fun. Louis opened the front car door and turned to him.“What do you think, sir? Clubbing it is?”“No.” Henry said.“Come on,” Louis cajoled. “It’s going to be fun. I actually want to have a few drinks with you before going home to May. You know I have to fac
An usher led Louis and Henry to a vacant booth in the club. When they entered the club, Louis drew her close to him and explained that they were high profile men who required the VIP section. Henry didn’t know how she believed him, but she was doubly apologetic and said that the VIP section was filled. She suggested a last vacant booth whom she wanted to give out to some girls, but she would gladly give it to them. Louis grinned and told her they were not up to his standards, but he would take them.Henry sat on the soft cushion and watched Louis interact with the girl. It was too loud to tell what he was telling her; but the girl was doing a lot of blushing, tucking back her hair and lots of nodding. Soon after she left with her cheeks redder than a tomato. Louis turned to Henry with a funny expression on his face.“I told her to get us some drinks,” He yelled. “She’s coming back soon.”Henry nodded. He wasn’t inclined to lose his voice just to shout and make a point. The girl soon c
Evelyn noticed her sister isn't at home yet. She tried calling her number but it's isn't going.She tried the same for Henry's numbers but it wasn't going also. She decided to call Louis and it was the same thing."Fuck shott."She cursed"Why are they not picking where could they be?" She asked herself pacing around the room. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do.She called their number, but it wasn't going.Evelyn slept that night and told herself she was going to go to their house first thing in the morning.*The Next Day.*Evelyn woke up feeling sad, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was just sad. She felt something was going wrong somewhere.She stood up and left the house without even bathing. She first went to the company hoping to find her sister there, but she did not.She heard the shareholders will be holding a meeting there, she couldn't find her sister. She then decided to go to Dexter's office. She couldn't find him also.She couldn't eve
"Sean are you ready to take your revenge?" Erica questioned him."Yes, I am so ready to take my revenge, where is the gun? Knife anything? I am fucking prepared every fuckin time." Sean replied Erica.Erica went to meet Sean and ask him if he is ready to take his revenge. Sean wanted to kill him by every means."I need Mike, the only person who can lure Henry is Mike." Sean told her."Consider it done." She assured him.Dexter was prepared for the operation, he wanted to take them down as fast as he can. He got a call from Erica that he should kidnap Sean first."Come and meet me at the warehouse immediately you are done." He said to her.Dexter was already with his guys in a dark and secluded warehouse, a group of people huddled around a table, planning their next move.This was not a typical meeting, but one with a sinister purpose. They were planning a kidnapping, and every detail had to be just right.Dexter showed them the target picture so they will not end up going for the wron
*Later That Day.*Erica was at Dexter's company, she went there immediately she was done with stuffs at her company. She also went there since he refused to answer her calls."We need to act fast, we don't know what the guy is planning. I loosed the video, and there isn't anything we can use against him anymore." Erica told Dexter he thoughts drinking the juice that was placed on the table."We will kill him if he has any other intentions, we are not going to let him bring us down." Dexter said to her."Since you said that guy is available, I guess he is will be the one to take the revenge. That way we will be free for the rest of our lives." Dexter said to Erica."Do you not feel we should kidnap him, that easy it would more easy for him to get killed." She said to him."Yes, I agree with you." Dexter told her."Don't you have some met out there that could help us with it. We can't do it on our own." She told him."That's true, I will find some useful guys that can assist us in kidna
*The Next Day.*Henry woke up the next morning feeling so refreshed, he slept peacefully like a baby in the night. He couldn't get to see Evelyn the other day because he was tired already.He decided he was going to see her today. He put on his dress. Seeing his ex is just terrible for him. He remembered how broke he was when he caught her.He remembered how he loosed all hope after she confessed everything to him. After she told him he doesn't love her."Why do I have to dress up?" He asked himself when he noticed how nicely he was dressing."Whatever." He muttered under his breath. Henry already told Evelyn about the meeting. He walked out of the bedroom, and saw Louis waiting for him."Don't tell me you are this well dresses because of her." Louis winked at him."Me? This is just a casual well, and I am well dressed because I want to dress nicely." He said to Louis"Woah, are you going to meet up with a girl? Is he going on a blind date?" Mike was surprised by his outfit immediatel
Henry ended the call immediately after listening to what the nurse told him."What happened?" Louis inquired ok seeing how devastated he was."Someone released Sean from the hospital claiming they are related, how does that makes sense?" Henry was beginning to get so angry."It was Erica." Louis told Henry."You knew it was her and you couldn't stop her? How did you find out that it was her?" Henry queried him"I planted a tracker in her car, I saw that she went to a place and that is not the office, neither Dexter's company. She must have been the one." Louis explained to him."I knew she is up to something, we must find a way to find out what she is up to. She might want to use him or something." Mike added."She didn't know I am out the prison yet right?" Henry wanted to confirm his thoughts."Yes, she didn't know you are out of the prison yet, we need to wait for a while. That was she will be unguarded." Louis answered.They got to their house in no time and did the necessary thin
Erica laid on the bed, she realized how tired she was. She didn't know when she slept off.Evelyn tiptoed into her room, her sister was sleeping so deep that she didn't even notice when someone entered the room.Evelyn searched for the other phone her sister barely use. She finally found it in her wardrobe. She tried unlocking it but she couldn't.She then went to where he sister was using, and decided to use her finger print to open it. It opened once.The first thing she did was to set a screen timeout. She left the bedroom, and went ahead to meet Louis where he was waiting for her.She walked up to where he parked his car and entered it."How was it? Did you not get it? I thought you said you were going to text me." Louis asked her."I got the phone." She answered and have him the phone she got from her sister.Louis first went to her iMessage, hoping he could find something there but he couldn't. He then whet to her storage.Luckily for him, he saw the videos there. He didn't know
Erica was happy with the scene that was going on. She was happy seeing how speechless Henry became."Wait, why me? I am not interested. Why should I become the ceo, laugh out loud." Erica acted surprised.She knew what she was doing, she didn't want to look. Suspicious to Louis."We have noticed that you are good for this job, and we would love to pick you." They informed her."Woah, looks as if I got no choice." She stoped up."If you know you would not want her to he the CEO, please can you raise your hands up." Someone announced but none of the shareholders could raise up their hands."Today, we declare ma'am Erica as the CEO of this company." The person who was in charge of the voting said."You are fired from this company, together with Mike. We find out you two might be a threat to the new CEO as you are not happy with her becoming the CEO." The shareholder passed across the information."What does Mike have to do with this? You can fire me instead and leave the poor guy alone."
"What do you want to see me for?" Erica asked Louis immediately she got to his office."I wanted to ask you few questions, is it possible for you to go to the house we just came back from. Can you get the security footage of everything that happened during our stay there?I think there is a spy there that got it release everything we did, and sent to our rival company." Louis asked Erica for a favor.He knew what he was doing. Even though he will have to loose an evidence that is as strong as that. His main aim was to confirm if Erica was the spy, and if she has someone she is working for."Sure, I will do that." Erica assured him with a smirk on her face."You are telling your greatest enemy to do the job for you." She said to herself."Consider it done." She assured him"Thank you very much." Louis appreciated."What about Henry? I haven't seen him! Hope he is okay?" She asked him."Sure, he will not be showing his face for the meantime. He will surely get back to you once he is bac
"The police are here for what?" Henry asked with his eyes wide opened."They insisted on staying at the entrance, and they are on their way here." The girl told him and she will not stop panicking.The police entered his office without knocking, with his secretary at their back."Mr. Henry you are under arrest. We will refrain you from talking, any word can be used against you in the court of law. You are allowed to also have an attorney." One of the police said to him."Find me a lawyer." Henry said to louis and followed the police men without asking them any questions.Henry followed them willingly without asking them any questions.Louis was still shocked with what happened. He knew what happened, he knew the reason he was arrested.Louis never imagined if there is a way they can get him saved. He decided to call Henry's best lawyer.He didn't want to go and Henry immediately to avoid any suspicions. A lot of people haven't figured out that he got arrested yet."I need you here imm