Harlan hurried out of the restroom to meet Kelvin, unable to continue the chat with Madame A.
"I have been waiting for you for the past few minutes. What were you doing there?" Kelvin asked when Harlan got to where they had been doing the tutorial. Jessica was not in the room any longer."Nothing," Harlan dismissed quickly, not willing to share the fact that his mother might still be alive with Kelvin.Although Kelvin doesn't believe Harlan is Harlan Smith, he would definitely believe Harlan if he tells him about someone sending him messages and telling him that she is his mother's sister, but Harlan wasn't ready to tell that yet.Kelvin narrowed his eyes on Harlan, "you have a girlfriend already?"Shocked and surprised at the same time, Harlan opened his mouth, but was unable to say anything for some moment."Just be reasonable. If I have a girlfriend, what money do I have to give her when she start"Do you say it's important?" Harlan asked Jack, not wanting to leave Kelvin without explaining how he got about his new identity to him."Yes Sir. I have been trying to call you but you haven't been answering. It would be better if started coming with me right away," the note of urgency wasn't hidden from Jack's voice.Kelvin went from surprise to shock. He could never have imagined anyone talking to Jack casually like that. Talking less of someone like Jack talking to Harlan with such respect."Kelvin, let's talk some other time, I have to attend to this," Harlan patted his friend who was just too shocked to say anything. He stared at Harlan as Jack opened the door for him to get inside the car."Where are we going?" Harlan asked as Jack drove along the highway at a rather high speed."Boss informed me that you are to take over the post of the chairman for one hotel, we would soon be there," Jack said as he overt
"Sir, did she do something wrong?" The vice chairman asked Harlan."Well, yes.""You are fired, miss. Don't bother taking any of your things before going. Get out of here before the count of three!" The vice chairman growled. The last thing he wanted was to see the new chairman angry on his first day in the hotel. "Sir, I am really sorry. You didn't look like someone who should be the new chairman," the receptionist pleased profusely."I am aware that I am not dressed like a chairman of a place like this and I am also aware that some people are rude. If I am not dressed richly, does that mean I don't amount to anything? I might as well be a customer here!""Sir, I am—""Shut up, idiot. Close that smelling mouth of yours before I slap it!" The vice chairman yelled at the receptionist.Trembling, the receptionist anticipated her fate. She dread hearing what the chairman would tell h
"Yes. I am Harlan. What are you doing here? I mean... Are you the pool attendant?" Harlan asked in surprise."You are too stupid to use your brain. You just open your stinking mouth and say any nonsense that comes to it. 'Are you the pool attendant?' Nonsense!" Tracy spat.He was dumbstruck when he saw Harlan because he had never imagined that Harlan could be somewhere as expensive as this. Harlan, Tracy thought, would either be here because he is employed here as one lowly paid worker or he could be here because he had come to beg. He concluded on the latter. He knew how much his father had to plead before he could be employed here, so, it would never be possible for Harlan to get a job in a place like this.Now, Tracy's father had been unable to get him a job at the supermarket he had intended to, but after much pleading, he had been able to get him a job at the hotel in which Harlan is now the chairman. But, Tracy would rather die than ad
Harlan choked on the food due to the totally unexpected question."Oh, I shouldn't have engaged in a conversation with you while you are eating. I am sorry. I will wait till you are done eating," Maria said quickly, the words came out flat and without emotions.Harlan drank some water, "no worries. What was your question?" He asked that so that he could be sure that he heard what Maria said and it wasn't something else he heard."Can I love you?""I have never heard of a robot having feelings for a human. It's just not possible," Harlan answered, wondering what point the robot was trying to make."Why did you ask anyway?""I like the way you look but your words make me feel some feelings I cannot really define. I did some reading and realized that it might be because I have feelings for you and I am starting to love you," Maria replied, looking straight into Harlan's eyes.Har
Harlan closed his notepad after the lecturer had left the class. He checked the time on his phone and realized that there was still enough time for him to think about how to explain himself to Kelvin before Kelvin class ended. He had not had the courage to pick up his phone and explain things to Kelvin over the phone the night before. Harlan and Kelvin had both opted in for this university four years ago, but due to the fact that Kelvin was not as brilliant as Harlan, he had not been able to get the scholarship to the college and Kelvin's parents do not have the money to send him to a school as expensive as Harlan's school. But that doesn't mean Harlan doesn't know the times that Kelvin has his classes in the other university he is.Harlan sighed, wondering how Kelvin would behave when he sees him today. The last thing he wanted was for Kelvin to change his attitude to him because he is now Harlan Smith. Harlan knew he wouldn't be comforta
Tracy raised his head at once and that was when he saw Harlan. His mouth opened widely in surprise."Harlan? How come...? I mean.., what are you doing here?" Tracy stuttered."As you can see, I am sitting down comfortably," Harlan said with a smirk."How... How did you get here?""How else am I supposed to get here? I don't have super powers. I came here in a car and I walked the rest of the distance to the office with my two legs," Harlan answered sarcastically."I must be dreaming. This isn't you. Harlan, this cannot be you!""Okay, let's agree it is not me you are seeing so that I can tell you why I have sent for you. I don't have a lot of time to spend around bad energy. I called you to change your post."I will give you just today to finish up whatever you are doing at the pool and resume at the gate tomorrow, if you are not comfortable with that, you are free to leave," Harlan sai
Kelvin had been trying to convince himself that the last night incident was just a dream, or probably an imagination. Imagination sounds better. When Harlan had not called him too, he totally convinced himself that what happened the day before was just a figment of his imagination.As he saw Harlan come down from the same expensive car that had come for him yesterday, Kelvin couldn't do anything. He was dumbstruck."Hey, Kelvin, he says you should come with him to go watch the match!" One of Kelvin's friends tapped him."Hurry and go meet him, Kelvin!"When Kelvin didn't behave as if he had heard them, one of his friends gave him a slight push in the car's direction."We are all Kelvin's friends, don't mind the way he is behaving, he is just too surprised to see you. He thought he wouldn't have the opportunity to watch today's match," one of the guys told Harlan with a smile.None of the guys who had
"Have a nice day," the lecturer turned off the microphone and walked out the hall. The murmuring that had been going on in the hall didn't stop after the man left, rather it increased.Harlan wrote the last few sentences he had in mind to write. He was almost done writing it when he felt that someone was sitting beside him. He was the only one in the front seat since he had been termed a thief and he loved the fact that he was sitting alone. He raised his head to look at the person but wasn't surprised to see Tracy sitting there. He decided to ignore him and continue what he was writing."How was the class?" Harlan heard Tracy asked, but he didn't answer.Tracy cleared his throat and sat closer to Harlan."This is one of the subjects I find boring. The man is quite boring too. A boring man teaching a boring subject," Tracy tried again to get Harlan in a conversation.Harlan still didn't say anything