Harlan was panting as he rushed inside the hospital. He saw a doctor talking to a nurse and rushed over to them.
"Where is Elizabeth?" He asked, trying to control his breath.The doctor frowned, "who are you?""You called me and told me Elizabeth got into an accident." Harlan said, still breathing heavily.The doctor shook his head slowly, "I don't understand what you are talking about.""You might not be the one, but someone from this hospital called me and told me that Elizabeth got into an accident!" Harlan said impatiently.The doctor and the nurse both stared at Harlan as if he were some alien."I am not sure you are in the right hospital. As a matter of fact, there has been no case of emergency in this hospital for the past three hours, so I am not sure I am following," the doctor stared at Harlan.Harlan tried to catch his breath and took out his phone from his pockHarlan had barely gotten to where he parked his car when he felt the presence of people behind him. He stopped walking and turned around. He met the stares of some muscular guys. The type that seemed to have spent all their life in the gym. Harlan stepped back, knowing that he was no match for them.One of them grinned, "I heard you talk too much.""Who are you?" Harlan asked boldly.There were two guys and they both laughed."Jason has been right after all," one of the guy mused."Oh, Jason sent you?" Harlan asked with a smile."Will you follow us freely or should we force you?" The laughter was away from his voice and now, his voice sounded like a threat."To where? To do what?""To teach you how to use your mouth."Harlan grinned, "I will be willing to teach you that there are some jobs you shouldn't embark on."As the two
Harlan waited until the last person in the bar had gone some distance away from the bar before he opened the car and got down from it. He walked inside the bar and saw Jack and the two guys sitting across one another. Harlan went to them and sat down beside Jack. The two guys were smoking heavily. Harlan wasn't going to mind that if it would make him get something about the Alberts to help in Wallace Stone's revenge.Harlan cleared his throat and folded his hands on the table."What is your name?" He asked the guy whose tooth had gone off earlier.The guy shrugged, "I don't think that matters..." But when he glanced at Jack, he shrugged again, "Simon is the name."Harlan glanced at the other guy, "you?""Andrew.""So the two of you have been working for the Alberts for twenty years?" Harlan asked even though he knew it wasn't necessary. He was just trying to get the guys to talk. Their
Harlan stared at Simon in surprise, "this is no betrayal. I am only asking you to tell me about yourselves!""Telling you about ourselves involves talking a bit about the Alberts. I'm sorry, we can't divulge any information about the Alberts to strangers. Count yourself lucky to have Jack LA with you. If not, it would have been another story entirely by now." Simon grabbed the reluctant Andrew by the arm and walked off with him.Harlan continued staring at their back even after they had left."Sir?" Jack called.Harlan closed his eyes and opened it slowly with a sigh."I can go stop them and make them tell you whatever you want to hear from them," Jack suggested."No need to do that. I won't get the information I need from them if you forcefully make them talk.""If I may ask, why are you interested in their story? There are some pieces of scumbag," Jack stared at Harlan, wondering why
"I need the list of names of people in this college, especially the names of the students in our department," Adrian told Elizabeth when they got to a quiet place and away from any prying eyes."Are you planning a surprise for us?""No. I need to get someone's name."Elizabeth frowned, "you can ask for anyone's name if you feel like it and they would tell you.""You don't get it... I want to see the name for myself and confirm it.""Why? You are pretty popular with your hair so I don't see any reason why someone would deny telling you their name if you asked," Elizabeth said."I just want to confirm a name. I need the list of names urgently.""If you can't tell me a convincing reason for what you need the name for, then forget about me giving you the list," Elizabeth said and started walking away.Adrian was going to tell Elizabeth that Harlan is claiming to be Harlan Smit
Harlan walked over to Kelvin, pulled him in a bear hug, not caring if anyone was watching. He had missed Kelvin too much to be concerned with what others thought."I am sorry for what I said the other day," Harlan said ruefully."I overreacted. I shouldn't have behaved that way, but you know, the workload has increased in the bar where I am working and my boss isn't making things any better. He makes a big deal out of whatever I do," Kelvin said."I couldn't get you a post at the Jay Team hotel but I found you a job elsewhere." "I really appreciate the effort, man.""The appointment letter is in the car, let's go there so that I can show it to you. The money isn't pretty much but it will be able to help you take care of things till the end of the month.""How much is it?""One point five million dollars."Kelvin hit Harlan playfully, "I have never received that much money
"I am really grateful for this, man," Kelvin said with a wide grin."This is the least I can do for you." "I will call you later in the night so that you can come get the car.""Man, you aren't running away with it, are you? I will get the car from you tomorrow," Harlan said."I am really grateful, man."Harlan smiled and bid Kelvin goodbye. He called Jack and told him that he was going to board a cab.Once Kelvin had seen that Harlan had left. He smiled to himself and drove the car where he had planned— a place without a surveillance camera.He imagined how it feels to have a car like this to himself. He couldn't help but smile.He brought the car to a halt in an isolated street. He got down and looked around to be sure no one was around to see him carry out his plan. When he was sure that the place was empty, he got into the car again and drove toward a w
"What? You don't mean that! How can you give a Rolls Royce Phantom car to me?!"Harlan only smiled, "you have given more things than that. I owe it all to you, man."Kelvin walked over to Harlan and pulled him in a hug."I am sincerely sorry for what I said to you that day," he said over Harlan's shoulders."I thought we were done with that."Kelvin smiled and gave himself the credit for what he had done. He would get over the pain soon. What a nice idea he had! And, it worked out perfectly. That is what you get when you have spent a lot of time with someone. You are able to predict what their actions are going to be.Harlan board a cab to drive Kelvin home after promising him that he would get the car repaired and send it to him. He called the Alberts car agency and asked for when they would be available, but he was told that they were on a short break and wouldn't be back until the
She rested her head on Harlan and some moments later, she slept off. Harlan glanced at her face on his shoulder and couldn't resist touching it. He took his hand off her face almost immediately. Gently, Harlan dropped the cup of coffee on the small coffee table near him and made Elizabeth rest her head comfortably on his shoulder. Some hours later, Elizabeth was still sleeping and Harlan didn't want to disturb her. Plus, it was already late in the night. He decided to carry her to one of the rooms in the house.She had a considerable amount of weight that made Harlan wonder if she would have seemed lighter if he had been serious with hitting the gym.He dropped her gently on the bed and covered her with a duvet. He closed the door gently behind him.He knew better than anyone that Elizabeth would need a change of cloth when she woke up.He searched the internet for clothing stor