Pops walked into the lobby the next day with his hand on his cane. He had been using it a lot lately when the stress level became really high. Going forward, he was greeted by many workers downstairs, to which he replied with a fake smile. After weeding out some bad eggs, he was left with this new set of workers who didn't understand that he didn't appreciate much greetings from him because he knew that too much familiarity breeds insult.Furthermore, he had decided that after Grin's betrayal, he wasn't going to entertain any form of lightheartedness with any member of staff.He approached the elevator, and pressed the button outside, the lights flashed and he entered.His eyes roamed about the elevator, and he launched into deep thought, recounting everything which had happened in the past six months and discovered that there was a pattern.In the first installment, someone would try to capture Henry or break into his home and at the end of the day, they wouldn't succeed.Later, it s
“What?” Pops spluttered as he tried to understand what was going on, “ What do you mean by knowing who is behind it?” “Well, I have my suspicions.” Pops groaned, don't fuck me, boy!' he muttered inwardly. “ I should have known that this was a trap. What do you need? Money to release the information?” His brother rolled his eyes at Pop's impatience," If you would just be patient, maybe we can get all of this sorted out, you know?” He said.Pops shook his head angrily," No, I don't know, tell me who did it, I don't think it's too much to ask.” He said, and pressed the bell beneath his tabletop. “ Grin, come in here and escort this man out of this place.” He said.“ So you aren't going to hear what really happened? How you can save your son and your business at once?” His brother asked in incredulity.“ I guess so, I don't need to see nor talk to you, I know this game. You will lead me up an empty road and set me down for disappointment, right?” “No, that's not what I am trying to…"
“ Clara, where are you?” Pops inquired.“I don't know where I am, I sneaked out of the house.” Clara replied, as she looked around thinking about where she was supposed to go to this time. She was sure that she looked mad…if she was in the open, she might have been picked up as one of the mad people in the street. Her mouth and armpits oozed.“ Okay, stay put. Could you please give me a description of any landmark you can see there?” He asked her, and she came out of the building she was hiding behind.Luckily, she saw a hospital," The Community Hospital.” She whispered.Pop's eyes “Okay, I'll send Derek's number to you right now so that you can reach each other when he arrives.” He said. He wouldn't make the mistake of sending her to the Central hospital, since a lot of his people were there. If they were going to search for her, it was definitely going to be that hospital.“ Okay, sir.” She returned into the shed she was hiding immediately, and was waiting for Derek.Pops hung up i
Clara coughed loudly trying to get smoke out of her lungs, she didn't know when she flew away. Suddenly her eyes widened.Her phone! Lord! What if Derek was already searching for her? Here she was not knowing where it was.She rose on shaky feet and saw that the house was burning, smoke covered the atmosphere, she was going to be found if she remained here, after all they were going to check what happened.She slowly trudged to the front of the building. He did say that his car was black with an open roof, she guessed she had to start looking for the car.Derek had passed twice searching for her. The building had gone up in flames so he knew that she wouldn't be there, she had probably fled for safety. Maybe she dropped her phone in a hurry because it made it nervous. How would they meet each other now?Clara was busy flagging down every car she saw. As long as they were black and had an open roof.. there was a very high chance that she wouldn't be picked and she didn't mind because th
"I just received a text right now telling me that Henry slumped into a coma again. I don't know why I don't feel at ease with that hospital anymore since Caine is no longer there. I have a feeling that a certain manipulation could be going on there without my notice." Pops said, that was honestly how he felt and there was no way that he could leave his son there." So, what do you propose we do?" Derek inquired, hoping that Pops didn't suggest that he start to run over Henry's case; he didn't want anything to do with crime anymore. He had seen where it led his father to, faking his own death so that he could live. That wasn't the kind of life he wanted for himself. So any problem could avoid him, he was not in the mood for any of these issues." I was thinking that you would help me take him to another hospital that you know is trustworthy, I wouldn't want to lose him there." Pops said it was a hard chore because he knew that he was indirectly asking him to stay with Henry till he rec
Forty minutes later, Derek killed the engine and stared at the huge building before him. This was a place where lives were supposed to be saved but it was a pity that I became a house of death. He bet the pioneers of healthcare would be rolling in their graves right now because he didn't understand why the doctors would deliberately want to kill a patient.To what end? More money or what? If they were sensible enough they would understand that it was better for them to roll with managing patients back to health than hasty money. Well, he guessed different people had different priorities. He alighted from his car and marched straight into the lobby. He headed straight to the receptionist desk and tried to strike a conversation with her. " Good evening, may I see a patient, Henry? He's in a coma." He asked politely.The nurse smiled at him blithely, " Oh, go that way, sir." She pointed at the staircase, "He's located on the tenth floor," she replied, shooting him another disarming sm
“Tell me your location, and I'll be with you in a split second.” Derek replied as he rushed towards the door, completely forgetting about Henry. His wife's life was at stake, just like the way he feared. 'Goodness gracious, I hope nothing happens to my dear wife.' he prayed inwardly.“ Derek, wait up, what's going on?” Fred called when he saw his distressed countenance. “ He wants to speak to you.” Derek collected his phone and quickly dashed out of the ward. “ Just try to drive to the nearest police station, I'll be there in a few minutes. Where is your driver?” He asked. His wife always went everywhere with her driver.“ I don't know, he complained about…" A loud bang rang in the air. “ Babe, what's happening over there? Put the phone on hands-free.” He said as she dashed out of the elevator and ran toward his car, ignoring the wave from the nurse from earlier. He would rather not speak to her. “I think someone rammed into the back of my car.” She spoke, and he sighed as he igni
The shop owner stared at them, very scared, his palms became sweaty instantly as she tried to cover up what was going on.“ I'm sorry? I don't understand what you are saying.” He said, and one of the men walked towards him, held him by the collar and lifted him in midair.“ You will tell me where she is right now, or I'll blow your brains out.” He threatened.“ I–I swear I don't know where he is, I can't lie to you, I promise, I'm not lying to you at all.” He said, and the hefty man threw him in the air, if he decided to play any funny game then, he would bear the consequences.It came in the form of the shop owner crying as he heard a few bones break. " I don't know where she is, I promise you. I'm not lying.” “ Oh, you will tell me the truth,” “Mr. Bart.” A patron said when she saw him being kicked. “ What are you doing to him?” A little girl asked as she and her mother came out from the stall. “ Stand back, little girl!” The man said harshly, but the girl refused. She couldn't w