Suddenly, a group of men dressed in black tuxedos stormed the hall wearing dark spectacles. There were about a dozen of them and their entrance distracted everyone, causing people to stare at them suspiciously.From the stage, Corrigan stood up and waved at the crowd. “They are my men. No need for any agitation. Can we get back to business?”Nathan couldn't help but wonder why the men had showed up just when the bidding was about to begin like it was some hostile endeavor and the last time he checked, Corrigan was no resident of Rockville but lately, the man had grown comfortable and was gaining more prominence by the day.On his part, Mike was also uncomfortable. He turned to McDonald. “Did you know that Corrigan was participating in the bid?”McDonald sighed. “First of all, I had no idea that he was an ambassador of our club and neither was I aware that he was affiliated with the billionaire’s club.”Mike hummed. His research on Dale Freeman had been leading toward Corrigan but he w
Nathan roved his eyes around and caught a glimpse of two government officials settled at one of the VIP tables. One of them was the mayor and the other was the state governor. Nathan concluded that they were out to cheer the mayor’s son-in-law.When he darted his gaze back to the contestants, he noticed that all of them had their eyes on the God’s eye which Garvin was already slipping back into its case.Nathan quickly pulled out his official phone while the items were been transferred from the stage to a corner. He then sent a text message to a call.A few seconds later, Nathan received a response.He had sent a text message to Cole to demand the total amount in his main account. Nathan had entrusted Cole with managing his account and for accountability's sake, Cole provided weekly updates on the state of the account.900 billion dollars. Cole texted back.Nathan sighed. He wasn’t sure if 900 billion dollars was enough to secure God’s eye in the bidding exercise.After the artifacts
Garvin lifted the Japanese sword. He pulled it out of its sheath. The sword had an illuminating reflection that caught everyone's eyes. Garvin carefully slipped it back to the sheath and turned to the contestants."Who would want to raise the bar for this beauty?"Frazier bided 10,000 dollars.Garvin turned to the crowd. "10,000 dollars on the run."The crowd cheered but when Garvin turned to the contestants, hoping they would raise the bid, they were as silent as a tomb."We've got about five minutes gentlemen so go ahead and raise the bid.""12,000 dollars!" Fredrick said with his gaze averted from the item on display. Like the rest of the contestants, he was not interested in the sword but just wanted that session to end."Going for one!" Garvin's bell went on.Silence ensured. There were three minutes left.To ease the crowd from the boredom, Nathan raised the bid to 15,000 dollars and a few seconds later, Corrigan mentioned 20,000 dollars.When Nathan turned to Corrigan, the man
Cole walked up to Garvin with his laptop stationed under his armpit. "I'm Alex's account officer."Garvin shook hands with him."We are ready to wire the amount to the committee's account." Said Cole."Come with me."They left the stage.The bidding was the segment that had kept most of the audience in the hall so when Alex was declared the winner, the crowd began to disperse.Mike followed Cole to the room Garvin took him so he could supervise the transaction process.Frazier and Jerome walked up to Nathan and congratulated him. They took turns to shake hands with him and then commended him for securing God's eye.The pissed Corrigan stood up to meet Frederick.After Frazier and Jerome left, the mayor and the state governor walked up to Nathan. They got to his table and stood before him."You must be over the moon, Alex." The mayor remarked.Nathan smiled. "I'm bound to. God's eye is such a treasure. That's why we all wanted it right?""Well, it's evident that everyone wanted it for
Kelvin threw the last content of his wine glass into his mouth and turned to Scott.“You said you have something for me.” He wiped his mouth with the edge of his palms.Scott slipped his hand inside his pocket and pulled out a small brown envelope. He passed it to Kelvin.Kelvin tore the seal and opened the envelope. He looked intensely at the photographs he had just pulled out.“Isn't this Mike? The famous Alcantara executive assistant?”“That's right!” Scott replied and then sat up. “Yesterday, your little rabbit returned to his apartment after weeks and then a few minutes later, Mike showed up. I saw them heading out of the house together so I decided to take these pictures from afar.”Kelvin was studying the pictures. They were captured when Nathan and Mike were speaking. Both men were standing by the lawn, facing each other.“What could a low-life like that be doing with Mike?” Scot wondered.Kelvin hummed and tossed the pictures aside. He recalled how the restaurant manager had
“This is 911. What’s your emergency?”“My friend has just been kidnapped,” Avery said through clattering teeth.“I need you to take a deep breath, ma’am.” The male respondent said.Avery felt like pulling out her hair. There was no way she was staying calm.“Where are you? Can you tell us the location of the kidnap?”“I’m currently At Lifeline Axis. Right beside the city mall. My friend was kidnapped right there. I watched them push him into a van.” Avery supplied. In about an instant, she was sweating profusely.“Find somewhere safe and stay there. Our team will be right there in a few minutes.” The man assured her.When Avery lowered the phone to her chest, she felt her heartbeat skyrocketing.Who were those people and where could they have taken Nathan to? She roved her eyes around the street. Everyone was going about their business. It was as if no one saw the incident.She moved away from the driveway and when she got to the edge of the building, she quickly placed a call to Char
Nathan opened his eyes and shut them immediately. His eyes had just caught a bright ray of light.A few seconds later, the light went off but Nathan was scared of getting another burning sensation so he kept his eyes closed.“Open your eyes, you piece of shit!” he heard someone growl.Nathan coughed and slowly opened his eyes. He could feel his hands strapped behind him. He was tied to a chair and could deduce that he was in a dark room.The last thing Nathan remembered was someone grabbing him from behind when he tried to turn, he blacked out.Nathan didn't know that the men had pressed a cloth to his nose and after inhaling the soaked material, he passed out.His eyes were hurting less now.He could see about three men surrounding him. They were covering their faces with black thick masks. The only thing he could see was their eyeballs through the holes in the masks.“What do you want from me?” Nathan demanded and tried to stretch.One of the men placed his legs on Nathan’s tummy, p
When Mike stepped out, he met Jackson gathering the team. About ten minutes later, they left for downtown. They had gone with two vans and a bulletproof Camry. The men that left were about two dozen with Jackson and Mike.Thirty minutes later, the men made it to downtown. They drove straight to the garage and saw a huge abandoned metallic house. The men surrounded the area.Meanwhile, a handful of the men were going around the area, taking positions. When they got to the entrance of the metallic house, Mike was shocked to find the entrance unguarded.“Now!” he commanded and in an instant, the door was gunned down.Mike and the men barged into the place and were greeted by an emptiness. Not even a roach could be seen in the room.“Fuck!” Mike cussed and hurried out. The men went after him.“I want the entire place searched.”Mike turned to Jackson. “Get me Cole on the phone.”****Back at the mansion, Charles watched Cole with amazement as he kept running his hands expertly on the keyb