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
Roderick Barnes is a mafia lord to reckon with in Nightmare City. He owns a syndicate and is mostly described as unpredictable and loyal. Roderick controls a gang of fearless men around the city. He's wealthy and is into the oil business.Two months ago when Fredrick went into exile, he didn't leave the country as planned. He decided to remain hidden in Nightmare City because he was scared that Salvador might say too much and hence call the embassy to tackle him so the person he reached out to for help was Roderick.Roderick offered Fredrick shelter in his house and offered him protection and access to his crew. He even responded to Fredrick’s inquisitive thirst for knowledge on how he runs his oil business and syndicate. Out of goodwill, Roderick had shown Fredrick how things were done but Fredrick had other things in mind.He conned Roderick and stole a lot from him. Fredrick had collaborated with his other colleagues who were aware that he was in hiding. He had reached out to them
“I know the Alcantaras and in my perspective, it's impossible for a peasant like you to be affiliated with them but then if the Tysons think you are a suspect then there’s something worth looking into,” Roderick said.“Do you know Mike Carter?”At the mention of Mike, Roderick’s brows went up. He then went back to his seat.Nathan continued. “Mike is the executive assistant of the Alcantaras.”“Wait, I thought you said you were not affiliated with the Alcantaras then how did you know Mike?” Roderick countered.Nathan sighed. If Roderick claims to know the Alcantaras, he was thinking that maybe opening up to him might help him get a way out but he wasn't sure about Roderick’s level of commitment to the Alcantaras.“The thing is, Mike is my Godfather. My parents work for him as cleaners and we are acquainted. Mike had been really helpful so Kelvin had seen us together a couple of times and then he concluded that I was affiliated with the Alcantaras so he had me kidnapped.” Nathan told R