THE REAL BURGLARGrandma paused the video at the moment when the young man left the room." I said it, this jewellery was swapped," Grandma exclaimed and hit hard on the table.Louisa heaved a heavy sigh and put her hands on her head.She couldn't believe what she had just seen.But then something struck her. " but grandma…." She called.Grandma looked at her ." The man in the video is not Reuben, " Louisa said.Grandma nodded and rewinded the video, zoomed in on the person's face, and paused the videoShe was as shocked as Louisa when they both saw the face of the person." That is Josh, grandma, that is Josh," Louisa exclaimed, trying very hard to lower her voice so the noise did not go out." Josh?" Grandma murmured to herself when she saw the face of the man in the video.Grandma was boiling with anger." So that stupid brat was sent by reuben to come steal the jewelleryWell, we will play along.Louisa, go out there and call Josh and Daniel to my study room. Don't forget to pa
ANNABELLE'S FAMILYReuben, Andrea, and Annabelle had their breakfast happily, chatting and laughing as they ate. Annabelle and Andrea were talking and laughing as though they had known each other for a long time.After breakfast, the househelps came in to pick up the plates from the dining. Andrea stood up and went with Annabelle to the living room, where they chatted happily.Reuben left them and went to the bedroom to pick something.After about five minutes, reuben returned to the living room." You guys are still chatting. Hmm, you women.Errm, Andrea, have you prepared the letters?" Reuben asked.Andrea looked up at." Yes, I'm done, but I have not printed them out yet.I was thinking we could send them by mail, " Andrea replied." Yeah, I think that is the best way.Okay, so you then you get the email for her company then you forward it to them on This very evening, " Reuben replied and left.Andrea nodded. " What letters were you two talking about?" Annabelle asked.She knew
I'M REALLY NERVOUSAndrea finished speaking and turned around to look at Annabelle.Annabelle's face was soaked in tears.She had just remembered her mother and how she died mysteriously during her high school days.No one ever gave him a valid reason or cause of her mother's death.Yet there was Andrea, who knew everything about her and her unknown father..Andrea did not say anything. She just watched on as tears dripped down Annabelle's face.She had a tissue paper from a tissue box just beside her and handed it to Annabelle. Annabelle took it and wiped her tears.She sat there sobbing a bit until she finally calmed down." Can we go now?" Andrea heaved a heavy sigh and smiled.Annabelle nodded in response and sniffed in.They both stood up from their seats.Andrea pressed some commands into the computer, and the projected screen went off, followed by the computer screen." It will be well, everything will be okay, you are now the wife of the ruler of the strongest and wealthiest
CALL THE COPSIn The Andersons MansionGrandma stood there with fury burning in her eyes as she looked at josh.Louisa shot him a deadly stare, and Daniel was just shaking his headJosh was breathing heavily and looking at the three at the same time." Why did you do it? Who sent you to do it?" Grandma asked him, trying to be as calm as she could.Josh kept quiet; he was unable to speak. He just kept staring at grandma with his whole body shaking." Are you going to answer or not?" Louisa thundered in fury.Josh still kept quiet." It's better you speak up now before I lose my cool. The last time I checked, you were not deaf, and neither were you dumb, " Grandma said." It was your Madam Christine.She sent me to do it." Josh said and looked away.Both grandma Anderson and Louisa were hit by the response from josh. " Christine??" Louisa murmured. " Which of the Christine's are you talking about.?" She asked aloud." Your cousin, Christine.She… "she actually forced me… she threat
LET HER ROT IN JAILAs the two were conversing, grandma's phone rang.She checked the screen, and it was from the police whom he had called to come arrest Josh.Grandma signalled Louisa to keep quiet and answered the call. She put the phone on loudspeaker." Hello Mrs Anderson, are you there?" The officer said from the other end." Yes, I can hear you, officer," Grandma responded." So we called our patrol team to go get your granddaughter, and they have him now, so we are heading towards the station now, I will update you on any results," the policeman said." Well, thank you, but please make sure the lady speaks up about where she kept the jewellery so we can retrieve it before the day ends.I need them very urgently." Grandma said." Alright, Mrs Anderson, we will do just that," the policeman replied, and the call dropped.Louisa intended on and kept shaking her head." What is the guarantee that she will speak up and show where she kept them?" Louisa asked Grandma. Grandma heaved
IT IS GONE FOREVERThroughout the rest of the journey, the inside of the car was silent as they made their way to the police station.Immediately the driver drove into the police station, he parked and grandma and Louisa got down from the car.Madam Rebecca and some other family members were around and eagerly waiting for grandma to arrive. Immediately, they saw the duo approaching. They bombarded them with questions, but they both ignored them and went into the station.The policeman who made the arrest was already there and waiting." How did it go, officer?" Grandma askedThe officer heaved a sigh." Well, your guard, Josh, confessed that he stole it and went to hand it over to the lady, Christine.Now Christine is saying she gave it to a friend of hers who owned a pawnshop, but the friend ran away with the jewellery. According to the name mentioned, we traced to the shop and found out that the man had closed down the shop about six months ago and later sold it to someone else a
ANOTHER SERIES OF PLANSGrandma woke up on her bed, her eyes were blurry at first but it finally cleared and she saw Louisa sitting beside her, dozing off in a chair." Louisa," she called feebly.Louisa jerked up in her chair" Grandma, thank goodness you are awake." Louisa exclaimed." What happened to me?" Grandma asked." You passed out immediately we drove out of the police station, so I called your doctor to meet us here.She said you had high blood pressure in the police station, and that is why you passed out, " Louida explained.Grandma heaved a sigh and tried to sit up. Louisa quickly motioned towards her." Please don't, you have to rest a bit, besides it's already evening, I will go get you something to eat." Louisa said.Grandma shook her head." Nope, I'm fine…" she said and sat up on the bed with ease." … Just get me something to ear, I'm famished," She said after she sat up.Louisa nodded and walked out of the room.Grandma Anderson looked around. She was in her ow
YOU NEED TO BE PRESENTLouisa went to her own room after getting grandma her laptop as she had requested.She sat down behind her study desk and took the documents that the secretary had brought earlier.She began reviewing them one after the other. She took a notepad and began jotting down some things. One could tell from her facial expression that there was something wrong with the paper she was reviewing.After reviewing all the papers, she went to wash down and came back to bed, but not after being on the phone with Ethan for close to thirty minutes…..Louisa stretched herself on her bed and looked around.It was already morning, as she could tell from the sun rays that were piercing through the blinds on her windows.She stretched once more and sat up. After a while of getting okay, she finally headed to the bathroom.She came back twenty minutes later and put on a normal dress, took the documents she had reviewed earlier, and the note she worked with. She headed out of the
I AM GOING TO BE A FATHER Grandma had just returned home from the courtroom and was in her mansion. Madam Martha and Madam Rebecca were with her, still trying to console her. Grandma could just not bear to see her going to jail. She had broken down in tears right from the courtroom and had to be brought home. They had to bring her to the house forcefully. As they sat down weeping, a knock came on the door. “ Come in please” Madam Rebecca said The door opened, and a guard walked in. “ There are some people here to see you ma'am” the guard said. Grandma was absent-minded about the whole surroundings as she kept weeping. “ Who is that?” Madam Rebecca asked. The guard did not reply. Instead, he stood aside. Three policemen walked in with one other man. The man without a uniform came forward. He had an ID in his hand and a paper in the other hand. “ My name is Mr Andrews, and these are inspectors Jack and Jill, we have an arrest warrant against Mrs Evelyn Anderson, and we
CHAPTER 267Monday morning. CourtroomThe courtroom was set for the proceedings to take place.Reuben was seated with Annabelle and their family lawyer.They sat on the side of the plaintiff.On the defendant side sat Grandma Anderson, Jake’s father, madam Rebecca, and a few new unfamiliar faces.They had two lawyers on the defendants side, The Jakes family lawyer and the Anderson family lawyer.They were all seated and waiting for the proceedings to start.Earlier in the previous day, Grandma, together with her family lawyer, had visited Louisa and Jakes again, and they had spoken.According to the conversation with their lawyer, they were better off by pleading guilty to the accusations and pleading for mercy, in that case, they were going to be pardoned and their sentence was going to be released.They had come into an agreement with the family lawyer for the Jakes family to do that.Both families had no money left in their accounts to drag th
THE VISITThe driver drove into the premises of the police station.The sun shone high above the sky, and everywhere was bright light.Grandma got down from the car and hurried towards the entrance." You are welcome ma'am" one of the policemen who knew her greeted her as soon as she entered." I want to see Louisa now," she fumed, ignoring the greeting from the policeman." Certainly ma'am, you have to wait for just a few minutes. I will be right back with you, " the policeman said with a dry smile and walked back in.Grandma stood in front of the policewoman at the reception.She looked at her with a deadly look, and the woman did her best to avoid the gaze and ignore her.Grandma stood there shaking vibrantly.She could feel her knees hurt from the stand, but she ignored the pain and stood there.Her only aim at that time was to see Louisa and speak with her, and that was exactly what she was doing.After standing for about three minutes, she was already losing her patience.Just
A SCARY REALITYGrandma Andersons Mansion.Three hours later, Grandma had just alighted from her car with the factory manager.She saw madam Rebecca and Martha coming towards her.They all wore sad faces to meet her.There was an awkward silence amongst the trio as they welcomed Grandma, but Grandma did not say anything.She was just smiling through the whole process.The two wondered what there was to smile about the trouble they had at that moment.They went to the living room, and all of them sat around." Where is Louisa? I was told she was coming to the hospital to see me but she never came.Where is she now?" Grandma asked.She noticed that everybody else's face changed at once.She suspected that something was wrong." What is it? Why is no one talking to me?" Grandma asked.She was eager to know what was going on.The manager looked at Madam Rebecca." Have you told her yet?" She asked him.The manager shook his head in the negative" What is there to tell me, someone to speak
ALL IS UNDER CONTROLLouisa and Jakes were pulled out of the police van, with the handcuffs on their hands.They both looked surprised as they could not fathom how they had just been intercepted in the middle of their operation and arrested by the police.The police had confiscated their phones and all that was with them.Louisa had seen Reuben and Annabelle earlier at the scene, while they walked away, after Reuben told the policeman something.She was sure Reuben had found out about their plan and had laid ambush for them." Is this what your plan led us to? In prison?" Louisa screamed out to Jakes when they were arrested.All she got was a caution from the police to keep her mouth shut, with the addition that whatever she said at that time could be used against her in the court.Louisa knew that was the end.They had been caught in the act, and she was sure that the boys were going to confess that Jakes was their leader.She was caught with Jakes at the same time at that scene,
ITS A STRIKEGrandma was in her room in a phone call.It was time for dinner and she needed to go eat.The househelp had served her meal and informed her about it.Grabdma came out to the dunning room when one of her guards entered, with an envelope in her hand." Excuse me ma'am, there is a parcel for you," the guard said as soon as he walked in." Who is it from?" Grabdma asked " There is no sender's address, only the delivery address, and that is here." The guard said.He handed over the envelope to Grandma.Grandma took the envelope and muttered a " thank you" as the guard left.She was curious as to who would send an envelope without a sender's address.Grandma did not touch any of his cutlery. Instead, he opened the envelope to see the contents.The envelope contained a single sheet.She took out the paper and read the contents of the paper." Dear Mrs Anderson, We have not8ced your recent activities, and we know where you invested all your money..We can assure you that the
THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED"What is going on here?" Annabelle asked in surprise.She could not just fathom what was going on, although she knew she was just about being kidnapped.Reuben held her hand and led the way back to the car, away from the sirens and the people who were being arrested. " What just happened here? Why is Louisa and that man being arrested? Who are those men? " Annabelle asked all at once." Let's sit in the car and speak for a bit.There are still a lot of things you need to know, " Reuben said as he unlocked the car with the remote.He opened the door for Annabelle to sit down and closed the door.He walked to the driver side and sat behind the steering, roaring the engine to life." I'm ready for the questions now, but before to ask, let me begin with narration," Reuben said as he drove out of the parking lot and out of the premises." I know you have a lot of questions. First of all, our date has not been canceled. We are on our way to a new restaurant.
STAGED KIDNAPFriday Evening, 4:30pm, Honeymoon Hotel.Louisa and Jakes were out of the hotel and were heading towards the garage.They were done with all their planning for their mission ahead, and everything was carefully laid out.Everything they needed to make their work successful was ready.They walked into the garage, and Jakes unlocked the door to a new car.They both sat in it as they talked.Louisa had gone there with a car, but according to Jakes, it was too risky to use her car, as it might be identified by Reuben.They had hired a new car they were going to use.They sat in the car as the driver drove out of the premises of the hotel." So we are going there earlier, so we can monitor their movements, they should be there around 5pm, and we should get there about ten minutes before them.Everyone else is ready over there, and this should not take a long time.We will pull out quickly, " Jakes said.Louisa nodded.She was okay with the explanation and how things were go
TWO WAYSLouisa went to the hotel and met with Jakes as they talked for the last time.Jakes made it clear that he had confirmed news from the Brooks mansion that Reuben and Annabelle were going out on a date the following day.He, however, stated that they did not know exactly where and when they were planning to go.Louisa rejoiced with the news as she knew they were getting closer to victory.Jakes told her he had the vans ready, and they also knew where they would be sending Annabelle after they had gotten hold of her.He had a private ship that was on the shores of the seas, waiting for him.He planned on going back home with Annabelle on the ship instead of air.He was doing that for his own safety, at least,until things went calm.After about thirty minutes of talking with Louisa, they finally dispersed, and Louisa went back home to prepare for the day ahead.It was a careful and nice plan they had laid out there, and they were sure it was going