NO INTEREST“ You have to use this in your story for a book.It is actually very touching” Annabelle said.Reuben heaved a sigh and smiled.He started the engine and slowly drove out of the parking lot.“ Where would you like us to go for our date?” Reuben said as he drove on the highway.He wanted to change the subject.“ I have not planned on anything yet. Besides, it is somewhere later on friday, we will decide later” Annabelle repliedReuben nodded.“ Now that you have officially taken over from your grandfather, what do you plan on doing?. Especially now that you have two competitors at once” Annabelle asked.“ I know that they have teamed up against us, but I can handle them.Currently, there is nothing to fight them about.I will lay low and work and forget about them. However, if they stand up against me, I will fight back.Dont worry about me” Reuben replied.Annabelle nodded.The whole environment became qui
PLAY THE VICTIM" I still take my stand that I am really not interested in anything.If it is because of the kinship, I have to get married, cool, I will definitely get married, but not to him.He is not interested in me, and I am really not interested in him.If it takes me to get married before you can hand over to me, it will be so, but I will not marry him, " Louisa replied.Grandma realized Louisa had made up her mind, but she decided she had to convince her enough.She knew she could just discard the idea and let Louisa be. However, she had a lot of things to gain if Louisa got married to Jakes.She had forever dreamed of her granddaughter getting married to a man from a rich family.She had a lot to gain from the relationship between Louisa and Jakes, and so she decided to press further." You know something really serious here, and you are joking about this.You are not the only girl in the family.There is still Christine and four other cousins of yours.This is really a c
I HAVE PLANSTuesday Morning, Anderson Mansion.It was already morning, and a few decorators were seen in the Anderson Mansion busily changing the atmosphere in the conference room of the Andersons. Grandma was in the living room speaking to the boss of the designers while the workers went about their daily business.Louisa had heard some noise coming from the outside of her room, and that was what had woken up.She entered her washroom and came back minutes later.The noise could still be heard, and it was really persistent.Louisa wondered where the noise was coming from, and in curiosity, she got out.She took the hallway leading to the living room and realized that the sound and noise were coming from the other side of the hallway that led to the conference hall.She took that turn and saw that there was a gro
TIME FOR A MEETING Brooks Mansion, Tuesday morning. Annabelle had just woken up from her peaceful night sleep.She looked around and sat up.Reuben was busily covering himself well with a blanketAnnabelle glanced at the wall clock.It was already 6am in the morning.Annabellle tapped him and shook him vigorously.Reuben sat up and looked at her." Is it morning already??" He asked as he looked around.Annabelle nodded Reuben yawned and nodded.******Two hours later , Reuben and Annabelle were busily preparing for the meeting ahead.The two had been alerted that the managers had started arriving, and they were supposed to be there in about thirty minutes.They were all done already, and they were already heading towards the hall.They got there and found out that all the managers had arrived and were waiting for them.Grandpa Roland was already seated and waiting for them.The people gave them a standing ovation as they entered.Annabelle looked through the crowd.There w
A NEW PLANAnderson Mansion.The meeting was over. They had all introduced themselves and gotten to know each other well.Grandma made sure not to explain the inner details of their contract to her family members.After the meeting, Grandma quickly went over to Jakes to speak with him." Hello Jakes, I bet you will be going with them today," Grandma said. Jakes nodded " Definitely, Mrs Anderson, my work here is finished, and I have some other things to take care of, back home.So I will leave with them, or probably, after them.Is there any problem? " Jakes asked.Grandma smiled wittily." Well, not at all.It's about my girl.She is soon about to take over from me. However, she is a very shy person and does not like to socialize with people.And I also know you are soon going to be the ruler of your family
DEAL FOR TWOLouisa looked around." Not here. This place is actually not safe for us to discuss this.We can find somewhere to sit and discuss this, later" Louisa said.Jakes nodded." You are right, I was supposed to leave for my country tonight, but I will wait behind, I can hold on with what I am going to do over there.When we finish with this, then I move.But first, give me your contact information so we can communicate later today, " Jakes said and took out his phone. He unlocked it, opened the keypad, and handed it over to Louisa.Louisa took the phone, dialled her number on it, and handed it back to himAlright, saved.Louisa felt her phone beep.She was about to check it until Jakes spoke." I just beeped your phone.I will call you later in the day so we can talk better and schedule a place and ti
ISSUE OF THE GOLDEN RULERThe whole place turned noisy again." That is the reason why I called for a meeting between the two families so we could all get to know each other and for you all to know what is going on.What do you want me to do, huh? " Grandma fired back.She was visibly furious.Louisa sat there quietly, looking at them. She knew the whole issue could easily be solved, but all tempers had risen, and there was no way to calm them now.She just sat quietly, observing all of them.Madam Rebecca hit her hand loudly on the table, drawing everyone's attention to herself. " This should no longer be an object of contention.What we need to think about now is the fact that one of our members is not here with us.Now Evelyn, now that everything's back to normal and in place, I suppose we should go and get Christine released, that poor girl has already grown lean in the prison.From all indications, she has learned her lesson and changed for the better.Reconsider your decision
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWSThey all opened their mouths in shock as they heard that.The GOLDEN RULER was a long, flat, and flexible cane that had the shape of a ruler. I had a golden color and hence its name.The material it was made of was elastic .The kind of pain inflicted on the receiver was severe and sometimes led to injuries.I'm from the Anderson family, the golden RULER was severe punishment for the offender and whenever judgment is declared for the use of the golden ruler, the offender would usually beg for pardon and change in punishment. The golden ruler was not used on all offenders. It was only used on offenders who had committed grave aberrations and crimes.Grandma had intentionally said that to scare them away from accepting that.Five strokes from the GOLDEN ruler would render serious injuries on the body of Christine, and that was going to take days, if not weeks, to treat the afflictions Grandma smirked as she saw the look on their faces and how they looked at each o
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