"What is it?" Levi said and adjusted on his seat. "Well it's nothing serious but you know our partners from China?" "Yes what happened to them?" "Well they want to pull out of the contract!" Mark said. "What? Why! Why would they want to do that?" He asked"Umm, I can't say for sure but I think it has something to do with the fact that we haven't hosted them yet." "What do you mean by hosted them yet?" "Well, they heard about the party that you threw some few months back to celebrate the company win and also get to know your partners and after that, they became jealous that such events have not been done for them as well." "Wait, so they want to pull out of a thirty million dollars deal simply because we did not throw a party for them?" Levi asked. "Yes. They are making a pretty big deal out of it and if I should add, they are very serious about it. They called me to express their hurt and pain at us not throwing a party to host them." "But what essence is one stupid party? W
Jake saw the look of distress on Levi's face and wondered what was going on. For many people, it would have been difficult to spot it but Jake had known Levi all his life and he knew when the man was feeling upset."What is it?" He asked, hoping to get an answer immediately but instead, Levi turned to him and gave him a look of satisfaction. "What is what?" He asked. "Don't play that game with me Levi," Jake said and followed him. "look, I can tell that something is wrong with you because you are looking weird and upset. What is it? What sort of text message did you get?" "Okay, you really need to calm down now. I didn't get any kind of text message and absolutely nothing is wrong with me." He lied and got into his car. But he knew that Jake would not let it go so easily. "What do you mean by that? Man, I literally saw your face go from calm to angry in few seconds. Something is wrong and I want to know what it is." "Okay, fine. Noisy person. It's just that Steven sent me the inv
"Mark, what the actual hell? Why did you have to knock like that?" He asked upset that the young man had made him scared. "Oh I'm sorry," Mark said when he got into the car. "But I didn't know how else to get your attention without knocking like that." "That's okay. But why are we here. This place is a bit creepy." "Oh it's very creepy. It was once an abandoned cemetery. They just moved it to the back, behind those buildings because this one is much more closer to the road and to the city. So.""That's a good history story but why are we here.""Well, I track Brittany all the way down here. I have no idea what she is doing here but I think we should go find out." "Brittany is here? Are you sure you tracked her down well?" "Yes sir." The scene did not look like where Brittany would voluntarily go to. Which only convinced Levi the more that she was doing something against her will. "Should we go in and find out what exactly is going on?" Mark asked. "No, I think we find a place
Levi walked into his house, trying to not focus on the anger he was feeling. He could not believe that Brittany could be so secretive and manipulative. He had given Mark the keys to park the car while he decided to get a bottle of cold water to calm his nerves. Turning on the lights in the room, he shook as he saw Jake turning around and looking at him dead in the eye. "Dude, what the hell? Do you know how scary that is?" He asked. "An surprisingly, you didn't gasp." Jake said calmly. "Maybe because I am somehow used to your devious ways. Now, can you tell me why you are sitting in the dark and waiting for me?' "Oh I am so happy that you know I am waiting for you " "Of course I do. Because if you were not, you would be in your room. That is if you wanted to use the darkness to be thinking.""Look at that, my best pal knows me very well." Jake said and hurt flashed in his eyes. "Okay, what exactly is going on?" "What is going on is that I cannot actually believe that you would
"well you look at that? She has finally remembered her way back home." Levi said and went to open the door. "Levi, please try to not freak her out." "I will do my best," he said and opened the door. "Hey babe," he saw Brittany standing on his front porch. She looked so pale, like she had seen a ghost. Her eyes were filled with sadness and she lacked her usual bubbling zeal. Levi took pity on her but he could not pretend like he was not hurt when he was really pained. "What were you doing outside?" He asked "Umm, I forgot my keys when I left this morning." "Don't you mean when you snuck out this morning?" "Excuse me." She asked "Oh don't give me that look. Listen you know very well that we were on the same bed and you left this morning without informing me, you did not even give me so much as a message or a heads up to inform me that you are going to be leaving. Why did you sneak out? What was chasing you?" Brittany chuckled. "okay, you are saying rubbish right now. I just lef
Levi sat on his sofa, staring into space. "Could all of it be true or was she just lying to him?" He though to himself as he tried to understand what she was trying to say. Drowning in his thoughts, he did not hear the knocking on the door. He only felt her presence when she opened up and walked in. "Why are you here?" He asked, not wanting another explanation from her. "I thought you would want me around.""So that you could lie to me some more. No, I think I will pass on that." "Lee, I wasn't lying to you." "Okay, so what about what you said is actually the truth. Tell me." "I need you to calm down " "Calm down?! Brittany you have the audacity to tell me that you are friends with the same person that wants me dead. You actually have the effrontery to open your mouth and say that you are friends with Davina. I can understand if you are friends with your dad, maybe you guys finally settled your differences but Davina, what the hell?" "And that is why I am not friends with her.
"I'm sorry, what?" Levi asked, surprised. "Yes. They are not just after you. They want the company and they are desperate. Very desperate.""How do you know that?" "Because they are making up stupid lies just to get what they want." "What kind of lies are we talking about here?" "Well for starters, they told me that Gilead is not your uncle but he is actually your father." Brittany said and Levi could not say a word. He tried to process the information he had gotten and tried to understand what he was hearing but it still did not make any sense to him. How would they have access to that information even if it was true? And if course it could not be true. If it was, his mom would have told him before anything else. she would have told him that Gilead was actually his father and not his uncle but his father was dead and his mother never loved to talk about it. And he could remember feeling very strange when his uncle came back into their lives and how a few months later, his mom s
"I'm sorry, what?" Levi asked, surprised. "Yes. They are not just after you. They want the company and they are desperate. Very desperate.""How do you know that?" "Because they are making up stupid lies just to get what they want." "What kind of lies are we talking about here?" "Well for starters, they told me that Gilead is not your uncle but he is actually your father." Brittany said and Levi could not say a word. He tried to process the information he had gotten and tried to understand what he was hearing but it still did not make any sense to him. How would they have access to that information even if it was true? And if course it could not be true. If it was, his mom would have told him before anything else. she would have told him that Gilead was actually his father and not his uncle but his father was dead and his mother never loved to talk about it. And he could remember feeling very strange when his uncle came back into their lives and how a few months later, his mom s