After attending to Mark, Charles sat back on his chair, and exhaled. He had had a long day, and needed some rest. Then he thought about what Mark had to offer, and he felt it was a trap.But the only way he could be convinced was if Mark proved his point. He picked up his phone, and texted Mark, telling him to prove how serious he was in giving him information.After sending him a message, he stood up, and stretched as his bones cracked.“It’s time I went to bed.” He said out loud.Just as he was about turning to head upstairs, the screen popped up.“You are to spend 100 million dollars in 24 hours.”Then his phone beeped, and was credited 100 million dollars. He yawned and stretched again.“When tomorrow comes, I’ll know what to do with the 100 million dollars. As for now, I have to go to bed.” He said, talking to the air as he walked upstairs.He got to his bedroom, pulled off his clothes and allowed himself to fall helplessly on the bed. “Uhh… What a day.” He spoke, in a relaxed t
Charles got back to his senses, and immediately, he pulled away, and the speeding car came to a halt. The driver quickly came outside with pleading eyes.“I’m so sorry sir. I had a fault with my brake. Please don’t press charges against me.” The man pleaded earnestly.Charles was a bit annoyed because he could have been in an accident because of him and an apology wasn’t going to take away the pain. But then, he decided to tone down his anger, seeing how sincere the man was.It didn’t look to him like he was faking anything.“You should always check your car before taking it out. Even you could have had a grave accident which wouldn’t be good for you and your loved ones.” Charles said to the man.“Thank you so much for letting this slide. I’ll take to your advice.” The man appreciated him, and then scurried back into his car, and drove off. Charles adjusted his suit, and when he faced forward, the screen popped up.“You’ve been rewarded the opportunity to pick a skill which you feel
Mark was happy to hear that that he stood up and reached out his hand for a handshake. He didn’t expect Charles to shake him but then Charles surprised him by shaking him.This made him believe that Charles had really bought his lies, and trusted him. He didn’t know it would be that easy, but he was glad.“It’s my luck.” He thought to himself.“Alright, you can take your leave now. I have a few other things to attend to.” Charles said, with a smile.“But I thought I was in your league now. Can’t I attend to the things with you?” Mark asked, hoping it was something he would get useful information from.“You are in my league means I have a use for you. And this is the part you’ll be helping me in. It also means other parts or category is none of your business, Mark. Do you want to break the trust you just built with me?” Charles said, through his teeth.“No…no. Absolutely not.” Mark responded hastily.“Alright then. See you when next there is a meeting.”“Yeah, sure.”Mark felt irritate
Mark wondered why the Governor was suddenly at his back, and didn’t say anything until he turned around.“I wonder for how long he has been here.” Mark thought to himself.“Do you need anything, Governor?” Mark asked, hoping there was no problem.“Nothing actually. I see you were about leaving but can you stay here just for a moment to talk with you?” George requested.“Yes, sure, sure.” Mark gladly replied, and moved closer to the rails.“Good. I see you’re really capable. Just like your friend here.”“My friend?” Mark questioned, taken by surprise.It seemed to him that Angela didn’t reveal that they are siblings. Mark wondered how not revealing that they are siblings would help better, because George didn’t look like he cared if they were friends or not, except they are lovers.“Yes. Your friend. Or isn’t she your friend?”“Yes…yes, she is.” Mark responded, hoping this wasn’t going to cause an issue later.“Alright. So, as I was saying, I have recognized your capability to handle s
Charles was a bit troubled and displeased especially with the fact that he couldn’t jump into their conversation to ask about the Jefferson they were talking about.It was definitely going to be rude and a huge turn off for Mr. Grayson as it wasn’t nice to just interrupt or show signs that one was eavesdropping. Soon, Mr. Grayson stood up, and walked out of the conference room. Charles exhaled sharply, and his expression could show he was in deep thoughts. Vera who noticed that, tried to bring back his attention.“Is anything up?” She asked as she touched him lightly.Charles snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her.“Yeah?”“I asked if anything is wrong?” Vera repeated her question.“Oh, nothing.” Charles replied and looked back at the table.After a few minutes, Mr. Grayson walked back into the conference room, adjusting his suit.“I’m so sorry for the delay. Now, we can kickstart.” He said as he sat down.Charles wasn’t as interested as he was before. His attention was now di
Charles was quite surprised and was more interested in what he had to say. “Give me more details on this.” Charles requested with a glint of curiosity in his eyes.Mark was more than happy to share him the information he wanted to hear and spilled more than enough to Charles. Charles was pleased to hear the amount of information he heard from Mark, and Mark kept giving him more as days and weeks passed until the D-day.Now, it was that very day which both George and Charles had been waiting for, badly. This day was going to tell who would end up being the winner, and trample on the other.They got to the event, and they sat at the front seat, somewhere in the crowd until they called them up to the stage and people gave them a clap. The people of the state were also watching from their TV.They were all excited about this day and were ready to support their candidates.“We welcome Mr. Charles Lincoln and Mr. George Washington to the stage.” The presiding officer announced, and the cro
“Mr. Charles?” The officer called his attention again.Soon, Vera showed up, and James was right beside her. Charles was so glad that he could almost jump up, but he comported himself.“I have evidence, and my people will show you the evidence.” Charles replied as he leaned back in his chair.Mark stepped down from the podium, hoping it wasn’t something which the audience would believe. Vera climbed up to the podium, and played a recorder of both Angela and George’s chat, using the microphone.Angela glared at Mark who was now standing beside her.“Are you for real? So, those months you spent getting closer to him, you didn’t get rid of that one evidence?” Angela said, through her teeth.“I…I didn’t think he was going to be able to use this, because he spoke like he wasn’t going to use this evidence publicly.” Mark tried to defend himself.“Oh, goodness. Stop acting like you’re a child, Mark. What the hell!” Angela snapped, although in a low tone.“Let’s just hope things go our way.”
The next day, Charles woke up, feeling happy and in a good mood. He was glad about his achievements, and resilience towards it. A few years ago, he would have never believed if they told him that such a miracle was coming to him.Even as the election was beginning to seem tough, he still won, because of his good heart and skills. He stood up, had his bath while humming a happy song, and got dressed.Charles walked down his stairs like a man of pride and success like he truly was, and his joy couldn’t be measured. Vera who was staring at him from where she was, could feel the happy aura around him. She was also glad that their efforts paid out, and everything good was working out for them.“Surely, the good always win.” Vera voiced out as Charles got closer to her.Charles smiled, and pulled a chair out in the dining, and sat down to a bountiful meal prepared by the maid which they retained after using her.Charles didn’t plan on having a maid before, but ever since he used her to dec