Chapter - 97"Umm... Suzie Bekhti,""Real name, Salma Bekhti,""Twenty-five years,"After going back to his room, Alex threw everything else at the back of his head. It was time for him to concentrate on the job at hand, of finding the crooks behind the unwarranted ruckus at Theation."Her manager is Joe Hoffman. Aahh... that timid guy. I kind of feel bad for him," Alex talked to himself as he went through her details. Offering a quick sympathy to her manager, Alex moved forward."Ummm... Notable Works are The Forgotten City, Sweetheart and 7 Crooks and The one night stand," Alex read further, "Well, haven't watched any of them." Alex shrugged.Turning the pages, he read more, "Now, personal information. That's what I want to know," Alex looked keenly at the pages in front of him, "Born in Afghanistan... Immigrated here when she was ten along with her family... Lived in refugee camps for a couple of years... Worked as a child actress in a war movie... seven other siblings... blah... b
Chapter - 98"Hi, Daniel?""Yes, Alex... Daniel, it is," Daniel enthusiastically replied, "Tell me. To what do I owe the pleasure of this call in the morning?" Daniel sounded pleasant to talk with Alex.After Martha left, the first thing Alex did was to call Daniel, "Well, the thing is, I am thinking of not coming to work today. I..." Alex told Daniel, but before he could complete his sentence, Daniel interrupted.On the other hand, as soon as these words left Alex's mouth, Daniel grew a bit anxious. He interrupted Alex, "Is everything alright? Are you sick or something?" Daniel asked, concerned about Alex, but it was the piling work he was more concerned about. If the one sent to help him can't be of any help, what was even the use of asking Karen anyway?"No, I am totally right everywhere. I just need to dig around and look into things related to Abir and Suzie's incidents. I feel like I can find something concrete related to the case, if I lurk around a bit," Alex told Daniel. He c
Chapter - 99"Huh...?" Margaret was taken aback by Alex's words. She was hoping for an embarrassed laugh and a couple of half-baked excuses. But all she got was a straightforward rejection."What... What do you mean by it won't work anymore, and let's just put a full stop to everything?" Margaret asked, looking straight into Alex's eyes. Margaret felt that she had made it very clear by her actions all along and especially the other day that she was not just playing with him. She was romantically interested in him. So why was he outright rejecting her? And what did those gifts she got for the last few days mean?Alex, when saw Margaret looking at him, expecting an explanation, averted his eyes from her and looked away. He got off his bike and stood in front of her.He knew to a certain extent that all these days, Margaret was not particularly angry with him and was playing it hard, maybe to spice things up between them. But his priorities have changed for once. While earlier, all he wa
Chapter - 100"That..." Alex had dug a hole for himself. Now he had to come up with an excuse quickly to get out of this mess. If he took more than necessary time to come up with an excuse, Margaret was not going to believe it."That...?" Margaret crossing her arms across her chest, stood in front of Alex, waiting for his response. Her arms under her boobs gave them an unfair boost.With those big, perky boobs in his sight, it was hard for Alex to think straight, "Tits," He blurted out accidentally."What?" That came even as a surprise to Margaret. She hurriedly put her arms over her chest, hiding her cleavage from Alex's prying eyes, "What are you looking at?" Margaret asked bashfully and took a couple of steps back."Test..." Alex realized what he said and changed his words, "I said tets... Ughh... I mean test..." Alex said, "I was testing you. Whether you were really angry with me or playing it hard to get. This was what I was after. Yeah... that's it..." Alex was very smooth in te
Chapter - 101Club Rosaro, One of the most popular places for the rich, elite and high profiles of the society to hang out. Alex has never been here, but from what Margaret had told him along the way, this is the place where if you dig deep enough, you can find the ugly side of many of those elegant and sophisticated champions of society. During the day, they are busy putting on a show in front of the people, but at night, they shed their masks away and dive into depravity. On the surface, it was just a high-end place for fun, but that's just on the surface.But when Alex tried to find out more about what she meant by the ugly side, Margaret refused to dwell deep into it. She didn't want Alex to know how dark the industry she was part of was.Soon, Alex stopped his motorcycle in front of the club as Margaret instructed and followed behind her as they walked inside. Though it was early in the morning, the club was not empty, and several drunkards lay motionless, sleeping on the table
Chapter -102"What were you doing in that room?" Margaret opened her mouth to ask. She was calm, but Alex could feel the tension building in the room."I..." The manager started to answer, but Margaret cut him short."Well, I know what you were doing there. And to be honest, I could care less which donut you want to spray your cream in," Margaret said, "What I want to know that why were you creamipieing that donut in that room?" Margaret asked, and her voice upped a notch, "That room is off-limits, don't you know that?""Ma'am, I am...." The man wanted to explain, but Margaret did not seem interested in listening to any of his excuses."Didn't I explicitly order that no one, and I mean no one, was allowed in VIP lounges 10 and 11," Margaret asked in an icy cold manner. Alex felt the temperature of the room going down with every word she spoke.The man nodded, "Yes, ma'am, It was a mistake, and I know..." The man opened his mouth once again to try and explain but was cut off by Margare
Chapter -103"How dare you speak to him in that tone? Do that again, and I will show you hell right here and now" Margaret, on the other hand, hearing the man, lost her composure. She dared him to try her."Yes, Boss," the man yelled out at the top of his lungs, loud enough for everyone to hear outside the room."Oh, so you wanna try it?" Margaret asked, challenging the man."No, Boss... I was in the wrong. It won't happen again," Standing straight in attention, the man corrected himself. 'Who is the kid to rile her up so much?' the man thought as he sneaked a peek at the handsome but wimpy looking kid in front of him."Now answer his question," Margaret sat back in her chair and said."He is not a regular, but he does hang around here every with his friends, but I don't know him personally. But..." The man looked at Margaret, "But when he came here a few days back, someone asked me to fiddle with his drink." The manager told them.Margaret looked at the manager seriously. If this wer
Chapter - 104"Can't you guys do one thing right? Do I have to spoon-feed you on every step of your work?" Karen scolded while the lady stood in front of her with her head hung low."Here, Go back and do it again," Karen tossed the file back on the table and asked the lady to leave. The lady also didn't waste time. She grabbed the file in one swift movement and walked out from there as fast she could.This has been the scene in the office since morning. Karen has been on a rampage since she got to work. She has been going around scolding the ladies over trivial affairs. Even Jennifer was not spared from the sarcasm.'Don't you think the way she is acting is rather violent than usual? It's at least up by a notch or two of what we are used to,' Hazel wrote on the department chat group, but this time they were attentive enough to start the chat on the group Karen was not a part of.'Yeah, do you think it's because of her husband, again?' Jennifer wrote. She usually avoids talking about o