Chapter - 151"Swish!" A car zigzagged its way through the lanes and stopped among the cars with a screech.From it got off Alex with his jacket in his hands. He looked a bit more mature with that light stubble growing on his face. His hair was dishevelled and his eyes baggy. Though there was still that charm on his face, one could easily tell that he was not in the best of his shape. He looked tired, and his eyes depressed. This was something usual with Alex these days.Days had gone by pretty fast, and it was already three weeks since the last time he saw Margaret. The temperature had dramatically dropped, and the weather had turned chilly. And along with the city, the fog had shrouded Alex's life.Things have not changed much for Alex in the last few weeks. His life that was already going down had just taken a big dip. He used to have a loving and cheerful life, but now everything seems to be falling apart. Until two months back, his mornings were cheerful. He would have fun with h
Chapter - 152"I will meet you there tonight," when the door opened, Susan was standing outside the elevator happily talking on her phone with someone.Right now, Alex is in Theation. Jessica had called him out of nowhere to talk something about the business. And since Alex had nothing better to do in his monotonous life of going forth between his home and his company, he was quick to agree.But he had never counted upon coming face to face with Susan. That brawl he was a part of in front of the reception was the last time he saw her. After that, Alex, for his own convenience and peace of mind, chose not to use the company's main entrance.In the beginning, Alex thought Susan was the silent and shy type, and everyone around her bullied her. That's why he offered to take her out for dinner. Alex had a good impression of Susan all throughout that meal to the point he tried to take a stand for her in front of those small-time thugs. True that he was beaten black and blue, but he did try
Chapter - 153"Peekaboo," Opening the door, Alex peeked inside, "Anybody home?" Alex whispered, not wanting to disturb anyone.And fair enough, no one heard him or noticed the peeking head of someone who did not belong there.With everyone busy with their work, Alex slowly closed the door behind him and tiptoed his way inside without making any noise.Sneakily, Alex stopped a few feet behind Hazel and hid behind the shredder. He was going to pull a prank on them.Clearing his throat, Alex was about to yell, 'Fire... Fire...'"Don't do it," Hazel said, taking Alex by surprise. He thought that Hazel had seen him."Huh....? What is it?" Ellaine asked."Uhh... Nothing, it's my brother... He just texted me about some chit-fund scheme," Hazel said, "I mean, everyone knows it is a fraud, and he wants me to invest in it.""Yeah... I invested some a few years back, and before I could withdraw the money, the company vanished into thin air." Ellaine agreed.And with that, they got back to work.
Chapter -154"Are you reading my mind?" Squinting her eyes, Karen looked at Alex suspiciously."Aren't those the basic questions that pop in your mind when someone catches you doing something wrong?" Alex, on the other hand, asked mischievously."Who's doing the wrong deed?" Karen looked away."Hello... Hello... Bitch? Fucking Bitch?" Alex put his palm over his ears and acted like Karen, shaking his butt."Will you stop acting like that?" Karen picked up the folder placed in front of her and threw it at Alex, "Who said I talk like that?""Hahaha... I was only joking," Alex caught the folder and, laughing, sat in front of Karen, "Come... sit and relax... Take a deep breath.""I don't need you to teach me," Karen said but still took a couple of deep breaths as she fanned herself, waving her palm."... Why are you here?" Karen asked, annoyed by that smirk on his face."Didn't I tell you? I came here to meet you," Alex shrugged, "What happened to my boss? She was always pampering me. But
Chapter - 155"Come in," Jessica asked the person standing outside."Is someone important joining us?" Alex whispered to Jessica, but all he got was an assuring smile.Soon the door opened, and a pretty young girl, wearing a light blue shirt and tight black skirt, walked inside.Hearing the tapping of high heels, Alex turned to look at who had just walked in, but his eyes stuck on those smooth white legs, and he couldn't look up."Phweeewe..." Alex could not stop himself from whistling, staring at those legs. Staring at those legs, Alex followed the lady who finally stopped in front of him. Soon his gaze moved from her legs to her skirt, then to her blue shirt, where he stopped."Ahemm... Ahem..." Alex heard Jessica clear her throat, and his gaze moved further up. Now there was a beauty glaring at him with squinting eyes. Looks like the whistling did no good. Alex gave her an awkward smile, trying to dissuade the uncomfortable atmosphere.Jessica smiled, looking at the two exchange lo
Chapter - 156*Knock! Knock!Without waiting for any response, a lean man wearing a nicely ironed dark blue suit walked in with a tab in his hands.The room was large but was filled with smoke. The large chandelier hanging on the roof lit the room in a very dim light, barely enough for one to see anything around.While it was hard to breathe in the room, along the walls of the room, there were machines giving off dim light that looked like incubators like things, and one could see plants growing into them.That was certainly a weird way of carbon balancing, and it hurt your eyes a lot. But the man ignoring the stinging pain in his eyes, the man continued to walk towards the end of the room before finally stopping a few feet before the desk."Sir," The man called out."Do you know why I have these plants stored in here?" The old man sitting alone in the dark room slowly twirled around on his seat to look at the lean man standing in front of him.'This again,' The young man thought, but
Chapter - 157"Where's my son?" The old man let go of his grip as he asked the young man."Yaannhh... Yaannhh..." holding his neck, the young man sprung up on his feet and distanced himself from the old man, panting for air. For about a minute, the old man had held him by his neck against the table. Now his eight holes were just not good enough. All he wanted was to be a toad and breathe through every pore of his skin.The old man, on the other hand, picked up his cane and slowly moved towards the couch in the room. All that sudden burst of energy was gone now, and the old man was back to his harmless old self.Seeing his assistant struggle to breathe, the old man poured down some drink into a glass and extended it towards the young man."Drink this," The old man said, "I... I just tend to lose control when I think about him. I don't know why? But, other than that, I am very much polite, don't you think so?" The old man said helplessly.But to the young man's ears, it was shameless. H
Chapter - 158"Why don't you take me with you?" The girl held on to the boy's arm and asked. She was desperate to follow him wherever he was going, even if it meant following him to hell."This has got nothing to do with you," The boy grabbed her hand and pushed it away, "I have been waiting for this moment all my life. I am this close to finding it out, and I don't want something to hold me back.""Am I a burden to you now," the girl asked, disbelieving what she just heard, "I... I am willing to dedicate my whole life to your cause, and I am holding you back? Tell me, what more should I do? Should I kill someone? Who? Tell me..." The girl grabbed the boy's shirt, pulled him towards her, and asked, looking straight into his eyes."Just don't get in my way," The boy got his shirt out of her grip, "You are the only person I trust and want to be safe. But there is one thing I hold dear more than you, and it's my revenge. I have spent fourteen years running around trying to find clues, an