She removed the card and quickly dialed the contact number on it. The phone rang, but there was no answer. She called again, but still, no one picked up. Undeterred, she tried repeatedly, and on the eleventh attempt, there was finally an answer."Hello, who is this?" a female voice asked rudely. Tina hesitated for a moment. She was calling Mr Kane—how did a lady end up picking?“Hello, is this Mr Kane?” Tina asked slowly still baffled.“No, this is his secretary. What do you want?” She replied sharply.It wasMr Kane’s official line that was on the card, only a few persons had his personal line.“I am Tina Doe from Resonant Audios, the audio company Innovative Technologies just partnered with. There is something urgent I need to speak him about. Can you please connect me on the line with him?”“No!” the lady quickly declined. “Do you think Mr Kane is just an ordinary man you can speak with anytime you feel like? My boss is busier than the president himself. Right now, he is in a meeti
“Yes Miss Doe, I’m the one on the line,” the man answered dropping Tina’s jaw; she wasn’t day dreaming or hallucinating it was actually Mr Kane! Was the secretary toying with her or what, when she said he was in a meeting.“Bu—but your secretary said you were in a meeting with the board members and you would not have my time till next week,” Tina asked confused.“Yes, she is right. I just excused myself from the meeting because my young master learnt that you were trying to reach me and instructed me to attend to you with immediate effect,” he disclosed.Tina was in a daze. Her mind was a whirl of questions; Did the Gibson heir really instructed Mr Kane to leave a meeting with the board members to attend to her? Was she worth it?: Compared to the Gibsons fortune and power, the Does were not more than beggars to them. What baffled her the most was how the Gibson heir came to know she was trying to reach Mr Kane. Does that mean he knew who she was or what? “Or maybe it is because he le
And again, the question went down the drain unanswered. The other Pentad members were as clueless about everything as he was. “A big mouth said all his properties were confiscated and the police were looking for him, maybe they apprehended him and he is now in their custody,” Mr Kingsley said referring to what August told him.“No, I don’t think he is in the police custody,” Mr Ken Philips objected. “I have a lot of ears in the police and they all confirmed the police are still looking for him,” he said rubbing his white beards.“That means he is still on the run. My sources said his bank debts have skyrocketed by 500 hundred percent out of the blue. It means someone influential must be involved in this!” Mr Turner said astutely. “But who could that be?”For some minutes they all took a journey into their brains to crack out a more powerful mogul than them who probably hated Mr Wade that much to influence his bankruptcy in such a small time. But they all returned with no answers.“Wh
Mr Turner was more confused than frightened. What could make Mr Kane this angry at him? He had not recalled doing anything to provoke him, why would the man cut him off so harshly?Mr Turner was a billionaire but Mr Kane was an emissary to a zillionaire! His anger was something Mr Turner would worry about."You must be out of your mind to go after a company partnering with us. What nerve!" Mr. Kane said angrily. From his voice, if one had never seen Mr. Kane before, they might assume him to be a human lion; he wasn't ranting, he was almost roaring.Mr Turner was lost in confusion; the Pentads had several business partners in the city and he could not remember doing anything to offend any of them. He was not aware that, Mr Doe’s Resonant Audios had just partnered with Innovative Technologies yesterday.“Your partners?” Mr Turner startled. “Believe me, Mr Kane, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere. I would not dare mess with a company affiliated with yours,” Mr Turner said quickly
****Back in the courtroom, Mr. Doe, his daughter, and August were the only figures remaining. Even the ceramic-tiled floor had lost count of how many times Mr. Doe paced back and forth.August was the only calm person in the room. Tina, like her father, was equally troubled, her whole face was covered in sweat. She had just checked her phone for the thousandth time in the last ten minutes.“You should all relax now, I believe Mr Kane is handling the matter,” August assured.“Don’t tell me to relax, August. Mr Kane assured to call me back immediately after contacting his master, its been over ten minutes and still he hasn’t called,” Tina snapped.“Don’t be so naïve, Tina. Just because Mr Kane have not called you back doesn’t mean he have not done anything about the matter. Just relax!”“Why should she be calm, who knows, the new Gibson’s heir might be friends with pentads. I don’t think he will help us out,” Mr Doe retorted angrily.August frowned; all he felt towards the Pentad was
Seeing the scene was attracting more onlookers and the pentad billionaires were looking humiliated being filmed groveling before Mr Doe, a less in class, August decided to add more heat to the fire.“What did you say, Mr Turner? I think Mr Doe didn’t quite hear you clearly. Could you come again?” August asked slyly.He knew how embarrassed and angry Mr Turner felt saying those words, he wanted him to repeat it again so that he would feel even more embarrassed. Mr Turner clenched his fist very tight like he was about to throw a cricket ball, he felt like getting to his feet and punching the hell out of August before going back to the apology he did not want to offer in the first place. But he knew Mr Kane would not take it lightly if he learns he punched someone he assumed to be nothing more than a driver or PA to Mr Doe.His misconception saved him his life, Mr Kane would have skinned him and his entire family alive; if he had punched the Gibson heir!After hesitating for a few seco
“Mr Kane is calling,” Tina exclaimed out. Hearing Tina say the call was from Mr Kane, the four men on the ground panicked terribly; their entire lives depended on that phone call and they knew it.“No, please don’t answer,” Mr Turner said quickly crawling on his kneels to intercept Tina just in time before she could answer the call. “Please don’t answer the call, Tina,” he pleaded desperately. Tina and Mr Doe were puzzled; why would he not want her to answer the call?“He is calling to ask whether we have apologized to you or not. If you tell him you’ve not forgiven us, then we are as good as dead,” he explained quickly.It now made sense to Mr Doe and her daughter: the pentad billionaires were groveling on the ground pleading for their forgiveness because Mr Kane had instructed them to come do so or face his wrath. No wonder they were pleading like their lives depended on it, it actually depended on it!“Please forgive us before answering the call,” his voice trembling. Mr Doe and da
****Back at the Turners mansion, Mr Turner was seated in the living room fuming with anger as he watched himself on the news for the most humiliating reasons. “No! No way! I can’t take this,” he growled angrily kicking his leg against a couch.“Calm down, dad,” Tom said as he hurriedly strode into the living room. In his hand he held his phone playing the viral video of his dad and the other pentad billionaires. “Mr Philip told me everything that had happened, you had no other choice. Everyone knows how powerful the Gibson’s are. It was just an apology people will soon forget it ever happened,” Tom consoled.“But I will never forget!” Mr Turned yelled angrily. “I control the streets and underbellies of Aurora Bay, more than have of the population of this city wet their pants by just the mention of my name. But I can’t brag about that anymore: the most dreaded man in the city was recorded kissing the ground in front of Mr Doe and his daughter. The Does, for Christ sake!”Mr Turner see