“Ryan, you said he came to the hospital with his worker. Did anything worth of notice happen? Did he make a scene or something?” Evans asked.They were seated at the dining table in Ryan’s place, papers spread out in front of them as they tried to collate all the evidence they had against Smith to see how much chance they had against him because they knew that he had a solid legal team who could refute almost anything unless it was backed with strong, unshakable evidence. That was the only way they could get at Smith with the law.“No, nothing like that happened. He was very courteous, listening to the doctors and nurses. He even helped some of the nurses out with carrying some files.” Ryan replied to his question.“We know that Smith would not help anybody, more less his worker whom he sees as below him unless he was getting something out of it.” Turner, said from his position at the other side of the table to which Evans agreed and poked further.“Yes, that’s right. You said he help
“Hey, come in” Laura said to Rebecca as she opened the door wider for her to step in through after they shared a quick hug. Rebecca walked in and dropped her bag on the couch before she sat down heavily and sighed loudly.“So, I was about to watch a movie. I just put some popcorn in the microwave. You game?” Laura asked from the kitchen which she had quickly walked back into after Rebecca entered since she was trying to prepare snacks for the movie marathon she planned on embarking on.“Rebecca?” Laura called out when there was no response from her friend. She frowned and walked out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on a dish towel wondering why Rebecca was ignoring her.She peered into the living room where she saw Rebecca staring into space.“Rebecca?” She called again but there was no reply. Her friend’s weird silence made Laura worried because it had been ages since she saw her friend in such a mood. She looked way too sad and that was not something she was not used to seeing in he
“Let’s go sit on the patio and have a drink before we retire for the night while your room gets prepared.” Evans said to Ryan as he picked up a bottle of white wine and two glasses. Ryan stood up from the couch he was sitting on after the party and followed Evans out.“It’s a cool night!” Ryan mentioned as they settled in chairs opposite each other while Evans made to open the bottle of wine before he started pouring into the glasses.He poured a generous amount in each of them, far more than was poured in societal settings before raising his glass to clink it against Ryan’s as they cheered before sipping at it.“Ooh, this is the good stuff,” Ryan remarked as he picked up the bottle to check the name of the wine so he could get one for himself the next time he was out.“Don’t worry; I will make sure a few bottles are packed for you before you leave tomorrow. I got them on my last trip to France.” Evans said, chuckling before lifting his glass to his lips and swallowing about a mouthfu
“What about your husband?” Ryan asked the woman sitting opposite him.“He’s late now, he died a long time ago and I’ve been taking care of my son on my own all these years without any help. But I don’t see how I can deal with this alone.” The woman said to him tearfully. She had come into his office at the charity home where he was working for the day, crying about her son who was in the hospital for a debilitating illness that required immediate surgery. She needed a sizeable amount of money for the surgery and as a single mother, she did not have anywhere else to go because her husband was dead and her family was practically nonexistent.As he looked at her, Ryan knew that he was going to give her the money whether or not she passed their preliminary checks because his heart was greatly moved by her predicament and made him remember the days when he was poor and didn’t have anyone to rely on for basic things.He asked her some follow up questions and so far, she was answering ever
“Is this better now?” Rebecca asked her mum after fluffing her pillows and rearranging the cover cloth which was draped on her feet for her. Her mum nodded and she walked out to go get a glass of water as she requested.“Here’s your water, mum.” She handed her the glass of water and her mum invited her to sit on the bed with her. The moment she sat, her phone rang immediately. Rebecca checked who the caller ID was. However, she doesn't pick the call. Rather, she ignored it.Her mother observed what happened, but she chose not to say anything at the moment.“You know that you don’t have to wait on me hand and foot, right? I am in remission now and I am okay.” Her mother said as she touched her face. Rebecca nodded and breathe in the scent of her mother.“I know that but I’m just so glad that you are okay. When you were sick, I was so worried and scared that I was going to lose you because I felt like I had not spent enough time with you and now that I know you’re still here with me, I
Jessica walked down the sidewalk, pulling her new jacket around her thin frame tighter because the evening wind was way colder than she expected.She was meeting up with Roberts in a parking lot because he did not want to risk them being seen now that they had kicked off the plan of ensnaring Ryan.As she got into the parking lot, she looked around for the black truck he had given her the license plate of and at first, she didn’t see it until she did a second lap around and saw that it was tucked in a dark area. She approached it, knocked on the glass and let herself in since the door was not locked.“Took you long enough to get here.” Roberts said as she got settled in the passenger seat.Jessica didn’t reply to that as she knew he had a short fuse.“Have you been able to make any progress so far?” He asked, and she shook her head in negation.“What have you been doing all these time?” He asked, his voice rising.“I met him at the grocery store a few days ago but he was with someone
“Keep the change,” Turner said to the lady at the drive-through as he collected his food.“Thank you, have a nice day.”He added as he put his truck in drive and sped away. He was on the way home with the windows rolled down while some country music played on the radio. He was bobbing his head to the beat when he saw a weird movement in his rearview mirror. He could see the same the black van that was behind him before he drove to the drive-through behind him, not allowing any other cars to come between them.He slowed down at the traffic light and waved the van away when he saw that it was no longer behind him.“Must be dead tired if I’m concocting theories in my head.” He said to himself as he let out a chuckle and ran a hand over his face.When the light turned green, he floored it, eager to get home and have his dinner after a strenuous day at work. He noticed then that the van had materialized out of nowhere again but he chalked it down to the van going in the same way as him.
“Any luck?” Evans asked as he passed a cup of coffee to Ryan who was still pacing about, his phone to his ear, pointing at the phone.“No, no luck.” Ryan replied, accepting the cup of coffee before dropping it on the table, not even glancing at it before letting out a mighty sigh.“You said there was a gunshot before he didn’t say a word again, right?”“Yes and now, we’re sure that his gatekeeper was the one hit by that shot and we can’t even get any information out of him because he’s in a medically induced coma. We don’t even know if Turner was shot.” Ryan answered, sitting down on the chair that he kept vacating to pace around.“What I don’t understand is why his phone is untraceable. It makes no sense because his phone wasn’t even at his house. This is very weird!” Evans said his eyebrows furrowed as they wondered what could have happened to Turner in the blink of an eye.They were grateful that Ryan had even been on the call at the time Turner disappeared because then it would ha