“Good day, fellas. I'm guessing you guys are not here for your aspirin shots," He asked, making light of the situation. He signalled to Dahlia who was right behind him to leave the environment with her dad and they hurried away. The men kept advancing towards him, pedestrians were looking at the action about to go down, whispering amongst themselves. The odds were hugely stacked up against Ron. “Should we call the police,” someone said. “No, he looks like a thief. Maybe he stole from them and they want to teach him a lesson.” Ron huffed a small laugh at what he was hearing from people. He let the thugs corner him into the street beside the hospital, which lacked civilians. He anticipated the first blow and sure enough, one of the goons swung a bat at him. But he expertly dodged it and grabbed the man by his elbow and broke his hand. The man let out a scream like a little girl. The other men advanced unmoved, it seemed to Ron like there was a bounty on his head because
Ron didn't ease the pressure from the crushing. The bald man was still hellbent on playing tough and not giving out any information he had. “This is just the first phase of the waves of pain I can bring on you, so I'd advise you to tell me precisely what I want before I stop being friendly,” Ron asked, getting tired of the whole situation. Ron bent over the man and dipped his hands into his pocket, he brought out a pocket knife still sheathed. Ron smiled as ideas quickly ran through his head. "Well, have it your way," Ron said, unsheathing the knife. "Okay, okay, just chill out, man,” the bald man said, whimpering. "Look, it was nothing personal, we just had instructions to rough you up. You just pissed someone off and he wanted vengeance.” “Who ordered the hit?" The bald man swallowed hard, "You were not supposed to be this tough.” "That wasn't the answer to my question.” Ron added more force to his heel. “Okay, hold on, I'll tell you everything I know." At this point, the bal
They both went downstairs where a car was waiting for them and Victoria was to serve as the chauffeur. Her demeanor hadn't changed since the last time Ron saw her. “Did Vic ever tell you what was wrong with her? She doesn't look herself,” Ron asked Adina. "Nuh uh,” Adina said, holding her stomach. "You good?” "Peachy” "For God's sake, that word.” Ron felt like he would throw up if he heard that word one more time. He went over to the other side of the car to let himself in. “What are you doing?" Adina stopped him in his tracks. “Getting into the car to meet the client we were supposed to meet." He couldn't understand the question. “The door, who would open it for me? An elf?" Adina barked at him. He ran over to her and opened the door for her as she had commanded. Before she got in, she noticed a little speck of dust on the car seat. “Take off your jacket," she said, looking at Ron. Victoria was just watching the drama unfold, helplessly. Following his orders, He did what h
The thought consumed Ron and it was only broken by Adina’s orders to Victoria. “Stay back, one fuck-up going to the meet is enough for me. I don't need two.” “There's nowhere to stay and you are with the key to the car,” Victoria protested. “Do I look like I care, because I really don't.” Her stomach crumpled in its own protest. Adina winced harder than before. Ron came closer to her, placing his hand on her shoulder. Adina shrugged it off. “Remove your filthy self from my person.” The automatic doors opened up to her and she walked in leaving Ron behind. Ron turned to an ashen Victoria and gave her a wink. “You'll be fine and I'll kill it, I promise.” Ron met up with Adina before the elavator shut him off. He and her spent seconds in silence. “Who are we meeting today, all you've done is keep me in the dark about the person.” Ron spoke up. “I do not owe you anything, just be on your best behaviour, if at all you have any of that in you,” She snapped back at him. Real
Erica’s face was still beet red at the correction Ron just made. She couldn’t believe that someone in his ranks could speak to her in that manner.“Uhm! Do not mind him at all, Ms. Erica.” Adina butted in right away. “He’s still a newbie and for that, doesn’t know his place.Her fists clenched underneath the restaurant table and the skin underneath her eye twitched as she glared at Ron.“Next time, bring more experienced people to my table.” She threw her eyes away, arms crossed over her chest.Ron didn’t bother to offer an apology. Her condescending attitude also didn’t faze him as the waiter served the dishes. She was a beautiful woman with an ugly character.“Oops!” Ms. Erica gasped and it seemed her cutlery had fallen on the floor. Her face darkened as she snapped at the director, “This is all your fault! If you hadn’t called me out here, would this bad omen have happened to me—““No!” Adina shot to her feet, hands extended as she halted the woman from picking up the fallen cutler
As Adina rushed to the toilet, Ron checked his wristwatch. It was still very early in the day and now that Bella had lost Jonas’s help, she would need another lifeline for her company. He rushed outside the building, chasing after Erica Rowling. The woman had a confident gait with legs that went on for days. It couldn’t be missed by any eye. Ron shouted, “Ms. Erica, please wait!”The woman only glared over her shoulder the fraction of an inch and continued walking. Humid air kissed Ron’s skin as he surfaced in the premises of the restaurant.Her car was a flashy Rolls Royce model and it was clear that it was also very expensive. He blew out a breath when he met the woman at her car door.“You must hear me out,” he said.Ron could no longer smell the foul scent of fart. The air was fresh and clean now and he knew it would at least calm her down to listen to what he had to say.“And why?” She squinted, crossing her arms sharply over her black blazer and dress shirt and faced him. “Wha
Ron saw the short man with an arrogant bald head and an unfriendly stare approaching them with his team. He straightened his back, knowing that it wasn’t good news they were about to receive. He had suspected that this would be the outcome and already began to think of ways to get out of this. “Although we extend kindness to all our customers, I cannot do that now. The both of you will have to exit this building and never return. I am withdrawing all of our exclusive benefits to Fashion Factor and implementing a ban from this day henceforth,” he began in a stern voice. Ron glimpsed the mortification on Adina’s face. This was Bella’s favourite restaurant to eat in during work hours. They had a lot of coupons and benefits here. But the manager of this restaurant wanted to cut all ties with them because of this same unfortunate situation. Adina had not only lost the client who was Bella’s last hope ever since Jonas disappointed her. Now she had ruined the company’s good relati
But as soon as Adina said that, she let out a sharp cry and Ron noticed that she had begun to sweat profusely, which was not good. She ingested a high quantity of the poison and it could lead to significant damage. He moved closer to the back door and touched her stomach without warning. She immediately jerked at the feel of his touch on her skin, as if it had been too cold and intense for her warmth. Her lips worked to protest against his touch, but she couldn’t find the words. His hands on her body had brought her some semblance of relief. “The poison is still circulating, but if we don’t act now, it might cause further damage,” Ron told her. He bunched up her blouson top, exposing her stomach. Ron pulled out the pins in his back pocket and started performing acupuncture. Adina immediately began to relax.To her surprise, the striking pain subsided and she had gotten herself again. Adina sucked in a deep breath. “Oh, heavens, I really need a shower,” she mumbled.“You’re good a