Chapter 154“You have ten minutes left Mr. Asher. You better chose wisely, because either way consider your company gone”The sun was beginning to set and Gwandon was losing time. The mirrors he'd positioned had had the sun's rays now reflecting from a corner.“Urghh”, he groaned.“Who the hell do I kill first?”“Garfy, what's the plan?”“Tell Boss to look in my direction for a moment.”“Ok”Lego got off the airpod for the moment and spoke into the speaker of his phone.“Boss, are you with me?”“I …”“You what?”“Am”“What the heck are you saying?”, the guy asked, getting a little worked up.“Look at your side quickly Boss. Garfy's there”“Ok Boss”Lego put the airpod back on.“Tell him that I'm going to shoot the guy's hand and he should grab the gun immediately and slide under the table.”“Give me timing.”“In ten seconds”“Okay”, Lego said, bringing the phone receiver to his mouth.“Boss in ten, Garfy, sitting is going to shoot the guy's hands and you'll slide under the table and
Chapter 155Garfy raised his hands in surrender, still holding his gun.“What the….”, Sandton said, a clearly confused expression on his face “What the fuck are you doing here?”“Sandton…”, Garfy said. He dropped his weapon.“Don't… don't ******* call my name”, Sandton said to Garfy, his teeth gritted, giving him a deadly stare.“Sandton..”“Fuck you Garfy. Fuck you. Why the fuck are you here?”“That's my boss, Sandton. I work for him”Sandton took one look at Asher. “So you are a bodyguard now?”Garfy licked his lips. “Look, Sandton…”“Fuck you Garfy and fuck whatever is about to come out of your mouth, ok?”, Sandton said, shaking his head. “You have nothing to say.”“Sandton please, let me..”“Explain? So what?”, Sandton asked sarcastically. He laughed a little. “It's funny how… us humans… we love to assume. To underestimate. To put down other people”“I'm not…”“Oh please, Garfy. It's been so many years now. I'm not your “best friend” anymore”“You weren't my best friend, you w
Chapter 156.Beep! Beep! Beep!Finn's alarm went off. Finn rolled to the side of the bed where the alarm lay on the side table. “Urghhh”Finn groaned as he searched blindly for the alarm clock on the table, his eyes still very sleepy. He knocked the alarm off the table and crashed on the rugged floor. But it still didn't stop the alarm. If for nothing, it only went on louder.“Oh fuck”Finn opened his eyes, squinting them immediately as the brightness of his room light pierced into his eyes. Stretching his hands, he touched the switch and switched the room lights to the dimmer night lights. He rubbed his eyes lazily, stretching his naked body. He picked up his phone.4.00 a.mHe yawned again, feeling quite exhausted. He took off the duvet and let his legs down from the bed. Another stretch. He looked over his shoulder at the girl he'd brought in the night before. He smirked. She'd given him quite a ride.He moved towards the adjacent room, wanting to pick something to wear from his w
Chapter 157‘Genoa, Italy’.The evening sun was setting slowly in Genoa, giving the city an orange cast, especially on the Castle House of Genoa. One if the servants in the room drew the curtains in but maintained the night bulbs in the room. By the snap of his hands, a water bowl was brought to him. Paolo dipped one hand into the water and the servant immediately wiped it dry with his napkin. He bowed without even being noticed and took both bowl and napkin away.Paolo took the pipe off the pipe holder on the table. Taking it up to his mouth, he held the slimmer part carefully and puffed smoke out of his mouth and nostrils. The television was on and both men listened to the newscaster as she cast the evening news.“More failed attempts ei?”, Paolo said as he picked the remote placed on the royal pillow and held by one of the servants in the room. He reduced the volume of the television and placed the remote on the table instead. With a wave of his hand, he dismissed the servant. “Th
Chapter 158If he turned right, she followed. If he turned a corner into another section of the supermarket, she would go in the other direction and end up in the exact same aisle as him. And perhaps if he turned into the supermarket restroom, she would too.Now they were in the perfumes section. He picked up a masculine musk and twisted off the cover. Elena pretended not to watch him, pretended to be more focused on the writings behind her favourite perfume oil. The guy, who, unknown to her, had been watching her movements. He took one good look at her and he seemed, from the corner of Elena's eye, to whisper something to his driver who had been holding the man's cart throughout.The driver started to walk towards Elena and she quickly put the perfume oil back on the shelf and pretended to be more interested in other stuff.“Madam”, the driver said, to her as soon as he had come close enough. He held a small squared sheet of paper in his hand. She took it from him. Written on it were
Chapter 159“Mum! Just guess who is saw at the swimming pool party today!”Elena said as she excitedly entered the house. However she was greeted by an empty living room and no response.“Mum?”, She called, dropping the wine bottle she had in her hands on the table.“Muum!”, She called out even louder as she went up the stairs slowly. She walked stealthily through the passage, the unusual silence giving her an eerie feeling. Finally she turned round a corner and she saw the open door of her mother.Super strange. As silent as she could, she walked towards the door. Tipping her head slightly, she peeped through with her eyes into the open room from the left side of the door.Immediately, she saw her mother, she heaved a sigh of relief. Her mother backed her, seemngly holding something in her hand.“Mum, I've been calling you. Didn't you hear me from downstairs?”Grace turned, a little startled. “Oh darling you are back”, she said in a tone that felt a little colder than usual“How was
Chapter 160The next day, Elena arrived the airport thirty minutes to her flight time. She hurried out, not even waiting for the driver to get door.“Open this booth Goddamit! I'm going to miss my flight”The driver got the car booth and Elena yanked her pink box out. She took out the smaller one too without the driver's help. But when she turned to her things, one of the security guys already had him.“Excuse…”“Madam, your flight 541 is almost ready for take off”, another man said, cutting her short.“I know! And I don't have time for any chit chatting. Now where the heck are you carrying my bags too?”“He’s taking them to your flight ma'am. This way ma'am”, the security guy said, pointing to another section of the airport.“Oh….ohhh”, she said, as she followed the security guy. It was the private section of the airport where first class people went through the normal security check. When she got there, her bags had already been checked.“I'm sorry for the initial cranky attitude. I
Chapter 161“De La Castle Hotel and Suites”, Elena said as she flipped it over. It was like a mini magazine in many folds.“Is this where we are going?”“It is where we are”, the driver said as he pulled up in one corner of the vast compound.One of the porters came to their limousine and got the door for Elena. “Madam..”, he said, standing behind the door and waiting earnestly for her to alight.Elena adjusted her glasses so they'd stay up on her hair. She alighted slowly, holding the frame of the window as she stood before the magnificent structure of the Hotel. “Not bad”, she said, nodding her head slowly. The other porters were already taking her bags inside.“Benvenuto in De la Castle Hotel and Suites ,Signora (welcome to De la Castle Hotel and Suites) ”, the doorman greeted her as she pushed the rotating glass door in.Inside was even more beautiful. Three piece chandeliers hung majestically down from the ceiling in the reception and lobby. The reception and lobby were adorned