Rhys pretended to be unaware of what had happened, he turned towards Christopher who was gritting his teeth in anger. “Uncle, I’m so sorry but I think your son has grown stupid overnight.”“Do not go overboard Rhys, I am still your uncle and I think I deserve some respect,” Christopher spat out. “I asked that the monthly meeting be moved till today, I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong. You just returned to the family, how can you understand how things works around here.”“I might have just returned uncle, but I think I understand everything that I need to know. There are conditions as to which the meeting would be called besides the set date. So uncle tell me, why is this meeting so special?”“I don’t think I am expected to tell you the reason. And if I don’t , are you going to force it out of me?” Christopher is now able to open his eyes, he openly glared at Rhys, suspecting that he had a hand in what had happened to him earlier but there was no evidence to prove it.“Then I say
The meetings with the managers and directors took a little over an hour but it left Rhys completely exhausted, luckily he had enough knowledge and ideas to tackle some of the problems brought up to him. In the conglomerate, there is an order in rank and an hierarchy that must be followed. For common employees, it wasn’t easy to meet with the higher-ups, they could only reach out to the director of whatever department they worked in. After answering most of their questions to the point of being almost exhausted, he dismissed them all, leaving only himself and Zain in the office that he had chosen. It had a window view of the city and the view was spectacular. When he noticed that his father and grandfather hadn’t reached out to him after the commotion with Christopher, he was confused. He tried to called them but he could only get through to their assistants which meant they were on an important trip or were having an important meeting that they were too busy to receive the phone.Be
“Do us both a favor and just leave.”“There is no way I would leave, I think you must have not noticed something. I work here, so you’ll have to get used to seeing me each passing day.” She said haughtily as she rolled her eyes. Unexpectedly, Rhys burst into laughter, his stomach clenched as he laughed loudly. “What is funny?” He was beginning to piss her off and if it wasn’t because of what she wanted and how powerful he had become, she would not be seen ten feet close to him.“I didn’t know this was a circus show and you were the master,” Rhys manages to say in between laughter. “Why do you think you were able to get a job here? Do you think you are truly capable?”Her eyes widened in surprise, her mind was trying to process what he was saying. “What do you mean?”“Do you think you’ll be here without my orders?”Before she could give a response, the door of the office swung open and a man sauntered in with a huge smile on his face, he seemed like the ray of sunshine on a cloudy da
After slamming the door shut on Johnathan’s face, Rhys returned to his seat, looking like nothing had happened. He carefully took out a wipe and sanitizer from one of the drawers of his desk. He sprayed some sanitizers in his hand and then wiped it afterwards. “Who knew what diseases she is carrying on her.”Jonathan rushed over to his side with a fan boy look of admiration on his face. “Oh my goodness, Rhys you were so cool. I thought I was going to die, the moment that woman attacked me but you suddenly swooped in out of nowhere to save me. Like the ones in the fairytales, all that is left is for us to share a kiss then we live happily ever after..” The smile on Rhys face turned ugly as he heard Jonathan’s words, from what he heard, it began to form a different scenario in his mind. He shuddered at the thought of it and began to regret his actions. “Say it like that one more time and I would personally gorge out your eyes and make you eat them like grapes.”“Eww, I tried that once
It was eight in the evening, Rhys was still in the office, he had been able to convince Zain and Jonathan to leave while he worked over time. At some time in the afternoon, Rio had showed up and was asleep in the inter-dimensional space. Suddenly, he received a message, it was from someone he was least expecting. Atlas.Meet me at El Fuego Bar at nine.Rhys shrugged, and replied ok. What could possibly go wrong. He got dressed, as he was leaving, he contemplating on informing Zain about where he was going and who he was meeting but, he shrugged off the idea. He stepped out of the house and got into a car, driving to the bar which was about an hour away from the conglomerate. An hour later, Rhys was so confused when he arrived at a bar which was somewhat calm, he was a bit convinced that Atlas might be playing at something, he shrugged but he still enters the bar. He walked straight to the counter, where he saw a familiar figure. “So why did you want to see me, dearest cousin?” He i
“If anything happens to my son, I would make sure everyone involved goes down with him.” Lydia glared at her husband. She blamed herself for her son getting hurt, she blamed herself for not being careful and assigning more guards to protect him. Where were they when he was leaving the conglomerate? Why would they leave him to go all alone? “Where are the guards I assigned to him?” She demanded from her husband. “I want an explanation or they can leave their lives behind.” She was no longer nice but looked like a malevolent woman who was out for blood.Alessandro glanced at Johnathan, silently pleading for help. Johnathan gently patted his Aunt’s hands. “Auntie, I’m sure Uncle would give us an explanation soon. You don’t have to worry about it.” He tried to reassure her.Alessandro received a message, his face turned pale as he checked the content. He threw glances at his wife, wondering whether or not to inform her.His small actions didn’t go unnoticed by her. “What happened? Has th
“Anything upward of five minutes could be considered extended.”“And my son’s heart stopped for five minutes and then seconds, isn’t that what you said?” The frown on her face was becoming more scary, a murderous aura was also coming from her.“Yes, Mr Fernandez brain was deprived of blood for that period of time, his heart was not pumping blood for that period of time.” The doctor quickly noticed the change in her, he silently prayed as he chose his next words carefully “You said varying degrees of damages,” Johnathan reminded him. “Varying in what way?”“The brain will tolerate a loss of circulation for only a short period of time. As a rule, if deprivation continues for more than five minutes, damage will usually result.” The doctor’s heart thumped loudly. ‘I don’t want to be here anymore’ He cried to himself. Inside the surgical room, they had all nominated the one who would informed Lydia of the news and unfortunately, he was chosen. He began to blame his luck.Five minutes and
Alessandro, Rhys father was still in the hospital waiting room, he had managed to subdue his wife who insisted on not leaving the hospital and had fallen asleep on a chair. Rhys still hadn’t come out of the anesthesia and he was beginning to get worried because the doctor had told informed them at least two to three hours. Before she slept, Lydia had already filled him in on what the doctor had told them, about all the bleeding the bullet had caused and all the ruptured arteries. Alessandro had called a doctor who had taken part in Rhys surgery.“It was most likely the two bullets that had hit him and went through. People have the misconception that a low caliber gun might not do much damage but that isn’t true. The bullet doesn’t just go through clean, it bounces around inside the body like a rubber ball off all furniture in a house before it goes out the window. The bullet goes caroming around the body doing all kinds of damage before it exits the body.” The doctor had said over the