The tension in the room was heightened as everyone could feel shivers down their spines, all except for Adam whose face was devoid of any emotion; stoic as always,The girls were trembling and shivering while mumbling to themselves, Leila had already begun to cry, her shriek filling the somewhat silent room,“I just want my papa to be fine, I-I don't mind coming with you,” she sobbed loudly as she sniffed.Adam tilted his head just to look at her and his heart broke at the sight of her, immediately he began to think of what his next plan would be, to save them from these men's clutches.Joan, who was still under her father’s bed, screamed out for reinforcements and asked for more men to be delivered. She quickly reached for her phone in her side pocket and dialled Sergeant Dickson,“Send in your best men!” She roared at him at him without any preamble, “I can’t afford to die now,” she sniffled as she spoke this time, with a softer tone, everyone could sense the fear in her shaky voi
In the southeastern province, Louisa rushed quickly into her mother’s apartment, looking for her so she could break her latest discovery to her, her steps were giddy as he ran in search of Cecil,“Mother, Mother, Mother,” she called out severally until her mother came out from the backyard and answered her,“Why are you in my house yelling at this time of the day?” Her mother asked with a stern look on her face.“You won’t believe what I just discovered, Mother” She mumbled as she threw her bag on the couch trying to brew suspense. Her mother had always known Louisa to be dramatic so she didn’t move an inch as she was waiting to hear the new discovery,“What is it this time Louisa?” Cecil asked with an almost uninterested face, ever since Williams had lost his position and her lover had disappeared, Cecil had become more grouchy than ever.She moved from her standing position and sat on the arm of the couch adjacent to her mother and said with almost a whisper, “I have reasons to
The sight sent chills down the Jameson sisters' spines, and they each gulped and tensed as they walked, they were so scared that they could barely move their feet as they clung to each other as if they were trying to enjoy their last moments with each other before they died. One of the men led them to a right turn and headed down another hallway as they were guarded by the men and then got to another cell room where they saw another woman who was stripped naked and was being flogged mercilessly, her body was filled with bloody bruises and marks,“These men are dangerous,” Leila whispered, she gulped while trying to sweep her shaky hands across her wey forehead, fresh tears began to drop at the thought of what these men could do to them. They continued to walk down the hallway until they got to an empty cell room and the girls were pushed inside. As they were about to drag Adam away, he dragged the bar of the cell room and refused to move. “I’ll stay in here with the girls,” he said
“So this brat can ask for help? Who knew” Adam thought to himself as he gave his signature smirk, while staring at the bumpy-headed man, he shook his head before heaving a sigh and spoke up, “Leave her alone!” He said to the man with a frown and the man dropped Joan’s arm roughly, that she instantly fell so hard to the ground causing her to hit her head on the tile. The man’s gaze moved slowly from Joan to Adam and he grunted like a hungry lion whose bait just escaped, snarling and snarking,“And who the hell are you? He demanded with flaring nostrils, baring his browning teeth, “First you attack my men and stand in their way, preventing them from carrying out my assignments. Now you are in my basement, giving me orders?” He yelled, and swept out his hands, as his veins nearly popped out of his skin, they were straining against his shirt.Adam simply smirked, and it further got on the man’s nerves.“Are you deaf?! Who the hell are you?” He asked again but this time at the top of hi
Back in the Southeastern province, Louisa and her mother Cecil were busy trying to plan how to get back into Adam’s life, Cecil had invited William over to her small but lavish apartment where they would make a plan on how to get back into Adam’s life just to take his money,The business was already going bad for William, and so she thought that these were already desperate times for him,The investor who had called him one time had anonymously bought all the shares in his company and left him with nothing. Cecil saw that as an opportunity for him to do her bidding, he would do anything to be able to get it back. “Do you think William would be in on this?” Louisa asked her mother as they awaited William’s arrival. “Oh that’s a piece of cake, it’s either he agrees or I make him agree.”“How would you do that mother?” Louisa asked, her voice tinged with confusion.Cecil grinned in a Cheshire manner, her eyes gleaming,“It's very easy, I’ll blackmail him.” She said her voice barely abo
Back in the basement, Adam came back to the cell room and joined the girls Leila quickly sat up at his arrival and asked if he was okay, “I'm fine,”Was all he said, in a swift move he sat down beside her, resting his head against the wall.Joan was fast asleep and her arm was swollen from the incident with the bumpy-headed man. There was a long silence in the room as all Adam did was stare at the ceiling. Adam decided to break the silence and so he finally asked,“What do these people really want from you and your family?” Leila sighed and sat up properly before clearing her throat but didn’t know the right words to use, it was hard to string words together.“Uhmm…hmmmm…Emmm,” she started,“My father told us that it is as a result of a mistake he made growing up as a young man. And he is bent on getting revenge by killing me and my sister. He has been trying since we were little girls and Papa always protected us till he fell ill. Our lives have been endangered since then and now
Silence engulfed the room as Adam stood there looking at the old man, the old man who was his mentor, who had taught him everything he knew today. The duo disengaged from their embrace whilst smiling at each other, Adam couldn't help but smile at the old man even though his head was churning with questions, ‘What’s old man Thompson doing with this man?’ He questioned himself silently as he twisted his fingers. He fixed his gaze on the old man as though he wanted to be sure if he was really the one. “Hmmm,” Old man Thompson hummed, breaking the silence in the room, “Adam,” he called out. “You are a man of strong personality so I know you made the right decision,” He paused and took a deep breath, “It’s like standing between the moon and the sun, one is very hot and the other one seems just normal but holds the substance of life. You lean on one to get the day and the other one to get the night, they’re contrasting but extremely important”. “Right!” Adam said with a pale
While Adam was busy restructuring the face of Draymond, the girls were busy wondering what was going on, “Maybe the ugly-headed man has finally gone to eat your stupid hero for a late-night snack,” Joan said to her sister, smiling snidely at the thought,Biting her lips and fingers at intervals, Leila got to her feet and sighed heavily, before turning to her sister, “Shut up Joan, Maybe we’re next”Joan rolled her eyes and hissed, but before she could respond, the door opened from outside and Adam walked in majestically, his chest and shoulders puffed up,Leila heaved a deep sigh and quickly ran towards him, going in for a hug, but Adam didn’t reciprocate it; as he just stared at the ceiling.“Let’s go” he ordered.“What do you mean?” Joan asked him almost immediately. “Do you want to cause us more trouble? If these people catch us trying to escape then we’re dead meat!” she said, rolling her eyes.“Let’s go, Adam said, turning to Leila and Raul. “You can stay here if you want,”