Richard stared at the door that she just slammed. His mind was feeling with questions. Till then, he still had no idea why Elise’s mother hated him with so much intensity. Knowing that she had gone to the extent of getting a prostitute to set him up, made him angrier.He knew that he could easily out her in trouble with the evidence of what she did in his phone. But, he chose to lay low.It was better he just cleared himself for Elise to know that he was innocent and not a potential rapist as her mother had painted him to be.He stood by the railings of the balcony and stared into the now dark driveway.The streetlights at the other end of the road had gone off without warning and the entire neighborhood was plunged into darkness. Only a few houses switched on their security light posts outside their houses.Richard sighed heavily and went into the house.It turned out that Elise had just gone down to the kitchen to get a glass of milk so she could calm her nerves. She was already mak
“Yes, I did it. No, it did not work out as expected” A line etched between her brows. This was exactly what she had been avoiding. Telling David that the plan had flopped because her husband didn’t say anything about the accusations about Richard neither did her daughter show any change of attitude towards him, rather she kicked herself up in her room and refused to talk to anyone about it.“Are you saying that Elise has still decided to be with him even after that?” David asked, pained.“Yes. I tried to change her mind but she hasn’t said anything yet”Disappointment washed through David as he listened to her. The plan had been foolproof. How then did Elise not get fed up of Richard after the plan? He was silent for a few seconds before he assured Susan that he knew a better way to pull Richard down.……..The vacation lasted till the day after Christmas. The family went on tours to various sites and monuments around the city.The days rolled by and soon, the four of them were prepar
The following morning, Elise was out of bed as early as 5am. She needed to watch the sunrise and the back of the house seemed like a perfect spot for her to get her desire.She opened her door as much as she could without any noise, and tiptoed to the kitchen, where she let herself out through the back door.The air was cold. Very cold that she regretted that she did not come along with an heavy clothing. She wrapped the lavender robe closely around her small figure and ambled down the small pathway to an old, abandoned wooden seat at the back of the house. She sat in it and hugged herself tighter.She was not there for long when she saw the back door open and her mother stepped outside.From the way her mother stood, Elise could tell that she was looking for her, so she raised her right hand in the air and waved, “Hey, Mum. Over here”Her mother saw her and smiled. Then, she walked down to her and joined her on the cold, wooden bench.“Hi, Honey” Her mother greeted as she shivered d
Elise was very surprised because she wasn’t expecting it to be so busy and packed since it was about 8 o’clock in the morning and they were going to be on the first flight of the day which was by 9 o’clock.The four of them did a few clearance at some of the counters before they headed to the area where seats were. Just as they were about to settle some vacant seats, Susan beckoned to Richard .He rose from where he was seated to meet her. He leaned close to her and listened as she whispered an instruction to him. He left the waiting hall some moments later.James was engrossed in his phone and he was not aware of what was happening around him.Elise felt a little bit uneasy after Richard left because she caught an evil smirk pulling at the corners of her mother’s lips. She became uncomfortable in her seat as she silently prayed that Richard came back in one piece.Soon, their flight number was called for them to start going into the airplane. Her family was flying first class—and her
He explained that it would be more convenient for Richard as it was more easier and less demanding for him to keep an eye on Elise if he was always around her.“No!” Susan said immediately, frowning at her husband who sat at the other end of the table “I don’t know why you think that It’ll be better if Richard lived here with us.” She turned to eye Richard and she let out a long, drawing hiss as she rolled her eyes. She could feel anger build up in her chest and her breath quickened.She started to explain how she had a bad feeling that Richard would harm their daughter. She also reminded James that if he really wanted their daughter to end up with a good man, then Richard just be taken out of the way.“Out of the way?” James asked as he took a bite of bread, his eyes were on her.“Of course” She said. “I don’t know why you haven’t noticed this already. Our daughter is now becoming very fond bodyguard”James knew that she was going to notice it. It was hard for one to not see how Elis
When he finally arrived at Niko’s place, he rang the doorbell.A slender lady with red hair opened the door a few minutes later. She was sweaty and the underarms of her blouse was wet with sweat. She eyed Richard and asked him who he was.For a second, Richard almost believed that he was at the wrong house. But, he took a step back and checked at the figure on the number plate of the building. It read exactly the same as Niko had sent to her.It was 23b Erling Estate.Richard looked at the lady in front of him. She still stood by the doorway. There was an inpatient frown on her face.“I’m looking for Niko” Richard said.“Niko? Does he know that you’ll be coming over?” She asked, her frown got deeper as the seconds passed by.Richard felt uncomfortable under her stare and he balled his fists. “He does not need to know that I’ll be on my way before I set out to see him. Is he at home?”The lady’s eyes settled on Richard’s feet and she looked up to his face, her lips were drawn back in s
He pushed the door harder and slipped through the opening into the office. The last time he was here was that morning when his saviour, James Rodriguez interviewed him for the position of his daughter’s security. The office had not changed much over the months. He glanced around the large room.Rodriguez was not at his table, rather he was by the window, looking out at the backyard of the residence. He did not budge or move ever since Richard walked into the room. Rather, he stood still by the window.Richard shut the door behind him and greeted James In a slightly raised voice.James Rodriguez turned around abrubtly. His eyes had a haunted look.He gestured to the guest seat next to the table and urged Richard to sit. “Thank you for coming as soon as you could”Richard sat in the chair and nodded his head “I just had to, Sir. It sounded as though you urgently needed my presence”“Yes, I do” He opened one of the files on his table and took out a single paper. Then, he slipped it acros
Richard was still brimming with rage when they got to their destination. He looked out of the car window at the large building that was only some distance away from them.The building was painted in white, but it had some designs made in black on its sides.. it was large enough to accommodate a family of about twenty people.But from his sources, Richard found out that the building housed only Six people, including David who only visited the place once in a while.It was David’s family house and Richard was there to do exactly what David had always wished to do to him; cause him severe pain.Richard tire his eyes away from the building and focused on his men who sat besides him in the car.The air was tensed. His men could sense how angered he was and they tried their best to not provoke him further. They mirrored their Master’s mood and neither of them smiled at each other as they knew that they were on an highly serious occasion.Richard started to talk. His voice was a ice and his