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
As soon as the words left Richard's lips, he felt a sudden pang of regret and he stiffened.Now that he had mentioned Elise's name, there was no way David wouldn't know who he was. He edged backwards and gave David a sharp kick on his butt. The other guy fell over and let out a muffled cry."I mean everything I just said. Don't you dare me" Richard spat, he pinned David down with his eyes, the gun in his hands was still pointed at David's forehead."You really don't know what I'm capable of doing" Richard's voice came out in a low rumble. His jaw tightened under the mask as he glared at David's whimpering figure on the floor. He leaned over and pulled off the piece of clothe that was tied around his mouth. David was almost white with fear and his eyes were bloodshot as he tried to avoid looking at the masked face staring down at him. He could almost hear his heartbeat, and he quivered. He pushed himself backwards a bit and pleaded, "please, don't kill me. I'll give you what you wa
In a few minutes time, David was already out , headed to his car that was beside the house. The evening breeze caressed his face but he was too upset to feel it. Rather, his jaw clenched as he took swing the door of the day open and got into it..As soon as he was seated, he switched on the air-conditioning unit and tried to calm down his nerves. What would he do now? His mind raged within him despite his efforts to slow down his breathing and stop panting.A few minutes passed and he was able to distract himself with the low hum of the car radio which he had switched on immediately he got into the car.His phone rang out from his pockets, startling him. He jumped a bit from his seat and pulled out the phone from the pocket. It was one of his dad's staff at the company—Hulio. HuLio had never called him for anything at night and it seemed really weird that he would give him a call around 10pm. David's initial reaction was to ignore the call and focus on his thoughts. Hulio could wait
Susan listened in shock as David recounted everything and when he was done with talking, a moment of silence ensued between both of them. Then, she cleared her throat and repeated what had been playing at the back of her mind while he was talking. “I am not aware of any of these and trust me, I never asked Richard to di anything to you or your family.”David heaved a deep breath. “Well, he did. Let me just tell you now, so it would not sound like a shock to you. I’ll take him down on my own and it’ll be worse than he would expect” “Are you sure Richard did these to you? Do you have concrete proof? We could get him arrested if there’s any CCTV footage that shows his face”David frowned as his eyes settled on his reflection in the mirror in front of him. What was Elise’s mother trying to insinuate now? He asked himself . Then he said, “Would I call to lie to you? I am very sure that it was Richard. At some point, I couldn’t get a good hang on the voice. Afterwards, everything became
Sophia stood with folded arms by the door, staring at him in silence. She was about to close the door when she saw an unfamiliar jeeppull up in her driveway. She lingered a few seconds by the door, waiting for the visitor to get out. It turned out to be David. He wore a thick, heavy coat and a large head warmer was on his head. He locked up his car and started jogging on the wet, morning grass towards her. Her eyes widened with surprise as he approached her.It was after she allowed him to get in, panting that she asked him why he chose to show up at her apartment that early in the morning. She there a sharp glance at the screen of her phone.It was only a few minutes after 7am and David was at her house.“You can sit over here” She said quietly, gesturing at one of the couch in the room. Then, she sat on the one facing him. Sky was behind her. He leaned by the glass table, trying to finish up the remaining content of the bottle in his hands.David took off his heavy coat, leaving ju
This period, he needed to plan out his counter attack on Richard as carefully as he could. Back at his apartment, he decided to call Susan Rodriguez—his ex girlfriend’s mother— and inform her of the consequences of the events that had happened the previous night. Susan listened without a word and told him not to panic because she knew exactly what to do about the situation. As soon as the call ended, Susan slipped her phone into the back of her jeans and she got out of the rocking chair that she was seated onas she ambled towards the railing on her balcony. She was embittered and a wave of coldness swept through her system as she thought of Richard. What she felt inside was a stark difference to the atmosphere around her. The afternoon was warm and the air was a bit heavy with heat. Although she was outside, she still felt the color of her shirt get wet by the sweat at the back of her neck. She was more than uncomfortable with everything that was happening. Why was it so hard for h
At first, he thought that he was only being tired and after having dinner in his kitchen, he turned off the lights everywhere and went into his room where he took some sleeping pills do he could doze off as soon as possible and sleep away the disturbing feeling.Yet, when the effects of the pills had just started to tell on his body, he still had to struggle to stay awake because he had a bad feeling that something was wrong somewhere. He sat up in bed. The room dark and quiet. From the time on his phone, he could see that it was almost 11pm.He slowly pushed himself out of bed and groped around in the dark for his padded shoes. He found them and headed to the kitchen. The kitchen had a faint smell of coffee. That was the last thing he had prepared in the kitchen that morning. He took out a carton of warm milk from the fridge and poured some out for himself. He emptied the content into his mouth and let out a soft belch. His stomach rumbled within in but he ignored it. As he stood