The following morning, Richard took a public taxi straight to his university. As soon as he arrived at the campus he called Elise.She said that she had not yet had breakfast and she doubted if she would show up at school on time. Richard then told her that she should call him as soon as she as she got to school.He decided to go to the school’s cafeteria that morning to get breakfast. He felt a bit guilty that he was skipping breakfast most of the last few days because he had gotten too caught up with the activities going on in his life.He strolled into the cafeteria, trying to stifle a yawn that was going up his throat.His stomach growled quietly within him and he held on to the bag that was slung from his left shoulder. Fortunately, it was quite early in the morning and there were no queues in front of the food vendors; rather, a few students hung around trying to get their meals.Richard scabbed the large hall of the cafeteria. There were more empty tables that there were occupi
As Richard walked out of the cafeteria, He got a message from Elise that she had just gotten to school.He rolled his eyes in anger and sent a reply to her that he was coming after her. Then, he slipped his phone into his pocket and started walking towards the school’s main gate.He still did not understand why Elise picked up this new habit of coming to school about an hour late. He had sighted her from a distance as she alighted from her car and he waited for her to walk a while before he shook his position behind her, as he trailed her.She wasn’t with any handbag that morning and as she walked, her hands swung by her side. Her hair bounced behind her as she walked.When they arrived at class, the lecturer had almost completed the lessons for the morning and he frowned at Elise and Richard as they walked into the hall.Richard went to his usual spot at the back of the hall. Judy was already there.She flashed a quick smile at him and pushed her open note book to him.Then, she whis
“Yes, Sir. That is true”“Is there no way you could turn down this offer to represent your school?”Richard was surprised but he chose not to say anything.“You will get you meet most of the big shots in the works of real estate at that competition. Are you were of this?”“Yes sir.”“Doesn’t it bother you that you could be in open danger? These people are your company’s rivals. After you finally come out as the true owner of your company, you could face a lot of attacks from these people”Richard understood his Master’s point and he decided to convince him that there wasn’t any actual danger in him going to the competition.His Master still argued that he had to be extra careful with the way he carried himself because he had unseen and unidentified enemies.While the conversation lasted, Richard pondered over the words of his Master. And, afterward, he hung up, still assuring his Master that he was old enough to take care of himself and defend himself in the face of any attack.Elise
Richard frowned over the cup of coffee that was in front of him. He had asked for black coffee but the waiter had gotten him creamed offer instead. With one of his hands, he pushed the cup away from him.The waiter looked on, almost tearing up. “I’m very sorry, Sir” He said. “I was in a hurry and I mixed up your order with that of the lady who’s wearing a hat” He turned and pointed at a lady by the window. The café was gradually getting filled up as more people trooped in.“I can’t accept this. Are you bothered about the money? I’ll pay for it. Just get me the order I asked for”“Alright, Sir” The waiter exclaimed with relief and scurried away with the cup of coffee.“You handled that quite well” A voice said, breaking through Richard’s train of thought.He looked to his left at the iPad that was by the flower vase on the table.So, he had not hung up? He muttered under his breath. He had been on. A video call with Niko that afternoon. They had several things to talk about and this
The following day, Richard was woken up by a loud knock on the door of his room. He rolled over on the bed and picked up his phone which was on the bedside table; then, he checked the time. It was alm7 am and 7 am. The time for the first phase of the competition was 8:30 am.He dragged himself out of bed and stumbled towards the door and unlocked itHis lecturer, Mr. Hart, rushed into the room with a look of urgency on his face. His large, bulgy eyes blinked rapidly at Richard.“Do not tell me that you’re just waking up from sleep” He shouted, looking around the room until his gaze fell on the messy bed that Richard had just gotten out of.He frowned at Richard who still stood by the door of the room, wiping his face with the back of his hand.“Hurry, have a quick shower and dressed, Boy!” He urged Richard as he pushed him towards the bathroom.In slight confusion over the fuss that his lecturer was displaying, Richard was hesitant to go into the bathroom. Instead, he stood by the he
The morning sun was already out but it felt refreshingly warm instead of itchy as usual. Outside the hotel building, she stood by the wall, patiently hoping that one of the selected students for the contest would show up and give her directions to the conference hall where the talk seminar was to take place.She was grateful that she had picked up her glasses just before she walked out of the hotel room because now, the rays from the sun was already beating down on her forehead.Her phone rang and when she checked who was calling, it was Richard.“Hello?” She greeted.“Hey. Elise.” Richard said.“Are you at the conference hall yet? Where’s venue?”“Yes. I’m there right now. I called to find out whether you will be joining us over here. The venue is 133th Downing. It’s a large cone shaped building. It’s quite hard to miss”“Alright, then.” Elise said. She was about to hang up when Richard asked her to use an Uber down to the location so she wouldn’t miss her way or waste time on the ro
Richard was still wiping his wet hands with a small towel that he always carried about in his back pocket when he met Mr. Hart by the minibus. He frowned when he noticed that the two other students were not inside the bus. He was too drained and could not bear the thoughts of going back into the crowded hall to look for them again.“The others left” Mr. Hart announced before Richard had a chance to question the whereabouts of the students.Richard cocked an eyebrow and his frown deepened. “Left? Where did they go to, Sir? Did they go to the hotel”Mr. hart yawned. “The other students went for sightseeing. I gave them the order.” He rubbed his eyes and blinked at Richard. “ would you love to have a tour of the city too?” He asked Richard.Richard shook his head and walked around the bus to the other side. Then, he got in. He decided to stay behind at the hotel and prepare for the competition. Besides, he barely knew anyone in the new city that they had gone to.That evening, he had a l
Richard decided to get a bottle of water from one of the vendors that sold outside the hall. After he had just paid for the water, his phone rang, startling him a bit. He swiped across the screen of the phone and saw Niko’s caller ID.“Hello, Nik” He called into the phone, “Are you not inside the hall?”Niko was breathing heavily and he sounded very strained, “Richard, something just came up”Richard became alarmed and a cold wave of panic swept through his body. “What?” He yelled.“It is the company. I just received a bad call” His voice trailed off“Talk to me, Niko!” Richard said in a loud voice “What happened to the company?” His mind began to cook up possible scenarios that could have occurred in his company and he chose to ignore them, urging Niko to speak up, “What is going on?”“I don’t know. My assistant at the office, Kim, called me some minutes ago, crying and she said that I should fly back to the country as soon as I could before situations got out of control” Niko explai