Niko strolled over to the table by the wall. There was a playful grin on his face. A small towel hung around his sweaty neck. He picked up the open bottle of soda that was on the table and began to gulp down its content.“I’m very serious” Richard said in a slow drawl. He was lounged on one of the couches in his apartment. He had a frown on his face and some open textbooks on his legs.“I still can’t believe this” Niko said. He had just dropped the empty bottle of soda on the table and turned around to face Richard.“Call it whatever you want but the school administration has made it mandatory for every fresher to be in attendance at that party” Richard said.“So, you’re actually going? “Richard nodded his head.“I think I would love to come with you.” Niko broke outRichard’s eyes widened in surprise. “Why? “Niko threw his hands in the air. “Well, isn’t it obvious enough ? I’ve been working under too many deadlines and I really do think that I have to loosen up a bit. It’s a g
Both men, Richard and Niko, breezed through the wild crowd as they headed to the bar of the hotel where drinks were sold. The school had paid for the first drink of every student and any other drink afterwards would be on the students personal bills.Almost everyone at the party was given a name tag with some funny line underneath. Richard , still maintaining his blank stare, approached the bartender. There were some vacant high stools in front of the counter and both men sat immediately .The bartender flashed a quick smile at both of them as he hurried about trying to pour out drinks for the students that were gathered at the counter, waiting for him.The men, Richard and Niko , were watching the wild crowd of dancing students and the way each person pushed against the other in frenzy. The colored bulbs overhead were revolving and the lightening inside the hotel was not quite bright.Richard squinted as he closely watched the crowd. It occurred to him that he had not seen Elise. Did
As soon as Niko left, the beautiful brunette girl that had been watching Richard, jumped to her feet and scurried over where he sat. She adjusted the top of her blouse so here would be more visible.“Are you with your girlfriend?" She asked in a high pitched voice.He didn’t look up. Instead, he began to text someone on his phone."Hello?" She called again, pressing close to Richard.Richard raised his head and locked eyes with the girl before him. He racked his head, trying to figure out if he had seen her at school before then. She spoke with so much familiarity in her tone.She flashed a smile at him, revealing a set of strong white teeth. A small dimple showed up at the side of his mouth“I don't think you heard my first question. What's a handsome young man like you doing at a party without a lady by his sides?" Her eyes twinkled with mischief as she pulled a vacant bar stool and placed it next to him. Then, she sat on it in a position that made her right gown to slide up her b
Richard was not moved or affected by what was happening. He paid them no attention. It wasn’t a surprise that there was a clique of guys in the university that could walk up to him and try to provoke him to anger.He was determined to disappoint them by not even acknowledging their presence. Instead he reached out and pulled Laila closer to him in an warm embrace she seemed to enjoy it and she hugged him tighter."Is this not the reason you are here?" Justin threw his question at him in sarcasm. "You need a rich girl to get a drink for free. Something that you obviously cannot afford"Richard was almost finishing up the content of his glass when he heard what Justin said. He paused mid air with the drink in his hands and that was when Justin edged forward shook with his hand. The glass was upturned and its content spilled on Richard's shirt.He slightly pushed Laila away from him and he jumped down to his feet.“Yes you heard that very well, it’s not possible” The second guy repeat
At the time the car arrived at its destination, the full moon was already out overhead. The glow of the moon illuminated the entire place despite that it was almost midnight. The driver parked outside an abandoned looking building. He cleared his throat and announced in a very loud voice “We are here already. Wake up everyone.The sleeping passengers of the car all woke up one after the other. The lady at the front grabbed her bag and got out of the car. “Bring her in” She said and walked away without turning back.The three men at the backseat were still rubbing the sleep off their eyes when the driver shot a question at them “Did you hear what she just said? Take the young lady in, please. The calls need to be made tonight”The men gruntled their replies as they all set to carry Elise’s unconscious body out of the car.Inside the building, the lady from earlier stood by a small brown table, nursing a glass of an alcoholic drink. She was thinking big how smooth the entire plan
Elise’s mother’s eyes fluttered open as she turned over on her side. She frowned at her husband and asked him, “What’s going on?” She stretched her body and turned to look at the small table clock besides her on the cabinet. She broke out into a small yawn and clasped her palm over her open mouth “Were you talking to someone on the phone?”Elise’s father remained quiet as he thought of his next line of action. He knew that he had enemies as a political figure and business guru that he was. What he didn’t get was why these people would choose to attack his young, innocent daughter instead of him.“What Is the problem? “ His wife asked, now she was very concerned and she pushed herself up into sitting position besides him. “Why do you seem like you were just slapped in the face? "Elise's father sighed again. He knew the kind of woman that his wife was she would raise dust in both heaven and Earth if anything bad dared to ever happen to their daughter."Elise" gasped, shocked. He s
He threw his head back and pushed his chair a bit closer to his glasses shelf. His record book was still there, just where he had left it the last time. Richard had always loved keeping notes of everything he did. Summary of his daily activities went into the note book. It could not pass as a diary because he maintained a stiff formal tone in his writings within the book.He began scribble the events of the day. When he got to the line where he had to write about Elise’s kidnap, his heart fell. If he was on duty as her personal security, she would never had fallen into the wrong hands. He bit hard on his lips.Perhaps, this whole situation would make Elise’s mother to b kinder to him because she would see a tangible reason to allow him to be her daughter’s person security guard.He was still lost In thoughts when a part of him figured out that Elise’s parents would be most likely helpless as it was really late at night and there was no way they were going to go after their child
James was reserved and distant from everything ever since he woke up from his troubled sleep that morning. When his morning coffee was brought to him in his work room, he turned it down. He had locked himself up inside his workroom for fear that his wife might come to him and begin her rant on how he was the reason that their daughter had been kidnapped.They had tried their best to contact their daughter’s number that had called them the night before but it was no longer going through. This frustrated him the more and he paced the room several times , trying to figure out what he could do about the situation without putting his daughter in more danger. Soon, his phone rang. It was a call from his daughter’s number. The familiar male voice that had spoken to the night before said, “Hello?”“Yes!” James replied. His wife stood up from where she was to meet him. There was a faint look of hope in her eyes.“You are to pay the sum of 3 million dollars before we release your daughter.