*** ***"Can I talk to you?" Ethan asks, entering the room he shred with Ryan."Sure, what's it?"Ethan sat at the scoots a chair closer to him, to seat. "Don't you think it is time for you to stop the facade, let everyone know who you are, let the fear you.""I don't think I am ready for that just yet, not when I have a family that still wants me dead to get my inheritance.""If you stop with the disguise, you'll get more and even tighter protection."Ryan furrowed his eyebrows, "are you saying you don't want to be my bodyguard anymore?""What?! No! I would never do that. But, as you already know I am not always there to protect you.""I am well capable of protecting myself.""No doubt about that. But still, you've been in hiding for a long time..""That's right!" Ryan agrees."And you are barely getting anything done with your disguise, instead, you are getting more added to your plate.""So coming out is the best answer?""I think so." Ethan nods. "You've changed, a lot from when y
*** ***Devin sat by a bridge, legs dangling above the water as he thought about Ryan's condition to help Alex.With a devil of a father and self centered boss like Mr Morbian. How is he going to get his hands on the deed to the company.It is a mission impossible!Devin groans into his hands, angry with himself. If only he had not listened to Mr Morbian. If only!!Mr Morbian doesn't trust anyone, not even the bank to keep his deed. The closest person to have his trust would be his wife, Melinda..But if by some crazy chance Melinda knows where the deed is, there's no way she would willingly disclose. She loves her husband so much she would take a bullet for him and although she cares about Alex in her own way, she never interfered whenever Mr Morbian was hurting Alex. Right now his only option is to surrender to Mr Morbian, even at the cost of his life.If he can some how get closer to Mr Morbian, closer enough to be able to tell where a man like him would keep the deed to his compa
*** *** ***Even though a part of her knew he couldn't be the one, she couldn't help herself as she walked down the path that leads to his apartment."Yeah? How may I help you? Olivia answered the door."Oh hey, it's you. Forgotten soul. Call your brother for me.""How can you remember a forgotten soul?" Olivia taunted "And whatever do you need Ryan for?""It's none of your business. Kids shouldn't interfere in adults matters.""When you learn to talk with manners come back."Olivia stepped backwards and slammed the door on her face."Wait!" Zara yelped, eyeing the door, "You are not going to slam that on me, right?"Olivia fixed her a look slams the door in her face.."How dare you Olivia?" Zara screeched, hitting her hand on the door furiously."Like you said it's my brother's house and I can do whatever the heck I want!" Olivia yells back.Zara stomps her foot on the floor angrily, how was Olivia still living with Alina."Do you need help?" Zara heard a voice sound behind her."Spe
*** *** After her confrontation with Ryan, Zara walked back to her apartment dejected. Age needs a plan, know who is after her. Even as she walked back to her apartment, she constantly threw furtive glances over her shoulder, see if she is being followed. Zara enters her apartment tentatively, a bottle of champagne in her hand. Her eyes quickly signed the environment for any forced entry or anything out of place, but everything seemed to be in place. She collapses on her sofa, popping the champagne open and taking a huge swing from it. If Ryan didn't know anything about it as he claimed, who then is after her and threatening her. She ran away from Australia to avoid all that and how it seemed like her past is catching up to her. Suddenly a noise came from her kitchen. She became alert instantly, her senses wide and calculating. She contemplated going to check for the source or running away. Finally, she took the baseball bat in the living room, heading to the kitchen, her mind r
*** *** She let out a shaky breath and went to pick it up. Her fingers trembling as she opened it. "Don't you think this is the state of your dead boyfriend now?" The note said. It fell from her hands, anger slowly replacing the fear. Whoever was doing this to her and sending her this messages is clearly mocking her. She couldn't report her predicament to the police, else, they'll look into her boyfriend's death and find her guilty as threatened, then at the end, she would be regretting her decision behind bars. She shook her head vehemently, shaking away the image that appeared in her head and bringing herself back to reality. Something about the cat and the box felt familiar to her. She frowned at it, racking her head. Then she remembered. She had seen something like this before the death of her parents. She had arrived from school earlier before her parents got back from work and had seen a black cat close to a box. The only difference then is it was a freshly dead fish, un
*** *** ***"Since I brought him to you, you haven't said anything about him." Asher tells Ryan."I still don't know how to fit in in the picture yet.""You haven't even met him!!""I will, once I know what to do. Where did you put him?""In the basement.""Of the company?""No, my house.""At the risk of your brother meeting him?""Adams have been really busy these days, he wouldn't notice.""You think? What if he escapes?""The basement is the safest place ever, he can't escape and surprisingly, he's been a very good boy.""Is that so?""Hmm." Asher nods, "But we need to think about what we'll do about him fast.""We will... however is another pressing matter?""What's that Boss?""It's about Alex Morbian, his assistant came to me for help.""What if it's a trap?""I think it's pretty serious, Alex is in trouble, curtsy of his father.""I'm not surprised, especially after that rumors. In fact I have been waiting for a news like that. It serves him right.""It's pretty serious.""So
~ Flash back ~"Senorita, pass me the soup" Mr Sami, her father said, slicing the fish in his plate open. "C'mon father, the soup is nearer to you than me." Young Zara whined, looking to her mother for help. "No no, don't look at me." Her mother cautioned, a soft smile playings on her lips. "Ugh...." She groaned "You're never a help." Her mother chuckled, chewing a piece of meat gently and slowly. You can say she's a woman of grace and elegance. Her husband pays her monthly just to look after their home. She earns more than a high class salary earner. Love as they say conquers all, almost everyone was against their marriage but together they scaled through, making a lot of people unhappy. Zara's father, Mr Sami is a millionaire and self employed. The best construction engineer in California. Their family is the envy of most people, the way they have family dinners everyday, day out every Sunday, the laughter and joy that's always on their faces is the envy of many people
*** ***Thomas jnr walked down the long corridor alone in slow strides The house is my mother's treasure, he could almost say she loves it more than him. Movie directors and rich men have offered to buy the house but she wouldn't hear of it nor sell it out. Apparently the house was given to her down by her father and then him, the one before him.Who would have thought now that the house would be desolate and void of life?! He has been in charge of the family business, born into it. No one ever asked him if he wanted to become a doctor or not, instead they just saddled him with the responsibility. Ever since his father died and his mother disappeared, couldn't bear the shame that her husband is a molester, he had more responsibility on him as he is the only head of the family now. Being a Doctor at age fifteen wasn't part of his dream but it's part of him now. Barely even having time for himself. He sighs, running his hands through the wall as he walked past. Wanting a normal
**** "I don't understand you" I continued when we entered the car "if I'm to be treated like a queen, why are you driving when we have an entire entourage behind us?" I asked "Because I'm treating you like a queen, durh" "I'll think of you as my driver then" I smiled satisfactorily. "I have a very juicy news" he licked his lips. "I can see it's really juicy for you to lick your lips, did you taste the juice?" He glared at me and concentrated on driving. Knowing him, I knew he would continue talking. "My three year old girl is dying to see you. She even decorated her bedroom and expects you to share the room with her" he said admiringly. "I knew she would always be smart, smarter than her father who paid an entire entourage to accompany us home" "It's was her idea, so that means I'm smarter" he bit his cheeks to surpress himself from laughing. "Wow that's so smart of her, she deserves a medal." I replied wiping the smile off his face. "Hmph.." he
Five years later, Courtney I stood at the arrival terminal in the airport, looking for my ride home. I had travelled to Europe for college with the help of Div and Donald and graduated with an upper class in law. I specifically chose to major in law so I can lend my voice to those that are voiceless. I saw a flag raised up with the name CounterKnee. I shook my head and walked to the person who was busy chatting away on his phone with a big smile on his face. I smacked him on the arm "Didn't I tell you not to call me CounterKnee?" I playfully glared at him. "What do you expect me to do when I miss you so much?" He grinned at me "Should I blush now or what?" "None, a hug will do" I hugged him tight "it's been five years" "I know right, it feels like yesterday and it also feels like ages ago" We disengaged from the hug and he collected my luggages from me, leading me to sleek car and I noticed an entourage. "Please don't tell me you hired
Donald "I knew something was up with that Uncle of yours. I never liked him." Mum said after I narrated everything to her. "I still can't believe he tried to kill me and Courtney." "I haven't told your father about it. You mentioned Div just now?" "Yeah, he's the one that helped" "That's new, the Div I heard about is cruel and he's a Drug Lord." Mum explained. "A drug Lord? Courtney got herself involved with a drug Lord? Is that why the police man saluted to him" "Maybe..... I'll head over to the police station. They should wrap up the case, we aren't making any charges. He's dead, we don't need to mention his case in court." I shrugged and eyed mother who was staring at me with mischief. I went over and hugged her tightly. "About Courtney" mum started. "Don't even go there mum..... don't" I disengaged from the hug and flashed her a grin then went to the kitchen where I met Flynn and Eva cooking. It was a sight to behold. "We're sorry,
"What contract you signed with mother ends today, I'll give you the money" My heart plummeted down, I wanted the money for college so I can't rent an apartment till I apply. "I want to work for my money" I argued "No, you've worked enough. I'm going to sponsor you to college and you can always consider this place as home" I wanted to raise my head and look at him. He pressed my head back against his chest "No don't look at me" "Thank you" I said with so much sincerity. "You deserve it CounterKnee" " Sorry to break you guys up, but what the heck happened?" Another voice said "Mum" Donald cried out, not masking the surprise in his voice. His mum?!
*** He stared at me as if he couldn't believe what he was wearing and pulled me into a hug. I let myself be hugged and relax in his embrace. It's finally over, we conquered our nightmares. "Know the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw you?" He asked, his chin resting on my head. I shook my head negatively against his chest. "Who's this fierce beautiful petite lady with wild chestnut hair who isn't afraid of my cold aura and broke through, now I have a warm heart willing to love." "What do you think when you see now, after you know, everything?" I asked "Wow, my bossy maid is one hell of a strong woman, beautiful and fierce at the same time, selfless too. She's one of the people I hold dear to my heart now." I blushed, surprised someone still thinks of me as beautiful. "What contract you signed with mother ends today, I'll give you the money"
ourtney ️ I watched helplessly as the policemen took Div away. "I'll be okay and probably be back in the night" he said as they took him away but that didn't alleviate my worry. Killing Simon was self defense, the police should know that. Seeing I wasn't convinced "what about bringing your flowers this night?" I smiled and nodded in agreement. After he left with the police, an ambulance came to carry Simon's corpses and I was asked to vacate the room without cleaning as they need evidence. I packed my belongings and moved them to Donald's room. I sat on his bed, reminiscing. Simon is really dead, my nightmare is gone. It still felt surreal. Donald entered and sat quietly beside me. "I'm so sorry Nora, I'm sorry I didn't believe you" he pleaded. I looked at him and placed my hands on his, "If I were you, I wouldn't have believed a stranger over my blood too so I'm not angry."
Donald I entered the room and stood in shock as I watched Uncle fall slowly to the ground with a strange man holding a gun. I glanced at Nora, she was holding a gun too. Where did she get the gun? "Who the fuck are you?" I wanted to ask but the words died down in my mouth when I saw her run to the strange man. For a moment, my heart surged with gratitude towards the strange man. He save Nora. I didn't mind that Uncle is dead, after all he had been planning to kill me too. "Who are you?" I wanted to ask again but the police men interrupted this time. They looked at the gun in the strange man's hand and Simon's corpse. "You are under arrest sire" The police man saluted before talking which only made me more curious. Who exactly is this man standing here??
*** After I killed him, she ran over and hugged me, surprising me completely. My sister was the only person that could hug me, here, another person is taking her place. I hugged her back not caring about the person behind me who should be the owner of the house. Hugging another person after a long while felt good and refreshing so I held on to her, not worried about the blood seeping into my clothes. "B-bo-boss" Jeff stammered. "Just kneel and raise your hands up till I come back and clean the mess here" "W-where are you going?" "Police station." Just as I said it, a batch of policemen entered fully armed and took in the state of the room including the kneeling Jeff.
DIV While I asked Jeff to stay guard of the house, I also stationed two more people. When I got report that Simon was heading to her room and destroying things in his bedroom, I knew he was going to do something other than having sex with her this night. So I got into my car and drove as fast as I could. I told her I won't let his blood stain her hands and I'm a man of my words. I'm not going to let her go to jail because of him. I couldn't protect my sister then and she's going to be angry if I don't help Nora. I entered in time to see him choking her and her pulling the gun I gave her out. I stood, watching the entire exchange, waiting for the right time to make a move. When he pointed the gun at her, I pulled my gun out and was about shooting. Then she threw the lamp at his hand, aiming perfectly. She picked the gun quickly and made to aim. I took action then and killed him. From my research, the Simon of a man has about twenty more people in ca