On seeing the messenger, Raymond began to mumble prayers to his maker to save him from trouble. He didn't know the motive of the messenger, but deep down, he felt it was Sarah's doing. He continued to pray in his head until Mayor walked in. After a sort of eye-communication with Raymond, he turned to the messenger, who was waiting for the perfect time to speak. “What's your mission?” He asked. “The CEO wants to see Mr. Raymond” he replied and then stepped out of the office Raymond's heart fell at his words. He knew it was going to come to this, but what he didn't know was, it was going to come sooner than expected. Sighing, he lowered himself to his seat as he blamed his maker for unanswered prayers. “What business do you have with the CEO and his wife? It seems you are already gaining grounds in the company leaving an old cargo like me” Mayor smirked with his hand across his chest. “I don't know man, things aren't going smoothly again” he cried Mayor gave him a con
When the news of what was happening got to the ears of the Brooks, they were shocked. Raymond had given them every reason to trust him and so they were torn between believing the CEO and his wife and Raymond's innocence. As all these were going on, they had never summoned Raymond to find out the truth from him. They were waiting patiently for when he would come to the house to deliver his report. Also, to avoid feeling embarrassed in the long run, they decided to question the CEO and his wife extensively to find out the truth. The incriminating video that was presented, further made them confused that even Mr Brooks wanted to summon Raymond almost immediately but he had to pause. That Friday, Raymond left home with a heavy heart. Because of the accusation, a lot of fingers have been pointed at him. Mayor was the only person who believed him. He felt Raymond was incapable of doing something like that. He had a strong belief that it was a set up but he didn't voice i
After re-watching the video, Julia was convinced that the allegation against Raymond was true beyond every measure of doubt. Because of this, she decided to engage him in a silent treatment. For the next few days, she kept to herself. Each time she saw him approaching, she would scurry to her room or if they crossed paths, she would make sure they didn't have bodily contact. A lot of things that she usually does like cleaning up, and preparing food, she stopped everything. Raymond on his part tried every means to make her believe his part of the story but she was adamant. Niko was enraged when he learned about Julia's disbelief. Because of this, he tried all that was within his power to make sure Raymond revealed the video but as usual he was adamant. Raymond kept saying that he wasn't going to do that for any reason. He told him that he believed that the more he tried to convince her, she was going to listen to his story someday. Frustrated and angry at Raymond, N
With anger surging in his veins, Raymond stormed to James Patterson's office with Mayor closely behind. Mayor had followed him because he wanted to make sure he went to the CEO's office to reveal the evidence. When he got into the elevator that would take him to the CEO's office, Mayor took in a deep breath of relief and then made a u-turn to his office to kick start work for the day. Raymond on the other hand was trying all that was within his power not to toss the resignation letter aside. Since Sarah had refused to come out clean, he was going to dent her image instead of his just like she had planned. When he got to the floor, after a deep breath, he walked towards the office and then rapped on the door. He was about to tap on it the second time when James ushered him in. James was on a call but when he saw Raymond, he ended the call and then with a stern face snapped, "You have been relieved from your job. What else do you want?" "I have a favor to request" "Wh
The staff were enraged that they didn't want to hear the news that James and his team wanted to say to them. Each time James cleared his throat to talk, their voices went an octave higher. Frustrated, James dismissed the staff leaving only his team behind. With Mayor by his side, Raymond returned to his office. He had barely taken his seat when the door creaked open and a group of staff forced their way into the spacious office. Wondering what the problem was, Raymond adjusted himself on his seat as he cast Mayor a glance hoping to get words from him but it seemed Mayor was as confused as he was. "Is everything alright?" Raymond was forced to ask when the staff refused to say a word, rather, they were staring at them. "On behalf of the firm, we are here to apologize for speaking ill of you. We are sorry that we allowed the leaders to sway us with their words. Please forgive us" Their spokesman, an accountant said, "Uhm… this is not necessary" Raymond said feeling slight
Julia had just finished assisting Raymond in preparing for work when his phone buzzed. He was about to pick it up to check his message, but she beat him to it. This was the first time she was doing it and she had vowed she would continue to behave like this since Raymond always hides things away from her. She felt that if she monitored him closely, he wouldn't be caught in a web of false allegations anymore. Raymond on the other hand didn't make a fuss about her action. He blamed himself for keeping everything to himself. He felt that if she had an idea, the issue wouldn't have escalated and even if it should, Julia was going to see to it that her family put an end to it since he was innocent. "It seems you aren't going to be needed at Dexx until next week." She said as she scrolled through his phone to divulge the rest of the message. Clearing his throat as he arranged his tie, Raymond leaned close. The message was from the personnel manager informing him that the fir
Raymond was about to flip the third file open when he dashed in. Wondering what was chasing him he raised his head only to be greeted by the panting figure of Mayor. Setting his pen aside, he asked, "What's the issue now?" "You really need to speak to your fans. Those dudes out there are questioning the living hell out of me. I have no response to give." he gasped Raymond chuckled as he imagined the scene in his head. "You just have to deal with it. Remember you said you were going to support me all the way? This is one of the ways you can support me." he smirked and then resumed work leaving Mayor to pull himself back together. Since Raymond had resumed, Mayor decided to resume his usual routine of morning naps. He propped himself on his chair and within three minutes he was fast asleep. Apart from his soft snores, there was no other sound in the office. Just before noon, Raymond was able to finish up the pile of work Mayor had piled up. Flipping the cork of his bo
It was Tuesday, another day to be at Dexx for Raymond but this time around it was different. Instead of his previous resumption time of eight a.m., he was going to sign in by ten a.m. so he had a lot of time in his hand to prepare for the day. As usual, he woke up at four am that morning and after engaging in his morning routine, he sat in front of his laptop to do some work. When it was six a.m. and it seemed Julia was still in bed, he walked out of his room to take a peep at her. True to his instincts, she was still snoring on her bed with several books scattered on the floor and on her study table. As Raymond went forward to wake her up for the day his eyes caught a sticky paper on the wall and he reached out for it. It was her examination timetable which explains why her room was scattered. "Hey, it's morning already," Raymond called out to her as he made his way to her bed. Julia stirred slightly in her sleep but didn't wake up. "Wake up," Raymond said again but