CHAPTER 33: PARTNERS IN CRIME."I trust you will make a good CEO," Mr Blake said as they all returned to their seats."We hope so too," some of the board members said, aligning their hopefulness with that of Mr Blake's."At this point, I will want everything to move as fast as possible," Mr Bishop said looking at each and everyone of them."Oh, if so, what are we waiting for? The date should be set immediately," Mr Blake suggested."Exactly, there's no need to keep the boss waiting. The date should be set immediately," another board member, Mr Smith, said agreeing to Mr Blake's suggestion."Good. Alright then," Mr Bishop said, "When is the perfect date that will be convenient for the inauguration?"The board members looked at each other, waiting for the first person's suggestion."Two days from now should be perfect. It will give us ample time to reached out to the various invitees," Mr Smith suggested."Mm. Two days from now huh?" Mr Bishop asked."That will fall on Friday," Mr Smit
CHAPTER 34: PRINCE CHARMING.Samantha got into an Uber cab and was headed to a restaurant to meet up with a good looking young man she had met at mall the previous day, when she went out shopping with friends.She had dolled herself up nicely, with moderate makeup, wearing a pink skin-tight dress which brought out her bodily features. She was dressed to kill. As she commuted to the location, she reminisced on the events that led up to that moment. It was around 5 pm the previous day that Samantha, and two of her friends namely, Emma and Bella, arrived the mall. They went about picking stuff in accordance to the cash they came with, loading them into their cart. They were having the time of their lives. "Girls, I don't know about you, but shopping for me is therapeutic," Emma said, giggling."What girl doesn't find it therapeutic, duh?" Samantha rolled her eyes."There's this cousin I have, gosh, she's so lame. She says my shopping is an expression of lack of discipline. And I was l
CHAPTER 35: THE PRESS CONFERENCE. "Thank you, it was a great I had with you today, " Samantha appreciated Brad, as they both made their way of the restaurant. "I had a great time too, I think we should do this some other times?" Brad requested. "Some other time, huh?" Samantha said and chuckled awkwardly knowing fully well it will be a big challenge her having someone like Joey in her life. "Won't that be nice?" he asked. "Of course, anytime," Samantha replied. "I think I should go find my way home," she said. "Don't worry about that, I will drop you off," Brad said as gestured his hand in the direction where his car was. "No thanks, am good," Samantha said as she smiled softly. "You're sure about that? " Brad asked. Samantha nodded her head in agreement. "Cool then, you take care of yourself. We will see some other times," he said as he entered into his car and drove off, leaving Samantha by the road side. Immediately, she stopped an uber and headed home. Soon after,
CHAPTER 36: FRIENDLY-ENEMIES. Joey returned to his seat having watched the broadcast. Everyone wondered who would take over from Mr Bishop. Not long after, he saw Mr Cornell walk in."Excuse me sir," Joey said to Mr Cornell, as the conference meeting was over, and he had returned back to the office complex. "Yes Joey," Mr Cornell responded, giving attention to what Joey had to say this time, assuming it was still about what happened earlier. "About the news sir, who would succeed the boss?" Joey asked Mr Cornell. "For now, I am as oblivious as you are on this matter," Mr Cornell said. "You mean, you don't know as well?" Joey asked. "Yeah, I don't know. Let just hope the new CEO does not restructure the entire system," Mr Cornell said. Joey shrugged, not minding it. "By the way, I came to meet you for a different purpose sir," Joey said. "What is it?" Mr Cornell asked. "I would like to take the day off tomorrow from work sir. There is something very important I need to attend
CHAPTER 37: BEING FOLLOWED."So, Newton Bishop is finally stepping down huh?" Riley asked, rhetorically as he reasoned. He had also watched the broadcast a couple of hours ago, along with his partner, Detective Savannah.She had grown awfully quiet after the broadcast, having a wicked look on her face. She tapped her pen on her desk, as she was deep in her thoughts. "What's churning through that head of yours Savannah?" Riley asked, looking at her."Hmm," she sighed. "I hope you have a befitting suit?" "Suit? Why do you ask?" he enquired, wondering where Savannah was driving at. "We're going for the inauguration," Detective Savannah revealed."How would we get in? Such occasions are strictly by invitation. So how do we get past their security?" Riley asked rightly."We're detectives aren't we? We'll definitely get in, one way or another," Detective Savannah said assuredly. "Okay," Riley pursed his lips shrugging, agreeing to her suggestion. "But won't the chief be invited? We can
CHAPTER 38: STUBBORN RESOLVE.Folks gathered to see what was going on as the cops had come, sealing off the area where Detective Savannah took down the assailants. The paramedics had arrived and covered the bodies of the dead gang members, and the other cops were up about their duties. Not long after Detective Savannah had called Riley, he rushed over to the location. When he got there, he quickly rushed out of his car and headed to where she stood, not doing anything in particular."Hey, are you okay?" he asked, very concerned. He held her by the shoulders, scanning through her body, looking to see if she was hurt. "Riley, I told you, I was not hurt. Ugh," she hissed, rolling her eyes as she shrugged off his hands."I just needed to make sure. The rush of adrenaline can make you not realize you were hurt you know," he responded. "Really, am still having an adrenaline rush nearly half an hour after the incident?" she snorted, shaking her head in disbelief. Although she knew he was
CHAPTER 39: BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. Joey had drove Samantha back to her house as she had spent a full day in the Adams house as a result of what had happened at club the previous day. Joey needed Samantha to be with him till the day he needed to return back to New York. Joey parked his car just some meters away from Samantha's house. He came out of the car and turned to the other side of the car to open the door for Samantha to come out. But instead, he stood there and watched Samantha opened the door by herself. As she stepped a foot out of the car, Joey held her right hand and dragged her out of the car. "Just to remind, I got my eyes on you," Joey threatened Samantha holding her hand tightly. "You are hurting me," Samantha yelled trying to let loose her hand from Joey's grip. "Well, that's what you get when you go screwing around with every douchebag in my absence. You do that again, this pretty face won't keep looking this pretty anymore," Joey threatened. Samantha kept
CHAPTER 40: THE INAUGURATION (1).Finally, it was time for the highly anticipated and most talked about event all over the United States Of America. The internet had been buzzing with speculations of who the new CEO could be. News channels had debates and talk shows, trying their best to come up with various prognosis. But none could say for certain what the outcome would be at the inauguration. Some folks drew conclusions from the the stats they got from the New York Stock Exchange, saying Mr Bishop was resigning because of the losses Cap Industries had incurred over the last two months.Others debunked the prognosis, not knowing for certain what the reason behind his stepping down was. Everyone had their fingers crossed, in high anticipation for the night's outcome.At the location for the inauguration, the guests began arriving, right on schedule, making their way to their various seats as they were courteously led by attendants, properly dressed in white and black.The chief of