CHAPTER 55: THE ATTACK.Detective Savannah was trying to see if she could still manage to move the car before Riley arrived. She did all she could but found it difficult to drive with a bad tyre.The attacker almost caught up with her. So she decided to pull over and try to defend herself before Riley comes, since she was minutes away from reaching the city.She hopped out of the car with her gun already pulled out from her strap as she ducked under the front of her car, looking through the front glass to see who exactly was actually attacking her.The car drove and parked right behind her car. Someone in black came out of the car holding a gun. She had already turned off the safefty of the gun ready to shot as soon as possible."You've got two minutes to bring yourself or I shoot you," the attacker said, walking forward and was about getting to where she was.With her gun ready to open fire, she observed the attacker as she crept round the car. The attacker was standing right beside
CHAPTER 56: PAY THE BILL.Alex and Duke returned backto Texas and continued with their lifes after confirming what really happened with Justin.And they were happy that Justin was finally living his dream life. And the man who happened to be his father was the man he had idolized for years.They both decided to pass through Houston, as they had decided to hang out a bit before returning to their houses. They drove to a bar that was their usual hangout spot while they were in school.And it had been a long time they visited that bar since they all returned to their locations after school. Though still within Texas. Except for Justin who decided to move out of Texas to New York to pursue his dreams."Man, Justin is sure gonna give his Foster family their due," Alex said."He needs to. They treated him so badly, most especially Joey," Duke affirmed. "Thank God we didn't do same to him," Duke said. "And his father accepted us, meaning we are also gonna be a beneficiary of Justin's fortun
CHAPTER 57: A FULFILLED DAY.Samantha and Bella were still seated at the table where Duke and Alex left them. She couldn't believe what just happened to her.Emma stood up from her seat and walked up to them. She looked at them and shook her head as she couldn't figure out what exactly to say to them."Are you just gonna stand there without saying anything?" Bella asked Emma, expecting Emma to console them with her words."I don't know what to say to you two," Emma said, and she sat down on one of the chairs."How would you just expect those two to become nice to us just like that? After how we supported Sam to reject Justin, giving him the embarrassment of a lifetime.""But we didn't know that was how they were gonna treat us," Bella said."I think you should expect more from them," Emma said."Can you two stop all that talk?!" Samantha yelled at them, as she was already frustrated."Let just finished the beer," Bella said."Who's gonna handle the bill?" Samantha asked."You of cours
CHAPTER 58:GOOD RIDDANCE.Detective Savannah was at the office with her partner Riley. They had tried all they could to make the person who they apprehended mention who sent him to attack her the previous day.He attacker was still unwilling to speak. She was frustrated by how the attacker refused to be cooperative. She decided to leave him in the cell till whenever he would be ready to speak. "I will make sure he speaks," Riley assured. "They might have probably threatened him not to reveal anything to anyone no matter what. He knows we are no gonna hurt him, so he's taking advantage of that. "That's exactly the point. He knows we are not gonna kill him so he'd rather stay in prison," Savannah observed."The lives of his family might probably be at stake if he dare say anything," Savannah added, agreeing to what Riley had said.They asked an officer to take the attacker back into his cell as they both walked back to their desk."Am sure they will be wondering why he hadn't returned
CHAPTER 59: GOOD COMPANY.Justin returned back from the office, and he went straight to his room and had a quick change of clothes, as he wanted to be more simple looking.He was done getting set, he grabbed his Bugatti car keys and headed out of the room. He walked out of the house, calling one of the guards to come with him. The particular guard that went with him to his former apartment. He did like how the guard responded to the confrontation they had there, so he decided to make him his personal guard among others.The guard hurriedly came and bowed slightly."We're heading out immediately. Just the two of us," Justin informed him, handing over the Bugatti car keys to him.The guard hurriedly got to the car opened it and Justin got into the car. The guard turned to the other side and was about to go in.Suddenly, Gomez walked out of the house and looked round and sighted them . He walked closer looking at the guard and he looked inside the car and noticed Justin was in there."H
CHAPTER 60: HIDDEN INTENTIONS.Riley was already at the office the next day and had not seen his partner Detective Savannah and he became worried, as It was past their resumption time.He decided to put a call across her to see if he could hear from her. He dialed her number and she picked immediately."Hey Riley. How are you doing?" Savannah asked."Hey, am good. haven't seen you at the office, is everything okay?" Riley asked."Yeah. I will be there shortly. I stopped somewhere to get something done," she responded."Okay. But you should have called to inform me. You got me worried," Riley said."Sorry buddy. But why were you worried? Or is there something you're not telling me?" she asked."Am worried because I care about you," Riley said."Whatever. See you soon," she said, ending the call on Riley.Riley walked back to the office as he was standing by the entrance to the station looking to see if Savannah was coming.Riley actually couldn't wait to see her as he expected her to g
CHAPTER 61: THE FORTH COMING.Justin had himself prepared to head to the office very early the next morning, and decided to take some light breakfast before leaving.He headed to the dining area and sat down, but nothing was yet on the table because he didn't inform Frank to let the kitchen staff know that he will be leaving the house very early and that he needed to eat before leaving.So nothing was ready by then. He decided to walk towards the kitchen area to see if he could get something for himself, instead of calling Frank to instruct the kitchen staff to get something ready.He thought that it would take some time and he needed to leave the house as soon as possible. He was on his way to the kitchen as he bumped into Frank."Good morning master Justin," Frank greeted him. "Good morning Frank," Justin responded."You needed something from the kitchen?" Frank asked, as he assumed that would be the reason he was approaching the kitchen area."Yes, I do. I forgot to inform you tha
CHAPTER 62: MEETING WITH THE HEADS.Mr Cornell arrived his office and noticed a new letter on his desk. He picked it up and looked at the address before opening it. He decided to settle down before opening the letter.He got himself settled in to begin the day. He sat on his chair placing both his legs on the table, as he opened the letter and saw it was an urgent meeting with the CEO.His heart skipped wondering what the meeting was all about. He quickly got himself ready as he checked his wristwatch and noticed the meeting was in few minutes.Shortly after, all the departmental heads headed to the designated location for the meeting. They all sat waiting for the CEO to come, they looked at each other wondering what the urgent meeting was for, but none could ask the other But they were all aware such meetings could happen anytime. They haven't had a meeting since the resumption of the new CEO, but not as urgent as this.There was nothing they could all do than to patiently await the