Fiona sat down on her bed, thinking about what her dad said to her, he was right, but she was still finding it hard to accept the truth. Getting married to Alistair seems promising, but he wasn't the one her heart yearns for.It was Nathan her heart wanted, yeah just like her father said, there was no possibility that they might even do life together for long. Due to the nature of his job, he was tasked with protecting citizens, and also protecting himself.Unlike Alistair, who has people protecting him, at the same time, she couldn't deny how crazy life was. The person everyone thinks might end up living younger due to certain factors, might in a way die first.It's just life, and there's nothing that can be done about it, the best you can do is to play your part. She exhaled and got off the couch, and walked to the verandah, "Nathan, I know you can't hear me, but things are difficult for me to handle. I badly want to talk to you, but I don't get why you don't return my calls, or rep
Ethan sat back on his chair and dropped his phone on the table after speaking to his sister. He whirled around the chair for a few seconds, before he stood up. Ethan took a deep breath and was about walking away from his office when he got a Whatsapp message from Oliver.He quickly checked it, and his mood changed instantly, "I thought she said she doesn't have anything to do with him? What the heck did she do at his office?"He exited his Whatsapp, and went to his call log, and called her line. It rang for a few minutes before she answered, "My baby, good day," she said excitedly."Good afternoon my love, you didn't tell me you would be going to see Alistair," he muttered, and she became mute.He also kept quiet, waiting for her to answer, "I asked a question, Elara.""Yeah, yeah, I heard you, I heard what you said. It slipped my mind, no it didn't skip my mind to tell you. What I mean is that it just happened, and I had to show up at his office, that's it," she replied."Elara, real
(One hour later)Mr. Starling stepped out of his office, and his secretary rushed towards him, "Sir, I know you would want to rest badly, but..""But what? What is it Leslie?" He interrupted her."Mr. Charlie, and Mr. Wilde both called, they wanted to speak to you real bad," Leslie replied as they walked to his office."Did they tell you why they called?" He collected his tab from her as they walked into his office, she shook her head. "They refused to divulge any information to me. They were firm on speaking to you, and not me.""I see, that means it must be pressing issues right?" He asked, and they nodded. She nodded her head as she muttered "Yes.""It's alright, thank you so much Leslie, I will surely get back to them, you can leave now," he replied, and she bowed her head as she walked out of his office with a couple of files in her hands. Mr. Starling sat down on his chair, he took in a deep breath, and then exhaled.He folded his hands on his chest, dude tried wrapping his head
"Go on with your call, I don't even have an idea about what you are saying," Alistair walked towards him, and helped him pick up his phone. Alistair stretched the phone towards him, "Have it, it's yours."Mr. Charlie collected his phone from Alistair, Alistair waved at him, and he walked out of his office."I think we have a bigger problem," he muttered."Bigger problem? What do you mean by that?" Mr. Starling asked as he walked out of his office to Leslie's table. "I need a cup of coffee," he whispered to her, and returned to his office."Guess who just walked out of my office?" He asked, with beads of sweats on his forehead."I can't tell, your son?" He replied as she sat down on his chair."No, it's Alistair," he replied, and his jaw dropped."What? Didn't you lock your office? Hope he didn't hear our conversation?" He asked running his hands through his hair."That's what I can't tell, I only turned when I heard someone clear his or her throat. There he was staring right at my fac
"A no go area? Why do you think so?" Mr. Starling asked.He grumbled, "Why do I think so? Why are you acting as if you don't have an idea of what we did to him?""Please tell me, honestly I don't have an idea of what you did to him. Correct me if I am wrong, wasn't he the one who celebrated you and your family at the inaugural dinner?""Come off it, he was just trying to steal the spotlight," Mr. Wilde replied."What do you mean by he's trying to steal the spotlight? Dude has the spotlight, you don't steal what you have."Mr. Wilde moved to his verandah, "I know what I am saying. You won't understand the picture I am trying to paint. That young man played a trick on everyone last night."Mr. Starling paused, "What do you mean by he played tricks on us? You and I both know if you treated him badly, that was the best stage and time to expose you right?""Exactly, that's why I am saying he played a trick on us. You might not have an idea about what happened when he was living with us. B
"You are right, I am her father, and also her husband. But they don't have pity when it comes to one who's a failure," he replied with regret.Mr. Starling shook his head when he heard his reply, instantly he knew he had to find a way to help his friend. "You know, even if I want to help you. I have to wait for a while.""Wait for a while, wait for how long?" He replied, sounding impatient."Calm down, I know you are fucking in need of my help. But we just can't approach this with light or free hands," he replied."I am not asking you to approach this matter with light or free hands no. But at the same time I need you to do something real quick," he replied."That's exactly what I am saying, if you want me to help you, you have to be patient. I must check out certain factors, I need to test the water.You know, I can't just put everything on the line because I wanted to help you. I need to study the reaction of the people, and also know how Alistair would react. You know, if things go
(Thirty minutes ago)Mr. Alistair walked out of his office, and decided to check out Mr. Charlie, at his office. He walked towards his office, the heels of his shoes clicking the ground. His walking posture commands authority, and also attention.He walked towards Mr. Charlie's office, his hands deep into his pocket. His shades perfectly fit in his eyes. The security at Mr. Charlie's office helped Mr. Alistair with the door, and he walked past Shilla who was busy with her laptop.He paused, and took a few steps backwards to her cubicle, "Excuse me, is your boss on seat?"She stood up immediately and adjusted her brown suit. "Yes he is," she replied with her head bowed."Thank you," he replied, and walked into Mr. Charlie's office. He got in, and found him standing facing his window, he was on call. Alistair cleared his throat, and Mr. Charlie turned back, and his phone dropped with his mouth open.Mr. Alistair walked towards him, and picked up his phone. "Have it," he muttered, stretc
"He's waiting for you, please you can all go in," Leslie replied, as she stepped aside and allowed them to walk into his office.She exhaled, and returned to her cubicle, "I don't think I can keep up with this job. It's draining me bit by bit."Mr. Starling stood up when he saw them walking towards his office. He picked up his laptop, and a file, and also headed towards his office. Alistair, Layla and Nathan were shocked when they saw him walking towards him with a laptop and a file in his hands."Mr. Starling, where to?" Alistair asked, looking confused."I am sorry I have a meeting a few minutes from now," he said and walked away from Alistair, but Nathan stood in his way."What the heck do you think you are doing? The president of Voxx's Group is here to see you, and you don't even want to hear him out. Even after making us wait outside for almost twenty minutes?""I am sorry, but I have a meeting I have to attend. It's important, and I can't miss it," he replied, gazing at Nathan.
Alistair brought the boat cruise to a stop. Just when he decided to take his mind off the chaos happening. Elara was killed, and he found his way to a hotel room.Nathan, Layla, and Reagan were with him. "I think this is the right time to let the authorities in on this," Layla muttered."Yeah, this was the same thought on my mind as we exited the boat. Tomorrow morning I am going to head back home, gather all the evidence, get Mark involved in this, and report this to the authorities.""Exactly, this is the best thing to do if you ask me. We can no longer contain this. It would have been you, but Elara took your spot.Who knows who would be next? It could be me, Layla, or you. That's more reason you need to get Mark to go with you tomorrow morning. It's time to bring an end to this madness of Mr. Wilde, and his partners."(The next day)Mr. Alistair quickly rushed home and got hold of the files. He already informed Mark about his plans and asked him to wait for him at the police stati
Layla was briefed about what she needed to do by Alistair. Unlike the last time, Nathan agreed to this, he was in full support.The plan was for Alistair to call for a meeting, he made it for Mr. Sterling to attend. Making sure Layla won't have any problem retrieving the document.Layla arrived early at Voxx's Technologies. She waited for him to leave for the meeting. Immediately she was sure he had left. She immediately went into his room, Fiona was at the door watching out for her.Just in case her brother or anyone tries to go in. Layla went straight to the shelf and did just like Fiona explained. The shelf moved away revealing a safe.She smiled, and quickly imputed the code which Fiona gave to her. The safe opened, but to her amazement the safe was empty. She was confused, and immediately she brought out her phone and took a photo.She sent it to Alistair and quickly closed the safe. The shelf went back to its position. She came out of Mr. Sterling's office, Fiona was expecting t
Alistair, Nathan, Layla, Burundi, and Mark stepped out of his study room. Mark came to submit some files of illegal acts Mr. Wilde has been engaged in the past.They were all tired after accessing each case one by one. But none of the cases has to do with Voxx's Group or his father's death. The only information they found useful was the fact that he possessed a certain USB key.They all retired to their different rooms, while Mark went home. Alistair couldn't get sleep, so he brought the file to the dining room, sat down, and went through it once more. Hoping he would find something.Mrs. Tricia, who came out to make a phone call to someone, was shocked to see Alistair seated in the dining room. Before she could retrace her step, Alistair sighted her. She composed herself and walked towards him."You aren't asleep, what's going on? You also look worried, are you fine?"Alistair shook his head, "I ain't fine, a lot of things are going on."She sat down, "Do you care to share what's goi
(Three weeks later)Kathy was present in the office of her boss, Mr. Alistair. She had a little bottle which Oliver gave her to spike Alistair's drink. She was a bit scared, but at the same time, she knew she also needed to be careful.She paced to and fro in his office, waiting for a particular time to do what she had in mind to do. Her gaze was on everyone in the room, all she was waiting for was Mr. Alistair to request coffee or tea."Kathy, please get me tea just before the meeting starts." She smiled at him, but it was a dry smile. "Yes boss, I am on it."She walked out of the office and went straight to her office. She already had the tea made, all she had to do was to pour in the liquid that would spike the drink. She got a mug, poured the drink into it, and poured in the liquid.She did the sign of the cross and walked out of her office heading back to Mr. Alistair's office. She tried to compose herself, she knew how observant Mr. Alistair and Nathan were.If she acts in a sha
Ethan walked out of the bathroom, he was shocked to see the three ladies lying down on the bed.He wanted to shout at them, but then he remembered this wasn't his home. It was just a brothel. He picked up his shirt, phone, and car keys, and walked out of the room.He wasn't watching where he was going, and he bumped into a guy. He got annoyed and was about to retaliate only to find out it was Oliver."Oliver.""Ethan," Oliver called out. Ethan's gaze moved to the lady beside him, "Kathy? Wait a minute, can someone tell me what's going on here?""Man calm down, you don't have to get confused. She's my girlfriend, you know the ethics of the common, you can't date your colleagues.Well, it just happened that we fell in love with each other, and we just couldn't throw it under the bridge because of some dumb organization stuff.""Wait a minute Oliver, for how long has this been happening?"Oliver looked at Kathy, "Two tears.""What? You mean you guys have been dating for a good two years,
(Few Hours Later)"You look really tense, and should I say unhappy, what's going on?" Elara asked as she reached for Mr. Alistair's hands.Mr. Alistair smiled, this was one of his tricks to get her into doing whatever he wanted her to do. "Let's just say I am extremely tired, you know what it means to work as the president of Vox's Group right?"She nodded her head, "Yeah I partially have an idea. There are times when I see my Dad in a terrible state just because of work. That's one of the reasons I said to myself I was never going to work.Not like work work, I mean get into the corporate work. I saw the torment it caused to my Dad, that shit pissed me off. That's more reason I decided to follow the career path of my Dad."Mr. Alistair was taking note of the things she said about her Dad. "Do you think your Dad has something special he's hiding? You know maybe a special property in his safe?"Elara smiled, "I don't fucking have an idea about that. How am I supposed to know if he does
Mr. Alistair turned towards him, "What, and what have you found about it?""Well I have found someone who can be of much help to us," he answered as he stepped out of the elevator."Really? How come I didn't know about this, and what if this so-called person is one of Mr. Wild's loyal fans?"They got into his office, and Layla was asleep. "Come on man, don't you trust me anymore? I did my research, and he has definitely nothing to do with Mr. Wilde. Besides, he's an undercover CIA agent. Trust me when I say he can be of much help.""Wait a minute, did you just say ah undercover CIA agent?"Layla woke up due to the pitch of their voice. "Yeah, you heard me correctly. An undercover CIA agent.""If he's an undercover CIA agent, how did you get to him? Don't you think if you can find him, whosoever he was made to watch won't also have a problem in finding out that he's a CIA agent?"He chuckled, "I think I didn't really explain things to you. Well, there's this friend of mine who I used t
(Few Hours Later)Fiona and Mr. Alistair were seated in the restaurant as they were both having steaks and juice. "What is it, you wanted to tell me?"Fiona smiled, "I know this might sound crazy, but I think this is what we need to do."Mr. Alistair was confused, so he sat up. "What do you mean, please explain."She cleared her throat and reached for his hands. "I know this sounds funny, but I want to propose something.""What's that?""I need us to act. I mean I want us to act as boyfriend and girlfriend. I am tired of my father nagging about getting married to you.Truth be told, I don't like you one bit. But I am just doing this because of my Dad, nothing more, nothing less.""Really? Do you want the both of us to act as couples? Do you think that's the way out?""Yes, that's the way out. If you ask me, it's the only way out. There's no way out than this," she replied, raising her voice."This is the reason why you called me right? To propose this piece of shit to me? Come on, are
Elara sat down on her bed smiling as she gazed at her phone. Her mum walked into her room without knocking."What's with that look on your face?" She asked, resting on her door."It's none of your business, Mum. But if you must know, it's just some random chat with a friend," she replied, her gaze not leaving her phone."A male friend, I suppose right?" She asked as she walked towards the bed."Come on Mum, what's with all this question?""I am glad you asked. Dear Elara, you aren't getting any younger, don't you think it's time for you to settle down? It's high time you need to get married," Mrs. Wilde muttered.Elara burst into laughter, "Mum, is this what you wanted to say? Come on, you don't have to worry about it, I am already working on it.""Wait a minute, do you mean you are already in a relationship with someone or what?"She nodded her head, "Yes mum, but don't ask me for any details. I ain't going to tell you anything, but be rest assured that your lovely daughter is in a r