Alright then,” Sarah spoke, her voice was a drowsy tone that seemed to draw her into her deep thoughts.Their faces lit up with a deadly radiance of delight as they felt that Sarah was finally going to come to her senses.“So you are going to get us the antidote right?” Janet asked for confirmation.“What?! No, not yet. There is still one last condition,” Sarah spoke.Janet’s face twisted with a portrait of desperation as she gritted her teeth. What exactly did Sarah want again? Had they not talked about everything? What the hell were these demands? Why make these kinds of demands when time wasn’t even on their side?She eventually took a deep breath in patience to hear the final condition that Sarah was going to say. “Alright, what condition is that? I am ready to satisfy you in whatever way that would make you feel comfortable.”“I would need to have my position back as secretary of Winston Corporation.”What?! Janet’s face went white, her pale skin was a reflection of the terror th
Thomas just sat still, folding his arms in a defensive gesture that shielded him from the conversation and arguments that the others were having. He seemed to be skeptical of their arguments but he kept it to himself. It was like he wanted to see how everything was going to pan out first.Frank spoke to encourage Janet. “Just put a call through to Sarah again okay? It doesn’t make you less of who you are. We have only one goal here and we can’t afford to throw in the towel when we are this close.”Janet’s inner voice bore witness with Frank and she decided to put the call through to Sarah again.Janet pressed the call button as the seconds went by and her heart was full of anticipation. She thought of what she was going to say if Sarah picked up the call because she knew that Sarah was going to ask why she hung up the other time.“Why are you calling again?” Sarah asked, her voice echoing through the phone and filling the air.“Erm, Sarah, I agree to your demands. I will concede my po
She couldn’t help but anticipate the moment that she was going to tell Lady Winston that she had made a costly mistake that almost ruined her. She couldn’t wait to hug Lady Winston so tight and let her know that she suffered a lot when she was in a coma.“I just need you to let Frank, Thomas, and Estevan in on our agreement. Without their go-ahead, we still don’t have anything concrete,” Sarah spoke.“Oh, of course, Sarah. I will get back to you within the hour. That’s not going to be an issue,” Janet spoke reassuringly.Janet then hung up the phone and immediately had an expression of a beacon of light dawn on her face. The enthusiasm on her face spread through the whole room as jubilant spirits coursed through their veins.Frank folded his fist in an excitement of victory. “Yes, the foolish b***h is finally coming back to her senses. You played this out so well Janet. You did much more than expected. All of this is possible because you were at the end of that phone call.”Estevan sp
“Hey watch your words Janet. I am your uncle - you don’t get to disrespect me like that. I wouldn’t take such from you ever again. Don’t mistake me for your sister Sarah who you can trade words with and insult or fight like cats and rats with. I am not like that. Be careful with your words.Janet’s face was a mask of displeasure, her tightened lips showing that perhaps she wasn’t going to argue about Thomas’ stance of not wanting to be disrespected. She rolled her eyes dismissively though, showing complete contempt.“Yes, you are right to say that I was initially on board with the idea that we call Janet and things were perhaps going well initially but you can’t tell me that you don’t see what happened after that? “Everything just seemed so thought out. Those conditions she gave, those words of worry and uncertainty that came from her - everything just seemed so thought about. I am not buying it even if you all are.”Frank frowned, his face narrowed in disappointment. “Thomas, this i
“I know that you are just saying this to get back into our good books but I would rather have that than all that you were saying earlier,” Janet responded, rolling her eyes with intrigue.Everyone went their way but Frank recalled his earlier dealing with Jeffrey.Jeffrey who had been in the corner of the hall and listening to everything that was being said couldn’t help but have his eyes molded in a swirling sea of contradiction. His heart was a battleground of conflicting emotions.On one hand, he wanted the antidote to be given to them and used to recover Lady Winston because that was the only way that Frank was going to be in the mood to release him from the bondage that he put him in. He knew that Frank was only transferring aggression towards him so he had to be appeased with a piece of good news or else he could die of torture.But on the other hand, who would want Lady Winston alive? If she got back consciousness, she would become much more fierce than she was before because s
Her thoughts were a whirlwind of uncertainty and her mind was a sea of doubt. It wasn’t the first time that she felt that way though. She has been feeling doubtful since the moment that she saw Doctor Lopez inject her mother with the syringe that transferred the virus to her body.Sarah kept replaying the moment over and over again in her mind. She couldn’t stop having flashbacks and sometimes when she tried to sleep in the middle of the night, the memories would be so glaring that it was as if she was experiencing the moment all over again. She couldn’t sleep for 48 hours since Doctor Lopez inserted the syringe in her mother.It was as if something kept pestering her about the reality that her mother was going to die. But why was she even worried about that? It was what she thought she had always wanted especially since the moment that Lady Winston attempted to abort her pregnancy and humiliate her in the presence of other people. That was the height of wickedness that a mother cou
She understood the work that she was given for that day at least but aside from that, it was as if there was an atmosphere that her soul wasn’t agreeing with. She had spent almost all of her years on earth working at Winston Corporation so perhaps it was a normal feeling.Sarah could even swear that she would have slept off within those 3 hours that she had resumed her work if the task that she was given wasn’t much. Her fingers were very busy giving not much space for her brain to sleep off and that was why she could still be awake. It was very much in contrast to the vibe that she was getting from Doctor Lopez.Sarah’s breath was held in an anxious pant of tension as she thought about what she was going to say next and how she was going to put out her speech. She didn’t know if what she was going to say was going to put off Doctor Lopez’s mood. That was not her intention and she hoped that he wouldn’t see it that way.“Errm, I am happy. I am really happy for you and that you like it
Sarah could hear his voice come out in a muffled murmur, his voice tinged with a veiled admission. “I have an idea and I know this might not be fair to Rico in his quest of getting his brother back but I think we should give Lady Winston more poison instead of getting her an antidote. We should either do that or tell Paul that we can no longer find the antidote. You could be my witness to that.”“We need to be smart in doing this because I am sure that they might release Jeffrey soon and expect us to give them the antidote. Doing that doesn’t solve the problem and I would have told Paul about it but I fear that he would be too diplomatic to make the right decision. In the meantime let this remain between the two of us.”Sarah’s skin was a mask of goosebumps as she trembled in a violent shudder and her eyes were wide in fear. “I will have to get back to you Doctor Lopez,” Sarah spoke and with a burst of tension, she pressed the red button in her phone to cut the call.Sarah’s eyes wer