95."The weather gets so cold sometimes, you'd feel your limbs freeze. And it's not even winter yet but it's so chilly outside," the loud voice of the old woman mixed with the clitter clatter of pans and pots in her small kitchen."I wonder what it's gonna be like next season. Probably our bloods will freeze!"Climate change was real. Reclining on one of the chairs in the dining area, Veronica listened to Mrs. Aliev's complaints.The cottage provided her with cozy comfort, a harsh contrast to the howling winds blowing outside.It's warm and homely ambiance was enhanced by the delicious smell of freshly baked bread and freshly brewed coffee wafting in from the kitchen."I'm sure the people will find a way to survive the harsh weather. Besides, you can always move down to the city where it's warmer," she said in a suggestive tone while Mrs. Aliev brought down a kettle and mugs.The old lady sighed, not agreeing with that idea."I'm afraid the people here would not want to leave their ho
Even though Veronica wouldn't want anything to do with her father. Those words ran into her , she could understand the old woman's point.She let some breath out of her lips. “Don't let us talk about my father for now. Thank you, Mrs Aliev,” she said to her.Mrs Alice lowered her head in unison. “Veronica! I understand if you do not really want to get involved with your father. But he is your father and I…..” Veronica didn't let her conclude, she cut in.“I will get going now, Mrs Aliev. Thank you for this!” She said standing on her feet at once.The old woman understood she didn't want to hear anything that had to do with her father. Mrs Aliev stood with her and wanted to see her off.“It won't be an honor for you to see me off. I would rather say you rest,” she said to her.The old woman looked at her face, a little air flushed through her nostrils. “I don't see any reasons why I shouldn't see you off or is there a particular problem?” She asked her.Veronica shot a glance at her. “
“I can't let you in. Please go!” She said with a tanned voice.That resolve that melted from her voice was a surprise speech that caught Veronica abreast. She wondered why she said that.She exhaled. “Mam! I need to see him,” she said to her.The old woman wiggled her head. “No, you can't see him. He is not around,” she said as if she was just giving mini excuses.Veronica was tired of her behavior already, but because of her mother. The desperation in her was burning.While she was still in thoughts of the next action she would take, the old woman slammed the door. Veronica managed to force her leg in between the door and it's possible.Making it a real bash on her feet. “AHH!” She screamed aloud.The old woman was surprised when the door banged backwards.“What is happening over there?” An old man's voice pierced through the ear of Veronica and the old woman.“Nothing, just some strange lady who said she wanted to see you,” she informed her husband.“Oh,” he walked up to her.“Hello
The intense sigh that oozed from her gut was as if it was the one that drained her entire self. Hell no! It was the stress that cut across all the spheres of her body.Soon, a grunt went out of Veronica's belly. She could hear the audible sound of it. “Damn!” she stood on her feet at once.Cooking wasn't a big deal for her. She walked into the kitchen, grabbed all the necessary things and then, she made something delicious.It took several minutes for it to be done, but when it was done, Veronica was starving intensely.Soon, it was done.Veronica dished it, she ate a lot from it and soon, she felt full.Then she walked back to her room. Relaxing her back as she did earlier. She slept off.The next day.Veronica opened her eyes. She had slept all through the night due to the stress from yesterday. Her body was achy. She stretched a little, before she stepped down from her bed.She walked to the bathroom straightaway. Having the cool water wash down her skin, she felt an intense cold r
It was a surprise to him. He had thought Veronica would hop into his ride at the slightest chance she got.“Okay! There is no problem.” He started the car engine and he drove off.Veronica hissed. She picked up her phone and quickly booked another ride. She had to wait for a number of minutes.Soon, the ride arrived. He stopped right before her.“I am sorry for the delay, please come in,” he said to her.Veronica didn't bother to say a word. She walked into the ride.“Good day, mam! Where are you headed?” “Take me down the road. Building 72 block 10,” she said to him.“Okay!” He replied at once.That place she described wasn't that long from where they were but it was the exact description of a long friend of her mother, Alina. He started the car engine. It didn't take too long and boom, he got to the place.“Mam, we have arrived,” he said aloud.“Oh!” That called Veronica's attention. “Sorry about that. Can you wait? I have several places to go today,” she said to him.“Yes, mam! H
“Yeah! Let's go to the next place,” she said to him.“Okay, what is the next place?” He asked her.She walked into the car. After she had seated properly, she shut the door. “Go to the old town after ….” She explained the next point they were going to.“Okay!” He replied and he quickly started the car.Veronica leaned a little against the door of the car as thoughts upon thoughts wouldn't stop echoing in her mind.“When am I going to get justice? if I am going like this,” that was in her thoughts, the exact words of Alina. She rubbed her hand throughout her hand as she was feeling so hot.The driver looked into the class just to peep a little at the passenger. All he saw was a distressed lady.“What is the problem? Mam!” He asked at once, calling her attention from his thoughts.“I….there is no problem? Are we there yet?” she asked to put a kind of distraction to his mind.“Not yet. We still have to drive a distance more before we can get there,” he said to her.Veronica sighed. “Ju
Several minutes later. Veronica raised her head from where it had been buried. She sat appropriately and closed the door tightly to herself.That door echoe caught his attention. He opened his eyes. He had shut his eyes when she told him she wanted some breathing space.“Are you ready to get going now?” he asked her. “Yes. I am ready now, but I am confused about something and I would like to ask questions,” she said to him.“Okay! I am ears, mam!” “Can a person's father kill his mother?” She asked him.That was a very difficult question for the driver. He was trying to balance the whole thing at once. The more he was trying to place it, the more he saw no sense in it all.“Why would a father kill the mother at all?” He asked her.“I don't know. Maybe the father is toxic,” she said to him“It's true. That's really really true. You see if he is a toxic man, I will definitely attest to it that it is something he could do. I mean, maybe the woman has been passing through several beatin
Veronica looked at him from his head to his toe, it was as if he was speaking gibberish. “I understand your point, but throwing the investigation aside is what I can't do,” she said to him.Ethan sighed. He saw she wasn't understanding him. “Understand things clearly! I am not saying you shouldn't investigate, I am just asking you to pause it for some days so you could regain your sanity. Imagine, just imagine, you go after your father and maybe chance you strangled him. Have you gotten the justice your mother deserves,” he said to her and made her see reasons she ought to calm her nerves.“What do I do then!” Veronica's eyes reddened. Giving it a pause was like wiping the whole justice off.“It's quite simple. Rest at home for a few days before going out for more investigations. If you think too much of your father, your sense of judgment will be crowded and everything you would be seeing will always be about your father,” he said to her.Veronica nodded her head. She understood his
Ethan's phone began to ring aloud. He opened his eyes from a short sleep. “Who is calling?” He thought in his head. He checked it and he saw it was an unknown number.“It could be my investigator!” He thought in his head and immediately, he picked up the call.“Hello!” He said, expecting the recipient to start speaking.“Hello, Mr Ethan. I have all the evidence that Mr Morgan was the person that killed his wife!” He said to him.Ethan was excited, because that was good news. “Where should I meet you to get the evidence?” He asked him.He sighed. “Sir! Meet me at Grace broadcasting station,” he said to him.Ethan was taken aback by his words. “Why that place?” He asked him.“I do not have much time to explain things. There is a change of plan and to make Mr Morgan pay that is the only way we can do it. He is too connected to be reported to the police,” he said to him.“Okay! I understand you.”He ended the call right away.Ethan sat down in dismay. He was in thoughts as to what to do
“Damn!” Trish expressed his in-depth stress.“Sir! Won't you mind going home now?” He asked him.Trish took a look at him. “You are right. I was wondering if I could finish with this, but I am very much exhausted. I need to get going,” he said to him.“That would be better for your well-being,” he said.Trish widened his eyes. He left his company in the evening and he entered the car. Driving through the arduous distance, he got home. He stepped down from his car and walked to his apartment. He checked his pocket to bring out his keys but he couldn't find it.“Where is my key? Did I forget it at work?” He started panicking.While he was in the middle of this, he heard a loud cough from behind him. He shook even to his feet. He wasn't expecting such an intrusion and that was what scared him, because the person was so close to him.He turned to see who it was. Glancing at his face down his body, he didn't recognize him.“Who are you by the way? And why did you barge on me like that?”
Morgan opened his eyes after a very long sleep. He looked sideways, he saw the light had brightened the surface. He raised his head and grinded his teeth.“Now is the time to take my daughter down! Just like I killed her mother. I need to shut her light and put her out of the game before she becomes my total headache,” he thought in his head.Morgan hadn't in his life feared before until now. A lot had happened.He felt he was being monitored by someone, but he didn't know until it turned out they were his past foes and enemies.Morgan's phone started ringing out. “Hello! Who is this?” Morgan strained out. He was expecting someone he had commissioned to a task.“You have 3 more days, Morgan. If not, things wouldn't go easy with you,” the caller threatened him.Morgan's illegal cartel was in danger. His deals had been affected greatly and it had caused sloppy growth for his company.This didn't affect only his company but it affects everything that had to do with him.Morgan stepped do
“My father's name is….” She called his full name, with the address of his house and the places he visits often.She unlocked her phone and showed him his picture. “This is how he looks. Let me send it to your phone,” she said to him.“Okay!” He brought out his phone and collected it from her.Back to Ethan. “For this job, I will pay you a million dollars. But now, I will give half payment when you are done, I will pay you the rest. Do we have an understanding?” He asked him.“Yes, sir!” He replied at once. “If you are going to call, Message or hold a physical meeting… for calls and messages, use a private unknown number so it can't be traced easily. For private meetings, come in disguise so you won't be followed,” Ethan explained all his rules to him.“Consider it done, sir!” He said to him.“Good! your account number, please,” he said to him.Without further ado, he told him his account number and boom, Ethan had the money transferred at once.“I have transferred the money,” he said
Ethan exhaled. He walked up to his clothings and wore them. Just then, Veronica's phone started ringing.“Baby! Your phone is ringing,” he alerted Veronica.“Help me bring it,” Veronica gave a loud shout from within.Ethan picked up the phone. He didn't look at his face. He went to the bathroom and gave it to her. But he stylishly swayed his eyes not to see her body.“Thank you!” Veronica said after she collected the phone from him. Checking the person calling, she discovered it was the man they had called early yesterday.“Baby! It is the same man that wasn't picking yesternight,” she informed him.“Huh! Let me pick It then,” he said and immediately collected the phone from her. He picked the call.“Hello!” He said with a loud voice.“Hello, this is Baldwin, a private investigator,” he replied.“Yes, Mr Baldwin. This is Ethan. I exhausted my call card over there. Can we see this morning?” He asked.Mr Baldwin halted. He thought about it for a while. He looked through all his schedule
The both of them walked into the hotel. “Good evening?” Ethan said to the reception.“Good evening. How can we help you?” The receptionist asked him.Ethan exhaled and swallowed the saliva in his mouth. “I want a room,” he said to her.“Oh. Okay. A room! What type of room? Or just any room would do?” She asked so she could know their specifications.“Not any room! We need a classic room at least in the average with a minimum night pay,” he explained to her.The reception checked the room available quickly. “Okay, the only average room available is room 40 and it's going for just three hundred dollars per night,” she said to him.Ethan looked at Veronica. It was a nice price. They realized they could actually stay there for days.“Okay! I will be staying here. Can I have my room key already?” he asked her.“Okay! When you are checking out tomorrow, will you pay?” She asked him.Ethan looked at her and he wondered if something urgent happened that required them running, so, he made the
Ethan got there, “I was asked to make payment of three hundred dollars here, this is my card,” he extended it to them.“Okay!” One of them collected it. He deducted the money at once. When he was at the door, he collected the receipt from him.Ethan walked up to him, he slammed the receipt on his hand. “That is your receipt. Start my work, please,” he said to her.“Okay!” The man folded the receipt into his pocket. He started repainting the car.Ethan went directly to Veronica. He exhaled. “I know you are angry, Ethan! Calm your nerves, it's not worth it to be angry here,” she said to him.Ethan sighed. “The man is actually a ridiculous one. Telling us to pay when he hadn't even touched the car. I promise to bash him if he doesn't paint the car well,” he said to her.Veronica glanced at her. “It's better you stop getting angry unnecessarily, my dear. Look at how he is doing it. I bet he can't make a single mistake,” she said to him.Ethan was taken aback by her words. “Whose side are
Ethan noticed a slight panic in her voice. “Don't panic, baby! We'll be fine!” He said to her.Veronica glanced at him. “I am not panicking. I am just wondering if you have a solution to this problem?” She asked him.Ethan glared at her but he quickly faced the road. “Anyways! Do you have a solution, cause I don't,” he said to her.Veronica licked her teeth. “Okay! The solution to this is to drive to a location we are not going to!” She said to him.Ethan sighed. He was left unsatisfied. That wasn't the solution he was looking out for. “I don't think changing location or route would be the best thing to do,” he said to her.Veronica was surprised. “Why did you say that? This car is practically following us!” She alarmed. Her voice was filled with an air of distrust.Ethan sighed. “I know you don't trust me, but you will have to do this. I know the best thing to do here. This is the best opportunity for us to get evidence against Morgan. Why don't you bring out your phone and take pic
“Are you expecting someone?” Veronica asked him, considering his facial expression.“Huh!” “No, I am not expecting anyone,” he said to her.Veronica exhaled. “Let me check the door!” She stood on her feet and walked forward.Ethan was at watch. He wanted to see the outcome.“Who is there?” Veronica asked immediately as she reached for the door.“It's the room service, mam!” She said to her.Veronica was quite surprised. “No one called the room service. Why are they here?” She has it in mind that there would be an ulterior motive to it all.“We did not call the room service. Why are you here then?” She asked her.“I brought your food. You are in a classic hotel. You don't need to order, we know what to do,” she said aloud.“Wow!” That word came out of her lips involuntarily. She was taken aback by that statement of hers.She opened the door immediately.“Good morning, mam!” She greeted her.Veronica glanced at her. Right in front of her was a young, adorable lady. She held a long tray