The men started putting their things together, they assembled a group of papers. Linda looked at them and realised that none of them had a surprise look on their faces. They rather went back on doing what they were doing before. She sighed and walked slowly to the desk to take her bag, she felt her body shiver out of fear but she had no choice but to move. The two men dressed in suits stood up and said to Sid and Aires, We will take our leave, leave the rest to us, by the time Miss Elsie returns, we would have solved this problem. They shook hands with them and said thanks and watched them leave, when they passed by Linda, they stopped for a second. She turned away quickly from them but then. They only moved ahead after they cross checked that they hadn’t left anything behind. She sighed as she saw them walk away and turned to look at Aires, Why isn’t it me? Aires, I don’t believe that you don’t know that I have always liked you. I am the reason my father took notice of you anyways
The door was opened and a man shouted, Oswald Crofts come out! Oswald looked around and sat still, the man called out again and again but no one came out. A man poked Oswald on his shoulder and asked, Are you not going out? They have been calling you all this while. Oswald smirked and answered to him, How do you know that I am Oswald when you can’t even see me? Or are you able to see in the dark? The man shook his head and said to him, When they return, they will start shooting randomly until they kill Oswald. That means people will start mentioning their names for them not be killed. Oswald turned silent for a minute and when the person returned, and called, he answered, Why don’t you switch on the light or bring along a torch light to pick him up? If you are going to shoot, then I think you will have to kill every hostage in here before you get to him. When if he is already dead? The person retrieved his steps and walked away, suddenly, people started speaking, Thank you f
Elsie felt that he was being too rude and so, he slapped his hand shyly and glared at him. The old man stood up and said to her,Let me get out of here before you butcher me for talking to him.Elsie quickly stood up and quickly took her phone and then rushed out of the place. Mr. Alfred watched her leave silently and shook his head, when she wasn’t in sight, he said to him on the other end of the line,She’s gone, you can speak now.He heard a long sigh on the other end before he spoke,I know you are worried about Elsie, I know she has got some feelings for me and she isn’t alone. I treated her badly because I was looking elsewhere but when I finally looked at her, I knew that I didn’t want to lose her. If there’s something to say to her, let me be the one to say it.Mr. Alfred removed the phone from his ear and looked at, he shook his head and said to Oswald,Do not think that I will be fooled by your slow words. You ae saying if there’s something to be said, you will be the one to
Elsie walked to the table that the receptionist showed her and sat down comfortably, the two men that had followed her realized that she wasn’t coming out and so, they entered the room. They saw her seated comfortably on a chair as she typed on her phone. As to what she was typing, no one knew, when she was done, she stood up and walked to the receptionist once more and this time asked, Where should I turn to go to the washroom? The receptionist sighed and took another sheet of paper and wrote on it. She read and walked away after thanking him. When she entered the washroom, she saw that she was alone and so, she removed her long sleeved and floor length dress. Under it was a black shirt, she tied her chest with the ribbon she had tied her hair with. And it became a muscular chest of a man, in a few minutes, a man appeared at the door with a black hat on his head covering most of his head. He sat down on a different empty chair and typed on his phone. The waitress brought him a jui
Suddenly, they heard a commotion coming from the outside, Oswald looked on confused until he saw the smile on Elsie’s face as if saying, Right on time. He understood that as he thought, she didn’t really act on her own. The old man’s eyes darted everywhere, he looked very angry as his forehead was furrowed and his fists were clenched beside him. He glared at Elsie and Oswald and took his golden stick, he pulled out something from it and it appeared to be a gun. He pointed it at Oswald and Elsie quickly stepped in front of him. The man saw her action and sneered and then he asked, What? You want to become his shield? I don’t think you should be thinking that way when you both are dying? Just then, a blast was heard and the building shook, the man was shocked and so, Oswald caught him off guard and knocked the gun out of his hand. Before he knew it, Oswald held the gun at his head, everyone was confused as to what was going on and why he was then held at gun point. Oswald smiled an
Several men are brought out of the house, some on trailers and others held by the waist, some carried in the arms and some covered with cloths to their heads. Elsie’s happy expression turned sour and she glared at the man who looked on with an unbothered expression. The soldiers turned to take them all away but then Elsie felt angry at what the man had done. She sneered and shouted, Don’t take him away, let him see how I end his wickedness by burning all that he had earned for being this wicked. Watch on you old maggot as I turn everything including your mansion into ashes. The man gnashed his teeth and attempted to escape from the soldiers hold but he swept him off the floor with his leg and he landed straight to the ground on his face. Elsie laughed out and walked closer to him, Oswald tried to stop her but she didn’t even take a look back. When she got to him, she bent on one knee and held his head with a wicked expression on her face, she questioned, What? Did you think you wer
It was already dawn when they arrived at the house, Sid and Aires along with Anna came along with them. Elsie saw her and hugged her saying, I’m so proud of you for handling everything for me. I couldn’t have done this without your help. Sid pouted and complained, It’s not like she was the only one who kept the company in pace since you were gone. How long were you gone anyways? Elsie nodded and was about to embrace them together but Aires stepped away and said, I don’t need a hug from you, I can’t believe that you did that by yourself. I had different mindsets about what could really happen to you but look at you. It seems you didn’t care about us at all, all you think about is Oswald. Now that you are back, what are you going to do? Elsie laughed out and patted him on his shoulder saying, I don’t remember the last time you spoke so many words aside from singing. You must have really be agitated, I know you must have been worried but look at me, I returned hearty and healthy.
Dwight along with Hulda and Oswald sat at the dining table the next day, everyone ate in silence until Dwight spoke, “Bro, I never knew that you would do something like this in the name of love. When did you fall head over heels for Elsie?” “It’s sister in law for you. I don’t know when I fell for her but I know that I can’t live without her.” Hulda glared at Oswald, she snorted and with a little anger in her eyes, “You love her so much that you were ready to sacrifice your life for her. Did you forget the rest of us? Do we mean nothing to you? Your father left me just like that and you intended to abandon us too?” Oswald shook his head silently and answered, “Mrs. Crofts, I believe we don’t have that relationship, when you gave all your heart to your husband and forgot that you had children, none of us complained. I didn’t want to bring up this topic, I am sorry if you get hurt by my words. Now, I understand what it feels like to make someone your world and later get the feelin