He smiled awkwardly and greeted,Hi Sir, hi Mum, I’m sorry for arriving at the wrong moment. My name is Dean White; I was called here to be interviewed.Oswald cleared his throat, stretched his hand towards him and then said,I don’t know what you mean by a wrong moment but you are welcome.Dean White shook hands with him and when they were done, he turned to Elsie and stretched his hand towards her. But then, Oswald said to him,You are here, let’s get started, no need for all these handshakes.Dean and Elsie looked at each other with a surprise look and Elsie shrugged as she kept her hand beside her. She sighed and thought,Could it be that; he doesn’t want me shaking hands with another man? This one, I can’t say it’s my wishful thinking when he is right in front of me and happened in my eyes.Elsie shook off the thoughts and they started conversing,I need short answers from you when I ask a question.Okay mum.How do you see the hotel? Do you think there is something we missed whe
He finally left her hand after a gentle squeeze of it. Elsie blushed at that action and then cleared her throat before speaking,I think Dean is perfect for the job, he is easy going and could also see the little things we ignored after seeing. You are going to give him the job right?Oswald nodded his head and then with a sneaky smile on his face boasted,I know good things and good people at all times. Why would I choose someone unfitting of the position?Elsie shook her head slightly finding his action cute. She stood up and said to him,I guess we are done here and so I will take my leave.Oswald looked at the time on his wristwatch and said to her,It is already past lunch time, how about we get lunch before you leave?Elsie shook her head and was reject but he was already walking to the door. He opened it for her with a slight bow of his head. Elsie smiled inwardly but then, she still reminded herself,He is just acting polite, don’t get ahead of yourself.They walked to the res
The next morning, Elsie was at the work place, as she was uploading a file on the system, she saw the day’s date. And her fingers stilled, she smiled and said to herself,It’s his birthday in two days, I almost missed it.She took the telephone beside her arm and dialled a number, Ann came in a few seconds later and said to her,Miss Elsie, you called for me.Yes, I did, I need you to help me investigate someone. You must be as discrete as possible.Ann’s eyes wrinkled in confusion but she still nodded her head and responded,Okay Miss, who is it?Well, it’s Oswald.When she Ann’s expression turn into fear, she added,Don’t worry, we aren’t doing any bad thing to him, I want you to investigate his interest and hobbies.Ann was the more surprised and teased,If it is his interest and hobbies, I think his wife should be very much aware of this, even though you are divorced, you can’t tell me you don’t know anything about him.I know your intentions for saying and I won’t hold it against
Ford then muttered to Rod’s hearing,Don’t we do this just us every year? Why is there someone else this time? Who invited her here?Rod looked at the two people smiling in each other’s way and responded to him,I don’t think, she was invited but you can see the host right? He looks like he is on the moon. She found this place herself and decided to surprise him.Ford nodded his head in understanding and continued,Look at them, we seem invisible right now. Should we just excuse ourselves?Rod smiled and shook his head. Elsie removed the gift she had and presented it to Oswald. He looked at her and acted surprised. Oswald just stared at the gift wondering what could be in it. Rod saw his hesitation and prompted him,Sir, are you going to remove the cover of the gift or are you going to take it home?Elsie smiled and said to him,You should open it and see what I got for you.Oswald sighed with a smile and touched his forehead before he removed the wrapper of the gift. From the shape o
They drove into the house and saw Julian waiting for them with a big yawn on her face. when she saw Elsie alight the car, all the tiredness disappeared from her face replaced with a bright smile. Elsie walked to her with a smile on her face and they both hugged each other. Julian laughed out and said to her,I thought I wouldn’t meet you again. How have you been my darling?As you can see Grandma, I am doing great. I look strong don’t I?Yes, you do. Come, let’s get inside and talk.When they were walking inside, Oswald shouted behind them,Grandma, you seem to forget me every time I come here with Elsie. Why are you leaving me behind without a word when I am the one that brought here?You can help yourself with a drink or something, why are you being a bother? We will be right back, don’t disturb me.Oswald shook his head with a smile on his face and he thought to himself,I love to see them smile and laugh together. Them? Hmm, I think, she has joined the important people in my life
Aires heard her question and walked towards them, his eyebrows were raised and his jaw clenched, he answered to Elsie,I came earlier but you weren’t around so I decided to wait for you here. When you weren’t coming, I was becoming worried that you might be in trouble. Seeing that you came along with him, I am more worried, are you okay?He held her shoulders as he asked if she was okay. This action seemed to have irritated Oswald and so, he asked in a deep voice,Who did you say this guy is?Elsie ignored Oswald’s question and thought,Why must I answer to this question when you are about to be engaged? I don’t have to explain myself to you. I want to say this to you but I don’t want to spoil your birthday mood.Oswald looked in her way waiting for an explanation but nothing came through. He sighed and thought to himself,I guess, in her eyes, she doesn’t have to explain herself. After all, I am just her business partner nothing more.As if now noticing the presence of Oswald, Aires
It was in the middle of the night when they arrived at the house, but the lights were still bright on. Oswald got off the car and they were about to drive back but Oswald said to them,Now that you are here, why don’t you join me in my birthday celebration? My family is waiting inside.Aires was against the idea but he still looked at Elsie for her opinion, Elsie sighed and looked at Oswald, somehow, she saw in his eyes as if they were pleading for her to stay. Before she realized, she was out of the car and beside him, Oswald smiled at this and they walked inside together.In the hall, Tess was holding a tea cup that had no tea in it. She looked lifeless, as she stared at the door way. Hulda was waiting for him as well, she was sitting on a golden chair that had a cake on a table in front of it. when they both heard the steps coming from the door way, they both stood up.Oswald entered first and Tess smiled in his way and Hulda started walking towards him but her steps stilled on the
The next day, the wound on her face had disappeared as if it was there in the first place. Elsie had applied a little make up to hide it the more and she was successful. She went to the hotel to choose the decorations and she met Dean. She was asked to select among others the ones she thought was best and so, she choose some.Dean laughed out suddenly and she looked at him awkwardly and she didn’t find anything funny and so, she asked him,What is making you this happy? Have you won an award or been granted the wishes of your heart desire?Dean laughed the more but stopped when he realized he is the only one having fun. He cleared his throat and said to Elsie,I am sorry Miss Elsie but something happened before that is very similar to what you just did. There was no contrast anywhere, it made me reminisce what happened and I found it funny.Elsie sighed and nodded her head and with her hands folded on her chest demanded,Then I think, you are ready to tell this to me, or I might think
While the love birds were chatting in the car as they drove, the police car was chasing after a land cruiser. The posh car was driving at top most speed as the car could take it as the police car chased after it. the cars went in circles through the city and the people wondered what was happening. Alternatively, a salon car was also being chased by another police car from the airport to the city, some people took their phones and videoed the chase while others just watched on.Two more posh cars joined the chase making the situation difficult to understand. One of the cars was being chased from the city one other from the airport and the two other posh cars were chasing after the one being chased from the city. The two cars that were being chased stopped at the same time and an older man got out his car with his hands in the air as he shouted,Let my family go, they have nothing to do with anything. I committed all the crimes. They had no hand in anything, the salon car attempted to m
He walked into the dark room, the only source of light was a bulb that was lit and shown a particular point in the room. And that was on the head of a man, he was a middle aged man and he was in prison clothes. The old but gentleman dressed in suit took lazy steps towards the man tied on the chair. He had a frown on his face but it was like the person that was tied in front of him did not matter to like the sand that he was stepping on.He stopped in front of the man and held his chin, the man groaned slightly and the old man smirked. The middle aged man didn’t look up at the man even though he was in pain and that seemed to have irritated the old man. He hissed and forced his head up shouting at him,“Darren Norman, are you sure that at this juncture, you still want to keep your dignity? You were just a dog that I wanted to use to get what I wanted, now that you couldn’t, do you still think that you are of importance to me?”Darren winced as he tried to open his eyes, when he could a
Elsie expected the gate to open but didn’t. Confused, she tried over and over again, she pressed on the remote several times in frustration and shouted,God damn it, don’t tell me that I chose the wrong remote.She looked back and the guard was a few steps away. When she felt that mission failed she heard a loud bang. The guard stopped and removed his gun in a swift, but then the gate started opened in a slow pace. At first she was shocked and had frozen in place until she heard footsteps behind her, she rushed out and saw a taxi parked right in front of her.Just as she was about to climb into the car, she heard him call her,Elsie, where are you going without me?She looked back at him and a tiny smile appeared on her face. She sat in the car and the car didn’t move, she remembered that she hadn’t told the driver to wait for anyone. And so, Elsie asked,I don’t remember telling you to wait for him, why are you still here?Oswald entered the car and answered her question,It’s becaus
Are you going to take them back?He asked again trying to get the answer undiluted. Asking the second time seemed to have irritated Oswald as, he glared at him and said to him,You seem to forget your place sometimes, I told you to separate personal relationship from work relationship. If you don’t stay in your lane, you will end up getting fired.Rod sneered and asked,And if I end up getting fired, will we still meet up and drink our asses off? After all your best friend had lost his job.You know that I am a busy person, and so, I wouldn’t have found the time. Oswald retorted looking directly on the laptop.Rod smiled and responded to him,You would really find the time as you have signed off everything that you own to Miss Elsie, what will you be doing but drinking in day light?Oswald snorted and looked at his watch then he said to Rod, I will be done looking through this in a few minutes and I will be going that old man for my wife.Rod smiled and said as if speaking to himself,
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 woke up the next with a bright smile on her face. she stretched her body and felt pretty tired, she looked at the door way of the washroom and sighed begrudged. She shook her head and said to herself, I wonder if I would allow someone to wash me up if I had help. Since I won’t, I will have to help myself. A few minutes later, she heard a knock on her door and she heard someone say behind the door, Sir said, you can rest for the day. He wants you down in five minutes for dinner. Your phone is with him and he would be answering all your calls. Answer my calls? Elsie thought, she shrugged and was about to lay her head down once again when she thought, If he is going to answer my calls, does that mean all my calls? Including that of Oswald’s? She shook her head and rushed into the washroom, in five minutes she was out and running down the stairs. The old man was already seated at the table when she arrived, in front of him and beside his coffee cup plate were three phones. She
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
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.
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