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
Hulda thought she had heard wrong, and so, she called to Dwight who was sitting on the dinner area typing on his computer and asked,Dwight, did you hear what your brother said or am I hearing things?Dwight nodded his head ad answered,Mom, I think you heard him loud and clear.What? What did I hear? You want to break an engagement of five years? Weren’t you the one who married for that lady? Did you not wait for her for five years? Have a spell been cast on you? She is the love of your life right?Oswald didn’t reply to her and attempted to walk away, but then his mother hurriedly held his hand and said to Dwight,Say something to your brother, is he out of his mind? Tell him to stop this, I can’t handle this embarrassment.Dwight hummed and thought,Is not like I like that Tess, why would I convince my brother to still stay with her?He shook his head slightly and got up with his laptop without saying nothing more. Oswald pulled his arm from her grasp and walked away. Hulda watched
Tess blinked her eyes thinking that she had heard her e=wrongly but when she repeated the words in her mind, she opened them widely and asked Elsie,What do you mean from what you just said?Elsie looked away feeling annoyed. Tess saw that she wasn’t ready to reply to her and so, she held Oswald’s hand and said to Elsie in a high tone,Is it that you don’t know or are pretending not to know? We will be getting engaged and there is nothing you can do about it.Elsie smiled at her ignorance. Aires and her were already done with their meal. They stood up as Tess was speaking. Because of her high tone, people turned to look at them, Oswald pulled Tess’s hand and said to her,Let’s sit down first, you are drawing attention to us.When Oswald and Tess sat down, they walked away after going to pay their bill. Oswald’s eyes followed them out of the restaurant before he looked in Tess’s way. He sighed and thought,I should be fast about this so, I can catch up to Elsie. If she is free now, I c
Elsie wanted to give an excuse of just passing by but she felt the shopping cart in her hold and she sighed and nodded towards him. They both turned to stroll around, Oswald felt that he should explain himself to Elsie and so, he contemplated on it. should he speak or not? But then, he heard himself saying to Elsie,I didn’t tell Tess about the engagement breakup.He stopped some way wanting Elsie to ask him the reason but she only nodded with the Oh sound coming from her lips.Oswald then continued in his thoughts,Because, I felt unhappy that you were with Aires, but I can’t tell you. Because you might ask me the reason behind and I won’t be able to answer you.Elsie just walked ahead looking around at the items and ignoring Oswald’s presence. He felt her distance, he sighed and then added,I will tell her and her parents tomorrow. I thought it was better that way.Elsie stilled in her steps, just then, she looked at him with a smile and then, she picked a random item and asked him,
Elsie shook her head and whispered,So full of himself. It’s not like you are God, one to nothing.She handed an ice cream to Oswald and he took it. as soon as he brought it to his lips, he saw the people around looking at him with smile on their faces. He looked at Elsie and saw her laughing at him as well, he wondered the reason their actions and so he asked Elsie,Why is everyone laughing at me?Elsie laughed and without thinking said to him,You look cute wearing a suit and having an ice cream in your hands. The contrast is just so-so.She took her phone from her bag and with him looking at her took a picture of him. Oswald was too stunned by her smile that he didn’t mind her taking a picture of him. When she was done, she looked at it and laughed out once more before sucking on the ice cream hungrily. Oswald watched her confused and asked,Did you not have enough to eat during lunch?Elsie shook her head and sucked more on it and said to him,Have a taste of the ice cream and you
His car stopped in front of the house, as he got down the car, he saw Tess and her parents waiting for her in front of the door to the house. Tess walked to his side with a smile on her face and welcomed him. They all went into the house and Megan offered them all a glass of wine but then, Oswald kept his aside without taking a sip of it.Tess saw this along with her parents, when she was about to talk about it, Megan eyed her to keep shut. Hubery finally spoke,Oswald, you are welcome to our place, please let us know the reason behind your visit.Oswald kept the document in his hand on the table in front of them and pushed it towards Hubery. They all watched him wondering the need of a file when they were about to talk about marriage but they kept their enquiry to themselves. Hubery took the file while asking,What is this …When he saw the contact in his hands, he looked up at Oswald and asked,Why are you giving me the contract now when it was discussed that it would be signed afte
Oswald walked into the company with a brighter face and some elegance. He hadn’t frowned and his shoulders were slightly matching his body and it wasn’t the usual lifted one that looked like it was ready to fight in any second. Rod saw him entering his office with this expression and he wondered if an angel had visited him. When Oswald entered his office, Rod joined him quickly but before he could ask the reason for the change in his expression. Oswald said to him changing into a work mode,Assemble all the files that needs to be taken care of today, we have a few hours to get them done. Take a chair and join my desk until we are done, no one is getting up.Rod squeezed his teeth and thought,Damn, I shouldn’t have rushed in here out of curiosity. I haven’t eased myself when I heard my stomach tumbling before.Oswald saw that Rod was still standing in place, he looked u from the file he was looking through and asked,Why are you still there? If I don’t finish, you will have to finish
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