The car halt in front of a big mall, and Jasper quickly step down to open the car door for Xavier. He helped the girls step down the car, they kept jumping here and there with excitement, seeing them in a different mall.They have seen the mall countless times on TV, and it has always been their dream to come shop here some day.Alley and Charlotte step down from the car, and held hands with the girls."Ladies, let's go inside and shop out item's you want, what do you think?" Xavier asked, his gaze on Charlotte, who had been avoiding eye contact with him."Yesssssss." They chorused, stepping on their toes, swinging hands with each other."Good. Ms Alley, could you please accompany them inside, I will be with you shortly.""Sure." Alley responded, and guided the girls to the mall, holding their hands.Charlotte gazed at him without a word, she did not like how he reacted to Sofia. Mariyah was wrong to have said that to her, and was supposed to apologize.Xavier waited for her to utter
As promised to meet with Sofia's father the next day, he came earlier when he got the address of the restaurant. He has been sitting in the reserved room for more than five minutes, and it seems Salvador isn't showing up anytime soon.Just like Xavier, his father also doesn't wait for people. The only reason he is taking his time, and being patient, is because he values their friendship, and respects him a lot.He sipped from the glass of wine that was on the table, and dropped the glass back, waiting for Salvador to show up. Three more minutes into waiting, he heard the sound of footsteps close to the door, and before he could turn to look at the figure, the door flung open.He stood up, and came into view with Mr Salvador and his wife, who had a smile on her face."Salvador, Good morning, it's good to see you." Mr Xi said, stretching his hands out to shake him.Mr Salvador reciprocated with a cold expression, and Mr Xi felt there was more to why he requested to see him. He has never
A loud song played in the background, while stripper's danced to it, rubbing, and caressing their body. The dim light in the room was visible enough for you to see people while they were dancing.On the left-hand side, close to a sofa, a figure dressed in a skimpy outfit has been dancing, drinking, and smoking cigarettes.On the right hand is a figure seated, watching as she twerk, and rubs her butt. He has been watching her since he strode into the club, and he is beginning to grow interest in her.He stood up from the sofa he was seated, picked up his alcohol from the stool beside him, and marched towards her. He halt when he got closer to her, and took a sip from his alcohol, watching her as she kept dancing, not caring if someone was watching her."Nice butt you got there. Do you mind twerking for me personally?" He asked, making her halt. She lifted the floor and turned to him, blowing out smoke to his face.She scanned his features from head to toes, to his wristwatch and outfits
"Don't dare Leave without my consent, you can't go to Texas because your brother is nowhere to be found." Mr Xi said, on the other side of the phone. Xavier looked at his foot that was already on the plane, he heaved a sigh and stepped down from it."Father, you can't do this, my brother is missing, this is my brother we're talking about, we can't sit and do nothing." Xavier wanted to fly to Texas yesterday, but his father stopped him, and said he had assigned someone to look for him. Xavier had to be patient until today. He left home and told jasper to look after the company until he returned. But on his way to the airport, jasper sent his father a message that he was about to leave without his knowledge.Mr Xi saw the message, and quickly called to stop him, thinking it could be a plan to lure Xavier to Texas, and when he gets there, he might not return home."I'm not sitting and doing nothing, you have to act like a real man, this could be a snare to get you, I will find your bro
The meeting was over, and Xavier walked out of the room, heading towards his office. During the meeting, Evelyn kept scanning the room looking for Charlotte, until she strained her eyes. She gave up when it seemed Charlotte didn't show up.Xavier asked her to stay back, he provided her some documents to make some photocopies for him, and it took her a lot of time, she couldn't make it to the meeting.He needed twenty copies of it, and she didn't finish in time until some few minutes, when the meeting came to an end.He walked into his office, and met her, coordinating the papers on his desk. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips."Are you done?" He asked, walking towards her, her attention diverted to him."Yes, I'm done, everything you need is here." She responded, still structuring the documents, avoiding eye contact with him."Okay, I'm heading out with Ms Evelyn, stay back and finish the job I gave you." He said, and she quickly halt from what she was doing."What about your sc
For the past one hour, after he strode out of the station, he has been sitting in his car without a word from him, and the figure with him did not dare to utter a word.He had a lot on his mind, and it's beginning to steal away his peace. Everything was fine, until the company's Manager died. Since then, it's one crisis to another.Xavier thought if he had watched his guard closely, and payed more attention to him, things wouldn't have turned around. Charlotte wouldn't have gone through all those pains of being accused.The thought of her, crept the memory of the girls into his head. He took a look at his wristwatch, and thought of going to see them. "Pablo, take me to the pizza shop down the roadside."The figure nodded, and did as instructed. A few minutes later, they arrived at the pizza shop. Xavier stepped down from the car, and eased his steps towards the shop.Immediately he was inside, all eyes were now on him. He Felt their gaze and murmurs, but that was the least of his pro
The mansion was quiet, most of the guards were not at their position, except for a few, which is unusual. Guards have never left their position to run errands or even have a little rest for fun. They are always on standby watching over the mansion.But today seems quite different, and it got him wondering what was going on, perhaps something happened, and his father refused to call him.He pushed the thought aside, and marched into the house. As soon as he stepped his foot inside the living room, to his surprise, his brother was sitting comfortably on the couch, munching on a cookie.He looked around, and back to his brother, he thought he was hallucinating. His brother is missing, and his whereabouts is unknown, there's no way he must be the one.He stood still watching the figure, thinking it was a ghost, until the figure spoke up."Common big brother, it's me, you look like someone who has just seen a ghost." Bryan said, and dropped his plate of cookies. "You could be a ghost who
The sound of his footsteps resonates around the vicinity as he marches vigorously to the balcony holding some pieces of paper. Immediately he got to the balcony, he met his father sipping from a glass of alcohol. His expression not looking pleasing."Father, what the hell is this? I thought we had enough security at the warehouse?" He said, and dropped the papers on the stool.Antonio dropped his glass of alcohol, and picked up the papers. He clenched his toes, and gritted his teeth in anger. He was already having a bad day, and decided to pass his time on the balcony while he waits for Mr cho to show up."Where did you get this? What is the manager doing? If he wasn't ready to look over the company, and warehouse, why the fvck did he sign up for it?" Antonio thundered, he was raged."This isn't the time to blame the manager for the fire. He is doing a pretty good job there, and you know that.""If he was doing a good job, why then did the warehouse get burnt? This is the warehouse t
ONE YEAR LATERToday marks exactly one year since they lost Antonio. Also, Mr Xi's sentence ends today. Xavier, Alex, and the girls stood outside the prison waiting for him to stride out of the gate.They stood there with smiles on their faces waiting for him, and soon the gate slowly crept open, expecting him to march out, but no one came out.Zarah spun to the back, and looked up to Xavier, "Daddy, why is no one coming out?" She asked, perplexity laced over her face.The other girls quickly turned around with the same look, waiting for his response. "Ahh, I'm not certain, but let's wait, if he doesn't come out in the next five minutes, we will go inside.""There he comes…" Hilda yelled, pointing at him, and they all ran up to him with excitement. Alex and Xavier beamed, turned on their heels and followed the girls behind."Good morning father." Alex greeted, and Mr Xi let go of the girls, and pulled him into a hug."Alex, I'm thrilled to see you are in good health, your father must b
The Lawyers defended their client's base on the little evidence they got, and there made up stories. It went on for about two hours, and the judge's just listened, while writing down some note.Thirty minutes later, the lawyer's rested their cases. The magistrates whispered to themselves, and one of judges cleared his voice to talk."Before I give my Verdict, Mr white, I have a question for your client." He said, and continued."Mr Salvador, the evidence we have here shows that you murdered Ms Arya. My question here is: What was her offense? You were keen for revenge, what those her death got to do with your revenge?"Salvador's lawyer abruptly stood up to defend him, but one of the judge's quickly hit the desk to shut him up."The question is directed to your clients and not you, sit down." The lawyer respected himself, and sat down while they waited for him to talk.Five minutes into waiting, Salvador couldn't utter a word. He has so many regrets, even after everything, he did not su
TWO DAY'S LATERThe incessant knock from the house gate got Charlotte's attention from the girl's room. She paused and listened, to be sure it was from their gate, but the knock never came, which made her shrugged and got back to picking out clothes for the girls.Immediately she was done and turned to them, she heard the knock again. She dropped the clothes on the bed, and strode out of the room, heading to the balcony at the last stairs. You can see whoever is at the gate standing there.Charlotte got to the balcony, and came into view with Sofia and her mother standing close to the gate, and it made her heart skip. But then, the guards were outside, why were they not doing anything about it? She thought.She hurried to their bedroom, and pushed open. "The gate, she's at the gate with her mother." Charlotte rushed out.Xavier furrowed his brow's, and marched close to her. "What are you talking about? Who's at the gate? I have been hearing the knock, why are the guards not doing anyt
The girls ran up to Alley, and pulled her into a warm hug, which she instantly reciprocated. As soon as jasper reached out to her, and told her the girls were back with their Dad, Alley couldn't keep calm, and had to hurry back to the house."I have missed you girls, hope you're not hurt?" Alley asked, and they bobbed their head in response. She disentangled the hug, taking a look at their body, one after another, to be certain there's no injury on them."You must have been excited, it hasn't been long they arrived, but you're here already." Matilda said, watching her as she continues to scan their body for injuries."I miss them, Aunt, I couldn't wait to see them. Where is best?" She asked, and halt when she realized she has not seen her."They are upstairs, you know how she behaves, she got mad for missing him too much." Matilda responded, shaking her head. 'Charlotte still acts like a child' Matilda thought."I thought as much, she couldn't stop crying her eyes out. Girls, I brou
The day went by quickly, and it was almost time for their plane to depart. But before then, Xavier made sure his girls were looking neat, and clean. He bought clothes for everyone and got the cab driver a new car after selling the one Pablo came with to Miami.Xavier went far ahead, and made a second attempt to convince the cab driver to come with them to California, but he still declined. After much persuasion, he gave up and asked for his house address instead, which the driver gave him."It's time to get going, girls, are you ready?" Xavier asked. "Yes Daddy." The girls chorused excitedly."Alright, let's get going, Pablo, guide them to the plane, I will join you soon.""Bye Grandpa." They waved at the cab driver, and Pablo bowed his head in respect, before they marched to the plane."I wish you would come with us, I booked you a flight already, all you have to do is join us.""Mr Xavier, I have told you no amount of persuasion will make me change my mind. Thank you for everything
Xavier stood at the edge of the cliff looking at the giant's soak in a pool of blood. He blinked his eyes, and tears ran down his cheeks as he thought of what his daughters must have gone through.He spun around, hurried towards them and pulled them into a hug for the second time. "How are my angel's doing? Do you have any injuries? Are you hurt? Are you starving?" He rushed out, the tears still running down his cheeks.The girls disentangle the hug from him when they heard him cry. Mariyah cupped his face in her hands, and used her thump to wipe his tears."Daddy, you are a hero, you're our superhero, why are you crying when you came to save us?""I'm sorry I came late, I don't know what I would have done if I had lose you. I don't know what I would have told your mom. You girls are all we have, I can't be separated from you again. You all are my life, you are all I have gotten.""But Daddy, we are fine? You saved us. At first, we were scared this will be the end of us, not until y
The nine hours drive finally ended, though they arrived late, it was already 10am. The cab driver brought him to the hotel the GPS directed them."This is my card, that's my number, please be patient with me until I get my girls back. I will fly back to Atlanta and make sure I pay you."The cab driver looked down at his card and back to his face. "I don't think it's necessary, just give me the wristwatch, that's enough for my payment."Xavier looked down at his watch and back to the cab driver. "I'm sorry I can't give you a broken watch, if you want the watch as your token, I don't mind buying a new one for you."The cab driver stretched his hands down to his, and pulled out the watch from his hands."Don't worry, I will get it fixed, you can go now, you have to save your kids."He spun to his left, pulled out a knife from his chair, and handed it to Xavier."You don't have a weapon with you, take this, you have to protect yourself."Xavier collected it with a thank you, and stepped o
"I can't believe all this has been happening, and neither you nor father told me. How could you consent him to go out there without back-ups?" Bryan was disappointed in his parents, they kept such thing away from him.He had his doubt in days, and went ahead to contact jasper, who told him the girls have been kidnapped, and Xavier was out of California to go find them.Margaret could barely talk loud, this pass few days have been hectic for them. "Bryan, don't tell me you took the night plane just to come question me about this?" She mustered the courage to speak as loud as she could."Common mother, I have every right to question you. You call me every day and each time I ask you about him, you tell me he is fine.""I had to do that, I can't tell you what's happening, besides your father said not to let you know. How is that my fault?"Bryan heaved a loud sigh, he thought as much, it was all his father's idea, there's no reason for his mother not to tell him what was going on with th
A loud growl slipped through Xavier's lips, as he felt someone hit a heavy object on his legs. He scrunched his face, chew the pain back trying to help himself off the floor.Xavier pressed his hands on the floor for support, slowly lifting himself up. As soon he was up, the object landed on his legs, but this time he didn't growl or cry in pain.His head and legs ache extremely, but he will himself to stay strong, even though he kept feeling the legs were being ripped out of his body.Xavier lifted his head up, with a squinted eye, not able to see clearly. He opened his eyes more, and came into view with a silhouette of some men in the room."Were you planning to keep sleeping? Don't you have to save your daughters?" They mock, scanning his features disdainfully.His head was banging, but he ignored, and slowly snapped his eyes open fully. He saw three men standing in front of him, barricading him from seeing the person behind them."Who are you people? What do you want from me?" He