MIKE's P o V
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I could already see myself eating dog food in the future and my guess was that before all of this could even come to its end, I would be the only single person in this group. I mean, just the other week, I have witnessed with my own two eyes how Rico got himself a girlfriend. In fact, to my utter astonishment, it was even the girl who asked him out. Jodi asked Rico if he was willing to date her and of course the other party no longer wasted time and agreed without delay. After all, who would not? If it was the girl who was making the first move on the guy, even I would do the same.
By the way, me and my colleague arranged a meeting with the CEO of Ironscapes in regards to her condition. I thought Jodi would come with us since it was her step mom, but she bailed at the
SAM's P o V~~~~"Mrs. Angeles is currently attending a board meeting at the floor next above us. But she instructed me to bring you to her office right away. In the mean time, you could wait here until she arrived."We saw to it to arrive earlier than expected from us, just so that we could be sure that we would not end up getting late on the meeting. It was for that reason that when the secretary informed us late that her boss would not be able to come on time, we were all unhappy. After all, our team were already assembled early in the morning waiting at Mrs. Angeles office. Yet in the end, we ended up waiting for almost the entire day. The CEO of Ironscrapes sure knew how to make people wait."May we know how long should we wait for her?"Out of nowhere, I heard a
HAROLD's P o V~~~~Our group was plunged into a deafening silence the moment the secretary left us at the office. It lasted for quite a while, and in fact, I think it took us almost about half a day without speaking. That was why, as soon as someone started making their way to our direction, we were able to pick up the sound of its footsteps.Click, Clack, click, clack.......It was the sound made by the heels as they connected on the floor, one after another. Then it did not take that long before we saw shadow standing just right before the door step. The door of the office has a small opening at its bottom and that was what allowed us to see the shadow. The shadow stood outside the office, exactly just right at the other side of door unmoved. I am not sure how I was able to tell it, but I just knew in my head that
MATHILDE's P o V~~~~The first thing that greeted my eyes as soon as I opened the door of my office was the developer team of the Alpha Tech. I was informed by my secretary beforehand about their arrival but I purposely came late, because why not? I could make them wait for as long as I wanted but there was nothing they could do about it. Also, I nodded my head in satisfaction when I noticed how subservient this group of people were. The moment I stepped in, they wasted no time and rose to their feet to greet me. They even bowed their head and did not dare meet my gaze.Great! Behold my presence as it demanded attention wherever I goes.I just loved this power that I have over them. They said, money could not buy you happiness. But looked what money could g
JODI's P o V~~~~Today, Harold and his team was set to go at the Ironscapes to meet its incumbent CEO. They were invited by my stepmom at her office so they could finalize the agreement regarding the handing over of 1096. They initially invited me to come along but I refused to have anything to do with it. Rather, I made good use of my time, playing under cover. I will see to it that my mom would not succeed on whatever she was planning on doing against Shantal. She might be the one who raised me, but I will never side at her if she was wrong.Right now, I was inside my car. I just downed my twentieth cup of coffee. This task required me to stay awake and alert at all cost. So I have to tap on the power of caffeine to push myself off my mortal limit. I have been keeping a look out since last night, waiting for someone to arrive. According to my source,
ALMIRO's P o V~~~~Lately, I kept having this feeling that someone was tailing. That was why I tried to avoid going outside alone. I saw to it to take the road where there was a dense amount of people. I avoided being alone as much as possible. At the same time, my gut feeling was telling me that the time has come. I knew that retribution would come knocking at my door one of this day; asking me to pay the price of my silence.I never had a normal life again after I left the Nordstorme household because my conscience was constantly haunting me. The day of the accident became a recurring nightmare that visited me every night on my sleep. I would never forget the face of the person who was on the other side of the road that day, driving the car of the one who collided with us. The car accident killed both my passengers and by some stroke of
JODI's P o V~~~I noticed how Mr. Almiro heaved a sigh of relief when he realized that it was just me. This, however, made me wonder how much he could possibly knew? For him to be in this height of vigilance, just what kind of secret was he hiding?Amelito Almiro used to work under the main family of Nordstorme clan. He was their family driver and I grew up knowing him as Mr. Almiro. I could still remember the days when he used to play with us; Shantal, Zoren and I. But shortly after the death of Shantal's parents, Mr. Almiro resigned from his post. I never heard from him since then and for all we knew, the separation pay that he got by the time of his severance was big enough to give him a chance to start his life anew; I thought that he flew abroad together with his family. But I guess it was all
ALMIRO's P o V~~~At first, Jodi invited me to have coffee with him at a local cafe shop, but I refused her offer kindly saying that I have my own privacy concern so I am not allowed to be seen in public. She nodded her head in understanding but she was also adamant to talk with me in private, so in the end, I agreed to come with her inside the car.As soon as we were inside, she handed me a paper cup containing coffee. I did not know where she got it but for the sake of my own safety, I decided not to drink it. I would rather endure the dryness of my throat than to risk my life drinking that unsuspecting liquid."Just like you, I also revered Uncle Christopher and if not of his untimely death, I could bet for sure that he would be a name to reckon with to this day. Afte
"The chairman's death was no accident."I heard the conviction on Jodi's voice when she said those words. It was as though she had never been more certain than that on her entire life. Likewise, it was also at this point, that I saw my memory flashed right before my eyes.I was awoken in the middle of the night by the throbbing pain in my head; each muscle of my body was aching as well. But as soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing the greeted me was the face of Sir Wilson's wife. Everything she was wearing that night was all red; red like the color of blood.BLOOD!Right! I remember now. The accident as well as Mr. and Mrs. Nordstorme bodies hanging lifeless on the upside down car that I used to drive. I also remembered another face. At first it was blur, but then it became clear. It was beautiful and the face belonged to the woman t
"Gosh it's good."Harold said when he got to taste how refreshing the drink was. When he looked at the other two guys, he saw them gesturing to their head but he did not give them much attention."Yes.Sam repeated the same thing with a voice and face devoid of emotion."Something needs fixing."Harold told Sam afterward and so Sam fought back to urge to do and eye roll before replying flatly to him."Okay."This time, Harold noticed that Rico and Michael still keep on doing the same thing so he asked them instead,"What? Is your scalp itchy.""No."The two answered in unison. Jodi on the other hand who was watching all of this farce unfold right before her eyes, could not help but let out a sigh."You sure are made for each other."She said to no one in particular and it was also as seemed she was only talking to herself."Anyway. Michael, I need you to go to Casterly."
"I am right here. Respect my existence."Michael insinuated afterward before he sarcastically added,"Do you guys want be to get you a room instead?""I should not have fallen asleep that night."He muttered to himself as he recalled the night Jodi asked Rico out for a date. He believed that if only he was not asleep that time, then maybe Jodi would also consider dating him.On the other hand, Rico seemed to be out of it and oblivious of him."Lover."The other party mumbled to himself as he observed the tarot card in his hand.'"I did not know this will happen. I feel so lonely."Michael muttered to himself out of despondency and while he was in the middle of self pity. Someone walked into the room.They though the one arrived was some random girl who was in full glam and obviously had just gone to salon for her touch up when it decided to have some coffee."Wow! I told her she would be pretty."
"That robot was sometimes human and sometimes a robot for me and that was why others who can't understand my situation mistakes me as someone who hallucinates and believe a robot as a human just because I am treating it just like one. But for my opinion, my situation was no different from those who loves their pets so much, they even considered them as their child and called themselves as furparents.""My emotions were input into that robot and that person. That is how this miracle happened. That fact completely changed the way I view things. This will be yet another scoop for the reporters present. Nordstorme Corp will go from financing mergers and acquisitions to investing in futuristic industries that involved human sensibilities. Just like what Alpha Tec Inc pioneered years ago.""This is your first change in business strategy in 15 years. Do you have anything mapped out?"One of the reporters raised a question just like what a normal press conference should
On the flip side, just like what Shantal assumed, Mr. Takashi with Mathilde's instruction called for an emergency meeting on that afternood. Which happened to coincide to the time when Shantal will hold her press conference.Moreover, since Mathilde would not be able to make it there since she was still held in prison, her secretary presided the meeting."We shall begin the emergency board meeting."Secretary Ye declared loudly and her voice reverberated in the room. Jiro was also there along with other board members."The agenda is the dismissal of Director Shantal Nordstorme and the cause is as you were all informed. An illness."She continued while everyone was silent and anxiously prayed so they could ever this meeting once and for all. On the contrary, Mr. Takashi was nodding his head on the side and though he was anticipating for this day come.Mr. Takashi nodded his head toward Secretary Ye to signal her to start it once and for
In there, Jodi found a list of shares under her name as well as a soft copy of memorandum of renunciation address to Shantal with her name on it and it was then that Jodi realized that her mom had already long planned about it ahead of the time.As it turned out, Mathilde was thinking of using her influence to oust her cousin out of the position.In addition, inside the flash drive she also found an old email account with records of bunch of emails and it took Jodi more than four hours to go through all of them.But by the time she finished reading the exchange of chats Mathilde had with her hitman, Jodi's eyes was bloodshot.It was unsure if this was cause by her prolong exposure to the screen or if it was exhaustion that was doing this thing on her body, but when she get up from her chair, Jodi balled her hands into a fist.She slammed the door shut behind her back as she left the office and on the screen, the last conversation
It was late in the evening when Jodi received a call out from nowhere. When she checked that registered on the caller ID, she was surprised to see Jiro's name.Truth be told, he was the least person he would expect to contact her. After all, the two of them never talked to each other for ages.Jiro used to be a good friend of hers as well. Just like how she and Shantal were cousins, Jiro and and Zorens were first cousins too so naturally all four of them get to know each other and as a child, they eventually became acquaintances in no time.Besides, since Zoren's parents were a family friend of the Nordstorme they often had an opportunity to hang around during their childhood.However, ever since the day Zoren committed suicide due to the incident regarding the Nordstorme controversy, Jiro also stopped communicating with them.So this made Jodi wonder what had come to Jiro to decide and phone her at this time of the night.But
"In other words, she wants me to become director and cover up all his shortcomings?"Mr. Takashi insinuated after his contemplation. He did not exactly declined the offer this time, unlike before. Although he also did not directly implied that he would do it.Nonetheless, Secretary Ye considered his response as a good sign. At least, the other party was no longer adamant at turning them down.So with the same insinuating manner, she answered him back."That would make it easier for you to do your duties once you become a director. All that was left for you now is to leave Ms. Shantal Nordstrome no other choice but to step down and abdicate the position of board directory to your hands.""Ousting her is not enough. He will just come back. We must make sure he loses the will to come back."Out of nowhere, Mr. Takashi declared with conviction and for a second, the secretary was taken aback by this.One moment, he almost drove her a
"You told Jodi about everything?"Mathilde asked her secretary as soon as the two of them were finally allowed to have some private conversation within the prison hall where she was currently detained. Panic was noticeably present on the other party's face when she raised her question. Meanwhile, the secretary remained silence yet that was all enough for Mathilde to guess her response and not long after that, her shoulders dropped on the side when the realization hit her."I guess she was bound to find out about it sooner or later."She muttered under her breath with despondent undertone.An exasperated sigh escaped Mathilde's lips afterward. But then, she suddenly tenses up when she recalled about something else.Leaning towards the other party all the while grabbing a hold to the iron bars, Mathilde looked around her warily first to make sure that no ears were on them.Only when she confirmed for the umpteenth time that no one was listenin
Adelaine Smith's P o V~~~~While Jodi and I were driving down the road looking for any sign of the robot, I received a call and when I checked who it was, I found out that it was Amanda so I accepted the call right away."Ms. Smith, the robot just got on the bus number 707."I heard her voice telling me the moment it picked her call"Great! Thank you for the information."I replied and not long after that, she hung up on her because I reckoned that it would be best if I could relay this news to the other search parties. In this way they would also know where to start looking. Of course, the first one that I tried to call was my lady boss. However, to my dismay, I was only redirected to the voice call feature of the phone.'The number you have dialed is busy at the moment. Please try your call later or leave a message aft