Natasha's heart pounded with nervous excitement as she paced back and forth in her hotel room. The morning sun filtered through the curtains, casting a warm glow on the floor. Today was the day of her big audition for the second female lead in a major movie production. She had applied for the role two days ago, and she had received a call and an email the previous day asking her to go for the auditions, and now her dream was within reach.After taking a deep breath, Natasha reached for her phone and dialed Dave's number. Dave was eating the only one she knew and trusted in the new country who could drive her to the audition. The phone rang twice before he picked up."Hey, Natasha! What's up?" Dave's cheerful voice greeted her."Hi, Dave," Natasha replied, trying to sound composed. "I need a big favor. Can you come to pick me up from my hotel room? I have an audition for a movie role in a couple of hours, and I can't rely on public transport for this one.""Of course! I'll be there rig
Dave dropped Natasha off at her hotel room, his concern evident in his eyes as he asked, "Are you sure you'll be all right, Natasha?” Dave realized that her face was looking somehow paler, unlike the way it was a while ago.Natasha smiled weakly, assuring him, "I'll be fine, Dave. Thanks for being there with me today. I appreciate it."As Dave turned to leave, Natasha's voice stopped him in his tracks. "Wait, Dave! Before you go, how about staying for lunch? I'm really tired of this hotel food, and I ordered some pizza online."Dave hesitated, not wanting to intrude or cause any complications. "Oh, Natasha, I appreciate the offer, but I should probably get going. You need your rest, and there is something I wanted to attend to.""No, please just stay for lunch, am sure it won’t take long," Natasha insisted, a hint of desperation in her voice. "I ordered a lot that I won’t finish on my own, I'm sure you won’t say no to enjoying a good meal."Relenting to her plea, Dave finally agreed,
After ending the call, Kenny could not brush off the words he just received from Dave. He had failed to save Natasha from the poison and thins thing was eating him up, he didn’t have peace of mind.He reached out for his phone and summoned Ryan to come to meet him at the office as soon as possible. He had already decided that he was going to do whatever it takes to find the old grandma that Ryan had talked about.After ending the call, Kenny gave a few instructions to his assistant Kata before grabbing his suitcase and left the office.Ryan who rushed over was already waiting for his outside the gate. He got out of his car and bowed before opening the car door for Kenny.“Do you know the direction to that place well?” Kenny asked as he tied up his safety belt.‘’Yes Sir, I have been there a couple of times and I couldn’t mistake the place,” Ryan responded as he stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away.At the front passengers seat, Kenny was very impatient, it had only been a
In a small village far away from where Kenny and Ryan were, a middle aged man stood outside the door of a small mad house and knocked at the door a couple of times. The old man had been standing there for the last eight minutes but there was no response from inside. The old man was used to this, and he has been visiting this place for years now.The door was pulled open with an old grandma. The old man pulled the old grandma into his embrace. ‘’How have you been sweetheart?’’The old grandma smiled shyly and pushed him away, “wow is already very old, stop calling me with those sweet words.”‘’I won’t stop, you are still my young and beautiful sweetheart, “the old man said.‘’Stop blubbering your nonsense and get in, I was just preparing some dinner, didn’t expect you to come here any sooner,’’ she said.The old man stood up as he looked at the woman, ‘Are you trying to say you don’t want to see me anymore?”. ‘’You know very well what am trying to say, it isn’t safe here both for you a
Before the old man could respond, he heard something falling on the ground."Sweetheart!!" He ran towards her and helped her sit on the couch." Am not very sure about it, I just had a feeling that he might be related to our daughter," he added."Where did you see him? Why didn't you tell him where I am?" She said with tears in her eyes while pushing the old man away."Listen sweetheart, I couldn't do that, you know am not still sure of this, and I couldn't risk your life.""Ooh, sorry, I get it, I almost forgot that no one is supposed to find out about my existence," the old grandma calmed down.On the other side, Kenny and Ryan had searched for hours but they couldn't get any leads to the place the old grandma lived.The asked around but they couldn't get her."Ryan, the place where you dropped the old man, I think we should go there," Kenny said."Yes sir, I almost forgot about the old man, maybe he knows something that might be important to us," Ryan said as they went back to the c
Kenny looked at Sophia who was trying to say something to him."I don't need anyone to advice me on want to do," he said his sight moving away from her. Who was she to advice him on what to do? And why was she prying into things that didn't concern her at all. She wasn't Kenny's family member.Kenny's mother noticed the awkward moment and chipped in," Kenny, Sophia is just trying to say that you should have a good relationship with your grandfather, he is an old man and he needs your forgiveness."" Okey, if you don't have anything else to say then I'll head upstairs, I feel exhausted," Kenny said as he stood up from the Sofa."Wait Kenny," Sophia and Kenny's mother said in unison.Kenny sat back on the sofa and stared at them without saying a word."Kenny, as I have I told you, your grandfather is coming back to hand over the business."Kenny nodded in agreement," There is nothing wrong with him coming, do you want me to go over to the airport to pick him up?" Kenny asked sarcastical
While the two men were still talking, the phone on the table vibrated with an incoming call."Zack, your phone is vibrating," James said as he passed the phone to Zack.Zack received the phone and smiled," it's Kenny calling," he said as he pressed the respond button."Are you coming to the city?" Kenny's voice was heard from the other end of the call."Such a log of wood, you can't even say hello to your grandfather," Zack spoke.Zack was already used to his few words speaking grandson, he would never talk too much unless the conversation was about something very important to him."I know you are fine, if not, you would have already called me," Kenny said.At this time, Zack's phone was on loud speaker and James was listening to their conversation. He really admired the relationship between Zack and his grandson, Kenny."Yes, am coming home, is there any problem with it?" Zack asked "No, I just wondered why you didn't tell me that," Kenny spoke."There was no need for telling you th
Back in the city, Sophia and Kenny’s mother were seated at Kenny’s mother’s house talking.“My dear, don’t worry too much about him, just give him some time, am sure he will make the right decision.”Sophia leaned onto Mother Kenny’s shoulders, ’Thanks very much Aunty for always being there for me.’’ She paused then continued, ’Aunty, are you sure Kenny will agree with the marriage issue, I love him very much Aunty,” she spoke with tears in her eyes.Mother Kenny tapped her on her back to help her calm down. “Don’t worry my dear, I have known Kenny for very many years, he will make the right choice. Kenny won’t allow the old man to hand over the business to another person and after all, you are the only perfect daughter-in-law to the Dawson family.When she heard Mother Kenny’s words, Sophia was hopeful again, after all, she was the only woman who had always been close to Kenny apart from that stupid Natasha who could not compare to her in any way.She had also tried her best to win t
He quickly stood up in confusing and continued scrolling through the document. What had he done? He had just done something unexpected to such a big and dangerous man. What kind of fate was awaiting for him?He tried to calm himself down then slowly went to the room that Kenny was.This time round, Kenny could read him and he could tell that there was something off with him."Are you okey, boy?" Kenny asked.He wanted to run away, he was feeling overwhelmed with Kenny's presence," Who are you?" he asked his voice shaking."What do you mean?" Kenny felt a bit confused by his question.In the next second,the guy went down on his knees and begged Kenny," am sorry Boss,I didn't know it's you,if I knew it, I wouldn't have involved myself with this.""What is going on? Are you confusing me with someone else? Am not your boss, boy," Kenny spoke.The guy moved next to Kenny,held his hand and pushed the shirt sleeves and the tiger logo on Kenny's arm was exposed," You are Lord Asura,my boss."
‘’Can you do me a favor?” Kenny asked the guy.The guy threw a glance at Kenny, ’Am not going to free you, after all, you can’t escape from this place,” He responded.Kenny smiled and then went back to his seat. It was already sixty hours from the time he received the antidote. He only had less than twelve hours to make sure that the antidote reached Natasha. He couldn’t wait to waste any, more time.Kenny had realized that the guy wasn’t a bad guy and he could use him to deliver the message to Zeres as soon as possible.‘’Can I send you somewhere?’’ Kenny asked.“Kenny, I have been assigned the task of watching over you and I can’t leave this place.”’Kenny nodded his head the continued, ‘’Okay then, can I use your phone?””‘’You want to ask for help? Donor waste your time coz no one can reach this part of the ocean,” the guy answered.‘’Just give me your phone, there is an urgent message I want to pass to someone.”After a few minutes’ hesitation, the guy took a small button mobile
In a place far away from the city, Kenny could feel his head was heavy as if he had drunk a lot the previous day. He could feel that the environment around him was a bit off. He slowly opened his eyes and the unfamiliar environment caught his eyes.He was in a house that he had never visited. He tried recalling what happened and he found himself in that place.The previous day, he had injected himself with that antidote and his body became heavy, then he fell down. He couldn't recall anything else after that.He was at Zeres' place. How did he arrive in that unfamiliar environment?He tried to sit up only to realize that his legs and arms were tied with a rope. At that moment,only one thing ran through his mind; he was kidnapped.But one thing he couldn't understand was how that person knew about his whereabouts the previous day. How did they find out about that mansion? How did they enter that mansion given the fact that Zeres was a very light sleeper?Looking around, there was no on
After finishing his speech, the old master left the stage. Many reporters rushed towards him to enquire how he came back to the city and if he was going to stay there. To their surprise, they couldn’t get closer to him since men in black suits who appeared to be the old man’s personal bodyguards could not allow them to go any closer.The bodyguards led the old master towards his car which was parked outside, helped him into the car, and drove away.The young lady who was previously demanding answers rushed towards Sophia whose face was covered.Sophia didn’t want to get exposed so she pulled her into the washroom at the far end of the room.‘’What do you want to do? Do you want those people to recognize me? “she asked anger was evident on her face.The young lady cried as she held tightly onto Sophia’s hand, ’Sophia, I don’t want to go to prison, you need to help me.”‘’Martha, no one is going to prison, am sure the old man will forgive you,” Sophia convinced her.‘’How are they going
At that time, a middle-aged lady walked towards the stage and asked for attention. Kata who stood next to her felt that the lady was up to something which wasn’t good.‘’Can I speak please?” she asked and before Kata could allow her to talk she had already grabbed the microphone from one of the reporter’s hands and started speaking.‘’Mr. Kata, I don’t see the reason why you should lie to the media and other people.’’Kata was confused, who was that girl and what did she want to do?’’Kata stepped forward, he wanted to prevent her from talking,’’ Young lady, who are you and what do you want here? ’he asked.The lady cleared her throat then continued talking, ’It dent matter who I am, the most important thing here is for you to tell the media and the netizens the truth about the president of Dawson International company.“What truth? What do you mean? “the reports talked among themselves.‘’Kata, why don’t you tell them the truth? Why don’t you tell them that the President of Dawson In
Zeres had only slept for a short time when he was awoken up by the ringing of his phone. He sat on his bed and when he looked outside, he realized that the day was already so bright.He wondered who was calling him that early morning since he hadn’t given his number to many and the only person who could call him from time to time was Kenny.To his surprise, it was Zeres assistant Kata who was calling him, Kenny had once used hi phone to talk to Kat when his phone was out of battery.“Hello, good morning Sir? Is this you?” Zeres heard Kata’s voice from the other end of the call.‘’Sorry, who are you looking for? maybe you mistook my number for his,’’ Zeres quickly responded.He couldn’t reveal that he knew Kenny and his whereabouts to anyone so he had to pretend not to know him.‘’Sorry boss, maybe I got the wrong number,” Kata said then ended the call.Zeres remembered that he hadn’t heard Kenny’s phone ringing since the previous day. The phone was in the living room, on the table whe
Inside the lab room, Zeres opened the bottommost drawer as instructed by Kenny. He searched but he couldn’t see any stopwatch. He removed the papers that were inside that drawer but still, he didn’t see it.‘’Maybe he forgot the drawer where he placed his stopwatch,’’ Zeres whispered as he opened other drawers to check, but all these were in vain.‘’Kenny, Kenny…where did you leave the stopwatch, I can’t see it in the bottom drawer,” he shouted.He continued searching in the room but he still couldn’t see it. ’’Kenny, I can’t see it.” He said again.The lab room wasn’t far away from the sitting room so it was obvious that Kenny could hear Zeres’ words, but why was he not responding to him?Could it be that Kenny…?” He tricked me,” Zeres said as he rushed back into the sitting room.The first thing that he saw was Kenny’s body lying on the floor motionlessly.‘’F*ck,’’Zeres cursed.On the floor, the syringe was lying there and there were some traces of blood on it. When he looked at th
Kenny's heart raced fastens he rode the bike through the familiar streets of the city, the plastic bag clutched tightly in his pocket. He had to see Zeres as soon as possible since he was the only one that he trusted with him most confidential information and actions.He had to explain what had just happened at his own wedding reception. He knew that he had left behind a bewildered bride and confused guests. He wanted to get help from Zeres to see what he was going to do next with the antidote.As he approached Zeres' house, he slowed down and parked the bike by the garden gate. Zeres was in the garden, bending over and working on various herbs, roots, and glass containers. The air was filled with the earthy aroma of plants and the faint smell of chemicals.Kenny cleared his throat, causing Zeres to straighten up with a start. Zeres' dark eyes widened in surprise as he saw Kenny standing there, urgency playing across his face."Kenny?" Zeres exclaimed, his voice a mixture of disbelie
The wedding place was in chaos. Mother Kenny stood at the gate as Kenny’s figure disappeared from her sight.‘’Mum, what happened? Where is Kenny? Where did he go? I want him back….” Sophia who had followed Kenny’s mother outside tagged at the edge of Kenny’s mother’s dress with tears in her eyes.Mother Kenny whose heart was beating faster didn’t even know to tell Sophia who continued holding her dress demanding answers to questions that Kenny’s mother didn’t know.“Sophia dear, I don’t even know what is happen to him, he just looked at his phone and then ran away from the altar, you saw by yourself that he didn’t communicate with anyone before leaving the altar,” Mother Kenny talked with urgency in her voice.Sophia took Mother Kenny’s from her hand and quickly called Kenny’s number. The call was going through but Kenny didn’t pick it up. Where could he have rushed to? Why did he do that during her special day?Sophia could not understand everything and she didn’t know how she could