Meanwhile ……“This came in for you this morning,” Tom said with a small respectful bow as he walked into Franco’s office.“From who?!”“It didn’t say, the dispatch rider just dropped it off for you,” Tom answered. Franco slowly looked up at him and crossed his legs in his seat.“Fine!” “Drop it on the table, you can leave,” he instructed, thoughtfully rubbing his thumb against his index finger.“Hmm, let’s see what we have here!” Franco muttered as he picked up the brown envelope, he impatiently tore the seal open, dipped his hands inside and pulled out the content.The content was an hard drive, he took it out fully and placed it in his laptop, he waited a minute for it to come up, immediately it came up, his eyes went wide open in shock.It was a video clip, a video he had as much as possible wiped away from the surface of the earth. Immediately the video finished playing, he picked up the envelope and shook it rigorously again, a white piece of paper meticulously cut into a recta
Quinn’s Apartment …About an hour later …“Just keep drinking water, you’ll be fine,” Darell said to Quinn calmly as he took the warm towel he placed on her head away.Her eyes followed his every movement as he squeezed the towel dry into the bowl of warm water, he got up and poured the water away in the sink, she wanted to say something, she wanted to ask why he didn’t just drop her at home and leave, why he was doing all these for her, but it just seemed like a force kind of shut her mouth and took her voice away.“Why didn’t you just let me sleep,” She finally asked in a murmur after conquering the battle with her inner self, a warm smile curved at the corner of his lips as he walked back to her.“You had a lot of drink today, if I had let you sleep your hangover tomorrow would be totally unbearable”“And I’m sure you have to work!”“So it’s better you calm it down now, while you aren’t feeling any pains” Her lips stretched in a small smile as she slowly laid on the chair and pulle
Next Morning ….Tuesday Morning …..A small gentle consistent knock came on Quinn’s door repeatedly, she groaned lowly as she turned in the chair tiredly, she stretched out her hands above her head and her joints released light addicting pop sounds.She slowly turned to face the door, her lips stretched into a smile slowly touching her forehead with her palm, thanks to Darell she did not feel any hangover pain this morning, but she definitely felt tired.The knock on the door came again rudely interrupting her thoughts, she reluctantly pulled the duvet away from her body, put on her flip flops and headed towards the door.“Who’s there!” She said with a loud yawn as she pulled the door open leaning in on the door frame.“Good Morning Quinn,” Jenna greeted, a wide smile plastered on her face as she stared at Quinn,“Hugh!” Quinn gasped as she pushed herself away from the door frame and stood up straight, “What are you doing here,” she questioned immediately her brows knotting into a fro
“Sister!" Elizabeth's eyes widened as she heard her say that. She had briefly hoped that her eyes and mind were playing games with her."I'll attend to her," she stated sternly to the attendant standing nearby, her tone leaving no room for argument or further discussion.“What the fuck are you doing here?!” Elizabeth approached her with a growl, her brow furrowed in disbelief. A smug smile played on the lady’s lips as she walked up to a mirror, as if she owned the room. She stared at her reflection, admiring herself. "You're quite too old for foul language like that, don't you think?"She continued to examine herself in the mirror, looking fascinated at her own appearance. "Ooh, you definitely haven't changed! You still have eyes for good things," she purred, a self-satisfied grin on her face. "I look perfect," she whispered to herself."Of course, I'll take this dress!" She declared as she turned around and strutted back to Elizabeth. She held her head high, relishing her own pr
Later that day ….Evening ….“You weren’t looking yourself through out today,” Nimi said to Jenna as she stepped out of the car and he closed the door behind her.“No matter the friction that has been occurring between us lately, I just want you to know that I’m always here to listen,”“We could perhaps take in fresh air at the park today if you feel like it!” He added, she slowly looked up at him her gaze fixed on his face, she was sort of angry at him even though she knew she had no basis to be, but she was!.“Don’t act and relate with me like nothing happened! Things are obviously not cool between us!” She cleared him immediately, he nodded shortly with a grim face pressing his lips against each other as he stared at her.“I’ll be having dinner with Jeremy today, so lock your doors tight! We’ll see tomorrow” she added before turning away and walking into the house.Nimi stared at her retreating figure as she took slow, steady and calculated steps into the house, he didn’t take his
Meanwhile ….At the park ….“Woah, I didn’t think we had this kind of relationship!” Nimi said jokingly to Annabeth trying to ease the awkward silence.He was a little surprised when he received her message earlier but she seemed desperate for company so he decided to come.“I visited my sister today,” she whispered her eyes not leaving her toe, the weariness her tone buttressing the fact that there was obviously a whole lot going on in her relationship with her sister.With a deep breath, Nimi slowly placed his hands on hers which rested on the chair.Annabeth slowly met his gaze and he whispered, “Are you okay?!” She shook her head with a faint smile as she looked away from him and reclined on the bench.“Even after all these years, nothing has changed, she still sees me as a nobody,” she continued.“She’s quite older actually,” she added with a chuckle.“My mother was actually our father’s second wife, but the look of inferiority in her eyes goes beyond the fact that she has a da
A few moments later ….Inside the car…“Arghhh!” Jenna exclaimed frustration bubbling within her.“I can’t believe I fought Quinn because of that twat!” Jenna muttered burying her face in her palm.“To think that she was actually right about him,”“That’s what I get for being too gullible,” she whined.“Ofcourse not,” Nimi comforted as he took her hands in his and made her look at him.“You’re definitely not gullible, you just have a good heart and that shouldn’t change because of anybody!”“Ofcourse you’ll say what I want to hear!” She purred reclining in her seat, Nimi slowly entwined his fingers with hers and held it tightly placing his other hand on their entwined fingers.“I’m saying the truth, not what you want to hear,”“You’re an amazing woman, and you forgiving Jeremy enough to want to be cool with him explains that point!”“That’s why I love you,” he whispered.“Awwwnn!” She murmured as he leaned in closer and placed two consecutive short lingering kiss on her lips.“So don’
“Are you okay?!” Jenna asked, she was squatting in front of Nimi helping to clean up his bursted lips, immediately she was done she walked towards the small fridge in her office, took out an ice bag and handed it over to him.“Thanks Love,” he muttered taking it from her and placing it on his lips as she took her seat beside him.“Are you still angry?!” She asked placing her hands on his thigh as she looked up at him.“What right do I have to be!” He replied shortly.“He’s just so lucky we aren’t on the same level, I would have beaten him the hell up and sent him back to wherever the hellhole he came from on a stretcher!” He growled seething angrily.“I’m happy you took a moment to think even while you’re angry,” she said probably in an attempt to calm him down, he looked down at her and met her gaze.“Well you’re now a part of my life, I have to do a lot of thinking before acting if I want to protect you!” He said and she smiled.“Oh, how comforting to know I’m in safe hands,” she mu