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"Congratulations!" Josie shouted as she placed a box on his table. "What's that?" Jared asked."I heard you got promoted as the Team leader, so I came to congratulate you." She explained, smiling. "I brought soup for you too.""To congratulate me?" He asked, looking at what was on his table."Yes!" She replied still smiling."How did you know so fast enough to bring me something? Those that are close to me are not yet aware apart from my juniors. We're not that close yet and besides, I just got promoted this morning.""Is that so?"Folding his arms, he sat back, resting his back on his chair. "You didn't bring that to congratulate me right?"Clearing her throat, she drew the chair in front of her closer and sat down facing him. "You're very fast in catching up with things, Squad lea. . .No. . .team leader Jared.""What is it?""I just need a small favour from you.""Which is?"She hesitated and then sighed, "Asher's number."• • •Josie's ApartmentPacing back and forth in front of h
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Flashback."Will you go in with me or wait here with me?" She asked him smiling.Sighing, he turned to look at the rain that was falling and turned to look at her. They had both been at the garden and were returning back home when the rain suddenly started falling. Annette loved the rain and she was fond of playing and dancing in the rain."Will you go in with me or wait here with me?" She asked him again."Fine, I'll go." He replied and immediately, she grabbed his hand. "One, two, three, go!" She shouted as she ran into the rain with him."Hey! Annette!" He called as he followed her, having no other choice. "You'll get wet!""I didn't force you to join me!" She shouted so he could hear as she danced in the rain."Why do you like playing and dancing in the rain like this? Especially when we're together!""Just because!""What's the point of playing and dancing in the rain when you'll catch a cold later when
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Few hours later, Josie kept on rolling restlessly on her bed without taking her eyes off her phone. It had been over two hours since Asher alighted from Richard's car and there had been no sign of him returning back. She had the thought that he came down to save her from her brother's question and since he got down few miles away from their apartment, he wasn't supposed to spend more than ten minutes. She tossed her phone up and down as she waited for him to call her. She had called him once that day already, and her pride wouldn't allow her to call him again the second time. I'm not waiting for him, she told herself. I just want to know if he's still coming. Just then, her phone rang making her jump up quickly only for the excitement she felt to melt down quickly as it came. Sighing, she picked it up. "What?" She asked in a down tone. "What?" Isabella's voice sounded at the other end. She had known Josie for a very long time to know why she must have sounded that way. "Hey, Josi
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Hernandez group.After the general board meeting, the board of directors dispersed the boardroom, leaving Chairman Gabriel Hernandez and Chazz together with their secretaries.Chairman Gabriel's secretary carried his files on the table while he stood up to leave. "Chairman Gabriel!" Chazz called him as he stood up to meet him. Rachel Lakes, Chazz's secretary carried Chazz's files too and with a wave of hand, Chairman Gabriel dispersed the two secretaries. "What is it?" He asked him."I was just wondering if you have time to take coffee with me.""Chazz, there are more important things to do than sitting down somewhere with a cup of coffee." He replied like he had already prepared his answer before the question came. "Especially you, you have a lot at hand to take care of. The idea you raised today at the meeting was a very nice one. I like that. But don't just focus alone on our resources going up. Also think about ways we can satisfy our customers with our services."Chazz knew he
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Granny's restaurant. Jared and his partners got to the scene but were unable to enter because the attacker had locked the door. Josie was surprised to see the restaurant woman being held in hostage from the glass door. "Aunt!" She shouted before turning to face Jared. "Team leader, please do something!"Jared got a speaker from Michelle and cleared his throat. "This is the police, take it easy and open the door." His voice echoed. Inside, the attacker got angry. "Who called the police?!" He requested. "I said who called the police?!" He shouted at the customers who were turning their face down. "Are you all deaf?!" He asked as he placed the knife on the restaurant woman's neck. "Please, don't kill me." She begged."Do something!" Josie pleaded. Just then, she noticed the other shop beside Granny's restaurant and remembered that their storeroom was linked but separated with just a thin sheet. Quickly, she rushed to find a way to enter. Jared gave the speaker to Eric to handle it w
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Welcome party. The party started after the workers of Roosevelt Kitchen finished the day's work. They all saw it as a time to enjoy themselves and forget about work. The three newbies were asked to introduce themselves and tell their seniors what they liked doing and every funny thing about them. They were also asked to sing, dance and drink. The three newbies did what they were asked to do and Asher was the funniest. He had never done something like that before and it was like he was used to it already. He got tired after singing and dancing. Refusing to drink, he was asked to sit down while the other two newbies were asked to do some other things. After watching them for a while, Josie stood up. "I thought you said you weren't going to come." Isabella teased her. "Are you just seeing me now? You had better not drink much tonight and go home early.""Yes, ma'am!" She saluted and smiled. "Are you going now?""Uhn." Josie nodded."Call me when you get home.""Alright."She picked
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Hernandez Group's InaugurationHernandez Group's inauguration ceremony was set to last for five days and a general celebration dinner with shareholders and stakeholders of the group was the last event scheduled to round up the ceremony. Roosevelt kitchen was asked to take care of the catering service for the first and last day while Maria's was asked to take care of the second to fourth day. On the first day, the whole employees of Roosevelt kitchen were extremely busy and no one was spared any duty. After serving the guests, Isabella and Rose went into the room they were given and crashed. "Ah!" Isabella exclaimed. "At first, I was jealous that Maria would be catering for three days while we get to do ours for two days, but I never thought the first day would require a lot of work.""We're done for!" Rose exclaimed. "I feel like dying! My legs hurt so much. I hardly rest for a minute before I'm being called again. I'm not going out of this room!""Hey, Rose, it's just the first day
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Hernandez Group. Sitting in his office, Chazz signed the document Rachel brought to him. "When is today's inaugural lecture starting?" He asked her. "12pm." She replied."Alright. For the dinner at the end of the inauguration, invite Chairman Finn's daughter.""Eh? Do you think she'll come?""If she doesn't, I care less. It's just an excuse to cover up for the date I missed. Mother is upset I wasted her effort, so I told her I'd invite her for the dinner. So invite her.""Yes, President." She bowed. Chazz continued with what he was signing. Just then, he remembered Josie and thought about the first time they met and how they had swapped phones. He smiled and then thought about the previous day when she was looking for him at the underground parking lot. He smiled and remembered her name as he had seen it on the name tag she wore. "Josie Maran." He called. Rachel was about leaving when she heard him talk. "Excuse me?""I want you to help me look up someone. Josie Maran, that's the
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Not quite long after they left Nest bridge, Jared escorted Michelle home. The walk home was silent, even though they both had a lot to say to each other. Not able to hold it in any longer, Michelle broke the silence when they got to her place."Team leader." She called. Uhn.""Thanks a lot for today. It felt like a date.""Date?" Jared asked surprised. "Uhn.""That wasn't a date. We just took a break from work. If you want to go on a date, we should go on a proper date, not this kind.""Ah, but it was nice all the same. Thanks a lot." She told him smiling. Jared smiled too as he stared at her. "You too, thanks for your time. So, is this where you live?""Uhn." She nodded. "Just over there." She pointed and just then she saw her father. The smile on her face faded away as she saw him come down from a luxury car. She became confused as to who her father was with and just then, she caught a glimpse of the person as the car drove away."Did something happen?" Jared asked, noticing her
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Isabella's rooftop house. "I haven't still figured out why you had to follow me here." Isabella pointed out as she poured hot water into the coffee she was making. "I told you already." Josie replied. "I just wanted to make sure you don't go out drinking on your own." She added."And I told you I can't. My sister is with me, remember.""Ah, that's right! I've forgotten Sister Barbara is with you.""It's obvious that you've forgotten." Isabella teased her as she brought the coffee to her. "There you go.""Thank you!" "When last did you visit me like this?" Isabella asked as she sat beside her. "Hasn't it been long? Let's see, I think it was before Asher joined us.""How about you, when last did you come to visit me?""You always go home to see your mother whenever I come by.""That's a lie.""I'm really serious. Fine then, I'll come over tomorrow.""No!" Josie replied quickly spilling hot coffee on herself. "Ouch!"Isabella rushed to get her a napkin. "Ah, what is wrong with you?! I
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Del mar Street.Jared, Michelle, Tessa and Eric were involved in a hot chase of a criminal. Jared was in the car with Michelle and they conversed with Eric and Tessa who were also in another car."Have you seen him?!" Eric asked Jared."Uhn!" Jared replied. "I'm on his trail!""Keep going, we'll meet you at the next intersection!"The criminal kept on running as Jared chased him with the car. Soon, the criminal took a turning where cars couldn't pass. "There, there, there!" Michelle exclaimed. "He took that route."Jared parked the car quickly and they both came down quickly. "Squad leader, I know this area very well. If you follow him, I can take another route to intersect him." Michelle suggested. "You. . . Will you be fine on your own?""Don't worry about me. Let's worry about catching the criminal first. We don't have much time. I'll meet you!" She told him and took off. "Be careful!" He shouted after her before taking the route the criminal took. Michelle kept on running whi
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Hernandez Group. Chazz sat in his office as thoughts of Josie flashed through his memory. When he thought about the dinner, he couldn't help but smile. Jodie Finn was right. He was actually looking at Josie. Just then he thought about what Jodie Finn told him. Flashback. ". . .what if I tell you that you were not the only guy staring so intently at her? What if I were to tell you there was also someone else that noticed how pretty she was, what would you do?"Present"Who could it be?" He asked himself. Picking up his phone, he dialed Rachel's number. He was about calling her when he stopped. "I can't involve her."Standing up, he walked out of his office to the secretary's office. Looking round, he could only see Lilian Morgan. Seeing him, Lilian stood up immediately and greeted him. "Uhn. Rachel Lakes, where is she?" He asked. "She was called by Director Jobs not too long." She replied quickly. "Should I call her for you?""Never mind. You come instead." He replied and left. "
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Roosevelt Kitchen.After the morning course, the whole chef in section B took a break and Isabella rushed to meet Josie. "Josie! Josie!" She called her as she approached her. "What is it again?" Josie asked as she washed her hands. "Again? Hey, what is wrong with you? You've been disrespecting me recently! What exactly is wrong with you? Have you gotten yourself a new wife?""What are you saying?" Josie asked as she grabbed a napkin to clean her hand. "Take a break and stop being a nuisance."Hey, Josie, it's really true! You've dumped me! You've dumped me, Josie Maran. How could you do this to me? Uhn? How could you? I trusted you!" Isabella ranted as she faked tears from her face. "Get lost, Isabella!" Josie shouted, smiling. "No way! I won't accept this!" Isabella told her as she picked up a knife. "Who is it? Who is the person that wants to salvage our relationship? Who?""Hey, Isabella!" Josie called. "Stop it.""No way! Tell me who it is. Noah?" She paused as Noah, Heidi and
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Hernandez's House. Rita sat at the edge of her bed as she held her phone in anticipation. She stood up and paced round the room. Just then, a call came in. "What happened?" She talked quickly. "Why didn't you contact me since morning?""Don't get your hopes too high." came the caller's voice. "What are you saying?" She asked. "I'm not sure, but I think this search is leading me somewhere." He replied. "What do you mean?""Like I said, I'm not sure, but I'm trying to put the pieces of what I'm finding out together. But still, don't get your hopes too high. It might not be what you expect.""Just make it snappy already. I don't want mother to think I'm taking it slowly. You know how long she had to wait. It mustn't go beyond this year.""Rita." He called softly. "What is it?""Are you fine? Are you comfortable there?""Donald Ryan." She called. "I'm okay. I told you to worry less about me and focus more on what you were asked to do. If you keep on worrying about me like that you wo
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"She died," he replied to her.His reply hit Josie like a sharp pin in her chest. She was expecting something like 'she left' or 'I never got to see her again' or 'she travelled and forgot about me' or anything related to that, but she was totally not expecting something like death. "I'm. . . I'm sorry.""It's not your fault, so why are you apologizing?""I never thought it could be something like that. I'm sorry for asking. It must have been hard for you to tell me that.""No. It wasn't. I was unable to forgive myself when she died. Do you want to know why?""Why?""Because I could not fulfill my mother's dying wish. She asked me to protect her, but I couldn't. That time was the worst time for me and I regret every thing that happened." Closing his eyes repeatedly, he fought back the tears that formed in his eyes. "Enough about Annette" He told her, trying to smile. "Was there a time when you were young that you felt bad? Probably because of something that happened?""Actually, I. .
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Garden."Where are we?" Josie asked looking round. "A garden." He replied as he sat on a grass. "A garden? Ah! It's so dark and I can't really see what it looks like. I guess I should come around some other time during the day to get a better look at it." She said as she sat beside him. "But, what are we doing at a garden so late at night?""Just because." He replied looking up at the sky. Josie sighed and turned to face him. "Do you need someone to talk to?" She asked and he turned to face her. "Tell me anything you want to say. I promise to listen and I won't complain."Asher was quiet for a few seconds while fixing a stern gaze at her. "What's wrong? You don't have anything to say? But you look like you have tons of things going in your head. Are you really not going to say anything?" She asked and still got no reply from him. "Ah, what is this? If you keep on staring at me like that, I might have to run away.""Should we play a game?" He finally talked. "A game? What kind of
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"I'm home!" Josie removed her shoes and arranged them beside the other shoes at the entrance of the house before stepping in. "Sister!" Drake Luth called happily as he rushed to meet her. She paused immediately she saw him. "Hey, Drake, what are you still doing here?!" She walked in and dropped her bag on the chair. "Mum! Mum!"Her mother came out with a tray. "You're here?""Mum, how many times do I have to tell you not to allow Drake stay here?""There's nothing wrong with that. He's still a small boy.""He's a small boy, but it's getting too frequent. Don't they get worried at his house? I mean how can they not be worried when their seven years old son is missing.""He's not missing. He's here.""Seriously, I don't understand his parent. Hey, Drake!!""Yes, sister.""What do you tell them at home when you leave?""Nothing. They don't know I leave the house.""See, see!" Josie exclaimed turning to her mother. "See? they don't know he sneaks out of the house. Drake, you'll get them
