MICHIGANWhen he came he was looking worried. "Why the sudden change over Armando?" "I still have human sympathy besides, I can't rejoice over someone's failure." "But he made you lose the one you love." Chris’ countenance changed. "What do you mean? It was my father's plan all these while not that I love Sandra. If not I would have kept her to myself when I found her." "Hmm, well let's get going because there isn't time. You can keep your bag.""No, I will be sleeping over with him." Hmm, I was surprised to hear that from him. We quickly left my place and moved over to Charles' apartment. I met his wife and asked Armando. "You can go inside," she said.We walked into the house and we saw Charles with him. He was staring at Chris when we arrived. Chris asked why he was staring at him and Charles explained to us that he was in shock at what happened. I feel for him but he has to get over the shock. I got a message that there was an emergency meeting with the partnering company.
SANDRAThe football match and the black awareness week were going to take place next week and we couldn't stop talking about it in my house. It has finally become the main topic at home. My mother sings it as a song and I am wondering if she was going to leave her restaurant and travel. I know she might not find the story funny if I decide to ask her. "Mom, you are talking about going with us, what about your restaurant? Will you leave it in the care of your staff or will you close it?" My mother was quiet for a while, "Sandra, I have already thought about it and I have made plans. My staff are not traveling. They can cook and take care of the customers." I was astonished. Is this how she has already prepared for the week? Wow! Then what am I still waiting for? Maybe I will check those on duty for those four days of my absence and I will ask if any of them would like to go. When I got to work, I saw everyone busy, attending to patients and I told my assistant to get me the staff
SANDRAThe next day, I had to take Susan along with me because of her health. Tablets weren't enough as we couldn't sleep last night because of her body temperature. She was also throwing tantrums. When we arrived at my office, I told the laboratory scientist to come and take her blood sample for a test instead of assuming the sickness and giving medication out of assumption. When the test result was out, it was indicated that she had been seriously sick for two weeks. I got two injections and gave them to her, and I gave her a tablet to take immediately which she did. She was already feeling dizzy and I gave her the key to my car so she could go there and sleep. When I was done for the day, we went home but she was already feeling better unlike when we left the house in the morning. My mother was already back and I told them to freshen up because I wouldn't want to stay out late. I rushed to my room, took my bath got a very simple jumpsuit, and wore it. I just applied my facial
SANDRAThe day we were to travel came and from our ticket, it says we are to leave by noon at 12:00 hrs. "Bring out all the traveling bags while we wait for the Uber driver to come and pick us up from here." "Did you call anyone?" Mother asked. "Yes, I ordered a ride last night, so he will be here in ten minutes." "That's fine. Claire, make sure the whole house is locked. The windows and doors." Not long after, the driver arrived and we began to put our box inside the car. I locked the entrance door and put the key in my bag before we left. I didn't forget to tell the gatekeeper to take care of the house. When we arrived at the airport, our boxes were checked before us. I showed them our tickets and they told us that our plane would arrive soon. We sat down and kept our eyes busy as we were waiting for the plane. When it arrived, they made an announcement, I checked my ticket and that was the plane we were waiting for. "It's time, let's go. "What about our box?" Susan asked.
SANDRAWe were still discussing when a very big classy car pulled up in front of us. He got down and began putting our things inside his car. I became skeptical about it. "Sorry, is this a taxi?" I asked and he looked at us and smiled. "Any car can be used for Uber, it's not a must, it has to be the yellow popular taxi we all know." I looked at my mother and she winked at me. When he was done arranging the box, he opened the door for us to enter. We all entered and we felt cold. The air conditioner was on and we began the journey. "Do you need music?" He asked. "No thanks," I answered. We kept looking through the window. The car was very comfortable and big unlike the Uber ride I ordered that almost squeezed out all our intestines from our stomach. The journey was really far. "When are we going to arrive at the guest house? It seems it's very far?" "Well, I guess you are here for the football match and the black awareness night.""Yeah, exactly." "I am taking you to a place t
SANDRAI exhaled deeply at everything that was happening. "I am just feeling so perplexed about this whole thing. Let's move our things inside the room." "Susan and Claire, you girls should take the second room, while I take the first room with Mom" We entered our room and observed the place. "I noticed something," Mother said. "What?" "This house doesn't have a gate." "I think that is the way houses were built here. When we were coming, I noticed that most of the houses don't have gates." "That means there must be a tight security here.""I think so too." We had to freshen up and change our clothes. We came to the living room and met the girls watching the television. "I think we all need to move to the kitchen right now to check what was brought to us.""Exactly," mother said.We moved into the kitchen and observed everything that was brought to us. A lot of different kinds of fruit even the type we haven't seen in Vegas. Different kinds of meals, drinks, and snacks with l
SANDRA"We are all going there. We need to tour around. This is not Vegas." "True." "Hey girls, prepare because we will be touring this morning. We need to get a coat to prevent cold." We had to quickly take our breakfast and go outside the guest house. I flagged down a taxi and told him that he should take us to where we could get a coat because of the cold. "Sure, hop in." "Please you will be bringing us back because we are just visitors." "No problem." We entered the car and he took us to a place. We even passed the New York big market. It was very colorful. When we got to the main place. He volunteered to take us around. We were very excited and we allowed him to direct us. We kept following him behind. We saw what we needed and chose what we wanted and I paid. It was a little bit expensive. That was when I wished that the one whom we were staying in his house would just deliver the coats to us without us buying them. I am already getting used to free things. New York se
SANDRAThe next day, we woke up looking so tired and we were still putting on our vest and shorts. It was obvious we didn't bathe, rather we slept like that.I had to quickly change mine and ask everyone to remove their vest before the cleaners arrived and see that we were still dressed like yesterday. They will be seen as mad people because the celebration was too much and we drank and went drunk but that was when the driver had gone. I just finished bathing, looking refreshed when I had a knock. I looked through the window and it was the cleaners. "Susan, please go and open the door for them." We excused them from our room and they tidied everywhere. Not long after they left. "We better start to select the outfit to put on." "Not only that, I need to do my hair and my nails. For a very long time, I haven't had my nails done because of my profession." "Me too." "Where to do it is where I don't know. There is no nearby saloon here. Maybe we will get a taxi like yesterday and f
MICHIGANA few weeks later after the incident at Damien's mansion, I felt sick and became bedridden due to a very unusual flu which I ignored at the start.I thought deeply as to where that moment of fantasy would lead me and Damien, it felt different as I embraced the mutual feeling we both shared and gave in to my heart's deepest desire.The flu kept me from work and doing anything productive leaving me with no other option than to hire a maid. I was too stubborn to go to the hospital as I feared that I would have to spend days thereafter testing.Just as I sat in my room with my wipes on my side and my nose as red as that of the red reindeer, my maid walked into the room and there seemed to be someone at the door as well."Someone is here to see you madam.""Come in."I responded with anticipation as I watched the door to see who it was, surprisingly I saw Damien walk into the room with flowers in his hand.His expression changed when she saw the drain look on my face that hinted a
DAMIENThe death of my father was more than a shock to me as I still could not grasp the level of the situation. What I felt in the aftermath of my father's death was indescribable.I would sometimes be lost in my mind each time I thought about his death, it would seem as if I had lost my mind and driven to madness.A few friends of my father had gathered in the mansion to mourn him after the burial, and countless people all came to me to say the same thing over and over again.It became infuriating but I had no other option than to keep up and put up an understanding face. I left the main room where all the guests were gathered to the outskirts of the mansion.To my greatest surprise, I saw the most unexpected guest I didn't think would come, I watched as she walked out of her car and her driver drove off to park the vehicle."Michigan."I stuttered as I still could not believe my eyes as I saw her in a black dress approach where I stood, she looked even more beautiful in the dress.
ARMANDOI looked at the letter that weakened me from the very moment I saw it, a letter from my long-lost family.All my life I never thought that this day would come when I would meet my people again, a cluster of emotions raided my mind as I couldn't help but feel an outburst of happiness and sadness at the same time.The name I had made for myself as well as Michigan made it easier for anyone to find us as well as my long-lost parents."What about Michigan?"The one thought that made me think straight in the fog of all those emotions, I spent so much time with her as we became a crucial part of each other and I could not help but feel what this message would do to her once she heard.I closed my eyes as tears dripped down my cheeks, there was only one road for me to take and it would be a painful one but the best for us both.I walked into Michigan's office after leaving my desk with a different sense of being, I took my steps slowly in an attempt to find the right words to disclos
CLARAI could not help the fact that my meeting with Paul caught me off-guard as I did not expect anything like the outcome of what I encountered, it made me drive with a worried mind."Why do I keep getting this intuition that something wrong would happen?"I thought aloud in the car as I drove alone, the exact words rang through my mind as I approached the end of my destination.Arriving at the mansion with the same worried and troubled countenance as I walked up to the door, the mansion appeared even more quiet than usual as I stood at the door surprised."What is going on here Damien?"I asked as I saw him sit in anticipation and with a menacing look on his face, he sipped the glass of juice before bringing himself to speak to me."Look at those test results, all the answers you need are in there."He spoke in such a calm tone which made the situation even more frightening as I touched the test slip on the table. He watched me like a predator waiting for me to make the wrong move
ARMANDOTo my greatest surprise, she did not even seem fazed by the fact that I was with Paul, it was almost as if she knew about us the entire time which I highly doubted."Why am I not surprised to see the right-hand man or should I say servant of Michigan, you guys do make quite the duo after all."She spoke with a sense of calmness as none of what had happened seemed to catch her by surprise, even with the element of surprise on our side she was not moved."I haven't got all day Paul, If you have something to say to me you might as well go on with it or save us the stress of having such an absurd meeting.""I did not come here to banter words with you Clara for that time is far behind me, you decided that you do not want me in Benjamin's life knowing fully well that he is my son and not Damien's."I watched as Paul poured out his mind to Clara in a tone that I never heard him use until the moment he accepted the gruesome fate that Clara presented him with."I will leave his life b
ARMANDO"We were able to apprehend the assassin as well as his employer who happened to be an underground drug lord portraying an addictive gambler to the public. I got the drug lord to talk and he confessed to his crimes."The detective said as he revealed the concluding aspects of the investigation, one thing was still ringing in my mind and I waited for him to finish the reveal before I asked."There is still one part of the investigation which seems like you skipped it, it's the part that concerns Michigan and happened to the same thing that linked her to the case.""I was just getting there, the drug lord also revealed that he was working with Clara whose sole aim was to frame your boss for the crime while the main plan was to kill Paul."Such a full disclosure was certain to drive one into a state of unparalleled shock, I stood my ground in disbelief as I slowly assimilated the information that shook me."it is now up to you guys if you will press charges against her or not, you
DAMIEN"Hello madam so sorry to have kept this from you till this time but Benjamin fell sick last night and right now I have him in the hospital receiving treatment."I spoke with a polite tone as I disclosed the current situation with Benjamin to his school management. They were more than ready to give him as much needed time as possible to recover."We will find time to get his classmates and the staff to visit him, my regards to him.""Will do, madam."I responded to the headmistress as I hung up after seeing the presence of one who completely changed my neutralized countenance, someone who needed to be here but not the type I would expect to arrive at anything early."Where is he, where is my son?"Clara asked as she walked straight to the room I was standing close to, I stopped her from entering as the nurse was still administering his medication."Hold your horses right there, you barge in demanding to see a son you didn't even bother to check on before driving off to some busi
DAMIENAfter a day of nonstop paperwork even as the owner of the company, I returned to my mansion with a weighted expression and a tired countenance.All I needed was rest at the moment, nothing more nothing less as I crawled out of the car, trying to lift my entire body and the briefcase I held in hand."Nancy!"I called out to Benjamin's nanny as she was the only maid in the house before crashing into the nearest couch I could find in the living room, loosening my tie as I awaited her arrival.After a few minutes of no response, I decided to call her as I had no more strength left in me to call out at the fullest extent of my lungs."Where are you, Nancy?" I asked immediately if she picked up my call, "I have been calling you since I got back and you are nowhere to be found.""I went to the store to pick up something that Mrs. Clara ordered, she asked me to rush down here a few minutes before you called sir."It was not of her own doing as the task sounded exactly like something Cl
DETECTIVE LEONARDSteven added as he then approached the pair to apprehend them, I could sense that one of the two suspects would want to defy the odds and try to pull a stunt on us.The more deadly tossed the nerdy guy unto Steven as he immediately jumped through the big vent that sat behind him, a smart move that I did not anticipate."Cuff him!"I said to the detective as I ran off to meet up with the escapee who happened to have planned his getaway plot if something like this were to happen. To my greatest surprise, the officer caught him before he could get on his feet, cuffing him up as he could not pull any more tricks out of the bag."You nearly got killed in there, I hope this goose chase you were about to take us on was not for nothing or else you will have me to answer?"The suspect did not want to answer as he held a bold and overconfident expression with me, he wanted to make this even harder than it already was but I knew just what to do to get to him.I drove them back