ARMANDO "You mean the man with that lady in a green silky gown?" She pointed. "Exactly!" "That is the President General of the MGM film production company." "Huh? That's massive." She nodded her head. "Do you know his name?" "General Roger Moore." "Thank you." I observed them for a while before I left the scene. I was inside my car, trying to think of how they got to know each other. Sandra has really gone places, if actually she has met big top people like this. If she can just sit down with such a man just to eat and discuss, then I am not half of her standard. I feel intimidated now and I have lost the power or even the voice to talk to her. Maybe, I just have to be at the back and watch them. Maybe they have been in a relationship which I don't know about. But, I remembered that I asked her and she told me that she wasn't into anyone. Was she lying? I put my car to life and sped back to my lodge. I wasn't happy but at the same time, I was confused. I got back to my r
CLARAI looked at myself in the mirror for a very long time and realized how I have changed a bit. My face was still the same but I have lost some weight. The gown I was putting on was going down by the shoulder. I kept on raising it up to my neck. My front hair was just starting to grow and I can't tell why it peeled off. Maybe during the accident, I lost some hair. Damien keeps telling me that my face wasn't supposed to be like this if not that Sandra did some magic on it. That same Sandra that I met him with at that hotel. I felt bad after she talked to me. I shouldn't have reacted in that manner. I went too far and I really blame myself. Since after that incident, Damien has been acting strange and I am not happy about it. I wouldn't have gone there in the first place. I don't even know what made me start thinking that Damien will start cheating on me. We have been happily married all these years and something of that nature hasn't happened. Someone knocked on my door. I k
CLARA"Paul, use your car.'' He refused and insisted. I entered my car, locked the doors and ignited the car. The gatekeeper rushed to open the door. He knew I wasn't joking. He parked his car outside the compound which was better. He walked towards his car and began to follow me behind with his car. I was seriously thinking while driving towards the school. How do I explain to people if he eventually tells them that he is the real father and the resemblance is much. I got to the school and I saw parents coming to pick their children from the school. Paul parked his car and followed me to Benjamin's classroom. When my son saw me, he ran and hugged me. The teacher was happy to see me because I am usually not the one coming to pick him up from school. The teacher kept looking at Paul who was beside me. "Hi," she said, stretching forth her hand to greet Paul. He also accepted the handshake. "Benjamin looks so much like you." "Wow! Really? Thanks for the compliment but Mr Damien
SANDRAI woke up one morning feeling so sad. I can't even tell what changed my mood. I didn't have any bad dreams but it seems I woke up from the sleep with my left hand side. I checked the time because I have stayed on the bed for the past few minutes since I woke up. I needed to start preparing for work before the staff would start calling. I was still thinking of the clothes to wear when I got a notification message. There is an urgent meeting for all medical practitioners all over the world at the American North Central hospital on the 6th of March. Attendance is very compulsory. The medical team association. Hmm, what does this mean? I stared at my phone for a while. What kind of urgent meeting could this be? I gradually got down from my huge bed, walked towards the wardrobe, opened it wide and placed both my hands on my waist. "What outfit will be a good fit for this occasion?" I asked myself and I don't know how many days the meeting will take. These people should have
SANDRA "Roasted beef and porridge rice." "Please take the cloth rack along with with, wash off the dirty clothes in it. I have a trip to make tomorrow." "Huh?" I ignored her and began to apply my cream mixed with skin oil. I was rushing as if there was somewhere I needed to go. I just drew out the chair from the table and began to eat the food. My mom is a professional cook and I don't doubt it. No wonder President Flores gave her the contract to supply food for him every two weeks. I finished the meal and began to go through some documents that I will be needing to attend the meeting. I just hope there is nothing much to do. It was time for me to bring her back from school and I had to dress well because I need to know if she made new friends. When I got there, I had to stand close to my car with my hands clasped together and using my eyes to search for her in the midst of crowd. I just hope she sees where I parked my car because I promised her that I will come over. I ad
SANDRAThey waved goodbye to me that morning while I drove out of the compound. The weather wasn't bright enough as it was still early that morning. My mother thought that I would bring a man as a driver to take me to where I was going but I told her that I have been driving, and going to another city on my own shouldn't be a big deal. I drove a very far distance because the meeting was to start by 10:00 a.m that morning. I put on my Google map so as to see the direction. Soon, I arrived in the city and began to make enquiries about the venue of the meeting. When I eventually got there, I only took my files with me to the hall. "You are welcome ma," a lady bowed while she volunteered to carry my file but I refused. "Just direct me to the hall." She opened the door to the conference room and I walked in majestically. The people were already seated. Does that mean that I am the last person to come in? I greeted the ones staring at me as if they knew me before. I haven't met thos
SANDRA "A new disease has entered the states and it is a very deadly one when contacted." Their expressions said it all. Their eyes were so wide that it almost fell out of their eye socket. "A new disease?" My mother asked with her voice very loud and clear. "I want everyone to be very careful out there. The scientists are yet to tell us how the disease looks like and the name given to it. As we all go out and mingle with people, let us try to avoid some things."I looked at the gatekeeper who clasped his hands together."You don't have much to do here, your job is to open the gate, right?" "Yes ma." "Unless I ask you to open the gate for a visitor who has called me to inform me of his visit, otherwise, do not open the gates to anyone else. Even if the person knows my name in full, I must be the one to give you the permission, understood?" He nodded his head. “Understood ma'am.”I looked at Claire, "You don't have much that you are doing. You don't visit the shopping mall, you
ARMANDOI returned back to my base. My staff were happy to see me again after a month of being away from the company. I entered my office to find it very neat. The cleaner does a nice job everyday. And to my surprise, nobody knows when I will come to work but I still met it clean. I used one of my fingers to swipe a small portion of my table and it was neat and not dusty. I nodded my head. She is trying, maybe I should make an increase of ten percent on her salary. I sat down and waited for my secretary to bring in my files so that I could go through them. I know I have a lot to do since I have been away for a long time. "Come in," I said as I heard the knock on my door. Her complexion entered my eyes, including the clothes she was putting on. The beauty was really radiating. I don't understand this sudden glow. "You are welcome sir, how was your trip?" "Very well, thank you," I said and was still admiring her. Something changed about her or is it because I haven't seen her fo
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