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
ARMANDO "Honestly, it was not funny to be there with him. I thought he has always admired me and I decided to step up my game by dressing neat and wearing expensive perfumes but I was heartbroken when he said he needs a woman that has achieved a lot like him." I almost laughed but held my laughter, the receptionist couldn't control herself because the statement was funny. It dawned on me that my secretary was still far and needed to learn how to grow. She needs to remove some thoughts and focus on building her future. "Look at you, this is very funny. Haven't you noticed that our boss doesn't even look at ladies twice? We have a lot of ladies in this company and yet, he doesn't care. So you thought it is by wearing expensive clothes and perfume, that will attract him. Don't live above your standard so that you won't be left with nothing. An asset marries an asset not a liability. Whoever gave you this advice doesn't love you." I just wish I could bump into them and give the recep
MICHIGANWhat does Armando mean by he has seen a lady?So what now happens to me? So for real, he never had any feelings for me. Shit! But he always says that he will marry a lady that has achieved a lot and I am in that category, why doesn't he like me? This is not good news at all. I knew that something was different about him when I saw the glow on his face. Things changed about him. Since he hasn't said anything to the girl, I will have to play smart and fast. For crying out loud, I have not known any other man except Damien and in the four years that I was divorced, I haven't met another person to talk more about sleeping with a random man. What's the meaning of this? Armando has really hurt me. This wasn't my wish and plan. In fact, it is obvious that he never wanted me because I was once married. How do I handle this now?. I called him on the phone but he didn't pick it up. This was the first time that I would call Armando and he wouldn't pick my call. I was really mad.
MICHIGAN "Not really, I am just not feeling too well but I have to show my face here." "You shouldn't have worried yourself. I can take care of anything in your absence and you know it." I nodded my head and told her to excuse me while I try to work on the file. For almost an hour, I was struggling to put myself together but it was very difficult. I knew it was useless for me to be in the office. I called my secretary and told her to pack my files and that I will be going home. I left my house and went straight to my room. I don't even know if I was feeling sick about it. In the evening, I had to move to a hotel that has a very big bar. I ordered some liquor and began to drink. I just wanted to waste my memory because it seems nobody has interest in me because of my past. That is the disadvantage of being a public figure. All along, I have been going out without shame but it seems people know me too well especially when I mention my name. I drank up to two bottles but I wasn'
MICHIGAN I was happy that he told me to spend the weekend with him. This is the time for me to utilize the opportunity and get him to myself. For two hours I was in my room and he didn't come to check up on me. I had to leave my room, walk towards his room and knock on the door. He asked me to come inside. I know he was thinking it was his maid but was surprised that I was the one. "Michigan, do you need anything?" I closed the door behind me, "Not at all but I was just bored." "Okay, come and stay with me. I was actually trying to tidy up some things." I nodded my head and went to stand behind him and watched what he was doing. I bent over, making my breast to rest on his head while I spread my hands beside the armchair. He thought it was my jaw on his head so he was calm. I was showing him some mistakes he made while typing. He felt relaxed as I was helping him with the corrections. Everything I did to Armando didn't work. All my body language didn't move him. He was not sh
MICHIGAN I used my hand and paused him to stop while I enjoyed my breakfast. He doesn't have to spoil my mood this morning. The fact that I got him trapped in between my legs is enough for me. I can trap him anytime I want. What else was there to enjoy about him? I enjoyed last night, he can take his love to Sandra but I can still come for pleasure. "For the fact that you aren't married, I will keep having pleasure with you till you are taken fully," I said and stuffed my mouth with the sandwich. Armando was shocked and stared at me. He couldn't believe that I could say a thing like that. "I never knew you to be this raw. So you could make such a statement?" "What did I say wrong?" "Hmm, nothing, just that I was surprised by the way you spoke with raw boldness. I know you are very shy." I finished my breakfast and he took them away for the maid to wash. I wasn't feeling bad anymore, so long as I got what I have always wanted. That evening, I picked up my things and told Arman
ARMANDOThere is something about Michigan and I don't expect to go that far with her. I feel so dirty like a big cheat. Oh gosh! I hit my left palms on my forehead. I can't tell how I felt. I know that she was thinking that since I visited her, something must surely happen but I know how hard I struggled to overcome that temptation. It was too tempting but I am happy that I was able to pull through. I turned my neck and she stood and watched me. I exhaled, placed my hand on the key and brought the car to life. That night, she sent a series of messages to me to show how bad and heart broken she felt. I understand her pain but I can't just go back to continue. I arranged my traveling box, even though I wasn't going to spend much. I haven't heard from Sandra and I feel bad for not calling to check up on her. All my attention has been on Michigan. I have never thought of having an affair with a divorced woman again, let alone Michigan. I was truly carried away. I never knew that she
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