Chapter 5

TARA POV

Once I entered the conference hall, all eyes diverted to me, and almost all furrowed their eyebrow. Oh lord! I’m in deep shit. I looked at Jeffery who had the same look on his face. I think I messed up big time.

"Good morning everyone." I smiled walking toward my seat

"Good Afternoon Miss Tara." Maria gritted the ‘afternoon’ part through her teeth

"Shall we start?" I placed the file down.

"Of course, we have been waiting for hours so yes, take your time." Maria rolled her eyes

Bitch!

"I hope you know who you’re talking to Miss Maria." The manager said

"Seriously, we all are gonna keep quiet." She snorted pushing her chair back making a loud scrape on the wooden floor as she stood up. "After waiting for hours, she’s just gonna come and be like ‘shall we start’ seriously guys."

"Miss Maria, please take a seat so this meeting can start." The manager said

"But_"

"Sit down Maria!" He instructed

I let out a breath and smiled "Shall we start." I said again.

They still look annoyed but I managed to smile and continued. I opened the file just to see that I took the wrong one.

Holy shit! Today isn’t my day. I gulped as I held the file and walked towards Jeffery, placed it on the table, and opened it. Once he looked at the file he widen his eyes and looked at me

"Help me," I whispered

"We don’t have all day Miss Tara," Maria snorted

Why the hell is she even here, she isn’t part of this branch.

"Miss Maria if I may ask, why are you here?" I asked

"Oh come on, I’m a part of this company but just for your satisfaction, I will let you know why am here. Joe isn’t here so I’m here to represent him."

"Joe isn’t here?" Jeffery stood up and winked at me, I instantly knew what he wanted to do "Tara we can’t have this meeting without Joe."

"You’re right Jeffery, Joe is an important member of this branch so I am officially postponing this meeting till further notice," I said

As they turned around and the whispers began I knew I have to act like a boss "My words are final if this meeting is gonna hold then Joe has to be part of it." I walked towards the exit "Jeffery get my file." I said before I exited the room

Damn! That was a relief, I’m so glad I got away with this without Maria or any son a bitch finding out about it.

I let out a breath once I entered my cabin "Oh shit!" I muttered, walking into the cabin, I sat on the seat.

"What the fuck Tara, I can’t believe you're this irresponsible," Jeffery said

"Can we do this later Jeff? I’m just too tired."

"Ohh, wow, you’re tired. Are you fucking with me right now?"

Oh boy! He looks really mad.

"If I didn’t save your ass you would have been fired."

"Fired!" I scoffed

No one has the right to do that.

"I still wonder how you are employed."

"Come on Jeff, I’m a hardworking employee."

"Yeah, hardworking." He rolled his eyes

Jeffery is such a drama queen, he is always complaining about how I’m careless and how I don’t take my job seriously. But to be honest, this job is the only thing that keeps me busy, no matter how irresponsible I am, I still love this company.

"Do you wanna grab some lunch," I asked

"Lunch? Are you fucking with me right now? I’m talking about something serious and all you care about is lunch."

"Come on, I’m starving and I didn’t eat breakfast."

"Yet you came late to work." He said

"Are you coming or not?" I asked

"No am not." He turned around and started walking away. I chased after him. "Hey! bills are on me" I winked

"Fine, I will come." He gritted

ANDREW POV

Holy shit! I’m in a mess.

"Hey stop right there!" I heard the security official say.

I continued to walk but stopped when I heard a police car pull over, without looking at the person in the car I instantly knew it is no one but the fucker that has been after my life. The chief of police.

"Stop! Show me your ID card." He instructed as he walked closer to me

Fuck ID card, I have to leave before Collin sees me.

I instantly rushed back to the apartment, entered it, and shut the door behind me. Thank God I left it open. I rested my back on the door and let out a breath.

As I heard the security officer’s footsteps stop at the door. I instantly moved away and peeked at the door hole. He was standing right in front of the door. He knocked on the door and waited for a little while, knocking on the door again he looked at his watch and muttered something under his breath. He turned around and was about to leave when he heard the ring of my phone

"Holy shit!" I muttered as I instantly turned off the phone.

Of all the time in this world, Luke chose to call me now.

"Open the door! I know you’re in there." He yelled continuously knocking on the door

Holy shit! This is bad, really bad.

I peeked at the door hole, just to see him making matters worse, he was dialing a number.

This dickhead is definitely gonna call the head of police.

I hit my hand on the wall, as I continued pacing around. I have to do something before he calls that motherfucker, if I fight him here, she’s gonna find out when she comes back. "What the fuck am I gonna do?" I muttered. I peeked through the door hole again and I saw him position the phone against his ear.

I have no choice.

I instantly opened the door and grabbed the phone from his hands, before he could say anything I tugged him into the house and closed the door behind him before anyone could notice anything. I threw the phone on the floor after I disconnected the call. "You wanna me fight." I took off my jacket. Not to brag but I have intimidating muscles.

He pulled out his gun "Hey! Move backward or I will shoot you."

Okay, this is gonna take a long while. "Easy, you don’t wanna do this, right?" I gently walked closer to him

"Move or else I will be shoot!" He shouted

Great! This voice is more annoying than his face.

"You don’t have to, I surrender." I surrendered my hand as I took a step forward. I know it’s an empty threat, he isn’t a cop, and he has no right to shoot me and from the look on his face, I know he is a newbie.

"Move backward or I will shoot." He shouted

"Jeez! Can you stop shouting?"

"Move backward now!" He demanded

Okay, I think I have heard enough of him, no more child’s play.

"You wanna shot me? Go ahead and take your chances." I walked closer to him "Shot me! Shot me! Shot me!" I yelled

He looked so confused, I bet he has no idea what to do. I snatched the gun from his hand and he began walking backward, pressing his belt buckle.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Nothing." He instantly responded as he stood upright

"Okay. Listen to me 'cause I’m not gonna say this twice," I pointed the gun at his forehead "Who_" I paused when I heard a rough knock on the door. I looked at him and he started laughing "Who’s intimidating now." He scoffed

"Holy shit." I used the end of the gun to hit his head

"Open the fucking door." Someone yelled as he banged on the door.

Holy shit! Looks like when Luke said this building is the safest, he wasn’t kidding around.

"Open the door!" A voice yelled behind the door.

I have to end this now. I unlocked the door and stood beside it holding a flower vase. Before I do anything, I have to know how many people are behind the door. As they walked into the room I noticed they were just two. Once they entered, I instantly closed the door and hit one of them with the vase, before the other one could do something, I snatched the gun from his hand and began punching his stomach. He pushed me away and punched my face, he punched me hard to the extent I got hurt. The other security officers who I hit his head with a gun, stood up and punched my stomach. I tried to fight back but they attacked all at once, I fell to the ground and luckily a gun was beside me, I grabbed the gun and threatened to shoot them, actually, it wasn’t a threat if one of them dare to walk forward, I’m gonna shot their bloody jackass body.

As they moved backward, I used the opportunity to stand up. I grabbed one of them, obviously the weak one "Move backward, or else I will shoot his fucking head off." I threatened

"Don’t, he bluffing." He said

I kicked his leg and used the end of the gun to hit his head.

"Now who’s bluffing motherfucker!" I told

Now it’s two-on-one, I can handle this, I shot one of the security officer's legs, and the bullet punched its way through his leg, causing a gaping hole in its wake that quickly filled with blood gushed out, and he fell to the ground, he was trouser was soaked with blood. It didn’t cause a loud noise because it is attached to a silencer. As they say, if you point a gun at me, I will shoot you first.

I swatted the other security officer’s blade head, I continuously did that till my hand began to hurt. Once I was done I grabbed him again and swatted the fuck out of him.

"No one messes with me." I spitted

I entered the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of corona beer, and walk out of it. I turned on my phone and called Luke.

"Hey man, what the fuck is wrong with you? I called you several times." Luke snarled out almost immediately as he picked up the call

"Hey! I’m in a mess right now so I need you, Jacob, and John to get those jackasses out of this apartment before the owner comes back."

"Please tell me you killed no bitch."

"Just do as I said and be fast," I said before I ended the call.

I looked around her house, everywhere was scattered, even worse than before. I have to call a cleaning agent to get this done.