"Good morning, ma'am!" Mr Martin waves at Susan as she enters."Good morning Martin." She adjusts her dress with haste, trying to be more coordinated than the other days, then a phone call vibrates her bag, and she quickly grabs it. "Hello, Ava!" Her voice lit up with a small smile, pretending like she wasn't bothered earlier when she called. "Long time, no see. How are you doing over there?""I'm fine, thanks." Ava continues, "Oh, great! As you know, I'm on a business trip with the boss. We just finished up a meeting with some potential clients. Currently resting for the launch this afternoon. It was a great experience, but I miss you and the rest of the team."Susan smiles, finding it hard to believe, "I miss you too, Ava." She swallows hard a bitter taste to let go of Ava's words and not think much about it because she knows that Ava intentionally said those words to bitter her and nothing more. "Right? I can't relate. besides, I have never been on any business trip with the boss."
It's a few minutes past ten o'clock in the morning when Xander calls Ava's phone. "Hey Ava, how are you?""I'm good sir, thank you," Ava replies."I hope you're ready and getting dressed up because we'll be leaving early,""Leaving early? For what, sir?""The launch ceremony," Xander replies. "Remember? I told you about it last week. Going early to events is always to your own advantage. It's for the Empire construction and business establishment.""Oh, right? I remember the conversation. What time do we need to be there?""We should be there by noon," Xander replies. "So we'll be leaving in the next hour.""Okay, I'll start getting dressed up right away," Ava response. "Thanks for reminding me.""No problem," Xander mentions. "I'll see you soon."After hanging up the phone and Ava quickly gets dressed and heads out to the lobby, she sees Xander waiting there. As she draws close, Xander points to the exit door, getting out. As they step out, she orders a cab. Sitting in front, she giv
"Come on, move it!" One of the muscular men, six packs body built grabs Susan by the arm while struggling to break free, slightly conscious as they tie her up, "What's going on? Let me go!" She says in a lowly voice, trying to get hold of herself but the effects of the chemical contained in the tear gas was much more powerful. They ignore her and continue to drag her towards a van parking outside. She tries screaming for help, but to no effect as no one is around. "Someone, help me!"The other throws her into the back of the van and slams the door shut, "Don't even think about making a sound." He says as he sits inside the van"Please, just tell me what's going on." She sobs having a tight blindfold tied to her face."You'll find out soon enough." Immediately they drive off.She clenches her fists and tries to stay calm, distracting her mind but still isn't working. "Please, just let me go. I won't tell anyone.""Really?" One smirks at her. "So sorry about that but it's too late for t
Stepping off the plane, his mind races with thoughts of Susan. He grabs his bags and rushes out of the airport alongside Ava, his secretary, hoping to find someone who can help him. He hails the cabs along the airport roads and when finally a taxi stops by, he hops in with Ava."Take me to the EMPIRE." "Okay." The cab guy skim around to the passenger's seat before he gears forwards, just then he recognises Xander's face as a familiar one. "Ahhhaa, you're the popular CEO of the EMPIRE. You're welcome back, sir." The cab man mutters in excitement."Thanks, man.""You're welcome. I'm actually a fan and your success story have been a great inspiration to many youths out here and I happen to be one of them.""Wow... I'm flattered though." Xander smiles and chuckles atleast to ease the tension built up in his heart. "Nice meeting you.""Same here Mr Xander."Few minutes later, The cab driver opines as he comes to a stop. "Here we are.""Thanks for the ride." Ava hops out with Xander. She br
Susan sits in the dark, her eyes flickering over the two sleeping but armed, muscular gigantic men in front of her. She breaths with fear while seated then waits, silently observing their breaths as they shift in their sleep to snoring. Knowing she has to be fast if she wants to escape, she glances around the room, taking in every detail. The dim light filtering through the cracks in the window blinds is the only illumination in the room. She can hear the soft rustle of leaves outside, a reminder of the forest she is in. She slowly moves her hand towards her middle palm, feeling the cold metal of the sharp object the gang leader had given her earlier. She gulps down a ball of saliva when she realizes that it's definitely going to hurt her if she must be free from the ropes. She takes a deep breath afterwards and slowly reaches out to the first guy, her hand shaking slightly. With a swift movement, she presses the sharp edge of the object against his rope and it goes out, cutting in tw
All shades of anger overwhelm Xander as he sits down, fuming in front of Ava. He can't believe how cruel and petty she's been to her so-called best friend all this while. "First, I heard rumors of you spreading lies about yourself to Susan. I overlooked that and now you went as far as accusing the poor innocent Susan of stealing your man?" He groans in anger and smacks the desk. " The man you never had? Ava! What the h*ll is wrong with you? How can you be so evil to someone who loves and trust you?"Ava lifts an eyebrow at Xander, surprised at his tone. She'd never seen him this angry before, not until today when it concerns Susan. "What are you talking about?" She mutters, trying to play dumb."C'mon, don't play dumb with me, Ava!" he smacks the desk again, his voice growing louder. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. You've been spreading lies about us to Susan and about her stealing your boyfriend, which is me. Knowing fully well that I am dating her. How could you do that to
"You don't know who you're messing with." Aunt Tina scoffs, her hands handcuffed against each other."Indeed." Police man 1 pushes her towards the seat at the interrogation room. "We're just about to know who we're messing with and for your own good, I'll advise that you cooperate with us off course."Just as she sits, she sighs and breathes heavily for a while, locking stern glances with the police officer sitting opposite her like it was a battleground. Neither was the dark skin brown eyes muscular cop smiling nor saying a word to her. Just as micro second turns into split seconds, his stern face lit up sarcastically, "Welcome Dear gorgeous looking Mrs Tina Godfred." Still smiling, he brushes his beards with his fingers, adjusting and relaxing properly on his chair. "Left with me, I'll verge that you wouldn't hurt a fly, seeing how beautiful you look but... Huh." He sighs and shakes his head sideways. "I'm disappointed. But that's by the way because you did it, anyway. But can't hel
"Hmh... Hmhm." Susan groans and breathes. While lying hopelessly in pain, a hunter, walking briskly through the hills to set traps. Another early morning for him, to make sure his traps are set before sunrise. As he walks further to the bottom of the hill, he hears a sound coming from a deep corner so early when he can barely see anything unless close enough. He stops to listen but the voice fades so faintly, "Help... help..." pausing briefly, then shrugging it off. "Just my imagination." He murmurs. "No time to waste, need to finish up." As he tries to put up another trap, he hears it again, but this time the voice growing fainter. "Help... please..."The hunter stops hesitating, then quickens his pace. "That voice again? What if someone is in trouble? I better check it out, just to be sure." He tells himself, feeling for who it is. He adjusts his grip on his hunting gun and follows the direction of the faint voice. The urgency in his steps grows. Muttering to himself so slowly, prep