At The Family House – The Dinner Table:It was 7:00 PM and for over nine hours, Kelvin was crying and never had his lunch. Meanwhile, his family was waiting for him. After waiting for him to show up for dinner, and he did not, Charlotte, his mother faced Ramon, Kelvin's eighteen years little brother, and asked, “Why is Kelvin not here?” Mr. Ben Wilson, the Chairman of the Wilson Group of Companies, and Kelvin's dad, responded, “I wondered, too. Let us wait for a while. He will join us soon.”They chatted until 7:25 PM, and the couple was worried, and could not wait anymore. Then, his father called out to Gil Broughton, the Janitor, “Gil.”“Yes, Mr. Wilson,” he responded and appeared.“Get Kelvin. Let him know that we are waiting, and he should not keep us waiting for too long.” “I got it, Mr. Wilson,” Gil accepted, and took a step, but Ramon intercepted him, “Never mind, Mr. Broughton. I will get him.”Gil stopped suddenly and faced Mr. Wilson for his approval, and the couple looked
Meanwhile, Kelvin left without responding to her apologies because he considered her a mannerless child. Aurora felt the same way about him too. She glared at him, and Mr. Napoleon noticed it and called her to the present.“Young lady, speak with me. What assistance do you want from me?”Aurora recalled herself, and spoke, “Thank you, Sir. I have searched for any book on war and conflict management, but I can't find any.”“War?” Mr. Napoleon asked in astonishment.“Yes Sir. My lecturer gave me an assignment.”“ I see. If you don't mind, may I hear the question?”“The question is – How can you Maintain Peace Between two Waring Nations?”“I see. The only book on war is off the shelf. You have to be patient for the student to return it.”“Oh! My goodness. I need to submit this assignment at 8 AM tomorrow.”“Wow! That is unfortunate. This is 7 PM and the Library will close at 8 PM.”“Only an hour left,” she murmured. Howbeit, It was obvious that she was distressed, and the Librarian was to
Two Years Later – At Kelvin's officeNow, he was the Chief Executive Officer, just as Aurora predicted. That day, he was in his office with his frightened secretary, Miss Corine McDonald, who had suffered the brunt of his hatred for women since he fell out with Aurora. She was standing in front of him, and as usual, he was furious, and she explained, “I apologize, Mr. Wilson. I didn't mean to mess things up for …”Instantly, Kelvin interrupted her angrily, “Enough of your despicable excuses,” and she stuttered, “M-Mr….”Without giving her the chance to explain, Kelvin ordered, “Pack your things up and leave, my office, now, and don't ever come back here.”“Please, Mr. Wilson.”“I can't continue to deal with an idiot and a destroyer like you.”“Kindly hear me out, Mr. Wilson. It is not as bad as you think. I promise that it won't happen again.”Kelvin gave her a look of pure hate, and blurted out, “Did you say that it is not as bad as I think? Answer me. When did you begin to educate me
Without looking up, he asked, “Do you mean my former secretary? I terminated her employment because she is a bunch of professional blunder.”“You must have judged her wrongly, and I doubt that sacking her was a good idea. I suggest that you take it easy on the staff members.”Kelvin stopped eating suddenly, and dropped his cutlery, too.“I am certain that that was the appropriate thing to do, Dad. If you do not rule them with an iron fist, they would not sit up.”“But your secretary was doing well.”“That was before, but she has become something else of late.”When he failed to see reason, Mr. Wilson picked up his cutlery and continued eating. Kelvin did the same too. Soon, they were through.“Thank you for the meal, Dad,” he appreciated.“You are welcome, son.”After some minutes of silence, Wilson called out, “Son.”“Yes, Dad.”“I have a nice proposal to make, and I know you will love it.”Kelvin let out a dry smile, and requested, “That is good. Can I hear it?”“I can see that you a
At the Dinner Table – 7:12 PM. Ramon was back from his training and was with his parents at the dining table. Then, his mother requested, “Ramon, why is Kelvin not here yet?”“I wish I can tell, Mom.”Now, Mr. Wilson took a necessary action at once, “Let me give him a call,” he said and began to swipe his phone, and his wife encouraged, “Kindly do, dear.”Charlotte and Ramon focused on him while he dialed Kelvin's number. They heard the phone ring and timed out. Then, he asked, “Where could he have kept his phone?” Mr. Wilson dialed the number again, and it timed out once more. Then, his wife asked, “Why is he not picking up his call?”“I'm tired out due to the training, but I can check on him,” Ramon promised, and attempted to get up, but his father stopped him.“Do not stress yourself, Ramon, I will give his Personal Assistant a call. Ramon agreed and sat back, and watched him make the call. Now, Mr. Wilson dialed Andy's number and waited. It rang and timed out too, and the three
“I won't let this emotional blackmail manipulate me into doing something I want to avoid doing. This is my body and the baby is precious to me,” Olivia McGregor resolved after she had cried her heart out, and dried her swollen eyes. She picked her few belongings from the wardrobe, and tucked them into her mini trolley bag. From all indication, spending the weekend with Louis Bailey, her first love, and fiancé, would not be feasible. She had hoped that the weekend would be a good time to break the news of her pregnancy, and expected that he would be euphoric, and shower her with love. To her chagrin, he rejected the pregnancy – their love child. “Abort it,” he thundered, and walked out of the bedroom. In her distress, the picture of a gentleman in a white suit, and smiling happily at her, flashed through her mind. She attributed to the outcome of her anguish, and ignored it, and concentrated on getting her stuff into her bag. Nevertheless, the figure appeared again, and was more real
Afterward, Louis laughed softly and pulled her nose, and requested, “Tell me you are joking, my sweetheart.”To buttress her point, Olivia looked straight into his eyes, and declared, “Louis, I'm not joking. The doctor's report said I'm pregnant.”“What?” Louis screamed, and sat up from the bed like one under a spell. Then, he walked briskly to the wall, and faced it for a moment while she watched him in trepidation. Subsequently, he spoke up, “Olivia, how can you be so careless? Are you a kid? Do you mean that after graduating from the university, you cannot take care of yourself?” At that moment, Olivia got down from the bed too, and walked up to him. She placed her hand on his shoulder, and opined with a husky voice, “Honey, I thought you will receive the news with joy. You told me I’m the only woman in your life, and besides, you have proposed to marry me. Why all these?”Nevertheless, Louis took a deep breath, calmed down, and cupped her face with his two hands and admitted, “Y
Three Years Ago.Olivia was eighteen years old when she met Louis, a twenty-one-year-old student who was in his final year in the university. Then, she just gained admission into the Grandcrest University, Sevenoaks, which was one of the prestigious universities in the city. At that time, Olivia was leaving home for the first to be away from her family because she was a day pupil all through her high school. Now, her parents had armed her with the counseling she needed to succeed in the university when they brought her to the campus.“Remember, Olivia, you are born to succeed. If you hold on to the teachings of your mother and me, you will be victorious,” her father reminded.“Olivia dear, in addition to your father's advice, I want you to know that as a beautiful young girl, you will get love advances from the opposite sex. It is not bad to have friends from the opposite sex, but placing your relationship with them above your future, your studies, is what makes it bad.”“Thank you fa