To Louis, the waiting period seemed like an eternity. Soon the call came again through the security landline and the officer picked.“She is not around,” the janitor pointed out. “Thank you.”Now, the security officer looked at the young man before him, whom he was sure must have heard what the janitor said, and informed dismissively, “Young Master, she is not around. Have a pleasant day.”At that moment, Mr. Louis's condition became worse than when he came. He thanked the officer and walked back to his car. Now, he was sweating profusely under the cold, and had no clues of where she could be. Likewise, he could not explain how he drove back to his house. Then, he lamented, “What came over me? The woman that I had waited for three years to be out of school before I went to bed with her. The girl I loved with my life is missing with my pregnancy.”At Dover.Denise arrived at his company clinic in trepidation. He ran in and came out with two nurses pushing a wheeled stretcher. They wh
“Was she kidnapped on her way home?” He pondered, and many thoughts found their ways to his mind as a result of that thought.“Where was she kept?”“How many of them?”“What would they be doing with her since last night?”He tried her number again, but it was not connecting. Now, Louis began to cry profusely. His domestic staff members noticed that something was wrong, but they could not pin it anywhere. “What could be bothering the boss?”“I wish I had an idea meanwhile, I feel we should find out.”“I feel like that too, but he had locked his door.”“Let us find out. He may need someone to talk to.”They walked to the door of his bedroom and knocked several times, but there was no response. They looked at each other and decided to give him a call. Furthermore, they dialed his number and the phone rang numerous times before it cut. When they had exhausted every means of getting his attention, they set out to pull down the door, which was their last resort.“We cannot watch him go thr
Nevertheless, Denise, who was off work, drove into the compound. He expressed worry the moment he sighted Freya's car. He packed and got off, looked at the security hoping to get any clue as to what awaited him in the house, but could not get any. “Welcome back boss.”“Thank you, John. I hope there is no problem?”“No problem, boss.”Denise looked at Freya's car again and walked into the house and saw Freya coming out of the Kitchen. She looked sternly at Denise, who greeted her joyously.“Good morning, big Sister. Good to see you.” Freya ignored him, and he mistook it for annoyance because of what brought her. Then, he continued, “How is Daniel? I expected you yesterday, but…”Freya interrupted him and inquired, “What is the meaning of this, Denise?”Denise, who was astounded, asked, “What are you talking about, big sister?” “I am disappointed. How can you be so secretive, to the point that you would not allow any member of your family to know what you are doing? What if she had
At Dover. Denise's Apartment.Furthermore, Denise had forgotten that he was a semi married man, and walked into his bedroom leisurely without knocking, and searched for Olivia. Suddenly, he saw her coming out of the bathroom, but she was with only the towel that she wrapped around her chest. On seeing Denise in the bedroom, she was startled, and walked back to the bathroom. “Oh! I'm sorry to barge in,” Denise apologized, and returned to the sitting room. He was lying on the sofa reading a magazine when Olivia walked in, and sat on the next chair. She looked at him, not knowing how to address him, but she could only mutter, “Good morning, Mr.”Subsequently, Denise rose from the couch, and dropped the magazine on the center table. Then, he scanned her, and responded, “Good morning, Angel, how are you now?”Now, Olivia was not familiar with the name, but she could guess that he was referring to her, and responded, “I’m fine. And you?”Likewise, he gave her an affectionate look and rep
“Just a moment. Let us do it this way. I am aware that you are all right, but let us share this third plate. You take half portion and I will have the rest. Is that Ok?""It's Ok.""Then, let's go.”Notwithstanding the situation, Denise presented it as though it was a game, and Olivia began to play with the zeal to be the winner. Nevertheless, she forgot the rules of the game and finished the food before she realized that she had goofed up. She looked at Denise, who had been watching her, and volunteered to report herself, “Sorry, I ate your portion.”Then, Daniel teased, “That was the idea. Keep it up. By the way, may I have your contact? I am on PM Shift today. I may leave before you wake up.”Subsequently, Olivia looked at him and showed worries. He wanted to avoid stressing her, so he dismissed the idea. He had forgotten that he picked up her shattered phone and threw the pieces into the car trunk when he picked her the previous day.“Do not bother. I will always contact you throu
“Stop crying. You have been through a lot.”After a while, she raised her head, looked at his face and assured, “I love you too, Denise, and I promise to be your Angel.”(Sobs)“It is all right. Thank you for accepting my love. Don't cry again.”They disengaged and took the luggage back to the house. When they settled down in the parlor and Denise noticed that she was calm, he asked, “What are your plans for marriage, Angel?”Angel composed herself and explained, “I had wished to get married at once because of the pregnancy. Now that I miscarried the baby, I will take my time.”Denise, who had maintained some distances from her and was not contented with her response, inquired more.“What do you mean by take your time?”Olivia searched his countenance to see if he did not really get her explanation. She continued when she could not get any clue from his face.“I will return to Sevenoaks and continue with my plans to set up my Information and Communication Technology firm.”To Denise,
She turned to Angel and greeted, “You are welcome, daughter. You look truly like an Angel.”Olivia replied bashfully and dropped the honorific as she addressed her informally, “Thank you, Mom.”Denise, who was happy with his mother's opinion about his fiancée, spoke, “Mom, I actually wanted her to stay with you while we carry on with the marriage processes. We were at the registry today”.Freya and Nichole accepted his opinion, at once, “That will be very nice.”The janitor got her stuff out of the car while Denise helped her to settle in her new room. Afterward, Denise announced.“Angel, I will be on my way. I will keep in touch.”Angel felt empty immediately, and Denise noticed it. Then, she offered.“Let me walk you to the car.”Denise, who understood what she was up to, laughed out loud and asked, “Why? I can leave by myself.”Olivia rested her head on his chest and held him tight for the comfort and safety that she mostly desired. With her 5' inches height, Denise, who was 5'10 i
At the Bailey Native HomeFreya, who loves her brother Denise so much, had extended the same love to his wife to-be. She got wedding accessories for her, and she was trying them on. Olivia puts on a shoe and pulled it out immediately, indicating it was not what she wanted. Freya was surprised at her action and she asked, “What happened? Don't you like them?”“I do, but they are too big for me.”“In that case, I will have to inform Julie to get a smaller size when she is coming for the wedding.”“Auntie, Freya.” “Yes?”“I wish to suggest that we buy some of these accessories locally instead of spending so much buying them abroad. There may be a good wedding accessories shop in Dover.”Freya smiled and pointed out, “Allow us to worry about that, Angel. These things are nothing to Julie. She had been abroad with her husband for some time, and she has a good job. So, sending wedding accessories to her cousin’s wife won’t be too much on her.”Olivia, who was speechless, began to arrang
Wednesday – At the Government Hospital, The Superior could not reach out to Evelyn after trying her number several times the previous day. Lorene, who would have furnished him with the information of her whereabouts, was still in danger. So, he had fewer hands as three of his staff members were off-duty. That day, he had to adjust his roaster to be able to have more hands. Then, Zoey had resumed for the day and was shuttling between her office and Nichole’s. The janitor, who believed that she was assisting Nichole, was of great assistance. “Thank you. What is your name?”Zoey asked the janitor, whom she had taken delight in after working with her for two days.“My name is Rachael Justin, Mrs. Bailey.”“What a nice name? You have been very helpful. Thank you.”“That is the least I can do to cover up for Mrs. Bailey.”“Oh! That is good. I will visit the emergency later to see Lorene.”Rachael, the twenty-year-old janitor, pushed her bottom lip forward in disdain and asked, “Do you rea
He may not be able to resolve other issues in his life, but Cassandra would not add to his problem. Then, he called the Personnel Manager at once. He picked and greeted.“Good day, boss. How may I help you?”“Good day. Transfer Eric to my office and send Cassandra to take over from Eric with immediate effect.”“It is noted, boss.”(Cut)At Stephen’s ApartmentAfter the meeting with the Patriarch and the family heads, he boarded a taxi to Lorene’s house, which was at the Barrack’s Road. To his chagrin, she was not at home. He looked at the time, it was 1:30 pm.“Where could she be? I know that she is on AM Shift.”Now, he rested his head on her door for a few seconds before he gave her a call again, but as usual, she did not pick. With a heavy heart, he left for his house. Then, he sent a message to the barrister requesting that he would make the check for the compensation available.“You are free. I will be in my office by 3 pm.”“All right. See you.”At 2:30 pm, he boarded a taxi to
He may not be able to resolve other issues in his life, but Cassandra would not add to his problem. Then, he called the Personnel Manager at once. He picked and greeted.“Good day, boss. How may I help you?”“Good day. Transfer Eric to my office and send Cassandra to take over from Eric with immediate effect.”“It is noted, boss.”(Cut)At Stephen’s ApartmentAfter the meeting with the Patriarch and the family heads, he boarded a taxi to Lorene’s house, which was at the Barrack’s Road. To his chagrin, she was not at home. He looked at the time, it was 1:30 pm.“Where could she be? I know that she is on AM Shift.”Now, he rested his head on her door for a few seconds before he gave her a call again, but as usual, she did not pick. With a heavy heart, he left for his house. Then, he sent a message to the barrister requesting that he would make the check for the compensation available.“You are free. I will be in my office by 3 pm.”“All right. See you.”At 2:30 pm, he boarded a taxi to
He asked anxiously. Zoey, who was breathing heavily, could only summarize her complaint with a sentence.“She attacked me, I pushed her away to defend myself, and she slumped.”Dr. Caesar, who was about settling down for the day’s job, was as confused as a chameleon. He gave her a perplexed look while she stood in front of his desk waiting for his response. Then he managed to ask.“Who is ‘she’?”Then, it occurred to Zoey that the Superior was not aware of the incident before she gave a detailed explanation of the incident. Dr. Caesar gave her a cursory response as though nothing happened while he concentrated on his work.“Go back to your office and continue with your work.”When Nichole addressed Lorene and Evelyn as hawks and poachers, she had her reasons. They have attempted ceaselessly to poach the superior away from his wife, but failed. When he dismissed Zoey and concentrated on his work, he felt that Lorene deserved what she got. She returned to Nichole’s office and met a tidy
The facinorous and pretentious Stephen paused and looked at the lawyer to read his countenance, but it was unreadable. Then he proceeded and feigned a sob.“Please, I am pleading, join me to plead with Arthur not to exact vengeance on me. You can see my dilemma. I know I have erred, but, let him spare me this time. I promise I will not be incautious again.”Now, some family heads believed him and had compassion on him, while some refused to take his apology that was not good enough for them, as they turned up their noses at him. Then, the family head of Oscar, who was not happy with how he abducted Zoey, felt it was time to strike, and spoke.“Stephen, you promised you will not be incautious again; incautious over what? Is it the kidnapping of our wives or attempting to sow seeds of discordance in our families?”Such an incisive speech dug up Stephen's iniquities, which the family heads were about to forget. They became infuriated and shouted on top of their voices.“We will not plead
Now, Brown was at the barracks at 7 am because of the meeting. As the head of his family, he knew what to expect from the other family heads, but he was prepared for them.“Good morning to you, our Patriarch.”“Good morning, Brown. How are you?”“As you can see, I am good. What about you?”“I could not catch a sleep last night because of today’s meeting.”“It is expected. We cannot run away from our responsibilities.”“You are right. If those ahead of us had run away from theirs, who knows where we would have been by now.”“You are right.”Then, the scumbag, Stephen, walked in and greeted, “Good morning, our Patriarch. Good morning, my family head.”The two elders looked at him searchingly. They did not bother to respond to his greeting nor glimpse at him. The Patriarch ordered without looking at his face.“Wait in the hall.”“Thank you, our Patriarch,” The momentarily repentant Stephen said, and walked to the hall in the courtyard and took his seat. He watched the family heads trickl
Denise paused and looked at her innocent face without responding, but she continued, “Are you still mad at me?”“Eat your food first.” Denise responded and kept feeding her. She took two more spoons and stopped and said in between sobs, “I am okay. Thank you.”Unfortunately, Denise lacked how to respond to the situation; he was angry with the woman that he must save her life.‘I have to concentrate on saving her life first. I can get angry later.’ He advised himself and smiled. He scooped the food and then urged her.“Sweetheart, I don’t think you are okay. Just take more spoons, and you will be okay.” Olivia saw it as an opportunity to strike a bargain with her husband, and she quickly asked, “Answer me. Are you still mad at me?”Denise smiled and asked her too, “Can I ever be mad at my beautiful Angel?”(Peck)She gave a dampened smile as she wiped the teardrops that tickled down her cheeks with the back of her hand. Denise, who was emotional at that point, dropped the plate and th
“I hope she is not angry with me for taking long in contacting her?”Now, he gave her a call for the second time. The phone rang several times, but she refused to pick.“She must have gone to sleep,” he concluded, and slept off too.At the Tourist Center.The Security Officer was happy with the changes he saw in Jude’s composure. His youthfulness radiated as he was constantly happy. The moist that usually gathered in his eyes whenever he wanted to speak was no longer there. He enjoyed making music with his piano than watching the television. When the Security Officer got to his room that afternoon for his lunch, he observed that he spoke freely with him; more like a relation than a stranger.“How is your day going, Jude?”He smiled and paused from the keyboard before responding.“My day is going on well, Sir. And you?”“Fine. Your lunch is here.”“Okay, thank you, Sir. How about the boss?”“The boss is good. He sent his love.”“Oh! I wish I will meet him soon.”“Yea! You will meet him
Mrs. Felix said when Lorene walked out of the Chairman’s office. To her surprise, she did not respond rather, she walked on like a disappointed child. The clerks noticed the same attitude. She got to the car park, got into the car and drove to the gate. She got off the car, picked her phone and drove away. The Security men were surprised to see a woman who was raging a few minutes ago walking solemnly to their office to pick her phone.‘What must have happened? Who is actually the Chairman of the Bailey International Conglomerates?’ She mulled over, and drove. Howbeit, she never considered putting a call across to Stephen, neither was she aware that she narrowly escaped the police arrest. Now, Denise had sent for the Security Officer who drove to the Admin Block after Lorene drove off.“You called me, boss.”“Yes. Why did you call the cop on that woman?”“I did not call the cop, they just came.”“How? What do you mean by they just came?" Denise asked, and furrowed his brow. Incidental