“How are you, Caleb?” “I am fine, boss. Welcome back once again, Mrs. Bailey.”“Thank you, Caleb. What are we having for lunch?”Olivia asked as they sat on the mini dining table in the kitchen. “Protein-based food and herbal soup. It is good for your health presently.”Nevertheless, Denise looked at his wife, who was as speechless as he was. Then, he asked the thirty-five years janitor, “What do you mean by 'your health presently' Caleb?”Now, Caleb was taken aback when he realized that his mouth had been faster than his brain. Ideally, whatever information he had or any observation that he had made, he should have kept it to himself and waited for his boss to inform him officially that his wife was pregnant. At that point, he had no response than to mop in regret, while Denise and Olivia fixed their gazes on him and waited for his response. Suddenly, Denise's phone rang.“Continue with what you are doing,” he informed the janitor before he picked his call. Then, he held Olivia by
Now, he picked up his phone that was by his side to give Denise and Olivia a call. Then, the security guard walked in and informed, “Mrs. Bailey, Christopher is at the door.”Now, Arthur and Nichole exchanged glances before he looked at the security and back to Nichole. He attempted to view the courtyard from his phone, but he could not. Nichole tried to do the same but could not too. Then, Mr. Bailey asked the security guard.“Why is the CCTV disconnected?”“I am not aware that it was disconnected. I will find out, boss,” the security guard, who was disquieted, declared.“Meanwhile, let the guest in,” Arthur ordered while he looked at Nichole, who nodded in compliance.“All right, boss, the security guard said, and left in trepidation.”'Who must have tampered with the CCTV?' He thought before he ushered the guest in.“You can go in, Mr. Harry.”“Thank you.”Christopher was late Mr. Williams Bailey's schoolmate and friend who had his eyes on Nichole even before she got married to Wil
At the parlor, Christopher was alone, but he knew that both human and camera eyes were on him, especially when the security issues in the house were a concern. The bouquet was a heavy load to him at that moment because it was no longer useful. And from the look of things, it would never be. It may only be useful to the janitor when he would use it to feed the rabbits. Nevertheless, he dropped it on the side table before he picked up his phone to chat the chef up. To his stupefaction, he had missed many calls from the chef and his Intel at the Bailey International Conglomerates. He scanned through his phone and read through their messages. He discovered that they attempted to reach him to stop him from embarking on the visit, but he was carried away with his desire to get the bouquet and have Nichole.However, he decided to call the chef back, but he had no idea that she was on a hot seat at the Security Post.“Pick your call?” Arthur ordered her when her phone rang, and she attempted
Nichole could not believe that Arthur could be threatened with the appearance of Christopher or any other man. She released herself from his grip and looked into his eyes, which were already wet, and assured, “No, dear. No one is qualified to have me except you.”She raised her lips to meet his and gave him a quick kiss. He looked at her and still showed doubt. Then, Nichole smiled and began to unbutton his shirt and assured him, “You are my hero, Arthur.”Arthur turned out to be her hero that night, and he regained his position after several rounds of intimacy.“I love you, Nichole.”“I love you too.”“You are moving into my apartment at once. I can't have you live alone anymore.”“But we are yet…”“Yes. We are yet to register our marriage. We just have a few days left. Do you realize the danger you would have faced if the chef had succeeded?"They looked at each other and Arthur continued.“That coward would have taken advantage of you, and I would not have been able to stand it.”“
At the ClinicThen, Louis got to the clinic a few minutes after he got off the call with the doctor. He was aware of the discussion he was about to have with him, and that brought back bitter-sweet memories of Olivia.'So, I have lost my Olivia?' He muttered as he walked through the corridor leading to the doctor's office. Then secretary greeted at once.“Hello Mr. Bailey. Good to see you.”“Good to see you, too. How is work?”“My work is fine.”“Good. I wish to see the doctor.”“You can see him. He had been waiting for you.”“I see. Thank you.”The doctor maintained an eye contact with him the moment he opened the door and offered him a seat.“Kindly, sit down.”“Thank you, doctor.” Louis smiled and sat on the visitor's seat.“You sent for me, doctor.”“Yes. How are you?”“I'm fine,” He responded coldly. Now, Louis’ eyes were already wet, and the doctor noticed it, and he went down to business.“I called to find out your plans about moving forward because I can't watch you continue l
John, who had been standing at the gate, opened it for them, and he drove out. Before he joined the road, the scene of how the mysterious man grabbed Olivia in his dream flashed in his mind, and he halted abruptly. Then, the force of the halt pushed Olivia forward that she almost hit her head on the dashboard, and she screamed.“What?”Then, Denise released the handbrake lever before he looked at his wife and apologized, “I am sorry if I startled you, my Angel.”Olivia rested her head on the chair and took a deep breath before she spoke, “It is all right. What happened? Why did you stop suddenly?”“I just remembered something. Let us go back.” He did not wait for her response before he turned on the ignition and drove back into his courtyard. To his consternation, she was not angry nor disappointed. He parked the car at the parking lot, opened the door for her, and they walked into the parlor.“If you need anything, Caleb can go and get it for you.”“It is all right, dear.”They walke
At Dover – Denise's Apartment His Godfather, Mr. Nicholas Fields, called the previous day to request that they should resume their walkout.“All right, Godfather,” Denise accepted, but he had one problem. He felt that his wife would be grabbed by the mysterious man in his dream, and he thought of how to keep her safe by requesting, “I would be happy if you would pick us.”“That will be nice. I will pick you and afterward, we will retire to my house.”“That will be all right by me. Or we can take my wife to your house before we commence the walkout.”“You are right. See you in the morning.”“It is all right.”That Saturday morning, at 6 am, Mr. Fields drove to his house and picked him and his wife. He took them to his apartment and left Olivia in the care of his wife before he left with Denise.(Peck)Denise gave her a peck before he left. Then, they drove to their regular tea shop and parked before they began their exercise. They walked for about one hour thirty minutes to and fro th
After he got off the call, he gave Denise a reassuring look and announced.“It is possible he just picked up his phone from wherever. He will call you back now. Take your tea and let us go.”“It is okay.”Denise sipped his tea while Mr. Fields waited for him. He had already picked his car keys and ready to leave. When Denise was done with his tea, he stood up just like Mr. Fields, and they walked to the car before they drove off. While in the car, they continued their discussion on the marriage between Arthur and Nichole. After about ten minutes’ drive, they arrived at Mr. Fields' apartment. He parked at the car park and spoke, “Denise, I understand how you feel. It is obvious that Louis did not want to speak with you, for a reason, we are yet to find out.”Then, Denise unfastened his seatbelt and let out a dry smile before he said.“I knew he was not going to call. All the same, I appreciate you for urging me to call. Otherwise, I would not have known that he deliberately disappointe
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