Vivian arrived at the hospital with some minutes to spend before she was on her to work. There haven’t been any news so far, but there was comfort in knowing that her mother was not at any risk after the surgery. The doctors have been repeating the same thing, saying she entered a coma and it would take a while for her to come out of it, but she was fine. They only thing Vivian could do was pray and hope she comes out from coma very soon.She greeted everyone she knew at the hospital as with her newest tradition and walked into the ward. The curtains were down and it was very quiet, the only news that could be heard was of that of the machine monitoring her mother’s heart rate and the gentle hum of the air conditioner, the nurses had not made full rounds yet so she decided to draw the curtains letting in light into the dark room.She grabbed a bowl on the bedside table and walked over to the basin in the room to fill the bowl with water. She returned back and sat by her mother on the
The ride to Vivian’s office was nice and quiet. They both enjoyed the peace and took in the scenery as Rowan drove her to work. Vivian kept smiling to herself as it has been long she had experience some form on normalcy in her life ever since her mother was admitted into the hospital. In fact, her whole life has been spiralling downwards since the day her dad died. She was always thinking of how to help out her mom and how to make life easy on her. She never really had time to let go and take care of herself. When her mother fell ill, she had to run helter-skelter to look for money to pay her hospital bills.She never had the luxury of enjoying a car ride. Her brain was always jumbled with thoughts, but today, it wasn’t. She felt free, free from everything, her mom hospital bill was covered, and she now had a well paying job, which was what she loved doing the most. What more could she ask for?“Thank you, Rowan. Thank you for everything.” Vivian said genuinely.“It’s nothing.” Rowan
“Hello.” Jason said to the phone, sitting on a black leather couch, his leg extended to the centre glass table with a glass of wine in his hand.“Hey Jason! It’s been a while.” Piper responded from the other line.“Yes, it has. How have you been?” Jason asked.“I’ve been good. After all, you forgot me here and didn’t even call when you got back.” Piper accused, sounding slightly upset.“I’m sorry. I’ve been busy with work and trying to settle down and all.” Jason said, trying to appease her.“You weren’t busy for Vivian, though. I guess I wasn’t just as important.”“It’s really not that, I just had something important to discuss with her.” Jason explained.“If you say so. So why did you call?” Piper said, changing the topic.“Well, it’s about Vivian.” Jason started.“Oh.”“Yeah. I’m sure she told you what happened between the both of us, and ever since then, she has been ignoring my calls and texts.” Jason reported.“She is probably overwhelmed by the way you jumped that bomb on her.
Fred was on his way to the hospital on his motorbike. His hair fluttered behind him as he manoeuvred through traffic. He had received a call from the hospital earlier in the morning informing him that the patient he had brought in was conscious already. He had postponed his meetings and hopped on his bike towards the hospital.His mind was preoccupied with several thoughts. He hadn’t been prepared to lose a team member during the scuffle and was sure as hell not ready to visit the deceased family but he had to. He thought about how sad the deceased wife must be feeling now and how his kids were going to grow up without a father, he knew how hard life could be for a single mother. All those thoughts and a lot more only drove him to find who was responsible for the death of his teammate.He arrived at the hospital and was assaulted by the smell of disinfectants and drugs. He had always hated coming to the hospital, it smells of death and sickness if they had a smell. He passed by the se
Alex, Rowan’s best friend, owns one of the most popular car dealerships in the city where he sells different kinds of cars from different brands based on a dealership contract with an auto-maker. He also sells car spare parts and provides automotive maintenance services. Rowan gets all of his cars from Alex to help his business, as he states. Alex spends the majority of his day monitoring the transport and registration of vehicles in his possession. He sometimes gets handy when he gets bored of paperwork and helps in the maintenance sector, fixing spoilt cars.Alex had a more normal life. His mom was a business lady who dealt mainly in import and export of goods while his dad was a criminal defence lawyer. His parents were very close friends with Rowan’s parents, which led to the two friends becoming best of friends up till now.Alex was the more fun one while Rowan was the calm and controlled guy. Many people wonder how the both of them get along as it comes as a surprise to people
Vivian had noticed that Charles had stopped showing up at work. His desk was empty, and his office had been cleated out. She wondered what had happened with him.It also didn’t help that her co-workers were less quiet lately and had been whispering among themselves and discreetly looking at her like she had done something wrong.She tried confronting them, but they immediately shut down and pretended as though they were busy working and not gossiping about her. She then decided she would have to ask Mr Peter, her boss, about it.She finished working on some designs and printed them out. She packed them up into a file and was confused as to where to submit it as Charles was no longer around, and he was the head of the department.“Hey, let me get that for you.” A cool voice offered. The voice belonged to one of her co-workers, David. He was close friends with Charles and always helped her out once in a while, but it had increased more lately as he was always checking on her.“Thanks a
Max had been hard at work gathering the list of the names of all executives and workers that were needed to work on the grand project. He had to make sure to screen all of them and ensure none of them were spies. He worked hand in hand with Fred in tracing their movement and checking their communication history for any suspicious activity. So far, so good none of them have behaved suspicious in any way, and all of them have been cleared.He had sent out letters to all the chosen people on the list and had ordered them to file out to the secret mansion in ones so as not to raise suspicion in groups. They had been ordered to come individually in public transport and not to carry anything with them except for the documents they might need.Public transport were not allowed through the estate where the mansion was located. Hence, they had to walk down to the mansion, which was a few miles away from the main gate. The estate was very secure and was very intentional about security. No one c
Piper had always worked hard her whole life. She never wanted to depend on anyone and had fought through trials all by herself. She had built a name for herself and opened a bakery with her name on it. The only reason she actually goes to work is so she won’t be too lazy doing nothing at home, and she loved serving her customers and seeing the expression in their eyes when they get their orders.Ever since Piper and Alex boarded their love train, they never wanted to spend their days apart. They always find a way to meet up whether at a restaurant or at a park or maybe in a hotel. Piper never thought she would fall in love this deeply. All her past relationships never lasted as she was never serious with any of them or paid them much attention.She had once told Vivian, ‘Men are like children when they love you. You’re expected to give them all your love and attention else they wouldn’t be satisfied’. Piper wasn’t the type to run after men, nor was she the type that like when men ran