Really Dirty Business

Somewhere in a large exclusive housing community, everyone was fast asleep in their expensive residences. Everyone, except for one scared individual who was living in the biggest and most luxurious mansion in the whole residential village. His whole house was in darkness, except for the flashlight of his smart-phone and his laptop’s screen. Someone has cut the main electrical source! Why aren’t the back-up generators kicking in? But I’m sure the special security setup will still work because it has its own power source…

“Hello darling, I’m so happy to see you reading again. No more headaches?”The obese man in front of her smiled widely, his rounded cheeks stretching to accommodate his toothy grin. If there was anything his wife really loved, it’s his jolly countenance, especially in the mornings. Sometimes work for him demanded that he goes home in the early hours of the day before sunrise and he knows that his wife is not happy with that. But what can a man do if he is overly busy with his newly acquired business? Or actually, his wife’s newly acquired business?”I’m fine my love, please stop worrying. My blood pressure has not been overly high for the past two weeks. And yes, I still prefer the traditional paper for my news reading instead of a tablet, thank you,” replied the hefty male while turning the page of the full newspaper in front of him.The slim graceful woman glides to the back of the lumbering man and hugs him from behind, enveloping him in layers of sweet-strong perfume and the rich

Lyra is feeling the rush, the exhilaration, and the ultimate freedom of her ride and she wishes so bad that it would last forever… But like any good thing in this world, it will always end. So I’ll just enjoy this moment while I still can. 

The motorbike parking area has a lot of vacant spaces so it didn't take too long before they are already walking through the hospital’s main entrance. While his professor fills out some forms and checks out certain information at the nurse's station, Hero decides to check his large-screened, high-tech smartphone. He stares at it for a while, his eyes narrowed to slits while his lips twist in a slightly upset expression.

Thirty minutes later after he had left Lyra's condominium building, Hero is already parking his bike in his special spot at his workplace. That was actually a record time since he usually takes an hour to get there from school. Lyra’s condo unit was further away. Whenever he’s deep in thought, he would always speed through the roads, letting the fast winds and velocities drive away his problems. Usually, it worked.