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THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 56. DEBT
Immediately, I followed him to his office and he walked to his table to bring out a brown envelope which he handed over to me. “There is a seminar for journalists at Pennsylvania this coming weekend and an invitation has been sent to us. Would you like to go in our stead? I am asking you this as the boss and not as a friend” he said to me and I stood there for a moment I knew about the yearly seminars but I never had the grace to attend one since only one employee could represent their company. I was too stunned to speak because I wasn’t expecting such an offer from him, it had never crossed my mind. As happy as I was, I also felt hesitant. I didn’t know if I should be happy with the offer or if I truly deserved it. “I don’t know what to say. There are other people who might be more qualified than me, so I don’t know if I should receive this or not” I told him truthfully He was taken aback by my response, I guess he didn’t think about such a situation when he wanted to offer me. H
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 57. DISCOVERY
PETAL’S POV Since I confirmed that I would be attending the conference at Pennsylvania, I was given two days break to prepare myself since they were necessary items required for the trip. After packing everything I needed, I decided to visit Vera’s grave before going to play with Pureza at the orphanage. On getting to her gravesite, I saw that it was untidy and overgrown with weed. It wasn’t like the others that were kept neat so I had to ask one of the workers there why it was so. “We only repair and keep the gravesite of those that paid their required money clean” she answered and a soft “ah” left my mouth “So how much do I pay and where do I pay to?” I asked and I was directed to the appropriate quarters. Immediately I paid, they cleared everything that was there and the place was sparkling clean in minutes. “I am very sorry for coming late. There is nothing I could have done since I didn’t know what happened. I had always felt bad for taking your position but that pushed me t
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 58. SCALING THROUGH
I had thought she would alight from the car to confront us but she only glared at me for a few seconds and the car moved forward. I dropped the food in my hand slowly as I lost my appetite but since I didn’t want to ruin the joyful experience for Stanley, I picked it up quickly and flashed a fake smile when he turned to me.“I didn’t do anything wrong. We are only out as friends” I told myself over and over throughout the time I was with him.That was what helped me enjoy the moment with him without putting what happened between me and his mother into consideration.“I want to try more. Recommend every delicious food and I will eat them all” he told me happily and giggled like a little child around me, making me slightly embarrassed but he was cute enough so I let it slide.We finished our food tour in a little over two hours and he took me home, watched me go in and was sure that I was safe before he left for his own house.****STANLEY’S POVI hated going home ever since I had my ow
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 59. CRUEL FATES
Tolu and I left the dinner early since I was afraid to taste anything at the venue due to the trauma of someone lacing my food or drink with something else. We went to the hotel’s restaurant itself and had another meal which I ate in peace since it was sure no one would do anything to that one.“Do you want me to show you around Pennsylvania? I grew up here” she suggested and I agreed immediately since I didn’t have anything doing.Seeing her order for a cab, I countered her and claimed that it would be too expensive but she only chuckled. Pulling out her black card, she remarked “Even if the cab takes me through the whole of this country, this card will not feel the money deducted from it” My jaw dropped. I didn’t know the amount in the account but for her to make such a statement then she would be filthily rich.“I see… I understand” those words dragged out of my mouth and she smiled at my expression“I got adopted into a rich family and they take care of me like their own child. W
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 60. APART
PETALS’ POVI came back from the conference and slept throughout the weekend. Tolu got me exhausted to the core on the last day because of the tour we went on but I enjoyed them all so I couldn’t even blame her. As soon as my plane landed, I called Stanley to inform him that I was back but I would be staying indoor till Monday because I needed a proper rest and he told me to take all the time I wanted.I resumed work on Monday to find something surprising on my desk. There were series of letters and gifts from people I didn’t know their names but with the contents, they were my office coworkers.“Thank you for helping Vera rest in peace” “Vera is so lucky for having a replacement like you”“I’ll cheer you on just like I did for Vera”“I couldn’t protect Vera, thank you for protecting her even in her death” and many more.As I scanned through the letters and gifts, tears fell down my eyes. Vera had people who loved her too, she just might not know. She had people who wanted to dig out
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 61. TO BLOOM
Upon placing a call through to Pamela, she told me that she was at home and I wondered if I was either at the wrong address or she had moved again and didn’t inform me.“What do you mean by you are at home? I am in front of your door and your landlady said that you haven’t come here in ages” I argued“I am always at home, I only come in late and leave early so it’s understandable” she defended and a cab brought her to the front of the house in minutes“You said you were at home though” I still countered when she dropped down from the taxi“I thought you called before coming so I told you I would be around, I didn’t know that you were already in front of my house” she explained“Well, it’s great to see you again. Are you going to stand there all day?” I asked, opening my arms for a hug and she rushed into it.We both hugged each other tightly as we giggled and ranted about how much we have missed each other.“Let’s go in. We have a lot to catch up on” she said and we both went into the
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 62. STANDING UP
We finished the glass of wine in our hands and ran around the sea shore while giggling and holding unto each other. We needed no other definition anymore, it was clear what we are to each other now and to be honest, I still couldn’t believe that I had opened my heart again for Stanley.I had sworn never to get involved with him anymore in my life but being the funny bitch life was, I just had to get paired with him again and since my pride won’t put food on my table, I had no choice but to carve in to the circumstances surrounding my situation.“Do you want to sleep here or go back home?” he asked me as we settled down on the sand“It wouldn’t be bad to listen to the gentle sound of the waves as the night passes” I answered with a chuckle and he took that as a yes.The wind was becoming colder so we had no choice but to go back to the cabin and rest up for the night.He dropped me at home the following morning and I quickly got dressed up and packed everything I wanted before the Chai
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 63. RECONCILIATIONS
As soon as Bea carried the box out of the office and headed to the storage room, one of the guys from the construction department saw her heading there and rushed forward to caution her that she shouldn’t visit the room for that moment since construction had started.On getting there, she was already in the room and dropped the box but her leg collided with one of the planks on the floor and others came crashing. Thankfully, his intervention was timely as he rushed to stop the falling planks.“Get out right now” he yelled at her but she was frozen with horror as she shut her eyes tightly, waiting for her doom to come.“Right now! Get out of the door” another round of yelling sounded through the room and this time around, she was sane enough to hear and rush out of the door.“What do I do? How do I help you?” she panicked as she watched him struggling with the heavy planks “Just push the bell by your left side” he groaned, the weight of the planks dawning on himBea fidgeted as she pu
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THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 115. TIME WILL MEND ALL
Ray finally proposed to Mei who agreed right away and they planned to leave Lisbon but she couldn’t due to the contract she had signed with Pamela. She didn’t know that she wouldn’t be able to break off the contract for three years. Pamela did that because she knew the price of their stocks would be affected when her father’s crime is exposed but with the success of Mei in the modelling world, she would be able to sustain the company over the three years when it would be balanced and would let her go.“That’s some crazy contract” Ray remarked and tried looking for a way to pay the fine so she would be free but Mei told him that she wanted to help her in return because she gave up her company to help them solve the case so he had no choice but to retreat.Pamela explained that she can go anywhere she wanted but must be always available to carry out her the terms of the contract whenever she was needed.“That is no problem. We both have to find a common ground. She has to finish school
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 114. MAKING IT OUT ALIVE
FEW HOURS AGOMei was summoned by Pamela to her office and was given a necklace as a gift for her successful oversea deal. She expressed her happiness about how she was raking in so much money for her company because of her excellent modeling skills.“Well, I only tried my best but it worked out by luck” Mei said meekly“There’s no such thing as luck. You only got to show the work you have prepared hard for, so you deserve every credit” she told her and Mei appreciated her for the gift before leaving for the house where she saw Stanley waiting for herStanley took her to his villa after apologizing for not coming sooner to explain things to her. He told her everything about her sister to her when he found out that she also know that her sister was not biologically related to her.“Can I speak to her? Can I talk to her on the phone? She would have been worried sick about me” she said with a shaky voice and Stanley put a call through which was luckily picked up by her sister.They were
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 113. HEINOUS CRIMINAL
TOLU’S POVI was preparing to wash off the sweat of the day and was battling with my robe’s rope when Ray burst into my room unannounced. In horror, I jumped under the blanket, my eyes shining hard as I questioned why he would come inside without knocking but he only apologized and came in further.“I found it!” he screamed and my face frowned in confusion, what was he talking about all of a sudden? My pressurized brain couldn’t process anything. I just wanted him to get out of my room so I can take my bath before heat strangle me under the blanket.“Found what?” I snapped angrily at him“The evidence!” he screamed and I didn’t know when I rolled out of the sheet, the robe dropping off my body“Cover your damn body!” he screamed, covered his eyes and turned away.It was then I realized that I was standing in front of him in my birthday suit. With a loud gasp, I bent and pulled my robe up, tying it tightly across my waist.“It’s covered, now show me the evidence you are talking about”
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 112. THE EVIDENCE
Since Petals was not in a good state of mind and would be away for the time being, they were short of hand and Ray suggested that they bring in Tolu as a helping hand since she was capable and already told them to let her know when her help was needed.“She’s also good at sniffing out information” Stanley added“I know right. She had this detective spirit ever since we were little” Ray remarked, a slight chuckle dancing in his throatAs soon as Petals’ plane took off, he went to the arrivals and waited a bit before Tolu that he had been waiting for showed up. She was the first to sight him and waved towards his direction to get his attention.“Thank you for coming all the way here and I am sorry for the inconveniences it might have caused” he said with a grin and a smile appeared on her lips“What do you mean by inconveniences? I actually lived all these while for this moment. Let’s go catch the bad guys” she remarked and left for the car with him.Gabriel walked towards them and got
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 111. COMING ALL THE WAY
It took a whole week for Gemma to come to her senses. She always cowered in fear whenever anyone came close to her, even to the point of food. They had to leave her food on the table and disappear from the surroundings before she could eat peacefully.“I shouldn’t have shouted at her and startled her that way” Petals kept blaming herself and hoped that she would come back to her senses soon because she almost died of the curiosity of how Jane was not the sibling she thought she had.During those times, Stanley had successfully gotten her a temporary guidance permit for Pureza and she was able to transfer him out of the hospital to the place she trusted so he could get the ultimate and proper treatment he deserved.“Just take it slow. We have gotten to this point and we will find out everything till the end so put your mind at rest and just approach them one by one” Stanley consoled her when he noticed how tensed and anxious she was every time.Finally, after a week, Gemma was back to
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 110. MORE HARM
They were all at home in the evening when a news of a body being found near the burnt orphanage and the guess was that the body must have belonged to one of the children in the orphanage because it was the built of a child. They also stated that some of the organs were missing which gave room for the suspicions of organ trafficking.Stanley rushed up immediately and ran inside one of the rooms where he kept the pictures. Since she was also curious and he wouldn’t come out to tell them why he ran inside, she rushed to the room too to check what was happening.“Did something happen? Did you find out about something?” she asked, staring at her“The news reminded me of a case I found out while I was making some research. There was a time when the case of organ trafficking was so rampant and they were kids. Their corpses were found at different locations but they had one thing in common and that was missing organs” he explained, flipping through the old newspaper in his hand“So do you thi
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 109. PAY YOU BACK
Michael and Gabriel went out to club and were busy dancing and drinking when someone said a foul language to Michael whom he thought didn’t understood the language. They both fought and were arrested by the police, then Michael was asked to provide his passport but refused.“Why is he not presenting his passport? Did he perhaps lost it?” Stanley asked on their way to the police station“I’m not sure he did that and I don’t know why he’s so adamant. It’s tiring” Gabriel sighed“He might have his reasons. He wouldn’t just act without a plan” Petals chipped inNo matter what anyone said, Michael kept denying that he had a passport. He said he was an illegal immigrant and there was nothing Stanley could do at that point. He was to be sent to the detention center and deported when his identity has been confirmed.“Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine” he said to Gabriel who kept panicking after hearing that he would be detained“Croyez-moi mo frére, mon chien n’aboie pas sans voir quelque ch
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 108. DANGER
MONICA’S POVTruth be told, I had forgotten all about the beach house, maybe because it reminded me of my mom so much and I didn’t want to wallow in the pain longer. I stopped going to her room, I had everything connected to her packed off from my reach and just let her lived in my heart instead.She was always insisting that I know how to take care of myself because of a situation where she would not be around but I didn’t get all she was saying until she finally passed away.“I don’t know if I’m strong enough to face this” I mumbled as I puffed out the pent up air in my lungs.Immediately I got there, I ran inside as if she was there waiting for me in person and I didn’t come to my senses until disappointment coupled with reality slapped me in the face.“What was I thinking? What was I even expecting?” I sighed as I sank into the lemon sofa by my right.I had to catch my breath for a bit before I stood up to look around. Every corners I hid in back then whenever we were playing catc
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 107. REMEMBER
By the time we rushed into the bathroom, she had collapsed to the side and was holding unto one of the stands in the bathroom for support.“Fcking Christ!” Monica spat out and I rushed forward to help her up“Irene! Can you hear me? Can you stand up?” I called out desperately to her as I helped her to her feet.The maid was swift enough to push the emergency button and her attending doctor rushed in with immediate effect. She was attended to immediately and several drugs and injections were administered to her to keep her calm.“What’s wrong with her? Is she getting worse? Should we be concerned?” Monica asked, her eyes getting damped with tears“She upgraded her treatment today so her system has not gotten used to this kind of treatment. There’s nothing to be afraid of but she needs to be taken care of and leave to rest very well so her system can get used to it” the doctor told them and a sigh of relief dropped from Petals’ lips.“Let’s hope for the best” Petals chipped in but Monic
