"We have it all!" Addy announced, patting the leather briefcase. You couldn't miss the excitement in his voice. He and Roman made it back into the living room.
Roman's eyes traveled around the large living room. Rose was still standing in the mezzanine hands on the railings and face wet and red from crying. She was still crying because tears were still rolling down her cheeks and he heard her sniffing. The gun was still pressed against her temple and the masked man had his other hand on her neck like he wanted to strangle her. Roman's heart broke seeing her in this position. He hated the way her chest was rising and falling and how she was shivering from the fear of having a gun to your head.
He eyes rested upon Christine who was crying and sobbing. He had neve
The armed men had gathered upstairs att the mezzanine with their boss. They were doomed and they needed to find a means to escape but it was highly impossible because the whole mansion was surrounded with the police and the house wasn't theirs so they didn't know the nooks and crannies of the house. Rose was still upstairs with the gun now pressed frimly to her neck. The cold metal against her skin sent shivers down her spin and her heart wouldn't stop banging in her chest. It was impossible for it to stop banging when you have a gun to your neck. It banged against her chest like it wanted to burst out. She had stopped crying by now especially since her ears picked on the police siren. They were going to be saved that was if the armed men didn't kill her, the twins and Roman.
The boss marched down the stairs with Sylvester following closely behind. He knew it was impossible for the police to rush down without someone alerting and reaching out to them and with the way Roman kept staring out the window, he didn't trust him. He also didn't trust Addy. He was too naive and gullible and it was possible the stupid billionaire was able to bribe and get him to allow him call the police and since he kept chanting for them to leave and his fight with Sylvester, it made him more suspicious of Addy. He couldn't trust anyone of his men at this moment. It could be anyone of them trying to ruin him. The plan was simple, collect all the valuables and money the billionaire had then leave. It was that easy and it was the biggest heist of their criminal life and now that they had it, the police were right outside ready to arrest and apprehend them. Sylvester was with him but he couldn't trust him too. It could have been a plan. He could have connived with the police to come
"I think we should go in." This was commander Emma Rogan to her colleagues. She had her gun with her and another police officer helped her with the strap of her bullet proof vest. They couldn't continue to wait around hoping the armed robbers would hibe up and surrender themselves. They had loves at stake and even though they had been on the trail of the armed robbers for months and they wanted to be careful with how they approached them now that they had them surrounded but they till couldn't wait around. Life were in danger and they needed to save and rescue those lives. They had been called into the office of the California City police about an hour ago. The chief had told she and Drew about the alert he got from Mr Hendricks so they had to get the team to rush down to his house and truely they had had heard gun shots as they drove down. Mr Hendricks had gotten a button in his house for safety hut he never made use of the button which as installed on his vault but when the Chief
"We go in, in one, two ..." Eric called, speaking into the walkie-talkie attached to the collar of shirt. The police officers were all in positions waiting for their boss to give the order. They all had on their bullet proof vests, walkie-talkies and guns. Drew was to wait outside while Emma and Eric were the ones who were going to be making their way into the house. Eric hand his small gun in his right hand and his leg parted, the left in front and the right behind him, far way from behind. He hated having his bullet proof vest on because it was always tight on him but he knew he had to have it on nonetheless that was except he was ready to die and wanted to commit suicide.Emma was patiently waiting for her boss to make the call for them to go in. He was waiting to get the order from he intelligence unit that it was safe and free for them to go in since they were the only ones who could see what was going on in the house. Emma couldn't help but admire his pastel pink shirt and the
Daniel paused the movie to settle himself to a drink of lemonade in his kitchen. It was either that or he would have the poorly made Mac and cheese in the pot. Well, it wasn't anything like Mac and cheese because Mac and cheese wasn't brown in color neither did it taste like expired cola. He stopped in the kitchenette and opened his mini refrigerator and took out the bottle of left over lemonade. He took some ice cubes then set them on the counter. He opened the cabinet hung above and took out a glass. He poured in the lemonade into his glass then put in the ice cubes. He took a sip then refilled his glass before returning to his small living room.He sat on the sofa, slouching his back and his drink on a stool next to him. He took the television remote and started the movie. He couldn't fully concentrate because he wished his dear Rose was here with him. It was a movie they had watched a million times but they both never got tired of it. He knew what was going to happen next but he w
"Do you have your name written on your boxes? We don't want any mix up." Magarita told the children and they all to give their boxes a second look. They were preparing for the fundraiser and the first thing on their list tomorrow was a yard sale. They had all gotten items which were no longer in use in the orphanage and for the kids but we're still in very good condition for them to sell. When they had checked the boxes and we're sure, the had packed the right bozes ND written their names, they returned into the house. Magarita moved to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of chilled water because she was tried and just had a really long day"Maga, your phone is ringing." Magarita could hear the voice of Estelle as she made her way down the stairs. Estelle walked into the kitchen with a bag of chips with her. Magarita was crossed so she gave a frown and crossed her arms against her chest. "It's one midnight. I have warned you against junk food at night.""We've been working hard tryin
Rose's eyes fluttered open. She shut them back as her eyes were too sensitive to the light. The rooma was oo bright for her so she clasped her eyes really hard engulfing herself in darkness. The way her eyes had captured the broad day light, it had caused a forming headache do she winced at the slight pain. She tried to move her right hand to her head but she couldn't. She felt a pain in her hand as she was about to move it but she couldn't move it because it felt like something was attached to it and soon she couldn't feel that hand so she opened up her eyes. Slowly this time as she tried to accomodate the brightness of the sun.It was a drip connected to her right hand. She let her eyes roam around because it was then it hit that she wasn't in anywhere familiar. She tried to move her hand but she couldn't because she felt something heavy on it. Someone was holding tightly unto her hand and this made her frown. She didn't have a good view of who it was because whoever it was held h
Rose's eyebrows lowered and pulled closer together as she tried to comprehend thenews. She was utterly shocked about the news of her miscarriage. She only had astoic facial expression and kept looking at her flat belly. She laughed, one that was humourless. Her eyes remained in her stomach as the inner corners of hereyebrows angled up. Her eyes looked up to see the doctor walking out of thehospital room. She didn't believe what he had said. It had to be a mistake or somekind of prank. All she knew was that, it couldn't be true. It was impossible for herto lose the baby.Roman perched on the bed next to her right away. He had helped her to sit up soshe was sitted up with some pillows behind her helping her get comfortable. Her right hand were in her stomach and her left were next to her on the bed. She couldn't move that one around because she had fractured it. He placed his hand on her hand on the bed which was next to her. His hsrge fingers cupped hers as he gave it a very soft sque
Roman smiled. He was so proud of Rose. He had heen in the hall when she was called as the best graduating student and he couldn't be more proud. The wide grin etched on Rose features was so contagious that a similar wide smile also came spreading across his face. She looked beautiful as always in the pink dress and her hair was much longer than the last time he had seen her seven months ago. She also looked even more beautiful and she was. He liked that she was a very brilliant lady and not only did the award prove that but her speech was simply amazing. It was well articulated. It was worth every applause it got.Seeing Rose again after months of not seeing her was strange. She had changed a whole lot. It was a good kind of change because she was looking much younger and even more beautiful than she already was. He was mesmerized by her flawless make-up and the way the pink dress she had on hugged her body stature like it was a second skin. The way the dress bandaged her body and re
Rose made her way to the podium shocked and surprised. She never thought she would be give the honor if best graduating student. She knew for a fact she was very intelligent and brilliant but she had no idea she would be the best graduating student. Her grades had gone down when she had started to work to pay her outstanding debts so she never expected that she would get hmthe award. Getting into college, she always wished she would be called upon as the best graduating student and have the people she loved the most behind her as she went to receive the award. She had given up on her dreams of getting the honour of the best graduating student because she had become distracted because of the jobs she had to take up. Getting the award was like a dream come true to her because she given up on wining the award. She climbed up the stairs that led to the podium and she looked behind her but there was no one behind her to celebrate her. She had imagined Magarita walking behind her with th
A popular Chinese proverb said, the journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Rose had started walking those mile since she was born. She had risen and fallen. She had victories and failures. She had highs and lows. There were times she had great faith in herself and other times she would want to give up on herself. Many times she stumbled while walking that path. The path to success which was a really long journey of a thousand miles. Many times she had risen and believed in herself. Many times she believed in herself and did great exploit and she wasn't exactly where she wanted to be yet but she knew it was only a matter of time before she got to her desired destination. What he figured out was that no one had a desired destination but instead you yearn for more. When you think you have gotten it all, your get a new surge of energy. You begin to want more. You want more than you already have. Not because you're greedy but because because you know from your past victories
Roman's knuckles made contact with the hard wooden door. His knuckles stung and he immediately regretted knocking on the door hard. He made to knock again but this time, softly then he heard shuffle from the office. Roman waited for a few seconds hoping the commander would open up his door. When the commander didn't, Roman knocked again. Softly so his knuckles wouldn't suffer from a hard impact on the wooden. The shuffling continued making Roman frown. The police officer had the front desk had told him the commander was seated in his office although he didn't take his calls. And the shuffling coming from the office also confirmed this. Roman decided to go back downstairs to the front desk. Just as Roman turned around to leave, he heard the door knob click. He turned so he was facing the door again. The door was pulled open and commander Eric got before him with disheveled hair that looked like hands had been in them and a swollen lip with red lipstick stains which he had tried to cl
"Why's everywhere so quiet?" Rose asked Magarita as they walked up the little stairs that led to the front porch of the orphanage. The front yard had tables and shelves with wares which were being sold but no one was with those wares and there was no one around who seemed like they were interested in buying any of the items displayed. Well, maybe it was because it was evening already. Rose was freezing. She had on a sweater and on top a long brown coat with jeans and boots but somehow she was still feeling cold. Magarita had given Rose her scarf to rap around her neck but Rose still felt chilled. It was from her being in the hospital without going out for days. Her body had gotten really used to the warm temperature in the hospital. Magarita shrugged. She was holding Rose tightly and helping her with coming up the little stairs. Magarita was trying to be as careful as possible with Rose because the doctor had said she had some broke bone which were till healing so she was limping an
Daniel hand his hands on the steering wheel and his head was also on the steering wheel. His eyes were closed and he had a firm grip on the steering wheel. Daniel's heart was aching. The conversation with Roman had left him kind of breathless. He felt like he was running on a treadmill, or rowing away as if some ghost from thepast was chasing him. There is burning in his lungs as he desperately tried to drawin enough air to sustain functionality. Daniel are tired. His hands were tired and the grip he had on the steering wheel was loosening His muscles were giving out and he just felt his hand slipping away from the steering wheel. Daniel couldn't take the thoughts going on in his mind anymore after listening to his brother. "Are you okay?" Erin raised an eyebrow as she asked. She was itching to know what had happened between the brothers while they were in the mansion. Daniel had left with sullen look on his face and it seemed he looked worse than he had left. While she was out
Christine looks so much like mum." Daniel breathe as he sat on the sofa. He and his brother had just been able to get the twins to sleep after an hour of bonding with them. Daniel was really excited at meeting the kids. They were shy when Roman had introduced them to him as their uncle but soon Daniel was able to get them to open up and the three started to play so much but Roman just had to ruin the fun by announcing that it was past their bed time and they had to get to school tomorrow. Christine, Christopher and Daniel had let out loud groan and they wouldn't stop grumbling. They twins refused to go to bed except their uncle read them a bedtime story and he also came to see them the next day. Daniel was able to tell them bedtime story but he couldn't promise he as going to be here tomorrow. Daniel coming over the next day was solely dependent on how his conversation with Roman went. Daniel had decided to listen to Erin's advice. The only way to put an end to the mystery behind al
"You've got such a fine house." Daniel complimented, looking around the living room. He was in awe of his brother's beautiful house. The interior was top notch and even the exterior was tasteful. Roman's mansion was even more beautiful than their parents house. It had a lot of paintings. Many of which were abstract. Roman had a flare for paintings hile they were kids. He never drew but he loved them and knew a lot of painters and artiste. Daniel wasn't surprised to see so many paintings in his brother's house. "Thank you." Roman murmured as he watched his brother settle on a sofa. Roman was surprised to see Daniel in his house. He wasn't expecting that his brother was going to ever locate his house. First off, he had kept his house address away from him and the other members of his family and also he never thought Daniel would ever want to have anything to do with him fter their encounter at the hospital. Or was he here to pick a fight? If Daniel was here for that then he was certain
Roman looked around his bedroom ensuring that there as nothing missing and very furniture was in good condition. He had gotten most of the furniture in the house replaced. Left to him, he would have wanted them to sell the house and purchase another one so they could get away from the hurt and trauma they went through in the hands of the armed robbers some days ago but the mansion was where the twins had lived for the past two years. He had also asked them if they wanted him to sell off the house but they had refused. The twins loved the mansion and the people who worked there. They workers had grown to be family and they treated them nicely. Roman had no choice but to succumb to Christine and Christopher's decision. The only thing was that he wanted all three of them staying in the same room. Roman didn't feel okay with them in their room. He got panic attacks thinking about it. Since his bed was big enough for all three of them, he had decided Christine and Christopher come stay in