The day had faded away and Purple City was in slumber.Edward entered the living room to meet June."Dad, you are back," she said as Eddy walked in and slowly lowered his waist and sat on the couch opposite her. "You left abruptly, Where have you been?" She queried. "I went to find Tracy," he announced. "Come on Dad. How is that possible? Even the police have still not given any positive reports just yet, " she said."Well, it's quite late now. But trust me, by tomorrow you will hear some good news about her," he said. "I found her myself," he added as his daughter jumped and echoed in excitement. "Really? Where did you find her?"Just as Eddy was about to respond, "Charles and Fiona walked in from the kitchen holding hands and kissing.The two had been in there all the while munching on some cookies. "What the hell is the meaning of this?" Eddy asked when his eyes fell on them."Have you no respect for this house? How dare you, Charles? How dare you?" He fumed. "Look here young
In the midst of the grey and dreary outlook of a gloomy day, Fiona paced about in the garden. She firmly held onto a stick of cigarette with her slender fingers as a puff of smoke escaped her soft lips with each exhale.As she moved her head from left to right looking into the air, she saw how the puff of smoke she released from her lips curled lazily in the atmosphere. There was a distant sound of rolling thunder, and although that signified an approaching storm, Fiona didn't care till she was done smoking her cigarette."David!" She yelled immediately her eyes fell on the favorite Parker chauffeur who appeared from the poolside. "Where are you from?" She asked."And what is that supposed to mean, please? With all due respect, I'm only answerable to the Parkers and not you. So I don't think where I've been should be your concern," David said softly."Well the last time I checked, I'm also a Parker now. Which means I wield equal power just as any other Parker. So, before you start
The rains of the previous day could not influence the sun much.One would have thought that after a heavy downpour, the sun would shine with some level of intensity. But it was the opposite.The somber nature of the day gave Edward a reason to go golfing.Adorned in a white T-shirt tucked in over blue jeans, he wore a blue cap to match coupled with a neatly polished black shoe.Eddy stood firmly on the golf course in the backyard holding on to his favourite driver tightly and carefully.Along one edge of the track was a cluster of golf balls, and each one of them had the initial 'P' boldly stamped on it to represent the name Parker. Besides the balls was a golf bag displaying a great number of clubs.Eddy had not played golf in a long time and wondered whether he still had it in him."I can do this," he said in his head and set up a ball on a tee, eager for a great drive. But just when he was about to confirm whether he still had his golf skill intact, Charles shouted from a distance
The past couple of days had seen little to no sunshine. And even in BlueVille, the weather was no different. The birds hid in their nests while the trees kept dancing in the direction of the wind. The somber calmness of the town was one that could induce laziness and force one to stay in bed all day.But Louisa would not give in to such temptation. As early as ten in the morning she was already at Tracy's to finish the interior design she had started."My dear, do you need something?" Mrs Briggs asked Louisa who was fixing the curtain designs along the windows of Tracy's living room.Earlier, Louisa had a tour of the apartment and concluded that it was more spacious than hers. The three-bedroom apartment was painted in plain white colours. And In every corner of the house was a vase containing bright flowers. Tracy had made a copy of the photo of her parents in her locket and had enlarged it into a big picture frame.She had instructed Louisa to fix it on the wall exactly oppos
"You may come in," Charles, whose head was buried in some documents, said after he heard a knock on his office door.Spread on his desk were documents with the title 'Latest signee' on top of them."Gracious afternoon," a feminine voice greeted. "Good afternoon," he responded without lifting his head to see who was in his office."Yes, what can I do for you?" He asked with his head still submerged in the documents."Latest signee, I see," the female voice said upon catching a glimpse of what was so important to Charles that he would not lift his head to see who was in his office. Not even for a second."Yes. We just signed five new clients after losing four clients some weeks ago. Is this not wonderful?" He remarked and flipped the pages of one of the documents."This very client right here has signed a five-year contract with us. He is embarking on a charitable project and needs help with the distribution of a million solar panels to some rural areas," he informed her after reading
"I wonder what would have happened had the ambulance been delayed another minute. I am grateful for their swift intervention," Edward said, explaining to his son who was seated next to him at the visitors area of the St Anthony hospital.Cynthia had been rushed in by the ambulance after she choked during lunch.Charles had been at the hospital for the past four hours. He had to rush down to the hospital after his father called him earlier in the day while he was still at work."So what exactly happened?" Charles asked."I don't quite know what happened. All I know is that I was in the gym when all of a sudden I heard voices in the living room. I rushed down only to find your mother unconscious in the arms of Matilda," he said."Unconscious?" He queried and unrolled the sleeves of his shirt."Exactly. Matilda tells me she choked on a poorly cooked carrot. And after she helped your mother to get it out, she suddenly fell to the ground," he informed his son."This is so unbelievable," he
"I'm beginning to wonder whether moving out of your house was ideal because you're present here almost every day" Louisa recalled Tracy's words about some days ago when she made amends with June. Tracy had hinted at the fact that her good friend Louisa spent the better part of her day at her place and almost felt like she never left her friend's house. But that was a remark she made in passing before asking June what she had wanted to ask her."But that was just by the way. So June, what do you want to ask me again?" She recalled again."You have not mentioned anything about your whereabouts since you disappeared weeks ago. I want to believe you have told Louisa and Mrs Briggs everything. But I don't know anything because I had a challenge reaching you," Louisa remembered June's words. "Well, we don't know anything either. All we know Is that she came back from someplace and apologized to us before moving out of my house," Louisa recalled the remarks she made in response to June's
"Oh Jean, it hurts me to say this, but your father is an ingrate," Fiona said to Jean.The two ladies stood in the hallway upstairs right next to the spot that used to display Tracy's portrait but was now occupied by Fiona's portrait."Could you believe that he didn't acknowledge my bravery for standing up to his sister, I mean your aunt Emerald, when she visited Charles at the office?" She said. "I get it that he doesn't like me. Besides, he has never liked me and would probably never like me for the rest of his life. And as someone who is married to a Parker, it brings me much pain to know that I am not fully welcome and appreciated in the family that I married into," she lamented. "I do my best to put up with all the bitterness that is being shown to me for the sake of the man I married because he loves me," she added as Jean listened with rapt attention."But you see, I am human and as such, I have a threshold which means I can tolerate certain things up to a point," she said."