5. Lucky charm

Abigail's pov -

We are visiting the factory and clicking a few pictures of their work process.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" That guard uncle. Damn. What is he doing here?

"Now? He is here." Ema is holding my hand and hiding behind me. But where will I hide?!

"I am asking something. What are you doing here? And how did you enter?" He is coming closer to us.

"What are you doing here? Your duty at the gate, right?" I am trying to manipulate him.

"I came here because the manager called me. But how did you enter?" He is so angry now and is literally shouting. Shit. God, please open the mouth of the ground; I wanna get into this.

"What is happening here? Why are you screaming?" More security guards are here.

Ema is holding my arm tightly. I look at her like no one can save us today. I can imagine my face now. Biting my lower lip with my eyebrows up which surely shows my eyebrows' dimples. Gosh. From where to elope, I am just searching that way. I can hear the uncle guard is already done by exposing us. All are coming towards us.

I look at Ema and scream, "Ema, ruuuuuuuun." I hold her hand and we both start running. All are around us. The sound of the machine is helping us somehow to dance to the beat as now we are unable to run. We all are like being ready for kickboxing; just taking steps back to the front.

Suddenly my brain caught mischief. "Oh shit. Just check, a cat has fallen into the machine. All of your food is damaged." All of them look at it and try to get it. I push two guards in front of us and run. After taking a few steps I look behind and Ema is not with me.

Where is she? Damn. This dumb girl is also looking with them at the machine for that cat. Aah, she is a cat lover. How can you forget that Abigail? But there wasn't any other animal coming into my brain. I slap my forehead and rush to her then again run. At that time they realized that I was lying to them. All because of this stupid girl. After throwing a few packets on them and running from this side to that side of the factory we succeed to come out of the factory.

"Run, Ema. Just need to reach the gate. Then we are free." Somehow we reach out but there are so many reporters here. All the guards' attention is there now. We manage to escape from them. But what exactly happened? Why so many reporters?

"See, what would happen if they caught us?" Ema is huffing as well as me too. We both are standing by holding our knees.

"But we got what we needed, right?" I replied with a victorious smile.

"This way! Like seriously!" She is in the scolding mode now.

"Hey. Just relax okay? I am here to manage everything." I am trying to make her calm though I know she is right. But sometimes it's better to experience a little adventure. Who will explain that to this boring girl?

"What did you manage? If there were not so many reporters, they would catch us for sure." Ema is still in angry mode.

"I wish there was a button to set you on airplane mode." By smirking, I express my heart now.

"Oh wow. You do everything and I will be in airplane mode. Don't you think it's unfair?" She is asking to defeat me.

"Of course. Why weren't you following me?" I am questioning her.

"What did I do?" She is now confused. That's it. Now I can stop her by scolding me.

"When I said about the cat, you should follow me to run; not stand there to help them, you stupid girl." Now I am trying to blame her.

"I couldn't guess that you did that for escaping then I would follow you. Sorry." Aww. My poor friend.

"It's okay. Now let's go. They can come here also." Then we both start our way to another factory. Thankfully we managed to escape. Thank you, God.

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Michael's pov -

I am standing at the head-positioned chair and all the board members are looking at me like a hawk. I don't know what to say or how to manage. Just standing like a culprit.

A few of them start talking, "Now what are you planning to do?" "We want our investment back. Otherwise, we will sue you. You also know that." "Not only you, but we will sue your dad also." Now they are too much.

"How dare you bring my dad in this matter?" I am losing my patience now.

"See his attitude. At first, you are destroying our money, now you are showing attitude." One of them is taunting me now.

"Now I can't fix everything all of a sudden. I need a little time. You all have to give me time." I am asking for time.

"How much time? We can't give you your whole life." Another one asked me. I am not getting how much time I should ask for. Because of tension, I place my hand on my chest and I feel something in my pocket as my blazer's button is opened. I enter my hand and it's that broken chain of that girl. I don't know why but I feel a different kind of confidence.

"2 months. I will get my position back within two months. If I fail to get that back, I promise I will sell everything to pay you all." I am asking for time with full confidence.

"Okay, but just two months. Not an extra minute." By saying that they all stand up and leave.

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"How will you cover everything in just two months?" Jack is asking me.

"I don't know how but I know I can." I place my hand on my chest pocket.

"What is there?" Jack asked.

"The chain of that girl. From now it will always be with me. Let's go to a jeweler's shop. I want to make a tie clip with it." By holding it I am saying.

"But you always don't wear a tie. Just look at you now. You are not looking like a well-arranged CEO." He is trying to show me how informal I am.

"Okay, you suggest what I should make with it. But I want it to stay closer to my chest." I am telling him what I want.

"Then make a pendant and keep it with your chain where you keep your mom's ring." He suggests the best.

"Okay done. Let's go for that." Then I intend to leave the conference room.

"Did you forget that you have a meeting with our team members for the plan ahead?" Jack reminds me of the meeting I declared in the morning.

"Aah yeah. I forgot. Okay, we will go after the meeting." I tell him with a smile.

"Wow, you are smiling in such a situation. As far as I know, you never smile when you are worried or tense. This girl is really something. We should search for her." Jack is teasing me now. I am not replying to him. I don't know why, I am getting the feeling that I can get back to my place but how? And from where I am getting this strength? This broken chain! Is it my lucky charm?!