Morris walked over to where Katherine was.
“I’m impressed! It didn’t seem like it’s your first day here at all..” He grinned at her.
Katherine was flattered at Morris’s praise. “Thank you..”
He just shook his head in amusement. ‘This girl is too formal with me.’
She glanced at the clock and saw that it was time to resume the class. “Ah.. Water break is done.. I’ll see you guys later..”
With that, she quickly escaped from the awkwardness she felt whenever she’s with her bosses.
It’s not every day a regular employee gets the chance to interact with the big bosses. If not for her friendship with Diana, she would spend years in the company without a chance of being in the same space as them.
It would have been the same with Diana except they became acqua
“Ah.. it’s like this.. Hold on.. Calm your heart down okay.. Don’t be over excited…” She reminded but when she saw that her dad’s eyes became fiercer, she didn’t wait anymore and just blurted the news. “Mom is awake. She’s conscious, Dad! Dad? Hello? Are you okay? I knew it.. I should have said it more slowly.. Dad.. breathe… don’t freeze..”Edgar Atwood stood frozen for what seemed like a long time. Katherine kept waving her hands in front of him, calling his attention so many times.Until she jiggled her keys, about to leave the house. Only then Edgar snapped out of his trance, hurriedly putting on shoes and coat.“You okay, dad?” She asked one more time as they buckled their seat belts. She drove the car instead of her dad.Edgar nodded robotically. “I can’t believe it.. After all these years..”
Katherine was caught up in her thoughts about her mom’s need for a Physical therapist that they would be able to afford.She snapped out from her thoughts when a hand waved in front of her.“Ah.. sorry..” She blinked a few times, her attention now on Diana.The latter smiled brightly. “I got good news!”Katherine nodded, smiling. She didn’t think much about Diana’s news. Whatever it was, since she looked happy, she would be happy for her as well.Diana tilted her head to the side and crossed her arms, chuckling when she realized Katherine didn’t understand her meaning.Shaking her head, she patted Katherine’s shoulder. “It’s about your little problem.”Katherine’s heart skipped a beat. ‘What does she mean?’“Tomorrow, stop
The doctor that took Ursa’s case was informed that there is a plan to transfer Ursa to a different hospital.“Why? Isn’t she getting better already? Why do they need to transfer her?” He asked the nurse.“I guess it’s because they’re moving her to a much better hospital?” She guessed.The doctor didn’t like how that sounded. ‘What’s wrong with this hospital? This hospital and its staff have taken care of that patient for these 7 years.’“Which hospital is better than this one?” He muttered. ‘I thought they were having trouble looking for a PT that they could afford. Now they’re moving her to a much better hospital? That means it's more expensive.’“They’re moving her to Forrest Hospital.” Another nurse quipped.The doctor and the other nurse
For the most part, Edgar Atwood makes the decision in their household. But once Katherine began to study Medical Technology, her opinion would also be taken into consideration more when it comes to Ursa’s well-being. She could better explain to her dad about her mom’s status so he could make better decisions in regards to the doctor’s plan of care. If he ever doubted some procedures, Katherine could explain to him the rationale for those procedures.Now, when Katherine stated her stand on whether they should move Ursa to Forrest Hospital now, he listened to her.“Okay. Ursa, do you agree with this plan?” He asked his wife. Now that she’s awake, her opinion should count too.Ursa nodded absentmindedly.“Okay then..” His mouth opened and closed a few times. He wanted to say something but was hesitant to say it.Katherine heaved a sigh
“Thank you..” She said softly.“Hmm?”“The nurses told me..”“Ah.. no problem..” He chuckled.“..”“So, how do you like teaching in Rising Phoenix so far?” He asked casually.Only then Katherine lifted her head.“It was good, Sir. Thank you for recommending me.”“Sir? So formal.. Call me by my name from now on.”“Umm.. but you’re my boss.”“I’m also your friend’s soon to be brother-in-law..”“Still..” She thought that it was not appropriate. She would even still call Lucas using honorifics and he was the one in a relationship with her friend.“I heard there’s an event coming u
The young woman in front of him kept fidgeting.She kept trying to convince him to move Ursa to a cheaper room. She never thought that they would put her in one of the suites instead. She thought she could come up with the money to keep paying the bills. But looking at it, even if there’s a discount and even if they signed up for the program, her income from her two jobs won’t be enough. Even if they were to include Edgar’s income as well.“Don’t worry about it.” He told her.“But Sir..”He cleared his throat. “You know you keep using honorifics again.”“W-what?” She was momentarily stunned.She was still worried about the future bills when he suddenly mentioned this.“Morris..” His deep voice sounded.She blinked a few times. Her chee
Morris arrived at his own house.After discussing with his assistant Oscar Jones on the phone, he ate his meal absentmindedly as he watched some news on TV.His phone rang. He picked it up.“Yes..” He said.“Is everything settled there?” Lucas asked him.“Yup. I had Oscar draft a contract for the program. She’ll meet me tomorrow to discuss it.”“Good.. Diana said they might be worried about the bills as soon as they move into the room.”He chuckled. “She got that right. Her friend begged me to move her mom to the ward instead. Anyway, I just told her that it’s better for her mom to stay in that room. I just told her to discuss the details with me tomorrow.”“Alright. You can handle that yourself...Ah.. Your sister-in-law says thanks..”
She felt that it was too much. 30% share of the company is too much to ask for in exchange for the money and guidance that he offered.She was sure that although their company would need money to expand their business. They didn’t necessarily need to fork out that much percentage for the investor.In fact, if she were to marry Morris, she would get more. Even more than that, she could even establish her own company. With Morris, she only needed his full support. There were no worries about him taking over the company for himself. His area of interest is not in real estate. It’s in the Medical field.However, Gunner Cline could offer his money and guidance were simply too much, even for her. If it were just 10% maybe it would be fine.Although she and Gunner are compatible as bed partners, she doesn't really trust him when it comes to business. Even in her muddled state, she could sense hi
Lillian, Ernest and the rest arrived at the airport and were quickly assisted through the process. They were able to leave the airport and head to their residence easily. Adrian looked around and saw that everything seemed strange in his eyes. Nothing was familiar to him. It was when they were finally close to the mansion when he recognized the structure. He had dreamt of this place so many times. It had become hazy at some point. But now, he could see that this was more or less the place he lived in before he was taken. It had some new additions along with other changes such as the paint and the landscape design. But the overall structure was the same. As they entered the gates, he saw that there were a lot of people outside of the house. They were lined up even in this cold weather. Most of them seemed to be wearing uniforms under their black coats. The only ones who looked different than the others were the three couples and two young men. “Ah.. Everyone’s here.” Emma smiled
Adrian and Violet were apprehensive when they saw the big plane that they were going to ride on.Fortunately for them, they were flying through the private plane of the Lovell family, else, they would be even more embarrassed by the way they were acting.To their memory, this was their first time being on any plane.That simply was not true for Adrian, as the family had gone on vacations before that needed the plane. It’s just that this memory may have been forgotten by Adrian already.As for Violet, this was her first ever flight.They at least knew what a plane was.They were only anxious as to how they would feel once they’re already up in the air.Lillian and the rest tried to distract them from these thoughts.Hugh and Leroy offered them some wine and snacks.Emma and Priscilla showed them the movies they could watch on the screen in front of their seat.Lillian especially made sure they felt warm and comfortable, giving them blankets and pillows, showing them how to recline thei
“Yes, Dad. Alright–Mn..Goodnight.” Lucas said to Hugh on the phone.Hugh had called him to let him know that they would be heading back in the morning with Adrian and his friend, Violet.Hugh and Leroy’s secretaries have received updates regarding a background check on Violet’s family.They’ve decided to let Violet stay with the Lovell family as a guest.In the residence, there’s usually only the elders living with their staff. Usually, it would be busier during holidays and if there are any special occasions. In those times, everyone would gather in the residence and stay in their rooms reserved for them.Lillian and Ernest have held out hope that Adrian would return to them so they never thought of letting anybody else use it.Lillian would personally clean it and it was only in the later years that she let her staff help her.She wanted to preserve whatever remaining scent Adrian had left.There were times when she would burst out in tears, realizing that she could no longer recall
Soon, the driver, John Garcia, pulled up outside of the hotel where Lillian and the rest were staying.Adrian was no longer as anxious as he was half an hour ago, still he could still remember the bullets trying to penetrate through the car and the explosion after those goons’ cars had collided.Detective Jones glanced at him, noticing how pale Adrian was.Still, he commended him for not breaking down and not getting in their way.And also, because of him, they were able to rescue so many people who have been missing for years.Perhaps the Mayor might even think of rewarding Adrian because of his contribution.At the moment though, it was inappropriate to bring it up, given what the man had just experienced.So after escorting them to the hotel, Detective Jones left them, joining the other Officers with the rescued people.It was a field day for the reporters, gathering outside the police department.On the televisions of most households, they showed several people with their heads lo
As John Garcia was driving the car forward, everyone in the car held their breaths.They already knew that those people were Mortimer’s men. They could only play along for now, hoping for them to think that Adrian was in the other cars.But then–that possibility is very low.The black car they’re in was far from ordinary upon close inspection.And like clockwork, shots rang.Adrian ducked, covering his head with his arms.John Garcia gripped the steering wheel while Howard Dawson and Detective Jones cocked their guns.A voice of one of the policemen came on the comms. “Keep going. Follow the second group!”No matter what, they couldn’t let Adrian and the people who had just been rescued be in Mortimer’s hands again.John Garcia didn’t hesitate and quickly sped on.Mortimer’s men have picked the road where there’s only farm crops on each side, the road only leading one way.The city was still quite far so blending in or hiding in some alleyway would still be impossible.For now, they s
The drive was calm, with John Garcia, the driver not making any stops if he could help it.The car could drive even without gas as it can run on solar power.It could be recharged at a charging station, could store gas and could be powered through solar. This is all thanks to the upgrades done by the Lovell Technologies.With the drive being calm, Adrian fell to sleep.Even Detective Jones dozed off as well, his head hitting the window a couple of times.An hour into the drive, the car suddenly beeped in alarm.Adrian and Detective Jones groaned, having been woken up by the alarm.“What is it? What’s happening?” Detective Jones asked.“There seems to be an accident up ahead.” John Garcia answered, pointing at the GPS shown on the screen in front of him.“Is there another road we can take?” The bodyguard, Hoyt Cole asked.“This is the only road back to Westbury..” John Garcia answered.“Maybe the road is not totally blocked–” Detective Jones said.“Alright then–we’ll keep going..”“Sta
After canvassing the full layout of the building and accounting the number of people inside, Detective Jones and the other Officers made their strategic plan.An hour later, they made their move.Adrian was made to stay in the car while he viewed their perspective from the tablet device.He was given eyes for different cameras. Two more Officers were also monitoring it from their tablet devices.They compared every person found to the sketches from Adrian’s description of the people held captive. And also of the ones Adrian said were the people who ordered them around.Adrian watched as the trained Officers infiltrated the area covertly.CCTV cameras were hacked and made to play the same view over and over again.They knocked out the guards with tranquilizers, making sure they wouldn’t be waking up so soon.They were separated into groups. One made way to the sleeping quarters of the captives, another entered the main building, and another surrounded all possible exits.There were onl
Adrian held her hand, squeezing it.At that moment, Hugh returned to the room and was startled by the silence.“What happened?” He asked. His eyes wandered to Violet who now had her head lowered, her hand covering her eyes and her shoulders shaking.‘Is she crying?’ His brows furrowed.“Violet just remembered what happened that time when she was taken away.” Emma summarized it for him.He nodded. “By the way–I’ve just received information just now. Violet–it has something to do with you. If this is not a good time, I won’t say it.”She looked up, quickly wiping her tears with the cloth napkin.“No, please, I want to hear it.”Hugh nodded.“What is it, Hugh?” Emma asked.“It’s about her family.”They all glanced at Violet, gauging her reaction.“I remember–my mother died that time.” She said.Hugh nodded, confirming what she had remembered.Her heart fell. Deep inside, she was hoping that she was wrong. That she remembered it wrongly.Tears continued to fall down her cheeks. The napkin
Knock. Knock.“I’ll go get it..” Emma said.She opened the door and saw her younger brother, Adrian.“Ah.. Adrian.. What is it?”Adrian was startled.He stepped back to check if he knocked on the correct room or not.“You have something you need from Violet?” She smiled.His brows shot up. “Oh. Um–I was going to bring her to the dining room.”“Ah.. I see. Well, just in time. We’re done here as well.” Emma smiled. She turned her head and called over. “Come on you two..”“Okay!” Priscilla said. “Let’s go Violet..”Priscilla brought Violet over.Adrian was struck for a moment when he saw Violet.He had never seen her so dolled up.Her hair was beautiful and so is her overall look. Her face was even more beautiful than usual.Violet’s head hung as her cheeks blushed bright red.Adrian cleared his throat.“Let’s go..” Adrian tilted his head.“Mn.” Violet nodded.