"Please, don't do this to her. She's really sick and needs treatment."The room was dark with the only source of light being the tiny hole in the wall, it was early in the afternoon but one wouldn't know if they were inside this dark room. Even Maria wonders how she found this place out, she scoffs as she thinks about it. All thanks to that creepy guy who kidnapped her and forced a confession out of her. "All I ask of you is simple and you and your mom will live a life of luxury for the rest of your lives" Maria said to the girl with a cynical smile. "Just do as I say!" She watched as the girl trembled on the floor, tears rolling down her cheeks. She was pleading for mercy, why was she pleading? Any one in their right senses would jump on the opportunity Maria was presenting to her. "Please, I can't do this." The girl cried. Her cries were so loud that Maria was beginning to get infuriated by it. "ENOUGH!" She commanded, moving closer to the girl's mother and pointing a gun
Maria had arrived at the Smith's house when Xavier and Celine got there. Mr Smith was also back from the office too, he had a big smile on his face. He was looking forward to having dinner with his grandson and his future wife, he was the most fufilled man on the planet. They gathered at the dining table for dinner, "Thanks for accepting my invite" Maria said to Celine, after all it was her who told Xavier to convince her to come over for Dinner. "Of course.." Celine replied.They made small talk over their meal, they were like a happy family having a normal dinner plus the extravaganza that comes with having a meal at a billionaire's house. "How's the wedding preparations going?" Maria asked, they were done with the main course and the maids were setting the table for dessert. "I'll go for my final fittings next week" Celine responded. "That's good news"A jug of mango juice was placed on the table by a maid in uniform. Her hands seemed shaky as she placed cups on front of the pe
After waiting for more than a quarter of a day, the door to the O.R finally opened and a doctor walked out, with two nurses in tow. Xavier jumped up from where he sat, careful enough not to wake Celine who had fallen asleep beside him. "How is he?" Xavier asked the doctor once he was in front of him. The doctor gave him an odd look, and turned back to look at the nurses with questioning eyes. "Who are you?" The doctor asked, scrutinizing Xavier like he was some criminal. "The fuck you mean who am i?" Xavier's anger erupted. "How is that important man? I'm asking you how my grandfather is, I don't fucking care if you know who I am" He yelled, causing Celine to jump up from where she had dozed off on the sit. She stood up and moved closer to Xavier, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We just want to know if Mr. Smith is alright." Celine replied. "Well, tell that to the police." The doctor sneered, looking in the direction of the two police officers coming from behind Xavier
Xavier and Celine went back to the O.R to see his grandfather but they were told that he had been moved to a regular ward. "Regular ward?" Xavier questioned the nurse attending to them. "Do you think he deserves to be in some low budget ward?" His voice was rising as he spoke to the nurse. Celine had to tug at his sleeves for him to watch his tone. "I need you to upgrade him to you best suite, right this moment" Xavier ordered.He turned to face Celine who was standing by his side, "Can you believe this people? Regular ward?" "It's a public hospital, don't blame them" Celine responded with a shrug, she didn't see the big deal in admitting Mr Smith in a regular ward, what mattered was that he got the best treatment there was and not some VIP ward. They went to the regular ward to see his grandfather while the hospital staff got the VIP suite ready, Mr Smith was unconscious still, but Xavier was glad that his grandfather's face was no longer a reflection of pain, he felt his h
"You can't find her?" Alexis screamed at the detective in front of her. "She's a suspect in a case of attempted murder and you're saying you can't reach her?"Alexis was fiddling with her hair and pacing the kitchen at Xavier's home. The police were doing their investigations and that was where they had found the cup Mr. Smith drank the juice from last night. Although it had been washed by the maids last night, they still found tiny traces of poison on the cup.All the maids were gathered in the kitchen and they were asked if they noticed anything but they all denied seeing anything, except for the senior made noting that the girl who served the drinks was bent on serving it and kept asking her to let her do it. "Where is she?" Officer Abel asked, the senior maid. He had come to the mansion straight from the hospital after his partner showed him the image of the glass that was poisoned. "She left immediately after dinner, sir" A young maid opted.Abel turned to his partner "Find
"I saw the news this morning" Paul asked his daughter "How is he?"Celine sighed as her mind went back to the frail Mr. Smith she had left unconscious at the hospital."He's unconscious but the doctors are hopeful" She replied.Her father nodded in understanding. He looked out the window just in time to catch a little girl riding back along the road with her father trailing behind her, he looked to Celine and saw that she also noticed the girl and her father."I also taught you to ride a bike on this very road" Paul reminisced, earning a chuckle from his daughter. "Remember how I won't let you stay behind me, as I was. good enough to ride myself" Celine noted."Yeah, even when you'll make mistakes and fall. You won't let me pick you up. You'll say, Daddy I can do it myself" Paul paused for some seconds and looked out to the streets through the glass walls. "You were always so independent," He said, turning to look at her. "Thank you for being there even when I said I didn't need you
Maria stayed bottled up inside her apartment, she had tried going out to the grocery store and had noticed that some car was on her trail, it was oddly suspicious so she stayed put in her house all day. Xavier must have finally caught on, she thought. "He's unto me." She whimpered, her hands shaking and she tried to steady them by wiping her palms with the edge of her shirt but it was useless to do so, her nerves were skyrocketing at this point.Picking up her phone, she hurriedly dialed a number, "Don't send the woman out of the country, she'll be linked to me. Just hide her somewhere faraway" She whispered raspily into the phone once the person on the other end had picked the call."But ma'am…" the person on the other end started to object."No buts. Just do as I say." Maria snapped and ended the phone."What do you mean she paid for a flight but didn't board?" Xavier snapped into his phone.He had just come out of the shower when he heard his phone ring. Drops of water were still t
Xavier sat by his grandfather's side on the hospital bed, Mr Smith was slowly drifting out of his comatose state and gradually regaining his consciousness."Grandfather.." Xavier whispered, he was bent over, staring keenly at the elderly man's face to see if there were any signs of him waking up, his grandfather's brows lifted slightly to his relief.He rang a bell by the bedside to alert a nurse, less than a minute later, a female doctor walked into the hospital ward, accompanied by some nurses who held trays with medicines in them." We're going to wake him up completely now" The doctor explained to Xavier, she picked a syringe from one of the trays and drew liquid from a glass vial into the syringe.She injected the content of the syringe into the bag of intravenous drip that was going into Mr Smith's body."Is he well?" Xavier asked the doctor, he looked hopefully at the doctor."He's still extremely weak as there are still signs of the poison in his body but right now he's strong