CELIA’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEWWe soon left the mall after getting enough to our satisfaction. I checked the time. We had successfully spent an extra hour at the mall. I was going to take what Doris said about giving Edward the benefit of doubt and wait till he was able to sort out his feelings. The worse that could happen was him realizing he did not love me. The ride home from the mall was the most enjoyable. I felt lighter too sharing things with my friends and encountering Edward really put things in perspective for me.We soon got home, returned dad’s platinum card to him.“You all really seemed like you enjoyed the little hang out.” He remarked as Doris and Franca kept smiling sheepishly.“Of course sir, the breathe of fresh air was perfectly what Celia needed and us.” Franca said.“It is too late, why not spend the night here?” My mum suggested. “You can get the chef to serve you dinner. That is if you had not eaten already. We will contact your parents on your behalf and
CELESTIA’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEWMy eyes flipped open with the rays of the sunlight penetrating through the soft linen curtain of the window. I squinted my eyes and turned to the other side of the bed as I stretched and yawned noisily. I sat up and saw that Grace was still sleeping peacefully. I got out of the bed and checked the time. It was still a little early as we were about an hour from the usual time my alarm clock woke up usually. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. By the time I got back to the room, Grace was also awake but laid there in bed. “Hey, Good morning.” I greeted.“Good morning. You are already awake. Girl, I am so tired. Every of my joints ache like crazy.” She lamented.“Aw sorry about that, will you stay back at home then? There is not much to do after all. We will decide on what to do at the hospital then I will go to the company together with Smart to see how things are fairing. Just let me know where the reports you worked on are
EDWARD’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEWSome uniformed men came into the hospital and went into the doctor’s office. Not too long after, they moved three patients into some vans with “Ambulance” inscribed on it with the help of some of the staff. They must have come with the ambulances themselves as they were parked right at the entrance of the hospital. I guessed the patients were the suspects they said were going to be transferred to the police infirmary. I called on Taylor to come with me as he already requested to let me take him with me when I was leaving. He wanted to get away from the hospital air for a while leaving behind his parents and my mother. I bade them goodbye to return shortly later to finalize the documents to move Pa Robinson and Thomas.I headed to my gallery with Taylor to attend to whatever my assistant was being dramatic about earlier on the phone.It took a while before I got to my gallery’s neighborhood. I branched a restaurant to grab something for Taylor to ea
CELESTIA’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEWGrace, Smart and I got to the company. The staff welcomed us and were really respectful although I noticed from the moment we stepped into the building how rowdy it was. Everyone was up and doing that it did not feel usual or normal.“Is it always this rowdy in the company? I have not witnessed such a busy day as this.” I whispered to Smart.“I can not say for sure but it has been this way a couple times especially when we have a big project we are chasing.” Smart said as he looked around.“Big project, I do not think there is any of such as it would have definitely passed my table in your absence.” Grace added as we all got into the elevator and went to the topmost floor where our offices were located. We received same reception from the workers there. When we passed by Thomas’ office, I felt a sharp pain in my chest on seeing it locked. His assistant also seemed busy in his own little cubicle-like carved out as office for him. I swallowed the p
CELESTIA’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW“Erm… sorry, you are?” The female official asked.“She is our CEO’s fiancée and also a co-director of the company.”The audit department head responded her.“Oh, good morning ma’am. It is finally refreshing to meet some of the tops of the company. We were told you were away on an emergency earlier but we have to do our work. We-.” I interrupted her.“Do your work? And what work is that exactly? Coming into my company to bully my staff and making them lose focus on what is important? Do you have an idea how much percentage our productivity had dropped in the past hours? Or do you have an idea how this act of yours “doing your work” will affect our stock value in the market? You had better had some cognitive reasons for this else you are getting roasted. I mean everyone of you present here today.” I said apprehensively.“No ma’am, it is not like that. We received a tip in our organization from a reliable source that the Robinson’s corporations do som
CELESTIA’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW“You may be right. Maybe call Edward, and inform him of the situation of things. He is the next Robinson that seemed capable enough to handle this with you. The other brother seem too young for this.” She suggested.I brought out my phone to call Edward and inform him as Grace advised.“Hello Edward.” I said into the phone immediately he picked.“Yes Celestia, hope everything is okay at the company?” He asked. I had told him I would be coming to check on how the company was fairing when he said he wanted to check his gallery.“Things were upside down when we got here but thankfully, it is now handled and things are returning to normal.” I said as I looked around the company and saw that the rush had reduced.“What happened?” He asked.“It is a long story but the core of it is that some government officials came over to investigate the company, the funds, transactions, budgets and so on.” I replied.“What?! Something similar happened at my gallery
EDWARD’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEWI went to my assistant in the control room after dropping the call.“Are you done compressing everything in a storage device?” I asked him as I walked into the room and saw him inputting some commands in a monitor screen.“Almost done, it is already loading.” He answered without looking up from the screen.He was finally done and handed over the device to me. I quickly went to the garage and got into my car and as if Taylor was aware of how much in hurry I was, he got into the car too almost immediately.I soon got to the Mr. Charles’ chambers. I drove into his office garage and parked my car. Then, I alighted with Taylor and walked inside. Celestia had callee me on the way and told me about how they were also harassed by some government officials back at the office. I was going to discuss everything with Mr. Charles and see what our chances were. I was directed by the receptionist to his office.“Mr. Edward, haha.” He laughed and stood up to welco
EDWARD’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.We got to our hospital. I drove straight to the garage and parked the car then we walked inside. I asked the receptionist for the direction to Pa Robinson’s ward and we were directed.“Welcome Edward. Where have you been?” My mother asked. I was surprised to see that she was still around.“I had to sort out some things at the gallery. That took my time. I am sorry.” I replied. Taylor also walked in to join them.I looked around and did not see Celestia.“Where is Celestia? Is she with Thomas?” I asked no one in particular.“She is with the doctor. He called her to his office for a private discussion.” My mother replied.“A private discussion?” I muttered to myself wondering if it was necessary to discuss Pa Robinson’s health status with her privately or could it be about Thomas? I thought to myself.I stepped out of the ward and just as I looked up, I saw Celestia coming.“Hey.” I said and walked over to meet her halfway.“Hey Edward.” She responde