Amber lingered I’m front of Todd’s office, not sure if she should go in or not, he seems nice at times but she was scared he may think she is an opportunist for asking for this, she has no choice though so she knocked on the door lightly hoping he wouldn’t hear, she was about turning back when she heard “come in" she walked into his office slowly, each step she took felt heavier than the previous until she was standing right in front of him looking blankly at the wall behind him, Todd turned back to see what was so fascinating behind him, he saw nothing there so he turned back to her “yes, Amber what is it" she wanted to reply, she wanted to ask for help but her tongue was acting of its own accord, it was like her tongue was glued to the roof of her mouth “can you speak, I have things to sort through, I don’t have all day" Todd said impatiently “am sorry to disturb you but I don’t know what else to do, can I get a loan from the company, please, am willing to sign any legal document st
Stanley walked into TC real estate firm, their logo boldly written in black letters on the wall, there was no missing it, he asked the receptionist about the CEO office and was directed to Todd’s office, he saw a a lady with oval face, blue eyes and mole at the right corner of her mouth walking out of the office and froze, lots of thoughts going through his mind “why was she here, was it really a planned work, is she looking to kill another" he played all these questions in his heart but found no answer by the time he came to, the lady had disappeared, he shook his head and knocked on the door “come in” came the reply, he stepped in and walked up to Todd stretching out his hand for a handshake “hello Mr Todd" Todd extended his hand and shake his saying “hello Mr Stanley" Todd didn’t beat around the Bush he simply asked a question that has been plaguing his heart for two years now “so who is it, you said you have the footage, show me please" Stanley put his hand in his pocket and retrie
Todd was disturbed by what he had seen earlier, his wife was killed by the woman of his dreams, like literally, his life seems like a big cruel joke to him, was he been punished for something he had done in his past life, he thought of what to do next bit his thoughts were all muddled up, he wished he could grabbed Amber and squeeze life out of her but that will make him a murderer as well and he didn’t have the guts to do that, he even started liking her nit knowing she was the root cause of his problem, he thought about firing her but that will only make him a total loser, he’ll lose money he had loan to her and she didn’t deserve a penny from him, so he chose to keep her close and torture her as much as he can, if he hands her over to the police they may let her go eventually because the footage did show Sarah running into the road without checking properly. The next day, he prepared a list of things Amber would have to do and called her in to brief her. There was light tapping at
Over the next few days everyone was busy preparing for the new estate opening at TC real estate firm, Todd made sure to give Amber more than her own share of work, like asking her to print documents for the accounting department and ensuring the site was clean, which was the job of the cleaners, Amber was frustrated but there was nothing she could do, she had signed a contract to remain at the firm and service the loan she took. In the background someone else was also preparing for that day. Someone who saw Amber as a threat to her mission, sure Todd wasn’t treating her well at the moment but she was sure his anger had to do with either protecting her or his level of anger was aggravated because he had feelings for her and was battling with this feeling, in any case this person wasn’t willing to take chances. On the D day, everyone was elegantly dress except for Amber whom Todd had instructed to work with the people serving drinks and food for the occasion, the event was going well un
Stanley had watched the video over ten times when he suddenly remembered the footage of a man chasing someone that he saw at the convenience store he went to earlier, he rushed out and drove straight to the store where he met the elderly woman once again, he had to explain who he was all over again and told her about what he had seen in the CCTV footage before, it took her five minutes to walk to her office where she kept her laptop, she told Stanley to help himself, he checked the videos and pick the date he needed, he saw the man chasing someone and rewind the video “there" he said as he paused the video, Sarah’s face showed across the screen “how did i miss this before" he said to himself, he copied the video to his flash drive, thanked the woman and left, he couldn’t wait to tell Todd what he had found out so he called him immediately “I found something, am on the way to your office now" Stanley said to hung up, he drove straight to TC, just as he was about entering Todd’s office
“So, who were you working for two years ago" Todd asked Amber without any preamble the moment they sat down the B&G cafe, he had notified Amber of a brief meeting at the cafe and told her to meet him there during her lunch break, “Erm, I don’t understand this question" Amber said quietly, scared that whatever meeting was going on here, it doesn’t look good for her, the expression on Todd’s face alone told her she was in for it.“am sure you’re not stupid, are you? I said, who were you working with or working for two years ago"Todd said looking at Amber with an hostile eyes, Stanley had to cut in to help Amber understand what Todd was talking about.“on the 2nd of March 2018 to be precise, you hit a woman with your car" Stanley began but Amber cut in“Hit a woman, have never hit anyone while driving”“are you denying it now, Stanley play the video for her, I don’t have time to waste with her" Todd said grufflyStanley brought out his phone and played the video for Amber who exclaime
Amber couldn’t wrap her head around what she has been told or the fact that Todd Anderson apologised for treating her badly over a wrong conception, the fact that he could bring himself down to say sorry to her, amazes her, she remembered how her jaw draw open on their own and she had to pinch herself before she could believe he actually said the word “sorry" Todd and Stanley had has to meet with Ann in the fastest time possible, she remembered the matter at hand now was about murder, she brought our her phone and dialled Ann.“Hey Ann, long time no talk, have you been staying out of trouble" she asked at a go, not knowing how to bring up the topic she really wanted to talk about, she listened for Ann reply but it didn’t come as fast as she expected so she asked“Are you there, Ann"“am here, am just shocked to see you call and speaking like you actually care" Ann said sharply“oh please, you know I care and that’s why you take advantage of it everything, anyway I didn’t call to argue
Amber sat in the B&J coffee shop, checking time at intervals, Ann was supposed to be there about thirty minutes ago, Todd and Stanley were sitting on another table not so far from Amber, Todd and Stanley were on their third cup of coffee and there was no Ann in sight, Todd leaned over and whispered to Stanley“are you sure there’s a Ann or we’ve been tricked"“let’s just wait and see" Stanley whispered back Just then a lady walked in, she was the exact replica of Amber, oval shaped face, blue eyes, but dressing differs, she wore a baggy shorts and a crazy Jean jacket top, her hair was packed in a crazy bun, she walked with a attitude and sat facing Amber as she said“what’s up sis, why the sudden urge to see me" no greeting, no how are you doing“Good to see you too sis" Amber said in a mocking voice“Guess am only good to see when you’re in trouble and you need me to bail you out” Ann rolled her eyes at Amber and said“well, am here, start talking”Todd studied Ann and realised ther