CHRIS I walked into my father's house even though I wasn't interested in ever visiting him again but he insisted on seeing me. "Dad! Dad! I am home!" I didn't find anybody and so I went to the bar and got out a bottle of wine. I stared at the bottle, reading what it was made of. "This brand looks new because I haven't seen it. Maybe I should have a taste." I looked around but I didn't see him. "Are you sure the old man isn't enjoying himself up there?" I took the glass cup, opened the wine, and poured some content into the cup. Wow! The wine has a watercolor that one might think is just water. I took a sip and felt the taste. Hmm, that's nice. I nodded my head in satisfaction. I took the bottle and the cup and went to sit down on the sofa. I just heard footsteps and my father walked down the stairs. "Son?" "Father." "You didn't tell me you had arrived." "I called you out but there was no response so I decided to help myself with this wine." "Gosh! This wine is v
CHRIS"You pushed me, I have been soft all these while and you think you can control me against my wish, it's never done. I don't live in your house anymore and you don't feed me. I am not working for you or under anybody. I am doing fine for myself so why would another person decide my life? If you love her that much to be in our family, then you can go ahead and marry her, after all my mother is no more." I stood up, picked up my car key, and walked out on him. "Chris! Chris came back here! Don't you dare walk out on me? Chris!" I signaled to the gatekeeper to open the gate for me to drive out. I was fed up with all these discussions. I ignited my car and he was still coming close to me. "You will never see me here again!" I yelled and drove out, raising dust in the air. I was so furious and I needed to find a place to cool off else Joan would find out that my mood wasn't good. What will I tell her?I branched to a mall to see if I could see the wine. Maybe walking around to che
DAMIENI was very busy in my office when my father called me and told me that I should see him at his house when I was done with work. What again does he want to discuss with me? I thought we met the other day at my place. "But father, you know how far your house is from my office. I am so busy and I need to get home and rest." "Damien, do not flaunt my orders. Do as I have said." I was about to respond when he ended the call. I looked at my phone, what's going on? Why did he suddenly hang up on me? Could there be a problem? I had to wave it aside and focus on what I was doing. The day was very tedious for me as I was welcoming different business partners. When I thought it was over, my secretary walked into my office. "Sir, are you expecting another guest?" I raised my head and looked at her, "What do you mean?" "The manager from the Charis company is here to see you." "Charis company?" I was surprised. After all, I have tried to know if I can reach out to the company becaus
DAMIEN "What's going on here?" He asked me. I looked at the uniformed man, "This man is a fraudster who claims to be the manager of Charis Company. I just communicated with the company via email and I was told that there is no such thing as selling the company and he is asking for one hundred and eighty million dollars. Get him arrested because even the CEO of the company will want to take up the matter." "Yes sir." They handcuffed him and pushed him out of my office. I was surprised that such a thing happened in the twinkling of an eye. I was happy that I didn't fall prey to that act. I just hope that this will bring the Charis Company closer to me and we strike a deal. It was closing time already and I had to close early because I wasn't going home straight. I knew that discussion with my father would take an eternity, especially now that I don't know what the problem is because he sounds so angry over the phone. Who could have provoked him? Possibly not me. I drove down to m
SANDRAIt was on a Sunday evening, I was seriously watching my mother's favorite series with Susan and Claire. My mother was already out of the house, leaving me and them at home. That was just when I had the chance to watch movies because my profession is just a stressful one. While laughing and watching with keen interest with our popcorn, the doorbell rang. I thought it was mother, Claire had to go and check who was at the door but to my surprise she brought a parcel. "What's that?" "From that same messenger, I recognized his face." "Huh? Wait! Let me rush and meet with him." I stood up at once and quickly ran out to see if I could catch up with him but my gatekeeper told me that he just left. "Open the gate, I am sure he is trekking.""No ma'am, he came with a ride." Hmmm, I was not happy because I needed to question him. The last gift he brought, I haven't even used and now this. Let me go inside and see what he got me. "Did you see him?" Susan asked. I shook my head ne
SANDRA"Mom, I am sure it is not Armando, he will never put a description like secret admirer besides, Armando is not that wealthy to gift me these items worth millions of dollars. He can only get me clothes from his boutique and stuffs like that." "You are right, at times I see him as a very greedy young man that can't spend on a woman." My mother is right. Love blinded my eyes not to see that aspect of him. He appreciates outsiders more than the one he loves. It was when I felt hatred for him that I began to see that I ignored a lot of things. "Let's not talk about him. How was work?" "Mehn! It was not funny. They are still there, I had to leave because the food will be enough for everyone, if it is not enough they can go back to their houses. I cooked twice today of each delicacy.""But why mom? Is it not better if you cook in a big quantity so that you will not be stressing yourself so much?" "Sandra my dear, you have a point but you see, cooking in a large quantity might tur
MICHIGANThis news flying all over the place is really going to be interesting. I am sure that since the president will be there live and direct, people will come out in groups. Well, if my staff can work extra hours to cover those two days of the great event, then everyone will be on break. Those that wish to attend will go while those that want to use it and rest, can also do so. I would love to be present too. My phone notification alerted me and I checked the phone only for me to see that my calendar just reminded me that my birthday was in two days time. Ouch! I forgot, thanks to this calendar reminder, if not my birthday would have passed and I wouldn't know. What do I do now? I really need to celebrate it because it's not easy. I have never celebrated my birthday even for once all these years but this one is going to be different. I thought of where to do just a little gathering and I decided to use my living room, it was big enough and comfortable for me instead of spendi
MICHIGANI was coming down from the stairs and I saw that my maid had already served them small chops to keep them busy. That was thoughtful of her. My walking steps changed and I was just climbing down the stairs as if I was counting on my steps. "Woooow! Who do we have here?" Armando asked. "The celebrant!!" They all chorused. I smiled and walked down to welcome each of them. I gave them hugs one after the other before I even hugged Armando. I tried not to even look in his direction all through the discussion. I acted like I never cared about him, that I just wanted him to do his job perfectly. I was a perfect actress, wasn't it? I chuckled. After some conversations we had. "I appreciate everyone for honoring my invitation. This is my first time celebrating a birthday in my entire life." "Whooh!" "Yeah, but I decided to do this in a remarkable way. So without boring you with much talk, and I know some people would like to go home early, let the party begin!!" The music beca