Now, the news of the explosive had spread among the two thousand uninvited guests. Nevertheless, both patronizers and the gamblers at the resort were not left out. The staff members who were hiding in the underground heard the warning too and ran out, scrambling to any escape routes. Now, the chanting increased and was heard in different directions.“Run for your lives. Explosive,” they shouted on top of their voices.Meanwhile, the Police Squad who were at the scene to maintain law and order retreated at once with their vehicles, when they heard 'explosive'. It was the same story with the media crew, who could not pan their cameras. They dismantled their tripod stands and headed for the hills. Due to the turbulence, there was a grid lock on the major road which made the movement of vehicles impossible because some motorists ran off their vehicles shambolically leaving their ignitions on. The pedestrians, who were more interested in fleeing the arena, were reckless about traffic rules
At The Tourist Center.After Phil announced that ‘we are home’, Denise, who expected him to get off the car, turned and looked at him and observed that his eyes were moist. He was moved to see a beggar tearing up and had the compassion to help.“What is the matter with you, young man?”Phil noticed the tears too and was willing to help, so he waited for his response. Likewise, Jude allowed the tears to drop before he spoke.“I am starving. I ate last yesterday morning,” After he made his problem known, there was a pin drop silence for a few seconds before Denise spoke, “Take us to the Tourist Center.” He ordered after turning to the driver.“All right, Young Master.”Even though Jude was depressed, he was attentive enough to hear the driver address him as the Young Master. He stole a glance at him and mulled over his discovery.'Are they not beggars? If not, who are they?'Soon, he found himself in a place he never imagined existed, in Dover. A place with an unpolluted air, and the am
At The Tourist CenterAfter Denise and his team drove off, Robin took Jude to one of the single rooms and informed, “This is your room for now. Make yourself comfortable.”“Thank you for this, sir.”“Do not mention. Do you want your dinner to be served here, or would you have it at the restaurant?”Jude, who was not exposed to such a dignified life, looked at him for a while before he made up his mind, “I will prefer here.”“It is all right. That is the menu list on the table. Let me have your order at once.”He looked at the menu and quickly placed his order, and volunteered, “I can pick it by myself if you permit me.”“Oh! Never mind. I will be back before you know it,” the Security Officer said and left with the order. For three years, Jude had not lived in a house nor slept on a bed. That night, he would not only sleep in a room and on a bed, but in a Five Star Tourist Center. The kind of cars that he saw at the car park revealed the caliber of guests that lodged at the center. “
Denise’s and Phil’s POVAfter they had their meeting at Phil’s office on Thursday afternoon, they mapped out a plan on how to annihilate Stephen. After brainstorming, they came to a consensus that they had to visit the island that was a home to the indigent members of the society incognito. When Denise’s late father, Mr. William Bailey, acquired the island from the government many years ago, he was faced with the problem of displacing them. In his benevolence, he reserved a portion for them, which they had occupied until that day. By way of appreciation, they ensured that the Tourist Center was free from any form of attack from any quarter, and they had been enjoying that bilateral relationship. That explained why Jude had never operated in that environment. After work, they disguised as buskers and beggars and got to the island. They were dressed shabbily and flaunted five hundred notes. They tried as much as possible to adapt temporarily to the unkempt environment by ignoring the
They got off the vehicle, picked their backpacks and Denise handed the car key over to the security, who did as he was instructed and drove off immediately. They walked along with other comrades who were heading to the resort. As planned, over one thousand comrades came out to get their money and were chanting:“Give us our money.”“We need our money.”At that point, Denise and Phil mixed up with the angry indigents and raised their voices too.“The owner of this resort is a thief. He had stolen our money.”“He must provide our money. We will not leave until he provides the money.”Now, the Resort was in disarray, it was easy for them to move about and mounted their bombs in strategic areas and waited for detonation. After they mounted their last explosive which targeted the underground, they walked back to join other comrades and to warn them to vacate the environment based on their father’s instruction that there should be no loss of life. At that point, they ran into Jude Addy, who
At The Government Hospital.Mr. Bailey gave Phil a call to inform him that he was heading to the hospital.“All right, Denise, I am a few meters to the hospital. See you when you come.”“Okay.”Soon, they were at the hospital. The security man who Nichole spoke with concerning their coming walked up to them and greeted.“Good morning, Young Masters. How can I help you?”“Good morning, Officer. Mrs. Nichole Bailey sent us.”“Oh! I see. Your mother told me about your visit.”“Thank you, officer. Yes, she told us that she would talk to you. Are we free to go into her office?”“Sure, you can. Come with me.”He walked them to Nichole’s office and watched them open the door before he walked back to his duty post.“All right, I will leave you to search for the document.”“Thank you, officer.”They looked at each other and smiled when they heard the security man say ‘search for the document’. Since it was a small office, installing the two security cameras did not take time. When they were do
At Denise’s Apartment“Dad, Uncle, welcome back.”Daniel shouted when he saw his father and uncle walking in. He rushed to them and gave them hugs one after the other. When Denise disengaged him from the hug, he began to imagine the day his baby would do the same thing to him when he returned from work. Then, he looked at his pregnant wife and smiled in satisfaction.“Welcome back, hubby,” Olivia greeted.(Peck)“Thank you. I promised you that I would be back before noon. Here I am,” Denise said, and took his seat beside his wife.“Yes. You kept to your words. Thank you for that.”“It is my pleasure.”Freya welcomed her husband before she broached the news that Denise and her husband tried to keep away from her.“Denise.”“Yes, big sister.”“Did you watch the news yesterday? Did you see how karma had caught up with Uncle Stephen?”“Yes. I saw it. That will teach him how to respect other people’s freedom.”“You have said it all.”“I learned that the government gave him some money to gi
“How did it go at the office today?”He asked before they sat down on the couch. Then, Lorene gave a superficial answer.“Nothing much. We will continue on Monday.”She gave him a keen look which he mistook for a suspicious look and that made him to fidget because a sinner will always run even if no one is chasing him. Then she requested, “Tell me, how did you spend your day without me?” Now, Stephen tried to change the tensed atmosphere to a lively one and joked. He gave her the same response she gave to him a while ago“Nothing much. We will continue on Monday.”Although, it was a joke, but he was honest because he had agreed with Evelyn to meet on Monday for lunch. Lorene laughed softly, and he laughed too before she said.“Wow! That is funny.”They laughed happily. And to distract her further, he volunteered to serve her some breakfast.“Let me serve your breakfast.”“Oh! I don’t mind. Thank you. Let me change,” She said, and got up from the chair and began to walk to the room wh