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
She calmed down, and lifted her face and announced, “I just remembered how Louis wept the other day.”“I thought as much. It is all right. He is fine now. Let us send a message to our family platform. I am sure it will soothe all of them to hear that we arrived safely,” Arthur said, and ran his hand through her hair. Then, she cheered up and said, “Ok. You can go ahead.”They sat together on the bed, and he drafted the message and sent. He looked at her and declared, “Maternal Instinct can be powerful.”Nichole only smiled. Then, he drew her closer and gave her a peck. Indeed, maternal instinct could be powerful. Their message got to Louis when he was about to take a decision that would affect everybody adversely. The feeling Nichole got when she got into the room was the type a mother got when her child was in danger.At The Tourist Center.Jude was beginning to feel guilty of eating and doing nothing. He wished to be of assistance to his host by any means to justify the kind gestur
At The Tourist CenterBy the arrangement between the Security Officer and the Men's Wears Company, the clothes would be delivered to the island by 7 AM, and they kept to the time. At the stipulated time, the company vehicle was at the Tourist Center and Robin took the delivery of the wears. When it was time to serve Jude’s breakfast, which was the same as the complimentary breakfast that the guests took. Thereafter, he accompanied the waiter, to his room. After the waiter left, he handed the bag of clothes to Jude, who was about to start eating his food.“Jude.”The panicked Jude who had lived in fear for the past four years looked up, thinking he had wronged anyone. Then, the Security Officer continued.“The boss sent this bag to you. He requested to know what you can do. That is, he wants to know if you have any skills.”Now, Jude’s eyes became moist. From the look of things, the only skill he had was to aid in criminal activities. Thanks to the adults who were supposed to be respon
“I mean, as a Security Officer, how can you assess him?”“I can attest that he has a good spirit.”“It is all right. You can order for a piano keyboard for him so that he won’t be bored. Did you get it?”The security officer responded cheerfully, “Wow! That will be nice. He will be delighted. I will do that right away.”“It is okay.”After the call with the officer, he headed for the barracks. ‘Even the officer was happy because of him. He must be an impressive person. Meeting impressive people at odd places.’ he reasoned as he drove off. He ruminated about how he met his wife and his face beamed with delight, and he prayed.“God bless the man who rejected her. Otherwise, I would not have met her.”Meanwhile, he was already inside the barracks and headed towards Gen. Bailey's apartment.At the Military BarracksDenise got to Gen. Bailey’s apartment at 12:50 pm. He searched out for a suitable spot to park his jalopy, which gave him much delight. Initially, he was uncomfortable, but hi