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THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 45. KILL HIM
We settled at a table and few minutes later, Pamela and Stanley were both ushered to the same table.“Oh my! Petals you also came?” Pamela remarked innocently and I tried giving an awkward smile“Well it happened that way” I said to her, avoiding the gaze of Stanley“I didn’t know you had connections with the host. Wow! You are full of surprises” she expressed further and for some reasons, I felt the need to brag.“The host is my best friend and we have been friends since high school” I spelt out, making Pamela mouth opened for a split second“Wow! That’s so nice. I never knew about that but I am jealous that you know influential people” she blurt out and my eyes rolled immediately“As you should be jealous” I thought to myself, fanning my neck with my hand.Both Stanley and Ray kept silent and watched us display whatever we had up our sleeves until Irene showed up again, this time she went to Ray directly.“Mr. Ray, I’m sorry I couldn’t greet you properly the other time but I have be
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 46. RAGING EMOTIONS
I didn’t know why I ran away when I didn’t even know the context of his call in the first place but the thought of whom he gave the order to be killed for was making me sweat and shiver at the same time.I wanted to naturally blend into the crowd after running away from his side but it was a bit difficult, fck it! I was always poor at the suppressing my emotions and I knew it would put me into trouble someday.Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder and I jumped with a little shout before turning to see the same person I was running from standing right in front of me.My mouth parted open but words wouldn’t come out of my throat no matter how I tried.“What’s wrong? Is something the matter?” he asked, his brows raising alongside his wordsWhat’s wrong? Man, you just ordered for a killing few minutes ago and you are right now in front of me, with your hands in your pocket and an innocent face as if you did nothing.“Nothing, What… what.. could.. I mean” I became disorganized before I to
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 47. THE SEARCH
After seeing the horrendous clip that was sent anonymously to me, I couldn’t keep calm. I wanted to wait till Monday before I show it to Pamela but the seriousness of what happened in the video made it impossible for me to wait till that time.I picked up my phone and put a call through but she wasn’t picking up no matter how hard I called. Her phone kept ringing till I had no choice but to stop calling, hoping that she would call back when she sees the crazy several missed calls.I wasn’t supposed to go to the company since it was a Saturday but I threw on some clothes and went to work in order to garner some information about the said woman in the video and even the monster husband.On getting to the company, I was helped by the security with the library and I got access to their information at the employee session.“She worked here for quite a long time. How come no one noticed or was able to question her death? It must have been terrifying for her” I mumbled as I clicked along the
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 48. HER STORY
BEA’S POVAt the question of Petals, I didn’t know when I broke down into a heartbreaking sob. The memories of her that flashed in front of me were devastating. She was a generous person that didn’t deserve all the ordeal that she went through in the hands of everyone who did evil to her.“When I first joined the company, she was the only one that extended her hand to me. She made sure that I was comfortable and taught me everything I didn’t know. I was able to blend in this way because of Vera” I explained, trying to mop the tears all over my face“Did Tina and Amanda bully you too?” She asked, leaning forward“They tried to do that but Vera saved me and took the hits for me” I responded“You told me earlier that she was generous with all her things, why did they pick on her then?” she questioned“Her husband got himself a mistress and stopped doing everything he was doing for her previously. Everyone started noticing and asked her but she was always keeping silent which got them ang
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 49. RELEASED
PETALS’S POVWe both went to Bea’s house and retrieved the diary she had talked about and handed it over to me but I was not done with her. She still haven’t told me what happened between Vera and Mr. Elvis.“Why did Mr. Elvis hate her that much? She’s only a sister-in-law to him” I asked and Bea sighed once againShe proceeded to explain that Mr. Elvis loved her when she was being taken care of at the orphanage before his twin brother met her. Although, he did approached her first and took care of her to some extent because he found out that they had the same dream and talent, Vera still fell for his twin brother instead of him.The love he had for her slowly turned to obsession and from their escalated to hatred. When he found out that his twin brother was maltreating her and hitting her, he offered to help her escape so she could come to him but she refused. She didn’t want to have anything doing with any of their family member if she had the avenue to escape from the twin brother.
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 50. I KNEW
I couldn’t believe what I saw on the news. How could they release him just like that when the evidence we sent in was so clear and glaring? Nothing was working for me and I knew at that point that it was their handiwork, they have been blocking every articles I posted so it wouldn’t affect them.“He even shook hands with the Chief of Police? What is happening in this country?” I voiced out, brushing my hair back in anger“I told you that we are up against people who have connections in high places. These people eat at the same table, shake hands with one another and also cover up for one another. They are not people someone like us can touch” I heard a familiar voice say behind me and I turned to see Pamela standing behind me with her arms folded around her chestClosing my eyes for a few second, I turned to face her “But this is just not right! How will Vera even sleep or rest in peace if her oppressors are laughing, giggling and walking around freely? This woman went through a lot a
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 51. SECRETS
Stanley’s comment threw both of us off our feet. We were not expecting such a remark from him and didn’t even have the slightest curiosity that he might know about it.“You knew about it?” I blurt out due to shock before adding a dragged out “ Siiirrrr” He shrugged slightly before nodding to confirm. “Don’t you think it’s weird that I run a news company and I am being deceived? I run fact checks on things so it is natural to be curious and finding certainty to things and people around me. What if I am being surrounded by spies sent from the other companies so I would be implicated or bankrupt from scandals?” he explained to us and we both let out a soft “Oh” at the same time.We didn’t think about all those factors and possibilities. It was brilliant of him as a boss to have those mindsets and my respect shoot up for him at that moment.“I am very sorry sir. I didn’t mean to lie to you but I was being desperate” she pleaded, this time on her knees.Immediately, Stanley stood up and w
THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE JOURNALIST 52. SOLVED
As if the universe was helping me at the same time, I got a mail listing the proof of his criminal records that he made people take the fall for. I got the number of the editor whom Mr. Elvis employed to plagiarize Vera’s book and everything was falling into place.Immediately, I scheduled an interview with the innocent editor who confessed that she only did her job and didn’t know that it was someone else’s work while I took evidences from her.This time, I didn’t take it to the police straight. Instead, I brought it as a topic on urgent crises that has one of the highest viewers’ rating. Since they weren’t expecting the blow, it became a hot topic and everyone found out what Mr. Elvis was up to.I revealed every evidences from the domestic abuse video to the least document that could prove their crimes. It was found out that the husband had gotten married to several women and gotten their insurances by using different names and identities after a thorough investigation and that was
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