Susie sat in her office thinking about the last few weeks. Her partner Tracy had been behaving strangely for some time. She was always making mystery calls and it wasn’t once or twice when Susie found her wide awake in the middle of the night. Something had been bothering her but Tracy had kept quiet about it. No matter how hard Susie tried to get some information, she couldn’t get anything. Tracy was like a tight vault that would let nothing in or out without the access code. Susie had never been the jealous type but Tracy’s behaviour was beyond explanation. She was just thinking of how to approach her so that she could open up, when her secretary alerted her that her next client Ella had arrived. Ella was more emotional than before and she was eager to speak. She poured out her recent encounters with Tracy and expressed the amount of betrayal she felt. Susie listened with concern but was shocked by the amount of atrocities that Tracy had committed. For the first time in her career,

“Good morning,” Victoria said to Ella. Ella had just come out of the kitchen after helping with the general clean up chores. “Good morning Victoria. How was your night?”“Much better than yours.I know you have a lot on your mind,” she said.“More than you know,” Ella saidShe sat down for breakfast with Victoria and Lola. When they were almost done, Ella said what was on her mind. “I want to spend some time alone at my village house as I check how it has been.” Ella said. Victoria was quiet for some time and she stared at Ella without giving her an answer. “I was hoping I could go today.”“I think there is some misunderstanding between us Ella. I know I have given you some level of freedom over the last few weeks so you feel like things are back to normal. But nothing could be farther from the truth. You can’t move around as you please until some things are clarified,” Victoria said.“I don’t understand,” Ella asked as she sat up.“When you were released, you were put under my custo

“Maybe we should just tip off the police to keep an eye out for him here,” Eddie said. “The police are not interested in such a low profile case.”“I’ll make sure they pay attention,” Eddie said. He took out his cell phone and called someone. After a few minutes of playful banter, he had Ella give the details of her brother’s fraudulent activities and then they put up an alert for him. Ella took one last look around the house and then they closed the back door and walked back to the car. “What do you want to do now?” Eddie asked once she was strapped in.“Drive back to the city,” she said.“Alright. Maybe we can grab lunch somewhere on t

“You’ve drunk too much already. You need to pay and go,” a tall muscled man told the young lady at the counter. It was not yet noon, yet the young lady was already drunk to a stupor. “Did I tell you I want to pay and go? I told you I want another bottle, you idiots,” the lady who responded was Tanasha. She had been harassing a young waitress who had been working a double shift since last night. Usually she accepted double shifts because mornings were slow and customers were few. But this morning, Tanasha, the pretty lady, had walked in and ordered a few drinks. Hours had now passed and she had turned into the real definition of a mean drunk. She could barely sit up straight, yet she had the ability to shoot off one obscenity after another. The waiter had called the bouncer to throw her out before she caused any more trouble.