MARCUS’S Point of View
“So you mean to say that everyone in the whole country believed a paparazzi than you a reporter? ”
“Sir I really don’t know how he got the pictures and everything else and he backed up his news with the pictures making it look convincing”
“Who published the scoop he brought?”
“Mrs Jessica McCartney, she was the one ”
“No wonder, well they might have escaped this time, it’s not the important part of my plan”
“So what do we do now sir?”
“You can go, tell others to leave and self destruct the computers they used ”
“Yes sir, have a good day”
“Fucking fools, they think they can just insult and ignore me and go scot free, am not letting them do that to me , just watch….”
I picked up my phone and after thinking for sometime, I dialed a number,
“Hi Mr Marcus ”
“Drop the pleasantries, I need you to do something for me”
“What is it?”
“I will send a message, make it neat, I don’t want to clean up your mess again ”
“Okay… Wait, what do you mean clean up our mess?”
“Are you joking or something, perhaps you have an amnesia that made you forget the mess your man made, I had to dirty my hand to silence him while you guys were fiddling ”
“Mr Marcus you mean to tell me that my man that died in the prison was murdered, I assured you he won’t talk, he won’t talk because I gave him a drug that will make him dumb for three months but you….. Fucking killed him still”
“Oh, you did, well let’s take it as a collateral damage, so make sure this job is nicely done”
“You expect me to work for you after what you did?”
“Are you crazy?”
“Mr Marcus, our deal is off, am not doing anymore jobs for you ”
“Then I will make sure you and your men are wiped out, so you do what I told you or die, good fucking bye ”
I ended the call with a sour face and threw my phone away, how dare he defile me, I sent the materials he needs and relaxed back onto my seat, rocking it back and forth, he shouldn’t tempt me at all because I will satisfy my anger with his and his men’s blood.
I got up from the seat and went to the ceiling to floor window and stood there looking at the Metro company, its logo was built on top of the building, it was very large and majestic looking, it made other logos pale in comparison,
“Very soon, you will be mine, very soon, you will be under me, I just need to get rid of some pests blocking our paths then I can have you, just wait”
I sat back down and soon I heard a knock on my door, I opened it and it was the secretary, I looked her up and I noticed how she shivered, I smirked,
“What is it?”
“Sir, you have a meeting with a client here in the company, they already waiting for you in the meeting room, you are running late”
“Okay, let’s go, when did you start organising my meetings? Where is my secretary?”
“He called in sick today, so am thc one taking over today and…. I want to work instead of doing nothing everyday I come to work ”
“You want to work, is someone bullying you?”
“No sir, I just don’t feel comfortable doing nothing everyday ”
“Hmmmm, okay, I will arrange for you to work for the third best company, you will go there from next week Monday ”
“Really? Thank you sir”
(Haa, women are so easy to please)
Jessica’s point of View
“Good morning ma’am” I nodded my head in response to the greetings I received,
“Good morning ma’am ” I nodded again,
Everyone seems to be in a good mood today so am I, Xavier dropped me off at the company as usual but this time it felt different, it felt natural, like he WANTED TO drop me off not like he HAD TO drop me off, he gave me a goodbye peck on the forehead, I smiled to myself, my mind wandered off to last night but not too far because someone, a man bumped into me, my bag and files fell down,
“Am so sorry miss”
He apologised and honestly I was surprised, his voice didn’t match his build, I wondered what he came to do here, maybe to visit his wife or girlfriend, he dressed neatly and decently,
“Am really sorry, I was in a rush ”
“No problem sir, I was also not looking, am sorry too”
He handed the neatly packed files to me, I looked at my own, it was messy, he gave me the one he arranged, took mine and gave it back after arranging it like the other one, I smiled at him,
“Thank you”
“No problem, I was the one that messed it up, am sorry once again ”
“No problem, I will be on my way”
“Same here, be careful ”
I nodded and he left, I didn’t take those words as anything, I thought maybe that’s how he says his farewells but I was wrong because staring at me right now on my table is a piece of paper that reads,
(BE CAREFUL, SOMEONE WANTS YOU DEAD )
I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the note as I was signing the files, I couldn’t remember his face, I remember now, it was covered but I know that it must be about Xavier, there is no dangerous situation I got myself into except Xavier’s family issue.
I texted Blac immediately (Be careful, I think someone is under my tail, be careful about your environment ), the message went through and he sent back to me (don’t worry about me, worry about yourself ), I smiled, I almost forgot that you can’t find him unless he wants you to.