Chapter 24
I was about to come to your room” Andrew said and then she saw her eyes filled with so much tears.
“Lisa” Andrew called out looking worried.
“Andrew” Lisa called and hugged him so tight.
Immediately she hugged him, suddenly she heard footsteps from behind but suddenly the footsteps stopped.
“Thank you. The pleasure is all mine. It’s nice doing business with you” the voice said. It was Alfred and he was on a phone call which he just ended.
They pulled away from the hug and then turned to look only to see Alfred standing at the stairs with his phone in his hands.
He was so engrossed in whatever he was doing on his phone. “Sir, I bought it already and it’s in your study room” a body guard said and Alfred raised up his head and nodded slightly.
He placed his phone inside his pocket and turned around only to see Lisa and Andrew staring at him like they were in shock seeing him.
He wondered why? But quickly he waved the thought away.
“Welcome Alfred ” Andrew said as he moved away from Lisa walking towards Alfred who was now on his way to his study room. Alfred shunned him like his presence meant nothing to him.
Andrew sighed softly. “How about the new pa? Hope she isn’t giving you a hard time” Andrew asked as they both walked inside his study room.
“She’s okay, she’s hardworking, ” Alfred said and picked up the file the bodyguard had said he’d left in the room earlier on and began flipping from pages to pages.
“Oh that’s nice. What’s that file in your hands?” Andres asked as Alfred sat down properly so he could go through the file carefully without any mistakes.
“It’s a file from the office. I had my secretary send it to my office but I forgot it and then sent my bodyguard to go get it, ” he said and he nodded.
Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door.
“Expecting anyone?” Andrew asked
“Yeah. I asked one of the maids to make me coffee” he said and Andrew mouthed an “oh”
“Come in” he said and a maid came in holding a cup of coffee in her hands. She bowed her head and dropped it on the table and walked out.
“Alfred you haven’t been calling grandma since she left” Andrew spoke as she picked up a file from the table going through it.
“I know she’s okay and the last time I remember I asked you to call and check on her every now and then and make sure she doesn’t lack anything ” he said and Andrew sighed
“I do call her Alfred, she’s always asking after you. Can you just call her so she can at least hear your voice. She’s worried about you Alfred” Andrew spoke and Alfred scoffed.
“I’m perfectly fine. Tell her that” Alfred said and took the cup of coffee then drank from it bit by bit. He would have loved to hear from his grandma and he has missed her so much. Reason he isn’t calling her or making attempts to is that grandma would always talk to him about Lisa and he doesn’t want to hear anything she has to say about her.
After he finished drinking the coffee he dropped the cup and continued reading the file in his hands.
“I’ll be meeting with a new investor by next week. Their company is doing really good. I Did some research about them and they’re good. It’s gonna be a multimillionaire business” Alfred said as he finally closed the file and dropped it on the table.
“Oh! That’s nice. What about mr hector? You know signing the contract with his company is gonna bring millions to our company and more customers. You rejected the offer but he’s still bringing more. He still wants to partner with us” Andrew said and Alfred scoffed lightly.
“Seems you didn’t hear the news. Mr Hector’s company is going bankrupt soon. I don’t know what’s happening to him and his company but in no time I don’t think you would hear about his company anymore ”
“You don’t mean it right?” Andrew asked, surprised.
“Of Course I do, he wants us to partner with him because our company will help him rise again when we become partners in business ” Alfred said and suddenly he closed his eyes slightly and placed his hands on his stomach like he was feeling some sort of sharp pains.
“Are you alright?” Andrew asked as he noticed the change of look on his face.
“Yeah , yeah. Just feeling some slight pain in my stomach ” he said and groaned slightly.
“You sure you are not hungry because you hardly eat these days. Always busy with work. I should get you something to eat” Andrew stood up and walked out of the study room to the kitchen to get him food.
He served the food and brought it to Alfred in the study room, there he met him lying on the ground sweating all over.
“Alfred ” Andrew called and helped him stand up from the ground and took him to his room.
“Common, you should eat” Andrew said worriedly and tried feeding him but he was refusing to eat the food.
“Oh my goodness! What should I do? What should I do?” Andrew muttered looking confused as he saw the state Alfred was in at that moment. The thoughts of calling the doctor didn’t even come to his mind.
Alfred who was lying on the bed, feeling so much pain on his stomach laid there weakly with sweat all over him.
“A. n. d. r. e. w” he called weakly and he quickly rushed to him.
“The coffee, the cof…fee” he muttered
“What happened to the coffee?” Andrew asked not knowing what he was talking about.
“It was poisoned ” he finally said and suddenly blood started gushing out of his mouth.
“Poisoned?” Andrew muttered in shock and before he could say anything else he saw blood gushing out of his mouth. And suddenly he lost consciousness.
TBC