A partnership

15

-The following morning-

Luke stood at the doorway, trying to wrap his head around what’s happening in his house. “Did you do something to our cards? I’ve been trying to order some designer clothes and my card keep declining!” Rachel finally yelled out.

Luke threw his hands into the air, “I don’t know! I think-”

“Luke! Do something with the electricity and water…it has been cut off,” His mother came out of the bathroom, soap foams on half of her face.

Luke tried to calm down, “Chill out everyone, I will call our bank manager and see why the family gold card kept declining,” He pulled out his phone and called.

"Mr. Luke, I'm so sorry," the man said, panicked. "We've been ordered to freeze all accounts linked to Anderson Holdings. We received an order that you embezzled part of the company’s money, and all your assets has been put on hold until proper investigation is done,” The man explained.

Luke’s knuckles had already turned white, “What?” He exclaimed.

“And yeah, Ms. Imani reported it with evidence,” With that the man ended the call, Luke heart dropped.

He slipped his hands into his hair, “Fuvk you Imani!”

Mrs Anderson widened her eyes when she heard Imani’s name, “What? Is this Imani’s doing again? Why is she hell bent on destroying our family?! Luke, do something!” His mother lamented.

Sarah, who stood far from the rest of the family, slammed her fist on the table. "That girl! That Imani! She thinks she can do anything because she has money? She hasn’t learnt her lessons! I will call my Lawyers now!” She blurted out, pulling out her phone.

"You can call whoever you want," a cold, calm voice said from the doorway. Her heels clicking on the floor like an alarm, they all turned to see who just spoke and walked in.

Two men in black suits stood there, with a woman in a sharp grey pantsuit holding a tablet. She wore a red dress, her hair packed in a low bun.

"We are from Shawn Property Management," she said politely, but her eyes were dead. "This house is now owned by Shawn Real Estate Trust. Your loan agreement was stated this house has been approved as the collateral…the loan agreement has been due since last two years,” The lady stated, scrolling through her tab.

She suddenly look up, “30 minutes. It’s all you have to vacate this building.” The lady mentioned and that only erupted gasped across the room.

Mrs Anderson stepped forward, "Vacate? This is OUR house! We bought this house!" She roared.

The woman smiled and turned her tablet around. On it was the deed.

"It’s now owned by Shawn Real Estate Trust. Your son submitted your house documents as the collateral. Haven’t you been served the sanction letters? Ah, You have twenty-nine minutes now." The lady whispered

"No! No! You can't do this!" Mrs. Anderson screamed, clutching her sofa.

The men in black didn't argue. They didn’t come to play, they started picking up things and throwing it out of the door.

Luke folded his fist in anger and his jaw tightened, “Do you know you can be sued for harassment?! This wasn’t the agreement!”

The lady smiled, “No. You can be sued for trespassing if you stay longer than you should on the Shawn’s property. This is Imani’s house now,” The lady told him firmly.

“You can’t just-”

“Drag them out if you must. They have wasted 10 minutes of their time,” The lady ordered and immediately the men on black took Rachel by her arms.

Luke just stood there, frozen, watching his entire family get thrown out onto the driveway like common trespassers, he instantly shook his head. “No. I can’t let this happen,” he pulled out his phone and called Imani.

She only picked after it had ring for the fourth time. “I’m busy, what do you have to say?”

“Stop this nonsense from happening. You can’t send us out of the house! I will find that debt and pay you!” Luke screams over the phone.

“You have kept your girlfriend in place. She messed with the wrong person…And yeah, you can take me to court if you want.” Imani mentioned and was about ending the call when she added, “That’s if you have the balls to,” she ended the call afterwards.

The phone almost fell from Luke’s hand, his eyes went to Sarah. He marched towards her, gripped her arms. “What the hell did you do to Imani?” He snapped.

“What..what did you mean?” Sarah stammers, avoiding Luke’s gaze.

“Wait, let me guess, were you the one who released that fake news about her?” He asked searching through her eyes.

Sarah finally gave in, “Fine! Yes! I did it so she can stay off. I did nothing wrong,” Sarah confessed.

Luke tightened the grip, his eyes flickered in anger, “Nothing wrong? Did you realize that your stupid act is sending my family out into the streets?!” He yelled so loud.

“Then we can go to my father’s. I-”

Luke scoffed, “Your father? You must be joking,” Luke fired at her.

He suddenly licked his lips, slips his fingers into his hair in frustration. “We are done Sarah. You are no longer my fiancé.” He announced and Sarah widened her eyes.

“What? You’re breaking up because of Imani? For real?” She couldn’t believe her ears.

“Yes. Leave this place, NOW.”

Sarah just stared at him for a while, she picked her bag and left the house.

“You will regret this Luke. I promise you,” With that she walked away.

IMANI TECH COMPANY

“Ma’am, I think you need to see this,” Emily stormed into Imani’s office.

“Our company stock has dropped drastically ever since the news came one,” Emily show her the company stock chart and Imani rubbed her temple.

“What are our investors saying?”

“They called for a meeting, they want to know what’s your next plan for the company stock to stay afloat,” Emily told her and Imani breathed out.

“Pitch my idea to them.” Someone said from the door way, Imani lifted her head and saw Killan standing at her office doorway.

“Mr Morgan,” Emily called, shocked.

“What are you doing here, Mr Morgan Killan?” Imani asked and Killan came into the office fully.

“Thanks to someone very skeptical, I had to come defend my idea so I can secure a position at the Imani tech,” Killan whispered, his words laced with sarcasm.

Imani remembered what she had told him last night. “Then why were you eavesdropping on us?”

“No. I wasn’t, I just happened to hear you both,”Killan said and sat on the couch.

“Like I said, Pitch my idea. No one has never pitched my ideas without getting back on their feet…” Killan added.

Imani rested her back on the chair, “I’m sure you’re not doing this for free. What’s your gain?”

Killan smirked, “Four dates with you,”

Imani twisted her face, “Who asks for such in return? Weren’t you aiming for a partnership with the Imani Tech?”

Killan threw his hands in the air, “Oh yes, A partnership with the Shawn,” he answered.

“….but four dates with you will seal the deal.”