||Hardie Morrison||
"Don't you get? it's foolish keeping her here, she needs to go before she brings any suspicion." Lincoln glared at me. I blinked, this was never the Lincoln I trusted. He never for once raised his voice at me, talk more of glaring dagger at me."I know right, I just want to...""Don't try anything rash, please Hardie." He countered."Okay. Okay, I won't." I smirks."Good. I'll get her to some safe route, it almost dawn already." He pinched his brows."Can I go with you at least?" I asked still putting on my smirk.He glared at him before nodding. "Right, no rash actions.""Sure..."***"Why did you look like you don't wan' leave yet?" I twitched my neck towards the back seat, facing Arlington. Lincoln insist I sit at the front for his own self reason."I've got work to go, stupid." She huffed."Yeah, right." I nodded. "You're only leaving cause of your work, now I get it.""You talk too much, Mr imposter." She hissed under her breath. "The Hardie everyone knows barely talks and now you're claiming to be him, tch.""You've met with him once? Cause you talk like you're having a crush on him." I taunt her further."Arrgh! I've not met with him once and I don't know what he look like either. How can I be having a crush on a ghost?" She glared daggers at me."Does that mean you're crushing on me, huh?" I flirts. "Well, it worth it though since I'm good looking.""What are you saying?" She half yell as she burn red."Come on don't be shy, Arling. This might be your first and your last, you know." I smirks but she kept mute as she swallowed her breath. "You see, there's no hurt in accepting the fact that you're having a crush on me.""I- I don't get you." She was clearly embarrassed."Or you might be thinking of having me as a night stand, who knows?""Stop saying nonse..." Arlington was cut short by the sudden abrupt of the car."What was that?" I gawked at Jade."I made him to since you two won't stop talking, tsk." Lincoln said lazily as he lay back his head. "We're here, you should get down from here. You should get yourself home from here, I guess.""Yeah, Sure. Thanks." She flashed Lincoln a short awkward smile before stepping down. "Goodbye...""And me? I don't deserve a thank you too, even after saving you?" I put on a frown. "That hurts, you know."She twitched her lips before giving out a sweet smile. "Guess you deserve one too. Thank you." she said before running through the narrow lane.I held out my cell phone, dialled a number before speaking into it. "Make sure she's safe, do you get?" I cut the call without giving the guy on the other end the priviledge to speak.||Arlington Arlington||I sneakily entered the house, rushed upstairs and quickly get dressed in a new clothing not after having my bath. I hurriedly arrange my room to avoid any suspicion or to get mother worried."Arling, Darling." Mom called from down stairs."Coming, mom. I'll be there in minutes." I quickly yelled back. I picked my bag and hurried down stairs. "Morning, mom.""Hmm... Morning." She nodded slightly, stirring her coffee. "I came knocking on your door yester night, but you didn't reply. I decide not to pry in, thinking maybe you need some privacy. Are you okay?""Yeah. I'm good. I was just stressed out, that's why. I stayed out late cause of work." I smiled convincingly. "You don't need to worry mom, I'm doing just fine.""Just let me know, if you are facing any crisis. Okay?" She said. "I can't stand seeing you hurt.""Yeah, copy that." I smiled."Eat up, else you'll be late for work." She said. I nodded curtly and start digging in. I Don't want Jesse's trouble, at least not today. But little did I know there is more In store for me today...***I got to work few minutes late and Jesse won't stop ranting but I might end up doing something irrational, so I decide to keep my calm. But Jesse wasn't satisfied until she see me react, still I remain dumb.Just when I thought everything has died down, murmuring and side talks was all over the whole restaurant. Is something wrong? I waved it off and decide to face my stuffs.The chicken stew was almost done when Min Hung came in."Gosh, Arling. Guess who's here?" She squealed excited."Min Hung, you see I'm busy and I'm not good at guessing." I said with a hint of I'm not interested. "Besides, I don't want Jesse' trouble today.""Forget about Jesse for now. I guess Jesse is tongue tied by now." Min Hung pressed on. "Try guessing, please.""Hmm..." I tried thinking but nothing is coming. Whose name am I gon' mention anyway?"See, I can't really gu..." I couldn't complete my statement cause of how Jesse' barge. Min Hung quietly walked out."We are having a new customer and Arlington has to attend to them." Jesse said."Wait, I don't understand you." I crackled at her statement. "When is it my Job to attend to customers?""You don't ask me questions alright, just do what I asked of you. Okay?""But..." I wanted to protest but kept quiet, maybe this is another tactic of her of trouble. "I'll go take their order now.""Sure. Do." She scoffs. "They are both sitting at the end of the hall putting on whites with black caps on."'Fucking bitch...' I muttered under my breathe. I walked towards the new customers just as Jesse describes them.I sigh as I neared them. 'You can do this, Arling.' I told myself. The truth is I was offered the chance of being a waitress but I declined cause I don't know how to face people."Good day, sir." I was a little bit audible trying my best not to stutter. "Can I take your order please?""Yeah, sure." One of the men responded. The other guy glued his attention on his phone, his cap, covering his facial appearance. I was glad, at least. Order was placed and I quietly went in to serve it.I quickly served them their orders and was about when the guy on cap raised his head up. This can't be true cause he isn't the one, right?"Mr imposter...?" I frowned at him. What is he doing here anyways? I've never seen him around here before, so why now? Or am I just noticing?"Good to see you again." He said flashing a dark grin...What are you doing here?" I glared at him. "Aren't you suppose to be in a more classy restaurant since you claimed to be Hardie?""That's not how to talk to your crush, you know." He said with a smirk.I scoffs at his statement. "Don't tell me you are stalking me, or are you?" I pressed on further."And what if I am? What are you going to do about it, huh?" He switched to his flirting mood. Gosh! Why can't he be normal for once?I turned around to return to my usual job post and felt a grip around my wrist. I turned back to meet with mr imposter's taunting smile and I was red."What the..."He cut me short. "Please can I get extra package for take home?" He said like he wasn't flirting earlier."Hmm, sure." I gave him a dry smile. "I'll be right back." This guy isn't mentally stable, I guess. How can a man comfortably switch mood with in seconds?Since I don't want to get caught up with his tactics anymore, I arranged his take home package and dropped it politely on his table. Befor
_Page 9_||Hardie Madison||"Here, take a look at this." I collected the pictures from Lincoln.Without going through them, I gave him a blank stare. "What are these for anyways?""Go through them first, at least." He pressed. "You might get few information from it."I sighed as I go through the hard copy just as instructed. "The faces here are blurry, what information am I getting from blurry faces?" I asked."They are the faces behind the sudden explosion of your warehouse, I'm still trying to track down the faces though. But for now, these are the information I gathered."At leat he's trying to prove his worth by working his ass to find out about the opposite attackers.I stare hard at the pictures but I don't seems to recognize any of them, though. Who are these people anyways? They did a really nice job in hiding their identity from me. Wow, just wow for a job well done.Am I having new enemies aside from Jamel and Gareth? Why are they after me? I really need to know about these
||Arlington Arlington||The day seems to break faster than user, I sighed repeated as I get out of bed. I just hope today should not hold any drama. For the past two days, things have not be really good with me. I quickly do my daily routine and dressed up for work."Good morning, mom." I greeted my mom who's already at the table with a smile."Good morning, sweetheart." she returned the smile. "You look stressed out, why?""Nothing mom, just that work these days are demanding. But no to worry, I'll manage just fine." I replied curtly."Sure. I know you a strong girl but if things are getting out of hand, do let me know." She said, concern laced in her voice."Hmm..." I gave her a nod and had my breakfast in a hurry. "Good bye, mom."I kissed her goodbye on her cheek."Be safe at work alright?""I'll, mom..."***Trailing down the street, few meters before the next bus stop where I'm suppose to board a cab, a car halt beside me. I decided to ignore the car but the car owner honked to
||Unknown Unknown||I smiled.The type of smile that hold suspense and smirk.Hardie. He is the cause of my smile. Wait? What was he thinking? That he'll be able to get information about me? Did he think capturing and torturing my men will make them rat me out?He is hell wrong if he thinks doing all those will make them rat me out. I own my men and I have full right over their lives and families', they are expected to obey my order to the fullest even if it means loosing their own lives.You call it loyalty? No, cause no one is loyal this. You only use what you have to get what you want.***"Any new information about the president?" I asked as I puffed out huge smoke from my nostrils."For now, there isn't any. We are still looking out for any changes, boss." Jade replied."You can go, get me updated if there's any..." I waved my hand at him to dismiss him. He gave a shirt nod and walked out.I just need to be on my best watch and make sure nothing goes wrong this time around....
||Jamel Jamel||I threw the glass on my hand on the floor and start breaking anything that's I come across. Who could have done this to me? How do the deal get terminated?I made sure to make it private cause I know how much millions of dollar I will be getting from it but now...?Everything is gone in less than twenty-four hours?Fu.ck, I can't take it. This is the most shocking news I'll be getting in the last few year."Call me Gareth..." I growled at my men."You don't need to, I'm here already." Gareth stood at the exit with his hands in his pocket."What..." I was shocked to see him, like I haven't seen him in days and now?He walked up to me. "Hey, you look fucked, what's wrong?""What are you doing here, Reth?" I asked with a raised brow.He looked confused. "What did you mean? I don't have right here anymore or what?""Hmm, I mean I haven't seen you in couples and you just showed up today." I scoffs.He shrugged his shoulders. "Business, I must say. Why did you look fucked up
||Hardie Morrison||The ride was not that long cause Lincoln could see the urgency burning in me and he drove faster than usual. He was at first surprised when I gave him the hospital's location."Are slowly dying and you keep it away from me?" He asked."No, not that. Something more urgent than my own life." I had replied."Tell me, what's it that's more urgent than your life?" He pressed on. The Lincoln I know loves digging in into any situation at hand but I'm not ready to give him the actual answer."It doesn't matter if I tell you, you might get to know with time." That was the reply I gave to him.I barged into the doctor's office with burning rage with Lincoln trailing behind me, I grab the doctor by his collar. "What happen to her? You better start talking now Smith.""I'm sorry, I'm not the head doctor. I don't know who you are talking about." The doctor said with fright."Where the hell is Smith Barney then?" I growled at him."He's currently in the theater room, he's been a
[14]||Hardie Morrison||Morning came much faster than expected and somehow, I was feeling tired and exhausted. For past few days, I deprived myself of proper sleep and now I guess my body can't contain it anymore.I've been escaping different escapades this past few days and finding myself in another one." Arrgh! I need a long break from this shiit that's been happening lately." I uttered with a long sigh."A few hour sleep will do." I managed to convince myself.***Letting out a soft moan, I stretched my tired muscles before getting up bed. Okay, its seems I haven't slept for long or it's the time who decided to stop."Thought you will be sleeping a little longer cause you really need it, Hardie." Lincoln was sitting on the sofa next to the dressing table. I never noticed he was there."Since when have you been here, eh?" I uttered with a frown on my face."Long enough to count the stars." He replied, nonchalantly."Arrgh! Remind me to lock my doors when I'm about to sleep." I gr
[15]||Arlington Arlington||Its been three days since I saw Hardie and its very difficult to forget his existence, even when I tried my best to.Thanks to Min Hung, she always find a way to make me smile and that's seems enough to forget about Hardie for a while. Even if it seems hard, I know I'm gon' forget about him with time."Hey, look what I got." Min Hung flagged two tickets at my face."What's this for...?" I creased my brow."My sister was gift these tickets to see a movie but since she'll be busy, she asked me to give her own out." She explained. "So, you gon' be my plus one.""Oh, right." I flashed her a smile. "When are we seeing the movie?""Tonight. Looks like luck is on us today, cause we'll be closing earlier than usual." Her face was beaming with smiles."Then count me in."***Jesse walked in with red face, anger and tinge of jealousy, visible on her face. She really look like a haunted doll right now and I couldn't help but chuckle."What's funny...?" She fussed, her