Richard was amongst the last people to enter the meeting room before being graced by the president's presence. The men, eight of them excluding the president sat staring back at the man in whose hands was the position every single one of them desired. Richard was quite confident it was him, and there was no way he was going to have spilled blood just so another man could harvest the fruits of his labor"Gentlemen...thank you for availing yourselves this afternoon. Well it is in my hands to appoint a new Vice president and i found one from amongst you." there was a little chattering and clearing of throats before the attention was thrown back to the president"I know all of you deserve this post, you all work hard but somebody has to be chosen right?""That's correct Mr President." the murmured in response"Now allow me to cut straight to the chase. I thought long and hard about this decision and i still feel its the best. Gentlemen

"Ra..Raymond? Is that you?" she stuttered her eyes blinking wildly and filling up the whole place."Yeah...are you okay?" asked Joshua still standing by the kitchen counter his stare never leaving her. He could not shake off the feeling he felt when she walked into the house. They had locked eyes, and for a moment he was sure she was staring at him"I'm fine...I will come to bed later i want to meditate for a bit.""That's okay...are you sure you are okay?" he asked Julia who was already walking away"I am fine. Go get some sleep okay?""Okay." he answered as his stare accompanied her till she disappeared into her study room. There was more than what met the eye for Joshua when it came to Julia and he had always brushed it off. He was a freelance assassin and it had made him highly observant of his surroundings and the people he associated with and that applied to Julia as well. She had never been to his house, yet she

The long, boring and uncomfortable dinner eventually came to an end with Julia noticing stares being thrown her way by both men. She hardly had her dinner and faked smiles till the end as she tried to come up with an ultimate explanation. She knew Raymond would ask why she lied, and yet she still had not come up with a tangible lie."I guess i will see you around then." said Grace grinning widely at her."How innocent. " she thought to herself, "Poor girl doesn't know what she is getting herself into." she thought as her stare located another poor soul whose advances towards Joshua kept hitting rock bottom, Helen."Did you hear me? You look lost are you okay?""Yeah...yeah totally! Did you say something?"asked Julia, her fake grin looking as real as ever"I said i will see you around. Now that we will be wives to best friends i thought we would make great friends on our own. What do you think?""I would lo

Timothy stealthily walked into his boss' office after being summoned. His mind was still on suspicious Helen whom he had found pacing to and fro in the living room as soon as he walked in. She looked very troubled and concluded it must have been the police issue, making him want to know why she was hiding what had happened and what truly had happened that night. Surely she had not killed all those men and saved herself, there was someone else but who? "Sit Tim." he said to the lad whose concentration was quick to get back to him, the last thing he would want was Richard popping his nose into the matter, he may end up finding out more than he should "I did tell you about k53 right?" "Yes boss. Do you have new plans?" "Yes, and i think i may know how to neutralize the president. But the plan has holes in it." "How do you mean sir?" "I was planning of sending one of my own after the lad, then remove him permanently

Joshua found himself drawing her closer and finding comfort in what he knew was wrong. It was as if nobody else was there, just two of them and their intense stares had him seeing his lost lover in Julia and that was not the first time it had happened. The day he had accompanied her shopping was another incident still fresh in his head, he had caught her when she was about to fall, and strangely it had reminded him of her, of Melissa. Just as he roamed his hands around her back as they kissed, she was immediately snatched away and before he knew it, a hard blow landed on his left cheek his lip cracking open. Silent murmurs followed and Joshua found himself staring back at his best friend while instinctively wiping off the blood oozing from the opening"Ray....""Shut up!" screamed Raymond making everyone go mute. Besides, it wasn't a shocker that Joshua was in trouble. He had been attacked at the club more times than they could remember mostly when a busine