“Welcome Miss Kristine.” The receptionist greeted. She had this beautiful smile that could charm even the most subtle of people. Its no wonder she got the job here.Kristine wondered how she knew who she was, ‘had Alexander given her photo and name to the receptionist?’ that was her first thought but then she waved it off. He couldn’t be that childish. Its must be because she had an appointment and she came exactly on time.“The boss is waiting. Follow me please.” She said and motioned for Kristine to join her towards a door.The organized nature of the place thrilled Kristine. Immediately the receptionist left her post to take her to Alexander, another equally pretty lady took her place. And attended to the next person in the same warm manner.“This way Ma'am.” The receptionist repeated, snapping Kristine back to reality.They went through a door and into a dull-lit passage walled with thick glasses , shielding some artworks hung on both sides of the passage walls and transparent eno

Any positives from today?” Camille asked Kristine, who hurriedly walked into the house and rushed to the fridge to take some milk. She took a whole glass in two gulps while Camille watched without any intention of interrupting her, but after she did the same to a second glass, Camille had to stop her. “I see your anxiety levels are night right now, you’ll probably drink goat piss if it was put in a glass before you.”Kristine just stood by the dinning, no word still.“Are you now deaf, dumb or both?” Camille was beginning to get worried.“Okay, so I met one of the best receptionists in my life today, I saw arts…good ones, I saw some wonderful collection belonging to him and they appeared to me like what we are looking for…” She stopped.“And?” Camille asked“I saw death.” Sweat drops began to break through Kristine’s forehead.“What do you mean by you saw death? Shouldn’t death be invincible?” Camille asked.Kristine frowned a little at her friend, it seemed she was surprised at the w

The jet came to a stop and Victor came off to a cold but expected welcome. There was a black SUV with the rear door open and three mean-looking men stood by, staring at him.“Hello.” he greeted, not because he wanted to greet but it was a habit whenever the environment was tense. This time, it had no effect as none of the men responded. Not even a nod.One of the men got in the drivers seat while the other two got in the rear after Victor and the SUV drove off.Once they hit the road, one of the men at the rear took out a blindfold and put it over Victor’s eyes. He didn’t put up a fight because he knew better. It was something he had done a number of times so he was aware of the consequences if he struggled with them. Death might be mercy.They drove for over twenty minutes from the airstrip until they came to a jetty where a boat was waiting. The men handed Victor over to another set of men on the boat and drove off. Once the engine of the boat came alive, Victor was bundled into the

Kristine sat behind her office table. It was positioned at a corner in the office. There was another table that stretched from her left down to the edge of the office, a little bit lengthy and had a number of study and cleaning tools scattered all over. There was a shelf behind her, similar to the one in Alexander’s office. It held lots of books and encyclopedias.Kristine looked around the place, her table was very disorganized. It looked like the last person to come in was looking for something in a haste and the volume of dust told a lot about how long the place had been vacant. There was a worn out globe which sat comfortably on the table and obviously needed to be discarded, a telephone which she felt should be discarded as well after she tried it and it turned out dead, the desktop was as good as gone. This was one of the times she needed Camille. She took our a sheet of paper and a pen and began to make a list. She decided she was going to give the place a makeover before she r

“Good morning Miss Richards.” The receptionist greeted with a pretty smile as soon as Kristine stepped in.“Good morning dear.” Kristine replied, returning the smile. “How are we looking today?”“Beautiful ma'am. Uh the boss would like to see you.”“Right now?” Kristine asked.“Immediately. He said I should send you up immediately you arrive.” The receptionist replied.“Okay thanks.” Kristine replied and headed for the elevator.Kristine stepped out of the elevator and made for Martelli's office. It was the first time she was going to be on this floor and the place looked exactly as she imagined. Cozy but formal.She tried to imagine why she was summoned and after giving her brain a lot of work, she settled for an induction-like conversation. At least it was the most comfortable scenario. One was a query, maybe Alexander passed her demands up the ladder and they felt she asked too much. But she cancelled that quickly since it was normal to demand for a remodel.“Hello.” Kristine greet