Harper.
2:30pm…
“Here,” Collin said as he stretched his IPad to me, I looked up from my laptop, closed it halfway and took his IPad froin him, I stared into the screen and listened attentively as he spoke.
“Damon Gilbert Brown, the woman with him, Daphne Gabriella Brown, they’re orphans, they lost their parents at age ten and had to be in foster care,” he began,
“They got out of foster care at eighteen and began to struggle for themselves, their Nextdoor neighbor, Helen Smith then became their adoptive mother although she didn’t adopt them legally, they live together as mother and children now though,”
“He graduated with a doctorate degree in chemistry and his sister a doctorate degree in business administration, and now they run a craft brewery together,”
ousin he king.
“So what’s his deal with My mother?!” I asked looking away from the screen and looking up at him, he reached forward and gently swiped on the screen to the next slide, my gaze returned to the screen and he continued speaking.
“Apparently their parents worked for DMW up until their death,”
“We really haven’t been able to find the exact correlation between all the events and everything that happened in the past, it’s almost like a very influential person called a media black out, considering how difficult it was to dig out information,
“But she’s working on it and I would revert soon,” I slowly looked up to him and handed his tablet back to him,
“Your friend is good,” I muttered, he nodded with a small smile, I gently leaned into my chair and looked up at him, fiddling with my fingers my elbows resting on the arm of my chair, Collin took that as a cue to leave, he bowed slightly and turned
around to leave.
“Why are you doing this Collin?!” I asked, he paused in his tracks, I watched him as he hestitated for a few seconds before turning to look at me, I stared expressionless as I waited for him to answer to my question.
“Do I need to have a reason?! Because I don’t have one ” he replied
“Just know that I gat you, anything at all just speak to me,” he said, i nodded slowly my lips pursed as I stared at him turn
around and walk out of the room.
I reclined in my chair resting my head on the head rest and staring at the ceiling, after a while I sat up, pulled my laptop closer and searched for “Damon Brown“, his pictures popped up and I scrolled through all of them, nothing here suggests all of his background, he must have done a very good job hiding it.
I clicked on one of his picture and I appeared bold on the screen, I removed my hands from the keypad, entwined my fingers together and rested my jaw on it supporting my hands with my elbow on the table.
“Who exactly are you,” I whispered to myself as I stared at his picture, the door slowly went open and Michelle flounced in, like she was my boss or she put me here, I slammed my hands on the cancel key and Damon’s picture disappeared from my screen, I slowly looked up at her, I’m definitely going to put her in her place now!
“Get out!” I gritted out, she stop walking as she raised her hands to her chest turning to look around her if any other person
was there,
“There’s no one behind you Michelle, I’m talking to you! Courtesy demands that you knock before you come into someone
else’s office,”
“So get out! Knock and wait for me to decide if I want you in or not!” I slammed, she scoffed angrily as she folded her hands
around her chest.
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“Have you gone crazy! What are you talking about!” She retorted, I pushed my chair backwards and walked towards her slowly, immediately I got to her I put my left foot forward and placed it on hers pressing it to the floor as I slowly looked up and locked gazes with her,
“Did I stutter?!”
“The last I remember, this is my office, so get out! and knock!” I insisted, I slowly lifted my legs from hers and stepped inches away from her, the corner of my lips curled into a smirk as I folded my hands around my chest and stared at her, she grumbled stomping her feet on the floor as she walked out of my office, the next I heard was a small knock on the door, my lips stretched into a small smile, I chuckled lightly at that, such a weakling, she wasn’t even as strong as she puts up.
“Come in,” I muttered, she pushed the door open, walked in and slammed it shut with a loud bang, she stomped towards me, I
gently unfolded my hands and walked back to take my seat behind my desk,
“Tell the board that you’re not interested in any inauguration ceremony,” She said authoritatively, I gently pushed my chair
closer to my table and relunctantly looked up at her,
“Why?!” I asked curtly, tilting my head to the side.
“Don’t question me Harper! Just do as I’ve asked! The public attention is the last thing you should want right now!” She said, I
chuckled lightly as I leaned into my chair, folded my hands across my chest and raised my left legs over my right,
“Actually, public attention is exactly what I need right now,” I replied, just as she was about to reply, I held my hands up to
her and stopped her right there.
I was really still trying to get used to my new life, and I could not afford to speak to any of them longer than I could bear, breaking down Infront of her would be the worst thing that can happen to me right now.
“That’s enough, I’m done with you leave my office,” I slammed not even giving her a word in,
“You’re joking!” She gritted, I simply uncrossed my legs and picked up the landline on my table,
“Security, I have an intruder!” I said into the phone and with that I jammed the phone back into the receiver and looked up at
her,
“You can have a seat,” I whispered sarcastically pointing at the three seater at the corner of the office, she seethed angrily her hand balling into a fist beside her, Don’t play with me Michelle!
“Going against mom and I won’t profit you anything!” She gritted, I chuckled lightly and blinked slowly with a mocking smile.
“Aww, why not let me be the judge of that,” I replied, she turned around immediately and stormed out of my office. Shameless
Housefly!.
I’m sure mother put her up to this, now that I’m on my way to snatching myself from mother’s controlling grip, she’s the one
falling right into the grip without even realizing that she’s been used by Mother for her own selfish interest.
What I’ve come to realize is that mother only cared about herself and nobody else.
And I was going to makesure that Michelle eyes sees just the same intensity of hell that I saw also, I picked up my phone and
dialed Collin’s, he picked up on the first ring,
“Book me a meeting with Mr Henry!” I said into the phone, he muttered a yes in reply, I removed the phone from my ear,
ended the call and placed the phone carelessly on the table.
Let’s start there!
Novan
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-Novan Williams, your loan is due in four Months, we noticed you haven’t been paying your monthly quota as agreed, consider doing that as the duration of your loan runs out.
Message from the loan app I borrowed money from read, just as I wanted to flip my phone shut, it beeped again, I looked into
it and it was another message.
-You can run to the end of the earth, I’ll find you and you’ll pay back all my money down to every dime! It was another message from a loan shark, I let put an angrily frustrated scream as I threw my phone carelessly away and it landed on the
bed
“Arghhh” I growled balling my hands into a fist as I slammed it against the wall, I won’t back down and let you ruin my plans
Harper!
I picked up my phone and dialed Geraldine’s number,
-I already agreed to marry your daughter, why haven’t you wired my payment!– I questioned immediately she picked up the
call.
-Why should I pay you?! You haven’t even done your job well- she replied, I squeezed my hands into a fist punching the air.
-Get her to marry you, employ whatever tactics you might, I’ll double your pay!– She added and disconnected the call immediately, I held my phone in a tight grip as I raised my hands to my chin thoughtfully.
Think Novan! Think!
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