SECURITY ROOM***
“Excuse me, sir” The trash remover smiled.
“Oh,,, Larry” The security man smiled.
“I actually need your help. It seems somebody took the trash already. But, I don’t really remember taking them yesterday as Damian assumed”
“Then?” The security man raised a brow.
“Can you show me the footage of yesterday at the trash area? All of it”
The security nodded.
“Thanks” Larry smiled.
***
“What do you mean the footage isn’t there?” Larry raised both brows, perplexed.
“Its odd too, you know. I’ve checked severally but the video footage that the CCTV, would have recorded yesterday at the trash area isn’t there. It looks like it was deleted or something”
“Its not possible. How would it have disappeared like that? Weren’t you around yesterday?”
“I was here throughout. Nothing really happened yesterday. So, I don’t know what went wrong”
“Perhaps, Someone tampered with the computers or the CCTV?”
“No way. I was in here throughout yesterday. Or maybe, the CCTV got a problem yesterday cause right now, It working just fine”
“Hmm…Okay then. Thank you” Larry said, and left.
“Its suspicious. But I’ll just have to forget about it” He thought, and shrugged his shoulders.
***
“What did you say, you saw again??” Malcolm asked, coldly, and slammed Ariana against the wall.
Her back collided hard with the wall, and she let a small sob escape through her little lips.
“What did you see? Tell me! You said you saw something??” He almost screamed.
He was growing impatient, plus the anger he had, due of Jung Hee’s unconsciousness.
Ariana shivered, like a homeless and cold puppy. She couldn’t even look at his eyes anymore.
Her eyes stayed down, and it came in contact with his belt, on his waist, around his trousers belt holder.
“Talk to me…” He moved his body closer to hers.
Ariana took her face up, and tightly closed her eyes. It didn’t stop the tears from falling.
She was scared.
Her body was gently touching his, cause of their closeless.
“Why are you doing this to me?” She quivered.
“Forcing me like this isn’t necessary. I’ll tell you,,, okay? And why are you so interested in my memories!” She wished she hadn’t screamed.
With his mighty hand, he seized her chin and drew his face up to his.
Her eyes were red, and had shimmering tears. Her face was like an exhausted warrior who just came back from the battle field.
She could feel his hot breath, hitting her face. She wanted to blink her eyes away, but she wasn’t in control of her face now.
The mafia was. Malcolm was the one holding her face, controlling it as he pleased.
“Let me go” She said.
“Look into my eyes!” He screamed.
She took her troubled eyes to his.
“Tell me, what you see” He calmed his voice down.
“I see nothing! Absolutely nothing!” She cried out in fear.
“If you’re dying to know what I remembered earlier. It was about the building, I saw last time, when I looked into your eyes” She started.
“Remember, my memory dimmed the moment I was about seeing the sign board? Well, I saw the sign board clearly, this time…”
Malcolm widened his eyes shortly.
“What was writing on the sign board?” He asked.
“Come n’ Go” She murmured.
Malcolm let go of her, and shifted backwards.
He licked his lower lip and wiped his cheek.
“We’ll talk more at home” He said coldly and made to leave.
“Wait…” She quickly said.
He stopped and turned to her.
“Your belt. You didn’t set it well” She muttered, and went closer to him.
She wiped her tears away and knelt down before him.
Malcolm watched her, quite unfazed.
She took his leather belt and kept it into the opening, before standing up.
“What was that about?” He asked.
“I just don’t like seeing dressing in disorderliness” She sniffed and walked away.
***
“Hey…Ariana” Oliver called. written by sommy pearl f.
“What! You liar! Such a jerk!” Ariana spat, walking away, faster.
“I’m sorry, okay? I was just trying to make fun of Cindy. We pull each other legs all the time” Oliver said.
“And you’d to make me the bridge to you guys whatsoever? Ugh!”
“I’m really sorry. Why was boss screaming at you, by the way? What’s up?”
“Aiish! Leave me! I don’t wanna talk about it. I wanna be alone, okay?!” She warned.
“I know how you must be feeling and at times, like this. The best time is to drink. Wanna grab few drinks before it clocks 10?” Oliver asked.
Ariana stopped and sighed deeply, before facing him.
“Huh? You wanna?” He asked, and she pouted sadly.
***
“Here. Take only two cups. Its a heavy ÇOçktail” Oliver warned.
Ariana only hissed.
Before Oliver could pour for himself, Ariana was already on the half bottle of the ÇOçktail.
She was drinking it directly from the bottle.
“Hey,,, Hey,,, Easy..” He tried taking it from her.
“Aiish!” She shouted, and slapped his hand away.
“Why did he suddenly turn cold and mean towards me? So annoying!” She added.
“Gosh. Don’t tell me you’re drunk” Oliver shook his head.
She finished the bottle and jammed it down on the table.
“Oliver?” She laughed, looking up.
“Huh?” He replied.
“The ceiling is very funny” She said, pointing her finger up.
Oliver looked up.
“How?” He confusedly, asked.
“It keeps swirling and turning…” She laughed.
She stood up, and staggered.
“Easy” Oliver yelped.
“But why…why am I feeling this way?” She shook her head.
“How?” He asked.
She made a faint sound, closed her eyes and fell straight to the floor, like an object.
“Oh no!!” Oliver exclaimed and bent down.
“Don’t do this on me! Don’t tell me you passed out! No!” He shook his head.
“OLIVER!!” Someone hurled.
Oliver slowly turned back to see Cindy standing akimbo, breathing hard in anger, with her hair flying about.
She surely meant war.
“Darn it!” He stood up fast, and began to flee away.
“No, You don’t!” Cindy ran after him.
They were both out of sight now.
“Hmmmm” Ariana mumbled, licked her lips and sat upright suddenly like she was a living dead.
