The Revelation 18
“Good morning CSO. Take me to the Monitor Control Room.”
“It is all right, Mr. Israel,” the CSO accepted, and took him to the Monitor Control Room, and he requested, “Show me all that happened yesterday at Mr. Richard Johnson's Office.”
“Okay Mr. Israel.”
Now, the CSO played the clips of all that happened after he showed them the escapade between the two devious management staff and a female senior staff, and it lasted for about twenty minutes.
“It is all right. I will let you know when I will need it.”
“It is all right, Mr. Israel,” the baffled CSO agreed, and studied his countenance. Thereafter, Jeff returned to the car park, got the lunch bags and locked the car, before he took the exclusive lift to the tenth floor.
At the Graceland Academy.
That day, Ahmed had insisted on accompanying Dora to school. Her car was sandwiched into two cars – a Hilux Van with Military men in uniform, was in the front, Dora's car was in the middle, while Ahmed was in his car with his driver and Orderly in the back. She was driven by her husband's driver, and she was not used to such a convoy, but she had to comply since her husband gave his approved. When they got to the school, as expected, there were many luxury cars at the front of her school, and Dora showed surprise. The convoy stopped, and a military man in the Hilux Van got out and walked to open the car for Dora. While Ahmed and his Orderly remained in their car to survey the area.
'Could all these cars be here for a school run?' Ahmed murmured to himself. To his astonishment, they were driven by mostly women. Then, the students they brought got out of the cars, and greeted, “Bye Mom.”
“Bye dear," the mothers responded, before they walked into the school. At that juncture, Dora was already out of the car. She was dressed in a black pencil skirt and a fitted baby pink shirt which was neatly tucked into her skirt, and a pair of black high pencil heel shoes which made her look elegant. Her wig was a gold neck length wavy. Her nude makeup was glowing, which made her beautiful face to stand out.
“Thank you, dear," she thanked the security guard who opened the door for her. Then, she waved at Ahmed who was in her car before she took a step towards the gate. Then, her driver, who was carrying her lunch bag, accompanied her. Before she could get to the gate, she heard familiar voices that shouted:
“Husband Defender.”
“Husband Defender.”
“Husband Defender.”
Now, she stopped in her tracks, and looked in the direction of the voices. She saw beautiful women coming out of their cars. Although, she was familiar with some faces, but she was still baffled. Now Ahmed was on alert, and they quickly walked to Dora, who was about walking back to meet them.
“No selfies, please,” the Orderly warned one of the women, who was already swiping her phone. For that reason, she put her phone back into her purse and informed the other women.
“No photographs, please. If you have taken any, no internet posts, please. For security reasons.”
Ahmed smiled inwardly because the woman made the job easier for them. The women complied at once because they were not happy with the nasty comments from some men the previous day before the post was taken down.
“We love you, Mrs. Dora Israel,” they expressed in unison, and presented their cake and other gifts to her. The baffled Dora collected the cake happily. Before she could speak, Ahmed ordered, “Fall in for photographs," and the women posed, and showed their beautiful faces with Dora, while Ahmed used his High Definition Camera phone to take some shots.
“I love you too," she said, and ran along after she handed the cake over to the driver while they walked into the school premises. Meanwhile, Ahmed got a shot of her as she blew love in the air to her friends, and it was so beautiful. Those were some women she taught their children when she was a classroom teacher, and she had a good rapport with them. When they saw the show of love by the school on the internet the previous day, they agreed to share in the celebration. Afterward, the women got into their luxury cars and left, while Ahmed, his Orderly and the other security guards stayed back. The driver dropped her stuff for her in her office and went back to the gate to join Ahmed, and they left. To everyone's surprise, he was happy with the show of love from the women. Although, they were noted for envy and bickering, but those set of women were exceptionally different. Then, he sent the pictures to his boss, the Vice Chairman, at once.
At Robinson's Office.
'If only she would give me the opportunity to right my wrongs. If only she would forgive me,” he mumbled because he was filled with remorse and shame after the incident in his house the previous night. That was indeed the full meaning of the Irony of Life. A man caught his wife in adultery, he could not fight the adulterer, neither could he send his wife away. Rather, he loved her the more and was seeking forgiveness. That morning, he was moody ever since he came to work, and was unable to narrate his ordeal to anyone, not even Richard. His mind was unable to go off the porn video he watched last night where his wife was a main character. One striking thing about his wife was that he observed that she looked so beautiful and smelled good.
'The man called her Eliz. What a beautiful name. She looked and talked educated. Elizabeth, who could not make a complete sentence in English, was screaming in English; 'Thank you for eating me. Oh! You're getting it. Common baby. Don't stop please.' With Queen's Ascent.' However, his reverie was cut short when he got a circular that there would be a Zoom Meeting of all the management staff in the next one hour.
At the Chairman's Office.
While Robinson was bemoaning his life, there was jubilation at the Chairman's Office. Jeff had returned to the office after his meeting with the CSO. As usual, he was reading and replying to the Chairman's mails when the Vice Chairman walked in with a wide smile on his face and some papers in his hand. He quickly sat before the Chairman, who was infected by his smile. He smiled too and asked, “What happened, Ken?”
“You can't believe it. Gabriel had sent in his report, and retired the balance of the one hundred and fifty million given to him.”
The Chairman was puzzled as well as Jeff, who stopped his work and looked on.
“So what if he sent in his report and retired the sum of one hundred and fifty million?”
“He retired one hundred and ten million. His report strongly suggested that he spent only forty million.”
Now, the Chairman was bewildered. He looked at him with raised eyebrows and opened mouth.
“What? How is that possible?” he asked anxiously.
Instantly, the Vice Chairman spread the papers in his hand on the Chairman's desk, and began to explain the report on the paper, “From his report, it strongly suggested that the bulk of the expenditures were burnt by the partners.”
Now, the report was getting clearer to the Chairman, who nodded his head with satisfaction. Then, the Vice Chairman continued, “The Lamborghini company supported us with the Five Executive Cars given to the contestants and the souvenirs.”
“Yes. Go on,” the Chairman urged.
"The Century Airlines took care of the cost of the Logistics. The expenditures we incurred were on the lodging and the accommodations of guests, media, …”
The Vice Chairman paused when his phone beeped, and it was a message from Ahmed.
“Excuse me please, Mr. Morris," he said, and flipped his phone. Then, he noticed that he sent some pictures. Instantly, he tapped the photos, and saw a beautiful high definition picture of his wife.
“Oh! Not again,” he said, and expressed worry. The Chairman, whose gaze was steady on him, asked, “Is it Dora again?”
“Yes. But they were sent by Ahmed. It was not on the internet.”
“Let me have a look,” he requested.