Grace was driving and Mark was in the co pilot seat . Grace loves to drive she cares about a 'lady'manners a lady like her should follow but only when they make sense. Yes, it is said that man should drive the lady after their long day of work because she might be tired and all stuff but he can be tired too. And in this case it was really not care or concern for Mark but her personal thrill which always get fueled at sight of vintage cars and of course bikes.
After drive of 1 hour on heavy traffic roads they reached their destiny . They entered through a security gate which needed to show their personal pass to enter but stopping for a minute at gate the opened and welcomed them straight in because he identified the car and people by just faces . Then heading straight on two lane road surrounded by flowering small trees indicated the spring they entered through another gate in front of a fountain . It was a beautiful 15 feet fountain which gave a vibe of peace and eternal relief . Grace looked at it for a second and continue to drive over the straight path then they stopped at the diversion of three roads in three different directions.
"So which way??"Grace asked .
"I don't know how much of time that cry baby will take to calm down ....so drop me first and take the car to our garage " .
"ok " straight reply of Grace.
She started car and driven in direction of left road she continued"Do you brothers are really biologically related ?I mean I can help you verify if you need to find out are you both are twins really.... oooo.... man I can't believe it even after so many years. It all thanks to Mrs. Williams so that u both are alive or i am certain u both would have killed each other till now."
"How come u both are so different well I am a person who comes from scientific background so I understand but Mark really u both are two ends of pole, even u both are twins seriously god really was bored to plot such a scheme against me" she was half laughing half smiling as she said.
Mark laughed and said with a curious face " woh... u are really in mood to joke today. Grace don't complain as we all know who is the one profited in our war"
Grace gives him a smile which is a bit bigger than usual"I guess Mark Williams who never forgets any thing forgot that he himself taught me to never leave any asset or opportunity to make profit in business"
They both laughed at her statement and Mark got out off car as she halted the car in front of his villa.It was a off white 3 storey villa with golden shade . it was grade but not flashy. A calm aura was surrounding the place like the owner himself. He walked out of car and she drove off to the direction they came from.
This place is actually a high end part of the city which is developed by one of country's renowned architect Mr.Andreu Dubois and his team for RAPG co-op "Golden Bliss" . It includes there three villas in the eastern side of the the huge land mass with a lots of relaxing vibe due to fresh and pure air which is regulated by trees and plants planted strategically providing personal space.The three friends had different personalities leading to different taste ,thus they ended up with the idea of sharing same neighborhood .
Mr. Dubois was once travelling to London on plane but he got a cardiac arrest midway. Grace was there too and he ended up as one of her VIP patients .He was so thankful to her that he declared to build a mansion for her and decor it himself and present it as her fees. And then she suggested of this idea as she was already planning of something like this.And they finally agreed as he built the whole "Golden Bliss" which was paid by RAPG co-op except her place (remember her fees).
The place have 7 villa excluding theirs on the western end and 3 apartment buildings in the north side which is far end of the land mass then again the southern part was entrance.it actually gave a vibe of small town due to its greenery and calm atmosphere .
The trio( three friends) had villas in a way that they creating a isosceles triangle where Grace was the middle angle as equal distance with both of them , but the twins made twice the distance between themselves.
Back to the scene.....
Mark was still standing on the same spot she left him .He was looking at disappearing car with a faint smile but his eyes were sad "When you will stop my friend.... that smile of yours is really depressing me....sign....." With a last look he turned and walked in the doors he was greeted by a maid and after giving her order to prepare meal for three and send to the "club house"he went to his room and then taking a pair of causal shirt and trousers he headed to bathroom.
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Grace dropped Mark with a smile and turn back to drive to her villa. Just after away from his sight her smile was dropped ,her face which was full of life , joking and laughing , she turned plain. No emotions on face only deep hidden spark in her eyes.She was deep lost in her thoughts , no matter what she was only thinking about the land issue. She hated when someone or any any situation affects her three tier schedule , even are friends are warned not to disturb her unless their is any emergency.
It will be a lie if said that her schedule was always smoothly conducted and not disturbed, as the last minutes changes are common in society but she had a plan to cope up. But right now she is actually blank no actual plan is in mind , she is just going with flow that she totally opposes.She is a dominating person and wants everything in her control .
This land issue is affecting her so much that , when heard about issue without a second thought she postponed her meeting with new collaboraters just half hour before scheduled time and fly back to New York with her Secretary Jo.All the way back she engaged herself in the file and info of land transfer and authority , while Jo was busy with rescheduling and cancelling her all the meeting in London and transfer of her left work to New York headquarters.
She was occupied to find the way to get back land that she totally ignored her work but to no avail. It was a small transaction of land and should have easily dealed but problem here was that actually it was just a simple transaction and publically famous as it was brought by biggest bidder of the charity auction that the money from the land were already donated to hostels for orphan girls which brought extra media attention.Plus the real bidder was hidden and mysterious .Hidding his identity and buying a waste land worth at most 1million at price of 10 million . 'Who the hell is that idiot and what does he wants 'were the words repeating again and again in her brain.She felt something was just not filling right in the blanks.There must be more , she is missing something and that something will only help her.
She saw her tall and wide mansion with a brown golden and off-white themed outer walls it complemented the surrounding garden which was wide and well maintained.