He knew Felix was gonna ask that, so he quickly told him ahead of time not to ask, 'cause if he did...Leonard really has no plans of answering. Now that he had gotten his pay, he'll make sure to call John today once he gets home. He can't call him now for two reasons, first one, he's got work to handle. Second, people would definitely hear his conversation with him, and they'll know what they aren't supposed to know.
Leonard just wanted it to get to closing hour quickly so he could go home and call John, but you can't rush time...unless you have the power to manipulate time. So what did he do? The usual, he just focused on work. It finally got to closing hour, it was time for everyone to go home. Leonard wasted no time as he quickly got up from his desk, he was in a hurry, and Felix noticed it.
You know, Felix hadn't stood up from his desk yet, he was still handling something. And he was expecting Leonard to wait for him, but it doesn't seem like that would happen. So Felix said to him,
"Wow! man, you're in a hurry, aren't you gonna wait for me?".
"Sorry, Felix, am not sure I'll be able to wait for you, I've got something important to handle, I've got to get home now". Leonard uttered.
"No prob, man, you can go".
Leonard took the brown envelope of money and departed from the first floor. Reaching the last floor, he departed from the company completely. Walking along the Crimson Alley, he wanted to board a cab, but finding one was hard...why were they scarce today? He scratched his head and muttered to himself,
"Not now, where are all the cabs? Now that I'm hurrying to go home?".
But after walking for some minutes and glancing around, he finally found a cab. He stopped it and told the cabman where he was heading to, and the cabman told him to hop in. He hopped into the cab as the driver put the cab in motion immediately. The driver was one of a kind, he was a skilled and fast driver. He drove the car with speed, but he was very cautious...a single accident didn't occur.
And 'cause of how fast the driver drove, in no time, they had arrived in front of the building where Leonard's apartment was situated. He came out of the cab and paid the taxi man immediately, and he didn't waste time strolling straight to the door of his apartment. He unlocked it and stepped into his apartment, and what did he do next? He sat on one of the sofas in the parlor.
He didn't forget his envelope of money, he stuffed it into his pocket...carrying it in his hand would be dangerous. He brought out the envelope from his pocket and took out the three bundles of money in it. A smile appeared on his face as he glanced at the money, finally! he has gotten his pay. But it wasn't only about getting his pay, would what he planned on using it for work out?
He trusted the manager to give him his complete salary, but now that he was glancing at the bundles of money, he felt like counting them. And so he did, he began counting the bundles of money one after the other until he was done counting them, and you know what? The manager was a trustworthy person, the money was complete.
Now that he had confirmed that the amount was complete, it's about time to call, John. He took his phone, searched for John's mobile number, found it, and put the call through. There was no response on the first attempt, but putting the call through for the second time, John picked up. John saved the mobile number with the name, 'Leonard', so he knew that it was, Leonard, calling.
"Xup, Leonard, how you doing?". John uttered after answering the phone call.
"Am cool, you?". Leonard responded throwing a question back at John.
"I'm good, so, why did you call?". John inquired.
"I've gotten my pay".
"Seriously?".
"Yeah, my manager gave it to me at work around noon. I need to meet with you now, John, you would be of help to me in accomplishing my first quest. Are you at home right now? Are you back from work?".
"That's the bad part, am ain't at home currently, I'm still at work, I've got a lot to handle. But don't worry Leonard, 'cause of what you told me now, I'm gonna round up with what I'm doing and hurry home. Once I get home, I'll call you, and you can start coming to my house immediately".
"Thanks, John, I really appreciate it".
"Anything for you, we are both in this together", John uttered, "I'll call you once I get home".
And with that, the phone conversation ended. Leonard strolled into his room, took off his shirt, trousers, tie, shoes, and sauntered into the bathroom...he needs to freshen up ahead of time. Done freshening up, he strolled into his room, dried himself, and dressed up in fashionable outfits. While doing all these, he was monitoring his phone to see if John's call would come through, but it didn't...he wasn't expecting it to come this early though.
He needed to eat something before going to John's house so he'll know that he has handled dinner. He strolled into the kitchen, made coffee, toasted five slices of bread, and ate them right in the kitchen, and it was enough to satisfy him. As if it was planned, the moment he finished eating, John's phone call came through. He picked it up with immediate effect,
"Hello, John, you've gotten home now?".
"Yeah, you can start coming right away". John retorted.
"Sure, I'll be on my way right now".
And with that, the phone conversation ended. Leonard put his phone in his pocket, took a bundle of his salary, stuffed it into his pocket, and departed from his apartment. It was close to complete nighttime, but Leonard sauntered freely on the streets, not like anything was gonna happen to him anyway...people were still walking about on the streets freely.
He arrived at the boulevard where John's apartment was located, strolled until he arrived at the front of the building where his apartment was situated, and strolled to the door. He knocked on it, and he didn't need to knock for a second time before John opened the door.
"You're here already". John uttered after opening the door.
"Yeah, hurried here the moment we finished speaking on the phone". Leonard said.
"Come in".
Leonard entered the apartment and balanced on one of the couches immediately. John then said to him,
"Let me offer you something".
"No, no, don't bother, I ate before coming here, I wouldn't be able to consume anything you offer me...and it would go to waste. So, don't bother".
"OK, if you say so". John stated making himself comfortable on one of the couches also.
There was silence between them for some seconds until John triggered a conversation,
"So, you've gotten your pay".
"Yeah, the complete amount. I mustered up the courage and asked him for it yesterday, but I couldn't collect it 'cause I don't have a bank account and he didn't have enough cash with him".
"So now that you've gotten your pay, your main aim is to complete your quest, that's for sure. So, what do you have in mind? What do you need my help for?". John inquired.
"First of all, let me start with what I found out about my first quest, Eva...now, I'm speaking in terms of the type of men she likes. According to what I found out, she likes action men, men that are ready to defend a woman at any given time. She can't fall for a man that doesn't have that quality in him, it isn't only about handsomeness. No wonder all my seduction and toasting method didn't work out, she didn't see that quality in me. Even when her friends were already falling for me, she didn't. Why? She likes action men".
"Wow! I know her types of women, I've met with a lot of them on our previous earth. They want a man that would be willing and ready to protect them at any given time. So, what's your plan? How do you plan on making her fall for you if that's the type of quality she's looking for in a man?".
"You might be shocked by what I'm about to say, but I'll have to say it. I'll need thugs to accomplish this quest". Leonard said.
"Thugs?". John inquired with a type of bewildered facial expression.
"Yeah, thugs".
"Why thugs?".
A little smirk appeared on Leonard's face.