Highly excited, secretary Jamila ran so fast into Babara Yen's chest and shared a very passionate hug.
"I've been longing to meet you again, so much worried about you," in her eyes showed great affection as she spoke.
"Why worried?" Boldly in pretence, Babara asked saying, "I was the one worried. On looking behind me, you two were no where to be seen.... You can't believe how anxious I became, waiting impatiently to see you showing up in the lounge but you were no where to be seen. Am glad you're here with me now."
Relieved, the bodyguard humbled himself as he watched the space. With a smile quirking corners of his mouth as though the situation was under control, that finally his boss was safe and sound, effortlessly.
"Cough cough!" A loud call for attention. "Sorry for interrupting your excitement," in a deep and serious voice, intervened the coast guard officer, "it looks like the story is different from what we expected to find on ground according to the report which came out way, especially from her."
"Yeah," immediately, before his colleague took a breath, the second officer supplemented: "anxiously trembling when she approached us, she explained how conc sure she was, that her boss was kidnapped on Franklin Baron's ship."
"Yes," the first coast guard officer to talk came again, "infact she expected you to be deeply injured by now if not dead, hence these feet leading us here."
Gently, "oh, so sorry," as Babara leaned out of Jamila's chest, "I think they just got too worried about me. You know how strict the security on this gigantic ship can be," Babara replied, so relaxed in her princess charming voice, with a gorgeous smile.
Secretary Jamila couldn't figure out why allover a sudden Babara had to tell lies, so with a look of perplexity on her face, she gestured.
Interrupting in people's business was not a bodyguard's thing, and much as secretary Jamila threw a concerned eye at him, he kept his distance by looking away.
Still thirsty from Babara's brief submission, "can you please explain to us what really happened, if you don't mind?" Politely requested, the coast guard officer.
Stutteringly, "umm, it was.... It was just a simple misunderstanding that raised questions and worries, you know these two are my new employees; my secretary here and my personal bodyguard; new to the rules and regulations."
Babara Yen, quickly collected her handbag from secretary Jamila, "Please allow me to apology for inconveniencing your duties, with this small token," she delved into the bag and picked out a bundle of cash and handed it over to the coast guard officers smiling, just to divert them unknowingly from asking her questions she wasn't ready for.
Perfectly well, Babara's logic worked. Received with great appreciation, the officers nearly dropped their knees down to thank her. However, as grown-up men in uniform, they had to reserve the uniform reputation.
In the midst of thanking, the coast guards resorted from calling Babara Yen 'young lady', to titling her 'madam boss' depending on the much money they excitedly held in their hands from her.
"Not once in my life time have I ever had such big sums!" "never!" They rejoiced, "thank you very much madam boss, thank you!" Hand in hand, the coast guard officers backed each other up, excitedly.
"I think we have to be on our way now, if you don't mind," humbly the coast guards were good to go.
"No problem," gladly smiling, Babara Yen wished them a fair well.
As they turned to leave, however, one of them stepped back a bit, "uh.... excuse me Madam boss, we know this ship belongs to Mr. Franklin Baron and, there are always gunmen almost at every corner," he pointed a finger in some of the locations where gunmen should be, "how comes there's no security at all?"
"Oh, the gun men! Uh..., you know, me and my husband Mr. Franklin Baron just got married last night."
"What?" Secretary Jamila got shocked by the statement and looked at Babara with confounded eyes.
"Wow, that's pretty cool!" Said the coast guard officers as well wishers.
"Yeah, and last night everyone drunk legs up heads down, uh... here was indeed a big party with roof opening music, twerking bikini ladies, comestibles, popping big bottles to mention but a few."
"Really!"
Secretary Jamila's gestures uneasy as her facial expression speaks doubt. She can't ask her boss questions in the presence of the coast
However, the officers were already burning in Babara's frying pan of lies, "We missed," attentively they listened to her.
"Of course you missed, and as you know the life of our security guards, spends a long while to play with ladies _ So yesterday, with all the pretty party animals who gathered to celebrate our love, was the right time for them to mix and mingle," she gave a convincing fake smile.
"Wonderful," the coast guards were convinced, "now I understand how tired they became, to be asleep by this time, fatigued from yesterday."
On smiling faces, " congratulations on your new life journey, we're indeed happy for you and Mr. Franklin Baron, no doubt your offsprings are going to be the cutest."
"Alright, enjoy the rest of your day, and thank you," Babara Yen couldn't wait to have them leaving.
Along their way to get off the gigantic ship, from a distance they saw Felix and five chefs coming outside on deck, "Mr. Felix!" calling his name aloud, the coast guard officers lifted their hands and waved to him smiling happily.
However, Felix, whose face was frowned sadly from the deepest of his heart, even though he saw them waving, he never waved back. He gave a quick glance anyway.
"Seriously madam Babara! Did you mean everything you just said to the officers?" Anxiously, secretary Jamila asked.
"You were kidding, right?"
Babara just blushed.
Secretary Jamila laughing indifferently, "come-on madam Babara you just told the officers a minute ago that you married Mr. Franklin Baron last night! It's not light."
"Relax."
Since Babara Yen was the boss, secretary Jamila had to respect boundaries. In confusion, she sighed deeply.
With highly sensitive olfactory nervous, past those of a trained german shepherd, "I smell your presence Felix!" Silently, after sniffing Felix's scent from the atmosphere, at the back of her mind, "How possible are you still alive?" She thought deep, wondering.
Babara's personality had drastically changed. She happened to be so jolly whenever she spoke, fearless, easily angered and very calm in her charming voice; a uniquely different version of herself.
"If you happened to see me un lifing people, you wont live to see tomorrow, I'm going to unlife you instantly," in mind, Babara was ready to end the life of anyone who saw her dangerous version.
"I'm going to unlife that old man Franklin Baron!" Raged secretary Jamila angrily.
"I think you need to calm your anger down madam secretary," Babara advised her calmly.
"How am I going to explain to Ms Monica?" She cried out loud, "that a business trip turned to be her daughter's wedding! More over marrying that hell of a man! I know Franklin Baron with his evil plans knew I was not going to let it happen that why he forced us off the ship and manipulated you."
Suddenly secretary Jamila, who was ready for war, saw Felix coming in a distance, "Who do they think they're?" She stepped foward, so determined to jump on his neck.
"Hey! Nothing is true." Babara grabbed her had, stopping her from putting on a show.
"What?"
"I said, nothing I said to the coast guard officers was true," Babara clarified.
"Are you sure!" She still doubted.
"Believe me, just calm down and let me talk to Felix, okay?"
In the midst of calming secretary Jamila down, Felix and the chefs arrived at the scene and stopped a few metres away, "Hey Babara," loud and clear, "do you by any chance know where my brother and the rest of the crew are?" Felix asked with an attitude.
"You don't greet your visitors in when you wake up?" Confidently, Babara asked back in pretence
"My brother is missing, I want to know where he is."
"It's not my ship, it's your brother's. He can be anywhere."
"The last time I knew, Franklin's was laying down, next to my shoes unconscious and since you were with him in the lounge, I believe am not asking a wrong person."
"Am sorry to disappoint you, I have no answers concerning anything. If you don't mind, I have businesses to handle in the middle of Capricon city," head up straight, Babara Yen began to walk away, so stunning.
She killed a step a bit, "and when you happen to meet him, greet him for me." She smiled and led the way, followed by her secretary Jamila and the personal bodyguard, off the ultra expensive ship to the speedboat.
"I actually don't know why I have this feeling that you taught Franklin Baron a lesson, but the question is, how?" Secretary Jamila, with a relieved smile she stated.
Babara gave her a quick glance of a smile and found herself a comfortable place to sit. The bodyguard ignited the speedboat engine, and they cruised away from the gigantic ship.
With perplexed faces, Felix and the five chefs watched Babara Yen and her team narrowing away in a far distance on a speed boat.
"Franklin!" Felix remembered a major course and quickly, he led the way to look around for the missing individuals, "Come with me!"
"Wait!" Felix stopped running instantly and the chefs who came running, following his lead stopped too, "he was right here," looking on the floor where he last saw his brother, "the bouncer fell right there," he pointed a finger, nervously.
The five chefs gazed, trying to figure out what he was talking about, "You're making us more confused and scared Felix, put us on the same page with you!"
When Felix touched the VIP lounge door to enter inside, "Move aside!" He shouted, and startled the chefs away from the position it was falling.
"Goddammit! What the hell is happening?" Cursed one of the chefs, after all of them jumped asides startledly, to dodge the falling heavy metallic door."
See, this explains it all," Felix said, "the guards, the bikini ladies, the servants, the bouncers and my brother Franklin, non of them is safe."
Anxiety written all-over their faces, worry elevated. Chefs knew that the situation is serious.
Felix led the way inside the VIP lounge, "Babara Yen was in here with my brother and his bouncers," he told them as they walked came after him. Looking around in the VIP lounge, which was at the moment well organised, showing no traces of chaos.
"Do you see what I see?" One of the chefs asked the colleagues, saying, "dying in here is a direct route to heaven. Wow, take a look at the noble formation in this place!"
"I don't think it's the right time to fall in love with anything," Felix couldn't stand the distraction, "stay focused," he led them outside.
"Did you here that?" As soon as they stepped out of the private lounge to the deck, sharp back to back loud screams filled the air.
The more they eagerly panicked ahead, the more the screams grew louder. They restlessly moved around with eyes looking everywhere possible.
"Right there!" One of the chefs spotted.
Smeared with blood everywhere on her body, right from the face, Tsunami stood, screaming very loudly in deep fear.
"Tsunami!" Mentioning her name anxiously, Felix knew the young lady.
He ran quickly with the chefs to meet her. Tsunami, like she had showered a blood bath, she trembled horror-struck. Felix held on both her upper arms, "Hey... hey", he shook her to get her attention, "can you tell me what happened?"
"My friends.... They are all dead!" On a tearing face and a racing heart she told Felix.
Felix knew it. Slowly, he took his hands off her, stood still quietly and looked at the chefs whose faces displayed nothing less than fright.
"Can you take us where they're, please!" Politely with no more panic, he asked Tsunami.
When Tsunami lifted her eyes up and looked at Felix, "Please! On kind eyes and a calm voice, Felix begged again.
Hesitantly, Tsunami, barefooted in a bikini outfit, turned slowly and faced the stares. These stares only headed in one direction.
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