Edward got into his car and drove to his house after he had informed Frank and Kleo of his departure. He thought about what his father would have said had he been here with them. Edwards father, Kariel Cash was a scientist as well as a business man. He had a chain of organizations that mysteriously got taken over after his sudden disappearance.
He was well known and loved his family. Edward always wanted to be like him that was why he started MEGATECH. His father disappeared one night when Edward was eight years old and has never returned since then. Kariel used to own a science research lab that came up with ground breaking technology.
After a long drive home, Edward entered his house. At the entrance of the house, before he entered, a sweet and delicious aroma wafted into his nose which made him very hungry.
Inside was his wife, Stephanie and his mother Rose sitting at a well set table with a lot of delights for five hungry men. Edward took his seat at the table and they prayed. After prayer, they started to eat when Stephanie asked,"Edward, how was work?" "Work was good. How about home?" "Normal as always." Edward then quipped,"Why this beautiful dinner?" "Well, I just thought that the rise in stocks calls for a celebration." "Thank you."
The dinner went smoothly with Stephanie being over excited. Edward and Stephanie could be seen kissing each other as they moved into their bedroom. Clothes flew all over the room that night as the passion of love and desire took over control of the night.
The night slowly gave way for the sun to announce its presence. Edward got up ready to go to work only to wake up to an empty bed. Stephanie was nowhere to be found. He thought nothing about it and headed to work. When he got to work he heard some commotion going on in his office.
The elevator opened up to quite the spectacle. Kleo was shouting and arguing with Frank. He got out from the elevator into the office hosting his wife, best friend and assistance. "What is going on here", he asked. "How could you allow this Edward?", Kleo asked in shock. "Allow what?",Edward replied with a confused question of his own. "The ownership of MEGATECH has been transferred to Frank together with all its assets and investments. He was just asking me to join him or lose my job.",Kleo vehemently explained with tears in her eyes. "No Kleo, you are getting it all wrong. I never a...", Edward's words trailed off as he begun to remember yesterday and the documents that Frank had brought to him to be signed.
He remembered Frank trying to explain himself after asking for the documents to be signed. This was quite weird on its own. Then there was also the dinner by his wife who was too excited. Was it because of this betrayal? But why would they do this? Did I ever wrong them? A myriad of questions started popping up and assaulting Edward's mind. Never in his life would he have expected his wife or best friend to do something like this.
I took sometime for Edward to get hold of himself but he did. "Frank, is what she is saying true?", Edward had to ask. He knew what the answer was but didnt want to hear it. "Oh Edward, so naive, you see, you had everything. You were the face and I was in the backdrop. I wanted what you had and now I have it. Everything you own is now mine and your wife too is mine. I tried to get your assistant too but she is stubborn. Now, Ed go home and get your things off the street and that mother of yours." It was then that Edward realised that Stephanie was gone. She had left to throw his belongings and that of his mother's out.
Frank then walked out into the elevator. Kleo then rushed into his arms and they shared a tight embrace and from there they moved to his house in a taxi. When they got to his house, what he saw greatly angered him. Stephanie had thrown his and Roses' things out and they were lying outside on the floor while Rose was lying unconscious. Quickly, he carried Rose to a taxi and he and Cleo went to the hospital. The nurses rushed for her and headed to the emergency ward. Edward and Kleo waited anxiously for the doctors. Some hours later the doctors came in and announced that Rose was in a coma and an amount of 20 million dollars would be needed to take care of her for six months. Edward then pondered and remembered he had a secret savings account and used all the money in it to pay the doctor leaving only something small which he planned to save for his next payment later.
They both went back to his house to find out that all the things were stolen. Kleo then offered to send him to her house. He declined at first but after some persuasion he finally agreed to it. They then took a taxi and arrived at a small house.
The house was a small one story Cottage house, painted green with windows on the front, a brown door with a porch fenced and catering a small garden at the back. Kleo unlocked the door which opened into a small house with a single bedroom, a sitting room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a study.
They then sat down on the couch to reminisce about what had just happened. Kleo then moved from the couch and sat opposite Edward. She neared his position and put her head on his shoulder as he embrace her and they drifted off to sleep