Kelvin
When I woke up, I thought everything that happened yesterday was all a dream till I felt the pain in my ribs. It stung like crazy. I promised never to get in such an ordeal again but now, I'm not so sure about that cause I have accepted Mr Hanson's offer to become Sonya's bodyguard.
First of all, I didn't want to take on the offer initially and it was for obvious reasons. Being Sonya's bodyguard would be awkward in several ways considering our history already. Secondly, I only took Mr Hanson's offer out of gratitude and respect. Mr Hanson has always been good to me ever since I saved his daughters and I think it's time I treat him the same way as well.
He also wants to see Sonya take over his businesses before he dies and that makes my heart sink in sorrow. I wish Mr Hanson would live a little longer cause he doesn't deserve any of this but I can't do anything about it. The least I can do is help grant his most important wish before he dies and that is protecting his daughter till the mastermind behind the kidnapping is found.
"Mike ? House manager ?" Mr Hanson repeated. "Consider it done, Mr Walters. It's good to see you are looking out for him. Mike is one of the few good workers I trust and I think it's time he also takes up that position."
"Thank you very much, Mr Hanson." I said in gratitude. "I'm glad we have the same vision about Mike."
"Yes of course, we have." Mr Hanson uttered.
"So what's the next move Mr Hanson ?" I queried. "Now that I am going to be Sonya's bodyguard, are you going to tell the rest ?"
"That's what I had in mind." he replied. "Let's go inside and break the news to them."
"Alright."
Mr Hanson and I walked back into the house and as we were approaching the dining room, I felt nervous for some reason. I didn't feel ready to take up this job at all. I also felt anxious from the reactions I would get when the others find out that I have decided to become Sonya's bodyguard. Before I realized, Mr Hanson and I got into the dining room and everyone had their eyes on us. Mr Hanson and I took our seats and Mr Hanson broke the news to them.
"Uhm, there's something important I want to tell you all." Mr Hanson announced and everyone's attention was on him. "First of all, I have thought about it clearly and I have decided to hand over my businesses to Sonya as she asked."
No one said a word, so Mr Hanson went on. "The handing over will take place next week by this time just as I planned before. This brings me to the second thing I would like to inform you all. There's someone out there after Sonya and I don't think it's safe for her to go to work without proper protection. So, with consent, Kelvin has accepted to be Sonya's bodyguard."
"What ?!" Sonya and Delilah exclaimed.
"The irony gets better and better." Gabriel laughed hysterically.
"What's funny ?" Sonya eyed Gabriel.
"Bodyguard ?" Delilah echoed. "Why Kelvin ? Couldn't you choose someone else ? He is not even in a good condition right now."
"Delilah has a point, Fred." Mrs Hanson said. "Why choose Kelvin ? Is it because he saved her two times ?"
"I get that you all are concerned about Kelvin becoming a bodyguard at this stage," Mr Hanson voiced out. "But like I said before, I had Kelvin's consent before informing you all. He agreed on this. If you want to question anyone, he's right before you."
When Mr Hanson said that, the spotlight shone on me. Now, I had to explain why I chose to be Sonya's bodyguard and I wasn't willing to do so openly but I had to try.
"Mr Hanson is right," I began. "I chose to be Sonya's bodyguard without any persuasion. You might ask why and I'll tell you all. Remember painfully, that Mr Hanson doesn't have much time left. He wants to see Sonya take over his businesses and he needs someone to protect her. Do you see where I am going with this ?"
Gabriel nodded. "He has a point. Kelvin is just doing this to help dad with his most important wish."
"But he's still injured," Delilah protested. "How can he go back already to fighting ?"
"I do admit that I'm injured," I faced Delilah. "But I'm getting used to it already. And also, I'm not necessarily going back to fighting."
"How can you be so sure about it ?" Delilah responded with concern.
"Delilah, calm down." Mrs Hanson chipped in.
"Calm down ? Mom he wants to go back and get himself injured again." Delilah fired.
"Yoo Delilah, chill." Gabriel soothed.
"I'm not going to sit here and listen to this." Delilah responded as she stood and left the dining room. Hannah went after her immediately.
Everyone else sat quietly at the table till Sonya got up. "I'm done with my meal." she said. "I'll be going to my room now."
She walked out of the dining room and I bowed my head down in disappointment. I didn't expect this at all. Gabriel and Giovanna got up seconds later and they also left the dining room. Now, I was on the table with Mr and Mrs Hanson.
"Mr Walters, if you want to change your mind, I'm okay with that." Mr Hanson uttered.
I shook my head. "I still stand by my decision. I'm not changing my mind."
"Are you sure ?" Mrs Hanson asked. "You are still in bad shape."
"I'm okay, Mrs Hanson." I responded. "I'll do some exercises today and try to keep fit for tomorrow. Don't worry about me."
"If you say so." she remarked.
"Alright." I stood up. "Thanks for the meal, Mr and Mrs Hanson. I'll be going to my room now."
"Very well," Mr Hanson replied.
With that, I left the dining room and went upstairs to my room. I got back to my bedroom and laid on my bed. I spent some time there before Hannah got inside the room.
"Kelvin, how could you ?" Hannah quizzed.
"What have I done now ?"
"You know you are not in a good condition right now." she explained. "Yet you offered yourself to be Sonya's bodyguard. How could you ?"
"I told you all on the table the reason why I chose to be her bodyguard." I replied her. "I'm doing this for Mr Hanson and nothing else."
"That's not what Delilah thinks." Hannah sat on my bed. "She's inside her room and is sulking there as we speak. She's angry at you and what you did."
I didn't reply right away. I laid in silence for a while before replying to Hannah. "I thought Delilah would understand the situation and why I am doing this."
"Clearly, she doesn't." Hannah quipped.
"Then I'll go and talk to her about it later. I'm sure she would understand."
"That's the thing." Hannah responded. "She doesn't want to see you at all."
I sighed. "So she wants me to change my mind right ?"
"Oh yeah of course. That's what it seems she wants."
"What do you think about this ?" I asked her. "You haven't said your opinion about this at all."
"I am equally worried as Delilah. What if you get injured again ? What do we do ? What if maa hears about it ? Do you want her to get worried sick ?" Hannah bombarded.
"Maa can't know about this." I implored. "It will be best for both of us. It's not like I'm going to be Sonya's bodyguard forever."
"I still don't feel good about this." Hannah voiced out. "To make things worse, you are going to be protecting Sonya."
"Do you have a problem with her ?"
"I've heard enough about her to know that she's not someone you should lay your life for. I'm just saying...." Hannah shrugged.
"You can't be serious." I eyed her.
"What ? I said nothing wrong."
"Let's forget about all this for now. When will you be going home ?" I asked.
"I'll be leaving here at 2pm after I'm done talking with Delilah." she revealed. "I'm going back to her room right now. Please try and make things right with her."
Hannah stood up from my bed and exited the room. I laid there as her words echoed in my head. I don't get why Delilah is mad at me ? I'm literally helping out her father. Is that something bad ?
I was overthinking the issue and I wanted to clear my mind. Since I said I would be exercising to get back in shape, I left my room and went downstairs to the gym.
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Raymond
I never got it easy in life and I always had to work my way to get what I wanted. Through sheer determination and perseverance, I got mostly of what my heart desired with hard work but the one thing I desired more in my life was my father's approval of me. That's what I haven't gotten appropriately in my entire life.
When I was little, my parents had an intense argument and my mom left me with my father. My dad never really had time for me as I was growing up and I found it hard to even get his attention. As I grew up, I noticed that my dad always had two things he loved more than anything else. And that was power and money.
My father owned a cement factory back in those days and he was making high profits from his business but he wasn't satisfied. He wanted more. So after years of battling with other business owners, he was able to forcefully acquire three businesses and he gained more money and power in the national business world.
Many have labelled him to be greedy and self-centred. Others call him envious and selfish. This makes me wonder if my mother left him because of his behaviour. Regardless of what others say about him, I still wanted his approval and I would do anything to gain it.
My father's new target was a wealthy millionaire who goes by the name of Fred Hanson and my dad wanted to do things differently. Mr Hanson wanted to hand over his business and my dad was interested but Mr Hanson refused and this made my dad very angry.
He was plotting of something sinister until he found out that the businesses Mr Hanson had was going to his daughter. My dad had an idea and he asked me to go in and get Mr Hanson's daughter to fall in love with me. When I had gain her trust and we get married, she'll hand it over to me and I'll kill her and frame it as an accident. That was the plan all along.
Finally, I had a great chance to get my father's approval. At that time, I already had a girlfriend and when I told her of the plan without adding the killing part, she agreed to it. We still met whiles I was dating Sonya and one day, I stupidly got caught with Serena. Sonya broke up with me on the spot and that's when I realized I had messed up totally.
My dad was very angry with me and he threatened that if I don't get back with Sonya, he would disown me. That got me serious and I tried to get back with Sonya. However, she never gave me a chance. I thought it was all over till my dad revealed a plan he had hatched whiles I was chasing Sonya.
My father had sent someone to work undercover in Mr Hanson's house and the reason is because he wanted to know Sonya's every move. When I failed to get back with Sonya, he told me of a back up plan and that was very simple; kidnap Sonya and ask for a huge ransom from Mr Hanson. That was the backup plan.
At first, I didn't want to go with that plan, so I tried to get back with Sonya one last time but when that failed, I reluctantly agreed to go with it and we began making preparations. I found some men and told them what to do. I expected this kidnapping to be a success and go according to plan but I was totally unprepared for what happened afterwards.
The men had no lethal weapons and they were beaten to pulp by an intruder. How ? I was disappointed and so was my father. I wanted to get another chance from him and he gave me a last chance. This time, the men were armed and when we had a chance to strike, I was expecting good results but no, that's not what I got at all.
Somehow again, they got beaten and they couldn't capture Sonya at all. I tried calling my father but he rejected all my phone calls. At this point, my anger was over the brim. Before I could think twice, I shot the two of them dead.
Presently that Tuesday evening, I stood before the two men and watched as blood oozed out from their bodies. I stood there for a while, contemplating on what I do next.
"I didn't want to come to this," I voiced out. "But I have to now get my hands dirty....."
I wore gloves and placed their bodies into a sack. I cleaned the blood on the floor and sprayed the area with perfume to get the stench of blood out of there. When I was done, I placed the men into the boot of my car and drove out of the warehouse.
I drove to a large refuge dump and threw the bodies into the piles of trash. I drove back to the warehouse when I was done and inspected the place to make sure I left no trace of evidence. When I was sure that I had dispose of everything totally, I drove their van far away and parked it on some abandoned street. I took a taxi back to the warehouse and I drove home in my car.
I got home late and Serena was already sleeping. I sighed gracefully as I laid in bed after taking off my clothes. At least, Serena wouldn't be asking me tons of questions. As I laid in bed to sleep, I remembered something important and that was about the last kidnapper I hired. I found out that he was in the hospital and that made me very worried.
What if they interrogate him and he reveals everything ? My dad and I could go to prison for that. The thought of that made me dread in fear. I had to do something before it was too late. I had to act very soon.
So I woke up at dawn the next day before Serena could get up. It was very early in the morning and the entire sky was dark. I dressed up and took a kitchen knife. I watched Serena for the last time before I left the house in a haste.
I drove quickly to the hospital and when I got there, the main department wasn't open. I had to jump the wall and walked carefully around the premises. As I walked around, I found out that the emergency ward was open and I went over to check it out.
I heard two voices at the entrance and I waited till they were gone. After I was sure they were gone, I got in the ward and sneaked around till I found the patient rooms. I got in and searched for the last man and to my luck, I found him bandaged and sleeping under the care of the hospital services. I got to him and brought out the kitchen knife.
"Nothing personal," I muttered. "But I have to leave no stone unturned...."
With a quick blow, I stabbed him in his guts and covered his mouth before he could shout. I stabbed him again and much harder this time. A gave a last stab and the guy stopped moving. When I realized he was dead, I cleaned the knife and sneaked out of the emergency ward quickly. I jumped over the wall and got in my car, before driving off in great speed.