************** THE NEXT DAY ***************
Henry is found in his office, around 10:00am. His head is on his table. He seems to be sleeping but in truth, he's meditating on what happened yesterday.
[ ∆ "But I think I like her. She's very beautiful and lovely. " ∆ ]
He raises his head and shakes it. "I didn't say that infront of mum did I?" he asks himself feeling embarrassed already.
[ ∆ "Sleep with me " ∆ ] he remembers his own statement and places his head back on the table.
He touches the table in search for his phone with his head, still on the table. He finds it and draws it closer. He brings it to his bent face and dials Chase's number.
"Hello! Come to my office right now. I need your help." he speaks on the phone in a weary tone.
"Henry? Are you alright?" Chase asks.
"Just come over. I'll explain it when you come." Henry tells him.
"Okay. I'll be there, asap!" Chase replies and hangs up, ready to go to his friend.
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In a distant unknown area, a wretched looking building is shown and inside it is a dark spacious floor hidden from the full rays of the sun, except for just a beam, passing through a tiny window.
A man is shown, with his two hands, tied to two pillars on his left and right. He is kneeling with his head bent downwards. His hair is scattered and we see a drop of blood fall from his chin.
Two men, dressed officially are holding big fat woods which have some blood stains on it, presumed to be the blood of the man in captivity.
Infront of the victim is a well-dressed gentleman whose face is not shown.
"Again!" the man says and the two obedient men beat him up with the woods in turns, multiple times. The victim gnashes in pain.
"Stop!" he orders again and then scrutinizes the victim's face. "Again!" he says when he doesn't seem to see what's he wants to see.
The men beat him up again and then he signals them to stop. Slowly the man's face is shown.
When we see his face, it doesn't come as a surprise as it is Arnold. He smiles boldly at the victim who raises his head up slowly and we identify him as Arnold's personal bodyguard, Tyler.
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Chase rushes to Henry's company. When he gets to the entrance, the security is shocked to see him.
"I thought you were supposed to, nevermind I know you didn't hear a thing!" The security shouts and then lowers his tone as Chase runs inside.
Immediately he steps inside, everyone stops what they are doing and look at him. He pauses at once and then tries counting more than 30 pair of eyes staring at him.
( ## Sorry for the late description, but Henry's company is an 18 floor building. Some of us weren't expecting it to be that big, and his house is a 3-floor mansion.
In his company, every two floors is allocated a department, which the top floor being the supervisors and managers while the down floor is where most work is done.
The top two floors are for the executive department, with the 17th floor being for the grand higher ups and the 18th being the headquarters. So, Ryan and Chase ain't small kids in the company.
As for what they do..... let's save it for later. - Author's Note ## )
He takes the elevator and goes up to Henry's office. He runs and burst the door open. Henry raises his head.
"Henry?" Chase calls after seeing a disturbed face on him.
"Did you just come in like that? I wasn't dying!" Henry says in a low tone. He looks kinda sick.
"Are you alright?" Chase asks impatiently.
"I feel like dying!" Henry replies drowsily and falls on his desk. He then narrates what he remembers to Chase.
"What!" Chase gasps when Henry mentioned the last part. "You said that to her?" he asks and we see a laughter coming up.
"I was drunk man! I didn't know what I was doing!" Henry replies and Chase laughs hard at him.
"Sorry!" Chase apologizes when he sees Henry's unchanged mood. He clears his throat. "Your memory is quite strong!" Chase compliments.
"I don't usually remember, but I don't know I remembered this." Henry replies.
"So what are you going to do now?" Chase asks, not knowing what to say to him.
"I have no idea. My mum thinks I like her and I don't know what she's thinking by now. Probably cursing me, I don't know." Henry answers hastily.
"Brit won't do that. She not that kind of person." Chase says. "You might probably want to make things up with her?" Chase further asks.
"I wish I could. But I can't meet her. Can I?" Henry replies. And puts his head back on his desk.
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Back to that unknown location, Arnold gets up and walks over to Tyler. He squats before him, to reach his level.
"You aren't ready to spit the truth are you?" Arnold asks Tyler after enjoying the beating they gave him. Tyler chuckles in pain.
"I thought you want me dead?" He replies.
"Not yet! It's too early to kill you." He answers. "I suffered for almost 2 years, trying to figure out why you spared him." Arnold replies as he still squats infront of Tyler.
"You expect me to know after you erased my memory?" Tyler asks, revealing how cunning Arnold is.
"You should. I don't care how, but you must remember!" Arnold tells him. "Spit it out!" he yells and Tyler spits blood on his face.
Arnold gets angry the more and uneasily wiped his face with his left hand while Tyler smiles. Arnold looks at him keenly.
"You asked for this Tyler." Arnold tells him and looks at the men who understand what he meant. Arnold gets up and leaves The two men go to drop their woods and pick up metals. They come back and resume beating Tyler brutally, ready to break a few bones.
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We see Hayley and Britney serious writing something. Hayley quite knows what to write but Britney seems confused about what to write. Miss Cranes walks up to them and Britney pretends to be writing.
"Are you done with the essay?" Miss Cranes asks Hayley and Britney.
"Almost done!" Hayley answers with her head buried in the paper.
"Good!" Miss Cranes replies. "Britney?" she redirects her gaze. Britney looks up to her.
"I don't know what to write!" Britney gives up.
"Oh!" Miss Cranes sighs. "You know how to lie but you can't write a simple 5000 words explanation." she says.
"Could you change a punishment for me?" Britney dares to ask. Hayley stops at once when she hears Britney ask.
"What did you say?" Miss Cranes replies with a devilish look.
"I was thinking if you could change my punishment for me cause I can't write 5000 words about what I said." Britney makes her point.
Hayley wanted to faint when she heard Britney explaining further and Miss Cranes is shocked.
"Wow! You are so brave!" She compliments. "How about you clean the whole company thrice in a day, for a month?" Miss Cranes suggests.
Cleaning a 7 floor building alone is not something Britney will ever want to do, and plus, Miss Cranes means what she said. She smiles ridiculously at her.
"I think I'll just continue writing. This is more fun!" Britney says as Miss Cranes nods in suite.
"You should, or just get straight to writing your resignation letter!" Miss Cranes yells and excuses herself.
Britney thinks of what to write and notices a pair of eyes looking at her. She turns and sees Hayley staring at her keenly.
"What are you looking at?" she asks rudely.
"Nothing, just admiring your bravery!" Hayley teases.
"I was indirectly preparing to get sacked." Britney explains.
"Well you chose that path yourself." Hayley replies and smirks. She turns to continue and writing and Britney was about to ridicule her. "Write it in the essay, she's not going to read it!" Hayley stops her.
"So why are we writing in the first place?" Britney's anger starts to grow.
"Because, you told her an incredible lie and we have to explain ourselves. I don't know why I'm writing a lot. I should just ask you to explain since you were the one that spoke." Hayley replies her straight in the face.
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An unusual expensive car comes to park at the company Hayley and Britney works. The backseat doors open and Chase comes out from the right, while Henry, the left. The Security humbled himself when he saw the figure that came out.
They enter the company's first floor as their mission is there. All the ladies stop when they see the two men enter. One nosy lady walks up to Chase immediately as they are confused on where to look.
"Hey handsome, are you looking for me?" she asks. He didn't answer yet when another runs up to Henry.
"I'm here baby!" she says and seductively touches him. More ladies gather.
Hayley notices something going on at the entrance. She gasps when she saw Chase and taps Britney. Unfortunately, Britney rather saw Henry and then bent low.
"What the hell is he doing here?" she thought. Hayley pulls Britney and they approach that direction but she slows down when she sees two women rubbing themselves on him.
"Babe!" Chase calls her when he sees her, looking guilty and gives her a funny chuckle.
Britney on the other hand felt jealous when she saw about three girls touching Henry but she controlled her emotions. Henry sees her and noticed how she felt. He smiles and then comes back to reality.
"Hayley!" Chase runs from the two women and chases Hayley who storms back angrily. He catches up to her and holds her.
"It's not what you think. We were lost and they just came and were around me. I didn't know what to do!" Chase explains.
"Why should I trust you?" she asks. He holds her hand.
"I would never lie to you." he replies and she forgives him. They hug and the other girls get it now. He's Hayley's boyfriend, no! husband.
Britney on the other hand turns to return to her desk.
"Brit!" Henry calls her name. Nobody calls her Brit except Hayley and Chase so why will he call her that. She reluctantly turned. He squeezed himself out of the ladies and walked over to Britney. He held her shoulders and kissed her. She tried stopping him but felt warmth.
He then hugged her and whispers, "Just pretend you are my girlfriend, I'll explain later." She reluctantly agrees to play along but his warmth gave her away. Henry then turns to the girls.
"I'm sorry ladies but Britney is my girlfriend. We just met yesterday!" he adds.
"So you have a girlfriend and he's married?" one of the flirting girls says, "We'll better leave these full men, I don't want to break any relationship." she advises herself and resumes work. The others follow suite.
"Henry?" Hayley calls, "What are you doing here?" she asks. Henry looks around and doesn't find the place secure.
"Let's go outside!" Henry says and drags Britney by the hand while Chase walks with Hayley.
"Look Brit..." Henry starts to explain when they get outside but Britney cuts him.
"No one is allowed to call me Brit except Hayley and Chase." she corrects him.
"Sorry! Brit, I mean, Britney. About what happened yesterday....." he stops when he sees Hayley and Chase all ears.
"Could you guys give us some space?" Henry proposes.
"Sure!" Chase says and leaves with Hayley.
"Look Brit, Britney I'm sorry for what I did. I didn't mean any of those words I spoke. I was drunk so my brain wasn't in line with my mind." he explains himself. "And what just happened in there, I'm sorry too, I just had to escape." he adds.
"Are you saying that was your first time and you enjoyed doing that to me?" she asks.
"No! Listen, everything I said, in my mum's presence and...that, I'm sorry. I meant nothing, I was not just thinking straight." he says.
"You embarrassed me infront of your mum! And just now, infront of everyone!" she reminds him again.
"I know, I'm so sorry." he apologizes. "Henry, she's literally the first woman you've apologized to except your mum, what the hell is wrong with you?" he thought.
"Look Henry, right now, I'm busy and I have no time to think about this nonsense, so if you'll excuse me...." she says and turns to leave but when when she turns, she sees Miss Cranes who makes eye contact with her.