Chapter 19

Greg

I'm on my way to my office, I decided to call her to find out what she did with the spud stuffer, I'm sure she kicked him out of her apartment after I brainwash her against him yesterday in the garden.

She is very smart, it is not easy to convince her, and no matter how much she talks trying to fill her heart with toxins, I find her thinking and turning my words in her mind a lot.

She's not like any woman I've met before, so I must start my attack now when she's at her weakest, now that he's far from her, now before she comes to her senses and regains her strength.

I passed by her building and started looking for his car, is not here, and it is still early, he usually does not go to work early, no doubt she kicked him out

After a few rings, her voice came from the opposite side of the line, "Hello Greg."

"Good morning, sweet heart ,Sorry for calling so early, but I see you online, so I knew you were awake and I want to make sure you are okay."

"Hmmm, thank you for your concern I was online because I couldn't sleep." Her voice was weak and sad, just as I left her last night

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, honey, are you okay?"

After a few moments, I heard her take a deep breath, "No, no, I'm not okay, he gone last night." She's almost crying

"Did he go by himself, or did you ask him to leave?"

"I asked him to leave, I didn't... I never thought I'd do that to him someday" She seems to believe him, she believes he's innocent, or that's what they call love, I don't know, I've never experienced love in my life

"What you did is the right thing, my dear, do not pity him, what he did to you is unforgivable. Be strong, my dear, as I know you, you will overcome these feelings easily with the passage of time"

"Yes.. I think you are right" as if she was trying to gather her strength

"Do you know what you should do?" From here I will start my game

"What?"

"You shouldn't stay at home, you should go socialize with people, go shopping, go out with your friends, call some of your old friends, occupy yourself with other things and other people"

"I know that Greg, but I'm not good at it"

"Remember that if you stay crying at home, you will gain nothing, you cry while he's there playing with other girls, it's not fair" She's silent, doesn't answer me, I shouldn't give her time to think " Come on, what do you think if you go out with me to grab a bite tonight?"

"I don't know Greg, I don't feel like going out."

If you stay at home you will think about him all the time, sweet heart, don't allow your heart to control you, come on, I want to make you stronger and help you forget him, that's what friends for isn't?, let me help you" After many attempts to persuade her, she agreed, although I do not feel that she is completely convinced. I reached the main door of the company and gave the key to the doors

"Ok, but can we make it tomorrow evening, I have some things to finish today"

"As you wish, my princess "okay that fits my plan even better

I had a long conversation with her. I was trying to encourage her not to think about him, not to forgive him, tell her that he wasn't good enough for her from the beginning. She wasn't answering me, she was just listening. Sometimes I felt like she was crying. I convinced her that I was here to help her, and she could count on me, I was trying to gain her trust and I think I succeeded

When I said goodbye to her, I saw a line of executives wanting to talk to me about different things, a lot of emails, Messages and Margaret standing there looking nervous,

When she came into my office, she was about to start listing my daily busy schedule but I interrupted her,

"Send all the idiots out there to their offices, and clear everything for now, I'm busy. "I said that as I opened the safety box in my office

"Ok as you like, Greg." Before Margaret left, I said to her, "Margaret, tell John I want to meet him in my office "

"John the guy who is in charge of the staff cafeteria?" Margaret was surprised at my request, he is a simple employee compared to my prestigious position, but I know he is a gangster and drug smuggler, knows a lot of criminals, and that is exactly what I need

" Yes he is one"

Ten minutes later: I was busy answering emails and some calls when Margaret called me from her office

"Mr. Greg, John is here. Shall I let him in?"

"Let him in"

When John came in, I left what was in my hand and leaned my back against the chair

"Come in, John, and shut the door behind you." John did as I asked him, and approached me until he stood in front of my desk. "How may I help you, sir?"

"Hmm…., John, you know I hired you here based on your deep experience in the fields… what can I call it?….aha (the illegal field)…right."

"Approximately yes sir"

"It's not the first time we've exchanged interests, is it?" As I put an envelope full of cash on my desk and push it in his direction, John grabbed the envelope, opened it and looked inside it, raising his eyebrows with a smile, then closing it and putting it in his pocket.

"Whatever you ask sir , just tell me what you want."

Wheeler/kwami

Before the sun rose, Wheeler woke up Kwame, and they packed their bags, in case they had to stay another night in the town they were going to, where the main branch of the telephone company was located.

Like Linka, Wheeler didn't sleep last night, he stayed up most of the time remembering her, recollecting every detail of their love years ago, and how this woman named Chelsea appeared out of nowhere to ruin their relationship. Before leaving town they grabbed two big travel mug of coffee in anticipation of the road, Wheeler volunteered to drive, he wanted to finish the trip in less than six hours, he couldn't wait to find out who hacked his cell phone and ruined his life,

The two friends remained silent for a while in Wheeler's car, and after about an hour Wheeler no longer focused on driving, he almost fell asleep continuously and Kwame didn't notice because he was asleep too.

Kwame woke up, looked around to find Wheeler closed his eyes and the car was moving alone quickly, it had leaned towards a truck coming from the opposite road, just few seconds and they will die

Kwame quickly shifted the steering wheel to the right path, shouting "Watch out, Wheeler!"

Wheeler awoke to find the truck nearly hit them, they shouted together, and the truck blew a pipe, seconds later they found themselves miraculously surviving

"Are you crazy, Wheeler? You almost killed us, you idiot!" Kwame yells at Wheeler

"Oh, I'm sorry... I'm really sorry"

"What do you mean you are sorry? Do you want to get back to your girlfriend or do you want to commit suicide? How do you sleep while driving, officer?"

"I …I didn't sleep last night Kwame, I'm really sorry"

"Oh really? You shouldn't have volunteered to drive, crazy lover? Pullover, I'll drive"

"No no ..Please, if you drive we'll be there after ten hours, I promise I won't sleep again"

"At least we'll get there alive, move your ass"

Linka/Gi

Linka is standing with the plumber at the door, he's changing the lock of the apartment,

"So this cheater will not be able to get in anymore" She couldn't believe what she was saying in her mind, "cheater"? This is unbelievable

She was trying to silence the voice calling inside her heart that telling her "everything happened yesterday was just a lie or a joke from someone", he won't do this to me "No, he's a cheater, I know he likes looking at beautiful girls, flirting with them since he was young teenager".

"How did I believe that he loves me? How could I let him fool me? How could I be so stupid?"

Then Linka's phone rang, it was Gi

"Hello Gi"

"Hey Linka, how are you today?"

"I… I'm fine." Linka remembers how she ran away from the office yesterday when that woman spoke to her

"Are you sure, I was worried about you yesterday. Are you sure everything's okay?"

"Actually …neyt…I mean …everything is fine" she wants to open herself up and share her feelings with her friend, but she knows Gi and knows what her reaction will be.

"Is your brother okay? Is Wheeler okay? Did you fight with Wheeler?"

"Ohh ok. ...Something happened between us. But I don't want to talk about it now...maybe later… I don't feel well." Linka can't believe she almost told her friend what was breaking her heart

"Oh my god…I'm really sorry... what did you do?

"What do you mean what I did... Why do you always assume it's me who's going to make Wheeler upset?" Exactly what she expected just happened, Gi always stands by Wheeler's side

"Oh Come on, Linka... he's too sweet to make you upset... I bet he's trying to make it up for you, but. You insist to be stubborn and …" Gi didn't finish her sentence yet, Linka interrupted her angrily

"Thank you for your concern, but this time it's different. Why do you blame me for every fight? " With tears in her eyes, and pain in her heart, this time she did nothing wrong to deserve what happened to her as she thinks

"I'm sorry lin, but usually you are the one who starts …." Linka interrupted her friend again

"I'm not in the mood now to hear sermons. Sorry, I have to hang up. I have work to do." She hung up in anger."

"Mam, I'm done changing the lock, can you try it?" The plumber says"

-Wheeler/ Kwami

"What do you mean it'll taking weeks, I want you to finish it now!" Wheeler hits the manager's desk with his fists at the telephone company office

"I'm sorry, sir, but do you think it's just a press of a button? We need to go back and look into the matter. We must search our records for the device used, the network that was used, filter the images using special programs to discover if they are fake or not, and on top of all this we will temporarily possess your line to track the hacker. Do you think I can finish all this now? Network Security Manager in the main branch said to Wheeler

"I can't believe this! Is it not enough that you did not protect the privacy of your customers, On top of this, you are procrastinating in discovering the perpetrator? I swear I will sue your company if you don't finish this stuff tomorrow morning"

"Wheeler, please calm down your yelling will not resolve the problem. Please sir. I apologize on behalf of my friend, but what happened to him caused a huge problem, especially between him and an important person in his life. All those messages are lies. We need you to work quickly to resolve this issue" Kwame speaking on behalf of Wheeler trying to calm him down

"I understand, sir, but as I told you, it takes weeks, do you think you are the only case we have, we have similar cases too"

"Do you discover them all, or is it possible that the issue remains unsolved?"

"Well, it depends on the intelligence of the hacker, and the novelty of the devices that were used."

"All I want is just to prove to her that whoever is in the photos is not me, please, I don't care who the perpetrator is, and I don't care if he remains free or we put him in prison." Wheeler says hopelessly

"Be optimistic Wheeler, don't forget that Captain David will help us with that, you have to be patient"

"How can you ask me to be patient when the girl of my dreams thinks I'm the most despicable man on earth, and a psychopath swirls around her?"

"You're right my friend, I can't blame you"

The two friends decide to spend a night in the city, until at least they find out whether there is any hope of solving the case or not, and tomorrow evening they will return to their hometown.