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Evelyn carried two plates and spoons. She washed the plates and the spoons. She walked to the pot of fried rice and dished out some portions of the food into a big flask. She arranged the plates, spoons and food flask into a basket. She walked out of the kitchen.

“Mason, I want to go to Charlotte's house now,” Evelyn said as she reached the sitting room.

“It’s getting dark outside already, why can’t you just suspend that?” Mason said.

“Please, Mason; I need to give Professor MacPherson and Ayla this food,” Evelyn said.

“Alright. Don’t stay long,” Mason said.

“I won’t,” Evelyn said.

Evelyn walked to Professor MacPherson’s house and knocked at the door. Ayla walked to the door and opened it. Ayla collected the basket from Evelyn and took it to the dining room. She placed it on the dining table and walked back to the sitting room.

“Hi! Professor MacPherson!” Evelyn said as she sat down.

“Hi! Evelyn,” Professor MacPherson said.

“I have brought your food; you can go and eat now,” Evelyn said.

“Alright; thank you. Ayla, go and eat your food,” professor MacPherson said.

“How about you, dad?” Ayla said.

“Just leave mine; I will eat it soon,” professor MacPherson said.

“Alright, dad. I guess you have been captivated by the television,” Ayla said, and walked to the dining room.

As Professor MacPherson watched the television, he looked at Evelyn’s face stylishly.

“Thank you for all you do,” professor MacPherson said with a smile.

“It’s nothing, professor MacPherson,” Evelyn said and gave a fake smile.

The duo were so engrossed in the Korean film they were watching. Ayla finished her food, she took the plate to the kitchen and washed it, she then returned it inside the basket. Ayla walked to the sitting room and could see professor MacPherson and Evelyn laughing. She saw what was being displayed on the television screen and joined the laughter.

“Dad, your food is getting cold already,” Ayla said, and sat close to Evelyn.

“I am not hungry now. Besides, I ate before coming home,” professor MacPherson said.

“Alright, dad,” Ayla said.

The trio watched television and laughed when funny things were displayed. Ayla began to doze off after sitting for about 30 minutes.

“Ayla! You are sleeping already!” professor MacPherson said.

“I am feeling drowsy, dad,” Ayla said sleepily.

“You have to go to your room now, Ayla,” Evelyn said.

Professor MacPherson stood up from the couch, he held Ayla’s hand and took her to her room. Professor MacPherson lay Ayla on the bed and used a blanket to cover her.

“Goodnight, Ayla,” Professor MacPherson said.

Professor MacPherson switched off the light and walked back to the sitting room. When he got to the sitting room, he saw Evelyn dozing off. Professor MacPherson walked close to Evelyn. He could see some exposed portions of Evelyn’s lap and her underwear.

“Macpherson, this is an opportunity for you. Don’t let this pass you by,” professor MacPherson muttered.

“C’mon Evelyn, you cannot sleep here,” Professor MacPherson said.

Professor MacPherson carried Evelyn up, he put his hand across her shoulders and walked her to his bedroom. Professor MacPherson lay Evelyn on the bed. He removed Evelyn’s underwear and his night coat. In the midst of all this, Evelyn was fast asleep. After professor MacPherson had executed his plan, he quickly carried Evelyn back to the sitting room.

“Wake up, Evelyn,” Professor MacPherson said.

Evelyn woke up and saw that she was still in professor MacPherson's sitting room.

“Oh! My God, it’s late already,” Evelyn said.

“Yeah; we have been sleeping since. I just woke up to discover this. We even forgot to switch off the television,” professor MacPherson said.

“Alright. I hope you have eaten your food?” Evelyn said.

“No, I haven’t. I am not hungry,” professor MacPherson said.

“Alright; see you tomorrow,” Evelyn said and stood up.

“Goodnight, no nightmare,” Professor MacPherson said.

Evelyn staggered out of the sitting room. Professor MacPherson smiled promiscuously as Evelyn walked out of the sitting room.

“Evelyn, I didn’t know you were so sweet. I wish you could give me more,” Professor MacPherson muttered.

Professor MacPherson walked to the electronics, he switched the electronics and the light off and walked to his room. Evelyn walked to her house. She knocked at the door sleepily.

“Open this door,” Evelyn said.

“Hold on, mum,” Landon said.

Landon walked to the door and opened it, he walked back to sit down on the couch. Evelyn entered and closed the door.

“Switch that television off,” Evelyn said as she walked to the sitting room.

“Mum, let me finish this movie,” Landon said grimly.

Evelyn walked to the electronics, she disconnected them and sat on a couch.

“Now, go to your room,” Evelyn said.

Landon grumbled and walked to his room. Evelyn switched off the light and walked to her room.

It was exactly 9:40 pm, Charles and the other light-fingered guys hid their guns in their pockets and walked out of the hotel in twos through the back door. When they reached outside, they masked themselves and entered the car. Dickson sat in the driver’s seat and controlled the steering wheel. The car disappeared into thin air. As the car moved from street to street, everywhere was silent, the inhabitants were already indoors. In this state of complete serenity, Dickson increased the speed of the car and soon they arrived at the front of a gigantic building. Dickson stopped the car beside a signboard and everyone alighted from the vehicle. The gigantic building had a signboard with the inscription “Beauty mall.” Beside this mall were a medicine store, a grocery store, a barbing salon, a music studio and sundries. Since there were power outages in this street, the only sources of illumination were the moon and the streetlights. At this late hour of the night, the mall workers had already closed for the day.

“We need to be very fast in executing our plans, it’s half past 10 already,” Jeremy said after gazing at his mobile phone.

“Jeremy is right! Guys, let’s go,” Charles said.

The gangsters moved closer to the mall. They couldn’t see the interior parts of the mall because bulbs, which were the mall's source of light, had been switched off.

“We forgot to bring torchlights alongside; I guess you are all with your mobile phones?” Charles said.

“Yes, boss,” the gangsters said.

The gangsters removed their mobile phones and switched on the lights. Beauty mall had twenty shops; Charles and the other light-fingered guys forcefully broke the glass door of the baking shop. They entered the shop and could see bags of flour, cartons of butter, tins of milk, microwave ovens, leftovers and sundries.

“We can’t carry all these things,” Charles said.

“These bags of flour will be difficult for us to transport to the hotel. What do we do?” Logan said, pointing his mobile phone light to the bags.

“I have an idea. We can carry these bags of flour one after the other to the bush, then by tomorrow morning, we shall come and carry them to the hotel,” Jeremy said.

“That’s very risky. We have to forget about these bags of flour; besides, we are not cooks or bakers,” Dickson said, and everyone laughed.

“Yeah, Dickson is right. Do we even need all these things?” Charles said.

“I don’t think we need them. There would be difficulties in transporting them to the hotel. Remember we brought a car and not a train,” Dickson said.

“Logan, carry the microwave ovens to the car boot,” Charles said.

Logan carried the microwave ovens to the car boot and walked back to meet the other gangsters. The gangsters searched all the drawers inside the baking shop, but they couldn’t find any money.

“f**k you mall!” Charles said.

“We have to leave this shop now for another shop,” Dickson said.

The gangsters broke the glass door of the electronics shop. With the aid of their mobile phones' lights, they could see DVD players, compact disc (CD) players, radios and other electronics.

“We don’t need all these, we need money,” Charles said.

The gangsters searched all the drawers, they only brought out some cables, batteries and some spoiled electronics.

“What’s going on? Where could the money be?” Charles said.

“Or could it be that there is no money in this mall?” Logan said.

“Logan, why are you talking like that? This is a big mall and there should be money somewhere,” Dickson said.

“I think at this juncture, we have to separate ourselves, since we have eighteen shops more to go. Dickson and I will work together,” Charles said.

“Alright, boss,” Jeremy and Logan said.

The gangsters walked into the other shops in twos, they searched everywhere in the shops; yet, they couldn’t see any money. Logan and Jeremy angrily walked up to Charles and Dickson.

“Boss, we have checked everywhere but we couldn’t find any money,” Logan said.

“We haven’t seen any money either,” Dickson said.

“Could it be that money is not kept here?” Charles said.

“You might be right, boss. We checked everywhere but we couldn’t see any money,” Jeremy said.

“Did you check the grocery stores?” Charles said.

“Yes, we did,” Jeremy said.

“It means the money has been taken to the bank,” Charles said.

“You are right, boss,” Dickson said.

“So, what shall we do now?” Logan said.

“Let’s carry some items, we can make a substantial amount of money from them after selling them,” Jeremy said.

“I don’t like Jeremy's idea; we can’t do that. I think we have to go back home and come back in the morning,” Dickson said.

“We can’t come back in the morning. Have you forgotten we have other plans to carry out? Besides, we have three days left in Florida,” Charles said.

“That’s true,” Dickson said.

The gangsters moodily walked out of the mall. They walked to where they parked their car and stood there.

“It means we had a failed plan tonight,” Logan said.

“We won’t, if only we can heed to what I said hitherto. We can carry some items away,” Jeremy said.

“Jeremy, why are you adamant? We came here for money and not for materialism,” Dickson said and grimaced.

“Alright, I surrender,” Jeremy said.

“Switch off your mobile phone's lights. Everyone should get inside the car now. When we arrive at our destination, we shall discuss the next phases of actions,” Charles said.

“Okay, boss,” the gangsters said.