Fight For Honor

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Juliet had spent hours researching about the new company she wanted to join but there was nothing suspicious about the company. It seemed that it was clean; the government had approved the company, and it was part of the security and protection which had become a global brand. She arranged an appointment with Brian to meet for lunch and discuss this further, which they did before meeting Brian's boss. They later spoke to Brian's boss, and he also explained that there was nothing to be afraid of. The vetting was simple and straight forward, they looked at your history and involvement and whether you were linked to any riots groups, and if you are a threat, then, what level are you, will there be able to offer you a job or not? In other words, will you be a risk to the security and protection program? He went on to explain that the medical involved a thirty-minute procedure just to check your blood and marrow for genetic disorders and diseases that might affect you in the future. This was purely for insurance purposes as you were employed by the security and protection program who had their subsidiaries who offered medical and life insurance and they required all this information to cover that. And as an employee of the security and protection program they were responsible also for your health and wellbeing. It made sense, and she agreed. They scheduled an appointment. Patrick had not seen the professor for a week. He had started developing feelings for the professor. Going for a week without seeing her had driven him mad. He counted on seeing her over the weekend as she had told him that she didn't work weekends. Weekend passed by and no sign of the professor. On Sunday Patrick broke into the professor's apartment, he was afraid that something bad might have befallen her. But she was not there as the place was protected and part of the security service as soon as he broke in, an alarm was sent to the headquarters and the security services responded swiftly. He was corned quickly and taken for interrogation. He explained that he was worried about the professor; they questioned him about his relationship with the professor, and what he wanted from the professor. He insisted that she knew him, and she was helping him and since nothing was stolen and apart from the damage to the door after a phone call to their boss they let him go out on Sunday evening. Sunday evening the professor finished work and went home. She had never worked continuously like that before. She felt very exhausted, all she wanted was to go home and have a long bath, a glass of wine and a good night sleep. Day of the procedure arrived for Juliet and she went for the security vetting process first which took two hours to complete. They collected a lot of information about her. Her finger prints, iris scans, body search among other things. The medical lasted forty-five minutes it involved completing the consent form and questions which took fifteen minutes and the actual procedure around thirty minutes. After the procedure she went home and looked forward to start working for the same company as Brian. She had spent the past two years grieving for Frank; it has been a hard road but at last she might be able to move on. She had looked to spend some good time with Frank but that was not meant to be. Even if she was partly to blame, all she did was in good faith. She wanted things to be perfect. She was to start work after two weeks from the day of the procedure. They spoke with Brian for several hours over the phone. They were friends and Frank brought them together. After the death of his friend Brian had at least wanted to help his friend's girlfriend. He had failed to find out what had happened to his friend at least all he can do is help her adjust. And finding her a job at the same company as him, brought some sense of resolve over the issue. Brian's university girlfriend Melissa was pregnant, she was his wife now and over the coming weeks after getting his job saw Brian spending less time at home. He started spending less time with his wife and spending more hours at work. His wife trusted him, so she had nothing to worry about until he started spending more time over the phone talking to Kristian. Brian's wife had met Juliet, since applying for a job at the same company as him, Juliet started phoning him any time to ask questions and discuss the job. It was nearly two weeks after the day of the vetting process and the medical that Juliet received a phone call from the company he had applied a job with. They phoned to confirm she had passed the vetting process they had checked her past and medical and they were looking forward to meeting up with her anytime soon and looking forward to seeing her at work after a few days. It was great news; it meant a pay increase three-fold that she was getting at her old company. She received the phone call on a Friday afternoon and she was going to start work the following Monday. For the first time since the death of Frank, she found the need to celebrate and move on. In her heart she will always remember Frank. She phoned Brian, but he was not home and left a message as his mobile phone was out of reach. That evening she tried calling Brian again but this time he was available they spoke for hours. She looked forward to going to work the next Monday. After talking to Brian, she invited her friends including Mary. They had a celebrating party that weekend. Brian had come back from work that Friday to find his pregnant wife sleeping, and it was just after 7pm. She had never slept so early before.

"Darling, why are you sleeping this time? Are you ok?" he asked as he entered their bedroom.

"Nothing darling, just feeling tired probably it's to do with this pregnancy," she replied as she got up out of the bed.

He changed his clothes, and they all went downstairs in the lounge. Brian's wife Melissa had listened to the message left by Juliet but had deleted the message. Although she trusted her husband he had changed, he used to rush home to her, he used to be sweet, he would kiss her all the time, he would buy gifts more often but now he had stopped doing all that. After work he would come back home change and phone, Juliet. She didn't suspect anything or stopped trusting him, no, it's the divided attention which started annoying her. She was pregnant with his baby and now he seemed like he had lost interest. If not on the phone he would be on his laptop sometimes until early in the morning. She started sleeping early when he is not home, she started feeling lonely she knew he loved her, but I guess she just wanted all the attention women crave for especially when they are pregnant.