The signed contract
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Mrs. Ryder sat on in the living room lost in thought and her husband joined her on the couch complaining about his driver but he noticed that she was absent-minded.
“Honey, are you even listening to me?” he asked, and touched her face, bringing her out of her thoughts.
“Hun? Did you mentioned Asher?” she asked, and he instantly understood that she was thinking about Asher.
“What happened to Asher? You didn’t tell me the result of your visit yesterday,” he said.
“Honey, can you ever imagine Asher, acting?” she asked, and Mr. Ryder tried to control his laughter, but he couldn’t.
“What are you getting at?” he asked, still laughing.
“Asher said he is auditioning for a drama,”
“What? What sort of joke is that?”
“Exactly my point. Honey, I don’t think he is fine, something must’ve happened while he was at the countryside,”
“What do you mean?”
“I asked his staffs about him, and they all claimed that he barely leaves his room since he returned, neither does he go out to eat, until yesterday and he barely ate his meal. Asher is not a big eater, but they said he always finish whatever they serve him in his room, no matter how big. And the most suspicious part is that he is mostly talking to himself. They claimed to notice it whenever they want to serve him, or while cleaning the hallway. To fuel my suspicion, he always cleans his room himself, he denied them access to his room,”
“So, what’re you illustrating?”
“How many months off did he request?” she asked.
“Two months,” he replied
“There is no way he is acting, right? Like, Asher never had passion for those stuffs
“Honey, if he claimed to be acting, then so be it. What else are you illustrating?”
“I don’t know, I have been thinking all day but couldn’t figure it out,”
“It’s best you stop worrying about it. Asher is not a child, he knows what’s best for himself,” he said, and she nodded.
“Did you hear from Axel?” she asked, later.
“Honey, I said you should stop worrying about them, those two aren’t children anymore. Let’s think about ourselves instead. I already made you reservation for you at that spa you mentioned,” he said, and her face brightened.
“You don’t mean it,” she exclaimed in excitement.
“Your appointment is by 10am tomorrow. It took me a lot of trouble to get that reservation, so don’t miss it,”he said, and pecked her lips before leaving.
“Oh, my God. That’s the spa that took Mrs. Williams five months to get a reservation,” she said, excitedly.
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Asher turned on his bed not ready to get up, he has been thinking about how to help Piper since she shared the story of what made her sure that her stepmother plotted her accident.
“Asher, why don’t you get up?” Piper said, and he sat up.
“Were you waiting for Piper interference before you get up?” Lucas teased.
“Lucas, I’ve something to tell you,” Asher said.
“Why so serious?” Lucas teased.
“Because what I’m about to say is serious. I apologize that we didn’t mention your family since we got here,” he said, and Lucas looked at him.
“Come on, I understand. We’ve to settle Piper’s case first,”
“Yeah, thanks for your understanding. But it seems like we might take longer on Piper’s case because it’s getting complicated than we thought,” he said, and Piper pouted her lips together — playing with her fingers.
“So, what’re you getting at? Don’t forget that we’ve limited time,” Lucas said.
“Yeah. That’s why I thought of something,” Asher said.
“What?” Lucas asked.
“I’ll anonymously sponsor your child’s medical expenses, so saving Piper will be our main goal before we proceed to the treasure hunt,” Asher said, and they both looked at him amazed.
“You wil do that for me?” Lucas asked.
“No, for your child,” Asher replied, and they all chuckled.
“Thanks a lot, Asher, I’ll never forget this,”
“Come on, you have helped us a lot as well, without worrying about your case,”
“Hun? “Us?” Why’d you pair yourself with Piper?” Lucas asked, and they both looked at him.
“What did you say?” Asher asked back, and Piper chuckled.
“You just paired yourself with her,”
“Oh, that? That’s my line. You stole my line,” Asher said, and they all laughed.
“The surgery will be quite expensive,” Lucas said, and they looked at him.
“I don’t want to say this, but I—“ Asher was saying, but Piper cut in.
“You’re Vice Chairman, we know. So you can afford it,” she said, and Lucas chuckled.
“That’s actually not what I wanted to say,” he grumbled.
“Then what?” Piper blurted.
“Why’re you getting angry?” Asher whined.
“You just stole a line,” Lucas point out, and they all laughed.
“I was going to say that you aren’t the only one from a conglomerate family,” he said, and they both shook their head.
“Asher, you must always have the last word,” Lucas teased.
“Now back to our discussion. We’ve to set a plan to make everything work out,” Asher said.
“I suggest the first thing we need to know is the connection between my brother and Teresa,” Lucas said, and they both nodded.
“But how do we figure that out?” Piper asked.
“Do you think there could be a meaningful connection between them?” Asher asked.
“I’m not sure, that’s why we’ve to find out,” Lucas replied.
“Then it’s left to you to find out. I want us to think of a way that I can personally meet Chairman Whitney Asher said, and they both looked at him.
“That will be a bit challenging,” Piper said.
“How was that case? The one your lawyer is handling,” Lucas asked.
“He is still working on reopening it. But it seems a bit difficult,”
“That’s the best way you can get to the Chairman, I guess,” Lucas said, and Asher nodded.
“I doubt. Grandpa doesn’t get involved in cases like that, we’ve to think of another way,” Piper said.
“Piper, since you know your grandfather so well, then think of something,” Lucas said , and Asher looked at her.
“I don’t know him that well. I already mentioned that I don’t have a close relationship with him Piper said.
“That’s enough, Lucas. Let’s just plan accordingly. Since it seems almost impossible to meet Chairman Whitney why don’t you try to possess someone close to him,” Asher said, and Piper looked at Lucas.
Lucas let out a sigh, “Do you think it’s that easy to possess people? Some people body are invulnerable, and I might even get stuck in some,”
“Then try possessing the one you once did. Your brother for example,”
“And if I do?” Lucas asked, unsure of where Asher is heading.
“We’re already sure that Teresa is the one behind Piper’s accident and also the reason she hasn’t woke up from coma all these years. Confess it to the Chairman. As her doctor, he should at least be able to do that,” Asher said, and they both looked at him.
“So, I should possess my brother, and confess all Teresa’s sins to the Chairman?” Lucas asked, quite unsure.
“No, you confess just the hospital part. Even if it’s not clarified, at least the Chairman will be aware that his granddaughter is not receiving adequate treatment in the hospital,” Asher said, and the ghosts nodded.
“I should get to that now,” Lucas said, and vanished.
“He is so cool, he never waste time,” Piper said, smiling broadly, and Asher scoffed.
“You’ve a poor taste to considers that cool,” he said, still scoffing.
“What do you mean? Isn’t he cool?”
“I’m the one that came up with the idea, and you think he is cool? Without theory, pratical can’t work out!” he shouted.
“What? So you think you are cool ?” she asked, and managed to chuckle.
“You don’t have to state the obvious,” he replied, and excused himself to the bathroom.
“Why is he always that way with Lucas?” she muttered, and scoffed.
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Axel was sketching on his pad when his phone rang, he thought it was Kira so he ran to grab it, and was disappointed to realize it’s a delivery guy. He dropped the phone in disappointment, and returned to what he was doing.
“So, is this how she does her business? She didn’t call since morning to ask about our agreement yesterday. Geez… we didn’t even sign a contract. We should at least do that so she won’t go back on our agreement,” he said and hurried to take his shirt.
He gets to the exit, and tried to compose himself, “Relax, Axel, you’re just going there to talk about signing the contract, it’s not to see her or discuss anything else; there is no way you can miss that fatty. ¥uck, she is just an ugly fatty, she isn’t even your type!” he shouted, and opened the door; surprised to see Kira by the door, “Kira,” he called, and she forced a smile.
“Did you’ve to be so front to yourself ?” she asked, and he realized that she heard everything he said.
“Kira, it’s not what you think,”
“You shouldn’t try to explain to an ugly fatty. So just save it,”
“Kira, at lea—“ he was saying, but she cut in.
“ I said I don’t want to hear it! I saved you the stress of coming to my place. Here, I brought the contract,”
“How do you know where I live?” he asked when he realized that he never mentioned it.
“I once followed you, and I used a power-hand to get your apartment number,” she said, and he looked at her, “Don’t be offended by that, it’s just a clumsy act by an ugly fatty,” he said, and he let out a sigh.
“Fine, let’s get to the contract,” he said, and she looked at him sadly, before bringing out the document from her bag.
“I think we’ve to omit something from it,” she said, and he collected it from her, “Bring it back, I need to omit something,” she insisted, and wanted to collect it, but he was able to read some part.
“The employee, and the employer should live together while the contract is valid,” he said.
“I know it will make you uncomfortable, I wasn’t thinking. I will draft a new one,” she said, and collected it; but grabbed it back.
“No, I love the contract,” he said, and took a pen to sign, “I believe with this, our status is official,” he added, with a smile, and she looked away.
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Lucas appeared in his brother’s office, and met him having a conversation with a fellow doctor. They talked for few minutes concerning Nurse Katty’s case before the doctor left, and Professor Kelvin took his phone to make a call.
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*“Teresa, we’re in big trouble. They’re going to take the case to the higher-ups, and ones it gets to them, we won’t be spared,” * started, and Lucas paid attention.
* “What on earth are you saying now? Are you expecting me to fall alone? You promised to tell me the location of the hidden treasure if I help you and now you think I’ll let you go freely ? I’m about to go to jail here and you’re yet to give me the location of the treasure all these years,” *
* “You better find a way to sort it all out, because I won’t go down alone.” * with that, he dropped, the call.
*
Lucas gasped in disbelief, “The location of the treasure? Does that means Teresa knows about the hidden treasure?” he muttered.
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