Arousing Emotions

Chapter 4

William's Pov

"What's this again? Another anonymous

threat?" I said, looking confused.

"But Annabel is here, who then is sending

those anonymous texts?" Olivia said,

looking at Annabel's face.

"Annabel, what are you doing? You hired

armed robbers to raid the company, now

you want me dead?!" I shouted furiously.

"Sir ... .I…I…..don't know anything about

these anonymous messages.." Annabel

said, as I cut in sharply. "You don't know what?! Are you okay?

What do you take me for? I will make sure

I deal with you and you will rot in jail." I

told Annabel, cleaning my face that had

sweats.

"Mr. James please exercise patience, yes

we have evidence that she led the armed

robbers to raid the company but we don't

have any concrete evidence that she is

the one behind those anonymous threats,

She might just have a connection with

them." Detective Richard said.

"Even at that, she is fired from this

company at this moment and detective

Richard we have strong evidence against

Anabel, please arrest her with immediate

effect." I was pained that my own staff could

betray me for outsiders, I didn't care about

the explanation Anabel wanted to give

because I felt pained and betrayed.

Detective Richard put handcuffs on her

hand and arrested her, then I still battled

with my thoughts.

"I pay Anabel enough money as at when

due, so why would Anabel do such and

who is sending the anonymous messages

to me?" I thought to myself.

We left the control room after getting the

necessary details, it was left for the

detective to interrogate Anabel and fix all the puzzles. And I drove back home and

met my wife, Emily Roland.

"Why are you just getting home James?"

My wife asked me.

"Emily, is that how to welcome your

husband?"

"Don't teach me what to do, you left home

in the morning and you are just entering!

I'm your wife and I have the right to

question your movements!" Emily yelled.

"Emily, I told you that we are trying to

track the armed robbers, we both saw an

anonymous letter threatening me and this

is all you have to say? Do you realize that

I'm still treating my wounds?" "That's just an excuse, where did you go?

Don't hide anything from me, confess."

Emily said.

"I really don't have your time, I need to

rest because I've been stressed."

"Stress?! I said it! You are already tired,

because of where you went and what you

did!!" Emily shouted furiously.

I was tired already, the shocking

revelation from work and the nagging of

my wife, Emily. I picked up my car key

and went out of my house.

I needed to clear my head as I decided to

call Elizabeth, my personal assistant. "Hello Elizabeth, good evening."

"Good evening sir." Elizabeth replied on

the phone call conversation.

"Are you less busy?" I asked.

"Yes…hope nothing Sir?"

"Can we meet at Mambillah bar,"! I said,

mentioning the popular bar.

"Yes Sir." Elizabeth said.

I headed to the bar, took a seat and

reserved one for Elizabeth, as I sat in one

corner of the bar. A few moments later, Elizabeth came into the bar and I waved

at her for her to see where I was seated.

"Good evening sir." She said,

"Evening Elizabeth, please have your

seat." As she sat next to me.

"Hope the journey wasn't stressful?" I

asked, looking at her face with a smile.

"No sir, it wasn't."

I ordered drinks and food on the table

before continuing the discussion, as I

opened up about the challenges I was

facing at home. "Elizabeth, I know you might be

wondering why I called you. I'm going

through some challenges with my wife

Emily, and I needed someone to talk with,

to ease the burdens and the stress." I

said, sipping a cup of drink.

"Okay, I'm all ears." Elizabeth adjusted

her chair, to pay keen attention to what I

was about to tell her.

"Emily, my wife, is focused on blaming

and accusing me for risking my life to

save my staff, instead of her joining hands

with me to find the person sending an

anonymous threat to us." "But sir, is she aware of everything in

detail? Did you explain it to her?"

Elizabeth asked.

"I explained little, but Emily nags a lot and

won't bother to calm down and listen. I'm

fed up of the marriage, she gives me

headache."

"I'm sorry about that, I know how it feels

when you want to talk to someone and

they don't give you listening ears, it hurts

so much." Looking at my face, Elizabeth

could understand my pains.

"Thank you Elizabeth, I'm still bothered

about those anonymous messages

because I don't have any quarrel with

anyone nor do I do any fraudulent activity. I don't have an idea of where it could be

coming from and why."

"At least we have gotten one piece of the

puzzle, detective Richard should be able

to fix everything and get the culprit. Just

put your mind at ease Sir." An assuring

speech came from Elizabeth.

As we continued to talk, the environment

of the bar made it more conducive for

such conversation. The lights and solemn

music were cool. We continued to talk as

Elizabeth told me about her past, parents

and personal challenges.

We delved into various topics, as we were

no longer in the professional mode but a

casual dinner between us. "Should I order my drinks? Do you drink

that much?" I asked Elizabeth.

"Yes, sure." She responded.

I ordered for more drinks, we drank and

laughed amidst the challenges we were

facing at the moment. After a few

minutes, I noticed that Elizabeth was

feeling tipsy and she was behaving weird.

"Elizabeth, It's getting dark already, I think

we should start going before it's too late."

"No, I don't want to go home." Elizabeth

said, under the influence of alcohol.