Love hurts

Chapter five (5) Finding out the truth

A black Lexus jeep packed in front o f a sky scraper building, with the inscription "Tay Wills Construction Company".

A huge guy in suit stepped out to open the car's door, as a man averasge in height although in a more expensive suit, stepped out handing over a suitcase to the huge guy.

'Let's ho,' the man said as he adjusted his suit, it was actually Mr Peterolli.

They entered into the building, then using the elevator, they went up to the 22nd floor. They were attended to by a secretary, a blonde haired lady, in glasses.

'Good day Sir, how may I help you?' She asked.

'I would like to see Mr Taylor Wilson,' Mr peterolli said.

'Do you have an appointment?' She asked.

'No, I don't,' he replied.

'Please hold on, she said as she placed a call to Mr Wilson.

'Sorry to disturb you sir,' she said. 'Your name please,' she asked the man standing in front her. 'Mr Peterolli' he replied.

'Mr Peterolli wants to see, you' she said.

'Alrigt sir,' she said as she dropped the phone,'please come this way,' she said as she lead them to a huge door, placing her palm on a scanner which confirmed her identity before the door opened, revealing a beautiful office.

Mr Wilson sat facing the glasses walls, staring outside, when Mr Peterolli came in. 'Excuse me sir, they are here,' she said.

He swung his chair around and stood up to greet his guests.

'Sorry my secretary didn't recognize you,' he said shaking hands with Mr Peterolli. 'No problem, I should have booked an appointment,' Mr Petetolli said.

'You may leave,' Mr Wilson said to the secretary, who bowed and left. 'Please have a seat, I am so sorry I haven't called you ever since you hosted dinner, I have been very busy,' Mr Wilson said.

'I know that's why I came myself,' Mr Peterolli.

'I guess it's about the business proposal,' Mr Wilson said, 'actually I haven't forgotten, I was just waiting for the right time,' he added.

'The right time you say?' Said Mr Peterolli.

'Yes, the right time,' replied Mr Wilson, 'but since you are here, why don't we discuss,' he added. 'So what do you produce?' He asked.

Mr Peterolli signalled to the huge guy, who was actually his secretary, he handed over the file to Mr Wilson. 'In there is all you need to know about my company, I hope you go through them,' Mr Peterolli said. 'I just stopped by,' he added.

'Oh, i was about to ask my secretary to get you coffee, anyway I would go the file, thanks for dropping by,' said Mr Wilson. They said their goodbyes, and Mr Peterolli left. Mr Wilson had a quick look at the file, then placed it in his suitcase.

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'Are you sure you are alright?' Mrs Wilson asked.

Richard had gotten home, looking all pale and confused, he had been in his room all evening and had only ce downstairs for dinner.

'I am alright Mom, i just lost my appetite ,' he said, as he had a few bites of toast and a cup of coffee.

'That's unusual, are you sure you are okay?' His Mom asked. 'I am fine' he replied as he left the dinning hall.

'Do you think, he is alright?' She asked her husband, Mr Wilson.

'How am I to know, he is an adult now you know,stop treating him like a baby,' he answered.

'But he is still my baby Taylor,' she said.

'I am not saying he isn't , fine take Care of your baby,' he said.

Richard was confused, he had just realized something, then he remembered, 'People like me don't have a choice, we accept whatever comes our way,' Kaitlyn had said.

'Does Nicole Dad pay Kaitlyn's fee,' he thought

'Is that why Kaitlyn allows Nicole to bully her? Maybe I should ask her,' he thought.

'But then she would ask how I found out, would I tell her my dad and Nicole's Dad are likely to become business partners,'

'Oh my God! What do I do?' He thought turning on his bed. But then a creepy idea came up his mind.

'Yes, thats what I would do do,' he almost screamed, 'but what if she finds out? Wouldn't she get angry?' He thought now sitting up.

'I have no other choice, I must do what I have to do,' he thought.

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Meanwhile, Nicole sat on her king sized bed, her legs underneath her bed covers, she had an I-pad in her hands.

'What's this,' she said, using her fingers to slide across the screen, she was looking at some pictures on her phone. 'It seems the fly has gotten carried away by the craft of the spider while spinning it's web, to the point where it has forgotten the web is a trap,' Nicole smirked.

She was looking at a picture of Richard holding Kaitlyn arm and they were both smiling. 'I thought he was just spinning her,' she said.

'But it looks like I was wrong, I think it's time I step in,' she thought. She made a call to Brittany, it rang a few times before she picked.

'Hi girlfriend, what's up?' Britany said.

'I am good, did Lydia send you any pics?' Nicole asked.

'Picture, no she....' Brittany paused.

There was a new inbox on Brittany's laptop, 'oh hold on, I think she just sent it,' she said. She clicked on a few buttons and the pictures opened up.

'What the hell!!!' She said.

'Oh,you've seen it right?' Nicole asked.

'Yeah, how did Lydia get this?' Brittany asked.

'Does that really matter now, we have to deal with this issue,' Nicole said..

'Okay, so what do we do?' She asked.

'Just think of what to do, I will give you my feedback tommorrow," Nicole said. 'And also call Lydia and tell her what I just told you,' she added. She cut the phone and stared at the picture once again.

'It's time to play the game,' she laughed.

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The few hours before the closing bell rang felt like years to Richard, it seemed to him as if the teachers talked too slowly and lengthy. It also felt as if the clock was set on slow motion, he was so tense.

Kaitlyn noticed this, she looked at him through the corner of her eye, he was tapping the ground with his feet and always glancing at the clock from time to time.

'Are you alright?' She asked him.

'What did you say?' He asked, then he realized he hadn't said a word to her since morning. 'I asked if you were alright, you've been restless since morning, tapping your feet and looking at the clock'.

'Like someone who is expecting to see someone for the first time or maybe for the last time,' she said.

'Oh, I didn't realize that, but I'm fine,' he replied. He sat comfortably now, and tried not to tap his feet or stare at the clock.

Of course Kaitlyn didn't believe his lame reply but she had other things on her mind. 'Okay if you say so?'.

Earlier in the morning while picking her notes from her locker, in the hallway. Someone had bumped into her and dropped a note, she tried to catch a face and return the note. But after reading it, she realized it was meant for her and she was hit on purpose.

The note although in a beautiful handwriting was a threat. It read:

"It seems the fly has gotten too interested on how a spider spins it's web"

but has failed to realize it was actually a trap, the only way to save it, is to

Kill the spider, and destroy the web.

Watch out Kaitlyn!!!

It seemed rather lengthy, but it wasn't the length that mattered now, who sent the note? She noticed Nicole was also in the hallway then.

'Is she the one,' Kaitlyn thought.

There was something to know the truth, it seems it's a girl, she thought as she stared atca bracelet. 'It must have dropped when she hit me, may be I could take this to lost and found room, and then I could find the girl who bumped into me,' she thought.

'I would make a good detective,' she smiled. Richard watched her smile and thought, 'if only she knew what I plan on doing,' her attention was on a note book.

'She has started writing those poems again,' she liked writing poems, love poems for that matter. She was writing a new one, it was short. "Even if my heart hurts, and my insides feel as though it was cut, my love would always belong to you,". 'That's sweet,' Richard thought but who does she write those poems for, 'I wonder'.

Just then the closing bell rang, Richard was quick to grab his bag, he stuffed the few notes on his desk into his bag. 'Let's go' he said to Kaitlyn who was slowly putting her notes neatly into her bag. He looked around the class, everyone was packing their bags and chatting with one another.

Kaitlyn was done with her notes and they left the class, Nicole sat on a desk in a corner of the class, legs crossed, she glanced at Lydia and Brittany and smirked, 'the plan is on girls,'

As Richard and Kaitlyn got to the park, Kaitlyn remembered she had to drop the bracelet. 'I'll see you tommorrow, then' she said and turned towards the school.

'Where are you going?' Richard asked puzzled.

'Oh, there is something urgent I really need to do before going home, it won't take 30minutes and I'll be done, bye,' she waved and rad ran off. Richard stared in front of the park, his hands in his hair. 'Is these bad or good news?' He thought.

'Well all the better, it makes it less suspicious,' he walked into the park.

'Drive to the front of the park,' he told his driver.

'Hope no problem,' his driver asked.

'No ptobs, just do as I say,' he replied. The car was packed gently where he could see the school gate.

'I will surely see her when she comes out,' he thought.

Kaithlyn handed over the bracelet at the lost and found room, she headed home. After walking a few distance from the park, a white limo pulled out and went after her.