FAKE MARRIED TO TROUBLE

Fight in the elite church

Eva returned to the gathering, Patrick had hastily walked ahead of her and was already discussing with members of the table when she arrived.

“ I am sure we can have family introductions another time, today is not a good day. “ Patrick told his family in a disappointed tone.

A stubble man of average height and expensive clothes scrutinized Eva, he was Raymond Sawyer, Patrick's father. “ Nonsense, today when we finally get to see your wife? “

“ Or the old one? Who knows, he was probably hiding her the entire time. “ Hudson the second son remarked.

“ I hear he has a child, a son or a daughter? “ Marcus, the third son asked in a mocking tone.

“ A son. “ Patrick replied.

“ Miss, “ Catherine Sawyer walked over to where Eva stood, “ You smell like a sewage rat and you look worse, what happened? Did you not know what the occasion was all about? “

Patrick cleared his throat, “ I did not tell her mother, blame me. “

Catherine appeared upset, “ Nonsense! I do not_

Raymond interrupted her, “ Enough! I have matters that are of more importance! "

Everyone went silent.

Raymond began, “ I am on the verge of losing my security company to none other than my childhood friend Simon Sacabi. “

Catherine bursted into an uncontrolled drum of laughter. All eyes turned to Catherine.

“ oh don't mind me, continue. “ She jeered.

“ It started as a game of chance and turned into a full blown attack. All my security walls are gone and the company is in shambles. Family, what do I do? “ Raymond stared at his family in germane need.

( EVA'S POV

Eva was positive that no one had noticed her plan to fool them with her choice of appearance. Patrick's family was sophisticated. Their appearance spoke for their nature. Eva couldn't help but notice one of Patrick's brothers looking at her. He was older, she reckoned him to be the first son.

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“ And how did he get his hands on your security logs? “ Donald, the first son finally spoke.

Eva shook at the hearing of the man's indomitable voice. He was the one who never took his eyes from her, she now knew his name.

“ He hacked it. “ Raymond answered.

“ Impossible father, with your previous logs, there is no way anyone could have hacked it. Those firewalls pretty much worked in synchrony with the platform. You told me it was a long term pattern. “ Marcus replied.

Raymond was shaking, “ I thought so, but when my team tried to log in, it was blocked. “

“ Any idea what he had been using your company to do since he hijacked it? “ Donald inquired.

“ I don't even know. “ Ronald replied devastated.

“ No offence for me interfering, “ Eva's voice was heard, it awaken a look of anger from Patrick since he told her not to speak until he told her to. “ What was the game of chance that your friend played? “

“ Ask the moron. “ Catherine butted in.

“ It was to commemorate 35 years of Cypher so we played a game. I wanted to try a new programming. Before I knew it, I couldn't log back into the platform. “

Eva squinted hard, “ Was there any rules that you all were allowed to play by? “

Raymond continued, “ Element of surprise, game of truth… game of deceit. “ As he mentioned the rules, his eyes opened.

“ That's it, you allowed wrong rules and he used that ushering to fool you. Chances are that he bought one of your insiders who revealed the previous passwords to him and he changed them all. “

“ And you know what else, sacabi is denying the fact that he even touched the system, he told my dearest husband that something may be wrong on his end. “ Catherine replied.

“ You allowed the game if deceit, so he can lie to you. “ Eva replied.

Raymond stood in shock, “ So you mean to tell me that sacabi bought my men? “

“ Yes sir. “ Eva told him.

With that being said, Raymond rushed to the pulpit screaming at the top of his voice, “ I hereby demand a gathering!! “

At the sound of his voice, the entire crowd was at his beckon.

“ Last month Sacabi and I had a game of chance on Cypher where we allowed a game of truth, element of surprise and a game of deceit. Mind you all, it was just a game to test programming. But now it appears that my friend has cheated me, all efforts to log back into Cypher has proven futile, he wants to steal it from me perhaps. “

The crowd began to murmur. Some of the results were delight, some of surprise, some joy and some resentment. After all, it was the church of the elite where everything bad was allowed to happen, cases of business theft were normal. The instructor was back on the pulpit, “ May I welcome Mr Simon Sacabi please? “

Sacabi obeyed and walked to the pulpit. He was pleasant enough to present a handshake to Raymond who refused it.

“ First and foremost, when you're a member of the church of the elite, no game is truly only a game, it is but a function. And I played my game with the plan of functioning. “

“ Did you change passwords in Cypher? “ Raymond asked sternly.

“ I did not. “ Simon replied.

“ You are lying! “

“ You allowed the game of deceit, and so I am playing the right cards, “ Simon smiled.

“ It is way past time to be playing games, game is over! “ Roared Raymond.

“ You allowed the game of chance, so maybe I want to element you with surprise. “ Simon began to laugh.

Raymond angrily glared at the crowd, “ I petition that the church demand Simon to return all that was stolen back to the rightful owner. “

“ I also remind the church what this organisation stands for, and it will not change because one person functioned like a fool. I did what was right and just according to church rules. “ Simon replied.

“ Let the church judge. “

After a short while of judgement, the dialogue continued when a member of the church stood, “ My name is Harrison Ford, owner of Ford Automobiles, I believe that functions are allowed in this dreaded church. Sacabi is playing by the rules that Ronald allowed in the game and as such, he should not render what he is not willing to give. Unless Raymond can function it back. “

“ but the period of gaming is over! “ Ronald yelled.

“ Element of chance allowed him to achieve what he did with that time, you lost it. “ Another elite member named Gianni Black, owner of black jewelries replied.

“ The church will not help you gain back power, you must only function. “ Harrison Ford replied.

Ronald shot sacabi a look of spite, “ Willing to play another game? “

“ No my friend. “ Simon ended Raymond's plan before it even began.

The instructor took the stand, “ Does the church agree to let Simon keep his functions with Cypher? All in favour say aye, all against say nay. “

“ Aye. “ The members of the elite Church all chorused.

Cumbered with fury and bitterness, Ronald launched an attack on Simon. He sent him an unsuspecting punch, which Simon failed to dogde. The punch landed Simon on his face and a fight soon ensued. People from within the crowd ran to the pulpit to place a halt to the fight.

Patrick grabbed Eva by the hand and pointed the way out, “ Quick, I want you out of here. Grab all your filth and leave at once. “

Eva's heart was broken, but she had to obey.

While she was out, she caught sight of a woman walking opposite her in the hallway. The woman had a luminous red hair, she wore a bright colored yellow gown and hung a red purse. The woman handed her a blue card and walked past her without a word.