nemesis

He held her head up to face him as her heart pounding with fear, she has never experienced this before and she didn't wish she would experience this anyways.

But been kidnapped gave her chills on her body, but Mr Smith kidnapping her is another story, another one entirely.

"Why are you doing this Mr Smith?" She asked to satisfy her curiosity.

"What is your business about it?" Mr Smith said adjusting his gloves.

"At least I should know why I am been Kidnapped or can't I?" Astoria asked hoping to get a positive answer.

"You don't deserve to know it is none of your business" Smith said with hardness on his face.

Astoria did a brain travel and suddenly remembered about the project and about her seeing him their.

"Is this for anyway because of the sunlight project?" Astoria asked

"And so?" Smith said moving more closer to her.

"You don't think you can win it right? because you can't" Astoria said with a scoff.

"We should wait and see shouldn't we?"

"Why should we waste our time waiting for something that can't be possible we should just face reality"

Do I look like I have the time to face reality when I am reality itself"

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"So what is your plan now?" Harry said with his hands together in each other.

"I would drop the project" Ryan said looking blankly at the wall.

"The project? Your grandfather won't take it seriously" Harry said looking at his friend with deep concern.

"That's what he wants" Ryan said firmly.

Silence stepping between the two friends as both of them Looked blankly at the the police station.

"This question might come out rude but I need to ask because I am so curious" Harry said facing his friend.

"Aren't you curious about your parents death, I mean they were clearly murdered in a way that looks like they killed themselves and you have a suspect aren't you going to dig in it aren't you seriously curious?" He asked.

With overwhelmed sadness on his face he looked at his friend eyes, Harry couldn't read his expression cause they seem blank, but Ryan in his right sense said

"I am curious, I am curious to death but then would I put someone to death to satisfy my curiosity? I can satisfy it after we see Astoria"

He patted his friend and walked out of the police station.

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Ryan adjusted his tie in the mirror and button up well, although his heart is ready for anything but his face isn't.

it has been two days since he hasn't seen Astoria and he miss her like crazy and apart from that he felt so sorry for her because she is into that mess because of him.

Every bit of this details is written on his face, he didn't look well at all.

He took her wedding ring and placed it inside his pocket, after dropping the project and he release her he would give her, her ring and she would put it where it rightly belongs to. Even though it is fake it is still for her.

He took his jacket and walked outside of the house to the compound, to meet his bodyguards and driver Joshua.

"Looking at all his bodyguards he regretted it immediately he should have at least given her also bodyguard" he thought within herself.

"Have you gotten everything I asked you to get ready?" He asked Joshua

"Yes sir" he replied with his head bowed.

"Please don't leave anything out" Ryan pleaded.

"I didn't sir"

With a face full of confidence he entered his car, and waited for Joshua to enter and to also start the car, and get ready.

to gain one you have to lose one, he never believed in that quote until today, because today he might lose one or gain one.

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The banners are set and each of the business men just have set at the chair allocated for them in front of the banners, unlike when they had just started their numbers as reduced greatly, and their is just like ten of them and the final winner would be announced.

On the chat it is him the winner of the project, he doesn't feel happy about it.

The reporters were present in their numbers they were quite a lot of them.

"So we would start the meeting now?"

Ryan looked at the third seat on his left side and saw Smith, he sighted and looked away.

'''''''''''

"Have you gotten signal?" The head or the rescue team said as they got the place where Astoria is been held captive.

"Yes I have" the one with the computer said.

"Good, location?"

"A turn to the right and two turns after that abandoned school, I repeat a abandoned school over"

"Match gently towards the left and group be should match gently towards the right, he might have accomplice and remember don't shoot, they might use the victim as shield, I repeat don't shoot over"

"Yes sir"

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His phone beeped And he checked the message while listening blankly at whatever they were saying, he was so nervous as to why they haven't called him yet, while he is waiting patiently for it.

*Talk now tell them you want to drop off the competition and I would tell you the address that she is at* Ryan looked at Mr Smith again after reading the message and looked away back to his business.

"So the final winner for this project is Mr Ryan Rogers" when they finally announced everyone stood up to honor him with claps and standing ovation.

Ryan stood up and went straight to the stage when he got to the stage instead of receiving the award he received the mic instead.

"Everyone wanted this award, and it is pleasure that I am getting this award without any criminal work, by kidnapping someone, I got it with my intelligence and peace of mind but then......"

His phone beeped And he checked his message and it reads.

"We have her now, group five would be coming there now within five minutes"

"Sorry for the little interruption, I would start again, there are a lot of things we want in life but it's not everything we get, but then everytime I tell myself that I would lose one or another I mean I would either lose what I want or myself. But this award I don't want it" Ryan said looking at the award.

Everyone murmured and Smith smiled on his seat as he watched him talk.

"I would give this award to the run up winner, if he can come up"

He stood up with boldness and went over to the stage as everyone stood to slap for him, the reporters focused their attention on him and the light flashed greatly.

He stretched his hands to receive the award when the police busted in and came straight to to them, or straight to Smith.

When the reports saw the twist of things they flashed the camera, on his and captured every moment without leaving on because it would make a good headlines.

"The winner or the sunlight project who turned out to be a criminal"

When the police officer got to where Mr Smith is the brought out the handcuffs, Facing Mr Smith they said.

"With a warrant you are being arrested with the charges for murder, kidnapping, and blackmailing so as you know what ever you say would be used against you in the court of law so move"

"You would regret this" Smith said as he was being taken away to Ryan.

"Have you forgotten whatever goes by comes around and their is something called nemesis"

Ryan faced the organizers as everyone watched puzzled as to what Nollywood is going on here.

"So I am out of here" he said and matched down the stage and made his way outside.

he was Eger, Eger to meet her today he is really going to tell her how he feels about her, he is going to tell her that he really can't leave without her.

thank God the plan went smoothly, thank God for blessing him with the smartest grandmother ever, because of not for her, he don't know what he would done.