5. Katherine

'Black case?', said Felix as he typed his keyboard. 'Who was it that mentioned it?'. 'Fred', I spoke after my seventh cup of coffee. Felix returned home looking all fresh and smooth. God has blessed him with pure beauty, but his aura is nothing compared to his tech.

'Fred Tomson, let's see', I gave Felix a few minutes before he could crack whatever he was doing. 'Ah ha! there we have it. His exciting voice made me curious.

'So what did you find tiger?'.

'Fred Tomson, son of Gregory Tomson, went to Courter school and graduated from a college in Australia. His mother was found in a coma after a certain accident from a car crash and his father left him without bills to pay her'.

'What about his job?', I continued, 'How on earth did he manage to get a job in my company?'

Felix started typing again, till he clicked on another file, 'It says he is related to this woman, umm her name'.

The picture revealed a familiar face, 'Elvena Grnome', I said as my grip went tighter to my coffee cup. 'Yes', Felix spoke, still typing, 'Oh wow, Elvena Grnome is Fred Tomson's only cousin, her parents died due to a similar accident to Fred's mom, and ever since then she has been living with them'.

I guess the caller must have threatened Fred by not his mother, but his life. 'Check if Fred has been involved in any drug trafficking or dealing'. My head was spinning from drinking too much caffeine. Almost vanishing my hunger. 

'In 2019, Fred was caught stealing a small amount of Heroin from some smugglers, he was given an arrest warrant but that didn't change him. Last month he was caught smuggling in a club right across Railman DVD store, that's all'.

Smuggling in a club, hmm, not bad, crazy teenagers do crazy shit these days, but who is providing those drugs? 'And what about the black case?', somehow my question surprised him.

'There is nothing, I tried to hack into your company's system, but there seems to be nothing', his head turned to me, 'Do you think there is another system we don't know about, if there is then you should have gained it's access'.

Now that I think about it, I haven't been introduced to any new systems, and neither have the employees, but wait, maybe Maximilian has its access. 'Could you hack Maximilian's computer? I think all the files related to the black case are with him'.

Felix gave a second to think, 'It's possible, but I would need you to insert a USB in his CPU, only then I could get all his codes, and have access to all his files'.

Getting this job done was easy, but the only problem was, 'I can do it, but the security cameras are the real problem, care to take care of them'.

'I heard that Lance has installed two hundred security cameras in his company, it's too much work sister, how about a bet'.

'Bring it on blonde, what do you bet?', This was us, whenever we were asked to do difficult chores, we gave each other stupid bets to help us get over it, one time I bet Felix to paint my room all black if he didn't wanted to shave Willson's beard. God the beard gave me the creeps but the second it was gone, it was just Felix, me, and boarding school for vacation.

Felix took his time when suddenly an idea popped into his mind giving him a nasty grin, 'I bet that you will have to wear the pink cardigan to work'.

Shit, 'You are not talking about the cardigan that you gifted in new years, right?'. His grin became even more sinister, and my frown became more obvious.

'You know what the rules say, sister'. 'Fowler's aren't allowed to take back their bets'. My voice mumbled at his chaotic expression. It's a Damn rule that Willson created when I and Felix were sixteen. It was a football game and he bet that If my team won then I could start working with him along with Felix.

'Fine, let's get this over'.

The next day was nothing special, I walked inside the company halls and greeted everyone, their faces still shocked at my appearance. Not that I don't mind, but it gave me the creeps. I entered my office which was just next to Maximilian's. My hand contained a small USB which was clutched into a fist.

Okay, it's 9:45 am, just a few seconds till Maximilian comes out of his office to attend the team management meeting. My eyes were on the clock on my computer screen and in three, two, one.

The Door to Maximilian office opened in an instant. He walked away all tall and mighty with his former assistant Clark. As soon as they left through the elevator, I gave Felix the signal.

He texted me back, and that was my cue to go. I rushed inside his office, his desk was organized neatly and so were his files on the computer. I inserted the USB and entered the code Felix sent me. It took approximately twenty fricken minutes for all the files to get downloaded. I waited for another five minutes when all of a sudden I heard Clark's voice, he was complaining about how the meeting details were total nonsense and a complete waste of time.

I switched my attention to the screen, dang it, just two more minutes, I don't have two more minutes. I needed a distraction, 'Felix, try to turn on a fire alarm on floor eighty-nine'. Clark's hand was on the doorknob when instantly the fire alarm rang causing red lights to fume.

They both stood still for a second when they made eye contact with each other and ran to the elevator. I guess I was gonna lose the bet. Anyhow now the download was complete I finally exited the office and ran towards the elevator. Reached floor eighty-seven and saw Maximilian talking to the security staff about the issue.

Clark was next to him until he saw me. 'I heard the alarm ring, Is everything okay?', my tone was sympathetic and curious at the same time.

'Nothing out of the ordinary', Clark spoke when he watched Maximilian talking, he shifted his attention to me, 'Someone mistakenly pulled the fire alarm, the boss is talking to the security staff about it, but um, they don't seem to know what happened, even the cameras didn't show anything'.

I looked at Maximilian and his expression made my stomach twisted, why? Was I worried, no I'm the one who caused this. If I stay here any longer I might get ingestion.

'I see, so does this usually happen often?', my questions should not create suspicions but I need to clear my way fast. 'No, It doesn't, I guess there must be some disturbance, you should head back to the office, at 10:45 another meeting is held in room sixty-six.'

I nodded and went back, Felix gave me a text to assure me that the security problem was fixed. I don't know why but it made me feel better. Later that afternoon my working time was over. The elevator was calm and quiet since I was the only one who was using it which raised my suspicion.

On floor fifty-three, the elevator stopped, the door opened, and guess who? Maximilian entered. At first, we both were hesitant to see each other but then he moved to the right side, far away from me. I took deep breaths to let oxygen enter my lungs but all that I could inhale was his cologne. 

After a few seconds he turned to me, his eyes in deep glare, 'I heard you worked on your shifts on Saturdays and Sundays for the past three weeks.'

His words made me stunned, 'Yes that is correct sir, I have decided to dedicate my time to this company and my work'. This should be a perfect excuse.

'Why?'. I was stunned again, It's cause I have to get damn close to you, 'Excuse me, sir?'

'Why are you', he couldn't complete his sentence, instead, he said, 'You know what, take two days off, Clark told me that your condition was up to date, you look pale and it looks like you didn't get enough sleep.'

translation: You have a fever and dark circles around your eyes which makes you look sick. Therefore you need rest. 

I could hear the meaning of what he said, but he was right if I didn't get my health up, I might get called off this mission. 'Thank you sir', my head inclined as I spoke.

I stood still till we reached the ground floor. Said him my farewells and prepared to call Felix. 'Miss Willer'.

I turned around to see my boss calling me, 'Would like me to get you a ride home'. Why do I keep getting shocked every time I meet this man? Felix was going to get annoyed if I called him now and I don't have the capacity to walk, plus almost all the employees left two hours ago.

'Sure why not'. I said with all the thinking. He looked thrilled and took me to his private parking spot. And again I was stunned (Why does this keep happening to me). It was a Bugatti, a goddamn Bugatti, Well Kat what do you expect from a billionaire.

Willson once had a Bugatti but he wouldn't let me drive it, and neither Felix was given permission, even tho he had a driver's license. I looked at Maximilian who opened the car seat for me. His gaze waited for me to enter but I was hesitant.

'Um sir, I'm sorry I can't sit in it, it's um too'. I couldn't say it, I'm not trying to be those stupid countryside girls who hate riches, I was exploding with madness. It's a Bugatti, and I wanted to drive it so badly.

Okay Kat relax, you have to relax, 'Sir, I could take the bus so you don't have to_'.

'Miss Willer, if you don't step inside, I will take it as an insult'. His words made me think, hey you don't want your boss to hate you right, so just hop in and enjoy the one thing on your bucket list that you never thought would get to do.

Sorry Willson but your rules don't apply when it comes to your missions. I seated myself in the front seat next to Maximilian who took the driver's seat.

After I told him my address, he permitted me to choose a song on the way, of course, I picked Bugatti. I mean who wouldn't?

We reached our home and I bid my farewells again, I caught Felix outside who gave me a huge shadowed glare. His eyes caught mine when my face turned into a nasty grin. Guess what brother, I was in a Bugatti.