Chapter 3

They both lift the corpse into the body bag. "So what are you gonna do with the damn picture?" Steve asks.. "I'll give it to Mr. Alex." Fat Joe replies. "That's funny, what's he gonna do with it? Admire photos of the dead?" Fat Joe takes a deep breath, "Well, there's a lady in that picture, he might want us to locate her and make sure she's also erased. And besides, Alex is a lover of women." winking at Steve. Steve scoffs, but realizing his brother has a point, he nods his head indolently in agreement. "That makes sense" He says.

Fat Joe looks around.. " We don't have much time, let's get this place cleaned up.

They lift the bodies and take them straight to the van. Fat Joe and Steve got back to the room filled with blood, they set up their washing equipment and began cleaning the room. After cleaning for a couple of minutes , they fetched some dust and litred it on the floor in order to make the room look unkept, just like the rest of the building. They packed up their equipments and headed straight for the van, placed their equipments in the van and drove off into the woods. 

On getting to the heart of the woods terrain, the van comes to a halt, Fat Joe and Steve step out and survey the environment.

"We've got four hours left untill dawn" Steve said as he looked at the watch which he retrieved from Bradway's corpse. "That's enough time for us to finish the job and report back to Alex" Fat Joe replied, "Alright, let's get to work. They brought shovels from the van and began digging the ground.

Back at Alex's residence, a large mansion with a swimming pool, Alex and his boys highlight from the Mercedes. Alex breathes in the fresh air... "Home sweet home" He says with a smile, "Get some rest boys, we have some work to do by morning" he says as he heads towards the building, his boys disperse. 

On reaching the entrance door, a device pops out of the wall and scans his eye, then he places his palm on another device for scanning. "Access granted. Welcome home Mr. Alexander" an AI voice said as the glass door opened, letting Alex in. "Thank you Rebecca. Its been a long cold night out there. Could you please make me hot coffee?" Alex asked as he walked into the building. Alex being a man of high taste and one of the greatest Architects of his time took great pleasure in making sure his home was no exception, it was painted white with expensive fancy lightings everywhere. "Please I'd like some hot coffee in my room, Rebecca." he said as he walked to the mini fridge at the visitors parlour and took out a sandwich. There were a couple of large art paintings placed at several spots in the building, he was a true lover of art. "Okay sir, would you like it with some sugar, Mr. Alexander?" Rebecca asked "Yes please, I've got a sandwich here with me, so please make it sweetened, with some milk." He responded as he got to his room. "Okay, in a minute" Rebecca replied. On arriving at the door, a device popped out of the wall and scanned his eye, once the scanning was complete, the device retrieved back into the wall, and the door opened, Alex walked in, the feel of his room was bewildering, above was a retractable roof, he picked up a remote and clicked it, the roof opened so that the sky was visible, beneath the transparent floor was a large aquarium with two great white sharks in it. A part of the wall with the likeness of a microwave opens up, and a cup of hot coffee on a tray is served, Alex grabs it and takes a sip. "Thank you Rebecca!" He said as he enjoyed the snack.

"Is there anything else you would like me to do for you sir?"

"No, that will be all for now" Alex replied, watching the stars as he munched his sandwich and drank the coffee.

Far away in the heart of Ohio is a young and pretty lady, Eleanor, it's a couple of minutes to full dawn, but she has been awake all night, working on a couple of paintings. She makes her last stroke and places her painting brush on the table beside her. the room is filled with a variety of paintings depicting different aspects of life and existence. From the looks of her works, one could tell that she was in-depth in her field of work. 

But she looked worried as she dropped the brush and looked around.. In her troubled mood, she got up and went into the main building. On reaching her room, she undressed, her eyes travelled to the clock on the wall, it was just 6:50, she exhaled and took herself into the bathroom for a shower. As the water fell on her skin, washing the colours off her body, she grabbed her bar soap and rubbed it on her skin tardily. She steps out of the bathroom and flipped her blonde hair backwards while staring at the mirror as though hoping for an answer. After a moment of staring silently at the mirror, she takes a deep breath and grabs her toothpaste.

At an art shop somewhere in the city, Eleanor grabbed a couple of oil paints, brushes, with some other items and headed to the counter.

"Good morning fine lady, it's good to see you again" The aged man at the counter said to her with a smile as he checked the cost of the items on a machine. "Good morning Mr. Tony" She replied. "You don't look so good today, having sleepless nights or sumn?" He asked showing concern, Eleanor put on a smile, "I've been quite busy lately, but... I'll be fine" She responded as she paid for the items and picked her bags. "Alright then, do have a nice day" Mr. Tony said, waving her goodbye, she smiled and waved back at him as she left the store.

She gets into her small Corolla ride and places the bags on the seat behind. She brings out a cigarette and lights it up, then smokes it. Her grey eyes, glaring around as though in search for something or someone. She picks up her phone and swipes through it... "Mum" she says softly as she opened her inbox to see several messages from her mum. She clicks on one of the messages dated three months back, "Hello Ely darling, how are you coping over there? I just felt to check up on you. You're always my darling no matter what". Eleanor smokes her cigar and opens the next voice note, "Hey Ely, it's been two weeks, I haven't heard from you, and you're not picking my calls. Please do call back if you get this, love you... Mum". Looking unbothered by the voice messages, she reluctantly opens the next voice note, "Hi Ely love, I just got a new job, and I believe everything is gonna get on just fine for us over here, the pay is great, you won't believe it. Why not come over this weekend lets have a little chat?" She smokes the last cigar and throws it away. She drops her phone and ignites the car... "Good thing you've gotten a good paying job now, and you are happy." She said to herself as she drove off.