Intruder

A little girl with long dark hair with short legs runs towards two men having a serious conversation. A tall, well-built man stands in front of another man of average height, facing the young girl that runs eagerly towards them.

They do not notice her presence until she gets to the average-height man, hugging his legs with her weak hands from behind.

"Daddy," the little girl utters 

The man looks down at his legs, holds her hand and turns…

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Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!

Bird noises resonate throughout the room as the sun peeps through the tinted glass of the large window a few steps away from the king… Queen-size bed at the centre of the room, with the headboard on the wall.

RING! RING! RING!

The sound of the ringing phone disturbs the peaceful ambience of the room. A light groan sounds in the room as a hand appears from under the covers and grabs the phone on the bedside table.

The phone disappears under the covers and a head appears next out the covers with the body still laying down. She answers the phone.

"It's-"

Her words are cut shut by what she hears, "TURN ON THE TV!"

"Why?" she asked groggily, rubbing her temples 

"Do it!"

Another yell erupted from the speakers of the phone 

She sighs and grabs the TV remote on the bedside table. She points it towards the flat-screen TV that hangs on the wall facing the bed.

On the screen, a reporter stands beside an elderly man who looks as though he is unsure of himself. The headlines read, 'Another Episode of Sleeping with the She-devil'

"Can you tell us what happened between the you and the She-devil, Mr Lawrence?" the reporter questions and places the microphone over his lips 

"I slept with her" were the only words that left his lips 

The reporter for a minute hoped for more detail, but when she got nothing, she took back the mic. "Isn't this another proof that she sleeps around to attain weal-"

The TV goes blank. "What was that about?" she asked with irritation 

"That feed is live on all social platforms," the lady said calmly but panicked 

"Aunt, it's not the first time. You just woke me up for th-"

"Leila, take it down before the end of today!" 

The call goes off after that. Leila sighs and tosses the phone and the TV remote to the side of the bed. She picks the covers and places them over her head.

Her ears pick up the bird's chirping noise and she groans. With annoyance laced with irritation, she tosses the covers to the side and hits a black device on the bedside table, the birds chirping seizes.

She stands and walks towards the bathroom. On getting to the mirror that hangs on the wall beside the bathroom, she halts in front of it. Despite her sleepy eyes and messy hair, she looks like a goddess of beauty, but the sight of her face makes her frown, and she angrily storms into her bathroom.

About an hour later she walks out of the bathroom putting on brown high-waist palazzo trousers and a white long sleeves shirt buttoned at the wrists with a matching stiletto.

Her brown, short hair is now smooth with waves in front. She stops at the foot of her bed as she analyses the brown jacket that was neatly placed there.

"Good job," she stated and turns to her dressing table 

She applies light makeup, grabs her bag and the gadgets that were laid beside each of them. Her jacket hangs neatly on her forearm as she walks out of the room.

The entire house is quiet, and the only sound heard is that of her heels touching the floor with firmness as she walks out the front door.

The large compound is filled with different types and grades of cars. Some with tags and some without. She walks to a black BMW and checks out the tires then clicks a pole at the side of the car and a compartment appears, revealing the keys.

She places her things in the back seats and takes position in the driver's seat before driving off the premises as the gate opens and closes on its own.

A light flashes in the compound once the gate is completely shut and a man in his late 20s appears, putting on all black with his face covered.

The building before him is like a globe cut in half at the bottom. Most of the building is of tinted glass and round. He walks around the building and once he gets to the back of the building, he disappears and appears in the building.

He touches his earpiece. "I'm in," he stated and takes his hand back 

The sitting room looks normal, like every other one, but it is large with the couches distance apart from each other with a small tea table in the middle.

A large flat screen TV that looks almost close to the length of a door hangs on the wall. He walks to a door at the right and opens it, revealing a large kitchen that could fit more than ten people.

He shuts the door and walks around the building. There are no stairs and finally, he gets to the master's bedroom, but unlike the other rooms, he could not open the door.

The door was made of steel and a scanner was placed at its side. 

As expected

He brings out a picture of an eye similar to that of the owner of the building, Leila 

Once the scanner scans the eye portrait, the lighting of the room turns red.

"Intruder!" resonated throughout the building 

The man notices this as his cue tries to disappear, but is unable to. On a second try, two metallic grips hold his hands, taking them up in the air and another two grab his legs, spreading them as he leaves the ground. 

"I'm not coming back on time" was the last he said before everything went black