Chapter 16 - Ace


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    ACE POV:


    I woke up with a smirk on my face. It was a bright Sunday morning. I''d just graduated. The day before. I


    now had my Master''s degree.


    I got out of bed. The sun raysing in through the curtains in my room made the entire room


    yellowish. I got out of bed and made my way towards the window which I opened. I looked down at the


    campus''s streets. I would miss this ce.


    I belonged to a fraternity in the university and we all slept in our own rooms in the frat house. Uncle


    Victor had given me his house but I believed I wasn''t ready to inhabit such a crib. Not just yet.


    There was a knock at my door.


    "Yo Ace, open up!" I heard from the other side. It was Keith. We''d been through junior and senior high


    together. And also university. I could say he was my closest friend.


    I opened the door for him and he came in.


    "So??" he asked sitting on my bed.


    "So, what?" I asked.


    "Whichpany will you go to for internship?"


    After graduating, the chancellor had signed some papers, permitting us to do internships or practicals


    using the skills we were taught in anypany. And it wouldst two years. Thepany would sign


    the paper if you did well or not. After the internship, one could then leave to create either his own


    keep you.


    "Um, I''m gonna be doing my internship at Four wheels, limited." I replied. Four wheels was a renowned


    car producingpany.


    "Hum. Not bad at all. I''ll do mine at Smiles. The toy producingpany."


    "And after that?"


    "I''ll assist my uncle in his own business. And you?"


    I looked at him.


    "I already have apany."


    He looked at me confused.


    "What do you mean?"


    I smirked.


    "I already have apany in mind. P.W."


    "Oh, wow. Good choice. I heard thedy that now owns it has two beautiful daughters."


    I felt my tummy turn. It''d been very long since I''d heard of Heather. While growing up, I''d always


    wondered on what she looked like now. The sweet memories I had about her were still fresh at the


    back of my mind. I always thought of her.


    "Maybe." I replied inly as if not really interested.


    "I''m sure you''ll get one of them for yourself" Keithughed. I smiled a little.


    "That''s stupid."


    "I''m serious, man. It''ll be too easy for you. Girls have always been around you since highschool! And


    the crazy stuff is, you''ve never had a girlfriend."


    "Cuz, I don''t want to date." I stated firmly.


    "Hum." he stood and walked towards the door, "Dude, at times you make me believe you''re gay or


    something." he turned and looked at me with a funny face. I smiled.


    Keith was quite an annoying and stubborn guy, yet funny. The only guy who could make meugh.


    Nothing to do with me. People wondered on how we became friends. For some people I was too quiet,


    too odd and too strange. Keith was the only one who insisted on knowing the real me.


    "Don''t smile at me like that man. It''s creepy." heined jokingly. I chuckled.


    "Shut up, you idiot. Do I look gay to you?"


    "Well, you still haven''t had sex so..." he teased. I picked up a pillow and shot it at him.


    "Get out!" Iughed and heughed too.


    "Fine, fine. Pack your stuff. We gotta leave this campus."


    ***


    Some days after we''d left the frat house, I went to Four Wheels with my documents. As expected, I was


    epted for internship.


    During my temporary stay there, I learnt a lot of things and was able to put my knowledge of


    management into practice. I was appreciated by most employees and even the head of thepany


    itself.


    ***


    Two whole years flew by without me even realising. Soon I was twenty four. It was time for me to get


    my papers signed.


    When I went to get my paper signed, I was proposed to stay and continue working in Four wheels. I


    refused. I had my inheritance to get back. And I would do everything to get it back.


    After my papers signed, I returned to my house, or the one uncle victor had left for me. I had to think of


    a n and a way to get a job at P.W Dairy Products. I just had to.


    That night, I sat in the living room and opened the newspaper to read. Bingo. Written in bold ck at


    the corner of a page was:


    -P.W dairy productspany is in search of a new secretary. Someone with experience and ability.


    Interviews for the job offer begin this Friday at three in the afternoon. Full documents required.-


    Was this some sort of luck or sign? I was d. It was the perfect opportunity. I would do everything to


    be taken.


    I looked forward to that Friday with impatience. It was a chance I couldn''t miss.


    ***


    Friday arrived. I got ready. I wore my suit and tie, arranged my documents in order, wore my shoes and


    applied some cologne. I was slightly nervous. Nervous at the thought that I might be seeing Heather.


    Apart from that, I was more than determined to get that job. I was more than impatient to execute my


    ns and my revenge. I was ready. Only God could help me avoid pping that witch named Christina


    once I''d see her. She would regret. She would regret terribly.


    I looked at myself in the ss onest time. I saw Ace in that ss. Not a na?ve Sheridan. I picked my


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    car keys and left the house.