REVENGE PUZZLE

Acrophobia

People frequently asked our company especially interns that what would happen if we find their real owner? Would we sue them or expose them to the public? I would always reply that the company had always been chosen as the best book company through illegal means. They would bribe the people in charge of it or in some cases, threaten them to chose them. Despite the fact that the Miami book company was big, they had no efficiency like us. Their standards had not met ours. Fighting against that company made me understand what investigation simply mean. No matter how hard we tried, they would always be an hindrance. What can we use to stop the hindrance? Exposing what exactly the hindrances are to the public. And the populace stop them not us. What exactly are the hindrances of the L'art book company? Miami book company and the corrupt appointers.

"Get your luggage and passport ready, our plane takeoff time is two pm. " Hart said.

"Alright sir. I have to wait for the results sir. " I replied.

"What results?"

"I instructed the research team to find out if Fazio is really in Italy but I have not gotten any response. " I said. I did that because I was full of doubts. What if Faxio is not in Italy? What if he has relocated to Africa? Thousands of thoughts like that ran through my mind.There was a particular phobia I had then, acrophobia. But, I had no other option than to accept to go on plane. So, I didn't want to waste my time without any outcome.

"You're really something, secretary Mesa. Nevertheless, get your luggage ready. " He replied in a serious manner.

"Okay sir. " I said. The only thing I could do was to a accept the situation even though I hated it. Well, that's the life of secretaries like me. Even though my boss insisted that he liked me, I didn't feel it. The only time I felt it was the day we kissed. I knew it was not love, it was pleasure! He mistook love for pleasure. The other time, he said he wanted me not he liked me. Then, I thought about it so hard that if he liked me, he would had listened to my decisions. That was when I came to conclusions that his eyes were filled with pleasure not love. The words that I find crazy in the world are 'I love you'. Hearing those words alone makes someone to feel so special and appreciated. But, when someone says 'I want you '. It makes someone to feel hot, pretty but not special. Because wants are not things that are urgent, they are not special or important. Thinking about it so hard made me realise that for me to have been wanted by him, I was not special to him. Maybe if he said he needed me, I would have tried all my possible best to draw him closer.

It was forty minutes past twelve, j received a call from the research team. "He's in Italy but will leave for Afghanistan by seven on today. " They said.

"What? Afghanistan? That's pretty far from this place. " I said. "How many hours on plane?" I asked.

"More than fifteen hours ma'am. " They replied. At this stage, I was scared.

"What about Italy?"

"More than eleven hours ma'am. " They said still on the phone call. I thought it would be a flight of six hours but it was more farther than I thought. I would have to be in the air for eleven hours? I did not think I could do it. I have watched many videos of planes crashing. To me, it was not funny at all. I was just thirty two. I did not want to die. But the way I saw it, it looked like I was going to die soon.

I went to report the situation to Hart.

"Fazio is in Italy but will leave to Afghanistan by seven pm today. The time duration to get to Italy is eleven hours. This is one pm sir. Let's say our plane took off by two pm, we will get there by one am. By then, Fazio is already in Afghanistan. So, it will be useless going to Italy. " I explained.

"What are we going to do now? I don't seem to like that country. Well, do we have any other choice? We have to go. " He replied. By this time, I could not hold it any longer.

"I am acrophobic sir. Staying in the plane for too long could affect me. Please sir, let us just stay here and investigate more on this. " I said hoping to receive a positive response.

"I didn't know. You can stay here while I and Dave would go together. He is coming to the company today. It is fine, okay?" He responded.

"Thank you sir. You have to leave now. I will do all my possible best to track him down with all my might sir. " I replied.

"Yes. You should. " He replied, his face expression showed that he was unhappy. I thought I shouldn't have said so, but I realised that my health matters the most.

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By barely fifteen minutes past two, Dave was not still around. I knew something was wrong but I didn't bother asking about it. I sat in my office trying to track Fazio but it was not easy. I forgot to say this, I also studied hacking and digital software in school. I studied it because I thought in a situation where everything was so hard and I had difficulty in looking for a job, it would be my side hustle. I made something clear to me, and that was the fact that my health matters the most. No matter what happened, I decided to make my health my priority. I didn't know what would happen if I get on the plane. But, there was something I was sure of, the fact that my health would never remain the same if the plane landed.