The Three Lanes

Chapter Six

“Hello” he mumbled softly, the voice on the other side with a bit of Arabian accent replied, “Mr. Harrison, Kindly hold for the family representative.” Ten seconds later, a man speaking in Arabic introduced himself and then explained to Caleb that they have to meet at a populated location in one hours’ time and he’s to go to the meet unaccompanied.

“Honey, is everything okay?” Christina inquired anxiously.

“Everything is splendid my love, I just got called to a meeting in an hours’ time by the ruling family, I will be back in time to see u get ready for the belly dance experience tonight” he replied with a sly smile.

“Okay, that’s great please call Sulaiman to come pick us, I need to do some retail therapy of my own, there are super malls everywhere here.” She said to him while getting different clothes on.

He enjoyed seeing her change into something else while calling the driver and then told her “I don’t know why you have to go shopping for clothes because my favorite image of you is without them.” She just smiled to these words and they left for the lobby.

***

The beautiful morning sun rays had already hit the room when he woke up, took him a minute to recognize the unfamiliar ambience of Britney’s place, got off the hammock and went to wash up.

He got off the washroom shirtless when he saw her looking at him and asked “isn’t this awkward for you?” pointing to his torso, Britney exhaled and told him “a morning of awkwardness is far much better than a night of loneliness.”

Gabriel put his grey t-shirt on and sat opposite her on the table and put some hot coffee in a large mug and drank half of it at a go, she was surprised by that action and asked, “are you okay dude?” to which he replied, “No, but I’m working on it.”

Trying to create a good mood for him she reminded him of the past where he once had said to her, “I was put in this planet just to do you brit” he laughed loudly for a while and then looked at her sweetly and told her “we had the best of times, if only someone had just told us.”

Gabriel’s phone rang again and he let it go to voicemail once more, Britney went to fetch it and strictly announced to him, “its time you faced the facts that surround your family and return to the real world, you have some voicemails you need to hear then you should go get your shit together as soon as possible.”

He seemed to accept what she was saying; he got up and hugged her then took his phone from her hand.

The first voicemail they listened to was his mum’s, “come home soon”

The second voicemail was from his brother Nate, “hey, we need to meet so that I explain stuff, pick a place and time I will be there.”

The third voicemail was from Caleb, “I’m heading out of town for a while, call mum she will explain.”

The last voicemail was the one left some minutes ago as he didn’t pick the phone; it was from Nate again, “Call me back dude, the earlier the better.”

He called his mum and apologized for storming out on their reunion and asked, “why did Caleb leave town?” and she told him she will explain when he gets home, he told her he will see her soon, just have to make a pit stop on the way to the mansion.

Gabriel called Nathaniel who was relieved to hear from him and they set up a meeting place and time, he kissed Britney on the cheek and thanked her for the help to which she assured him that he was allowed to go visit her anytime any day always.

***

Sulaiman was glad they had called him again, they dropped Christina at the mall and as she was alighting, Caleb whispered in her ear, “tonight don’t wear any panties” she looked at him and whispered back, “I’m not wearing one right now but tonight I won’t wear a bra as for the panties with my Calvin Klein dress its obligatory and also don’t forget I’m still recovering from my operation.”

Mr. Harrison met up with the Representative of the Al Nahyan Family in an exotic sports car parked outside the tallest building in the world, he got inside and saw that was head to toe in Islamic attire which was a symbol of peace, he greeted him in Arabic and he replied back with a nod, he look at Caleb and told him, “you seem to have friends in high places.”

He smiled and spoke highly about the ruling family and how their family business has in the past dealt with them, then told him that he needed to make a deal with his boss concerning the email he had sent him a week ago.

The Arab guy unlocked his phone, made a call and spoke in his mother tongue which Caleb understood some of the words, he put his hand on the microphone and asked him, “how much land do you need?”

Caleb confidently replied, “I’m willing to pay $500,000 for ten acres and a building contract from one of the best architecture companies here to construct a personal mansion there, is that enough?” The Arab moved his hand from the microphone and spoke again for a minute and then hanged up and told him, “the deal you are asking for is for a large house and the money is more than enough, i will arrange for a title deed for your property as soon as the money is in this bank account.”

As he was about to leave the Bugatti Veyron, the Arab had handed him a piece of paper with the account details and politely asked, “If I may ask, why pick a place like Seychelles for a new home?” The agent cleverly replied, “I will eternally feel safe being neighbors next to the palace which belongs to the president of the United Arab Emirates.”

Sulaiman was waiting at his luxurious automobile when he saw him coming back, then opened the door for him and they went to pick his wife and they headed back to the hotel for their big event night; a first for them, they paid the driver handsomely for his exemplary services and they walked inside their hotel hand in hand.

***

Adrianna had a happy morning, she received a call from her youngest son and when the driver arrived she headed to work. The minute she walked inside the office plaza, her secretary came to pick her bag and coat as she headed into the board room where her financial advisor, accountant and assistant managing partner were waiting patiently.

She walked in confidently, “Hello all, I’m sure you are wondering why you are here! I’m not resigning; too young for that, all I wanted is a shell company created and a budget of 10million injected into it from our family account here at the firm.”

“The money should only be accessed by my children and me, this has to stay confidential and thus the reason it’s a closed board meeting, so don’t betray my trust because if you do you may never like the outcome of my actions” She continued.

They all agreed with her as they have been the most loyal men in the firm and understand any decisions she makes, does so without harming the company and the people working there.

“How long do you want this done?” asked the financial advisor.

“As soon as possible please” she replied and then wondered out loud, “any more questions for me?”

“None” they all replied in unison, Adrianna smiled and then announced, “that’s all folks, I appreciate you lending me your time, kindly let me know once it’s done.”

There was a knock on the glass door and they turned to see her secretary informing that she has a phone call from her elder son, she nodded at her then looked at the men once more then left the room.

“Hello son, how did it go with the inquiry of the property?” Caleb replied that the half a million fee will attend to the property and the construction too and she asked him to check into the small islands there if they are worth some privacy and safety; if yes, to initiate a purchase too.

Adrianna hanged up as her secretary came in with a cup of coffee which she was used to every morning and asked her to bring in any mails, call the south African embassy then patch the call to her, then call the driver in after she’s done and cancel any scheduled meetings she had, then postpone them and send the details to her blackberry.

Thirty minutes later, she left the office with just her bag leaving her coat behind to make them assume she will be back in a while, her driver took her to the nearest airfield and she walked to their family hangar where there were three private planes and two helicopters. The jets were custom made for her sons by their father and theirs were the helicopters which had their initials in them.