THE RUNWAY

Chapter 5

Her death was all over news. Not just her death but also the shutting down of the Venaj brand. I couldn't stand it's existence so I used a little bit of corruption to ensure it wasn't in existence.
Now it clicked to my mind that I hadn't gotten to her laptop yet. But i needed to go to her funeral to see her face just once more. And the problem was it was going to be in Russia where she belonged. So the evidence first.
I drove over to her house which was out of bounds.
"Max cloud. How are you?" A colored much older police man came over.
"Sir i need to get something from inside"
"Sorry but no one is allowed inside"
"I'll pay you and your whole Zambian police whatever amount you ask for just let me go inside."
"What is this same thing of so much value Mr. Cloud?"He was shocked
"I need her laptop. The whole investigation department of Zambia knows Naris and I were working on something together. Just a file and I'll return the laptop"
"Wait a minute" he said as he got his phone and dialed a number.
He walked from were I was to speak. And when he returned he called a policemen and instructed him to search for the laptop.

30 minutes had gone by when the man returned. He said there wasn't any electronics and that some things were shipped back to her son in Russia.
"Maybe you should try to ask them"
"Thank you" i Said and left the Place

***************RUSSIA****************

I flew to Russia for the funeral and to my surprise all her opponents were there as well. Emmanuel, the ballots and James too. Now I could only imagine how it would have been if I wasn't there. What did they want there?
In front was her son. Approximately 7 to 8 years with black hair and black eyes. Giving a speech in confidence when yet you could see how much of an orphan that he was. Samuel Brown. I had to apologize to him of all people because I was certain he thought I was the reason his mom was dead.

It was time for the body viewing and I was right behind the brave kid. He simply bent into the coffin to kid his mother's forehead without a single tear. When it was my turn, her smile and naked body vision couldn't leave my mind. I felt like I could kiss the dead body in front of me and embrace it for the last time. Instead tears rolled from my eyes and to avoid the embarrassment or silly rumors on the media I wore my glasses so no one could notice I cried.
She wasn't being bit but she was being burnt to ashes. And when all this was done I searched for Samuel who I couldn't find. Until later that night when people gathered to celebrate her death.
I walked out of the big mansion to see the beautiful snow which I rarely saw. And Samuel followed. I didn't see him at first until her tapped my shoulder and I realized he was sitting next to me.
"Your Max Cloud?"He asked patiently and charmingly.
"Yes. How old are you?"
"11" he sighed . "I saw that you cried back there" he added "why though?"
He was right. Why did I cry about Naris' death?
"She did a lot for me."
"Mum never wanted anyone crying at her funeral"
"Ohh" now that made sense. But I couldn't find anything else to tell him.
"You know. I didn't really have all the time I needed with mum. She was there and not there. Working and off. At times I even wondered Id she noticed me."
I was more than speechless now. I looked at the kid and he was calm. Like a mature old man with so much to think about
"So do you know the man who owns the Lamborghini?" He looked at me hopefully.
"Where did you all this?"
"That's what killed her remember. The footage showed her happily walking into the house when a black tinted lambo fire s shot at her chest  like boo" he said with his hands in the air. At last a trace of childishness. This made me smile.
" no Samuel, I don't know" I paused. "You know the same car followed me as well"
"But why aren't you dead?" He giggled
I kept quiet because I was the one who dropped his her off happy. You can never kill two birds with one stone. It was just a stupid exaggeration I thought to my self.
"After all something tells me you—," but he was interrupted by his grandma before he could finish
"Sam!"
" I need to go Max. But see me before you leave."