"We are here, ma" the driver announced interrupting the two lovebirds who couldn't take their hands off each other.
"Fuck" Jake cursed releasing Leila who took deep breaths to ease her breathing.
"This got to be the fastest journey we made back home" Jake remarked and they both started laughing.
Amidst the laughter Jake leaned towards Leila and started plastering kisses all over her face.
"Let's stay five more minutes umm?" he asked.
"No, let's go in" Leila replied still laughing.
"Okay" he agreed and then they got out of the car, the rain had stopped completely leaving a chilly atmosphere behind.
They walked to the front door holding hands, "hope you have your keys with you or did you leave it in the office?" Jake asked jokingly when they reached the front door.
"Of course I have it !" she opened her bag and started looking for the key.
"Are you sure you have it?, I bet you forgot it at the office"
"Gotcha!" she exclaimed dangling the key at Jake who smiled.
Leila reached for the lock, inserted the key into it and opened it, she then stepped into the house with Jake behind her.
"Babe, this house looks different, did you..."
Jake trailed off while walking towards the bedroom, Leila had gasped staring at her pet cat's bed that was beside the door.
"what's wrong?" he asked walking to where she was standing.
"This wasn't here when I left this morning" Leila muttered, her eyes fixed on the bed.
"You mean Molly's bed?"
"Yes, I think someone broke into the house" she whispered, her eyes nervously scanning the room to look for any sign of the intruder or maybe other signs he left.
"No one broke into the house, Leila, you must have left the bed here and forgot about it" Jake commented after scanning the room and not noticing everything.
"But Molly's bed wasn't ......"
"You left it here and forgot that you did, no one entered here so don't worry" he assured hugging her from behind.
"Now that you mentioned it, I remembered that I was rushing to work this morning, Must
have left it like here you said" she agreed.
"Good, now go to the bedroom, I will fix dinner for you"
"Thanks babe" Leila pecked him on the cheeks and started walking towards the bedroom.
Arriving there, she threw her bag away and flopped on the bed sighing as the soft mattress came in contact with her skin, "what a day" she whispered.
Her phone then started ringing so she got up from the bed and trudged to where the bag was lying on the floor.
She picked the bag up and pried it open, taking out the phone she stared at the caller ID.
"Ivy, are you home" Leila asked after she pressed the answer button.
"Yes ma, how about you?" Ivy asked.
"Same, I am just waiting for Jake to prepare a delicious meal for me"
"Oh that's great, make sure you take your vitamins before sleeping and tell Sir Jake not to tire you" Ivy said.
"What do you mean..." she trailed off when the phone beeped indicating that he call has ended.
"I am going to kill that girl tomorrow" Leila muttered and and went back to the bed.
She kept the phone on the small table beside the bed and laid down back, she just wanted to take a quick nap while waiting for Jake but she ended up falling asleep.
"Babe, food is ready" Jake announced entering the bedroom.
When he saw that she has fallen asleep, a warm smile crept unto his face as he walked towards the bed.
He adjusted the quilt over her, leaned down and kissed her on the forehead.
"Sleep tight, babe" he whispered before walking out of the room.
"We are home, home !!!"
"Home, here we come !!!"
"Home home home!!"
Reid gazed out of the window staring at the flush green vegetation, which seemed to be racing with their bus. The wind blowing them in all directions without mercy.
It has been two years since he left America with his team members for a highly classified mission, a mission that was a massive success.
"It feels good to be home, doesn't" Luke, who was sitting beside Reid asked.
"Yes it is" he agreed tearing his gaze off the window.
"Everyone is so happy especially Robert" Luke remarked referring to their team leader who was started at the front seat and singing at the top of his voice. He didn't even care that no one was joining him in the singing.
"It wasn't an easy mission Luke, everyone is supposed to be happy' Reid said.
"Yeah it isn't" Luke agreed.
Reid is a member of SSAOA (SECRET SPECIAL ARMY OFFICERS OF AMERICA), an subsection of the army which helps to eradicate terrorists and high threats against the country.
They consist of young men who are specially skilled and trained to fight, defend and protect the country till they take their last breath.
They are one of America secret weapon that all the nations of the world are afraid of.
Reid and some of the members of SSAOA were just returning from a mission in Iran, they were to help them fight off a deadly terrorist group that was terrorizing the country.
And they went and did just that and not only that, they also captured the leader of the group that has been wanted for years.
Now they are back for a one month vacation to relieve the stress of the fighting.
"We are here !!!" someone yelled .
Reid looked out of the window again, it was true they have arrived at the organization headquarters office at Washington DC.
"Everyone out !" their team leader yelled when the bus parked at the parking lot.
They started coming out of the bus till the bus was now empty, they watched as it drove away from there heading back to the airport.
"Let's go, guys" Robert said.
They all carried their bag and started walking towards the building entrance.
"Welcome Sirs", the two soldiers at the entrance saluted them.
"Thank you" they all acknowledged and walked through the door.
"Good morning Sirs, welcome Sirs" were the series of greetings they received when they entered the building.
"Attention !!" a loud voice boomed making everyone to stop keep quiet.
Then a man who seemed to be in his late forties started walking towards the team, his face expressionless and taunt.
"Good morning sir" Reid and his team member chorused when the man came closer to them.
"Ahem, welcome soldiers and congratulation for a successful mission. So far the best since this organization was created. Good job everyone, now go and wait in my office" the man said.
"Yes Sir" they chorused and walked to the man's office.
They reached there and they all stood In the office waiting for the man, ten minutes later the man joined them.
He sat down on his desk looking at them, "welcome once again guys" he began.
"How is the mission?"
"Hard sir, but it was not a match for SSOAO" Robert, the team leader replied.
"Good and we didn't loose any member, you guys are amazing. Now guys a slice off reward for you is here" the man patting a big box that was on top of his desk.
"And believe me, I have never seen any like this in all my time in office" he added.
"What could be in the box?" the soldiers wondered in their thoughts.
"Colonel, hope it is not another mission" Robert asked meekly trying not to get him angry.
"No, it is not" the colonel replied.
Without wasting their time he brought the box closer to him and opened it, what was in the box was envelopes, lots of them.
"I knew that this was what will be in there" Luke commented.
"Are these letters?" Reid asked because the envelopes the colonel was holding just looked like it contains letter.
"Yes" he sighed.
"Of course it would be letters obviously from the The President" Reid replied.
"You really think so?. I think it is letters from our loved ones"
"It is letters from The President" he insisted.
"Now, come and take yours when I call your name" the colonel said.
He then began calling their names one by one till all the envelopes were gone.
" No way, a vacation trip to Mexico !" one of the soldiers exclaimed staring at the letter that was inside the envelope.
Everyone rushed to open their and they all ended up seeing the same thing, a vacation trip to a country.
"Which place did you get?" they asked among themselves.
"This is a good reward" Reid remarked, his eyes fixed on his letter.
He has been posted to Hawaii for the vacation trip and it and it was one of his "to visit island".
"Now everyone go and report to captain Sherry" the colonel ordered.
"Yes Sir !" they replied.
They all began moving after the office one after the other, Reid was at the back waiting for everyone to leave so that he would.
When everyone has left he wanted to walk to the door only to be stopped " stay back, Donovan" the colonel said stopping him in his tracks.
The colonel got up from his desk and walked to where Reid was standing, "good job, Donovan. I received a report about your huge contribution to the success of the mission" he said patting him on the shoulder.
"Go freshen up boy, you have a meeting with The President of America. You can go now"
The hot water ran down Reid's back washing out the soap, he reached for the faucet with his hand and turned it off.
"Go and freshen up boy, you have a meeting with the President of America" the words replayed in his mind making him creased his brows.
When he left the colonel office after he said that, he had been asking himself whether he heard what the colonel right.
"Why do the president want to meet me" he wondered in his thoughts as he came out of the bathroom.
He walked to where the towels are, took one and started drying his body with it.
After that he kept the towel back and left the bathroom, he entered into the dressing room where his team mates were dressing up.
"Where did you get, Donovan?" one of them asked.
"Hawaii" Reid replied walking to his locker.
"Damn, that's nice I heard that Hawaiian girls are the best these days" the guy commented.
"Maybe they will take care of you before the vacation ends" he added.
"Shut up Liam !" another guy said hitting the other guy his shirt.
"But what I said is true, isn't it, Donovan?"
"No, American girls are the best" Reid replied.
He was already done wearing his clothes, "and no one can beat them at it, see you later guys" he said before walking out of the room.
Reid walked to the colonel office still wondering the reason why the president wants to meet him.
He couldn't help but feel nervous, the last time a member of his team met with the president he was dismissed.
The reason was unknown to them till date.
He reached the colonel's office and knocked gently on the door, "come in" said the colonel from inside.
Turning the doorknob Reid went inside and saluted, the colonel saluted back and motioned on him to take a seat.
"I know that you must be wondering why the president wants to meet you, but be rest assured you won't be dismissed. It is s0mething greater than that" the colonel began after Reid was seated.
He actually wanted to make Reid not to worry but he made him to worry more than before.
Something more bigger than dismissal? Reid thought.
What could be more bigger than dismissal?.
"Sorry Sir but can I ask what it is?" he asked.
He wanted to know so that he can start now to prepare his mind for that.
The colonel smiled and replied, " I can't tell you that Donovan. It is highly classified".
"Okay sir"
Just then the colonel's phone started ringing, he took it from the desk and dialed and pressed the answer button.
"You start coming now" the caller said and ended the call.
"The president is waiting for us, let's go" the said getting up.
Reid got up too and followed him out of the office, they continued walking till they reached the exit door.
Two soldiers were standing there guarding the door immediately they saw them, the saluted.
Reid and the colonel saluted back , the door was opened for them and they went out.
A black car was parked outside and it seemed to be waiting for them.
"Don't say anything and just follow my lead" said the colonel as they walked towards the car.
"Yes Sir" Reid replied.
They reached the car and the back door was opened for them. They got in and settled down.
"Should I start going?" the driver asked.
"Yes, you can" the colonel assured.
The driver then started the car and speed away, at that moment many thoughts and questions were going through Reid's mind.
But the one that seemed to be prominent is the fact that they used the back door to come out of the headquarters building instead of the front door.
It seemed as if they were hiding something.
Even though Reid felt uneasy about everything, he couldn't ask the colonel about it.
I will know what is going on once I reached there, he assured himself.
His gaze then went to the colonel who was sitting beside him, the colonel gave him a smile and patted his shoulder.
Reid faked a smile and looked out of the window.
Finally after an hour drive they arrived at their destination, Reid and the colonel got out of the car and examined the surroundings.
Reid took in the bare lands that looked as if it was recently cleared for building, or is this a field?, why would the president want to meet me here? He wondered.
They were basically in the middle of nowhere and it is a perfect place to....., Reid trailed off as something clicked in his mind.
His blood turned cold as he realized the severity of the situation, his body trembled as he took a step back till he was now leaning on the car.
NO, no,no, this can't be happening. I can't die like this, never !!.
"Are you okay?"the colonel asked, concern on his face.
Reid looked briefly at him and without warning he opened the car door and flew inside locking it immediately.
"What is that boy doing?" the colonel muttered as he tried to open the door.
"Open the door, Donovan. What is wrong with you?"
"Colonel Smith" someone called from behind.
"Oh my goodness, Mr President, you are here already?"
Reid who was looking out of the car saw the President too, the president was with one person who doesn't look like someone that would hurt a fly.
So that reassured him a bit so he opened he door and came out, "good day Mr President, it is really nice to meet you" he greeted.
"Nice to meet you to but why did you run into the car?"
"Um, I was thirsty, very tasty" Reid lied.
"Well let's get to business both you follow me" said The President as he began walking to a car that was parked not far away from theirs.
The colonel and Reid followed him till they reached the car, "get in".
When the three of them had settled into the house The President began, " I heard that you are one of the best man in SSAOA"
"I am really flattered Sir. Thank you" Reid replied.
"But I am not flattering you, it is what I heard and that was really a good thing"
Cut to the chase, you are making me more nervous !, Reid practically screamed in his mind.
"Donovan, I called you here personally because I want you to handle a very serious issue for me. You know about The MORANS right?".
"Yes sir, I do"
"Of course you do, everyone knows about them in the country, well apparently they are having a clash battle with a group in Russia and many people have lost their lives. I am afraid that it would turn to a matter of casus belli if we ignore it"
"To prevent the war, I am using the best method that will definitely benefit the country. So I want you go under cover and destroy The MORANS" The President finished.
" I didn't mean any disrespect Sir but are you talking about the mafia group The MORANS?" Reid asked.
"Yes, it high time we stop them from terrorizing the country" replied the President.
"You will get the necessary equipment and the information needed for the mission. If you need anything just tell colonel Smith" he added.
"Okay sir" Reid replied.
"Good luck"
Reid and colonel Smith then got out of the car and watched as the car drove away leaving a smoke of dust behind.
"So what do you think about this?" asked the colonel.
"I am really honored to be assigned the job, Sir" he replied.
"Good, let's go" he patted him and they began walking to where their car was parked.
As they drove back to the headquarters, Reid thought about what The President said to him.
An undercover secret mission to take down THE MORANS?, He should have just sentenced me to death either by hanging or any other ways. He thought.
"How do you feel to be given a mission that will get you a huge very reward and recognition?" asked the colonel.
"I am so honored, Sir" he replied.
But deep down Reid was feeling far from honored, he really wished that he could reject the mission but since it came personally from The President so rejection was out of the question.
When they arrived at the headquarters, Reid went straight to the locker room and took his bag and left the building. Just as he was about to go through the gate, someone called his name.
He turned and saw the colonel approaching him, he then stopped and waited for me.
"Here" the colonel said handing him a file written "classified" at the front page.
Reid doesn't need to ask what was in file because he has already knew what was in there.
"This is the file that I had prepared so far, it will help you to understand the mission well. You will receive the other ones" he said.
"Thank you sir" Reid replied as he collected the file from him.
"Good luck, send your greetings to your parents and make sure you come for the charity ceremony tomorrow" the colonel added.
"Okay sir"
Reid then kept the file inside his bag and went out of the gate, the colonel stared at him till he was out of sight and he walked back into the building.
The next morning Lelia woke up feeling extremely hungry, she glanced at the wall clock in the room.
It was just seven o'clock in the morning, so she got out of the bed and walked to the bathroom where she freshened up, after that she left the room.
Outside the room, she was greeted by a pleasant aroma of food that made her stomach to churn.
"Oh this smells delicious" she muttered and started walking towards the direction of the smell.
She reached the kitchen, opened the door and went in, "good morning babe, how was your night?" Jake greeted when she came into the kitchen.
"My night was great but I am super hungry" Lelia replied going closer to Jake who was cooking at the stove.
"Hmm, this look yummy, I can't wait to eat it" she commented peering into the pot.
"Last night food also looked yummy but you slept off before I could finish" Jake replied, breaking an egg into a plate.
"You should have woke me up then, I just missed a delicious food" she pouted.
"Come here" Jake pulled her closer and hugged her tightly.
"You were sleeping so peacefully, I couldn't bear to disturb you in your peaceful sleep".
"Okay babe, I must be super tired from work which made me to sleep off".
"Yeah and that's why I want you to just go and wait for me in the dining room while I serve you a delicious breakfast" he said, turning her around so that she was now facing him.
"Okay babe, love you", Lelia tiptoed and pecked him on the cheek and then walked out of the kitchen.
She went to the dining room and sat down to wait for Jake to finish cooking.
The dining room has beautiful chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and the walls were decorated with expensive paintings from her favourite artists.
Just as she was looking around, her eyes caught a sight in the fireplace.
"What the hell?" she stood up from her chair and walked to the fire place, she reached there, squatted down and reached her hands on the apron of the fireplace.
"This looks like someone touched it but who could it be?" she muttered as she continued examining it.
"I think I will check the CCTV later"
"What are you doing?" Jake has entered the dining room, carrying a tray of food.
"Oh, nothing, I am just wiping out dust" Lelia lied and stood up.
"Leave it babe, the cleaning lady will take care of it" Jake said going to the dining table to drop the food.
"But she is not coming till Saturday "Lelia walked to the dining and sat down.
"Today is Saturday, babe"
"Oh my goodness, it is?, I really overworked myself yesterday" she said.
"Well regain your strength with this delicious food", Jake placed the one of the plate of food in front of her.
"Thanks babe, you are the best" Lelia took the spoon and started eating.
"You are welcome" Jake sat down and started eating too.
"By the way, do you have plans today?"
"No, I am totally free" she replied.
"Perfect, there is a place that I want us to go tomorrow" he remarked.
"Oh nice, where is that?"
"It is a secret, my cutie babe"
"Boomer" she pouted.
Jake chuckled softly stabbing his omelet as he took a spoonful and ate, "so after we have visited the place you wanted us to I want us to visit the amusement park" Lelia began.
"Why the amusement park?"
"Nothing, I just want to go there and after that, we will go to other fun places" she replied.
"That sound nice" Jake agreed.
Just then the house phone started ringing, "who could be that?" Lelia muttered, she stood up and walked to where the house phone was.
"Hello" she greeted when she answered the phone.
"Hello, ma, good morning" the caller greeted back.
"Ivy?, why are you calling me on my house phone?, hope everything is alright?" Lelia asked, concern evident in her voice.
"Everything is fine ma, you weren't picking your phone so I decided to call your dining room phone because I figured you might be having breakfast now" Ivy replied from the other side.
"Yeah I was, so why are you calling me?" Lelia asked.
"Nothing much, just wanted to remind you about your charity program you have by ten o'clock" Ivy replied.
"Fuck !, so it is today. I totally forgot, please go to the office and make sure that everything is ready I will join you soon" she instructed.
"Okay ma, I will do just as you said" Ivy replied.
"Thank you Ivy, I really appreciate", after saying that Lelia hang up the call.
She kept the phone back on the hook and turned to Jake, her face showing disappointment.
"What's going on?" Jake asked seeing her face.
Lelia came back to her seat and sighed, "turns out that I had a program today" she replied.
"Oh, but that's fine, we can do whatever we went another day"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes babe, just go and do what you need to do, and by the way what's the program?" he asked.
"It is a charity program I am doing for a special force of the army that just came back from a successful mission" she replied.
"That is really nice, this is a more reason why you should go, the soldiers really need our supports and encouragement. This is very nice of you to remember them, babe"
"Awn, you are making me blush, it is nothing much. Just doing what my Daddy taught me" Lelia said, smiling.
After eating she helped Jake to clear the dishes but he didn't allowed her to join him in washing it.
"Let me just rinse it while you wash?"
"No, go and prepare for the program that you have" Jake said.
Lelia had no choice but to go and prepare as she was told by her boyfriend, she walked to the bedroom and started preparing.
Standing at the front of her wardrobe, she searched with her eyes for a perfect cloth to wear but she couldn't pick one.
Then an idea came to her head and she rushed to the small table beside the bed and took her phone.
She opened her contacts and was about to call someone when a call came to her phone, it was Ivy.
"Hello Ivy, how is everything going?" she asked once the line was connected.
"It is going great ma, ma I want to ask if we should also bring those items marked S?" Ivy asked.
"Yes, they are also part of the package" Lelia replied.
"Okay ma, see you soom, I 'm hanging up"
"No, wait Ivy "
"What is it ma?"
"Um, I am in situation here, I don't know which cloth to wear" she replied.
"Okay ma, wait let me call you on video call" Ivy then hung up and then called her on video call immediately.
With the video call Ivy helped Lelia to select an outfit with shoes and bag, after that Lelia thanked her and then ended the video call.
She then went to her dressing mirror and sat down on the stool there, she pulled out of the compartments of the cupboard there and brought out her makeup kit.
She used ten minutes to apply a simple make up on her face, after that she was good to go.
"Time to go and show kindness to people" she commented, took her bag and left the room.
"Whoa, you look stunning !, I think I 'm going to go blind. Your beauty is shining like the sun !" Jake exclaimed when Lelia walked into the living room.
"Of course I am, the only beautiful Lelia in this world" she said, twirling around.
Jake walked up to her and caught her waist, he held him and then leaned down capturing her lips in a quick kiss.
"You are so naughty" Lelia said after they broke the kiss.
"You made me this way ,babe. How about I steal another kiss?"
"Sure" Lelia tiptoed and kissed him on the lips, afterwards she hugged him while saying she needs to go.
"Okay babe, see you when you come back" Jake said.
"Yeah take care" after another hug, Lelia finally left the living room and went out of the house.
A car was already waiting for her outside, as she made her way to the car, the driver saw her coming and got out to open the door for her.
She slide into the car and the driver closed the door and went back to his seat, "so where are we going now, ma?" the driver asked once he has settled down.
"To the company Clark, turns out I was the only one that forgot about today, even you remembered and prepared" Lelia replied.
"Well ma Ivy made sure that we all got your programs for the weeks and the cars we should prepare" the driver said.
"Please start driving we don't want to keep ma Ivy waiting"
"Okay ma" the driver started the car and drove away.