18 Tragedy 15
Meanwhile, his attention was on Leon, who was in a haste to leave for school without the routine check on his car. Now, he had gotten his car out of his car park and was about driving out of the gate when Mr. Ken Israel halted him and asked.
“Did you do your daily check on your car?”
Without responding, he got off the car and headed for the bonnet. As he tried to open the car, Ken stopped him and instructed.
“Take the car back to the garage and join Levi. Did you get me?”
“I got you, Mr. Israel.”
Now, Ken gave his wife, who was standing quietly beside him, a peck and said.
“Take good care of yourself. Mother. See you later.”
“All right. Have a lovely day, hubby.”
“See you later, son.”
He got into his car and the driver drove off. Subsequently, Ahmed, his orderly and Ralf Young followed behind while the other soldiers and security guards followed at a distance. Meanwhile, Leon looked around and felt that he could disobey Mr. Israel's order because he was off and Madam Jessica Murray and Dora had walked back to the parlor. He got back into his and drove towards the gate, to his chagrin, the gatekeepers, who heard Mr. Israel's order, refused to open the gate for him. Likewise, his assistant and driver looked on. Then, he respected himself, reversed, got back to his garage, parked and walked back to Mr. Kelvin's car, and they drove off. Now, Mr. Kelvin Levi asked.
“Young Master, do you wish to implicate us?”
“I don't mean to, Mr. Levi. But, Mr. Israel had gone, besides, the car was in a good shape.”
He defended. Then, Mr. Levi and his Assistant corrected.
“But he gave you an instruction.”
“I know.”
“Anyway, In case you don't know, every activity in the Manor is played in his car.”
The bewildered Leon apologized for his folly at once.
“Wow. I have not thought of that. Pardon my manners, Mr. Levi.”
“It is all right.”
Now, Mr. Levi and his team had concluded that the Chairman and Jeff had traveled out of the country on official assignment, so, they did not bother to make inquiries about him. As for the news of the attacked aircraft, they did not link it to Jeff or the chairman. Meanwhile, Jessica and Dora returned to the parlor and instructed the chefs on what to do.
“Mr. Robert.”
“Yes, Mrs. Israel.”
“Can we have food for one hundred people? We are going on a hospital visitation.”
“I will get back to you right away, Mrs. Israel.”
“It is all right.”
Subsequently, they waited for the Chef's return while they called their personal offices and left instructions for the day with the staff members. Soon, Mr. Robert returned and announced that, the stock in the store would not feed one hundred people and the seventy domestic staff members, including the Soldiers and Security Guards at the underground.
“It is all right. Get Adline. She would go for shopping right away.”
“It is all right, Mrs. Israel. If I may ask, are we expecting the Nigerian Jollof Rice?”
Dora chuckled and looked at her mother-in-law and inquired.
“Oh! Mother, do you wish to have the Nigerian Jollof Rice?”
“Sure. It is like Mr. Robert is longing for it too.”
Jessica pointed out, and Mr. Robert smiled shyly as he walked back to get Adline.
At the Surgical Center
Before lunch, the women set out for the Surgical Center to see Mr. Morris, Jeff, and Val They were careful to ensure that they got there before lunch. Meanwhile, when the hospital walkers saw them, they were excited because the gesture of the previous day was still fresh in their memories. As they were walking to Dr. Williams' office, they were startled.
“Leon. Why are you not in school?”
Madam Jessica asked with a surprise look on her face. Then, Dora looked at him and concluded.
“He could not do without Jeff.”
Now, Leon walked up to them and Madam Jessica held his hand, and they headed to the doctor's office.
“Good to see you. Please take your seats.”
The doctor welcomed them. They appreciated and asked at the same time.
“Thank you, Dr. Williams. How is work?”
“Work is nice.”
Now, the doctor, updated them on the latest state of affairs of the victims.
“The patients are doing well. The pace of their recovery is very rapid.”
“That is good to hear. Can we see them, please?"
“Certainly.”
The doctor got up and took them to their wards. They were surprised to see the female doctor, Jennifer Girard, seated on a chair beside Jeff’s bed while reading her book.
Leon's Perspectives
Mr. Kelvin Levi and the security guards took him to school and waited at the park for him as usual.
“Thank you, Mr. Levi.”
He greeted. Then he got off the car and walked to his lecture hall. When he passed through Jeff's lecture hall, he became emotional and fought back his tears. Finally, he got to his hall, took his seat and waited for his first lecturer. Meanwhile, he exchanged greetings with his colleagues whom he was just seeing for the first time after the holidays while they waited for the lecturer. At 8:00 am, his lecturer walked in cheerfully. Now, he put his troubles aside temporarily and focused on the lecture. Afterward, he decided to check on Prof. George Green, his Head of the Department and lecturer, whom he checked on his first day of resumption and met his office locked. To his surprise, the office was still locked.
“What is happening?”
He mumbled. Now, he felt disoriented as he walked back to his hall. He had hoped that the presence of Prof. George Green would help him to forget about Jeff's absence and stay in the school.
“I need to leave, now.”
He concluded when he discovered that he was about to lose his mind. He walked back to his hall and, incidentally, the next lecturer was absent, and he had no friends who would question his departure. So, he picked up his backpack and left. He walked to the car park and met Mr. Kelvin Levi and his men waiting for him. Without much ado, he got into the car and sat comfortably.