The Magnificent Cat - Nadia Ramadan (little red riding hood read aloud TXT) 📗

you guys leave me alone”

“Well you don’t have to any more” Joe replied “Nick already delivered it”

Joe passed by and walked on straight as James looked at him.

“I sent Nick to do it” Picklock said as he looks at James “I hope you were doing something important…for the boss doesn’t know”

“Thank you Mr. Picklock” James said as Picklock walked away

 

Chapter 7 - An uninvited guest

The Magnificent cat, a very bad and illegal object, used for an immoral purpose, no one ever hires it for good reasons, but that doesn’t make Armand stop this entire blood business. No one blames him either, for a $20,000,000 weekly salary is not an easy thing to give up. Armand for instance has a massive mansion far away from Bevin, while Wade has a lavish apartment in Bevin; they both are living a luxurious life any one could imagine. Today, Ray has joined this licentious group; his salary is growing rapidly, for the fact that he knows more people to hire the Magnificent Cat easily and with good overstated prices.

 

James and Picklock on the other hand are the second class workers on the team besides Joe and Nick and the other staff, but there are more workers lower than them and doing the tougher jobs. There are also additional staffs apart from the 32 people that are not living in the building; they are just there ready and waiting for war, waiting for Ruddick and Alden to make a move if they can. 

Mr. Bacilli is known as the guard man, no one knows what’s his job really is towards the Magnificent Cat, therefore Mr. Bacilli is just known as a guard with a $300,000 salary.

 

The Magnificent Cat is not an easy thing to protect since it’s a money making machine with bad intentions, rivals like Ruddick and Alden will never give up until they have the Magnificent Cat in their hands, but possessing it can be difficult and they might do anything to the extreme in order to have the one thing in the world they desired.

 

Armand walked freshly into the secretive room and looked at the Magnificent Cat through a high sensitive thick glass covering the object.

“You are as amazing as you look” Armand said lowly to himself 

The second iron door opened the next minute and Wade walked in.

“Good afternoon” Wade greeted

“Hello” Armand replied as he walks to his desk.

“Ok” Wade continued “I found this new customer, very private, wants to hire the Magnificent Cat for $1,000,000. But just for 2 days and returns it on time”

“Well Ray actually found a guy who wants to higher it for $2,000,000 and for just one day” Armand replied sharply.

Wade looked at him sadly and turned away to his desk, he then looked at Armand and said “well don’t you think…”

The second iron door opened just when Wade was talking and Ray walked in.

“Hello Ray” Armand said happily 

“Hello Armand” Ray replied “I have good news today too”

“Sure you do” Armand said laughingly “but just a second…Wade, what were you saying?” 

“No…nothing, I was just asking to be excused” Wade said as he leaves the room.

“What is wrong with him?” Ray asked 

“Nothing is wrong with him” Armand replied harshly “he is just exhausted maybe, that’s all, so what’s the good news you wanted to tell me?”

“It’s about the Magnificent Cat of course” Ray started “there will be a meeting next week because there are two people who wanted to hire it on the same day, but we only have to give it to one of them don’t we?”

“Of course” Armand replied “according to who pays the highest, you know that”

“Absolutely” Ray continued “so basically this meeting is going to be some kind of an auction”

“But you know I can’t attend this meeting Ray” Armand said “I have to take a short leave and go see my family for a while”

“Oh sorry Armand I forgot about that” Ray replied “I think I should postponed it or-”

“No, no, no” Armand interrupted “you can still carry on with this meeting, I trust you, I want you to do this meeting with Wade, and find the right person to hire the Magnificent Cat”

“Thank you Armand” Ray said happily “you won’t regret a thing!”

 

 

James sat on a chair in front of the Veranda just to look at the Greenwood’s house, hoping he would get a glimpse of Patricia Greenwood. 

“Excuse me sir, what do you sell here” a woman asked while passing the building

“What?” James said surprisingly “oh I mean…what you want?”

“Well what do you have here?” the woman asked again

“What are you talking about? This is no pawn shop or something…”

“Well I heard from a neighbor that this building is a shop” 

"Well you got it all wrong" James replied angrily "are you an inspector or something?"

“No! I am just…” the woman said surprisingly 

Patricia walked out of the main door and looked at James.

“Excuse me madam, but I’m sure that there other shops here in Bevin, so…” James said annoyingly as he walked off.

“What!” the woman shouted “where are you-”

Before she could finish the sentence, she already saw James walked to the other side of the street.

 

“Hello James” Patricia greeted as he approached.

“Hey” James answered “I was longing to see you” 

“I was just looking for my Father, have you seen him anywhere?” Patricia asked anxiously.

“No, I haven’t seen him” James replied “but I am sure he is working upstairs…ever since he came here he is always at the main office”

“But that’s a good thing right?” Patricia asked as she looked at him straight in the eye.

James looked back at her without anything to say, he quickly turned away to think of a straight answer.

“What is the matter?” Patricia asked “oh…that depends on what the main office does, Right?”

“I thought you don’t want to talk about your father’s job Patricia” James said sharply

“But this is also your job” Patricia replied “and I am actually worried about you, I want to know more about you James”

“I know that but...” James didn’t finish his sentence when he heard the siren sound and a dozen of police cars buzzing at their building.

“What is going on?” Patricia shouted “Oh no! My dad is in there!”

“Go back to the house” James said as he turned away “I will handle this”

 

“Open up! This is the Police!” a police man shouted

“Can I help you officer?” Bacilli asked as he runs from the backyard.

“We are hearing a lot of accusation” the officer replied “can you open the door”

“What is the problem?” James shouted as he runs from across the street.

“Don’t make me arrest all of you…just open the Goddamn door!” The police shouted even harder.

“Ok ok” James replied “but-”

The door opened and Wade stepped out.

“Is there a problem officer” Wade asked “can I ask why you are accusing us sir?” 

“A lot of things, including drug dealing!” another police shouted 

“Well then if you are looking for drugs sir” Wade continued “I am afraid you won’t find some here”

“Then you won’t mind us coming inside would you?” 

“What?” 

“I’m going in” the officer answered as he let himself inside the building.

“Be my guest” Wade said angrily

“What the hell is going on?” Bacilli shouted “why is this happening! I don’t want to lose this job! Or worst of all I don’t want to be put to jail for years!”

“Would you shut up Bacilli” James shouted angrily 

“We should calm down” Wade whispered “the more they suspect less about us the easier we can trick them of getting out of here”

“Well, look who is talking” James snapped “the only one who is going to ruin this will be you, so my advice for you is to act less junky!” 

“James!” Bacilli shouted “what are you saying?”

“He understood me well” James replied as he looked at Wade.

“Are you hooked on drugs, sir?” Bacilli aasked

“No I am not!” Wade shouted “and I think we are all wasting our time talking non-sense while the police are checking the house!” 

“Well but we both know that this is not non-sense and-”

“Oh just shut up James! Don’t you think it will be a hell lot better if they think I am a drug addict, or maybe found a whole bag of drugs in the office than finding out what our real business is about! Now don’t you prefer just me to go to jail or this entire building burned down with all of us put to jail and most likely facing death penalty!” 

“Oh I think we will both prefer the first part, because you can simply bail yourself out of jail even if the police found your entire apartment full of drugs!” James said 

“Is that so?” Wade said as he turns to James

“Fucking sure”

“Go fuck yourself”

“Ok that’s it!” Bacilli shouted “let’s go in check what the hell the cops are doing!”

 

The police walked in and saw a big crowd sitting together in the main hall.

“What the hell is this? What are you all doing here?!”

Before anyone can start talking, they all hear a footstep coming from the stairs. Everyone turned to see who was coming.

Armand walked into the main hall with Ray behind him.

“Good afternoon sirs” Armand said happily to the police

Armand was acting very calmly and doesn’t even mind that the police are actually in the building.

“Can I please know what on earth is going on here?!!” the police asked angrily.

“I am afraid this place is secretive officer” Armand replied

 

James, Wade and Bacilli walked into the building and saw the police standing in front of Armand and Ray.

“Excuse me!” the police shouted “are you telling me to step out of here…then you must be crazy because I am not going anywhere until I know exactly what you people are doing!”

 

“We are doomed” Bacilli said lowly

“Shush…, Armand will fix it, I have faith in him” Wade said as James rolled his eyes.

 

“As I told you officer, this place is completely confidential, and I am not asking you to step out since you already came in”

“Alright then show me some papers, license, and occupation purpose...”

“I can’t” Armand interrupted

“And why is that?” the police asked as he touched his gun

“Hey take it easy, will you!” Ray shouted

“These are my workers” Armand continued

“What workers?” the officer asked angrily, still touching his gun.

“I am starting a new business here…” Armand replied “each person has their own special talents and any one can come here and ask any kinds of request they want! Those people are seeking for jobs in years and never got a chance! Do you know why? This is because they have bad backgrounds! Most jobs don’t accept people with bad backgrounds!"

 

"Is he telling a story of his life?" James said angrily

"Shut up James!" Bacilli shouted lowly "Armand is fixing it!"

 

"But those people are talented! I mean screw criminal records!" Armand continued "they are designers, accountants, traders and so forth…no one needs to know their background! That’s why this place is secretive"

“What?” the officer asked as he put down the gun “I have never heard such a thing before”

“Until you met me, officer” Armand replied “see…I am a rich man officer…and what will be the best way to use this wealth than investing it in talented people..!”

“And where did you find these talented people?” the officer