"In Eight Months' Time" Weekly - 4

       




           

Andy Todd paced purposefully in a large room in which the floor was designed with two colours – reg and milky. The colours were vivid and bled into one another, blending into a little HOLLOW at the center of the floor. The gorgeous walls and the door were clad with cherry woods. The ceiling suspended itself from atop. The vibe was effortlessly style, making the room to enjoy quintessential view of excellent work of arts. At one corner of the room was a large office table – Jimmy Robert laid at the foot of the table. Andy Todd had brought him in when he passed out at the living room. Andy Todd called the place his chamber. By far, it was different from every other room in the entire building – bigger in size and decoration.

Mr. Todd flipped through a book among other books on the large table – then his attention was drawn when Jimmy Robert sneezed.

     “Ho, ho! You are back!” Andy Todd exclaimed.

Jimmy Robert dragged himself and sat on the floor.

     “What happened to me?”

He yawned tiredly – his eyes looked like one who had slept for the past seven hours.

     “You activated the auto defense mechanism when you tried to hit me”, Andy Todd replied.

Jimmy Robert stood on his feet.

     “Who are you? And what the hell do you want from me?” he asked.

There was anxiety in his eyes as he moved them sharply across the whole place.

     “We should be getting this whole thing kicking by now!” Andy Todd said.

     “Ho, by the way, your boss called”.

He threw a cell at him – it landed safely in his hand.

     “I told him what he needed to know”, Andy Todd said.

     “What did you tell him?” Jimmy Robert asked quickly.

     “I told him that you don’t need his job anymore”.

     “You told him what! You are nothing but a freak!” Jimmy Robert shouted to the ceiling.

He glared at him; wishing he could do to him all that was in his heart.

     “Soothe your anger”, Andy Todd said gesticulating.

     “I think you should consider yourself lucky to be involved  in this. The world is about to witness a new dimension of power, of glory like never before. History is about to be made!”

     “This is United States of America and if you think your thing, whatever, is gonna work here then, you’ve got it all wrong! All wrong!”

They stared at each other for a moment. Andy Todd shifted his gaze at the ceiling and then at the HOLLOW on the center of the floor. After a while , he returned his gaze at Jimmy Robert.

     “C’mon, take my hand!”

He stretched out his hand.

     “And let’s see if it’s gonna be all wrong!” he said calmly.

Jimmy Robert’s face was that of a confused despair. He reluctantly took Andy Todd’s hand and the two men walked out.