All Chapters of Fire and Flame: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Laura was finally on vacation after a week of school. Her family decided not to go on a trip, rather, to visit nearby tourist places, spend time together and have fun.“Laura sweetie, are you ready? We are waiting downstairs.” Kiara shouted from the ground floor. Laura was packing her backpack when she heard her mother shout.“Yes, Mom. I will be there in three minutes. I’m almost done.” she quickly stuffed her umbrella, wet tissues and her favourite novel in her backpack. She kept the water bottle in the bottle section of the backpack and rushed to shut her door from the outside. She carefully climbed down the stairs.Little Joe was busy playing with toy cars, when he heard Laura’s footsteps.“Laura baby!” he stood up and waddled like a duck towards Laura. He was only four years old.He raised his arms, indicating Laura to carry him in her arms.“Come here. Did you

“Looks like they are here to celebrate that lady’s birthday,” his assistant’s eyes were fixed on the group, trying to analyse what was going on.“Hmm.” His boss took one more glance at Laura and then reopened the mail application. His eyes scanned through the mail as he scrolled down the long mail. But his fingers suddenly stopped scrolling, his eyes furrowed, looking at the particular part of the mail.“Let us go,” he stood up, buttoned up his suit and started heading towards the exit.“Boss, our dessert!” Gabriel followed his boss, Brandon Reynolds.After the celebration, Laura and Kelvin drove the rest to Laura’s home.“Uncle K, why don’t you all stay in the guest room today? It still has all the basic things that you need. If you need anything else, I can get it from the storehouse. It’s late now, all dark. Stay with your family for one ni

“Good evening, Ms. Williams.” A man in a blue suit greeted Laura.“Good evening, Mr. Woods. How have you been?” Laura smiled back at him.“I am good. How are you?”“I am doing just fine. Thank you.”Lily didn’t like the way he was looking at Laura.“Hello, Mr. Woods. Did you come alone tonight?” she smirked. The very sight of this man disgusted her for no reason.“No, my wife is over there.” Mr. Woods pointed his pointed to where his wife was busy talking with other old women.“Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you all for attending tonight’s event. You all know why you have gathered here tonight… Well, you all must have an idea about the items which will be auctioned tonight. This charity auction will help donate the money received to the betterment of the country and providing a better future for the underprivileged chil

Brandon chuckled at her answer. He drove off to a nearby restaurant. It wasn’t looking extravagant as Laura imagined it to be, as having lunch with the top CEO in a restaurant would probably look like a five-star hotel? But this was a very simple restaurant. There was an old lady at the reception, writing something on a piece of paper. The interior of the restaurant was pale, not very eye-catching. But the paintings caught Laura’s interest. There were paintings of an old couple playing around with children, another one was of a young couple holding a baby, the other one was of a beautiful old lady who was smiling and had only two teeth left. There were paintings of many children playing and learning how to cook.But why were these painted? They could’ve picture framed it by a photographer… Laura thought to herself.“The couple loves to paint. The old lady is better than her husband at painting though...” Brand

After having lunch, Brandon dropped Laura off at her office.“Thank you for lunch, Mr. Reynolds.” Laura gave an honest smile. She was truly satisfied with the quality of food and the old couple’s homely service. Now that she knew the address of the restaurant, she would definitely visit for the second time.“You’re welcome,” Brandon smiled and slightly nodded his head.“I’ll pick you up at noon tomorrow, then?” He offered.“No, that’s alright. I can drive by myself. Thank you,” Laura hesitated for a moment. She can always drive anywhere when she has her own car.“Please?” Brandon gave a requesting smile to which Laura couldn’t say no.“Alright. I’ll see you tomorrow sharp at noon.” Laura finally accepted his request and turned around to walk into her office. Her cabin was on the fifth floor. To her surprise, Lily was already waiting fo