The Magnificent Cat by Nadia Ramadan (early reader chapter books .TXT) 📕

the Magnificent Cat does!"

Lisa walked to the door and opened it 

"Get out!" she demanded as she stood in front of the door "I want you to leave right now!"

"Wait a second, Lisa" Wade pleaded "I just thought you deserve to know the truth, please don’t…don’t hate me"

"Get out of my house now!" Lisa shouted "don’t make me call the police"

"Lisa, please" Wade continued to plead "what I've just told you is a big secret, I really don’t want you to get hurt"

"I can take care of myself…"Lisa said angrily "unless you decide to use the Mag-" she paused for a second and then said "I don’t want to see your face again” 

"Lisa, don’t say that!" Wade said as he comes closer do her

"Stay away from me" she shouted loudly "I really think you should leave"

"What about our love!" Wade said nicely "you can't just let this go to waste"

"It won’t" Lisa replied "because there wasn't any love! I never loved you! I love James"

"What?" Wade said as he looked at her sadly “James? Wh-”

"I told you" Lisa shouted "I had this love at first sight thing with James” 

"What are you saying?"  Wade asked “you can’t be serious, you don’t really mean that do y-"

"Wade, you are a criminal!" Lisa shouted again “You killed both my parents!! GET OUT” 

Wade walked out the door sadly without turning back. And just as he reached the corridor he could hear Lisa's door slammed hard right behind him.

Wade also slides down next to her door heartbroken. 

 

Lisa shuts the door angrily and broke down into tears 

"Why is this happening to me" she cried over and over.

For a second she could remember the day at the court when her father said those words, she remembered when she looked back at him and called him a monster the last time.

"I am so sorry, dad" Lisa said as she continued to cry "I am so sorry!"

 

She walked away from the door and glanced at the window, she can somehow see Wade walking out of the bar and straight into his car.

 

"I love you, Wade" she said lowly to herself "Why am I in love with the guy who literally destroyed my life!"

 

Chapter 19 - Meet Lewis, the Police

Armand sat down on the table next to Ray he picked up a picture and said "this is Lewis; you haven’t met him before did you?"

Ray looked at the picture and replied "No, I haven’t seen this fat guy, who is he?"

"He is a police" Armand replied "a corrupted one too"

"What about him?" Ray asked 

"Well he knows about the Magnificent Cat!"

"What?" Ray shouted

"Relax" Armand replied "he is working with us; we bribe him with 50,000 every month, just to make sure the other police stay out of our backs!"

"I see" Ray said in relief "that’s very smart Armand, very smart"

"Thank you" Armand said happily as he looked at the Magnificent Cat "I will do everything to protect the Magnificent Cat!"

"Speaking of the Magnificent Cat" Ray said "I found an excellent client to hire it"

"Really…?" Armand replied "how much?"

"$7,000,000" Ray replied with a smile "$7,000,000" for only 1day!"

"How sweet is this?!" Armand said happily "Ray, you are amazing, you are really perfect for this job!"

"I know I am" Ray said "this is my pleasure"

"I think we should have dinner now" Armand proposed "let’s go to our special buffet"

 

James walked to the dining hall where he saw all the crew of the building waiting for their dinner.

"Hello everybody" James said as he walked in and grab a seat.

"Do you want a cheese burger, beef, burger, chicken burger, fish burger…?" Joe asked lazily.

"None of those, thank you" James said as he smiled

"Are you saying that you are not eating?" Joe asked

"No I am just eating something else today" James replied “Salmon perhaps”

The entire staff looked at him strangely and turned away.

 

The main dining hall opened and worker walked in.

"Where is James Scorpion?" the worker shouted

"Right here…!" James replied 

The worker walked to him and gave him a plate of delicious salmon.

"The boss said that this is for you" the worker said as he leaves the room.

"Thank you" James said happily as he looked at the meal 

 

The telephone rang at the secretive room and Armand picked it up

"Who is it?" he asked 

"It's me Lewis" the voice replied "I am downstairs right in front of your building "can I come in?"

"Come right up" Armand said lowly "take the elevator I will open the door for you"

"I will be right up" Lewis said as he closed the phone.

"Who is it?" Ray asked just as Armand shuts the phone

"It's Lewis" Armand replied "he is coming in now"

 

A slight knock was then made at the door. Armand woke up from his seat and opened the door

"Hello Armand" Lewis greeted as he walked into the room.

"Hello Lewis" Armand replied "how's everything today?"

"Everything is great" Lewis answered "as long as the money comes in my pocket"

Ray turned and looked at him angrily. 

"Oh, this is Ray" Armand said as he introduced Lewis to Ray

"Hello" Ray greeted angrily "nice to meet you"

"Likewise" Lewis replied with half a smile.

"So how is our deal?" Armand asked as he sits at his table.

"The police are off your back for sure" Lewis replied "don’t worry about them"

"I hope so" Armand replied 

"I heard something about this place being known as a talent people place" Lewis said as he burst into laughter "who came up with this shit?!"

"I did" Armand replied sharply "and that’s only because cops are morons!"

Lewis's laughs turned to anger and shame "anyways I need some money"

"Where were you when those police walked into the building last time?" Ray asked as he looked at Lewis.

"Well, Armand did not give me any money" Lewis replied "and trust me if there is none in my pocket, please expect everything at your door, including the feds!"

"Fine" Armand replied angrily "here is $20,000 for the next couple of weeks, is it ok?"

"It's perfect" Lewis replied as he grabbed the money.

"So you will stay away from us this week, including the day of the concert?" Ray asked.

"What concert?" Armand asked 

"You haven't heard about the concert?" Lewis said laughingly "Bevin's first Concert, I have no idea who came up with such a ridiculous idea"

"It's not ridiculous" Ray interrupted angrily "I mean this dull area needs some action"

"Let’s get down to business shall we?" Armand said as he looked at both of them 

"You mean you don’t want to go?" Ray asked nervously.

"I don’t care" Armand replied "if you all want to go you can just go! I will stay here with my army and the bodyguards…the Magnificent Cat needs protection"

"It sure does" Lewis said happily as he counts his money.

"I won't go, if you need me" Ray continued "I mean I will only go if Patricia wants to go" 

Suddenly they all heard a knock on the door.

"Is that you James" Armand shouted "please leave right now!"

"Get the hell out of here!" Ray shouted

"It's me, Wade" the voice shouted through the iron door "let me in"

"Wade..?" Armand said as he woke up from his seat.

"Where are your keys?" Armand asked as he opened the door

"I can't remember" Wade replied as he walked in exhaustedly 

"Are you ok?" Lewis asked "you look like one of those junkies we arrested yesterday"

"Just shut up" Armand replied to Lewis

"Why don't you have dinner" Ray said as he looked at Wade "there are lots-"

"Yes" Armand interrupted "there are lots of specials today at the buffet

"I am not hungry!" Wade shouted "I am jus-"

"Alright, alright" Ray said calmly "the whole buffet is yours whenever you feel like eating"

"Can I talk to you alone" Wade said as he looked at Armand

"Of course" Armand replied

Armand looked at Ray and Lewis and gave them a nod to leave the room.

"Fine" Ray said "I will just be waiting downstairs with the losers"

 

Both Ray and Lewis walked out of the room and closed the iron door behind them.

"What is it?" Armand asked Wade nicely

"Everything" Wade replied "I am tired of this job! This is crazy!"

"Don’t you dare tell me that you are leaving this job!?" Armand said angrily 

"I am just saying-" Wade said as his nose started to bleed

Armand was still looking at him when he grabbed a tissue to wipe it off

"Were you using drugs?" Armand asked seriously

"Can I do the talking here" Wade said angrily

"I said were you inhaling cocaine off a pot a few minutes ago" Armand asked again

"We all have problems" Wade shouted 

"No, no, no" Armand said as he rolled his eyes "Wade, Wade, Wade"

"I don’t have any other choice, I-"

"Don’t say that" Armand interrupted "yes, this work is very stressful, but we have to deal with it! We have to control it before it controls us"

"Easy for you to say" Wade said as he turned away.

"I mean it" Armand continued "I am also having problems myself!"

"Oh, you finally know the truth about Ray" Wade said annoyingly

"No, I am talking about James" Armand said sharply 

"I think James is pretty much annoying to everyone!" Wade replied just wishing Armand doesn’t mention his name "don’t you have bigger problem to worry about"

"I am serious" Armand repeated "it's my job to rule things around here, and the way James is behaving lately… its getting tougher for me"

"What did he do this time?"  Wade asked angrily still furious about the subject

"He is coming here more often" Armand continued "he is addicted to this room"

"Who isn’t?" 

"Listen to me, Wade" Armand said nicely "I don’t want anything to bother you, just remember you have everything!"

"I know-"

"And you have me" Armand interrupted "you also have this office! This office will be yours someday, just remember that!"

 

Ray and Lewis went downstairs to the main hall of the building

"I see you are new here" Lewis asked Ray as he lights a cigar

"Yes I am" 

"I am surprised Armand trusts you" Lewis said annoyingly "I mean you are new here but, you are higher than most people around here"

"Of course" Ray replied sharply "because if it wasn't for me, you won't be receiving a dime from Armand"

 

James and Nick walked into the hall and saw both Ray and Lewis standing there.

"Well hello there" James said as he looked at Ray "you fired yet?"

"Maybe when Mr. Picklock flies to the North Pole" Ray replied "that will be perfect time to fire me, don’t you think?"

James's smile turned to anger "screw you Ray, the topic was about you, no one else"

"So you are interested in going to the concert?" Nick said to avoid problems

"What concert?" James asked as he turned from Ray to Nick

"Bevin's first concert" Lewis continued "hasn't anyone cared to notice the signboards on the street!"

"No Lewis" James said annoyingly "don’t you think we have better things to do here"

"Why did you even talk to him" Ray said as he looked at Lewis "I think we should go back up"

"I think so too" Lewis said as he gives James a dirty look

"Good bye" James said as they entered into the elevator "say hello to your mommy for me"

 

The second iron door opened and both Ray and Lewis walked in.

"I hope you are done talking, because I can't stay down any longer" Ray said as he walked in.

"We