Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 3

The truth of the matter for Joe to hire Tony was to get Tony killed in Malaysia. The purpose wasn't to trace Alice's activities. Joe wanted to lure Tony to Malaysia so his henchmen could deal with him. It was something that Tony had done in the past that Joe was seeking to avenge.
To get Tony killed in Singapore was more risky for Joe because of the efficiency of the police force. However,Malaysia being a bigger country, it was more difficult for the police to apprehend the murderers. Besides. Joe had stronger connection with the underworld in Malaysia.

Tony didn't know about the trap Joe had set up to get him killed. However he was a bit suspicious when he heard the earlier mobile phone conversation in Singapore between Joe and Alice about getting someone killed.

Now with all his spying equipments trained on the room in which Alice was staying,Tony and Maniam began to settle down to find out about the truth.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Who's that?" asked Tony. "It's room service....I need to check the stocks in the fridge Sir" came the reply. "One moment please" answered Tony.

Tony gestured Maniam to hide in the toilet just in case. Tony then proceeded to open the door slowly.
A Chinese man of about 30 years old appeared at the door. "May I come in Sir?" he asked Tony politely.
Tony directed the Chinese man to where the fridge was. Just before Tony could close the door behind him, another man rushed into the room with a gun in his hand. Instantly he caught hold of Tony from behind and threatened to shoot him if he resist. Tony felt the strong grip around his neck and the gun pointing at his head. He could feel that the intruder was serious about killing him and so he relented. The first man kicked Tony in his groin and he fell to the floor,groaning in severe pain.
Meanwhile, Manian who was in the toilet could no longer tolerate the intruders beating Tony. He exited from the toilet and dashed at the two men. His presence shocked them as they did not expect Tony to have a guess. Before they could recovered, Manian did a flying kick which sent the two to the floor. The gun dropped from the intruder's hand and slided under the bed. All at once Manian pulled out his revolver and pointed at them.

Tony and Manian got the better of the two and tied them up. In the hour of interrogation, Tony and Maniam found out the truth......Joe had hired the two to kill Tony and get rid of his body. There should be no traces of Tony after that. They also confessed they did not know Joe's reasons for trying to murder Tony. They also told them Alice was in the thick of things and She should know the truth.

After obtaining the info from the two would be killers, Tony went over to Alice's room. He knew Alice was having her shower. He slided the master key into the keyhole and quietly opened the door. Tony check his gun and make sure the silencer was attached. He waited for Alice to finish her shower............

Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 3

The truth of the matter for Joe to hire Tony was to get Tony killed in Malaysia. The purpose wasn't to trace Alice's activities. Joe wanted to lure Tony to Malaysia so his henchmen could deal with him. It was something that Tony had done in the past that Joe was seeking to avenge.
To get Tony killed in Singapore was more risky for Joe because of the efficiency of the police force. However,Malaysia being a bigger country, it was more difficult for the police to apprehend the murderers. Besides. Joe had stronger connection with the underworld in Malaysia.

Tony didn't know about the trap Joe had set up to get him killed. However he was a bit suspicious when he heard the earlier mobile phone conversation in Singapore between Joe and Alice about getting someone killed.

Now with all his spying equipments trained on the room in which Alice was staying,Tony and Maniam began to settle down to find out about the truth.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Who's that?" asked Tony. "It's room service....I need to check the stocks in the fridge Sir" came the reply. "One moment please" answered Tony.

Tony gestured Maniam to hide in the toilet just in case. Tony then proceeded to open the door slowly.
A Chinese man of about 30 years old appeared at the door. "May I come in Sir?" he asked Tony politely.
Tony directed the Chinese man to where the fridge was. Just before Tony could close the door behind him, another man rushed into the room with a gun in his hand. Instantly he caught hold of Tony from behind and threatened to shoot him if he resist. Tony felt the strong grip around his neck and the gun pointing at his head. He could feel that the intruder was serious about killing him and so he relented. The first man kicked Tony in his groin and he fell to the floor,groaning in severe pain.
Meanwhile, Manian who was in the toilet could no longer tolerate the intruders beating Tony. He exited from the toilet and dashed at the two men. His presence shocked them as they did not expect Tony to have a guess. Before they could recovered, Manian did a flying kick which sent the two to the floor. The gun dropped from the intruder's hand and slided under the bed. All at once Manian pulled out his revolver and pointed at them.

Tony and Manian got the better of the two and tied them up. In the hour of interrogation, Tony and Maniam found out the truth......Joe had hired the two to kill Tony and get rid of his body. There should be no traces of Tony after that. They also confessed they did not know Joe's reasons for trying to murder Tony. They also told them Alice was in the thick of things and She should know the truth.

After obtaining the info from the two would be killers, Tony went over to Alice's room. He knew Alice was having her shower. He slided the master key into the keyhole and quietly opened the door. Tony check his gun and make sure the silencer was attached. He waited for Alice to finish her shower............

Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 4

Tony was getting impatient waiting for Alice to be out of the shower room. Fifteen minutes had passed and Alice was still inside the shower,thought Tony. Slowly Tony tiptoed and open the bathroom door cautiously. The hot steaming air from the shower hit Tony in his face. But there was no sign of Alice. Where had she gone?

Alice grew suspicious when she phoned the two hired killers. There was no answer from anyone of them. She suspected they were in trouble and so she fled her room but left the shower tap running to throw her enemy off guard. This would have given her at least 15 minutes advantage over her pursuer. By then she would have disappeared completely without a trace.

On seeing that he was fooled by Alice, Tony called Maniam who was in his room guarding the two assailants and asked for info regarding Alice's whereabouts. Maniam interrogated the two and almost blew their heads off with his gun for not co-operating. The fact was the two men didn't know about Alice's whereabouts either.

Tony went back to his room and sought Manian's advice on what to do next.

Tony and Manian decided to fly to Singapore to confront Joe. They wanted Joe to explain the assassination attempt on Tony's life.
After handing the earlier two assailants to the authority in Malaysia,Tony and Manian caught a MH flight from Ipoh to KL and then switched to a SQ flight to S'pore.
After arriving at Changi Airport, they took a taxi and sped off to Shenton Way where Joe's office was located. They did not wanna call Joe because they wanna surprise him.
After paying the taxi driver, Tony and Manian took an elevator to the 20th storey of the building where Joe was.

Joe had a small office overlooking the sea. It was a neat and compact place with 2 desktops, a fax machine and  2 office telephones. Joe did not have many employees. In reality, his was an OMO (one man operation).
Tony cautiously and slowly opened the door to Joe's office. All at once Joe jumped out of his chair on seeing Tony and Manian. Joe didn't know Manian but knew Tony. Joe was shocked to see Tony. "I thought you were dead Tony" said the shivering Joe. Manian stranglehold Joe while Tony took out his gun and attached the silencer. He shoved the tip of the silencer into Joe's mouth and demanded an answer as to why he wanted to kill him.

After Alice fled her room in the Ipoh hotel, Joe received an sms from Alice's mobile phone with the message "Plan executed, Tony's gone". 

Joe tried calling Alice but there was no answer from her mobile. Joe assumed that Alice's mobile battery must have gone flat.

Back to the Shenton Way office where the action was, Joe was naturally shocked to see Tony whom he thought was dead.

With the gun slowly moved away from him, Joe started to explain to Tony his reason for wanting to kill him.

Many years ago, according to Joe, his younger brother Ben was arrested for stabbing a young friend to death during a gambling session. Due to his age (16 then) Ben was confined to a prison for young offenders at Bedok (Reformative Training Center or RTC). Ben's crime was murder and he was place under "The President Pleasure" category which means he could only be released if the president pardoned him. As for the other young offenders whose crime were not very serious they had a release date.
 However, Ben was released after the president pardoned him 3 years later for good behaviour in the prison.

After obtaining his freedom, Ben was unrepentant and went back to crime. He had established lots of contact with the underworld whilst in RTC.
One of the first things Ben did upon his release from RTC was to get a revolver. He wanted to commit robberies with his friends. He wanted an easy life with plenty of money to spend. Ben also wanted to show the underworld that he was brave and notorious.
One day, just before Ben and his friends could carry out their plan to rob a goldsmith shop at Geylang, the police got wind of their plan and laid an ambush. In the ensuing gunfight, Ben was shot by a young dectective. Ben was arrested and sent to jail paralysed from the waist down. A year later, Ben committed suicide in Changi Prison. This was the one and only reason Joe explained he wanted to avenge his younger brother's death and it was Tony who happened to be the young detective who shot Ben.

Tony believed Joe's story. However, he still wanted to turn Joe to the authority for the attempted murder on his life. Joe begged Tony not to report him and offered money as compensation. Joe showed Tony and Maniam the stacks of $10,000 and $1,000 notes in his safe. He offered Tony $300,000 if he did not turn him to the police.
After much assurance from Joe that he would leave Tony alone and not haunt him anymore that Tony accepted the cash.
Joe and Tony settled the matter amicably.
But  now what has happened to Alice, why did she send an sms that said Tony was killed,why did she lie to Joe?............

Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 4

Tony was getting impatient waiting for Alice to be out of the shower room. Fifteen minutes had passed and Alice was still inside the shower,thought Tony. Slowly Tony tiptoed and open the bathroom door cautiously. The hot steaming air from the shower hit Tony in his face. But there was no sign of Alice. Where had she gone?

Alice grew suspicious when she phoned the two hired killers. There was no answer from anyone of them. She suspected they were in trouble and so she fled her room but left the shower tap running to throw her enemy off guard. This would have given her at least 15 minutes advantage over her pursuer. By then she would have disappeared completely without a trace.

On seeing that he was fooled by Alice, Tony called Maniam who was in his room guarding the two assailants and asked for info regarding Alice's whereabouts. Maniam interrogated the two and almost blew their heads off with his gun for not co-operating. The fact was the two men didn't know about Alice's whereabouts either.

Tony went back to his room and sought Manian's advice on what to do next.

Tony and Manian decided to fly to Singapore to confront Joe. They wanted Joe to explain the assassination attempt on Tony's life.
After handing the earlier two assailants to the authority in Malaysia,Tony and Manian caught a MH flight from Ipoh to KL and then switched to a SQ flight to S'pore.
After arriving at Changi Airport, they took a taxi and sped off to Shenton Way where Joe's office was located. They did not wanna call Joe because they wanna surprise him.
After paying the taxi driver, Tony and Manian took an elevator to the 20th storey of the building where Joe was.

Joe had a small office overlooking the sea. It was a neat and compact place with 2 desktops, a fax machine and  2 office telephones. Joe did not have many employees. In reality, his was an OMO (one man operation).
Tony cautiously and slowly opened the door to Joe's office. All at once Joe jumped out of his chair on seeing Tony and Manian. Joe didn't know Manian but knew Tony. Joe was shocked to see Tony. "I thought you were dead Tony" said the shivering Joe. Manian stranglehold Joe while Tony took out his gun and attached the silencer. He shoved the tip of the silencer into Joe's mouth and demanded an answer as to why he wanted to kill him.

After Alice fled her room in the Ipoh hotel, Joe received an sms from Alice's mobile phone with the message "Plan executed, Tony's gone". 

Joe tried calling Alice but there was no answer from her mobile. Joe assumed that Alice's mobile battery must have gone flat.

Back to the Shenton Way office where the action was, Joe was naturally shocked to see Tony whom he thought was dead.

With the gun slowly moved away from him, Joe started to explain to Tony his reason for wanting to kill him.

Many years ago, according to Joe, his younger brother Ben was arrested for stabbing a young friend to death during a gambling session. Due to his age (16 then) Ben was confined to a prison for young offenders at Bedok (Reformative Training Center or RTC). Ben's crime was murder and he was place under "The President Pleasure" category which means he could only be released if the president pardoned him. As for the other young offenders whose crime were not very serious they had a release date.
 However, Ben was released after the president pardoned him 3 years later for good behaviour in the prison.

After obtaining his freedom, Ben was unrepentant and went back to crime. He had established lots of contact with the underworld whilst in RTC.
One of the first things Ben did upon his release from RTC was to get a revolver. He wanted to commit robberies with his friends. He wanted an easy life with plenty of money to spend. Ben also wanted to show the underworld that he was brave and notorious.
One day, just before Ben and his friends could carry out their plan to rob a goldsmith shop at Geylang, the police got wind of their plan and laid an ambush. In the ensuing gunfight, Ben was shot by a young dectective. Ben was arrested and sent to jail paralysed from the waist down. A year later, Ben committed suicide in Changi Prison. This was the one and only reason Joe explained he wanted to avenge his younger brother's death and it was Tony who happened to be the young detective who shot Ben.

Tony believed Joe's story. However, he still wanted to turn Joe to the authority for the attempted murder on his life. Joe begged Tony not to report him and offered money as compensation. Joe showed Tony and Maniam the stacks of $10,000 and $1,000 notes in his safe. He offered Tony $300,000 if he did not turn him to the police.
After much assurance from Joe that he would leave Tony alone and not haunt him anymore that Tony accepted the cash.
Joe and Tony settled the matter amicably.
But  now what has happened to Alice, why did she send an sms that said Tony was killed,why did she lie to Joe?............

Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 5

Alice, I was told was never Joe's mistress to begin with. She was one of his top lieutenants in his drug smuggling syndicate. It was a multi dollar bogus company with a false front supposedly dealing in motor car spare parts.
Alice was forced to sleep with Joe because she had no choice or be killed. She was, at first employed as a clerk in Joe's so called car spare part company. She worked very hard and Joe had showered her with expensive gifts. All the compliments and gifts coming from her boss was indeed very flattering.
Joe on the other hand knew Alice loved money. He enticed her with all those gifts so she would fall for him. It was a wrong assumption of Joe that Alice would fall for him for he was not good looking and fat. Alice had a weakness for fair blond Caucasian men. When Joe forced himself on Alice she had not much of a choice for she feared him,knowing his notoriety. All along Alice played along and pretended she loved and enjoyed sex with Joe.
Now in Ipoh after the failed assassination of Tony, Alice seized the opportunity to run away from Joe. In fact it was an ideal situation for her to escape for she had transferred a cool $2 million dollars from Joe's account into hers.
While Tony was dealing with Joe, Alice was on her way to London on a SQ first class flight. Alice decision to run away from Joe was also partly due to the failed assassination attempt for she knew better than most that Joe would punished her.
The cat was now out of the bag for Alice had a secret English lover called James in London. They had not seen each other since Alice started working for Joe. Now they were dying to be in each others arms again.

Alice's flight landed in the wee hour of the morning at Heathrow Airport. James was there to pick her up. Almost an hour after the flight had landed, James and Alice sped off in a brand new red Ferrari to a London apartment where James lived alone.

Joe found out that Alice had disappeared with his $2 million. Not only had this made him hopping mad but the way in which Alice did it, lying to him that Tony was killed and also not answering his phone call. Another thing that bothered Joe a lot was the contact Alice had with his drug suppliers and distributors. She could undercut and isolate some of his drug businesses. Joe told himself he must track Alice down and eliminate her at all cost.

Why did Alice has to lie to Joe about Tony? One theory was, Alice wanted Tony to catch Joe unprepared and kill him. Alice's plan failed miserably because Tony did not kill Joe but instead compensated with a large amount of money (300k).

Now Joe wanted Tony to trace Alice's whereabouts. He was prepared to pay Tony a handsome fee if he could find out where Alice was. Tony was reluctant to do business with a man like Joe.

Somehow,Tony could not resist working for Joe again for he was offered so much money that one would probably take a whole life time to earn. Joe also promised to pay all expenses including overseas entertainment incurred during the assignment.

It was not as though Joe could not use his connections worldwide to deal with Alice or any of his enemy.One snag here was his connections were not PIs and not experienced enough. They were more efficient in eliminating the enemies than investigation work. Tony and Manian were more efficient and skillful in investigation work. They were former police officers.

Tony and Maniam without wasting anymore time swung into action. They flew to Ipoh and using their contacts there searched for Alice. They contacted their friends in the Immigration,police and airport  to trace Alice's whereabouts. Photographs of Alice were shown to the airline check-in staff at the airport. Before long, they were given the information that Alice had left the day before for London via KL and Singapore.

Their helpful contacts were handsomely rewarded by Tony for their efforts.

Without any delay, Tony and Maniam booked a business class flight to London via KL on a MAS flight that evening.

On arrival at Heathrow, they hired a black Jaguar XK-RS Concept and zoomed off to Piccadilly where they have made a booking for the Berkeley Suite at the Ritz London.

Inspector Tony's story "A conspiracy" pt 5

Alice, I was told was never Joe's mistress to begin with. She was one of his top lieutenants in his drug smuggling syndicate. It was a multi dollar bogus company with a false front supposedly dealing in motor car spare parts.
Alice was forced to sleep with Joe because she had no choice or be killed. She was, at first employed as a clerk in Joe's so called car spare part company. She worked very hard and Joe had showered her with expensive gifts. All the compliments and gifts coming from her boss was indeed very flattering.
Joe on the other hand knew Alice loved money. He enticed her with all those gifts so she would fall for him. It was a wrong assumption of Joe that Alice would fall for him for he was not good looking and fat. Alice had a weakness for fair blond Caucasian men. When Joe forced himself on Alice she had not much of a choice for she feared him,knowing his notoriety. All along Alice played along and pretended she loved and enjoyed sex with Joe.
Now in Ipoh after the failed assassination of Tony, Alice seized the opportunity to run away from Joe. In fact it was an ideal situation for her to escape for she had transferred a cool $2 million dollars from Joe's account into hers.
While Tony was dealing with Joe, Alice was on her way to London on a SQ first class flight. Alice decision to run away from Joe was also partly due to the failed assassination attempt for she knew better than most that Joe would punished her.
The cat was now out of the bag for Alice had a secret English lover called James in London. They had not seen each other since Alice started working for Joe. Now they were dying to be in each others arms again.

Alice's flight landed in the wee hour of the morning at Heathrow Airport. James was there to pick her up. Almost an hour after the flight had landed, James and Alice sped off in a brand new red Ferrari to a London apartment where James lived alone.

Joe found out that Alice had disappeared with his $2 million. Not only had this made him hopping mad but the way in which Alice did it, lying to him that Tony was killed and also not answering his phone call. Another thing that bothered Joe a lot was the contact Alice had with his drug suppliers and distributors. She could undercut and isolate some of his drug businesses. Joe told himself he must track Alice down and eliminate her at all cost.

Why did Alice has to lie to Joe about Tony? One theory was, Alice wanted Tony to catch Joe unprepared and kill him. Alice's plan failed miserably because Tony did not kill Joe but instead compensated with a large amount of money (300k).

Now Joe wanted Tony to trace Alice's whereabouts. He was prepared to pay Tony a handsome fee if he could find out where Alice was. Tony was reluctant to do business with a man like Joe.

Somehow,Tony could not resist working for Joe again for he was offered so much money that one would probably take a whole life time to earn. Joe also promised to pay all expenses including overseas entertainment incurred during the assignment.

It was not as though Joe could not use his connections worldwide to deal with Alice or any of his enemy.One snag here was his connections were not PIs and not experienced enough. They were more efficient in eliminating the enemies than investigation work. Tony and Manian were more efficient and skillful in investigation work. They were former police officers.

Tony and Maniam without wasting anymore time swung into action. They flew to Ipoh and using their contacts there searched for Alice. They contacted their friends in the Immigration,police and airport  to trace Alice's whereabouts. Photographs of Alice were shown to the airline check-in staff at the airport. Before long, they were given the information that Alice had left the day before for London via KL and Singapore.

Their helpful contacts were handsomely rewarded by Tony for their efforts.

Without any delay, Tony and Maniam booked a business class flight to London via KL on a MAS flight that evening.

On arrival at Heathrow, they hired a black Jaguar XK-RS Concept and zoomed off to Piccadilly where they have made a booking for the Berkeley Suite at the Ritz London.

Fantasy Love

Simon and Lily were childhood sweethearts. You may call it puppy love but you may be wrong. Their love for each other started from a tender age of 13 when they were in a co-ed school.
Each day during the recess period, the two of them would sit close to each other sipping drinks with straws from the same glass. They would pecked each other on the cheeks and nothing more intimate than that as it was prohibited in school.
Of course, everyday school day Lily and Simon would take the same bus to and from school,holding hands. Incidentally they were also living in the same neighborhood. They were very much in love. Their love for each other grew stronger by the day. Later they studied at the same university and graduated from there. Simon majored in Economics and Lily in Business studies.
They eventually got married and decided to start a family but something unfortunate happened that would changed their lives forever.
Simon and Lily spent their honeymoon in the Australia. It was while driving a rented car from Brisbane City to the Gold Coast that an accident happened. Their car slammed into an oncoming car at a speed of 100 kpm and it left Simon paralysed from waist down. Lily was not badly hurt and recovered in a month or two. Simon condition remained the same i.e. he was paralysed permanently. It was tragic and had long term consequences for the couple. Their dreams of having children were dashed.
Back home, Lily had to take care of Simon. Besides going to work she had to feed,wash and take care of Simon's medication etc. They had a maid but she did most of the housework and did not attend to Simon much.
Taking care of Simon and working at the same time took a toll on Lily. Besides all the hard work, Lily needed some emotional and physical love and attention just like a normal person. This went on for two years and Lily became frustrated with life. She often thought of suicide but the thought of Simon without her was unbearable. She persevered but for how long more?

At her work place, a handsome young man by the name of Victor had an eye for Lily. They knew each other for a year and he knew the problems Lily had. Vic was a nice gentle man and Lily liked him as a colleague. Sometimes, they would go out for lunch together but that's about it.

Often seeing Lily being bogged down with her domestic problem and appeared to be sad, Vic decided to cheer her up by asking her to go out for a movie one day after work. Lily accepted and they went for a movie one evening.

It was a romance movie and Vic and Lily enjoyed it. They had a wonderful time together. After the movie and a light supper, Vic drove Lily home. Just as Lily was about to leave the car, Vic leaned over and kissed Lily on her cheek. Suddenly a gust of sexy lustful feeling overwhelmed Lily. She had never felt like this before even during her days with Simon. Is this love? Lily asked herself or merely animalistic  lust?
Whatever it was, Lily felt good. She went home to Simon feeling happy. She had a nice time and Simon could feel it and was happy for her.

One thing led to another. Three months passed after their first date and now Lily was sleeping with Vic,often at the expense of Simon. She would reached home late and lied to Simon that she was working overtime. But Simon could sense Lily was involved with someone romantically. Simon pretended he did not suspect anything but he was relief and glad that his wife was having a good time. It didn't matter who she was screwing around with for he can't fulfilled the role of a sex giver to Lily.

Meanwhile, Lily was torn between Simon and Vic. She would preferred Simon but since the car accident he can't fulfilled her sexual lust. And here was Vic so handsome and caring and could satisfied her sexually. Somehow, Lily was confused but decided to postponed thinking about the future.

One day after work, Lily found Simon dead from an overdosed of sleeping pills. In his suicide note he pleaded with Lily to go on loving the man she was going out with and forget about him. He said in his note that he felt useless as a husband and decided to make way for his wife's happiness by committing suicide.
Lily was shattered and felt guilty. She kept feeling sorry for Simon and missed him a lot.
A few days later, Lily was admitted to a mental hospital for severe depression and trying to take her life.

According to her psychiatrist, Lily was having hallucinations. In her hallucination, Lily often talked to Simon like a good wife would talk to her husband. She often expressed her love to Simon and in return Simon would "whisper love words to her".

Lily never recovered from her illness and spent the rest of her life in the mental hospital. She died at the age of 35.

Fantasy Love

Simon and Lily were childhood sweethearts. You may call it puppy love but you may be wrong. Their love for each other started from a tender age of 13 when they were in a co-ed school.
Each day during the recess period, the two of them would sit close to each other sipping drinks with straws from the same glass. They would pecked each other on the cheeks and nothing more intimate than that as it was prohibited in school.
Of course, everyday school day Lily and Simon would take the same bus to and from school,holding hands. Incidentally they were also living in the same neighborhood. They were very much in love. Their love for each other grew stronger by the day. Later they studied at the same university and graduated from there. Simon majored in Economics and Lily in Business studies.
They eventually got married and decided to start a family but something unfortunate happened that would changed their lives forever.
Simon and Lily spent their honeymoon in the Australia. It was while driving a rented car from Brisbane City to the Gold Coast that an accident happened. Their car slammed into an oncoming car at a speed of 100 kpm and it left Simon paralysed from waist down. Lily was not badly hurt and recovered in a month or two. Simon condition remained the same i.e. he was paralysed permanently. It was tragic and had long term consequences for the couple. Their dreams of having children were dashed.
Back home, Lily had to take care of Simon. Besides going to work she had to feed,wash and take care of Simon's medication etc. They had a maid but she did most of the housework and did not attend to Simon much.
Taking care of Simon and working at the same time took a toll on Lily. Besides all the hard work, Lily needed some emotional and physical love and attention just like a normal person. This went on for two years and Lily became frustrated with life. She often thought of suicide but the thought of Simon without her was unbearable. She persevered but for how long more?

At her work place, a handsome young man by the name of Victor had an eye for Lily. They knew each other for a year and he knew the problems Lily had. Vic was a nice gentle man and Lily liked him as a colleague. Sometimes, they would go out for lunch together but that's about it.

Often seeing Lily being bogged down with her domestic problem and appeared to be sad, Vic decided to cheer her up by asking her to go out for a movie one day after work. Lily accepted and they went for a movie one evening.

It was a romance movie and Vic and Lily enjoyed it. They had a wonderful time together. After the movie and a light supper, Vic drove Lily home. Just as Lily was about to leave the car, Vic leaned over and kissed Lily on her cheek. Suddenly a gust of sexy lustful feeling overwhelmed Lily. She had never felt like this before even during her days with Simon. Is this love? Lily asked herself or merely animalistic  lust?
Whatever it was, Lily felt good. She went home to Simon feeling happy. She had a nice time and Simon could feel it and was happy for her.

One thing led to another. Three months passed after their first date and now Lily was sleeping with Vic,often at the expense of Simon. She would reached home late and lied to Simon that she was working overtime. But Simon could sense Lily was involved with someone romantically. Simon pretended he did not suspect anything but he was relief and glad that his wife was having a good time. It didn't matter who she was screwing around with for he can't fulfilled the role of a sex giver to Lily.

Meanwhile, Lily was torn between Simon and Vic. She would preferred Simon but since the car accident he can't fulfilled her sexual lust. And here was Vic so handsome and caring and could satisfied her sexually. Somehow, Lily was confused but decided to postponed thinking about the future.

One day after work, Lily found Simon dead from an overdosed of sleeping pills. In his suicide note he pleaded with Lily to go on loving the man she was going out with and forget about him. He said in his note that he felt useless as a husband and decided to make way for his wife's happiness by committing suicide.
Lily was shattered and felt guilty. She kept feeling sorry for Simon and missed him a lot.
A few days later, Lily was admitted to a mental hospital for severe depression and trying to take her life.

According to her psychiatrist, Lily was having hallucinations. In her hallucination, Lily often talked to Simon like a good wife would talk to her husband. She often expressed her love to Simon and in return Simon would "whisper love words to her".

Lily never recovered from her illness and spent the rest of her life in the mental hospital. She died at the age of 35.

Met Inspector Tony again and another story.

I had the good fortune of meeting Tony at the same coffee shop again. He was finishing his first bottle of beer I was told. We exchanged greetings and I could see he was eager to tell me something. No it wasn't the continuation of the Alice story. He didn't want to talk about that one but he was ever ready to tell me of his other assignment or story. I listened intently to him as he downed his last glass of beer. "I will get you another beer" I said to Tony and he nodded in approval. I went to the counter and bought a bottle of chilled Heineken and a frosted glass. It cost S$6.80 and it was the most expensive beer in the coffee shop. But then it was rather cheap,the beer I mean, to get a good story from Tony and blog about it here (Tony didn't know I blog about his stories). I brought the cold beer to Tony and he poured it into the empty fresh glass. As for me I had the usual black coffee or kopi O as we locals call it.
The story Tony told me yesterday was about his client by the name of Bob. Bob told Tony his wife had been calling a man's name in her sleep. The name Pete was repeatedly mentioned in her dream with much affection. Bob became suspicious and jealous. He wanted Tony to find out who Pete was and the story went like this:

After interviewing people close to Bob's wife ( name was Jean),Tony found the answer. Pete was a long lost son of Jean who was given up for adoption after Pete's father died in an accident. Jean and Pete's dad were teenage lovers. Jean was only 16 when she was pregnant with Pete. After a failed abortion and the death of Pete's dad, Pete was born. Jean knew she could not care for Pete and so gave him up for an illegal adoption.
The story was related to Bob by Tony. Now Bob understood why his wife Jean was calling out Pete's name in her sleep. Bob decided to confront Jean and asked her for the truth. She confessed and Bob forgave her. Bob was sympathetic  and decided to help Jean find her son.
Tony set out and looked for the people who adopted Pete but was unable to find them. Probably they have moved house.
Through some detective work, Tony was informed Pete was abducted by a gang and smuggled into a third world country which I can't name over here. Pete, Tony was told, was made to beg for money from tourists for a beggar's syndicate. The heart breaking piece of information was that Pete had his legs chopped off so he would be sympathized by the tourists.
Tony passed the info to Bob and Jean. They were shattered by the news especially Jean. She couldn't help being hysterical and cried inconsolably. They begged Tony to fly to the country where Pete was and investigate further. Tony did as he was told and paid and flew to that third world country.
On checking into the hotel of that country (we call it country A), Tony contacted his associates and met two of them ( Ali and Muthu). After giving them all the relevant details and info, Ali and Muthu brought Tony out for a spicy curry dinner.
After dinner,they proceeded to a pub cum karaoke lounge. They met the guy ( Kumar) who was the leader of the gang that control the begging operation. Ali was the serving police inspector in A and he and Kumar knew each other quite well.
Since Kumar was having drinks with his friends, Ali told Muthu to bring Tony to Kumar's office and secretly check out whether Pete was one of his begging boys while he kept watch on Kumar.
Within the next 30 minutes, Muthu and Tony reached Kumar's office. It was dark,around 9pm but Muthu insisted on opening the office door with his master key and checked Kumar's computers/emails for any info regarding Pete. They were looking for a Chinese boy with a red birth mark on his left cheek. They frantically checked the computer files etc but could only get some info on a Chinese boy whose legs were chopped but did not have any birth mark on his face. Disappointed Tony and Muthu left the office and went back to the karaoke pub and joined Ali.
The message was relayed to Bob and Jean. Obviously they were disappointed but relieved to hear the legless boy wasn't Pete.
Over the next few days, Tony and his associates worked extremely hard to locate Pete. All Tony had of Pete was an old picture of him when he was barely 2 weeks old. One big lead was that Pete had a red birth mark on his left cheek and he was Chinese. Pete was about 7 years old by this time.
Luck was on also on Tony's side because he was informed by Ali's colleagues that there was a boy of Pete's description loitering around a tourist attraction of country A.
Tony, Ali and Muthu hurriedly left for the tourist site and found the boy who fitted Pete's description.
They bundled the boy into their car and sped off to Muthu's house.
The boy they found was a pickpocket trained by some syndicate to steal from rich tourists. On him they found credit cards, cash and ids of tourists.
One particular id picture caught the attention of Tony. Tony had seen that picture before and he recalled reading in the newspaper about a pedophile who was wanted by interpol. Now Tony and company had a lucky break because they knew the pedophile was somewhere in that city. They alerted interpol and subsequently had him arrested. The 3 of them was given a reward after the pedophile was prosecuted a few months later.
Through dna testing, the pickpocket was proven to be the son of Jean.
There was a tearful reunion between mother and son back home.

Met Inspector Tony again and another story.

I had the good fortune of meeting Tony at the same coffee shop again. He was finishing his first bottle of beer I was told. We exchanged greetings and I could see he was eager to tell me something. No it wasn't the continuation of the Alice story. He didn't want to talk about that one but he was ever ready to tell me of his other assignment or story. I listened intently to him as he downed his last glass of beer. "I will get you another beer" I said to Tony and he nodded in approval. I went to the counter and bought a bottle of chilled Heineken and a frosted glass. It cost S$6.80 and it was the most expensive beer in the coffee shop. But then it was rather cheap,the beer I mean, to get a good story from Tony and blog about it here (Tony didn't know I blog about his stories). I brought the cold beer to Tony and he poured it into the empty fresh glass. As for me I had the usual black coffee or kopi O as we locals call it.
The story Tony told me yesterday was about his client by the name of Bob. Bob told Tony his wife had been calling a man's name in her sleep. The name Pete was repeatedly mentioned in her dream with much affection. Bob became suspicious and jealous. He wanted Tony to find out who Pete was and the story went like this:

After interviewing people close to Bob's wife ( name was Jean),Tony found the answer. Pete was a long lost son of Jean who was given up for adoption after Pete's father died in an accident. Jean and Pete's dad were teenage lovers. Jean was only 16 when she was pregnant with Pete. After a failed abortion and the death of Pete's dad, Pete was born. Jean knew she could not care for Pete and so gave him up for an illegal adoption.
The story was related to Bob by Tony. Now Bob understood why his wife Jean was calling out Pete's name in her sleep. Bob decided to confront Jean and asked her for the truth. She confessed and Bob forgave her. Bob was sympathetic  and decided to help Jean find her son.
Tony set out and looked for the people who adopted Pete but was unable to find them. Probably they have moved house.
Through some detective work, Tony was informed Pete was abducted by a gang and smuggled into a third world country which I can't name over here. Pete, Tony was told, was made to beg for money from tourists for a beggar's syndicate. The heart breaking piece of information was that Pete had his legs chopped off so he would be sympathized by the tourists.
Tony passed the info to Bob and Jean. They were shattered by the news especially Jean. She couldn't help being hysterical and cried inconsolably. They begged Tony to fly to the country where Pete was and investigate further. Tony did as he was told and paid and flew to that third world country.
On checking into the hotel of that country (we call it country A), Tony contacted his associates and met two of them ( Ali and Muthu). After giving them all the relevant details and info, Ali and Muthu brought Tony out for a spicy curry dinner.
After dinner,they proceeded to a pub cum karaoke lounge. They met the guy ( Kumar) who was the leader of the gang that control the begging operation. Ali was the serving police inspector in A and he and Kumar knew each other quite well.
Since Kumar was having drinks with his friends, Ali told Muthu to bring Tony to Kumar's office and secretly check out whether Pete was one of his begging boys while he kept watch on Kumar.
Within the next 30 minutes, Muthu and Tony reached Kumar's office. It was dark,around 9pm but Muthu insisted on opening the office door with his master key and checked Kumar's computers/emails for any info regarding Pete. They were looking for a Chinese boy with a red birth mark on his left cheek. They frantically checked the computer files etc but could only get some info on a Chinese boy whose legs were chopped but did not have any birth mark on his face. Disappointed Tony and Muthu left the office and went back to the karaoke pub and joined Ali.
The message was relayed to Bob and Jean. Obviously they were disappointed but relieved to hear the legless boy wasn't Pete.
Over the next few days, Tony and his associates worked extremely hard to locate Pete. All Tony had of Pete was an old picture of him when he was barely 2 weeks old. One big lead was that Pete had a red birth mark on his left cheek and he was Chinese. Pete was about 7 years old by this time.
Luck was on also on Tony's side because he was informed by Ali's colleagues that there was a boy of Pete's description loitering around a tourist attraction of country A.
Tony, Ali and Muthu hurriedly left for the tourist site and found the boy who fitted Pete's description.
They bundled the boy into their car and sped off to Muthu's house.
The boy they found was a pickpocket trained by some syndicate to steal from rich tourists. On him they found credit cards, cash and ids of tourists.
One particular id picture caught the attention of Tony. Tony had seen that picture before and he recalled reading in the newspaper about a pedophile who was wanted by interpol. Now Tony and company had a lucky break because they knew the pedophile was somewhere in that city. They alerted interpol and subsequently had him arrested. The 3 of them was given a reward after the pedophile was prosecuted a few months later.
Through dna testing, the pickpocket was proven to be the son of Jean.
There was a tearful reunion between mother and son back home.