THE ART OF REDEMPTION

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to play games on his computer and earned money from betting online, which recently, wasn't bringing him anything. Soon, Clara came out rushing to put on her shoes that she almost tripped and fell. "I'll be off now, mum. Wish me luck" She said closing the door. "Be careful!" her mum yelled. Clara clutched the collage in the envelope and rushed to catch a bus. But she was already late and missed it. It was already 11am. She was meant to be at Camille's Art House by 10 but she was still on the road looking for a taxi. As she rushed to cross to the other side of the road, she tripped and fell, almost getting hit by a car. She stood up. Seeing she had grazed her knee, she started yelling at the driver of the car. It was an SUV, the BMW XM, the latest model with tinted windows. "Hey! Are you blind? Do you want to kill me?" Clara yelled at the top of her lungs. "What an asshole!" she cursed and dusted herself. The collage had been damaged from the fall. "Could today get any worse?" she asked herself rhetorically and sighed. The man in the SUV parked and approached her. She was trying to call Camille's to let them know she was in an 'accident'. "Hi", a voice said. From the look of things, it sounded like the voice was talking to her. "Are you ok? You're bleeding", the man said. She looked up at the man and hissed. "Thanks to you, big guy", she replied sarcastically. "Woah! Woah! Woah! I didn't hit you, you know." "You almost did", she replied and stood up. "Hey, where are you going?" He held her hand. "And who do you think you are?" she said forcibly removing her hand from his grip. "Pray we never cross paths again asshole. You just made me lose everything", she said pointing at him and walked away. He stood there staring at her. "What kind of a person did I just meet today?" Then he checked his watch. "Ah! I have to leave now." Looking back again, he didn't see her shadow. He hissed, "What a headache!" Then he went into his car and sped off. **************************"You're welcome, sir", Valery said bowing. "The board of directors are already in the hall". She took his coat and led him into the hall. After he had taken his seat, he asked, "I hope there's good news for me?" "Sir," one of the directors spoke up, "We ha