PICKING UP THE RUBY

"Let’s go in," I said, staring at my bodyguards.

We all went through the front door and got into the museum. I came to take delivery of the Oasis Red Ruby. My mom had always wanted to buy the ruby, but before she could get the bid to buy the ruby, she died. So I made it my goal to buy the ruby in honor of my mother. I won the bid for the ruby at a sum of 2.3 billion dollars, and I had already made payment for the ruby after the auction. I came to take delivery of the ruby. 

As we got in, we ambled over to the receptionist’s desk. There was an old-looking lady behind the counter.

"My name is..." The lady cut me off. 

"I know who you are, Mr. Rashaad," she said.

"You are here to take delivery of the Oasis red ruby. Let me quickly go get my manager for you," she added as she stood up from behind the counter.

She walked out from behind the counter. I guess I didn’t need to introduce myself to her. I mean, I am all over the news in L.A for winning the bid for the Oasis red ruby.

A few minutes later, the receptionist lady, walked back over to the counter, accompanied by a white guy wearing a blue suit. The guy walked over to me and did a half bow as he extended a handshake to me. I shook his hand.

"My name is Clark sir, It is an honor to finally meet you," the guy said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you too. Are you the one that is going to give me the ruby?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes sir, right this way," he answered as he used both hands and pointed in a direction behind him.

Me and my bodyguards went with him. We arrived in front of a big vault, that looked like a door to another room, the color of the door was grey. Clark typed the password on the numbers that were on the vault. The door opened and he went in. He came back outside, with a huge golden box in his hand that looked like a treasure chest. 

He handed the box over to me. "There you go, sir," he said.

I opened the box and gazed inside. The reflection of light shining through the ruby almost blinded me. I closed the box in a jiffy.

I handed over the box to one of my bodyguards. I shook Clark’s hand.

"Thanks for your assistance," I said with a smirk.

"It was my pleasure, sir," he replied with a warm smile, as he did a half bow.

After that, my bodyguard and I left the museum and went over to our separate cars. We left the museum and went over to my mansion. We arrived in front of the mansion. I came down from the car and scuttled over to the front gate. I placed my hand on the fingerprint sensor that was at the side of the gate and the gate opened. 

I am the only person that could open the gate to my mansion with my fingerprint. No one else can open the gate. I scuttled over to the car and got in, and the driver drove into the mansion. He parked the car in front of my driveway and I came down from the backseat. My bodyguards also came down from the car behind me and walked over to where I was.

"Let’s go over to my vault," I said, staring at them.

One of them was carrying the box containing the ruby. We all went into the mansion. We arrived in front of my vault room. I placed my index finger on the fingerprint that was on the doorknob, the door opened and I went in. 

This is the room where I keep my most prized possessions. No one has access to this room, not even my housemaids. The room was very spacious and had glass cases where I kept some of my most prized collections. I had a basketball that was signed by Michael B. Jordan himself. I also have a soccer ball that was signed by Cristiano Ronaldo himself. I have an RM1 Richard Mille watch in one of the cases and many other things that were precious to me all in their cases. I collected the box containing the ruby and ambled over to an empty case and removed the ruby from the box slowly. I then placed it gently inside the case and closed it with the glass.

I stepped backwards. Seeing that I had acquired the ruby my mom had always wanted to own gave me huge satisfaction.

Where are my manners? My name is Rashaad Bin Ahmed. I am 28 years old. I have dark hair with light brown eyes. I am from a royal family in Qatar. My dad was the Sultan of Qatar until he died of cancer. My elder brother is now the new sultan of Qatar. I am the CEO of Bin Ahmed Petroleum & gas, my company is a multi-billion dollar company, and my headquarters is here in L.A. I did all my education here in the United States of America, and my dream has always been to expand my petroleum company to all parts of the world.

I turned around. "Let’s go," I said, staring at my bodyguards. My bodyguards are some of the top personal bodyguards in all of America. 

"Rick, tell Benson to come and meet me in my bedroom," I said, staring at one of my bodyguards.

"Alright sir," he replied as he scuttled out of the room.

We all went out of the room. I closed the door behind me. I told the other two bodyguards to go and rest for the day. After that, I went over to my bedroom alone. I arrived at my bedroom. I opened the door and entered my bedroom, I walked over to my bed and sat down beside it. My bedroom is the biggest in my mansion, I had a couch area that was opposite my bed. Hanging on the wall facing my bed was an 80-inch 4K flat-screen TV. At the left axis of my bed was a door that leads to my huge closet. At the right axis facing my bed was a door that leads to my restroom. The major colors in my bedroom were blue and white. Blue is my favorite color, so I did all my interiors to be blue and white.

My mansion is also painted blue and white. A knock came on my front door. Even if I screamed for the person to enter, from the place I was sitting down on my bed, they would hardly hear my voice. That’s how big my bedroom is.

Then someone stuck their head inside my front door; it was one of my housemaids, Sandra, and I waved at her to come in. She was carrying a white tray in her hands. She walked over to the couch area in my bedroom. She dropped the tray on the table that was in the middle of the couch area.