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THIRTY NINE

Author: Chalista Saqila
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

The sound of shoe soles against the floor rang loudly in the middle of the deserted hallway. At the far end of the room was a middle-aged man sitting quietly playing with his lunch spoon to draw a clock on the wall of his detention room.

"Austin," muttered the man quietly as he turned quickly towards the source of the voice. Austin, who saw Jesse McLean staring at him, returned the grin with a sly smile clearly on his face.

"You're getting more and more familiar with the sound of my footsteps. Boss. Do you like living here?” asked Austin scornfully.

Jesse McLean tried to ignore the scornful stares and he went back to drawing the clock on the wall of the prison he's been in for the past two years or so. But even so, he was quite happy living in there, because his life felt much calmer while he was in prison. But sometimes he really misses his freedom which is actually just a pseudo freedom. He missed his cunning uncle, and he missed his daughter who was in a coma.

"What about Kryst
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    "Fiancé?" Krstal said blankly while looking at Austin. Then her eyes turned to Yunho who was standing next to her nodding his head slowly. "Yes, Mr Austin is your fiancé." Austin smiled sweetly at Krystal and patted her lightly on the shoulder. “Maybe you forgot about me because the accident took all your memories from the past, but I will make you remember me as your fiancé. Little by little you will remember it." Krystal was still looking at Austin blankly because her head didn't have any memories of Austin at all. In fact she felt like she had just met the man at this moment. But how could neither Yunho nor her grandfather ever mention her fiancée to her? They hadn't even mentioned Austin's name in the last two years. "You never told me I had a fiancé." Krystal said blaming Yunho. “Big boss who ordered me to shut up, he doesn't want you to let your guard down. Knowing that you have a fiancé will keep you curious about what your fiancé will look like, even though you are a la

  • AS LONG AS I'M BREATHING   FORTY TWO

    Krystal leaned against the back of the sofa while watching Austin who was explaining the ins and outs of the bureau building where her father was being held. In front of her lay a large map of the location of the bureau building and the location where her father was imprisoned. “Your father is at this point, so you must be able to go through this location, this and this so that you can reach your father.” Austin explained while pointing at the dots he had marked with a red marker. Krystal looked at the location plan carefully while occasionally thinking about the possibilities that would occur when she infiltrated the bureau’s building. “Did they lay mines around the building area? I'm not sure that breaking into the bureau base would be that easy,” said Krystal doubtfully. Austin shook his head slowly but his index finger pointed at several areas around the Agent building. “You have to be careful of this area, because the generals have installed sound detectors here, so the sli

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    Krystal put on her black mask and tied her blonde hair up high before she got out of her red sedan. Tonight she will release her father who is still in prison in bureau. She also started to check the location map that Austin had given her this morning to make sure she was at the right point. After that she started checking her weapons one by one. Tonight she had prepared her semi-automatic pistol as well as her silver knife which she had perfectly hidden at her feet. "Father, I'm coming." Krystal muttered with her sly grin. She got out of her car and began to climb the towering concrete wall in front of her using the rope Austin had prepared. This afternoon the man deliberately put a rope around the back wall of the headquarters to make it easier for Krystal to climb the high concrete wall of the headquarters. With her black gloves and rubber boots snugly attached to her feet, Krystal was able to climb up the concrete wall with ease without any problems. She then jumped down without

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    "Where's Krystal?" Jesse McLean asked where Krystal was after two days he had to go abroad to solve various problems that occurred in Bloods. "Ms. Krystal since completed her mission to injure captain Lorenzo's son has confined herself to a room, sir," said a man in charge of guarding the Jesse McLean residence. Not long after that Austin appeared casually while biting an apple from the kitchen. "You're just exaggerating. Krystal wasn't that bad, she just locked herself in her room because she was stressed thinking about all the boring things that happened in the headquarters. If I were Krystal, I would definitely do the same.” "Then what about that son of a bitch, did Krystal manage to do well?" Austin shrugged nonchalantly, and unceremoniously walked past Jesse McLean to sit down on the comfortable couch. “Krystal did a great job, the child is currently dying in the hospital. And if you're lucky, maybe the kid is already dead." said Austin casually. Jesse McLean furrowed his

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    Selena stood in front of a Chicago hospital with nervousness and fear running through her heart. Yesterday she overheard Austin refer to the Chicago hospital as the place where Enzo was being treated. And now here she was to meet Enzo, Lorenzo, and also her mother. But she was afraid. She was afraid they would hate her and kick her out of here because she almost killed Enzo. “Lorenzo...” From a distance, Selena could already see Lorenzo bending his head to face the floor in the waiting room with a frustrated expression on his face. Next to him stood a woman who was gently stroking her husband's back while whispering words she couldn't hear. "Lorenzo, I'm sorry." Selena sobbed softly from where she was standing in a pitiful voice. She decided to walk closer to Lorenzo so she could apologize to him for all the things she had done to him. "You!" Carmen flinched in surprise as she pointed at Selena who suddenly appeared in front of her. Suddenly, Lorenzo looked up and looked alertly

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    “Krystal, are you okay?” Austin looked at Krystal worriedly as he continued to concentrate on the busy street in front of him. Ever since they left Lorenzo's front yard a few minutes ago, Krystal looked dazed and seemed like a lunatic. She repeatedly mumbled words about murder and blood which made Austin even more worried about the woman's condition. “You've done the right thing, you really should have repaid that man's lecherous treatment of you. You're great Krystal," praised Austin while gently stroking the top of Krystal's head. Krystal just stood there and didn't even respond to Austin's words. Right now she was like an undead that looked so terrible. Her face that usually emitted a dangerous killing aura had now turned pale and colorless. The assassination attempt she did a moment ago managed to shake Krystal's soul for some reason. Could something have happened to her? "Austin, I want to go home." Krystal said slowly. Austin nodded his head while heaving a sigh of relief b

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    "Krystal! My Krystal!” Jesse McLean and Yunho greeted Krystal with a feeling of relief when the woman walked with a haughty face into the living room of her grandfather's main house, Abraham Cunningham. "Where have you been? I have been looking for you since yesterday." "Don't worry boss, Krystal is safe." Austin suddenly appeared from the front door and made everyone present shriek in surprise. "Austin, you're still alive," said Jesse McLean in disbelief. Austin nodded his head slightly at his boss and smiled proudly at all the Bloods members in the main house. "I managed to get out of my car and jump into the Chicago River." “But how could the rescue team not be able to find you?” Yunho asked openly. He was initially very sure that Austin would not be able to survive, now seemed very curious about what Austin had done to survive the death that was about to take him. “I hid and managed to get out of the river before the rescue team went down the river to look for my body. I

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