Bethany cleaned her teary eyes and tried Stacy's phone for the fifth time, it was switched off. She's been trying her number while she was at the office. She wanted to ask her a few questions about everything. She was about to enter the cafeteria when she sighted Stacy moving out with Jason. "Something is fishy about those two and my best friend isn't willing to me yet, well, I'll wait. What else?" She asked herself angrily and left.She remembered her incident with Xavier and it made her feel bad. "Why would he do that?" She bit her lips and buried her head in her pillow. "Argh! She shouted."What should we do? Looks like Jason has bailed on us again" Stone yelled angrily banging on the table in front of him. Alya had a pen that she was biting on. "I want to ask, how did you gain control of such an adamant strong charming man?"Stone looked at her in anger before rolling his eyes. "It's none of your business" "If I remember correctly, you need my help. I thought we have gotten clo
Blaze wandered around the house. "Why are there no photos in this huge house? Boring..." She flipped the remote and tuned in the television. "Breaking news! a man has been washed ashore. He was identified as Mr Clark Derks and someone claimed that know his engagement with one of the Mafia clans in Italy." Blaze's jaw slacked "Clark? Clark's dead?" Tears brimmed at the edges of her eyes. Clark was her closest friend, her backbone. Someone that motivated her the most in the cartel, the person that made her reach the height she's at now. As one of the best in the witch clan. This failed assignment was assigned to her and Clark and now he's dead. "I'm sure, the witch has a hand in this" she clenched her fist and yelled furiously. "Why is she so heartless? All she does is issue instructions and nothing else. After a few seconds, she began panicking, losing him like this made her think about her life. Moreover, Clark and she were one of the witch's best crew but she just killed him li
Jason pushed away the papers in his office the next day at work, his mind was jumbled up. Earlier this morning, he had sent Jeremy to act as his proxy in the board meeting after telling him what to do. He felt like destroying Stone and Xavier. His door opened and Bethany stepped in. She let out a bow and walked up to him, taking a seat. "Good morning Sir, sorry to barge in on you... But I couldn't stay without asking." After struggling with a little hesitation, she continued" I saw Stacy leave with you yesterday and since then I haven't been able to reach her." She leaned closer to the table and in a whisper, she asked "Where-is-my-friend?" Jason couldn't say anything, he kept mute while maintaining a straight face because he know nothing to say. "Don't get me wrong but I know something's going on between you and my best friend. She has refused to tell me and I'll be the last person to pressure her to speak. I've noticed that you give a ride almost every day unlike before. It's not
Blaze woke from her sleep and leaned on the couch. If there was an award for the loneliest individual, she would happily receive it. She took bread and jam before plopping on the couch. "What do I do? How do I leave here?What was that code again? 2-5-1-9 is that the right code? Argh! I thought that won't be important till now." She raised her legs to the ceiling when she heard noise from the gate. She adjusted herself and waited for whoever it was. Jason barged in fiercely, headed to the stairs. He ignored her again and she felt quite bad. She stood up, biting on her fingers. Jason came out of his room and on getting to the door, Blaze rushed in and spread her hands over the door. "Seeing how uneasy you are, she's still missing. I can help"His heart rose and fell because of the short run he had engaged in. Indeed, he was queasy. His mind is disoriented as well as himself. He released his breath and walked back to his couch. "Don't think about it, we will find her" she assured and ta
Alya looked at the man and ignored him taking a sip of her drink."Seems like you don't recognize me" he chuckled and hurriedly took a shot. "I'm Jeremy from Xeparando." He brought out his hand for a shake but was ignored. "I'm sorry for everything, the dismissal and-""Can you at least shut it? I'm trying to think here." She lifted her drink and left for a different table. The barman shot daggers at Jeremy who only smirked and followed her."There is no need to run away, we are in the same boat. Distressed and unlucky" he chuckled and crossed his arm over his chest. Alya sighed and took a sip."I'm quite more successful than you. Quit comparing me to you... asshole! Jeremy kept looking at her while she gazed at him with much anger displayed on her face.*************Bethany felt disturbed as she slightly opened her eyes before rubbing them. The place was quite dark and different. She removed the duvet covering her and lowered her feet to the floor. "How did I get here?" She scratc
"Jason?" Stacy called and traced her hands behind his back. She suddenly felt calm and sad at the same time. Jason disengaged from the hug and reached for her face."How are you?" His eyeballs quivered immensely as tears welled at the edges of his eyes. Stacy was startled by his great concern. How his hand moved marvellously on her face, yeah she needed that, she missed it and it left her dumbstruck. While she stood transfixed looking at his eyes. Jason kept checking her out. Indeed she appeared beautiful.Matteo caught up to them and interrupted. Stacy turned to him as Jason watched him with a quizzical look. Why is he dressed like that? I thought he was a cleaner.Stacy turned to observe Jason's countenance. He stared at Matteo with annoyance evident on his face. Stacy cleared her throat and introduced them again."Jason! This is Mr. Matteo Esposito""Matteo! This is the CEO of Xeparando company, Mr Derrick Jason." She let out a smile while Jason kept studying her.Matteo got annoye
Xavier kept looking at Bethany until he got hold of himself and yanked her hands off. "Seems like you are already awake" He adjusted his t-shirt and stood up abruptly. Bethany scratched her nape and yawned lightly. "And I slept again" She managed to stand up as she walked out of the room without uttering anything. On getting to her door, she inserted her pin and got inside her room, slamming her door too hard.Xavier shook his head and walked into his apartment annoyed. "That rude lady" he mumbled and plopped down on the bed.At home, Stacy took a warm bath and wore her night dress. Her mind was uneasy. She stood and began pacing, her hand massaging her jaw. "I haven't thanked him, I should thank him but how?" She reached her door and got outside her room into the passway. It was already 2 am. She walked slowly and got to Jason's room. Seeing him lying by his side on the bed, reminded her of her first day here and how she saw his face. "Time flies indeed," she thought and got in."A
That night, as Jason shut his eyes, he saw flashes of himself, filled with rage, standing over a man he had shot dead. Other images of five men flashed in, lying lifeless in different positions, at different locations. He felt relieved, breathing the metallic scent of their blood before walking out of there. He was dressed as Black Moon and the wind played with his black jacket which was as dark as a heart void of forgiveness. He opened his eyes, watching the ceiling. "I'm almost there, Rose." He smiled and averted his gaze at Stacy before laying a soft kiss on her cheeks.*******************Alya woke up with a spiralling headache. She made to stand but fell back to the bed. "Where am I?" She mumbled with her eyes moving through the familiar room. "Home? Home!""How did I get here? Why did I drink too much?" She scampered off her bed. Rushing to the mirror " I look horrible" her hands went over her face and she sighed lowering her head. Immediately, Ms. Sonia walked into the room and
Edna looked down, checking the distance from where she stood to the ground for a proper escape. Turning frantically, she aimed her gun at Jason again, making sure he doesn't move. Sirens could be heard from afar. Edna's eyes bulged. "You called the cops on me? You!" She shot toward Jason and jumped off the rooftop. Jason made to run after her when Stacy hugged him, holding him back. "Please, don't. Don't chase after her." Her voice cracked. Jason lowered his face to her in awe. "You want her to escape? She's a Mafian queen!""And my mom... Please."Jason stared at her dumbstruck, panting. He swallowed nothing and slid his gaze to see Edna, igniting her car engine to escape. As she drove off, two police cars chased after her. Stacy lowered her face in sadness and disengaged from Jason. She sat down and began sobbing. Jason got to her and cleaned off her face. He dragged her closer, tapping her back gently. Then, an outburst of tears came from her. *************Blaze and Bethany were r
The lady and the men got up to Xavier."Cease him." Being able to do nothing, the men yanked him off the ground. "Look for the old man." Two men ran out but crashed on the floor after a series of gunshots. It was the police, Jason had called the police earlier on, using a telephone booth."Your hands in the air!" They commanded and all of them surrendered, an ambulance arrived shortly and Blaze, alongside Bethany was moved in by the medics. Mr Torres came out from his hiding place, and an eerie chill slid through his veins accompanied by goosebumps crawling over his flesh.All the men were handcuffed and pushed into the truck. The lady looked irritated, while thinking on how to communicate to Edna.***************Jason came down to see some men guarding Amor house. On stealthy footsteps, he got off the truck to them. Guarding their visual rears tightly, Jason scouted for some openings through their defence. "This might work" He nodded as he stepped back to restrategize. An empty ca
Jason held the man's legs and ended up slamming him on the floor, causing his head to hit hard. The other man was on Xavier, Jason walked up to him and pulled him away by gripping his hair, giving Xavier the chance to punch him fiercely in his face. He held his face and staggered back, two other men ran in. The two brothers came together, their backs against each other with readied fists.******************Bethany threw a stone across, the men got distracted and one of them followed the sound of the stone while the other kept guarding the door. She shut her eyes in disappointment and balled her tender fists. Sucking in her breath, she mistakenly stepped on an empty plastic bottle which generated noise. The man tilted in that direction and strode to where she was. Before he could get there, She ran out but he saw her and angrily increased his pace.As she ran, the man chased after her. Her heart thumped crazily. Finding her way back to Xavier and Jason, she could see the other man gr
FEW PEACEFUL DAYS LATERA round fancy table full of different delicacies and drinks was surrounded by them. A party, at Amor House. The weather was already dim and it was a little windy. It was a celebration of Jason and Stacy's engagement and Mr. Torres's comeback. Everyone was happy, eating, drinking and sharing stories. Bethany, Xavier, Mr Torres, Stacy, Jason and Blaze all had beautiful smiles on their faces but as you know happiness can disappear in a flick of your fingers.The door came down to reveal a lady, standing with a sinister grin, dressed in fitted leather black trousers with black sneakers. She had different piercing filled with black studs and dangling earrings. Her hair was packed in a ponytail, with dark shades shoved into the upper part. Her black huge leather jacket sat upon a black crop top. Everything on her was as black as the devil's soul."Rich!" She called happily"Mom...?" Stacy dropped her fork and her jaw dropped."Witch?" Blaze's eyes dilated, she couldn
"Dad!" Stacy couldn't believe it. The corner of Jason's eyes crinkled as he watched the two. Doctor Axel stood there with a smile on his face.Seeing the confusion on Jason's face, Axel eased the situation for him. "He's Mr Torres, my patient, but wait, is that Stacy? Stacy Torres?" He asked surprised. Everything became clear to Jason, he stared at the two as they hugged and tears flooded Stacy's eyes.*******Stacy and her dad sat in the hospital's waiting room. They have been discussing a lot of things until he noticed the beautiful ring on her finger. Stacy saw how her dad gazed at the ring and flaunted it at him with a wide smile."It's an engagement ring, I got engaged today!""Really?""Yes." Her cheeks flushed at her pronouncement. She darted her gaze to Jason and her dad slowly followed her. "Is that him?"Stacy nodded and her dad averted his gaze to her, who was still dreamily staring at Jason answering a call. He turned to their direction and raised his brow at her, making
Jeremy was jogging delightfully, his pods plugged into his ears, he was experiencing this happiness he couldn't fathom until he saw Alya, coming in the opposite direction. When they got close enough to greet themselves, he brushed by her without a backward glance. Alya paused and turned with disbelieving eyes. "Did he just pass me without saying hi?" She asked rhetorically, her brows hung up. She gasped and continued her jogging with a perturbed mind. Jeremy exhaled feeling so relieved that he could pass without saying anything. "I pulled it off." He smiled and hastened his steps to prepare for today's work.At the company, he met Bethany smiling nonstop as she listened to her music with an earpod. "Good morning Beth!" He greeted and she quickly lowered her music volume. "What's up, Jerry?" He squinted his eyes and folded his arms. Curiously filling his veins."I should be asking you that, you are incredibly happy." She blushed at the statement. "Well, I am. So... What about the lad
Jason pulled out a chair and sat down, facing his laptop. He dug his hands into his pocket to take out a flash drive. Staring blankly at it and turning it around his fingers, he inserted it into the laptop. It was the video of the day, Crystal died. How did he get the video?FLASHBACKWhile on the ground, groaning at the pain he was feeling, he saw a clip laying on the floor. The clip was a few inches away from Stone's leg. Jason crawled and got up to his leg. He gripped it when Stone made to run in and stylishly dragged the clip as well as sand and dirt into his fist."Don't go in, we are not done yet." He said. Stone kicked away his grip and ran into his office while he lowered his face to the ground so tired and relieved.***********It began to display on the screen but a scene he wasn't shown then, popped up first. It turned out the clip was shortened before. Dark under the tunnel was a man, who pulled the trigger and shot the same time Jason had shot. The plan was to make a vid
The harshness of the light had him blinking, Xavier darted his weak eyes to see a white bedsheet up above his chest. Wide-eyed, he shifted and yanked it off him. An IV needle was stuck into his wrist... And then he finally realised he was on a hospital bed in a ward. His lid lowered and he saw a head resting beside the bed. He blinked several times, trying to remember what happened before now until Bethany raised her face and drifted into a gentle smile. "You are awake." She yawned and leaned forward while he moved backwards. He shut his eyes and exhaled. "How long have I been here?""A night.""A night... and you didn't sleep here, did you?" He said this lowering his legs to the floor. Bethany ignored the question, of course, she slept. She stood up to leave and call a doctor when he gripped her hand. "Who brought me here?"She scratched her nape nervously, attempting to find words to reply. "Your brother did..." He loosened his grip, unsure of the emotions that ran through him,
Jason made his way across the room, his eyes shooting lasers. Some men ran inside to stop him but got shot before they could even get to him. Where is Stacy? "Matteo?" She looked into his eyes, unsure of what to feel. Happy? Or Scared? She leaned back to the wall, her gaze on the floor. He watched how her countenance changed and scoffed. Then his eyes moved from her face to her injured spots including her sole. He blinked and loomed over her, carrying her in a bridal style. "Oh." She mouthed and nervously tilted her face to Matteo whose face was strangely calm. "Hold my neck, so you won't fall." She bobbed her head and off they went.****************A man groaned and rolled off the ground. Stone's men backed away as they saw the man lying motionless, wondering if he was dead. They lifted their faces to see Blaze and other men behind her. She smirked and cracked her knuckles. "Guys, let's kick their ass'es." She told them, charging toward Stone's men with Matteo's men.Blaze launche