Chapter 2

2. CALIFORNIA 

The next day they all landed up on California in search of Michael Richards along with his daughter Susan Richards. They divided into two teams to get the work done quickly, one lead by Andy who went to look for the place from where the message was sent and another one lead by his Boss along with Susan goes to the port of long beach to meet an agent who have all the information about the worldwide mafia activities.

Andy had left first so he reached his destination first, on reaching out there he learns that it is a cafe from where the message was sent, “Sir it’s a café, he used this café’s WI-FI to send that message so that no one can suspect” he immediately informs his Boss about it.

“Search that Andy search every nook and corner I want that bastard at any cost” his Boss asks him to dig deep and find Michael at any cost.

Getting his orders Andy calls the cafe owner and asks him to evacuate the cafe immediately and gather all his working and non-working stuffs at the centre.

“Who the hell do you think you are! get the hell out of my place before I call the cops” at first the owner doesn't take his words seriously thinking him a local goon but when he points a gun on his head and tells him “It's about the Mafia Michael Richards so keep your tone down and do whatever I’m asking you to” the owner’s eyeballs come out of his eyes and he immediately evacuates his cafe.

On the other side his Boss and Susan were on the way to the port when he apologized to her, “Listen I’m sorry for whatever I did to you, I never wanted to hurt you but your father” Abrupt pause “I’m sorry”

Though she gets shocked to hear a apologize from the person who made her life living hell, still she nodded her head with a meek smile and thanked him for letting her out from that captivity but inside she only wished to see her Dad again because only he can free her from this monster.

Meanwhile the car came to the halt as they reached to their destination, “You stay in here, I’ll be right back”

“But earlier you said”

“I know what I said Suzy, but just do what I’m saying right now It’s for your own good”

Saying he came out of the car but restrained her from showing her face to the world as he cannot take the risk to let Michael know about his daughter so he asked her to stay inside and do not come out of the car at any cost even left a guard with her to keep an eye on her.

Back on the cafe, as per instructions the café owner called and gathered all his employees on the centre of the café only except for few non-working stuff who were unavailable at that moment, Andy showed them a picture of Michael and asked them if they have seen him around here or not, everyone replied the same thing that they attend a lot of people every day so it’s not possible for them to identify one person specifically, even the owner himself said the same thing that they don’t know if Michael has been actually there or not.

Meanwhile his Boss entered into a yacht where he met the agent named Polson who is a local spy to be precise, he affirmed Michael’s visit to California recently and shared a small information that he is searching for someone named Julia so he will be around for some more days.

Suddenly Andy notices a CCTV in the cash counter facing towards the entrance, he asks the owner to get him the CCTV footage of 48 hours. Watching all the footages closely though Andy found a match but because the person was facing his back towards the camera he cannot identify him but he notices a girl who attended him so asks the stuffs present there again if she’s one of them but the owner confirms that she’s off duty now so he couldn’t reach her, Andy asks him to call her again and informs his boss that he has found a match.

Few hours later his Boss reached the café again leaving Susan inside the car, “What is it Andy why did you called?” He asked Andy as soon as he entered inside the café.

“You need to see this” Andy showed him the CCTV footage of a person from behind who exactly looks like Michael and explained him everything what everyone told him about Michael’s appearance in that café, also about that girl who attended him and saw his face clearly.

“So, where’s that girl?” his Boss asked about that girl looking towards the gathering.

Andy nodded his head in no as she’s not one of them and replied3, “She’ll be here in a moment”

While they were busy talking, someone parked a bicycle outside the café and entered inside while keeping the helmet into her bag and when she looked up she get shocked watching a chaotic scenario in her peaceful workplace, all her friends are standing in a corner like some hostages and even the café owner himself is standing beside a person who is holding a gun in his hand. She stoned at her place and couldn’t walk further as everyone present there also looked at her.

“Nancy Wilson?” Andy asked her to confirm if she’s one of the non-working stuff whom the owner mentioned earlier while putting his gun back but she couldn’t reply anything cause her eyes popped out when she heard her name from a bad guy, she gulps audibly and tried to speak but nothing came out of her mouth at that moment so she just nodded her head in yes.

From this moment possibly, the scene would have been different if she was any random girl, yeah for her perspective indeed she is just a normal ordinary girl but for someone present in this room she can be one of the special kind of people whom he cherishes unknowingly.

That’s Andy’ boss Mark Robinson, the most eligible bachelor of the town and the one and only living heir of The Robinson Industries.

Andy wanted to confront Nancy but Mark stopped him and he himself asked her to take a seat so that he can talk to her, with shaking legs she took the nearest seat while he walks near her and also take the seat next to her. To begin with he showed a picture of Michael and the CCTV footage where she was serving a customer alike him then asked her if she can identify and confirm that it’s the same person or not.

She gives a glance at his phone then at the footage and nodded her head in no, “I’m not sure”

Putting down his phone he narrowed his eyes then said in his serious voice, “Listen Nancy this is serious, Michael is a mafia he has murdered my parents and thousands of innocent people in a bomb blast, he is a terrible person. I have to catch him before he causes more deaths. Please help me”

Nancy relaxed and get a little courage when he said please to her, she folds her arms around her chest and said, “You are the one holding a gun in your hand and you’re saying that he’s the bad guy and not you, I’m not as dumb as I look okay! He was a nice gentleman even he gave me a 10$ tip, he didn’t look suspicious It’s you who looks dangerous to me”

"Those who are wrong, they treat you well so that when time comes they can use you as the scapegoat" He replied and walk away leaving Nancy stoned at her place.