Ten minutes?!
“Oh, alright. See you then.” He says in a tortured tone and then the call ends.“Robert, we can’t do ten minutes.” I tell him with a straight face.“Well, we have no choice, do we?” He replies as he begins to walk around the house, looking everywhere.I follow him as he does this with confusion plastered on my face.“What are you doing?” I ask him.We don’t have time for this!“I’m making sure that everyone is gone.” He replies and I relax a bit. He continues to walk from room to room as he checks around.That’s actually a good idea. And as he is doing that, I can prepare the syringe by filling it with a lethal drug that could knock out an elephant in five seconds. That would do the trick.I walk away from him as he continues his much needed search. I then climb the stairs and I enter Robert’s bedroom.When I am inside, I realize that I don’t have my leather jacket or any of my eqInstead of Robert placing the phone to his ear, he situates it before his face as if it is a video call.“Hello, Lieutenant.” Robert answers and James, Carlos, and I stare at Robert as he converses with the man.“I am at the gate, but I don’t think I would be coming in anymore.” He states and Robert face holds the same look of confusion as mine.“Why?” He asks as he gestures for James and Carlos to go the back of the house.“Because I now know the truth..me walking in there with my arms swinging would eventually lead to my demise.” He says confidently.“How does he know?” I mouth to Robert and he shrugs.“Listen here, old sport. I have known you for a very long while, I even know your parents. Let’s make this easier...escort the young lady out and I will simply keep you out of the case.” He gives a good bargain and I can tell that Robert is mentally chewing on it.A look crosses his face that shows that I have to get the
Everything is happening so fast and the adrenaline running through me is thrilling.James and Carlos rush past me as they hurry towards the cars parked next to the house.The sirens are getting closer and closer with each passing second, while Robert looks like he is about to lose it.I walk past the automated gate and into the yard while Robert follows closely behind me.“Jen, we need to talk about what you are doing.” Robert says and I scoff.I stop in my tracks as I see James driving one of the cars toward us.“Robert, the police are on their way, the Lieutenant is dead, the plan has gone to hell, does this look like the right time to talk?” I ask him and he gulps as he nods.“You’re right.” He says and then the black SUV parks right next to us.Carlos gets down and opens the door for Robert to step in and he does. I on the other hand open my side of the car quickly and I step in without help.C
“Now tell me what it is..” Chad beckons for me to explain.“There is not much to explain. I will simply be taking credit for killing the Lieutenant.” I inform him and he sighs.“Don’t try to convince me otherwise, because I am not changing my mind.” I add and he chuckles lightly.“Trust me, I’m not. This would be payback for Naomi paralyzing you, she crossed a line.” He says.“So what do you need me to do?” He asks and James park the car right in front of the airport.We have arrived.“Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.” Robert says as he opens his side of the door.He gets down and so does Carlos and James. I am the last one to leave the car.“Umm..Chad, I would need to quickly block Naomi from making any international calls.” I tell him.“Oh, so she can’t get in touch with Russell.” Chad hits the point.“Okay, it would take a while, but I’m on it.” He adds.We all are now walking
The private jet is out of fuel, which inevitably means that I have to make an emergency landing.With me being Wanted, this is going to be hard. “How far are we from London?” James asks frantically.This is serious, but it seems comical watching James react like this. He is almost always stoic and nonchalant. But he is genuinely afraid for his life and for ours too.I check the coordinates and I realize that we have been flying for a while now, for we are literally in London already.“We’re here, we’re in London.” I tell him and he takes in deep and steady breaths to calm himself.I take my seat at where the pilot is to sit and I begin to take the plane off auto pilot.I have not been in London for years, but my memory is still sharp and I can remember a lot.“If we can remain flying for about..” I say as I look at the watch on my wrist.“For about nine more minutes, then we would be able to reach an o
James despite how he was “alarmed” at first is now calm though we are going towards the runway with growing speed.“Any ideas?” I seek from James and he looks deep in thought.“Okay. To begin the slow flight maneuver, clear the area and gradually reduce thrust from cruise power and adjust the pitch to allow the airspeed to decrease while maintaining altitude. As the speed of the airplane decreases, note a change in the sound of the airflow around the airplane.” James informs me and I gape.What the hell? This is impressive!“Wow.” I say and he shrugs with a smile.“That is, if my memory serves me right.” He replies.“No, you’re absolutely right. That would work!” I say with hope in my voice.“So let’s start with reducing thrust from the cruise power.” James say and we do exactly that.After we follow his instruction, nothing much changes.“It’s not working.” I complain and he blinks rapid
“This is private property.” I hear one of them says as they walk closer to us.I’m contemplating on running, but that won’t be such a wise idea considering these people have German shepherds.“Should we run?” Carlos asks and I shake my head as to say no.I can still hear the sirens getting louder and the police have not arrived yet, so that means that these men are just normal security guards stationed at the airfield.“I will handle this.” I say as both men walk towards the wired fence, when they reach it, I notice that there is a gate not too far from where we climbed.We must have been in so much rush that we didn’t notice it.They both have huge winter jackets over their uniforms, for it is cold.I don’t really feel the cold though, it might be the adrenaline still coursing through my veins.Once the gate is opened, both guys walk up to us and they study us.“What were you all doing in there?” The b
We all walk into the house and we are led to our various rooms. Robert and I share a huge room while the others have a bedroom all to themselves.It is already getting dark and Robert just came from a shower.His hair is wet and his upper body is uncovered while his lower one has a white towel wrapped around him.“That was a much needed shower.” He comments and I smile.I have a laptop on the bed and I am trying my best to get to Russell, but no luck.Chad too has been trying but it’s like the man just dropped off the face of the earth.“Have you gotten to him yet?” Robert asks as he searches in the closet for something to wear.The closets are conveniently filled with clothes for Robert and I, really nice ones that fit perfectly. What a coincidence.“Nope.” I say, popping the p.“I think I am going to try calling in the living room, it has better reception.” I say and Robert sighs loudly, as if somethi
After a few seconds of silence, the Lieutenant finally speaks.“Is that so now?” He asks, and I feel like I’m being questioned by a lecturer at college.“Yes, I can email it to you this moment.” I reply.Chad eyes look hopeful as he watches me speak to the Lieutenant.“This is a pleasant surprise, I didn’t expect you to get the job done this soon.” He confesses.“I must applaud you.” He compliments and a sense of guilt washes over me.The Lieutenant was clearly not killed by me, I am just taking credit for what I did not do. “Are you still there?” Russell asks and his words pulls me from my thoughts. I think he said something, but I did not quite catch it.“I’m here..I’m here.” I answer.Chad is giving me a look. I’m guessing he is wondering why I froze up while talking to Russell.“I said that you should do that, email the proof to me.” Russell says calmly.“Of course, sir. I would d