Mark I was slightly concerned by what he said, because if they were truly investigators, there could only be one reason why they were here, and that was because someone sent them.“What can I help you with gentlemen?” I asked, leaning back into my seat.“What would you do if I told you that even though George seemed to have backed off, he is planning a big comeback against you for costing him this deal?” John asked with a raised brow as he leaned back in his seat.“I’m sorry, who?” I asked, playing dumb. Landon sneered at me with a clenched jaw, before leaning forward, “Do not f*cking play dumb with us. We know exactly who you are Mark Greyson and the people you have business with.”I turned to him with a sardonic smile, taunting “I’m sorry, were you permitted to speak junior detective?”“I don’t know who you’re talking about,” I added, watching his anger grow.This wasn’t my first rodeo. I knew how these things go. I would admit my family’s business with George, and they would blac
Mark “What would make you think that we are?” John asked in shock. “That’s far from it Mr. Greyson. George has been on the top of our wanted list for a lot of crimes, swindling, fraud, evasion of taxes, and trafficking, but we’ve not been able to pin any of these crimes on him, as there’s been no evidence or witnesses willing to testify against him.I tell you one thing, he knows how to cover his tracks very well and silence anyone willing to testify against him, at least until now.” He said looking at me and even though I understood what his gaze meant, I still didn’t want to jump to conclusions.“What does that have to do with me, Mr. John?” I asked leaning back into my chair, staring at him quizzically“Mr Greyson, George is a dangerous man who needs to be behind bars, he’s responsible for a lot of companies going out of business, using the mob to threaten any business or person that he wants something from, and we know what he’s caused your family. I’m offering you a deal, Georg
AnnaIt has been three days since my encounter with Luke. I don’t know what that fox was up to, but I decided not to beat myself up over it. It was Saturday and I was excited. That was because it was the one I didn’t have to worry about school or studying, even though I probably should have been, but it was the beginning of my favorite season, Spring, and I was going to make sure I enjoyed it. Throwing on my running shoes, I grabbed my purse and just before heading out of my apartment, stopped to watch the view of rain trickling down the large glass windows in my room and at this moment, I wished Mark was here to enjoy it with me.Heading out of the room, I was ready to start my day of fun and excitement. The first thing on my list was the grocery store, I needed to restock my kitchen since I had just moved in and Sheila was about to be too, and then I was on to find a little bit of odds and ends to decorate the spare room lightly for Sheila.I didn’t know what she liked but I wasn’t
Anna“Can’t you see what’s going on here? Luke is bad news, he’s probably realized his mistake and wants to win you back.”“First of all, it isn’t even like that and I can’t believe you’re actually thinking that.” I snapped. “For you to suggest that means you don’t trust or know me well enough. I’ll never want anything to do with Luke Johnson ever again!”“So why is he there?” He snapped again, raising his voice as if I was some employee he just had to deal with.“Maybe you could have asked that first before jumping to accuse me of welcoming Luke’s antics. Also if you had called earlier, I probably would have told you about him and this wouldn’t have to be an issue.” I replied firmly.“I’ve been busy, Anna.” He replied calmly.“Busy with what Mark?!” I snapped,“Are you so busy that you can’t pick up your phone and call your girlfriend? But when you hear that another man might be showing a slight interest in me, suddenly you remember you have a girlfriend and want to act all possessiv
Anna“Keep me safe? Keep me safe from what?” I retorted in confusion.Mark heaved a deep sigh and said weakly, “I can’t tell you.”‘Great, just great’ I grumbled on the phone. So not only did he call me up to nag at me for not telling him about Luke, and tell me I wasn’t safe, but he was not also going to tell me why I wasn’t safe either?At this point, I had no more interest in whatever Mark Greyson had to say. Today was the first weekend I could just sit back and have some fun and I wasn’t even going to let my boyfriend ruin that.“Goodbye Mark,” I grumbled and without waiting for his reply, ended the call.Hanging my head over the steering wheel, I sobbed quietly. I wanted to be with Mark, but it was barely three months since he left and our relationship was already becoming too difficult.Until I was done with everything going on about The Circle and had my revenge on Luke and Linda, we would keep having these problems.I didn’t know what else to do. Groaning in frustration, I fis
AnnaImmediately, Sam swung the bat forcefully and struck the brick wall and then turned to me, growling as she stared at me, her expression suddenly changed,“See…fun,” she said marching towards me. I stepped back defensively, I didn’t know this woman from anywhere. For all I knew she might have just escaped from a psych ward and with how she just switched her expressions that easily, I was convinced she was. Seeing my nervousness, she just smiled knowingly and stepped back. Without a word, she walked towards a small metal refrigerator by the corner and pulled out a bottle of beer, “Want one?” Sam asked, shifting her gaze to me, and then twisted open her bottle.I shook my head in response and she heaved a tired sigh,“I thought you wanted to get your anger and frustrations out Anna,”“I do, but-“ “They’re no buts Anna. Why are you still holding back so much. Just pick up a friggin’ bat and smash something., anything. Trust me you’ll feel much better right after.” She interjected m
MarkOver the past few days, I have tried to keep Anna off my mind by working with John and a few others. I don’t know why she had to fight me on everything, but John has clearly instructed me not to mention anything to anyone or they might know that we’re after them. We had to figure out a game plan quietly on how to take down George and his men. Since word of my deal with The Brookes got out, they’d been watching me, watching my every move and I had to be careful because if they learned of what I was doing, it would surely end badly for me and anyone I cared about. Stepping up my security details, I hired extra security guards from an outside source. Some of the additional precautions were even undercover agents, John wanted to be placed around my home and workplace to ensure that they had eyes there in case anything were to happen.I wasn’t pleased about it, I’d come to England to try to lead a normal life, but this was far from normal. What was I going to do? Tell them no?Leani
MarkMargaret insisted that she was alright and it was not that much of a severe case. Deciding not to press the issue, I decided to take her word for it. It’s almost like she could tell what I was planning to do.Since I wasn’t traveling anymore, the only thing left to do for today was to meet up with Andrew.Hastily, I pulled out my phone and sent him a text.In a short drive, I arrived at the company, making my way towards the entrance, I suddenly froze in shock when I saw him standing there.I wanted to call John but decided it was better to find out for myself what exactly George was doing showing himself at my company.AnnaThe sound of loud knocking woke me up from my sleep. I wasn’t exactly sure at first who the hell could be knocking so loudly or where the noise came from, but as soon as my mind focused, I realized it was coming from the front door.Glancing towards my clock, I groaned seeing it was close to 5 in the morning.Sliding from my bed, I wrapped my head around me a