Jack The ride to The Brown’s house was filled with tension but for other reasons. I knew I shouldn’t have bothered myself with the ramblings of a lunatic, but Luke wasn’t far from the truth either. It got me thinking that maybe somewhere deep in my subconscious, I may have been doing this, hoping for a chance that maybe someday, Anna would realize that I’ve always been the right one for her all this time. But just as the thought reflected in my mind, it quickly disappeared just as fast. She’d already told me how she felt about us and our relationship and I had to respect what she wanted. Still, I couldn’t help but wonder how different things would have been if I had met her first.“You okay?” Sheila’s voice filtered softly into my ear as I gazed out the taxi window, wondering what it would have been like to grow up here and how different Anna’s life probably was back then.In a different life, I’d give up everything to live a life so simple, probably in a town similar to this. How
JackI remained frozen in shock wondering how she knew about George and Edgar. Did she really know about them or was this just another one of her cunning schemes?‘No,’ I shook my head dismissing the thought. She couldn’t have been that specific if she did not already know what was happening.“Ms. Brown, I…” I started to say but she harshly cut me in.“You came into my home, held a knife to my security’s neck, and threatened my guards and now you are here to tell me about an unidentified danger that I’m in, hmhph.” She scoffed and stood up, her icy glare remaining fixed on her face.“Don’t you find that somewhat ironic, Mr…” she called, snapping her fingers as if trying to remember my name.“Jack,” I said with a pretentious smile. I could see through her cunning moves and decided to play her little games. If we wanted to find out what she knew or if she could be of any help to us, I needed to make her feel we were on her side, even if that meant lowering myself before her.Heaving a d
Sheila“You’re in love with him aren’t you?” I asked, approaching her steadily.“No wonder you hate Anna. She’s a constant reminder that the man you loved, didn’t love you back. That’s why you hate her, isn’t it?” I asked, staring at her with mockery.Sarah frowned agitatedly. I could tell that I was getting on her nerves, which was exactly what I wanted. I don’t know why Jack bothered or what he was up to. But I knew that this woman would not bother to help us. The only way to get what we wanted out of her, was to trick her into revealing it.“Yes, I loved her father and it is true that he chose that tramp over me. But that was his mistake and he soon realized it when he brought Anna to me. He knew I was the only one who could keep her safe, but what Demarcus did not anticipate was that the burning passion I felt for him years ago was no longer the same.”“It was the perfect revenge and I didn’t even have to do anything much. He handed her right to me together with the codes. I decid
SheilaSlowly, I shifted my gaze to the opening in the wall, filled with curiosity. This safe held the codes to the largest and most sought after fortune in the world. Still, I couldn’t help but wonder why Sarah did not auction it to the highest bidder. I found it hard to imagine she had not thought of this. Even if she did not know where the codes led to, I was certain that most people in this city would pay hugely to get their hands on this.Turning towards her, I grabbed her hand and yanked her towards the safe,“What’s the safe lock code?” I asked, glaring at her.Sarah heaved a sigh and walked in front of me, and inputted some combinations and then the safe opened up.However, the contents inside were nothing like I expected.“What’s this?” I asked with a deep puzzled look.“That’s the code.” She answered earnestly.I shifted my gaze towards Jack who quickly approached us now and then cautiously reached inside the safe and brought out a small pen-like vial.Staring at the vial, I
Sheila“You want us to keep you safe now?” I scoffed.“I thought you said you could have a hundred police over here in ten minutes. Why don’t you call them?”“Sheila…” Jack’s voice filtered softly into ears. “We don’t have time. Edgar and George will be here any minute. We can’t leave her to them else she’s just going to tell them about the vial.”Shifting my gaze from Jack, I turned towards Sarah again, “You’re lucky. Left to me I would have made sure you suffered long enough for all the things you did to her.” I said and then walked away.Right at that moment, my phone suddenly beeped with a text confirmation from Blake. His boys had just arrived and had secured the perimeter, which meant that we could now square off with George and Edgar. Composing myself, Jack and I walked out hastily and immediately went to our car. He popped the trunk and pulled out a duffel bag, tossing it to me. It felt like we were reliving our early youth when we used to go on missions together, only this t
SheilaEdgar continued walking steadily towards us, wearing a smug grin, and taking a puff of his cigar from time to time.He seemed too cocky like he had gotten us right where he wanted. I wanted to lunge at him immediately and punch that smug smile off his face, but as much as I hated him, I wasn’t the one to take justice for Lydia. My role was just to set the trap for him.I knew Jack would not like this, but it wasn’t just about him right now. When Jack saw him, a vicious look immediately appeared on his face as he strode forward, stopping a few meters away from the man,“Why are we being held up?” Edgar asked the commander, ignoring Jack as if he was nothing.Immediately his men saw him, they immediately bowed in respect as the commander started,“There’s a man here sir. Says he wants to have a word with you.”At this time, Edgar slowly turned his gaze towards Jack, staring at him with scorn.“You must think yourself to be quite important to want to have a word with me. But you’
JackMy burning fury was replaced with confusion as I gazed at George, wondering what he meant. How did he even know my name?As if he could read my mind, his lips formed into a smile as he marched closer to me.“You’re surprised.” He stated.Still, I did not say anything. My mind was torn, feeling a surge of anger and intrigue.“Edgar isn’t the man you are looking for, Jack. It’s me.” He said, almost too confidently, wearing a smug grin.“Then you must know that I’m going to kill you first,” I replied with a vicious stare and without any hesitation, swung my arm across and landed a heavy punch on his face, causing him to fall flat on the ground.Immediately, the men cocked their guns, aiming it at me again. Slowly, George stood from the ground, laughing menacingly,“I’m going to enjoy destroying the rest of you. Surely you must understand why I had to do what I did. I offered your father the deal of a lifetime and he just spat in my face. What did he think was going to happen?!” He
AnnaChloe was dangerously close to finding out about my children. I never thought anyone besides Rita would find out about my children without me telling them. But she was an investigative journalist after all. I should have known how determined she was when she met Mark and he seemed thrown off and nervous around her. However, at the time I was more concerned with how sketchy he was acting around her, almost like they had a secret he didn’t want me to know about, but right now I understood why he seemed edgy when they met. I was trying my best to keep my composure but it still seemed like she could see through me.“So… want to tell me what it is you’re hiding?” She asked again.“Nothing!” I blurted and scoffed, trying to dismiss the conversation, but all it did was make me seem more guilty of what she was saying about me.“I have a meeting soon. I have to go.” I added quickly and turned to walk away, but just then my phone chimed with a message and I took a glance at it.RE: “Don’t