Anne “What are you doing here Fiona?!” Joshua barked at her. “I’m here to see sweet Anne, of course,” she said with a shrug. Joshua went over to her and said something in a hushed tone. I could only make out, “you’re jeopardizing everything” from all he said to her. “Calm down, brother,” she said, touching his cheeks. “No one saw me. I was as discreet as possible, okay? I just came to say my final byes to Anny,” she said with a cheeky smile. Although Joshua was not convinced, he didn’t push it. He just kept mute and went behind her, then quietly left. Fiona took a few steps toward me and looked me over. “Ugh! You are a complete mess,” she said with utter disgust. “And you stink too!” she exclaimed, scrunching up her face and covering her nose with her palm. “Whatever. I wasn’t planning on staying long. I wonder why this dude,” she said, referring to Joshua as dude, “hasn’t wasted you already. I was waiting for him to call and inform me it was over already,” she said, scrunching
Anne I saw different emotion play on her face all at once. There was shock, confusion, then anger. She wasn’t expecting that at all. That was my aim. I needed to rile her up before I entered my next plan of action. There wasn’t much time. I knew Joshua was already fed up and was going to enter and put a bullet through my skull. I had to act fast and maybe buy Vincent some time to get to me. Immediately she told me about Vincent visiting her, I knew it was set up. Thank God Joshua wasn’t here when she said that. He would have figured it out and ended me way sooner. “What so funny?” she asked in annoyance. “Poor you,” I began as calmly as possible while trying to get my hands out of the chains. It hurt like hell, but I fought the urge to scream. I wasn’t going to jeopardize my only chance at freedom. “You’re too blind to see what’s right in front of you,” I said calmly, slowly shaking my head from side to side. “What do you mean by that?” she asked in both confusion and annoyance,
Anne “Think about it. What does he stand to lose if you’re dead? He’d get his freedom from you. He’d no longer be your puppet. He’d even get to run the business without getting threatened by a whim like you.” She shot her eyes towards me at the last statement. I simply shrugged and said, “His words, not mine.” “He wants to kill me?” she asked in a tiny, unsure voice. I let out an “mmhmm” while nodding my head and maintaining a straight face. “Not just that, Fifi fire, the first time you sent him to get rid of me, he told me a story… a dark one at that,” I said slowly for effects. “He indirectly mentioned having a hand in your father’s death.” Red, wet daggers stared straight at me, widening ever so hugely, almost threatening to jump out of their sockets. “What?!” came a low, threatening growl from the deepest part of her agonized throat. “Uh! Are you okay?” I asked ever so innocently. Just then, Joshua walked in, followed by one of the guys, who had a gun tucked in front of his
Anne The man fell with a thud to the floor. Blood gushed out of his forehead, surrounding his lifeless body in a matter of seconds. My heart pounded against my ribcage, threatening to jump out and flee. Joshua’s eyes were like saucers as he stared at the dead man. His eyes burned with fury as he looked from the guy to Fiona, who still had the gun pointed at him. “Fiona, please,” he said beneath gritted teeth. He was trying really hard to suppress his anger so that he won’t meet a similar fate as the guy on the floor. I might have made the whole story up to get Fiona against Joshua, but from the looks of things, I wasn’t far from the truth. Joshua did murder Fiona’s father. While all this was going on, I’d successfully freed one of my hands and was forcing out the other while darting my eyes towards both of them to make sure they’ve not taken notice of me. The sounds of gunshots in the distance were increasing in both tempo and nearness, but these two didn’t look that bothered.
Vincent She shoved me back and wiped furiously against her mouth, as if trying to expel the repulsive thirst of my lips. Leaning back on the wall, she kept heaving, staring at me under hooded leads. Even before she did it, I knew she couldn’t resist. If she had a hand in Anne’s disappearance, it would be because she wanted me by her side. She leaned off the wall and rushed towards me, jumped up and wrapped her fore and hind limbs around me, then pounded her lips against mine, suckling profusely and moaning loudly like someone who’d been starved of food and water for ages. I wrapped my arms around her and deepened the kiss. She moaned, leaving my lips and feasting on my face, neck, and everywhere she could get her lips on. She almost pushed me off balance with how she kept pressing into me with all her weight. To stop myself from falling over and to move to the next phase of my plan, I carried her to the long couch and gently laid her there, following immediately because I couldn’t
Anne A stone! This was my last chance to save myself. The next bullet wasn’t going to let me live. I knew that. Without wasting time, I grabbed the huge stone with my healthy hand, then with all the strength I could muster along with my last chance at life, I flung it towards her. The stone made contact with her head just as the bullet busted out of the gun and flew towards me. I yelped and bent over, shutting my eyes as I awaited another heart-wrenching piercing. Nothing came. I raised my head and looked around me, then searched my body for any more holes. I saw nothing. I looked ahead of me and saw Fiona sprawled on the floor and the gun, nowhere in sight. Mustering up strength, I held onto the floor with my healthy hand and lifted myself. When I got up, the whole ground started dancing beneath me. I staggered towards the wall and made painful contact with its rigid, rough, iciness. My cries knew no bounds. I fell to my knees and wailed profusely. My hand was hurting badly, an
Andrew After a series of confrontations by the police, we all came to an understanding, but not before I was pushed to the edge and wanted to unleash fury on those bastards. Vincent, who had always been on the unleashing end, was now the one holding me back. Those idiots didn’t want to get any case against them because Joshua was an influential billionaire. Any order from him and everyone in the police would be fired. That is what they made us see during our last clash. However, when they saw the target had changed to a not-so-influential threat, they cooperated, though they were still apprehensive. I swore to myself that I’d have all of them fired when we find Anne and get her back safely. Before Vincent went in, we had placed ourselves on different locations on the lookout for Fiona’s moves. I prayed she’d want to get things over with, now that things between her and Vincent were seemingly looking up. That is exactly what she did, because a few hours into watching Vincent enter, w
Vincent Dad had involved more people than I thought. The army and many security agencies were now part of the search, but it was made top secret. Although I was sure Joshua had Anne, I still concurred that it could be anyone. According to them, Anne and I had made public waves for a while, and the media just got to know of the companies and other investments I owned, so anyone could have taken Anne to make money. It was all bull! Joshua took Anne, and I was going to find her, my way. I wasn't going to look at Anne's mum and sister one more time and tell them I couldn't find their daughter. The Scott family had arrived the day after we told them of Anne's disappearance and since have helping out the best they could. Though most times, all Anne's mum did was cry her out. Makayla was the one rubbing minds with us . After my encounter with Fiona, I’d slept off for a while because I was really inebriated but the effects didn’t stay for long. The thoughts of Anne and her whereabouts, a