‘RUTH.’The only name that immediately registered inside Cath’s mind. ‘SO, SHE DECIDED TO COME OUT EARLY IN THIS LITTLE GAME OF THEIRS.’Her thoughts and words perfectly describe the right hand of Francis. Expecting Ruth to be in the circle, but not this early.‘DESPERATE?’Cath thinks it to be that way. Weighing the facts and the things that happened so far. ‘NO.’ She immediately protested and connected the dots. ‘SOMEONE ELSE IS BEHIND HER.’The thoughts and deductions that Cath immediately got and is thinking right now. Knowing Francis, he is not the type to jump into reckless things such as this. Knowing and smart enough that they will immediately know that he had something to do with it and is the mastermind behind such. ‘BEING THE GOVERNOR, HE HAD A REPUTATION TO HOLD. INSTRUCTING RUTH FOR THIS LITTLE CHARADE IS UNLIKE HIM AT ALL.’Her deduction and the firm grasp of the idea that there is someone else on Francis's side. But. ‘HOW DID SHE?’Cath wonders, alarmed and deep. In
“NOT a single sound.”Adrenaline rush pumps to Cath’s blood when a hand grabs her from behind and covers her mouth. Drags her into a corner and tightly holds her waist. “Let go!”She fought and right back instantly. Biting that person’s hand immediately let her go. Cath took a step, turns around, and pointed her gun toward the culprit.“Don’t make a move.”Her demand in almost a whisper. When. “Cath.”Surprise and somehow doesn’t want it to be real. Cath immediately drops the gun, teary eyes, and protests. “What are you doing here---”Her words are immediately cut when the same hand grabs her waist and arm pulling her into a tight hug. “I’m sorry. I should have been much more attentive with everything.”Cath’s tears are already falling, while she is trying to stay strong and not completely break out. “But putting yourself in this kind of danger is not a bit acceptable. So, rest assured that I will be punishing you and hard after all of this.”Fear sinks in but not for herself, b
A gunshot is fired, creating a chain reaction that started that exchange. “Cath!”Sam immediately grabs Cath’s arm, pulled her to his chest, and covers her away from the sea of a gunshot that is being exchanged from the opposite direction. “Trust me!”He screams, which left Cath to do what he wanted. Pulling both of them behind a machine and away from the firing range. But Cath drops her gun, which kicks her into fight mode, and pulled away from Sam. “What are you doing, Cath?”Sam protested, but he wasn’t been able to grab a hold of Cath’s arm. Slipping her away from his grasp. Then and there, Cath jumps down with her body to grab her gun. “Damn!”He curses, a bit struggling to stand but adrenaline is pumping all over his body and he immediately caught up to Cath. “Sam, get down!”Cath screams, pulling Sam down and behind her. Gun in her hand she points it toward one of her kidnappers and fired a shot directly unto the head. But the trigger of its gun is already pulled by that k
“NO, PLEASE.”The words that only form inside Cath’s mind and the only words that she finds saying, yet in a whisper. “Not him.”She wishes, grasping Sam’s hand tight with the Paramedics checking his vital signs from time to time while the ambulance is hitting speeds on the freeway. Blaring the lights and emergency sounds. “Sam.”Cath closes her eyes firmly, crying in cold and shivers from the fear and exhaustion that she is having. Felt like her world is slowly turning to a halt, where her eyes are clouded with her tears and her hearing was slowly starting to ring with nothingness. Flashes of the past night ten years ago are starting to hunt her. “I couldn’t feel any pulse. Get the defibrillator!”“Dad! No, let me go!”The image of her father flashes to her mind, the blood and the similar situation that’s trembling her entire body from inside and out. Somewhat it is suggesting to her that she will relieve that night and her darkest part right now.“Parent is shot to the chest and
STILL crying hard and shivering from what she saw and the state that Sam is in right now. Cath is cowered into a corner in the open garden of the hospital five floors below the top floor.“I’m sorry, the patient didn’t make it.”She is shaking those memories away from her head and the pain that is somewhat eating her whole and slowly making her crazy. “Make it stop, just make it stop.”She begs and pleads that no one and still the same from the past could hear her. Especially not Sam that during those times in the past is someone that is slowly drifting away from her, and now is in the same situation that she doesn’t want to think about it. “Cath?”Someone calls her name from near. Yet, Cath’s anxiety is worse at that moment and her hearing is like a blaring long ring that is painful and awful. “No, no, no. Cath, calm down, everything will be alright. You can do this. You went through this in the past and multiple times in your work. You can do this now and easily.” She’s convinci
“I will go.”Taken aback and all are hesitant to agree nor to disagree, yet Cath is firm in her decision and words to go forth and attend the ball that the Governor is expecting of them to come. “Are you sure?” Lindsey tries to protest, worried and thinking otherwise about the plan that Cath just said to them. “I mean, Sam wouldn’t want you to ---”“Lindsey.”Cath cut’s her words and looks at Lindsey with the eyes that she understands what she is truly trying to say and where she is coming from. But from what had happened and will be happening from this point, they shouldn’t act soft, nor let their enemy get a glimpse of their weakness. “I know you are worried, but Sam will like me to do this for the both of us, and to protect the family.”She convinces Lindsey. Holding both of her hands and assuring her of one thing. All while taking their conversation inside the lounge area of the VVIP room of Sam. And just a door away from where he is currently. “I am alright and will be. This t
“ARE you sure that you are going?”The question that not even a bit took Aaron aback. Especially that he’s been waiting for this day to come. A simple encounter under the mask of a ball that he is perfectly using for his advantage.“What answer are you expecting me to tell you?”With a bit of a disappointed look towards Ash, his best man and best friend that role is like Brian to Sam. Knowing more than anyone else that this particular event is what he’s been preparing for long. He added.“If you thinking about what happened a while ago and my encounter with his younger sister. You do not need to. She is just a little dust that I can wipe away and cleanly out of my face when I need too.”Arrogant and a hell lot of confidence. His personality is like a two-face coin that depending on the situation and the kind of person he is talking with is the type of face and tone that he will be presenting. A hell lot of red flag that he gains with his secret cocky attitude from years of torture and
A hard slap landed and quickly to Ruth’s face. With the disappointment and irritation of Francis so called ‘entitled mistress’.“Are you that stupid?”Dorothy’s insult and blow to Ruth’s character after Ruth blows the plan that should be easy enough to be done by anyone. Yet, Ruth failed to do so, worst she even put everything into dust.“Are that dumb to not get one very simple instruction?”She continues to berate Ruth, who is doing nothing but put her head low and accept such words. From the fact that Dorothy is the one who took her out of prison and giving her this second chance at freedom. And second, she did blow everything up after Cath escape and ends up for the warehouse blowing into smatterings and turning into dust.“I instructed you clearly to take that stupid journalist into a safe place, a hidden one. But guess what? You stupidly choose that one warehouse to hide her!”Dorothy continue to scream in front of Ruth’s face. All in range after the failure of her suppose to be