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ABIGEALJACQUES OPENED his eyes, blinked once, twice, then looked up, focusing on the four of us looking down at him. “Are you quite sure he’s the one?” Melanie asked with an eyebrow raised, drawing his attention to her. “I know he doesn’t look like much, but yeah he is.” I replied. His eyes swiveled to me and darkened in anger. “You bitch.” He made to come at me, then looked at the ropes binding his arms to the bed. He looked at me again, this time in alarm. “What did you do to me, you stupid whore?’ He yelled.“You might want to watch your language. You’re the one tied down and helpless, not her.” Blaine said casually. Jacques halted his struggles, and slowly looked in Blaine’s direction. His eyes widened, and the way he’d struggled before was nothing compared to the way he squirmed now. The bed shook as he wriggled and strained against his bonds, breathing hard. Wow. Blaine had only said two sentences, and he was acting like there was a gun aimed at his head. “You have some
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ABIGEAL“NO WAY. No freaking way.” Melanie said, looking incredulous after Jordan revealed the name of the person who was behind this. “How the fuck did Steven Gustavo get this amount of resources in such a short time? Are you sure it's the same Steven we're talking about? It's a pretty common name.”“I'm sure. Jacques was ready to tell me anything I wanted to know, including his mother's address and the password to her safe by the way, after I- well, after I did certain things.” Jordan replied.“Anyone care to fill us in?” Blaine called out, gesturing to himself and me with a slightly irritated expression. The same kind he got anything Melanie and Jordan got too wrapped up in themselves around him. Melanie turned to him with her brow furrowed. “Early last year some guy came barging into Jordan's office saying how Jordan ruined his life. Apparently, Jordan bought his family owned company with the consent of his three brothers but not his, and Jordan demoted Steven from CEO to supervi
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BLAINE“COME ON, Abigeal. You can do it.” I urged, standing across from her with an encouraging smile on my face. She shot me an annoyed glare which probably meant I should shut up, then went back to focusing on taking a few steps towards me. Her face shone with sweat and her brow was furrowed in concentration as she shuffled forward one step and inhaled quickly at the pain.At the hospital three weeks ago the doctors had said that the bullet had missed her bone and any vital nerves. Also, they'd commented that Abigeal was in perfect condition so healing should be quicker. She was supposed to be going in for physical therapy, but I recalled the way she had panicked when she'd first woken up in the hospital and I didn't want to send her back there. So, after a few extensive Google searches and late nights spent watching videos on YouTube, I decided to handle her rehabilitation myself.Which was going splendidly, if you ask me.“Just a few more-”“Will you shut it?” She hissed. I no
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ABIGEALJUST WHO did he think he was, throwing words at me like that? I could kill him in a heartbeat if I got the whim, did he know that? And I would get away with it too. He should learn to watch his mouth around me, otherwise I would just end this thing early and skip.You're trying to pick a fight with me because you're starting to let loose.The audacity. The fuck did he mean I was starting to let loose? One of the things I prided myself on the most was my self control. And I was starting to let loose? I beg your finest pardon?‘Have you considered that you're so mad about it because he's right?’ A small voice whispered at the back of my head.“Shut up.” I snarled at it. I didn't need my own mind turning on me. “But I didn't even say anything yet.” An actual voice said from behind me. I turned to see the boy who froze standing in my doorway. The last thing I needed was company.“You lost or something?” I asked, but in a gentler tone. I needed kids crying even less than I needed
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ABIGEALI WATCHED Blaine pace the length of my room and back with a raised eyebrow. He was constantly checking his phone as well. We'd called Jordan as soon as we'd read the note and Jordan had said they'll be here soon. By they I assumed he meant himself and Melanie. It was as if they were joined at the hip. I mean, I know they're engaged and all, but didn't it get tiring?And speaking of things getting tiring…“Will you desist? You're more nervous than a trout on a hook.” I said finally. Blaine ran a hand through his hair, something I noticed he did whenever he was anxious or frustrated, like he didn't know what else to do with his hands. “Don't you think it's disturbing how I'm more concerned for your safety than you are?”I shrugged. “Many have tried to kill me, all have failed.”“Well, Steven Gustavo through Jacques came pretty damn close. Twice. And that was when you weren't even a target. Now that you are, coupled with the fact that you aren't at a hundred percent yet…” he tr
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ABIGEALI TUGGED at the neckline of my dress for the umpteenth time, frowning as I did so. I'd told them I didn't want to show any cleavage.I'd told them that the dress showed way too much cleavage, but the shop attendant had just cackled like I'd told the funniest joke and packed the dress up for me in a box.The dress in question was long and flowing to cover up the bandage on my leg but had a slit on my right side to aid mobility. It also came with a matching walking stick so it looked more like a fashion statement than something I actually needed.After another week of intense physical rehabilitation, I'd graduated from crutches to a walking stick. I'd gone back to the hospital for a check up and the doctors had said that with the way I was going, it should heal up completely soon. Although they griped a bit over me ripping the stitches the first time.Like it was my fault a murdering bastard had broken into my room and tried to kill me. Not that I could tell them that anyway.“
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ABIGEALFUCK MY LIFE.“Why does trouble seem to follow you everywhere you go?” I hissed at Blaine amidst the screams of people. An ironic thing to say, considering that the only reason why I was here was because I was contracted to kill him. And I followed him wherever he went.“Why have you immediately assumed that they are here for me?” He shot back, risking a glance over his shoulder before ducking back down behind the table. I wanted to tell him it wasn't an assumption, but I couldn't. I recognized the man from Morgan Soliz's madhouse. He was one of the people who had been cloaked in the red robes with the crazy, fanatical glint in his eye.When this was over, I was going to have a word or two with Morgan.Andrea was clutching my arm in a vice grip, her other hand gripping her necklace as she knelt on the grass beside me. “My daughter. My daughter,” her voice was trembling. “I'm sure she's fine, Andrea. Try to stay calm.” Blaine soothed. She ignored him and started to stand up,
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ABIGEALI MADE it through to the other side. As expected, my dress was torn to ribbons and there were bloody gashes where the thorns had bypassed the fabric and dug into my flesh. I didn't have time to dwell on it though, I still had to make my way around the guy so I could drop him. I started to move again, keeping my ears open for any change in Matt or Marissa's tones. I could see an opening in the hedges on the far end, and started to make my way towards that, hoping he couldn't hear the quiet sound of my dress slithering along the grass.Halfway to the opening, I heard Marissa's slight intake of breath and paused. I tried to see what was happening through the gaps in the brushes, but they were too small to make out anything. I calculated that I was near where they were standing so I couldn't risk looking over the hedge. All I could do was increase my pace and hope Marissa wasn't busy getting murdered on the other side. Matt started to laugh hysterically, then stopped just as s
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ABIGEALTHERE WAS a knock on my bedroom door, but I didn't move an inch from where I was and just hoped the noise would go away. But it didn't. Instead, the handle turned and the door opened. I still gave no reaction, as from the voices I knew it was Anna and Melanie standing in the doorway. Melanie took one look at my ramrod straight figure sitting in a chair close to the window and turned to Anna. “How long has she been like this?”“I don't know. Sometimes she'd be up and about and talking, then she'd be back here. I'm not sure what to do,” Anna whispered.“You realize I can hear every word, right?” I said without looking back.“You were meant to.” Melanie walked further into my room and stopped beside me. “What do you think you're doing?” She snapped.I looked up at her and smiled vaguely. “Hi. When did you get back? You look great.” She and Jordan had taken a vacation to a country I didn't remember, since things were still tense with Blaine.As soon as his name came up in my th
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ABIGEALTHE NEXT morning, I went to see Anna. If I was going to take on a mission of this size, I was going to need help. And she was the only person I trusted enough to take my side on this, and not turn me away because of what I did.She opened the door before I knocked and looked surprised to see me. “Abigeal? Hey. I was just going to have a fight with the landlord. He has cut down the hot water supply and it ran out halfway through my shower. Thank God there weren't hot showers in the military so I'm not spoiled.” She raved, stepping out with me and closing the door.“Of course you can't relate. I bet the water runs hot twenty four hours a day in Blaine's Palace," she said without heat.I pretended to consider it. “I think it does, actually. It's one of those things you don't really notice, you know, because it's right there.”She glared at me but could only hold it for a couple of seconds before we started to laugh. “You know what, I can go fight him later. It's not like he's goi
