CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE Owen got down from his car, he had not allowed his security to go with him, as he didn't want to raise any alarms, or draw too much attention. And what better way to draw attention than arriving with a convoy? He stood close to the car, checking out the spits where they could possibly have CCTV'S around. His eyes searched for a while before he finally saw it. He smirked. The contractors were professionals, as the place where they had installed the cameras was unique. It would be like looking for a grain in a haystack, and that wasn't a day job. He was happy to have found it easily. He walked into the hotel and one of the waiters came to welcome him. He requested to see the manager and he was taken to a corner to wait for him. In no time, the waiter from earlier came to meet him where he sat. He was told that the manager had called him to his office. He went with the waiter and the girl took him to the manager's office. When they got there

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE Rina and Danny looked at each other with hatred, they were literally shooting lasers at each other through their eyes, if that was possible. “And why the hell are you here? We made a deal, I said I'm on it, which I am. So why the hell are you trying to interfere?” Rina asked “Careful, we don't want your mother finding out about our deal do we?” Danny said as she made way to the door to make sure it was locked tight. Rina followed her with her gaze “So, where were we?” Danny asked with a playful smile dancing at the corner of her lips. She wanted to get Rina all riled up and it seemed like her plans were working fine. “We were at the point where you poke nosed in my business” Rina answered and she chuckled “Well, that is what I have always loved about you, why I wanted you close. That fiery spirit, I want to quench that fire, break that hard girl while you watch me do it” she said and Rina's glare increased. If her eyes could pop

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE“Driving, like I did earlier” Rina knew she would be mad. Veeda loved acting like a big sis and she had told her time without number to never make calls when she was driving, but she had never listened and she had just told her to ruffle her feathers. Although she knew she was very unpredictable. “Are you nuts Ri? making calls while driving? How many times have I warned you to not do such?” Veeda screamed in her ears. Rina sighed, Veeda would do well as a mother, she loved nagging. She had already ruffled her feathers, so maybe she could just do more. That was the thought Rina had in mind as she said “And to be precise, I didn't call you, you called me” she waited for Veeda to ay something and it was as if her words created a pause and okay button in Veeda's head because she kept quiet for about five seconds before she finally screamed “ You …” she wanted to curse out but she stopped herself. She had always told Rina not to use curse word

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN Mario opened his eyes to see where he was in, but he couldn't see much as the place was dark. He tried to stand up but he felt severe pains on the side of his head and he winced as he touched the affected side of his head. He felt the moistness on his fingers and since he couldn't really see, he brought it to his nose and took a sniff. It was blood, lots of it on the side of his head. He tried to recall what had happened ***Few hours ago*** Jake walked into the room where Mario had been tied up by the guards, Mario sneered when he saw him. “I said I wanted to speak with the master, not the master's cub” Mario said and Jake chuckled “Yeah, I heard. But the master is kinda busy with a little bit of arrangement at the moment, so you'd just have to make do with the cub, your Majesty” Jake said mockingly. “Arrangements? What arrangements?” Mario asked. He didn't like the sound of that. It wasn't a coincidence that Esme was busy with arran

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE Maria had left and it was just Jake and Kate in their room. He sat on one of the couches deep in thought while she sat at the edge of the bed, cautiously observing him. He had been acting weird since he returned and she had wanted to ask if something was wrong but she couldn't muster the courage to do so. She tried to remember if she had offended him in any way before he left, but she couldn't come up with anything. They were cool before his disappearance and now, he was acting all cold and it troubled her. On the other hand, Jake was patiently waiting for Kate to fall asleep so he could call his mum to ask about any new developments. They were on tenterhooks as they were sure that Mario's accomplices would likely retaliate if they found out he had been kidnapped. He didn't want to leave his mum alone in the middle of all this, but Maria and Kate were close to finding out his location and the only way to stop them would be to show his face to them,