His driver honked at him, a futile gesture to compel him to hop in. He could not wait to take Louis home and have a rest after an almost fatal journey. The impatience was vivid in his forced smile that widened awkwardly.Louis snapped out of his thoughts and opened the door but waited a few minutes before he entered. "I have to get to the roots of this," Louis muttered. He nodded his head and glanced at the shed, which was now empty, as people who were trapped in the rain rushed to their various places. " Something is going on and I have to find out before they bury it deep into the ground" He decided not to block Kent's number; he had a subtle plan of using him as a channel to extract information. Though Kent often joined his family in the awful things they did to him, he was easily manipulated and was easily frightened at little threats sent his way. That was the quality he could use to his advantage. Louis archived his number and deleted the unsaved number that Zick and Veronica u

She quickly pulled her arms out of Louis' tight grip and launched her purse straight to his face before she ran out of the bar, screaming cuss words at him. Her departure brought attention to Louis, as all eyes faced him to see his next reaction. He was kept at a crossroads of choices of chasing after the con woman or tending to the text message he received from the investigator.“You are lucky, you caught on to her game before she played you out of your money. Most people only realize when she's miles away with their money in Nevada” A man echoed, which made Louis turn his neck after a loud sigh.It was the tattered-looking man who kept peering his neck in Louis' direction. He spoke at the top of his voice like he was merry for seeing Louis and he had a wide grin on his face. He walked closer to Louis, swinging his arms jovially.“I'm pretty sure she'd be looking for her next target to dupe,” the man said after getting close to Louis. His breath reeked of stale alcohol, it was so unp

“I said I spoke to a man before coming out. He was the reason I figured out I was in the wrong building, which you purposely set up,” Louis responded slowly, his eyes twitching without control.“No,” the man prolonged his response, “you were supposed to storm out immediately when you found out that you were getting duped. But anyways, hope nobody threatened or took anything from you?”Louis nodded slowly and replied “If they did, I wouldn't be chill about your methods but everything is all sorted out, I think I'm ready to move on”Louis tapped his hands on the table and brought out his family's file which contained their pictures for identification, causing the man to lower his head and bring out his hands from his pocket.“I guess you already know what I want unless you are still on another trial with the real man to be sure of my intentions” “Real funny. Bring it let me take a look,”The man collected the files from Louis and scanned through them one by one.“You want information o

“Damnit! How did I lose my guard so easily”Louis exclaimed, turning his pockets inside out in a hurried move as he went back to his chair to check under the table, hoping that it may have fallen out, but the empty state of the chair foiled his expectations. He hissed loudly and grabbed his phone with an affirming grip. The watch was his favorite, a limited edition costing millions of dollars. Losing it made him feel frustrated because it was the last one of the twenty-five sets made in the world.“It must have been that darn old man”He couldn't believe how the bearded man was able to take it without his attention. “I thought he just offering genuine help but somehow the wanker stole my frickin' watch” The regret of trusting a stranger to get close to him was obvious on his face, causing him to walk out and mumble complaints. When he got outside, he quietly looked around, wishing he would catch the man in any of the alleyways, but they looked too dark and dangerous for him. A thou

“Say what you have to tell me; if you can't, then go away. I don't need your insincere compliments” Louis lashed out. He assumed she needed a favor from him, hence her sudden interest in him.The woman widened her eyes and placed her hands on her breast, astonished by his harsh tone towards her. She made a sad expression on her face and stared at Louis, acting like Louis attacked her for no reason.“You don't need to be rude to me, I didn't do anything bad to you, so why are you being mean to me?”Her question puzzled Louis, and he couldn't deny her talent for acting like she was the victim in this situation.“Don't start with me young lady, we both know you were acting all high and mighty a while ago, so don't act surprised that I returned the same energy,”“Oh, that!” she exclaimed, forcing out a smile on her lips. She realized it was pointless for her to keep faking like she was hurt, so she resorted to explaining, “We compete with ourselves; of course, I wasn't going to let anybod