During the second meeting in Black E-Commerce company, the IT Development team showed the proposal about their website virtual idea box.It is a subscription service from Black E-commerce which will give the customers an access to do exclusive shopping and have discounts.The marketing team suggested that people would be interested to get engaged to the free two-day shipping fee of eligible items. The non-members customers would be attracted to know that their orders won’t take five to eight business days to arrive.The finance team made sure that they have enough funds to start the project.With Xavier’s cue, the company’s IT Engineer begins to make the virtual box in their company. On which they called “Supreme.”Everyone was in high spirits, as they believed that this would be their last chance to revive the company. That includes the new CEO.Xavier was stuck in the office, reviewing all the debts documents the Black E-commerce owned by the Black Finance company. The person who’s
Inside the warehouse, countless kids were tied together in ropes. They were all kidnapped by the Spade’s men.These healthy kids will be sold to China. They will either have their organs out or work in bars as prostitute slaves.For these kids, there are no hope. Everyone was crying, regretting their decisions. Most of them were kidnapped while they were playing outside the house. Some were on their way home from school. Others got separated from their parents in the public space. Over all, these young kids regretted letting themselves away from their parents.They understood how the world works when they were held captives with no proper foods, ventilation and sanitation.They kept on praying that sooner or later, their parents would come and pick them up from this dirty place filled with evil men. However, days passed, but they were still locked here.There is no hope, they thought.But among the kids, a 15-year-old girl, named Merly, thinks differently from the others.She does not
Xavier and Gian finished freeing the kids from the ropes around their hands and feet. After that, Gian looked at the children, who were holding their sobs.“Listen young brats,” Gian said. “The door is open. If you keep running towards the right side, you can see the main exit of this place. Run as much as you can and never look back. If you are lucky, you’ll live.”The kids looked at each other. From this time onwards, each of them is on their own.“Those who are old enough, guide the young one and make sure they won’t make a noise. Understand?” Gian asked.The oldest kids in the group nodded their heads.“Now, go.”One by one, they started to run and exited the warehouse.As the children made their way out, Xavier saw a boy on the ground. He was beaten by the two men a moment ago and now, he cannot move an inch.Looking at the pitiful kid, Xavier remembered his son, Simon, who was also around the kid’s age. Thinking this, he felt empathetic towards the boy.“Leave it,” Gian said whe
Huff… Huff… Merly breathed heavily while crawling back. The kid she carried on her back died. Other kids successfully escaped the port, but because she offered help, she was stuck in this place.‘And probably, I will die here!’ Merly thought.“Be thankful kid,” the man, who was holding the knife, said. “Dying like this is better than being sold.”Merly agreed to that a moment ago. Instead of working as a prostitute or having her stomach opened, she said she would rather die in this place. But now that she’s standing in front of the gate of death, she realized that she still wanted to live.‘I am scared! I don’t want to die! Please! Please someone save me! Please!’ Oddly, Merly remembered the two masked men who came to save the kids. She wished that the two men were still here and saved her once again.Save her?Why would they save a lowly girl like her?Bit by bit, Merly accepted that only stupid people would take the risk to shield the blade that was coming in her way.‘I must al
“A frightened girl, a dead child, a guard kneeling on the ground and an unknown man who turned his head away from me. What is this?” Brethart, Haiden’s brother, asked while pointing a gun towards Xavier’s back. Xavier was told that this port was being used by one of the Mafia’s Capo, Spade. In case, he thought he might encounter the boss’ enemy here. But it wasn’t Spade, nor anyone from the Mafia family. Instead, the youngest son of the Black family made his appearance. ‘Why? Why is Brethart here?’ Xavier shouted inwardly while keeping his head facing the North. “Wait, Sir! You can’t k-kill him!” the guard, who had a fight with Xavier, warned Brethart. Xavier could not look back, but with the guard’s warning, he knew that Brethart was holding a gun in his hand, and that he almost shot his back. “Why can’t I shoot him?” Brethart asked the guard. The guard, who works under Spade management, looked at Xavier’s back. The Mafia boss came here with a mask on his face; on which said th
Xavier was showered with sweats, his head felt the heat of running, from his thighs to the scalp of his head.With heavy breaths that sounded like raspy air slipping out from the narrow pipe, he put the little girl into the back seat of the car.Squeak. The leather seats made squeaking and creaking sounds as the girl hurriedly placed herself safely inside the car. Her adrenaline hasn’t subsided yet and her enlarged pupils showed it.Xavier looked down and met the girl’s frightened and confused gaze.“Stay there and…”Bang! Bang! Bang!Bullets tore the wall of the large warehouses and sent broken glass flying into the air. Xavier covered himself, crossing his arms and then snapped out when he realized that he should leave this place as soon as possible.“Duck!” he shouted to the girl.Seeing the severity of the situation, the girl ducked her head down inside the back seat as if doing an earthquake drill. There are no walls to collapse but instead showering bullets are waiting to c
A Gun and a Shield.Perhaps, this is really the best way to describe Gian and Xavier’s relationship.Gian needs a tool to reach their goal.Xavier needs someone to guarantee his life.With this, they decided to continue their alliance.Minutes passed.Xavier and Gian stayed outside the girl’s room while saying nothing. Both of them were leaning their backs on the wall, looking at nothing, and saying nothing.It’s getting late and Xavier had to go back to the Black mansion. But he knew he cannot go not unless he and Gian would talk about what they saw before.“Did you know that Brethart has connections with the Mafia group?” Xavier asked, breaking the silence.With his arms crossed, Gian lifted his head and answered. “No. This is the first time Brethart appeared in that place. Haiden kept his identity from the Black family so there’s no way Brethart knows a thing. Even if Spade is an enemy, he isn’t allowed to spread Haiden’s position in the organization. It is the number rule. The oth
A big hand landed right on Spade’s right cheek in a flash and he was shaking in slow motion.Spade stunned, unmoved for seconds, and it felt like the whole place halted completely.It was a hard blow slap, and Spade was sure of it. Because when he looked up at Gabriel’s face, he had an expression of someone who wanted to get him on the ground in one stroke of his palm.He was so shocked at what just happened. He, a Capo of the Harbor Mafia, was slapped on the cheek?He felt so humiliated that he could not even say anything and just stood still.“The children escaped?” Gabriel asked.When he said something, Spade could not listen carefully to the words. He was too lost within his thoughts. Just he had his eyes glaring at Gabriel.“Not only you lost the goods but my son got hurt.”Spade clenched his fists. It was his men’s fault that the children escaped from the warehouse. But he does not want to take the responsibility for Brethart’s injury.“Sir,” Spade spoke through his clenched t