Rose fired up with strength exerted into her limbs and gave the messenger a big hit to his jaw. She made sure that the hit was so hard that she wouldn't have to do it twice.“What?! What the hell,” the messenger screamed, his hands grasping his jaw in a deadly grip of pain as he crumpled almost falling to the ground in an instant. Rose, even though she was the one who attacked, felt the pain deeply in her knuckles as she balled her fists to suppress the pain.“What did you do that for?” The messenger asked, still grasping his jaw as a pint of blood was pooling out of it.Rose stretched her neck towards the messenger’s face as if accessing the extent of the damage she had done. “Well, that should do.”“What? What do you mean?” the messenger asked, his face contorted with confusion.“That should be enough to prove that I overpowered you,” Rose uttered. “When he comes back you can tell him that we both got into a tussle but I was very violent and ended up sending you to the ground befor
There was no response from the inside of the room. Rose darted back and forth as a silent fear was creeping into her mind. Brody better responds quickly - it took her a lot of risk to retrace her steps and visit him.“Brody! Brody!” She whispered again.Brody gasped in fear as he heard the whisper of his name.“Who is in there?” He asked, his heart racing fast.“Hey, it's me, Rose. Open up the window.”Brody leaped toward the window and opened it. He found Rose, her face looked like a mess as she was soaked in tension.“Come on, come on. I came down here to see if you would want to come with me. I am about to escape this hotel suite - this is your chance to say goodbye to this place if you want to come with me.”“What? Are you serious? Are you are really going to take me with you?” Brody asked, his voice tinged with excitement. He found it sweet that Rose cared enough to take him with her.“Yes, of course. I told you that I would come back for you, didn't I?” Rose said. “If I don't ta
Rose ignored the lady’s counsel again, her hands still trying out the buttons on the elevator.She was doomed. If she turned back, someone would definitely recognize her. She could feel that more people were already on the floor and the risk of her being discovered was getting higher. The veil she used to cover her head wouldn't be able to save her. Everyone knew Brody also - there was no way out!But, BOOM!The elevator sprang open, its shaft humming with a thrum of machinery.“Come on, get in,” she whispered to Brody.Rose and Brody got into the elevator. Rose’s eyes were closed as she tried to cope with the pressure. One more move and the elevator would lead them to the subway which was going to be their escape route.Rose hoped that they were not seen by the woman. She assumed that she must have been one of the hotel staff.But she was wrong.The hotel staff sprung up in a shout. “Raise the alarm, call the securities, there is a kidnapping situation.”Other staff members went up t
With a burst of tension, Mr. Lawrence picked up his landline. “Alert the security. Including those on all the floors to get their weapons ready. We have a kidnapping situation now and an intruder is about to escape through elevator 9. Her name is Rose Billing, 5’7 blonde hair, freckles across her face.”“She has a black veil on her head,” The hotel agent whispered so that Mr. Lawrence could also add that to his description.”“—and she had a black veil on her head while leaving through elevator 9,” Mr. Lawrence added. “I need her captured alive and Brody rescued with immediate effect.”The agents quickly slipped into the shadows, their movement with a deadly aim of accuracy, their eyes scanning the area with a deadly glint of accuracy, and their guns gripped tightly as they got to the elevator. Mr. Lawrence followed the agents as he positioned themselves in their midst with a shotgun in his hand. The agents got to the door and pressed the buttons there was no movement.“Damn it!” age
“Shush!” Rose whispered, connecting her finger to her lips. “Don't say that. Nothing would happen to me. I know that you are still hurt because of what happened to your mother and you think that it might happen again but that is why we are doing this. I want to protect you from the trauma of the past and keep you safe where you wouldn't have to experience such horrible things, okay?”Brody lowered his head at the hearing of Rose’s words. He wished that he could find it easy to believe her but something inside of him wouldn't stop pumping fear into his heart.Suddenly there was a slight sound from outside the elevator cabin.“Did you hear that?” Brody asked, his heart quickening with a thrum of fear. Rose scanned the surroundings of the elevator cabin. She could tell that the noise was from outside the elevator. “Shush!” she hushed Brody, putting her palm to his mouth slightly.Rose’s whole senses were heightened as she searched for the sound again and her heartbeat started to go bac
“Yes, you are right.” Rose let out a bleak smile, her face still contorted with worry. “But what influence does he have? How could he possibly help us? He is just an errand boy from what I heard when I visited the event where he was humiliated with some others.”“Well, not anymore,” Rose responded.“Get me my bag over there, will you?” Rose asked and Brody got the bag.While she was gasping for breath, she picked up her phone and dialed Alan’s number.The hits to the elevator wall were coming harder and faster. Alan had to come through for them even though Rose couldn't possibly fathom how he was going to do it. She just had a blind belief that if she could reach out to Alan, something would be done.She picked up her phone and dialed Alan’s number. Rose’s breath was caught inside her throat as she wondered if Alan was even going to pick up her call in the first place.Was it not even stupid to call him?She recalled how their conversation went at the hospital a few weeks ago. How sh
“Wow, I almost can't believe it,” Rose spoke, balling her fist with excitement. “I can't wait to see what is in store.”Rose’s face soon drained into one of sadness and worry and there was an awkward silence in the phone call.Alan, knowing Rose for a long time suspected that something was wrong. “Hey, what is going on? Talk to me.”A slight grin escaped at the corner of Rose’s lips and she slumped her shoulder in defeat, her whole body wet in sweat. “Errm, I didn't know how to say this earlier but I am in a very delicate situation at this moment,” Rose uttered, her voice tinged with worry.“What? What kind of a delicate situation? Is it about money? I know that—-”“No, it's not necessarily money,” Rose cut Alan short. “This is much more serious. It is more like a life-and-death situation. I might just die any moment from now.”Alan’s voice faltered with a deadly hitch of confusion. What could Rose possibly be facing that would make her think that she was going to die? “You see, I a
“You must have prepared so well for that day. If I knew how prepared you were, I would have probably rooted for you. I always take my chances with people who are prepared because it shows strength which unfortunately you didn't show.Alan’s nose flared with a deadly whiff of disgust. “How shameless could you possibly be? Isn't it ridiculous that the same man who you all laughed at is now heading a consortium that has official ratings as the best in the whole of the Western and Eastern district?”Mr. Lawrence ignored Alan’s statement and opted to ridicule him. “How terrible the Billing’s family must be, eh? To humiliate their most loyal slave like that without any remorse and to make a public shame of him.”Mr. Lawrence snapped his finger with a signal to instruct his men to continue hitting the elevator walls. When he noticed that they were getting a little distracted by the phone call, he put away the phone while it was still on the line.He then whispered. “Come on, keep hitting it.