Chapter 14

Drugs, one word that made Franklin unable to breathe easily. The man who always stayed in his comfort zone, now had to taste the glitz of life surrounded by threats and risks.

The man went to the apartment of the woman who had thrown him into the dark world. Cold sweat poured down his entire body. His legs walked weakly into the elevator and down the hallway to the apartment unit on the high floor.

As before, Clara knew when Franklin would come. Before the man rang the bell, Clara would open the door with a beaming smile.

"Hi, Franklin!" Clara greeted again.

Franklin handed over Clara's car keys. With a drooping face and slouching shoulders, it made Clara furrow her brows.

She immediately asked, "What's wrong? I heard they've accepted the tea from you."

"You know, the weapons in the car were used according to the conditions there," Franklin revealed. "I didn't expect that I could do it."

Clara smiled, but Franklin spoke again and managed to silence her again.

"Someone there said there