Barter heard Laura screaming, and wondered if something heavier than what he was used to was happening.He was used to Mr. Ban beating Laura up every now and then, but the only reply he ever heard from Laura was her wailing and crying, but, this time, he could hear her screaming at Mr. Ban. Also, did he hear her mention a divorce? He hoped he heard correctly.Barter peeped into the room and saw how Mr. Ban held Laura like a rag doll, barking angry words at her, and he raised an eyebrow.At this point, he hoped he really heard Laura asking Mr. Ban for a divorce.Maybe she had accepted to run away with him. Finally."What has come over you? Your ex-fiance's magic has started to work on you, right? Since when did you become so aggressive and ratchet.?" Mr. Ban asked with surprise evident in his voice.Laura squirmed under his grip and looked at him. Her eyes had never shed such tears before. This episode was different, her heart was heavier than ever, and she just wanted to leave Damien
For now, Laura's mind was clouded. She had already accepted Barter's offer before she realized that she shouldn't have. But she wanted to escape from Mr. Ban's house, desperately. What else would she have done to escape? She didn't have the key to the secret door and would have tried to walk out through the front door, and of course, she would have been stopped. So, technically, Barter helped her. But she wished he didn't have to.''My name is Alina. I'm Barter's sister,'' the lady that showed Laura to her room at Bueno's hotel said. Laura raised her eyebrows in realization, no wonder the girl had a striking resemblance with the gangsta bodyguard. They were siblings.Looking at Barter's sister, Laura wondered if she was comfortable with her brother's lifestyle. Barter was a dangerous man, he was so dangerous, to the extent that, even his comrades who guarded Mr. Ban as well, gave him the utmost respect. It was safe to say that he was the leader of Mr. Ban's gangstas.''How do you k
''Where is Damien?'' Laura asked. If Barter was here already, it meant that Mr. Ban had to have retired for the day, and if that was the case, he would be looking for her frantically. Laura's heart leaped. By now, Barter had pulled her on top of him as he lay on the bed. He held Laura's waist with both of his strong arms and she could not escape his foul breath. Barter oozed with garlic and alcohol. What a combination. Laura held her breath until her face turned green and her veins were outlined on her forehead very visibly. ''What do you care about him?'' Barter asked. Laura hesitated for a while. ''You are usually always around him, so if you are here now, it means that he is done, right? at home and looking for me, or else he is in danger without you,'' Laura said. The repugnant odor from Barter was driving her insane and she often tried to break away from his grip but he only held her tighter. ''He's still in a meeting, he won't be done for another three hours or so. Don'
Barter was back and Laura was surprised. Where was Mr. Ban, and why had he not started looking for her? When Laura opened the door to let Barter in, her surprise was evident. "You are in luck, woman. Mr. Ban has quickly skipped town. It's an emergency and he will be back in no time, however it gives you enough time for a head start. Before he starts looking for you, you would have been long gone," Barter told Laura. Long gone to where? She wondered. Alina woke up from her nap and saw her brother with Laura. She frowned. Her filthy brother did not have anything in common with Laura. Even though Laura was currently being tossed around for whatever reason, Barter was still Barter, an uneducated, violent criminal, while Laura had a little bit of polish going on for her. Alina eyed him. "You are back, so I can take my leave now," she said to Barter with disdain. Barter grunted. He knew Alina's position concerning him taking Laura, so he made sure not to say or do anything that w
Barter was midway into urinating when he heard the sound of the door.He didn't imagine that Laura would try to escape. He thought she was genuinely interested in his offer for both of them to elope together. Impulsively, he started to leave the bathroom to confirm what the noise was about, but when his urine splashed on the floor, he was reminded that he had to remain in the bathroom for now until he finished. The discomfort and desperationBarter felt knew no bounds. What was happening? Was Laura leaving?Impatience!Suddenly, Barter's own urine had become an enemy. He looked down at himself and glared at the fluid coming out of him, not wanting to stop. At the slightest reduction in speed and pressure of his urine, indicating that it was trying to come to an end, Barter stuck his penis back in his briefs and hurried out of the bathroom. Of course, his assumptions were correct, Laura had left. ''Ha!'' Barter yelled angrily and hurried out of the room while he tried to fasten hi
Barter quickly went back to Mr. Ban's house.He was afraid. Already, he had declined to join Mr. Ban on his short and impromptu trip. He gave a flimsy excuse about his daughter being sick and needing his attention. This was something that Barter had never done before. Mr. Ban was taken aback greatly by this. He struggled for a bit, trying to make Barter join him, but Barter remained firm about his decision to stay back to look after his sick daughter. Seeing Barter's obstinance and the fact that he was a family man himself, Mr. Ban had to allow him to stay and appointed the next leader in command among his bodyguards to join him on the trip. ''I don't want Barter to say that I killed his daughter. In case something bad happens,'' Mr. Ban said as he appointed someone else in Barter's place. Now, Barter was regretting his actions. He should have left Laura in the house, now she had run away. He couldn't afford to think of the horrible things that Mr. Ban would do to him if he foun
Barter heaved an aggressive sigh and got up. He was at Mr. Ban's house. When Mr. Ban informed him that he would be back at any time, Barter manned the house more closely, not wanting Mr. Ban to take him unawares. But now, he had to risk it because he had to get Laura back to Mr. Ban's house. He hopped inside his Peugeot salon car and sped towards the Bueno's hotel. He hurried to the third floor and rapped on the door rapidly. ''My goodness, chill,'' Alina murmured as she walked towards the door and opened it. ''Where is she?'' Barter bellowed as he stormed inside the hotel room, his eyes looking around for Laura. As soon as he saw her, he pranced towards her, his eyes burning raw anger as he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room.''Alina, please help me bring whatever luggage there is,'' Barter said as he pulled Laura out of the room. Alina chewed on a gum rudely and watched as her brother dragged Laura out. Laura's essential body parts rubbed all over Barter, and Alina
Mr. Ban doubted that he was hearing correctly. ''Are you saying she wasn't here for as long as I was away, or am I not understanding?'' he asked the chef. ''No, I mean that anytime we wanted to serve her food, she was never there. For two days sir. We searched the entire room, and she was nowhere to be found. Maybe she went to visit family,'' the chef said innocently. Mr. Ban looked at the chef closely for a while, and then he turned around abruptly, heading back to his bedroom. Barter already overheard the chef reporting the fact that he didn't see Laura again after Mr. Ban left, and he was processing his thoughts, thinking of what he would tell Mr. Ban when he asked. ''Barter!'' Mr. Ban called as soon as he was back in his room. Mr. Ban glared at Laura, he didn't say anything to her yet, he just wanted to hear from Barter first. ''Boss!'' Barter muttered when he showed up in Mr. Ban's room. ''I heard that my wife went on her own trip after I left,'' Mr. Ban said, looking
Greg Chase didn't know if he should laugh or cry. He stared at The Man until he was sure that The Man was serious about what he said, then he heaved a tired sigh. ''You cannot afford to do this to me. I mean...you sparingly ruined my life,'' Greg Chase complained, his eyes on The Man the entire time. ''You are the watcher, Mr. Chase. You shame me. The watcher ought to be more powerful than you are, but you are too full of yourself, so you cannot reach your full potential,'' The Man told Greg Chase. ''How powerful can I get?'' Greg Chase asked. ''Did you hear about the natural disaster that happened in the city Aklans weeks ago?'' The Man asked Greg Chase. Greg Chase nodded.''Yes, that was caused by a watcher like you. He was upset about something, and his intense anger caused a stir and an earthquake occurred. Though the government officials claim it to be solely a natural occurrence, it is a lie, and they know it...'' The Man told Greg Chase. Greg Chase was not sure he heard
Greg Chase almost dropped dead when he heard everything. ''If you have anything to tell me, or there is an emergency, I bet you now know how to summon me. It took you two years to learn how to summon me, Greg Chase. Now, you know what pride can do to you. It can ruin you,'' The Man said as he gradually disappeared into space. Greg Chase stared in arrant shock.All this...it had to be a joke.''Boss...at least...you aware that you returned my colleagues back to our company, right?'' Scissors asked Greg Chase after The Man left. Greg Chase looked at Scissors casually and nodded. ''I have told you not to call me boss anymore,'' Greg Chase said.Scissors smiled. ''The boss is really back to himself. Boss, you have not told me that in the past two years, and I have only called you boss throughout,'' Scissors said, smiling. Greg Chase wished it could stop.Someone needed to come and tell him that all this was a dream.Ge desperately needed to hear that he had been pranked heavily. So
''Master!'' Greg Chase muttered. Then he blinked. The next time that Greg Chase opened his eyes, he was in his living room on earth.He was leisurely watching TV and Scissors walked by casually. Greg Chase looked at Scissors, expecting him to freak out and ask how and where he had been but Scissors acted like every other day. As if nothing happened. Or?Had he been in a trance?''Scissors, what day is it today?''Wednesday,'' Scissors said. ''Where have you been in the last twenty-four hours?'' Greg Chase asked, looking at Scissors, squinting in confusion. It was as if his brain had been formatted. Scissors turned to look at him funny.''Keeping tabs on me now, huh, boss!'' he said, taking orange juice from the fridge and heading back inside the house, to his room. Greg Chase's eyes sparkled in confusion. ''I'm not keeping tabs on you. Fuck you,'' he said under his breath.''I heard you!'' Scissors yelled from afar. Greg Chase nodded with satisfaction. The first thing that
''Boss?'' Scissors called, wondering why Greg Chase was looking at him like that. ''What is growing on your head?'' Greg Chase asked Scissors. Scissors frowned.Was it because he had indicated that something was funny about Greg Chase, that Greg Chase decided to switch up on him?''Boss, are you kidding?'' Scissors asked, flashing a weak smile.Greg Chase shook his head. ''There's a radio on your head,'' Greg Chase suddenly said.''Radio!'' Scissors muttered and raised his hand to touch his head but he did not feel anything, and to Greg's shock, Greg saw Scissors' hand pass through the radio. ''Ah, boss...you are playing the pranks on me. But there is an antenna on your head anyway,'' Scissors said to Greg Chase. Without wasting time, Greg Chase raised his hand to touch his head, and he was not surprised when he could not feel anything, yet he saw Scissors gasp in shock. ''Your hand passed through it,'' Scissors said. ''Same thing that happened to you. There's a radio on your h
''You...I must give it to you as the watcher with the biggest ego ever...'' The Man said to Greg Chase.Greg Chase frowned. ''Are there more watchers? I thought I was the only one,'' he said to The Man as he walked towards Scissors and started to pull him up again, but just like before, an unknown force repelled Greg Chase. The Man laughed his usual mocking laugh, one that made Greg Chase upset by all means. ''Can you please release my friend? What the hell?'' he asked The Man, anger flashing evidently in his eyes.''I am not holding your friend to anything, he will get up when he wants to,'' The Man replied.''And, about your question as to if there are other watchers, of course, there are billions of watchers around the world,'' The Man said to Greg Chase. ''I thought I was the only one. Are they also up to anything as big as mine? Do they try to take down their enemies or they are solely connected to the source of wherever this watcher thing comes from?'' Greg Chase asked. ''T
Greg Chase was beside himself, wondering why Laura had suddenly cut off from him.Yes, she might have been spotted in his house, but from the way he felt, he knew that word had not gotten to Mr. Ban about the fact that she was in his house, so why was she suddenly unavailable? Why was she no longer interested in their plan to overthrow Mr. Ban completely this time?He had his hopes on her, especially now that Don Black had looked in another direction, having found another ''young blood'' to show the ropes of the business and get acquainted with. No matter how many times Greg Chase called Laura Ban, it either did not go through, or she abruptly hung the call up on him.''Urgh, what the fuck is going on?'' Greg Chase asked himself. He felt as if everyone he knew and looked forward to helping him achieve one thing or the other, was turning their back on him. But, under what basis? What did he do, or what did they suddenly realize for them to have such a decision made overnight?''Boss
''What is it?'' Shadow asked, looking very interested in Barter's thoughts. Barter had been looking at him with so much intensity, he had to know what was on Barter's mind while he was looking at him. Barter looked at Shadow closely.If he told Barter what he knew, everything could take another turn for the worst, but he also wanted Laura Ban to face the repercussion of the trouble that she had doled out on others. Shadow stared at Barter, waiting for an answer. ''I was just wondering when you will ever settle down with one woman. You should be married by now, you know...'' Barter suddenly said. Shadow was surprised. ''Are you kidding me right now?'' he asked Barter.Barter shook his head. ''Nope! After you lost your ex-wife, I could understand you staying away from relationships and not wanting to commit to anyone anymore, but it's been nearly ten years since that happened. Don't you think you need someone by you to make you feel better? You know what I mean. Even gangstas nee
Barter was getting frustrated, and desperate. After spending more than two decades with Mr. Ban, he was easily going to throw him, Barter to a corner just because of a loose whore he called his wife? He stared at the door of the room as if he wished that his eyes would bore a hole through. ''Preposterous,'' he muttered as he suddenly turned to leave. In the living room, when Barter stormed in angrily, he saw Shadow. Barter looked at Shadow as if he was seeing a ghost. ''Dude, where the hell have you been for nearly two weeks?'' Barter asked, shocked. Shadow rolled his eyes. ''Did you really expect me to hang around so that I will get discovered by Chase and the rest of them that I am on Ban's side?'' Shadow asked. Barter suddenly realized. There was no way Greg Chase and his cohorts would not have found out about Shadow playing both sides, the tension and pressure were too much, especially after the war. ''You are right, you would have been spotted,'' Barter said.
''We just had a few drinks and nothing more,'' Laura Ban said. By this time, they had arrived at the home of Mr. Ban.Mr. Ban hurried out of the car as if, if he stayed there for one more second, something will happen to him. ''Boss!'' Barter greeted him as soon as he sighted him. He had been waiting rather impatiently for Mr. Ban to return and give him a rundown of what happened at Laura Ban's house. Barter would have been the one to follow Mr. Ban to Laura Ban's family house, but his hideous face did not allow him. ''How did it go, boss?'' Barter asked. Mr. Ban glanced at Barter and rolled his eyes. Barter knew at once that Mr. Ban must have been ridiculed and insulted. The look on the man's face was so intensely upset. Barter spotted Laura Ban behind, hurrying up to meet Mr. Ban, and he obviously hissed, loudly enough so that Laura Ban would hear him. But of course, at the moment, Laura was bothered about something else, so she paid Barter no mind. She hurried towards Mr