Harris waited for the door to shut before turning around. As much as he felt Liam's pain, he could not go soft on him. It would be to his own detriment. He still remember how he had picked him off the streets a little over a year ago. Liam was not originally poor. His millionaire patents had died in a car crash leaving him in the care of his uncle. His uncle had been behind the death of his parents and was now after his own life too so he fled. Not long after, he was proclaimed dead, killed by some 'unnamed illness'. With him out of the picture, his uncle and his family had taken over his father's business. He even sent some men to go after him to finish him completely. This was when Harris met him. He had been running from an attacker and Harris had dragged him into his own car. The attacker had sped past then Harris had stepped out to confront him. It had turned into a fist fight and in a blind rage, Harris punched his head in till the attackers head was nothing but a mangled mass
Coming to, Harris's senses were assaulted with screams and yells, he could also smell wood burning. Disoriented, he tried to stand on his feet but was restrained. Looking down at himself, he was tied to one of the high chairs in the gang's meeting room.Bodies were littered around and blood splattered the walls. For the first time in a long while, fear gripped his heart. He couldn't make sense of what was going on. The screams continued down the hall while he struggled to get himself free from the ropes. The smell of burning wood kept getting stronger and he knew that it wouldn't be long before the whole building got razed to the ground. He struggled back and forth but neither the ropes nor the wood yielded."Somebody help! There's someone in here!" He didn't get a response though. Just feet running down the hall, screams and then silence.I cannot perish here. I will not die here!With renewed vigor, he struggled. The smoke was already getting to him and was filling his lungs. With a
Present DayLiam?"Liam!" Harris got on his feet, walked round the table and towards the figure on the floor. It had been 20 years since he last saw this person. Liam rose from the floor and lifted off the cloth covering the lower part of his face. He was smiling."Master! It is great to see you. It's an honour!" Harris looked at the man standing before him. It had been 20 years and he didn't look any different except for the hard lines around his eyes and mouth. His features looked hard, sharper in a way that only the passing years could have caused. His hair remained a shiny jet black. It always looked like it had too much oil and he had grown a moustache. Harris could also see that he had become broader, more built. Heck! He was a completely different person from the young 20 year old man he saw on that day."Liam. Come here!" He said opening up his arms. Liam didn't need the invitation, he leapt into his arms almost shedding tears causing the Chairman to pat his back fondly."Senp
Aiden couldn't wait to get home. His driver who was one of his gang members kept him abreast of what had been happening. They had gotten the address out of the hostages from Black Lagoon. Their leader wasn't the top head but he was close to the leader so he must be privy to all that had been going in in the gang. Chen had already shared the coordinates with Aiden. Someone had already been put on his tail and his movements monitored.Aiden sighed in relief as his house came into view. On the way, he had called Jeanne and asked her to meet him at his apartment. He decided on the plane that it was futile to hide information about Hallander from her seeing how that she had been hurt a lot.Her response had been very enthusiastic as she had been on edge from the day he took her phone. Aiden opened the door and got out of the car without waiting for the door to be opened for him. To the driver he said, "Nobody comes up except Jeanne. I wouldn't appreciate any disturbances.""Yes sir!"With
"I find that rather hard to believe. How will he say he misses me? Does he know the hurt and trauma he put me through? Does he know he has a child? Did you tell him?"At Aiden's nod, she started to cry. "So where is he now? Why isn't he here? He says he loves and misses me. Then to mess with my head he reaches out to me. But now he didn't come with you? How am I supposed to believe someone who can not show what his true intentions are. I was all alone all those years. Thinking I had a bad spell cause nothing worked. If only I had known. He could have told me. I would have gone with him regardless.Her sobs were making her words incomprehensible.Aiden hesitantly gathered her in his arms. He wanted to comfort her while at the same time make her see reasons why it had to be this way."It is safer this way. Him being far away would still keep the image that he is dead. If he miraculously resurrects while the spy is still on the loose, it will raise questions and you and Victoria will be
The next morning came faster than Aiden would have liked it to. It was as though his alarm clock and the sunlight streaming into his room from the window had a grudge against him because what is this gang up? Getting out of bed, he slid the alarm clock icon to the left of his screen silencing it. As for the opened window, he decided to leave it just like that. He considered taking a quick jog but decided against it. Just then his systen screen flicker on.Oh God no![Side Quest generated]Go out for a quick jog to speed up your thinking process. Keep your eyes open on the lookout for someone familiar.Quest Reward: 1 Green card, 1 white card, 10+ boost to stamina and AgilityQuest failure: Fatigue for 2 hours.The consequence of failure is not that bad. I must say, I need the sleep even. Aidrn chuckled to himself. But on another note, I have learnt to trust my system, do if it says go for a run, then I'm going for a run.>Good boy, Aiden.
As Aiden closed for work, his phone beeped with an incoming message from Alicia reminding him of the party.Don't forget about the party, Aiden! We are all expecting you. Arrival time is 7pm. I'll be sending the GPS link after this message. Yay!P.s: You can bring a plus one.Oh God. This girl is a pest. To think that just some time ago, she was grovelling and begging at my feet. I'm packed with psychopaths and criminals. Oh the price that must be paid.His phone chimed again. She has sent the link. Aiden read her text again.P.s: You can bring a plus one.Okay... plus one... Immediately, his mind flashed to the mugging this morning. I should check on Frances to know if he is okay. I wonder why the system keeps trying to bring us together.Hector walks up to him. "Boss!""Yes Hector? What's up?""Nothing boss. I will be heading home soon, Master. The presentation was wonderful! I am glad the Chairman loved it.""Yes. Has sir Chen dispersed the new information?""Err, not yet sir. I t
Aiden drove into his garage then pressed the button for the garage to shut. When the door closed shut, he sat in the dark. For the most part, he didn't want to attend the party. It sounded lame anyway and he was sure it would be packed full with obnoxiously rich people. Even though over the years, he had gotten accustomed to the life of luxury and affluence, he still saw reasons for being kind towards others and not being self absorbed.Just like he had mentioned to Frances, this party was the best place to build more connections with people in his strata. The only people he kept around him were his foster father and sister, his loyal gang members and his personal assistant, Jeanne, simply because those were the people he could trust. He could picture Trisha telling him what to wear and policing him around till he does what she wants. He decided to call her regardless- she was the best at what she did and he did not mind the policing.Looking at the time, he had 30 minutes till when h