Return of the Strongest Scavengers Assassin

Chapter Seven

Reed watched Mike receive a phone call, moving farther away so that Reed wouldn't listen in to his conversation.

Reed moved around as if trying to pick things up while craning his ears.

Mike went white fast, making Reed wonder what was going on, that was when his eyes snagged on the suit Mike had on.

Reed's eyes widened when he placed the Brioni custom-made suit.

That suit costs thousands of dollars! He would know because back then when he used to profile high-value clients, most of them had a Brioni suit in their collection.

“How the fuck was Mike able to afford that on a salesman's salary?”

Reed carefully cataloged everything Mike was putting on for his birthday dinner while he talked and summed the total up to be $3-5k.

Reed immediately did some digging and found Mike's apartment, which was a very luxurious building on State Avenue…he was still working at the car wash.

Mike was no big fish, born into a wealthy family so the logical explanation was…the owner of the car wash

He was a drug dealer, meaning Mike had to be doing some scheming on the side to get his cut

Reed watched him leave in a hurry, obviously to do his boss's bidding, feeling amused that this was the kind of person his wife would buy a $700k watch for.

Then again, she could already be in jail so it wasn't his business anymore.

But then worry sank in, the longer he thought about it.

Mandy was stuck in the home of a drug dealer and that would put her in harm's way.

Reed was about to leave when suddenly Mike appeared, making him turn around so his back was to the entrance.

He was holding out something.

“I wanted to give this to you.” Mike was handing over the box that contained the watch Kayla bought.

“Why?” Reed didn't take the box from him, feeling in his gut that something was off.

Mike fidgeted, trying to play it off as worried. “I don't want anything to happen to Kayla so I figured that I would return it in hopes that…you could drop the case since you had your money back.”

Reed sensed the lie. Mike didn't give two shits if Kayla went to jail or not. This had to be about something else…

His instincts told him something felt off, especially when he saw Mike repeatedly glance over his shoulder like he was waiting for something

Reed reached out to take the watch when Mike's eyes flickered and he drew back.

“Whatever, later man,” Mike called out in a rush, leaving as quickly as he came

Reed heard the sound of tires on gravel and realized that he had a visitor, which was why Mike took off

He turned around, too slow if he might add, and saw two fists heading straight for his skull

Years of training kicked in immediately, pushing aside the shock and he ducked to avoid the punches

Two, tall mean-looking men dressed in suits and clean-shaven heads came at him with fists swinging, aiming for his skull.

He ducked to avoid a blow to the face, watching the guy's expressions so he could predict their movements.

He narrowly escaped the first one as it is.

Reed grabbed the first man's hand, then struck the other man with his free hand.

The force Reed used was more than he expected, causing a fracture on the other guy's leg Reed hit him, making him fall to the floor

Twisting the other man's hand in his hold, Reed hit him on the left-hand side, above his ribs while simultaneously twisting back his hands and knees

The first guy crumpled to the floor with a cry of pain, openly sobbing.

It wasn't over yet though.

The second guy clutched his left side where Reed had hit him, moving quickly so he could reach for his pistol tucked into his back pocket.

Reed caught the guy's movement and ran forward to stop him.

The man had already raised his hand, but Reed was faster than him, wrapping his fingers tight around the guy's hand and raising it

In the guy's panic mode, he squeezed the trigger firing off several bullets into the sky.

Reed, in anger, struck the man's throat hitting a vital vein which instantly led to his death.

Wrenching the gun out of the man's grip, Reed walked over to the first guy who was whimpering on the floor.

His eyes widened in fear when he saw Reed approach and started to beg. Reed was deaf to his pleading, looking him in the eyes while he aimed

Two shots rang off, bullets embedded in the man's heart and head respectively.

Tucking the gun into his waistband, Reed ran off to check the car the men drove in, searching for any sign of guns or things that could implicate him.

Finding none, Reed searched around for Mike.

Judging from his behavior, that slimy weasel would have known that the killers were on their way and he drew Reed into a conversation to buy time, stalling him.

Reed checked the back entrance and doors for any possible place that Mike could be hiding but found none…

Knowing Mike, there's a possibility he had escaped…heading home.

Which was where his daughter was.

She was stuck in a mine house, just waiting to explode and the innocent kid didn't even know it.

The safety of his child was more important to him than anything else.

So first things first,

Reed needed to figure out how to get into that luxury apartment undetected without raising any alarms…

Just stay safe, Mandy, Daddy's coming.