Return of the Strongest Scavengers Assassin

Chapter Six

Reed had to make a pit stop at home so he could change into decent clothes that could at least show he belonged in a fancy restaurant.

Upon getting there, he discreetly looked around for his ex wife but couldn't find her.

“Sir, can I help you with something?” A harried-looking waitress tapped her feet impatiently, looking over his shoulder.

Crap

“I…um, I'm meeting someone in there.” The lie rolled smoothly off his tongue, while he pretended to look through his phone for a fake name.

Thankfully, there were a lot of people on the line and the lady couldn't wait for him to figure it out so she just waved him in.

Once he was in, it was easy to spot his stealing wife.

It was Mark's birthday and Kayla was doing some type of grand gesture with her friends and his.

Reed's eyes widened when Kayla whipped out a very expensive box that had a designer watch. He could overhear some of the guests murmur in surprise, saying they didn't think that Kayla had that type of money, after costing they concluded that the watch cost about $700k, approximately the exact amount she stole from him.

Fuck. Me.

He couldn't believe that she would be so impatient to take out that amount of money so she could buy a watch for that douchebag

He couldn't stomach it anymore, watching Kayla lie and scheme her way through.

Reed pushed through the crowd, taking Kayla by surprise

“Kayla? This is why you stole my money?!” 

“What money?” She pretended to be clueless

“Oh, don't fuck with me! The money you withdrew from the account to buy this piece of shit a watch!” He yelled

“You've got some guts you know? Coming in here like you own the place!” She scoffed. “If you think I did it, then go to the police!”

Kayla sneered at her pathetic ex-husband and his attempt to disgrace her in public, not knowing it'll backfire on his ass

She knew that he was an ex-convict with no certifiable job and that the only way he could have gotten that huge sum of money was through illegal means, thereby making going to the police pretty hard

Kayla sidled close to her husband and rubbed his chest, not a bit worried about that.

He had close connections to a very powerful family and her gift to him- one which he had always wanted- was her way of securing her position in the family.

Besides, if Reed dared call the police, he would be able to get her out of it

Reed stared Kayla down before he said fuck it!

He dialed 911, reporting the case to the cops.

He heard Kayla gasp in disbelief, shocked that he went through with it.

“Are you fucking insane, what about our daughter?!” Kayla screamed, losing her composure. “I know you're only doing this to get back at me for what I did to you and you want me to follow you to jail but it's not fair!

“You're the one who's meant to be in jail, not me, “ He replied calmly

Ten minutes later, the cops showed up, Reed tabled the matter before them and with a little investigation, they were able to prove that Kayla did swipe the funds from the account

Kayla refused to give up. “Why don't you ask him how he got the money? Did you check his records? If you did, you would find out that he's a bum who just got recently released from jail. So how the fuck does an ex-convict have a million dollars lying around in the bank?!”

Detective Jones, the lead investigator on this, simply tapped on his screen a couple of times before showing it to Kayla. 

“The money came into Mr Blackwater's account from a Swiss executor's trust and had already paid the standard high inheritance tax…so his money is legal.

Kayla's mouth dropped open as she wondered how that came to be. She knew all of Reed's relatives and none had that kind of amount!

“Mike, please help me! Don't let them take me away!” She begged

Reed just scoffed at her pathetic plea to a man who didn't even care about her..

He overheard Mike telling a police officer earlier that he knew nothing about what Kayla did. It was quite ironic that she expected so much of him because a year ago, this man was a coward who couldn't tell the truth

Mike only nodded. “Of course, my love I'll get the best lawyers on it right away!”

Reed had to laugh. The way tables turned so quickly was downright hilarious.

Kayla's eyes hardened. “You’re so cruel! Doing all of this just to humiliate me.”

“That's funny because I seem to remember that you're the one that stole here! If you hadn't touched the money, none of this would have happened!” Reed retorted.

Reed watched the police drag Kayla out, thinking about how the court proceedings would go, hopefully, he could get custody of their daughter but first…

He has to take care of the drug dealer situation.

Mike's phone rings and he picks up immediately.

It's his boss.

The same one who funds his lifestyle with money illegally gotten for drug deals.

Mike gulped loudly and picked up the call.

“Mike, listen to me carefully and before you try to deny it, I know what's going on.” Boss dove right in without pleasantries. “Do everything in your power to clear your name with the cops, do not let them dig into your means of income.”

He ended the call. Mike rushed to follow after them to do his boss's bidding.

As soon as Boss ended the call, he got a notification, tipping him off to the actual source of Reed Blackwater's money, and his heartbeat took a nosedive

What if it was someone within the drug cartel who wanted to send him down and employed Reed, using the $ 1 million as hush money?

He stabbed at the intercom, barking into it. “Get me, Milo and James, now!”

Less than a minute later, two of his finest soldiers stormed into his office.

He slid Reed's picture to them. “I need you to find this man, use any means necessary to get him to talk on which evidence he has managed to obtain, and if he doesn't talk…kill him.”