Ethan drove back to his mansion. It was already late at night. He pulled up in in his parking lot and turned off the engine of the car, then he remained sitting for a while. Memories of what happened earlier that night flashed in his mind and he closed his eyes thinking about it. "Why did I do that?" He muttered to himself rhetorically. But Ethan knew the answer himself. Any time he was alone with Maya, there was this calm that always settled in his mind and made him feel like nothing in the world could get to him. In fact, Ethan knew that the reason he hadn't regretted going on that short trip a while ago with Maya and his siblings was mainly because of Maya. She had brought almost all of the relief and calm that he needed. His emotions and feelings towards her couldn't help but become complicated. Ethan recalled her face and also recalled the way that he had felt. Then after a while, he shook his head ruefully. "I can't keep getting distracted. There's a lot that I need to do
Maya looked at the man who had just walked in with slight apprehension. He clearly looked like a thug of some sort. He had the appearance of someone who was into shady business. Being the detective that she was, Maya was able to tell. But, he was asking about Ethan?"Did you not hear me?" The man asked. "Why are you asking about Ethan?" Maya replied with a question of her own. "Did Philip send you to kidnap me? Does he want to find out information about Ethan?" Maya asked curiously while she also seethed inwardly with fury. The man turned to look at the other guy who had been there since Maya woke up."Ghoul, why is she asking me such questions?" He asked. Ghoul, the first guy, looked at the other man. "Yeah, Bolt, she's a detective. She'll ask questions that'll bore you out." Ghoul replied. "Okay... Ghoul? Bolt?" Maya spoke up with a frown. "What kind of lame-ass names are those?" She asked in utter astonishment. Both Ghoul and Bolt's faces turned grim and furious immediately
Maya did not expect to see the harsh reality that she now faced. She might have taken her captors as fools who were novices in this sort of business, but she hadn't expected that she would actually have no place of escape. Neither the room itself nor the toilet had any windows at all. This could only mean one thing for Maya; she was in an underground basement somewhere!"Shit!" Maya cursed out aloud. Her pretty face began to carry traces of anger and hatred. She approached the door through which the two men had left and tried to pry it open but to no avail. The door had been steadfastly locked. "Open this door!" Maya yelled and banged on the door with all her strength, causing loud terrible noises. The door still didn't budge, hereby increasing Maya's frustration. "So noisy!" A grating voice grumbled through the hallway. "It's you again!" Maya recognised the voice and sneered. "Let me out of here, Ghoul." She said. "Why should I do that?" Ghoul asked. "It isn't even like we're
Bounty or ransom... Philip couldn't wrap his head around it. All he knew was that he was very angry. He had given Brick a simple job to abduct and extract information. The bastard was just too greedy. "What are we going to do about this sir?" Philip's butler asked in a tone of worry. Philip looked at him with an expression that portrayed the face of one who had swallowed a fly. "I don't even know what to do at this moment. We just have to keep trying to reach the bastard and get him to stop what he's planning to do." Philip replied. "But he doesn't need to fear you for any reason because you don't know him and you've also paid him for the services ahead of the job." The butler replied. Philip's expression contorted even more as he heard how he had inadvertently caused this sort of situation to happen. "I swear to god, I'll catch that bastard one day even if it's the last thing I do." Philip swore and stomped away from the table he was seated. He headed straight to his room wher
"Do you take me for a fool or something?" Tommy replied harshly. "It's the same damn thing y'all said the last time. I'm rotting in jail for something I didn't even do this time!" Tommy shouted. One of the reasons that Tommy was so infuriated with his arrest was that he hadn't even actually tried to smuggle the drugs that they said he did. Tommy was very close to a thug in his behaviour and he was confident that if he had actually tried to smuggle the drugs they claimed he smuggled, he wouldn't have been caught so easily. He wasn't a rookie in that sort of thing. "Relax Tommy..." "Don't fucking tell me that!" Tommy raged. "Last time I saw y'all at the court trial, you said 'relax Tommy, everything is gonna be alright. We're gonna be getting you out of here soon...'"But I'm still fucking here and you are enjoying the life out there. You're all just selfish bastards!" Tommy ranted out in frustration. Sophia felt like her chest was being pierced with sharp daggers. She remembered
Maya sat in the small room with a small frown over her face. The dull ache in her stomach had gradually transformed into an intense burning feeling. Her insides felt twisted and cramped, and she had become very hungry. It was at the point when she was being kidnapped that Bolt and Ghoul had injected her with that strange injection. Whatever it was, the effects were beginning to show now. Maya's hunger was crazily painful, dominating her thoughts and sapping away her strength little by little. She paced around the small, windowless room, trying to distract herself. But it was useless. No matter how much she tried to think of other things, her mind always drifted back to think of what she so desperately needed - food. Maya glanced hopefully at the door each time she heard footsteps approaching. Maybe her captors had come to their senses and would offer her a scrap of bread or a sip of water. Anything to make the pain she was feeling to subside even by a little bit. But each time, t
Maya wasn't sure how much time had passed since Bolt and Ghoul's last visit. In the windowless room, day and night blended together into one endless torment of hunger. Her stomach had gone beyond painful cramping into a state of dull resignation, as if it had given up on ever being filled again. Even the fire in her veins from the injection had faded, leaving her weak and lightheaded.She drifted in and out of a fitful doze, slumped against the cold concrete wall. Strange visions swam through her mind - a roasted turkey with wings flying around her head, a chocolate fountain bubbling enticingly just out of reach. She could even smell the tasty foods from within her sleep. A loud bang jolted Maya awake. She jerked upright, heart pounding furiously, as the door swung open. Bolt strode in, his perpetual sneer even more infuriating now. Maya wanted to slap it off his face. But she could barely gather the strength to keep her head up."Wakey wakey," Bolt said with a cruel laugh. "I hope
Philip fidgeted in his seat, tugging at his collar. Across the table, Ethan sat with perfect composure, regarding Philip with those intense blue eyes. He looked so calm, so confident. It made Philip want to leap over the table and wrap his hands around Ethan's smug throat. But of course, he maintained his decorum. This was a court of law, after all.Still, Philip couldn't stop his leg from bouncing with pent-up nerves. He loosened his tie, feeling like it was strangling him. Where was that information from Brick? Surely Maya would have cracked by now. Philip just needed something, anything, to implicate Ethan and turn this whole case upside down. But his phone remained silent, his pocket empty of the evidence he desperately needed."If both parties are ready, we will begin," the judge said in his monotonous voice. He glanced at Ethan's lawyer, an imposing bald man with a trim salt-and-pepper beard. "The prosecution may begin.""Thank you, Your Honor." Ethan's lawyer, Mr. Everett, r