*Jake POV*“Jake! Jake! Jake!” My colleagues shout like I am some superhero the moment I walk into the clubhouse. “Seriously, Guys?”“Dude, you saved the president. You were awesome!”“Everyone wants a piece of you out there.”Guys can also be very dramatic sometimes. I entertain them for a few minutes before attempting to leave. Now that everything has settled down, I am actually exhausted and want to get out of here. “Where’s Tanya?”“Huh!”There’s definitely a story there. “Huh, what?”“She is fuming that you risked your life like that. Melanie had to console her the whole time you were out there. Poor Melanie even had to dig up her childhood prayers,”one responds and it starts all over again. “Don’t listen to them, Jake, but she is really upset. You better have some charms up your sleeve for getting her so worried,” Melanie objects but I can totally see her consoling and praying with Tanya. She is one of the kindest and empathetic women in the racetrack. “Our Miss Asherway is
*Jake POV*Six hours after the attack on the president….“Good evening, Mr Anderson. Or should I say high profile spy, undercover agent, secret service agent and ARF agent?”Tanya runs through the many identities everyone has speculated about me. I don’t know how long she has been awake surfing the net. “Hey, Gorgeous. ARF, really now?”“Apparently, the Asherway Restricted Fraternity agent stays inactive for years. They behave like ordinary citizens until something big like the attack on the president or the country happens.” Tanya is really intrigued by all of this, so I decide to entertain her.“They are the ultimate agents, extremely connected, no families, the best martial artists, swimmers, snipers…” I add, amused. This is a myth every Asherway citizen has heard yet no one knows of any ARF agent. She turns her phone around to show me a video with over a million views already. My jaw drops as I sit up.“That’s over years ago!” I am really shocked that someone has dug up my swim
*Jake POV*I am driving through the busiest intersection that’s two blocks away from the highest office on land when Tanya brings her phone to my face.“Tanya!” Now that she has decided to be a full time passenger in her own car, she forgets that a driver needs to focus and see the way.She ignores my tone and waves the phone in front of me. “Jake, look.”“This is the busiest intersection here, Tanya. I will crash your car and cause a huge accident if I look at whatever that is,” I snap before slamming on the breaks. Only then does she see that we almost bumped the car in front of us. Her phone was blocking my vision and I could not see that the traffic had come to a sudden standstill. “Sorry,” she says with a squeaky sulking voice. Great, now she is sulking instead of acknowledging her mistake. I don’t understand why women are so emotional about these things. Now I am feeling bad for snapping at her. Fine, maybe I should not have snapped. The truth is I am on urge since Leticia
*Jake POV*One more glance at the president, a quick scan in the office and there it is. My heart starts racing and the sense of calmness and extreme alertness washes over me like euphoria. Picking up the sharp metallic portrait from his desk, I grab the president by his elbow and usher him towards the door. “Jake?”I don’t quite understand why he seems confused by my actions but there is a threat here, I am certain of it. I have just turned the door knob without giving him any explanation when a voice I have only heard once but will never forget, speaks. “We mean no harm, Mr Anderson.”Mr Smith and another grey haired man around his age, stand at the far end of the office. There must be a secret door in here or some illusion of sort because I did not see them in here earlier and I did thoroughly scan the room “What was it that gave us away?” the other man asks, curiously. I look at the president, searching him for any clues of weather I should let my gut down or not. He nods, b
*Jake POV*I grab the man closest to me and aim the sharp portrait directly at his jugular. They just revealed their identity to me and now this!If it’s my day to die, I am taking Tom with me. Len puts his hands in his pockets with a huge grin on his face. My heart is now racing, I want to wipe that smug with my fist. “Easy, Son. That’s your godfather.”What the hell? A godfather aughts to have taken care of me when I became an orphan. They must think I am an idiot. Len must have read my mind because he continues. “Well, I am too, so is Joe, but he was more of a parenting type than the two of us.”The mention of Bra Joe takes me by surprise when it aught not. He is another mystery I have been struggling to understand for a long time. Now that I know that ARF really exists, it make sense that he was one.“You better start telling me everything I want to know because I will push this through his neck,” I threaten pressing the sharp portrait on Tom’s neck. This man actually laughs a
*Jake POV*I am about to start the engine when Tanya screams in horror, startled by something moving in the backseat. I curse inside when Len emerges and looks at me with a porker face. This guy is probably the creepiest person I have ever met. “How did you know that we were there?” his voice is strained and agitated. I can’t believe this! This psycho broke into the car just to ask me this. “The raw indentation on the president’s neck was probably caused by a sharp blade pressed against the skin. The blood stained tissues in the bin, most likely from wiping the blood from the small incision on the left side. The man is not suicidal and could not have done that to himself. He took the long unnatural way to his desk after letting me in as if avoiding something.” That’s what I found amiss when I walked into that office. “Huh!”That is all he says before getting off and I can’t help but let out a sigh of relief. “W..who was that?”Tanya is clearly still shaken and I don’t blame her
*Jake POV*The special agents quietly follow me around the race track. The white markings of where the president’s guards and the shooters died are still visible on the ground. I can’t help but hurt for such a loss. I remember every face because I was there when the forensic pathologist bagged all of them. “Are you okay, Sir?” one agent asks. “I mean, Jake,” he quickly corrects himself. I nod my head. “Call me weak but I revere life. They were fellow humans only performing their duties. Sons, daughters, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, parents, friends. They mattered to someone.”I am completely aware that they are the best of the military and probably used to their fellow soldiers dying. They would probably find my sentiments about human life pathetic. The beauty of it is that I don’t have to impress any of them, nor am I desperate for their respect. They all exchange look before one of them mounts up the courage to ask. “You are not ARF, are you?”I can’t help but chuckle. The A
*George POV*Black suit, shirt and shoes, I look like a million bucks as I hold my devastated mother like a good son.Grandfathers massive portrait is displayed on the screen with hundreds of really expensive flowers around his open glass casket. Add the black and gold deco, catering, the whole memorial service costed millions. It’s okay, though. The profits of all this splendour is much more. All these people are supposedly here to mourn grandfather but there is no such a thing in the world of riches. One will each say a few calculated words but the real reasons they are all here is to make more money. “I know that the two of you did not always see eye to eye, but he loved you dearly.”“I know, Mother and I loved him dearly too,” I respond with a hoarse voice. I am really good at this faking being hurt thing. Deep inside I am over the moon that the old man finally kicked the bucket. The asshole was becoming a real pain with all the Jake praising and his threats to cut me off his we