The Enigmatic Alexander Chase

Chapter 22: The First Floor

Driven by fear, Ethan Bishop drove to his safe house, located on the outskirts of Pantheon Valley.

“Sir, who was your assailant?” Ethan Bishop’s right-hand man in charge of the safe house asked.

“I have no idea,” Ethan replied.

“It’s probably a hitman or a mercenary. Do you know who would want to take you out so badly they’d hire one?”

“Which of them wouldn’t? I’ve made so many enemies, I’ve lost track of the count. But I do know this: whoever or whatever that was, he’s not done. He just gave us a head start, and that, my friend, was a big mistake.”

Ethan Bishop’s safe house was a three-story building armed with at least twenty guards at all times. Each of the rooms and floors could only be accessed by specific people, depending on their security clearance level. Ethan Bishop’s safe room was an underground bunker accessible only via an elevator from the highest room in the building.

As Ethan looked around his safe house, his mind flashed through the sequence of the earlier occurrence