There was a thud as Bruno slammed the wad of cash against the table top. “I counted everything, it's a complete 4000.”Ethan nodded. “Take the money and help your family, you're free from Cyrus now.”He didn't need to be told twice. As he was about to walk out the door, he paused. “You know you're going on an extremely dangerous mission right? Cyrus is not one to be messed with, especially if you're going to be working directly into his domain.”Ethan smiled lightly, “Oh don't worry about me, worry about him.”With that Bruno was on his way, leaving Ethan in the safe house. He called Natasha. “It's about time, I didn't hear from you in a while and I actually started to think something had happened. Valerie has been calling, she's worried,” Natasha reported to him. He heaved a deep breath. “The next time she calls, tell her that I am okay and I'll soon be home.”“That's what I've been telling her, she wants to hear it from you. I think she wants to speak with you.”“That won't be po
Valerie made her way through the sea of people, stopping in front of the unconscious man who was barely breathing. She squinted her eyes as she looked at his familiar features. “Valerie,” Monica called out as she struggled to pave her way through the shoulders blocking her. “I know this man, he's the doctor that treated Skyler,” Valerie whispered under her breath. Her friend was completely oblivious to what she was saying and just stood there, confused.“Somebody, help! Get the paramedics!” Valerie instructed, getting down on her knees and holding his head. She pressed her ears against his chest to check if he was still alive. Eventually, she could detect a faint pulse which translated to the fact that he was alive. With her palms on his chest she began pumping, doing chest compressions. She was counting under her breath, forcing air into him through his mouth. His body jerked as he let out a cough, his chest rising and falling irregularly. Water sputtered out of his mouth like a
Adrenaline surged through Ethan when he heard those words. His identity had been blown. He sprung to his feet, landing a powerful punch against the officer's nose. A sickening crunch indicating that his nose was broken sounded. The other three officers in the background immediately took to defense and charged at Ethan. However his military training surpassed their police training and he was able to weave and dodge most of the attacks, remaining untouched. He kicked one of them in the torso, sending him flying off the ground as his back slammed against the door. The few people that were in this coach gasped in surprise, grabbing their personal items and scrambling away. Ethan grabbed one of the officers heads and hurled him against the inner walls of the train, knocking him into an unconscious state. “You're going to regret this,” one of the men said, reaching for his gun. Before he could fully pull out the gun, Ethan had lunged forward, his knee colliding with his opponent's ri
Leilani was holding her breath in the women's side of the airplane toilet. Earlier when she had seen the police approaching, she grabbed her two kids and rushed to the toilet while Keith remained on the seat. Her heart was in her mouth as she pressed herself against the tiny door with the two children on each of her sides. Outside Keith was trying to act natural, sitting on the chair but facing the window so they wouldn't get a good look at his face. The officers moved past him and were heading towards the toilet. Now his mind had begun to race for Leilani. Thankfully however the air hostess approached the officers. “I'm sorry but you will need to excuse us because the plane is about to take off, I'm sure you've done your search and you clearly didn't find the person you were looking for,” she said to them in a polite but strict voice. Accepting defeat, the men turned around. “Come on, let's go, they may still be somewhere in the airport.” When Keith heard these words, he almos
Her breath got stuck in her throat when she saw the man. She stumbled backwards, fear gripping her. “Who the hell are you?” She voiced in a shaky voice. He took off his hoodie, revealing a face she had never seen before. “My boss sent me to you.”She twisted her head around and realized that she was in a lonely street with men that she wasn't out of danger yet.“What? Who's your boss? Why did he send you?” She asked, taking small steps backwards as she slowly began reaching into her purse for a pen knife. His Stoic facial expression was a giveaway to the fact that he was unfazed by whatever she was trying to pull out from her bag. “My boss is a very important man here in Chelmen, he wants you.”Valerie knew that this country was the hub of human trafficking and sex work but she never knew that somebody would approach her like this in face to face , attempting to recruit her. “Tell your boss I'm not interested, I'm married.”He arched an eyebrow and glared at her fingers. “I don't
Clifford and Therese were having dinner, their plates clinking as they ate. Renée sauntered into the house, catching her mother's attention. “Renée, you’re back already?” Therese asked with furrowed brows while Clifford slowed down his eating.She paused and swept her gears between the two of them. “Uh- yeah.”“Where's you sister?” Her mother followed up. She sucked in a deep breath. “She's going to come back tomorrow, I think.”“You think? Weren't you two supposed to return together?”It was as if she could no longer find her voice. She didn't know what to tell them, or how to even say it. How could she tell her parents that the reason her sister was angry with her was because she had enlisted a machinery to take her out. Then she was acting completely out of impulse and her love for Ethan was blinding her, but she knew better now. “We got into a fight so I left.”“I don't understand, what kind of fight was that? You abandoned your friend's wedding and your younger sister in a fo
It was morning and Skyler cracked her eyes open. Today would be the day that Mr Timothy would announce the test results as she had a feeling that she was going to be a top scorer because of how easy the test was for her. Yesterday she and Raul were arguing all night about who would score the highest. Both of them were practically like nerds anyway so that physics test wasn't hard for them. As she was getting ready she found herself smiling at her reflection in the river, however at the moment was quickly interrupted when Samantha walked past. “Who's got you smiling like that? Do you have a boyfriend now? A guy you like?”She rinsed her foamy mouth with water and then turned to face her roommate. “Is a guy the only reason why I can smile?”Sam scoffed. “For a nerd like you that doesn't do anything else except read, yeah. Unless you're telling me you discovered a new formula,” Sam teased. The rest of the morning unfolded with her usual routine, she got ready for school, grabbed her
“Who the hell are you?” Valerie challenged the stranger that was standing before her. He tried to take a step forward but she moved back, grabbing the nearest solid object she could find behind her which was the remote. “Stay back, close to me and I'll scream,” she said, pointing the remote menacingly at him. His lips parted in a small smile. “What are you going to do to me with the remote, stab me with it?” He asked humorously. Her jaw was still tightened. He sighed, seeing that he wasn't getting to her. He was styled in an expensive black suit and his glossy leather shoes gave away the fact that he was at least an affluent man. “Can I sit?” He gestured towards the chair in her room. “No, I want you to leave. Leave before I scream.”Despite being uninvited, he went ahead to sit down and adjust his trousers. “Relax, you're quite feisty. I mean they told me but seeing it in person is even more alluring,” his voice rasped as he narrowed his eyes on her. She raised an eyebrow, sti