Jain tried to put the pieces together. It made perfect sense. The killer had been on a mission to get something that was in the empty freight they had found wide open. Or someone. It had to be Lana. Rylan had been looking for Lana. And he had murdered all those men to get to her. That was cold-blooded. What scared her most was the endurance he had to take down all those men. The killings were all precise and had been done by one man. And that man was Rylan Daystar. Jain sighed and rubbed her forehead as she tried to digest this. She had been so eager to put the pieces together, but now she was feeling a bit of regret as she did so. She also felt that she would regret it when she found out about the killer. She was close. She could feel it. But she wasn’t there. Rylan watched Jain grow silent before him. Williams, who had been standing by the kitchen door, shook his head in disappointment and walked off. Rylan knew what he meant. He shouldn’t have told her that. She had every right
FIVE YEARS AGO.“NO!” Jain screamed as she knelt before the bodies which were her daughter and her babysitter. They were lying in a pool of blood as she gazed at them. Whoever had done this, had done the worst thing ever. Her body was shuddering in both fear and anger. The cartel was responsible for this. First, it was Tim, now it was her daughter. Jain looked at her hands which were trembling. They were covered with blood. The blood of her daughter. She could hear the sounds of sirens as they approached the house. She could feel the phone in her pocket vibrating. She could feel and hear everything, yet she was oblivious to it all. Her eyes were ringing as she tried to digest what had just happened. The cartel had taken the spark out of her life. She was left in the darkness now with nobody to care for. The cold sensation of realization gripped her as she knelt before her daughter. The door swung open and people stepped into the room. Jain could see them, but couldn’t acknowledge t
Rylan threw the glass of scotch and it smashed into pieces in the fireplace making it roar for a few moments. Lana who was sitting behind him on the couch startled right. Rylan was mad that Jain hadn’t listened to him. She had thought it would be a great idea to involve her. She was the only person in the force she could trust. The only one that would stand for Justice. This was why she had chosen her. But that turned out to be a bad plan. Rylan was furious that he hadn’t been able to convince her to help them. What was worse was the fact that he had confessed all the crimes he had committed to her. He had hoped it would help him gain her trust but he was wrong. Detective Jain Reynolds wouldn’t trust someone like him. To her, he was a criminal who deserved to be behind bars. And she had all the evidence she needed to put him there. The only thing he hoped for was that she wouldn’t go through with it. But he doubted that. Jain had worked so hard to get incriminating evidence on him, and
“A new deal?” Rylan asked, staring at the documents in his hands. Before him stood Lana and Leah. They were both dressed in suits identical to his. “Yes. And I looked into it after Lana had brought it to me. It looks pretty legit,” Leah replied looking at Lana. Rylan looked at Lana in surprise. “You did this?” He asked. Lana smiled, shrugging her shoulders. “I mean. You have saved my life countless times. The least I could do is give you something in return.”“This is indeed something.”It was a deal for a spot in a new cryogenics laboratory that opened in South Central. It was the future, and Rylan was impressed by it. It was something that would easily bring him a lot of income in the future. Rylan was a lover of science. He was aware that science would completely take over the world in a couple of decades and this was one of the numerous stepping stones towards that. There was no way he was going to let this pass him. He intended to be a part of this. “So all I have to do i
FIVE YEARS AGO…Jacob Whitely but his lips nervously as he watched Jain head towards the diner. He couldn’t let her do this to herself. She would be guilty after this all cleared. And that guilt was going to haunt her forever. He couldn’t let that happen. Jacob opened the car door and stepped out of it cursing under his breath. He reached for his holster by his hip and pulled out his gun, cocking it as he ran towards Jain. Jain could see a figure heading towards her direction in the darkness with lightning speed and she quickly turned around pointing the gun at the moving object. Jacob immediately halted his heels and raised his hands in the air. Jain looked at him flabbergasted. “What are you doing here?” She asked. “You think I’m going to let you do something like this alone?” He asked in return. Jain clenched her jaws as she glared at him. When she didn’t have a reply, she sighed and pulled the gun away from his face. Jacob whose heart was thumping hard against his chest sighed
Rylan Daystar was staring at a few documents in his office when he heard the sound of a knock on his door. He sighed and laid down the document on his desk. He hated it when he was disturbed. “Who is that?” He asked. It’s Mr. Dubois, sir,” a muffled voice answered from outside the room. “Come in,” he ordered. The door opened and a man stepped into the room. He had short black hair and a pair of glasses on. He was dressed in a white shirt and a striped tie which made him look quite decent. Rylan was surprised by the rare visit of the company’s financial director. He was baffled by this. Mr. Dubois had been going through the company’s financial records this month and had noticed something odd in their records. He had hurried here to show this to Rylan. Maybe he would have a better understanding of what was going on. “What is it, Dubois?” Rylan asked. Mr. Dubois was holding a blue file in his hand which caught Rylan’s attention. Whatever was in that file, Rylan’s guts told him it
Karen McCullough stepped out of the Cadillac and smiled as she stood in the parking lot of Daystar Industries. She was here once more to bask in his despair. The plan had gone well. She couldn’t believe that it would be possible. Rylan had fallen for it. That was all she could say. She wondered who was distraught he would feel when he found out that he had been scammed. It would feel devastating. That was the same she had felt when she realized she had been the cause of her father losing his company. She had convinced him it would be a good idea. At that time, they didn’t have any other choice but to hand it over. Karen had been assured that Edward would be helpful, but that didn’t go as planned. Edward wasn’t in town. He had gone to New York on a business trip. It was now left for her to make sure that this plan of theirs would kickstart their comeback. Karen walked it to the building heading towards the elevator. She was well aware of this environment because she had visited it a
Williams gazed at the monitor screen one more time to be sure of what he was looking at. He feared that old age was getting to him and he was slowly losing his sense of sight. Before him was a bunch of hospital documents. Documents that would be useful to Rylan. He had been out looking for new information on the whereabouts of his real parents. And he had found it. Just over three hours ago, he had made contact with an anonymous source who had gotten him this information on a flash drive. Williams had paid a huge sum of money to get his hands on this, but he knew it would be helpful to Rylan. He printed the documents and waited for them. A few minutes later, he was going down the stairs with a bunch of papers in his hands. Rylan had arrived just over an hour ago. He looked exhausted when he returned. Williams knew this would brighten his mood. After being scammed, Rylan had been down for a few days. And when he turned, he looked the same way. Whatever was bothering him seemed worse