Rex followed his wife into Patricia's office and took a seat. He could tell his wife was very angry with him.“What took you two so long?” Patricia asked.Rose raised her hand to stop her husband from revealing where they actually went.“We just bumped into some workers for some pleasantries,” she lied.Patricia stared at the two but decided to go on with the meeting. She wanted to find out how far Rex was with cleaning the dirty money in her company.“25% done, you have to know that moving such amounts of money in huge quantities would attract attention,” he replied.Patricia hit the table in irritation.“You know when the authorities connect Peter to the CIA director, they will find the dirty money,” she was almost yelling.“Mom, calm down,” Rose cut in. “Rex is right, we can't move that money in bulk.”“Sorry if I am pushing, but Peter is a dog with rabies and we are locked in a cage with him,” she explained, her eyes wide. “If we do not kick him out, he will bite us,” she warned.
The entire restaurant came to a standstill, trying to understand what was going on.One of the workers walked to the table.“What's going on?” she inquired.“You tried to poison my son-in-law, that's what is going on!” Patricia yelled at her.The waitress looked at her in confusion but the sight of the black juice in the corner of her eyes shook her“Wait a minute,” she tried to grab the glass but Rex blocked her.“No one is touching the glass until the FBI get here,” he ordered and sent a text to a certain number.“Most FBI agents are under Peter’s circle,” Patricia reminded him.“I know that, do not worry I have people,” Rex replied and raised his eyes to find Rose shaking in a corner.He walked to her and grabbed her hands, “I am fine, I did not take a sip,” he smiled.“Is it dad, right?" she asked.Rex pressed his lips, trying not to alarm the situation that was already alarmed.“Rex, I am not a kid, I can handle the truth," she reminded.“I am not sure Rosie, let's not jump to co
The mother and daughter locked eyes, not sure how to react.Rose felt her legs go numb; she needed somewhere to lean or sit.She slowly walked to the nearest chair she could see and took a seat. Her father was one despicable man, and he was not worthy to be called a father.“You brought terrorists into the country?” his wife asked.“No, I did not. He did,” Peter pointed at Rex. “This idiot, our daughter married, should not have gone to Romania and opened the Pandora's box!” Peter yelled.Rex walked to his wife and held her hands that were visibly shaking.“They are going to kill you…” she whispered to him.“No, darling, no one is going to kill me. Your father will get on the phone and call off his stupid dogs!” Rex raised his voice for Peter to hear.Peter chuckled.“You think this is funny!” Patricia yelled.“No, the idiot was supposed to know that big dogs like me should not be touched,” Peter replied. “Yes, I made bad business decisions for the love of money. Decisions that he saw
Rose quickly walked to the door and locked it behind her.“I can't stand that man!” she yelled.“Why can't he just do the right thing? What happened to the father I grew up with!” she broke down into tears.Rex quickly rushed to her and embraced her in his arms.“Do not worry, soon all this will be over,” he assured her and kissed her on the forehead.“What is your plan?” Patricia asked. “Tell me you have a plan?"Rex led his wife to the bed and helped her take a seat.“We are supposed to be having our first happy months of marriage," Rose kept crying. She wondered what would become of them after ten years when they had no first years of happy marriage.Patricia looked at her daughter and took a seat next to her. “Honey, do not let that man’s evil ruin you,” she rubbed her hand.“Mom, that's easy for you, you do not have his blood running in your veins,” she cried out.Patricia grabbed both her daughter’s hands.“Family is not about blood but about trust and sacrifice,” she said. “If
Peter Banks closed his eyes, trying to process what he was hearing.“Should I send men to your house to get the answers physically?” the voice on the other end of the phone snapped him out of his thoughts.“I will get my… men on it," Peter quickly replied. "Your men are probably locked up somewhere, Rex Grayson rarely kills,” he added.“I do not care about that! You have twenty-four hours to find my men!” the voice yelled, irritating Peter.The criminal had no power over him, and he did not have the right to command him around.“I said my men will get on it,” he replied and hung up.He got his men on the phone and updated them.“Sir, shouldn't we be tracking Rex?” they asked him.“Rex will be back,” Peter replied and walked out of the room.He was halfway out of his yard when a call from his deputy came in.“Yes?"“Sir, you can't believe what just happened. Remember the ISHA terrorist group?" the deputy asked.Peter swallowed, he could feel his hand shaking already.“Sir, are you ther
Rex picked up the gun and removed the bullets, throwing them into the glass of juice that was next to Peter.Peter looked at the glass breathing heavily. “Where were we?” he asked. “Oh, on you giving me the names of the terrorists so that I could clean up your stupid mess,” Rex added.Peter slowly placed his hand into his jacket.“I wouldn't do that if I were you,” Rex warned.Peter ignored him and removed his blood pressure medicine bottle. He tried to open it, but his shaky hands could not allow it. For some stupid reason, his hands kept shaking. “I can help with the bottle," Rex offered.“Shut up! Shut up!” Peter cursed.Rex chuckled and went on eating.Peter finally managed to open the bottle, but the contents ended up on the floor from too much shaking. “Oops, can I pick one for you?” Rex offered. “Shut up! Shut up!” Peter lost it, throwing the plate of food and juice on his side of the table and sending everything to the ground.“No, you shut up!" Rex got up and pounced on
“Boss, wait,” the watchers advised him. They were yet to gather enough information about the terrorists, but one thing they were very sure of was that the terrorists were good hackers.“They are going to see you coming," they warned him.“That's why we have skin masks," Rex replied and removed a silicone face mask and placed it on his face.He looked in the mirror, making sure the mask fit perfectly.White hair and some little wrinkles stared back at him.He was now officially a sixty-something old man.“Is the hotel surveillance on? And I need a room next to Sayad,” he requested.“Sir, all the rooms next to 306 are occupied. This mission is out of the blue and we have not been prepared for it. We need to think, we need time,” they advised him.Rex decided to take a seat back, trying to think. They were right, he was being too fast. Patience was always his game.His phone rang, snapping him out of his thoughts.It was Peter, calling.He did not have time for the stupid old fool, but
Rex got to work and opened his bag. The first thing he needed was to scan the room and block any hacking devices in the room. He placed his blockers in the four corners, blocking any outside signal, and then began scanning the room corner to corner but did not find anything.“The room is clean, sir,” the watchers confirmed.“Can we get into the next room?” Rex asked.“If you can get one of the bugs into his room,” they replied. “As we speak, we only have access to the hotel surveillance, but it does not cover the rooms,” they explained.Rex closed his eyes, trying to think of the best way to enter the room without force but could not come up with a better plan. The room was probably trapped with all sorts of traps. The enemy he was dealing with was not the typical type that would fight hoping to come out alive but was the type that would not mind killing himself together with the enemy.“Sir, Abdul is out of his room,” they informed him.Rex opened his laptop and logged into the sur