POISONHe picked up a glass of water and tended to wash the pill down, but the sound of the door being kicked open stopped him in his tracks.Brian burst in and ran toward the bodyguard. He grabbed him by the neck and threw him across the room as if he was nothing more than a rag doll.He landed against the wall and fell to the floor. Nick shuddered.Ignoring the pain in his body, the bodyguards stood up, but rather than rush Brian in retaliation they were taken aback, the man turned to Nick. “Mr. Tomlins”, he said, his voice shaking. “I'm no match for this man. Nobody in the room is any match for him.He looked at Brian as if he were the devil, not immortal.“What did you say?” Asked Nick incredulously, kicking the bodyguard back to the floor. “There's one of him and several of you. How many more people do you need?”Although he thought of Brian as a useless man, he knew that his fighting skills were amazing. He knew that even if he had a dozen armed men, Brian would still beat them. T
DEATH TRAP“But don't worry, I only want Samantha. And once I get her, the company will be all yours”. He said.“Where does your confidence come from?”Jeffery asked. “Why would a big company like Sea Cloud Technology listen to you?”“Why do you think Sea Cloud approached you?” Asked Nick. “Its Because I told them to”.“What do you mean?” Asked jeffery, But deep down, he knew the answer.“Wait, let's see”, said Nick. “I could show you.But there's something else I'd like to do first”.He clapped his hands loudly and the door opened. Four enormous men walked in. Jeffery was no expert, but even he could tell that these men were quite happy to kill Anyone.They looked like they could crush an ordinary man if he were an Ant. Jeffery thought. Nick had seen his reaction then he said smoothly. “Don't look so afraid.These men have gone through special training.As long as you don't struggle, you definitely won't suffer anymore than you need to”.He smiled and glanced at Brian.Once Brian was dead
HOSTAGEWhile Scott was on his way over, Brian called Stone to help him clean up the mess.The fight had caused more than Jeffery had anticipated.Nick watched them as they were talking.He was starting to panic. “Are they going to ask me if I can take them to Duke?” He thought.“I don't think even they realize how easy that would be for me”.Nick said quietly while the men tidied up the room and dealt with the injured men.He started to think about why they wanted him to help them deal with Duke.His mind went back to his last meeting with his father.As they were told they had talked about, he suddenly realized something.One thing stood out during what had seemed like an ordinary conversation.His father had mentioned that Brian had given him a headache recently. “Does that mean my father has a grudge against the man?. he thought.He decided that he needed to do some digging. “What are you planning, Brian?” He asked. “What can I do to help you deal with Duke?”.What he didn't know was tha
BILLY“Really, is everything OK?” Asked Brian.“Yes, she replied. “I'm only telling you this if you promise not to tell Samantha just Tell her it's a business trip”. “After, I'm going to visit my parents for a while”.Brian started to worry. He knew Samantha would get very upset if she didn't hear this directly from Catherine.He also knew she would see straight through these excuses. “OK, whatever you say.Let's go”, said Brian, not wanting to upset her by saying anything more.It wasn't his place to ask what was really wrong.He picked up her suitcase and took it to the car.As he put it in the trunk, he realized that leaving the city was probably the best way for her to deal with her problems.“You're in a hurry, " said a voice on the street as Catherine locked her front door. “Where are you going?”“Oh It's you, " said Cathrine, taking two steps back.She looks scared. “Billy, what are you doing here?” Said Brian, standing by Catherine.He gave him a cold stare. The last time he had s
MASKEDBrian had seen Gonzalez fight in several competitions over the years. In fact, last fall he watched him win 3 bouts in less than 10 minutes.Billy had promised Gonzalez that the job he had in mind would be simple.He told him they were just going to scare a woman and not hurt anyone at all.It was just as bad luck that Brian Maxwell had turned up when he did.They've looked at Brian and started to crack his knuckles.Then the lady inside the car “Now we talk”, he said.Catherine looked at him.He was so big that he made Brian look like a chicken.She was convinced that he would kill her best friend's husband.She made a decision. “Billy, leave him alone and I'll get back together with you”. She shouted in desperation.Billy stopped dead in his tracks. “Do you promise?” He asked warily. “Yes, but you must promise to let him go.This is nothing to do with him”, she said, thanking her lucky stars that Samantha had been too busy to witness such a sorry spectacle.“Let him go”, Billy laug
SUSPECTED“What's that?” He asked. “Why do you pretend to be a loser when you're so obviously not?” She asked.She realized that she was slightly envious of Samantha being married to such an amazing man, not that she ever intended to admit it.Brian saved her life more than once, and since her benefactor refused to say anything to his wife about his true abilities, she knew it wasn't her place to tell her either.Brian was surprised by the question.It wasn't something he thought about much.Not wanting to answer it, he changed the subject.“I need to get back”, he said as he got her suitcase out of the trunk.Samantha will kill me if dinner is not on the table when she gets home.Have a nice trip.Catherine stood on the sidewalk as she watched Brian's car drive away.As the car disappeared out of sight, she did not attempt to walk inside the terminal.She had no idea how long she stood staring into space, but it was an announcement calling passengers for her flight that intruded on her rev
ELATEDIt annoyed her that he was wasting his skills on low paying work.For the first time, she felt his lack of income was through his own laziness rather than an unfortunate absence of skill and intelligence.He opened his mouth but couldn't find any words to improve the situation.“Did you come up with this yourself?” She asked quietly.“No”, he replied impulsively.“Then how do you know so much about the workings of the company?” She asked.“I noticed some things from your notebook and paid attention when you told me about work, " he said, hoping it sounded like a decent explanation.“So you put this together from random scraps of information?” She asked.His heart raced as he tried to talk his way out of the corner he had backed himself into.“Plus, jeffery talks about business stuff with me a lot. He mentioned a method like this the other day, so I thought it could be applied here”.Relief filled Brian as Samantha's expression changed.She looks disappointed that he hadn't had a s
JAZZYShe offered her cell phone .The energy in the room buzzed with the implied intimacy between the two.They couldn't understand why Brian was being so cold toward her.Brian didn't accept the phone from her.If she wanted to send the photo to Samantha, she would have done it already, he thought.“No thanks, I'll take your word for it”, He said in a flat tone. “Great”. She said in a trippy voice. She stood up from her seat, proving the only reason she had joined the group was to talk to Brian.“You have my number.Don't forget to use it”, she said as she winked invitingly.Brian felt baffled as he watched her walk away.“When did we exchange numbers?” He wondered. He looked at Brandy’s retreating figure and saw her grab a cell phone from the bouncer.She turned toward Brian and waved the cell phone at him before disappearing.“She set me up”, he realized.Brian cursed under his breath.He stood up to follow and confront Brandy, only to have his path blocked by 5 young men that apparently