Unexpected Rise of Leonard Storm

Chapter 12

The shock that struck them welled up throughout their spines, well up to their bloodstreams.

They just paid a whopping sum of a million dollars for the other platform. There was only one explanation to this, he had stolen his way there.

But what would Leonard be doing there? From the last time that she checked, even though he was there, there was no way that he would be able to afford any of the clothes that were on display there.

With a really deep breath, her eyes finally brightened as thoughts ran through her head. There was only one explanation for it now. He was planning to steal from the store.

Remembering that his worthless mother was in the hospital now, gasping for breath, that could be the only explanation for it.

There was a bold smile on Mrs. Ruth's face. Now that they had caught the real thief, she was going to use it as a means to cover up for their creams.

The smile that was hovering on her face deepened even more as she was finally tapped by Mati, snapping her off from her evil thoughts.

"What are you doing here?" Mati quickly thundered at Leonard.

For the first time,they walked into the place. He finally acknowledged their presence.

He frowned deeply staring right into their eyes. His stare was enough for anyone to fall back in their steps.

But they stood there with so much confidence as though nothing was happening.

At first, Leonard wanted to just leave. Memories of the past were already welling up in his head. Things that he didn't want to remember anything about.

"I don't think that I have anything to say to the devil's incarnates." He muttered under his breath.

Ever since he became rich, his plans weren't that of revenge rather, he only wanted to improve himself and at least meet the target of the family so that he was not going to fail his parents.

If there was one thing that it did not have time for, it was their useless child's play.

Leonard was about to walk away from the place when Mati stepped on the ground, seeing the moves that he was already planning to take.

"And where do you think that you are going, you punk? Didn't I just ask you a question or has your mouth suddenly been glued together?" She thundered at him, making the frown on his face deepen even more.

Seeing that they would not let him leave, he decided to respect her and not push her away, only because of the past relationship that they had together.

"You are here, what makes you think that I can't also be here?" He replied with a stale look on his face.

"Don't give me that crap Leonard. The both of us know that you stole your way into this place. Why don't you tell the truth?" Mrs. Ruth quickly replied.

But even so,  Leonard wasn't even in the mood to explain anything to them. He only wanted to leave that place to get on to where he was heading.

"You have the choice to believe whatever it is that you want to believe. I don't care." He replied.

"You?" Mati thundered.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Ruth only kept on staring at her wristwatch. "What are they still waiting for?" She kept on muttering in her head.

As Leonard was about to walk away from the place, she noticed two people walking into the place. Two three, they were surrounded already.

A broad smile hovered on her face at the recognition of who exactly they were. This was going to be perfect.

They were armed so there was no way that they could run away. Expect if they wanted to sustain a few injuries and get themselves into even more trouble than they were already.

"Freeze." A sound came from the guards. 

One of them stepped forward and he seemed to be the leader of the guards. The long scar on his face gave him a terrible look.

From the picture that the System had sent, it was easy for him to know that it was the two ladies and probably the man that they were looking for.

He walked up to them with a frown.

"You must come with me." He said. Even though he was angry, he had to maintain a professional look, especially when the people that he was dealing with were ladies.

"Mati even though she looked calm from the outside, she was already shivering from the inside, trying as hard as she could to maintain her composure, after drawing a few deep breaths.

"I think that you are making a really big mistake here." Mrs. Ruth said with every sense of grace. She could win the award for the best liar even without putting much effort into it.

They were confused for a while as the guards kept on pairing at each other for a while. Could it be that there was a glitch in the System or she was just lying?

But they had already been caught. It would only be stupid for them to keep up with these lies.

Seeing this, the leader of the guards eased himself after hearing the words that she spat from her mouth.

It only meant that they had to be extra careful. Even though there was every possibility that she was not telling the truth.

"What do you mean by a mistake?" He inquired further.

"We aren't the one that you should be looking for but rather him." He pointed over to a dressed Leonard.

The eyes of the leader sped around towards him and back to Mrs.  Ruth. Confusion flooded through his mind and Leonard could not help it but frowned at her words.

"What do you mean he is the one that we should be looking for?" The guard inquired.

"Don't worry, I am going to explain everything that happened to you. And I am sure that you are going to throw him into prison right away." Mrs. Ruth assured with a dark smile beneath her claim looks.