In a suburbVarious men placed stickers of Queenie Knight literally on every surface and tagged her as missing. A man walks up to it and pulls out the ones he can. After reading the caption, he squeezes them and dumps inside the wastebin next to him. Then he whips out his phone and makes a call. "They've found out she's alive." The person on the other end gives him an instruction which he nods furiously to and walked away. He got into his car and drove to a cabin. Inside, was a reasonable number of people. Without a word, he walks to their middle and stands. "Stop the news of Queenie Knight being alive. If you see anyone still hanging on her pictures, kill him." The group hummed in response and he walked out again. ..."Just today I lost three men." Pierce frowned as he examined them. Half an hour ago, he had gotten a package and it was mandatory that he signed before it'd be given to him. Then three body packs were thrown to him and the delivery men opted to drive back when
"You're supposed to be happy you know?" Gerald muttered as he helped Queenie load her things on a truck. Queenie stood meters away from him and stared at him like a ghost. Then she asked, "I don't even know what is happening."Gerald chuckled and walked towards her. "The thing is, your crops were good and those things you made as complimentary gifts suited their tastes. They loved it. But in order not to appear too demanding, they bought your things at the price I have them and extended a contract for you to help them make the complimentary you gave them." "Oh." Queenie muttered and said nothing else. After she found herself on the ground, she suddenly heard the traders from the city congratulating her. Although she was confused, she waited for them to be gone before she inquired what the matter was from Gerald. The man had tried to explain a thousand and one times what was going on but each time, her mind would zone out and she'd find herself reminiscing on the voices she heard
Pierce said nothing for a while and the man on the other end scoffed. "Is this your way of keeping me busy while you search for Queenie?" Salto wasn't planning on hiding what he knew. Pierce on the other hand wasn't surprised, but he was indeed anxious. Since Salto had realized it was only a matter of time before the news got to Natasha. "Let me make something clear to you." Salto said seriously. "Even if we stay on this call the entire time, your men will never be able to get their hands on her. The Conglomerate doesn't have a branch here sadly and you guys are are little far from them. You're left with no choice than to await the real body of the woman you buried last year." Pierce balled his hands into a fist but said nothing. Aster, who was on his lap, blinked cutely at him and he could feel his anger leaving him. He touched his daughter's face with a smile before speaking into his phone's speaker. "Since you already know why I'm falling, I don't think there's any reason for
When the call connected, Salto asked smugly, "Guess who has your wife?" Instead of calling Natasha, he decided to call Pierce and taunt him with the fact Queenie was now in his hands. In as much as he didn't want to admit, he had always felt like Pierce was his superior. While he had to strive to make certain things come through, Pierce's subordinates were the one who did it whenever they wished to have a good standing with Pierce. And the fact that Pierce was a good business. Something he, Salto, didn't know. "Then I must implore you to take good care of her and restrain from informing Natasha until I arrive to pick her up." The man's lazy voice floated from the other end. Salto took the phone off his ears and glanced at the number again. When he confirmed it belonged to Pierce, he had a confused look. Why wasn't Pierce anxious?He chose to tell himself that the man was only masking his worry. "You know, you don't have to act like you don't care when you actually care. However
Country AThe work was much easier than they thought. While Queenie kept to herself, Gerald, Maron and Vivian already acquainted themselves with a few people. "Your sister?" A man asked Vivian. Vivian followed his eyes. When she saw he was referring to Queenie, he shook his head almost immediately. "She isn't." The man nodded absentmindedly. Finally, he braced himself and walked to her. "Hello." Queenie looked up briskly and lowered her eyes once again. She looked up again moments later and smiled a little. "Are you talking to me?" The man nodded immediately. "Yes, I'm Joshua Garet." Queenie nodded and lowered her head. "I'm Queenie." The man smiled, "Can I help you?" Queenie was currently canning tomato paste. So when the man asked to help, she nodded. As they worked, the man brought up different topics. Yet, Queenie was uninterested. Finally, he brought up the topic about branded bags but still couldn't catch her attention. He was getting frustrated when Gerald walked
As soon as she left, his phone rang and he took it out to answer. When he saw the caller, he hesitated before answering it. "I've been trying to reach you. Where are you?" He asked. Natasha chuckled from the other end. "I've been busy taking care of my father and brothers. How is Country A?" Salto was slightly surprised. After their discussion in Hiltonia, they hadn't really been at peace with each other. She had even refrained from calling him. "Everywhere's is fine." Then he thought it was nice to add, "I got new employees. Extremely good at their jobs." "Oh, that's good." She replied not suspecting a thing. After all, he had no reason to lie to her. "I might be stopping in Country A soon. Then I will leave from there." The man widened his eyes but tried not to sound too shocked. "Where are you going?" "I wish to stay undercover for a while." Natasha retorted. The man had nothing else to say, so he just nodded. "Let's talk better when you come to Country A." "Sure." …I
The nannies came at that moment and grabbed the three children. Pierce narrowed his eyes at Sullivan. Then he turned to Jessica. "What is he doing here?" "He has an important message to pass." The latter replied. "We'd only look ungrateful if we drove him away without any 'thank you'." Sullivan said nothing as he had his eyes somewhere else. "I'm curious to know what news he has." Lucas snorted, walking closer to Roxanne. For all he knew, someone who came for revenge wouldn't suddenly change his objective and save his nemesis from dying. "He already informed us there's a chance Natasha might be going crazy." Roxanne said with a laugh. The three men immediately looked towards Sullivan. They said nothing but their eyes were filled with disbeliefs and threats. "I saw it with my own eyes. Besides, do you think betrayal will really make Natasha go to the extent of focusing so much attention on me?" Sullivan scoffed. "She doesn't want the news of it to get to Solta's ears because h
Neo was frightened at her words and he immediately sought to change her mind. "It hasn't gotten to this, Natasha." "You should've thought of that when you spoke so freely." The woman snorted and walked out of her room. She had brought more than ten bodyguards to the cruise ship and stationed them at different places in the ship. On her command she'd have a lot of dignitaries begging for their lives. The thought made her smile happily. As she walked towards the elevator, she didn't forget to pull the emergency alarm. Almost immediately, everyone ran out in their night wares and to the front of the ship. Even Theophilus Devon wasn't left out. But when he looked up and saw his only son strapped up to a pole and could plunge into the water at any point in time. He looked towards the dock and when he recognized Natasha, he knew the night was going to be a long, terrible one. "Natasha, there's no need to resort to violence. We can talk and settle whatever the problem may be amicably