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Draco stood before the calendar with a biro in his hand, while his three bouncers stood behind him. He ticked a particular date and smiled.

Turning to his bouncers;Frank, Jeremy and Lincoln , he motioned to Frank to hand over the iPad to him .

"This is the map to the college. Be there , with Evans before the closing time. Leave no traces at all and be back here before an hour ".

"Sure , Boss, " Frank replied and walked away with the iPad.

Jeremy exhaled , glad that he wasn't the one sent there. For him, he was sure that his younger brother might catch a glimpse of him.

What would he explain?

"Where is Ray?" Draco asked Jeremy, bringing him back from his train of thoughts.

"He has left this morning, Boss ".

Ray had been avoiding his father for days. He would leave early in the morning before Draco gets out of his chambers and then return before he comes back, and remains in his room till the next morning.

"It seems that the young man wants to be grounded".

Draco said and moving to the dining room , he said again to Jeremy ;

"Get a broadcast message in my name to the entire mafia. There would be a meeting in the usual place in the next one hour. "

Jeremy nodded and left.

Draco needed to tell the City Council that his son's betrothal would soon be around.

Meanwhile, Don Juan was keen in finding an insider from Draco's mansion to work with. An undercover agent had run a background check on all Draco's bouncers and he had decided who would be his own person too.

Thanks to technology, he was able to watch everything happening in the premises of Draco's villa, apart from the inside.

He could see the person he wanted to work with walking around the premises and he smiled.

His mind drifted to his old time female friend who he'd bumped into two days ago. He was happy he met her after many years. His wife was dead, his son was married and he longed for her company.

She would have been his wife if he didn't travel out for his mafia training. She looked younger , not even like someone who had a daughter.

He was happy he also helped her that day.

"Vivienne " he gasped.

******[Lorna's POV]

I woke up with a call from Dave , reminding me that the practicals would soon commence at 9am and I was still in bed around 7am. I quickly had a warm shower and rushed my breakfast. I put on black joggers and packed my hair into a bun.

Mom had already left the house. There was no need for makeup since I would be entering the laboratory .

Picking up my small black boho bag, I locked our apartment and boarded a cab to school.

On reaching school, I changed to my lab coat and went to where some of my group members were getting ready for the practicals.

"Hi Lorna " came Dave's voice behind me.

"Hi Dave"

"Care for a hug?" he asked , opening his arms wide for an embrace.

Why was this guy shameless?

"No thanks . Meanwhile, thank you for reminding me this morning . I was still sleeping when you called ".

He looked at me, surprised.

"Just thank you?"

"Yes, just thank you. You should reply with, "you're welcome " .

I walked away, sighting Ava from afar.

Ava was my closest friend . She had been checking up on me and I was surprised when she bought chicken burgers for me , before the practicals started.

"I've something to tell you, Lorna. " she said, looking intently at me.

"Okay. I'm all ears "

"You girl! I wasn't planning to say it now. It's about Dave though. I'll tell you after the practicals. "

About Dave? I was already curious, but Ava refused to spill anything till after the practicals.

Immediately it clocked 1pm, we finished the practicals and my group passed the test with Dave taking first, while I took third.

I hurried out of the laboratory , looking for Ava.

I was very hungry and when I couldn't find her, I brought out my phone from my bag to call her.

However, I got a message from an anonymous number, stating ;

"Good day Miss Lorna, we have a package from your mom - Ms Vivienne Welghton. Kindly come over to the parking lot behind the school premises ".

Package? My mom didn't tell me she'll deliver something to me at school. Or did she want to surprise me? I kept thinking when another message got in again;

"Please ma'am, we advise that you hasten up as we have other locations to deliver packages to. This package is equally perishable. "

I wondered if it was a burger, or grilled fish , since it was perishable. Mum obviously wanted to surprise me , I thought as I headed towards the parking lot.

Some levels still had classes, so the premises were a bit quiet.

On my way, I met Ava.

"Where have you been? I've been looking for you " I said to her.

"I'm coming from the canteen, Lorna. I'm so famished. Have you had lunch?"

"Nah...but I have a delivery from my mom. She obviously got something from me ".

"Your mom really still pets you, even as a grown ass college girl. You'll be 20 in a few weeks, Lorna " she blurted, with a grin on her face.

"Yeah, so maybe she'll stop petting me when I clock 20 " I smirked.

"Fine, mummy's girl. I'll be waiting for you in the basement. "

Ava left and I hurried off to the parking lot.

There were just cars there. No single delivery man! Had he gone because I wasted time? I immediately tried to call my mom, but another message dropped from the same anonymous number;

"Over to the black Ford jeep, close to the exit gate " .

A delivery man in a jeep? I wondered, but still walked to the exit gate.

Damn, this lot was so calm and quiet.

I saw the jeep and I walked to the side of the car. I couldn't see anyone inside, it was tinted.

All of a sudden, my palms grew wet and my heart started beating fast.

The back door opened and a man clad in black suit with black shades held a package in his hands, motioning for me to take them.

As I stretched forth my hands to take it , I heard the man say "Start the ignition ".

Immediately I tried to grab the package, the man forcefully pulled me into the car, locked the door and the car started moving.

"What's the meaning of this? Is this what you were sent to do? Park this car and let me go!" I mustered the entire courage in me to speak to this fierce looking man.

"This is what we were sent to do, Miss Lorna "

"Lies!" I blurted.

I opened my bag, brought out my phone and said to him "I'm gonna call my mom right now!" my voice quivered . I started calling her number and surprisingly, he didn't stop me .

My mother can never tell people to abduct me. I refused to believe that.

Fear was written all over my face.

Tears had already welled up in my eyes.

My mom picked and I said;

"Hey mom. Some people forcefully took me into their car , I feel I'm being abducted. Did you send them?"

"What?! No! Where are you now? Are they with you?" I heard my mom say.

That meant everything about the delivery was all lies!

As I was about to reply, I felt a handkerchief placed on my nose and immediately I inhaled the strong scent, I passed out..

Ray went to his company that day and didn't have much to do . The previous day , he was carried away with the fact that he couldn't reach out to Disha anymore. He kept thinking of what Valerie had said, and he found a little truth in it .

That day, he left early and closed by 1:30 pm.

Valerie was surprised when her boss asked every worker to be dismissed . However , she also wanted to have a little time with him as she was always the last worker to leave.

But then, Ray left before her and she had no other option than to leave grudgingly.

She knew Ray was not in a good mood since Disha left, but she was ready to make him forget about her and see her as well.

On getting home, Ray was happy that his father wasn't back as usual.

However, he noticed Frank , one of his father's bouncers, was at home. He kept lurking around a particular room in the passage. Frank was always in charge of every contraband that was brought into the house and of course, any lady that would be sent to any of the mafia members. They were called victims and Frank always looked after them anytime Draco wasn't around.

Sure to Ray, his father hadn't brought in any contraband in a month.

"Have they brought in another victim ?" he asked himself though.