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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

Author: Hummingbird
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The Escape was not planned, although Dan was not too surprised when he heard of it.

The morning light spilled through the tall windows, painting the marble floor in sharp rectangles. Dan sat behind his desk, a cup of coffee untouched beside his right hand. The steam had already faded, the liquid gone cold. He didn’t drink coffee for the taste, he liked the ritual of it. The stillness. The discipline.

A man stood before him, one of the seven he’d sent.

The man’s hands trembled. Not from fear. Oh no, not yet, but from the effort of trying to hide it.

Dan leaned back in his chair, eyes steady on the faint scratch across the man’s cheek. “You lost them,” he said. His tone wasn’t angry. It was quiet, deliberate, like he was speaking to someone about a simple business error.

“Yes, sir. We had them cornered in the hotel, but… ”

“But?” Dan’s gaze lifted.

The man swallowed. “They were fast. The girl, Storm, she noticed the perimeter team before they closed in. They fled before the rest of us
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  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

    The Escape was not planned, although Dan was not too surprised when he heard of it. The morning light spilled through the tall windows, painting the marble floor in sharp rectangles. Dan sat behind his desk, a cup of coffee untouched beside his right hand. The steam had already faded, the liquid gone cold. He didn’t drink coffee for the taste, he liked the ritual of it. The stillness. The discipline.A man stood before him, one of the seven he’d sent.The man’s hands trembled. Not from fear. Oh no, not yet, but from the effort of trying to hide it.Dan leaned back in his chair, eyes steady on the faint scratch across the man’s cheek. “You lost them,” he said. His tone wasn’t angry. It was quiet, deliberate, like he was speaking to someone about a simple business error.“Yes, sir. We had them cornered in the hotel, but… ”“But?” Dan’s gaze lifted.The man swallowed. “They were fast. The girl, Storm, she noticed the perimeter team before they closed in. They fled before the rest of us

  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

    The first thing Storm felt was heat. A sharp, sickly heat that pressed against her chest as if the air itself had turned into smoke. She was standing in an empty hallway, the walls rippling like water. A door stood at the end. It was half-open, humming faintly.When she pushed it, the hinges wailed.Jaylen was inside.He was sitting on a chair, head tilted back, eyes glassy. Blood trailed from his temple in a slow, steady stream that pooled beneath his shoes. His lips moved, but there was no sound. Only the low hum that filled the room like the vibration before a scream.Storm stumbled forward, choking on the heat.“Jaylen?”He looked at her. Or rather, he looked through her, as if she wasn’t supposed to be there, as if she’d arrived too late. His fingers twitched once. Then something dark, a shadow shaped like a man, stepped out from behind him, and the dagger in his hand glinted.The sound of the knife slicing through skin tore through the silence.Storm screamed.The room collapsed

  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN

    The room was silent except for the slow, rhythmic hum of the projector. The light carved pale shapes on the opposite wall, a looped recording of Bruno’s death. The sound was muted, but the image was clear: the tremor in Bruno’s hand, the brief flicker of defiance in his eyes, and then the stillness that followed the flash.Dan leaned back in his chair. His hands rested loosely on the armrests, fingers tapping once, an absent gesture of thought, not emotion. The house was mostly empty now. The auction had ended hours ago. The guests had been ushered out, drunk on blood and spectacle, leaving behind the stench of perfume, sweat, and fear.He had watched the entire thing unfold in real time, yet he played it again. Not because he needed to see Bruno die. He already knew the outcome. He was studying what came before. The hesitation. The weight of a man who finally understood he was outmatched.He couldn’t believe that Bruno was once loyal to him until he pulled out and entered the shado

  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN

    Bruno’s hand shook as he dropped the phone, his knuckles white around the glass of whiskey that followed. He had just told Antonio he wanted out. He wanted out of the deal, out of the plans, out of this stupid vendetta against Dan. It wasn’t worth it anymore, it had slipped into something personal for him now . Not with the way Dan’s shadow reached into every corner of his world. He thought of the pains his son was going through and he wanted those pains inflicted upon him instead. Antonio hadn’t tried to convince him. He’d simply gone quiet, the kind of silence that meant both men understood the same truth: once you said no to Dan, there was no such thing as “out.”Bruno finished the whiskey in one swallow and set the glass down on the marble counter. The house was immaculate, too big for one man, every surface polished to reflect a version of himself he didn’t recognize anymore. He already knew there would be a note waiting. He didn’t need to look for it.Still, when he saw the t

  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

    IThe doors to Dan’s office closed with a soft, deliberate click. It was the kind of sound that could silence a heartbeat. It should have rattled Storm and Ark but they've been through worse. The room was dim and elegant, all shadows and golden edges. There was no clutter, just power arranged neatly: leather chairs, mahogany desk, the faint smell of expensive cigars that hadn’t been smoked in weeks. A man like Dan didn’t need to hide the evidence of his vices. His vices were the evidence.Storm thought that his red mask was hideous, but it might have held a meaning. “Storm,” he said, voice smooth as wine, slow as poison. “You took your time.”Storm’s jaw tightened. “You never did like punctual people.”He smiled. The kind of smile that made people shift uncomfortably because it meant he was thinking six moves ahead. “On the contrary, I like order. I just enjoy watching people disobey it.”Ark was silent beside her, his presence filling the room like a warning. His height alone made

  • Dear Ex-husband, I Don't Love You Anymore    ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN

    Nathan woke to movement.The world came back to him in fragments, the low hum of tires, the soft rhythm of rain against glass, the faint vibration of an engine. He tried to open his eyes but they would not comply. They opened slowly, heavy with the weight of sleep that wasn’t sleep at all. His vision was blurred, the edges of the world still bleeding into one another.He was in a car. The passenger seat.And someone was driving.For a moment, he didn’t recognize the road. There was only the flicker of streetlights sliding across the windshield, each one a brief pulse of white, then gone. The sky outside was dark, almost blue-black, like it hadn’t decided whether to be night or dawn.Nathan tried to move, but his limbs didn’t respond. His fingers twitched weakly against the seat, his head lolled to the side. A deep ache pulsed behind his eyes. His mouth was dry, his tongue heavy.Then he saw him.The man behind the wheel wasn’t Jaylen. The resemblance was uncanny, but this face was sh

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