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‘It’s a miracle that Placebo didn’t kill you or kidnap you’Quisito’s words rang in her ears as she stared at the mouth of the gun that was pointed at her chest. Placebo was the worst enemy and now she knew why. When they first met at the restroom of the auction house, he had manipulated her to go against Quisito, but he crookedly hid the information that he was her father’s arch enemy.Her throat dried up as she felt the room spin out of control because based on the explosive sounds that came from down stairs, the mansion had already become a battle zone. Like always, she hoped that Quisito would swoop in and save her, but that had a very less probability of happening because she watched him leave the mansion half an hour ago. And besides, he must have been informed about the attack by now.But where was he?Why hasn’t he come yet?“TAKE HER” Placebo’s command whipped through the tensed air, making fear prick her skin as her nails dug onto the counter top.Kate wanted to sprint out o
Kate bit her lip and frantically shook her head from side to side, silently begging for the man’s mercy when he dropped his belt on the cold floor.He was about to undo his pants too, when suddenly, an explosion shook the building, forcing Placebo stop whatever he was doing and turn his attention to the locked room of the door.He was expecting a fight, but he wasn’t expecting it to occur anytime soon. According to his calculation, he still had a good two hours.Another explosion pulled at the foundations of the building and Kate trembled violently at its impact. She had no idea what was going on, but Placebo did.It was the explosions caused from bombs that were dropped from airborne helicopters.He didn’t have any helicopters...Then, who was doing it?The bravado face Placebo had a few minutes ago vanished into thin air. He looked more tensed than ever because he was the one on whose command the army had to launch the attack, but now it seemed like the rift has already begun, withou
“Can you take me to meet my dad?” Kate asked to the driver while sniffing and wiping tears with the back of her hands. She was completely exhausted and they were only minutes away from reaching the mansion. But she was longing to see her father and make sure with her eyes that he was doing okay.“I’m sorry ma’am; I only have orders to drop you home” the driver replied politely before taking a turn that led towards her mansion.“Okay...” she sighed and looked outside the window.Her body became warm again, but she didn’t let go of his black jacket. Throughout the ride, her fingers brushed against its sides causing a heavy feeling to settle in her chest.Ten minutes later they reached the destination and the car came to a stop.“Ma’am we are here” the driver informed her when she sat there absentmindedly, without making a move to get out.At the sound of his words, she came out of her trance and reached for the door handle. But before she could touch it, the door was opened by one of th
(Past) Three days ago, at Placebo’s place.... *Violence ahead By the time Quisito retreated to the warzone, the fight was at its climax and his men were winning the battle. Placebo may only have asked for a fight, but Quisito brought him a war because he dared to lay finger on someone Quisito couldn’t even imagine getting hurt. Her impulsive words had hit him unexpectedly, but he swallowed the agony they were creating inside his chest and focused on giving his men instructions, like a great leader should. In between the fight, he had to discard the bullet proof vest and as expected, he suffered many injuries across his chest by the time the fight ended. The Don’s men slaughtered all the enemies, except one. Placebo. They captured him while he attempted to escape by shooting one of his legs. But he was alive and conscious, just like Quisito had wanted. He was splayed across the ground in ‘X’ manner, his hands and legs tied with rusty chains and stretched to the four corners of
The entire mansion had become a black cloud, filled with sobs and woeful faces. But being a leader, I couldn’t cry, even though I wanted to. I stayed right next to your mother’s coffin. Wearing a white gown and resting ever so peacefully, she looked as beautiful as the first time we met. I was missing her terribly, but I didn’t let it show.I was able to put a door on my emotions until, it was time to bring you out to say final goodbye to your mother’s warmth, forever. A maid brought you out and you were already irritated at the absence of your mother. I took you into my hands and lowered you on top of your mother. The moment you mumbled something incoherently and reached your tiny fingers up to caress her pale face, as if trying to wake her, I lost it. Warm tears rolled down my face and I cried in public, for the first time in my life. It was your feeding time and you were very hungry. You refused to get separated from your mother and held on to her coffin with your stubborn fingers.
When Kate entered his empty room, the familiar musky scent welcomed her, but she could tell that it was fading away, just like the love bites he had given her.The laptop that she wanted was placed on the bedside table she walked up to. She took it and sat along with it on the mattress and pressed the power button. It still had the same screensaver of her child hood picture, but unfortunately, it also had something else. A column to type password.Kate was aware that she was stuck, but she wasn’t going to accept defeat that easily. During her lonely life in the mansion, she had developed a few not-that-important skills and one of them included guessing passwords. She has always emerged successful in guessing the password of her father’s computer, so she thought that she should give this one a try.“I can do this” she prepped herself up and wet her lips before guessing the password for the first time.Kate’s fingers fluttered on the keyboard as she typed the first thing that came to her
Pulling her closer to lay flat against his chest, he began narrating the past that her heart had been fluttering to know, ever since she had found out about Marcus.“As a child, the only family I knew was my mother and her brother, whom I used to call ‘uncle’. My mother never spoke about my father and I still know nothing about him. My uncle provided for us with the salary he got as a research scientist. He worked for the government and was so dedicated to his field of nano technology that he didn’t bother to have a family of his own. Most of the time, he behaved like a mad scientist and it often crept my mother out. But I enjoyed giving him company in his lab.By the time I turned eight, he was promised a huge sum from the government to work on a project in the defense wing. Since it was a highly classified program, me and my mother had no clue about it. I assisted him by delivering materials via driving and in return, he taught me a thing or two regarding the principles of nanotechn
(Past) A month ago...“Quisito.... thank you for coming to meet me on such a short notice” Winston said from behind his table, when he saw the Don entering his office room.“No need to thank me sir; I’m always happy to be at your service” Quisito said with a polite smile, before taking a seat across from Winston.“Marcus... I... I called you today to ask for a very important favor...” Winston said, as he shifted uneasily in his office chair and gripped the armrest. His voice was strained a bit, like he never wanted to ask for the favor that was in his mind.“Of course, Winston, anything for you!” Quisito said as he leaned forward and placed his joined hands on the table. Even Quisito could see the palpable tension on the old man’s face.“Here is the thing” Winston said after taking a shaky breath “I miss my old Kate. I miss her smile, I miss her playfulness, I miss her enthusiasm and her little pouting face full of stubbornness. After her memory treatment, I tried to forge back that s