"Take this. Make sure you deliver this to Jamel before 6pm today." I stamped the envelope and handed it over to Jade.
He nodded curtly before taking it from me. "Sure thing boss." With that, he bowed before walking out."First mission almost done." Lincoln said from behind."I just hope it goes as hope. Jade can be clumsy sometimes." I replied with a chuckle."Next, we need to get an informant from inside. They're sure to gain one from us, we need to be more careful." Lincolnshire said as he itched his brows slowly."I know. We don't really need informants from them, we need to disconnect all Cameras in here. They might want to hack through it, Jamel seems desperate with a look at the way he was acting yesterday.." I sighed."I should do that right away." He nodded. "What about a disguise, will it be okay?""A bitch will do, he loves bitches a lot." I smirks. "We can use that to get through him.""You should handle that yourself." He toned before getting up. "I need to get the cameras disconnected as soon as possible.""Sure, I'll take care of that."I know I should trust Lincoln but I still need to be careful. I picked up my laptop from the centre table and open it, I need to get more information about Jamel and Gareth. Knowing more about them is gon' help me here.First, I should go for Gareth Sebastian.No information...Wow! He did a great job by wiping his data away from the mass. Investigation will do if internet refuses to.Jamel Grayson.Only his age and his home address was here and oh! He got a sibling too. Looks like he cares about her a lot, but I'm so sorry I'll use his sibling against him."Gareth is the only problem here." I thought."Done, already." Lincoln pried into my system. "This look like Jamel 's profile.""Yeah. He got a sister. Get all necessary information about her here before tomorrow." I said authoritatively before walking out."Sure thing, Hardie..."...............One week has pass and it seems nothing is happening from Jamel and Gareth's side. I know for sure they're trying to keep low, wanting me to strike first."How sure are you that they aren't expecting the first attack from you?" Lincoln said from behind, like he was reading my mind."I'm starting to think that way too." I sighed deeply. Seems like the silence I'm receiving from those two fuckers is just frustrating me and I can't help it. I need to detect their moves not the other way round, tch."What did you think is gon' happen here? You attack first? Or we keep watching them?" He picked his words carefully.I groaned. Yeah, I hate to think this way. "Seriously, I don't know yet.""You don't know? Really?" He hissed loudly. "The fu.ck Hardie, you're the game boss here, think fast.""I'm tired of thinking." I replied as I lazily laid my head back. "What am I suppose to do then?""I can't believe you, Hardie. Seriously?" He twitched his lips, clearly showing disappointment."Why do I have this feeling about you, Lincoln? H-huh?" I huffed lowly.He raised his left brow. "About me? That?""You are acting desperately lately, what's up your sleeve? Don't make me believe you're actually the bait they plant here. Or are you?" I said lazily.He was taken aback as I watched his face clouded with confusion. "R-really, Hardie? Y-you can say that, huh?"I shrugged my shoulders lightly. "Do I have a choice here?"I never for once lose my trust in him but then I have to be careful, people change with time. I'm only doing this to poke his conscience, no hard feeling though."You can actually say this? Geez! I Never expected this from you, not you of all people. Sigh." He breathed out."Tsk, Lincoln. This isn't my fault, alright? People change with time." I replied flatly."I'm not people. I'm Lincolnshire, yeah?"I ignored him and light a cigarette as I twirled the chair I'm sitting on. Lincoln sigh again like he's fighting something within himself, good thing."Fine, if that's what you think of me. Then so be it, I understand." He threaded carefully. "Trust isn't something to be gained lightly, I know."With that what I heard next was his footsteps before I heard the door clicked silently. He left.I just hope I'm not being too hard here.***Night seems to be fast approaching, I haven't seen Lincoln since our last encounter. Where did he go? Was he hurt by my words?No! The Lincoln I know won't be bother by all that, yeah I'm sure. Even if he's hurt, he'll never react with. I've known him too long, he's always ignoring people's comments about him. But why now?"Something is wrong here boss. W-we got an attack from..." Jade breath hard as he barged into my study room."Speak Jade, what's wrong?" I asked impatiently."Lincoln is severely injured, he's been attend to now." He replied between breath."Lincoln? How come?" I thundered. Did Lincoln sort of pulled some crazy stunt? No! He'll never do that shit, he's always been careful all his life."He asked me to accompany him to the warehouse at the hillside, said he needs to get something done immediately." He paused."And...?""Few minutes to us being inside, we were clouded with smoke. He ordered me out and the next I heard was an explosion. Someone had managed to plant bomb in your warehouse." He finished.Silence fell."I think Lincoln was aware of the attack, don't you think?" He asked."How? What did you mean?" I creased my brows in confusion."More like being on the enemies' side?" He treaded slowly.Lincoln?I let out a sardonic laughter. "He'll never do that, I know that. Be rest assured."Jade let out a sigh before heading out. My next plan is to know who's behind this before jumping into action...||Arlington Arlington||Stirring the meat soup on the fire, I sigh repeatedly. It isn't that easy working as a maid Cook, more like a chef.Who would think I'll get involved in this kind of job, I don't think anyone would. Yeah, my brother is stinkingly rich but mom doesn't want to get involved in his money.Why? She believed his money is impure. But come to think of it, Money is money. Right? Pure or not. Un clean or clean. It doesn't matter anyways, or does it? To me, its not. All that matters is spending it."Arlington..." Jesse yelled my name like Its the cause of her misfortune. Yeah, she's the manager here but she act like she owns the restaurant, arrgh!"I'm yet to finish. Can't you be more patient, huh?" I gritted my teeth trying to be nice cause I can't be any nicer than this. Jesse sure knows how to frustrate the daylight out of me."Yeah, I should be. Till you spend the whole day on soup only, chasing costomers away." She shot at me. I only groaned
•••FeW hOuRs LaTeR•••||Arlington Arlington||I woke up with a loud bang in my skull, that kind of bang you can't simply ignore.What?Am I, by some means, suffering from hangover yet again? Did I get drunk last night again, after I've promised not to? Oh God, this is bad!But, how did I end up getting drunk? I think harder but nothing is coming, arrgh!Whoever get me drunk last night will pay for... Wait! What am I even saying, I should clear this bad headache first.I groaned deeply, clearly frustrated as I tried standing up to get some pills. This banging is freaking me out and it seems as if my head will be falling off my neck in the next minutes."Easy, you might hurt yourself that way." A calm voice pierced into the air, shutting the daylight from me. I jumped up startled.How did he get in? Did mom invite some visitors in our home? If yes, this is my room and it should be off limit for him."Hey... hey, I didn't mean to startle you that
||Hardie Morrison||"Don't you get? it's foolish keeping her here, she needs to go before she brings any suspicion." Lincoln glared at me. I blinked, this was never the Lincoln I trusted. He never for once raised his voice at me, talk more of glaring dagger at me."I know right, I just want to...""Don't try anything rash, please Hardie." He countered."Okay. Okay, I won't." I smirks."Good. I'll get her to some safe route, it almost dawn already." He pinched his brows."Can I go with you at least?" I asked still putting on my smirk.He glared at him before nodding. "Right, no rash actions.""Sure..."***"Why did you look like you don't wan' leave yet?" I twitched my neck towards the back seat, facing Arlington. Lincoln insist I sit at the front for his own self reason."I've got work to go, stupid." She huffed."Yeah, right." I nodded. "You're only leaving cause of your work, now I get it.""You talk too much, Mr imposter." She hissed under her breath. "The Hardie everyone knows bar
What are you doing here?" I glared at him. "Aren't you suppose to be in a more classy restaurant since you claimed to be Hardie?""That's not how to talk to your crush, you know." He said with a smirk.I scoffs at his statement. "Don't tell me you are stalking me, or are you?" I pressed on further."And what if I am? What are you going to do about it, huh?" He switched to his flirting mood. Gosh! Why can't he be normal for once?I turned around to return to my usual job post and felt a grip around my wrist. I turned back to meet with mr imposter's taunting smile and I was red."What the..."He cut me short. "Please can I get extra package for take home?" He said like he wasn't flirting earlier."Hmm, sure." I gave him a dry smile. "I'll be right back." This guy isn't mentally stable, I guess. How can a man comfortably switch mood with in seconds?Since I don't want to get caught up with his tactics anymore, I arranged his take home package and dropped it politely on his table. Befor
_Page 9_||Hardie Madison||"Here, take a look at this." I collected the pictures from Lincoln.Without going through them, I gave him a blank stare. "What are these for anyways?""Go through them first, at least." He pressed. "You might get few information from it."I sighed as I go through the hard copy just as instructed. "The faces here are blurry, what information am I getting from blurry faces?" I asked."They are the faces behind the sudden explosion of your warehouse, I'm still trying to track down the faces though. But for now, these are the information I gathered."At leat he's trying to prove his worth by working his ass to find out about the opposite attackers.I stare hard at the pictures but I don't seems to recognize any of them, though. Who are these people anyways? They did a really nice job in hiding their identity from me. Wow, just wow for a job well done.Am I having new enemies aside from Jamel and Gareth? Why are they after me? I really need to know about these
||Arlington Arlington||The day seems to break faster than user, I sighed repeated as I get out of bed. I just hope today should not hold any drama. For the past two days, things have not be really good with me. I quickly do my daily routine and dressed up for work."Good morning, mom." I greeted my mom who's already at the table with a smile."Good morning, sweetheart." she returned the smile. "You look stressed out, why?""Nothing mom, just that work these days are demanding. But no to worry, I'll manage just fine." I replied curtly."Sure. I know you a strong girl but if things are getting out of hand, do let me know." She said, concern laced in her voice."Hmm..." I gave her a nod and had my breakfast in a hurry. "Good bye, mom."I kissed her goodbye on her cheek."Be safe at work alright?""I'll, mom..."***Trailing down the street, few meters before the next bus stop where I'm suppose to board a cab, a car halt beside me. I decided to ignore the car but the car owner honked to
||Unknown Unknown||I smiled.The type of smile that hold suspense and smirk.Hardie. He is the cause of my smile. Wait? What was he thinking? That he'll be able to get information about me? Did he think capturing and torturing my men will make them rat me out?He is hell wrong if he thinks doing all those will make them rat me out. I own my men and I have full right over their lives and families', they are expected to obey my order to the fullest even if it means loosing their own lives.You call it loyalty? No, cause no one is loyal this. You only use what you have to get what you want.***"Any new information about the president?" I asked as I puffed out huge smoke from my nostrils."For now, there isn't any. We are still looking out for any changes, boss." Jade replied."You can go, get me updated if there's any..." I waved my hand at him to dismiss him. He gave a shirt nod and walked out.I just need to be on my best watch and make sure nothing goes wrong this time around....
||Jamel Jamel||I threw the glass on my hand on the floor and start breaking anything that's I come across. Who could have done this to me? How do the deal get terminated?I made sure to make it private cause I know how much millions of dollar I will be getting from it but now...?Everything is gone in less than twenty-four hours?Fu.ck, I can't take it. This is the most shocking news I'll be getting in the last few year."Call me Gareth..." I growled at my men."You don't need to, I'm here already." Gareth stood at the exit with his hands in his pocket."What..." I was shocked to see him, like I haven't seen him in days and now?He walked up to me. "Hey, you look fucked, what's wrong?""What are you doing here, Reth?" I asked with a raised brow.He looked confused. "What did you mean? I don't have right here anymore or what?""Hmm, I mean I haven't seen you in couples and you just showed up today." I scoffs.He shrugged his shoulders. "Business, I must say. Why did you look fucked up