Leaks!

ANTONIO

Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!

The sound of the clock by the wall strolls over the silence that surrounds the room.

My gun was printed at Rivera's head and I was about to shoot her point-blank in the head.

But I could no longer do it.

What she said caught my attention and for a moment, I paused.

My gun was still in the air, pointing straight at her.

“What did you just say?” I shouted at her.

She kept mute.

“I'm talking to you, speak!” I repeated in a louder tone.

“If you want to hear more and I mean more, more than you think you know, I demand just two things,” she said in a shaky voice.

The fear of her losing her life right in front of me must have withered her long-accumulated courage.

She looked so weak but Rivera was the type that always had something to give.

Even though I had a gun pointed to her head, I am not surprised she is thinking of buying her way out.

She is built in that way. This is why everyone hires her.

I scoffed. “What are your demands?”

“Half a billion USD and yo