I quickly got out of the cab that just stopped me in front of the FIA headquarters. I didn't have a penny on me to pay the driver with so I pleaded with him to let me go into the building and return with the fare for his taxi.I was about to knock on the door to Omar's office when someone stopped me. I turned around and it was another agent."Mae?" He recognized me, thankfully."I need to talk to Omar, it's urgent.""Come," he drew me to a corner."Don't meet Omar." He whispered to me."What?""Don't go to his office. Everyone here thinks you're never coming back. If anyone else sees you or if Omar sets his eyes on you, it might be bad for you.""What are you saying?""Omar blacklisted you from the agency." He finally broke it to me.I snorted wryly, not believing what I was being told."That's not possible.""It is. Leave, so you don't get into trouble you don't deserve.""..." I didn't believe him."I want to meet Omar." I shook my head in disbelief over what I was just told."Didn't y
I stormed out of Omar's office angrily, almost bumping into somebody. It was the man who had informed me of Omar's plans. The man who I didn't believe. "Did you sign it?" The man asked just when I was about to walk away from him."No," I whispered in an attempt to not get attention to myself."Good for you. Now run. Run and hide, and stay low for a while, things are going to be rough for you but good luck." The man wished me luck before going in the direction I was leaving from just now; Omar's office.I didn't even know him well enough for him to be concerned over me but I guess he just didn't want to partake in the wrong thing and hence why he let me know of Omar's plans beforehand.I got outside to the front of the building and surprisingly, the car that brought me was still waiting. I had forgotten about him and I still didn't have any cash on me to pay him with even after wasting his time."Hey," I put on my most convincing smile when I got to the cab."I don't have your money bu
"Hands behind your head, Miss Yrote!" I immediately raised both my hands to my head like I was instructed and waited for one of them to come to me and cuff me up.As I was being dragged out of the room, my eyes met Nina's. She was also put in cuffs. I knew she would be charged for harbouring a fugitive. I immediately felt horrible. I shouldn't have come to her. I can't believe Omar really sent people after me to get me arrested for things I didn't do. And I thought this was the mission that would put me on a higher rank. All it's done is fuck me up, get me involved with Leo and now I had to try and prove that I indeed was following Omar's order when I tried to kill him.The woman who had put cuffs on me stopped tugging me forward. She had stopped because two of her fellow officers were having a whispered argument. I wasn't listening to what they were saying because my thoughts were full but I was forced to listen when I heard Leo's name from them.I looked in the direction of the m
I sat back on the only sofa in the room where Mae was kept after she was brought back to me. I lifted a tumbler to my lips, it was partly filled with whiskey. As I sipped continuously from it, I kept my eyes on Mae. She should be awake and conscious anytime soon. She squirmed and turned in the bed before sitting up. I watched her hold her head for some seconds before looking around to see where she was. Her eyes met mine when she looked in my direction. I smiled. It was humorous to catch the look on her face. It was a look that exposed how terrified she was to see me sitting in the room when she woke up."How bad is the headache? I'll ask someone to bring you some pills." I knew what she was injected with by my men before being brought here could cause a headache so I asked her."I'm sure you're happy now. You've found me and brought me back. What do you want from me?" She seemed very angry to see me. I couldn't explain why that would be the case. I thought she would be thankful that
"I know what you're doing, you are trying to threaten me into accepting to kill for you but it won't work." I'm not going to do what he wants no matter what. It was bad enough that Omar used me and now wanted me to take the fall for the outcome of his orders and now, Leo..."But that isn't what I'm doing," Leo replied and placed his hands against my face, brushing my right cheekbone. I didn't want him touching me like that so I pushed his hand away but he gripped my jaw tight and made me look up at him. "You want to die so bad don't you?" He asked me after, a malicious smile painting his lips.What? Was he going to kill me now after delaying it for so long? Has he finally decided to take me out? I know I had asked him to kill me as I would rather take that than kill for him but now that he was willing to do it, I wasn't sure I wanted to die yet.I still owed Nina, my friend, an apology for putting her in a case like my own. I had to make it up to her, somehow, later. I also had to fi
"Oh Miss Yrote, you trust too much." I heard him. "What do you mean?" I became eager to know what prompted him to say what he just did. I also wanted to know why he laughed over what I told him about Nina."You were with the police when my men came for you, weren't you?" He asked and I immediately got the grip of what he was trying to say."I can't believe you trust the system like you trusted Omar." He shook his head."Just like I brought you here, I can do the same with your friend, Nina. All I need to do is make a simple phone call and she will be here by tomorrow morning. It's that easy."I found it hard to breathe as he uttered every word assertively. I lost my confidence when I realized that he actually could get Nina's despite her being with the police.How could I forget? I had seen some politicians at his auction that day I was on stage to be bid over. Leo was one powerful bastard. How did I get myself involved with him? If I could get away from Leo again, I swear I would kil
While I was still pacing around, the door handle turned and a woman walked in with a tray in hand. It was the same woman from the last time I was in this room. It was the maid bringing my meal. She paused when she saw that it was me she was about to serve. I could read the thoughts of her mind through her expression. She was sad to see me again, in this same room, not coming to help her but rather back without a choice.Normally in a situation like this, I would feel ashamed but I wasn't. No, I wasn't ashamed, I was just hurt, and angry too. I was hurt that I had told her I would get help for her and the other girls but came back to possibly be one of them. And then, I was angry. I was angry at Omar. I was angry at Leo. I was angry at my fucked up self."I told you it was impossible to escape," she dropped the dish tray on the bed and came to me with a smile."I'm sorry," I felt the need to apologize."Don't do that. I knew your plan to leave here wouldn't be successful but I decided
Morning.I cuddled on the thick duvet as I turned in bed. My body felt so weak after yesterday and I can't tell it's cause; If it's because of the way Leo's men handled me while bringing me to him or if it's what I was injected with that yesterday.I looked at the bedside table and saw the food tray that the maid had brought. I had kept it there before laying to sleep on the bed.Opening and closing my eyes weakly, I heard a knock on the door so I sat up and prayed that it wasn't Leo. I didn't want to see his annoying face first thing after I woke up.The knock remained consistent and I knew it couldn't be Leo, he wouldn't knock that respectfully on my door for that long. He didn't even knock when he returned for his ring yesterday.I got out of bed and headed to the door to see who it was. Peeping through the door's eyehole, I saw that it was the maid from yesterday so I opened the door."Heyy, I haven't eaten yesterday's meal, don't bring me another," I said to her as soon as the do