“I love Kedade, sunny. I will not stop you if you want to report me to Dario.” Saga went on confessing his love for Kedade. The latter shivered nervously. The consequences for this confession would be dire if Pavel heard about it. Sunny smirked, walked up to Kedade and hugged her. Saga smiled, feeling relieved that his secret was safe. Kedade also chirped and wrapped her arms around Sunny tightly. “Thank you, Sunny.” she said. “Don’t thank me, Kedade. You are free to love whomever you want.” Sunny told her. “it is not fair that you have to live your lives like this.” “Tell that to Dario.” Kedade remarked nervously. “Relax. Your secret is safe with me. I hope Lusha here is also trustworthy.” Sunny commented. Lusha nodded with approval before she went to Kedade’s drawer and slipped out the paper where she had written her story of captivity. She returned to Sunny and handed it over to her. “Thank you, Lusha. I will read it.” Sunny remarked and tu

Chapter Thirty-Three Still in shock about what Sunny had told him, O’Neil hesitated to give an answer. His life was on the line either way but his death would be terrible if he was caught as a traitor of the syndicate. So he chose to side with Pavel instead.“I cannot do what you are asking me to do.”“You said you would do anything to save your life.”“You have punished me in a corner, my lady. Either way I am a dead man.” O’Neil replied.“In that case, you leave no choice.” Sunny said and clapped her hands. Kedade and Lusha crept out of hiding and joined them. O’Neil was shocked to see Kedade holding a phone in her hand.“That is not allowed here.”“I borrowed it from Pavel.” Sunny said as Kedade handed it over to her. “I told him that you were misbehaving with me and he asked for proof. So I just got it a few minutes ago

Lance sprang up, closed the distance between and Kedade and swept her off the floor, swaying her in the air as he gazed into her weary eyes. “Kedade!” Lance chirped. “You are alive.” “Yes, brother. I thought I’d never see you again.” Kedade said as he placed her back on the floor. “You don’t know how much I missed you.” Lance said, looking at Kedade with love. Kedade hugged her brother and wept solemnly. “Brother!” She snuffled. “They told me you were dead. Do you remember what happened to you back then?” Lance said. “I don’t what happened brother. I just found myself at the brothel.” Kedade remarked. “I have to go back to the general hospital for inquiry. They must explain to me how this happened.”  Lance said and turned to Evans, embracing him heartily. “You are the best, Evans.” “Only doing my job, boss.” Evans was smiling triumphantly. “You work for NBCI, Evans. I though O’Neil was your friend.”

Chapter thirty-Seven The coming week was hectic one. Possible attacks had to be discussed, plans had to be drawn, scrutinized and reviewed till everyone was satisfied. IPS also sent its own squad to help Lance and John during the operation. This was how Lance made two more friends, Jodi and Henna. Henna was tall, slender and pretty, often reminding him of Gabriella while Jodi was more like John, always out to help him whenever he needed help. That night, Lance and John left home and went to the headquarters to prepare for an operation. After dressing up in full combat attires, Lance and his squad members ambushed the route which O’Neil and Pavel were to use to transport the girls and women they had kidnapped from their home. It was cold and dark but Lance did not seem to mind. His priority was catching Dario Pavel at all cost. Meanwhile, John and his squad stationed themselves at the junction where the police check point always resided while Jodi, Henna and their u

Chapter Thirty-Nine Sunny woke up, took a bath and dressed up quickly. A servant had come to inform her that Lorenzo needed to see her immediately. She assumed that the urgent call was about Dario’s failure to complete his operation with O’Neil. Slowly walking into Lorenzo’s cambers, Sunny greeted her supposed father-in-law. He nodded and gestured her to a nearby seat. Sunny took a seat and looked at Lorenzo, intently scrutinizing him. He looked worried and weary, a sign that the ambush had taken a toll on him.“You called for me, father.” Sunny started the conversation. It had no being long since she arrived but she was already eager to have the conversation done with and leave because she loathed Lorenzo more than she did his son.“How is Dario?” He asked frantically.“The doctor said he will be fine after taking enough rest.” Sunny said. “He is lucky the bullet only hit his arm