He sat in his study eyes closed head on his hand and elbows propped up on his desk, his glasses sat on his silver hair. He waited for his maid to get the coffee he had ordered his head felt like c4 explosives were going off.
Someone knocked on the door ."come in he replied to the door knock."
"it was his maid with coffee she walked across the study towards the desk she placed the coffee on the desk hands slightly shaking hair on the hands standing up goosebumps were clearly visible. She turned around a tear dropped from her eyes only if he had seen it he would have been saved but it wasn't his lucky day. The door slid close with a click sound in the end.
He moved his hands forward to get the cup. he leaned back and took a sip of the steaming hot coffee, and another sip and another. Floor board creaked his eyes shot up to recognize the source in the dim lighted room, his eyes went wide mouth opened and closed his throat was blocked his mouth ran dry the hold on coffee cup tightened he felt numb, a figure stood in front of him. He wanted to speak questions flooded his mind but no voice came out.
"hello brother " the figure spoke instead.
"h-h-how" he stuttered voice a whisper he had now the same goosebumps as the maid.
"oh come on brother you of all people knew I was alive didn't you"
"no it's not possible you died"
"died" the figure chuckled "you killed you just so that i won't take over the company after all i was always dad's favorite wasn't I; aah good old days" he mocked pain clear in his voice.
"why are you here go back from where you came what's dead stays dead" he picked up his coffee ready to throw it on the figure standing in front of his desk but something happened he was pulled back downwards his heart pained his body was frozen the cup fell from his hands his throat tightened foam came out of his mouth he raised his hand towards his brother for help "brother" he gasped he couldn't breath.
"oh brother why should I help you hmmm tell me remember when we were in the opposite situations I was dying but what did you do left me there to do if it wasn't for that gentleman who took me to the hospital in time" he leaned forward on the table and looked at his dying brother two emotions flashed in his eyes fire of revenge and happiness of victory "your son will also pay for your mistakes and actions" he then looked in his brother's eyes who struggled in his seat for air half dead. And he left his brother to die everything was same this time quarrel between two brother's one dying because of the other the only thing that wouldn't be same this time was there will be no savior this time.
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Alex drove away from his office he was stuck in the traffic he waited for the red light to turn green his phone rang he clicked the button on his bluetooth device attached to his ears and recieved the call "yes"
"s-s-sir" a shaky maid's voice stuttered from the other side"
"what is it "
"your f-father"
"what happened"
"he is no more" with that the phone was abruptly cut
"whaaaaaat; nooooooooooo" Alex's voice boomed in the car
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She drove the company's car,she was going back to her home after leaving the office. It was a tough day they still had no news of the gunman it had been two days since the truth had been revealed but no one new where the gunman was yet or what he would do next.
She had given the phone to Ellen for decoding he had said it would almost take one week to unlock it as there were too many security locks. He was the only one she could trust plus he was good at what he did.
Tires screeched in front of the building it shone perfectly due to the lights in the night sky there were six floors she lived on the top, she reversed and parked the car , she got off the car turning off the engine and slamming the car door.
She entered the building the receptionist sat at the left corner cctv footage played in front of him there was a lift on the wall across from him the re were stairs on the far left corner that reflected the silver light from the chandelier hanging above she sulked towards the lift, her body ached like crazy she hadn't sleep peacefully for a long time with the gunman nightmares following her. there was a ding noise and the lift came to an abrupt halt 6th floor was displayed on the tiny screen above the lift door as the doors slid open.
She came out of the lift there were two doors in front of her the one on the left was her apartment she unlocked the brown wooden door and went inside.She stretched entering the dark room and scanned the wall beside the door until her hand reached the switchboard she flicked the lights on the room brightened up in no time she threw her hand bag on the couch and was about to go to the kitchen when something caused her to abruptly stop.
Her eyes wide as saucer her heart beat increased mind raced for answers her entire body screamed alert alert to her; there was a message on the floor between the kitchen and couch, written with red paint
only half of my revenge is left
It was gunman she was 110% sure, she checked under the couch in the kitchen, in her Rom, in the bathroom, behind the curtains, under the stairs,on the roof, everywhere but no sign of gunman. He was long gone. Now her mind overflowed with new set of questions 'what does this means' 'why was he here' what was the purpose of telling it to me'little did Sarah knew that her questions were about to be answered soon.
"Alex" she thought 'if half part of his mission was left that meant one of them had to die but she was alive that means......no....no..no...no' she talked to herself.
She dialed Alex's number on her phone and called him the call wasn't reaching the other side she was hyperventilating "why isn't he picking up... damn it Alex pick up" she pressed the red button on the screen and the line was cut. She dialed another number the phone was ringing on the other side, she picked up her car keys from the couch, she switched off all the lights and ran out of the house closing the door making sure it was perfectly locked. No one was picking up the phone call. She called again she was in her car by now. There was still no answer but she tried again it was her only chance she drove on full speed on the road
"h-hello"a shaky voice answered the phone
"Is Alex there ?" she fired away the question.
"his father just passed away"
"whAAAt?how, when why?" she fired away the questions at the poor housemaid.
"later in the evening he committed suicide" Sarah could hear the sadness in the housemaid's house. the line was cut until now.
She was on her way to Alex's father house, Why would he commit suicide? 'how can this even happen? so many questions but no one to answer.
This is not possible she thought to herself and that's when red painted letters flashed through her mind. It all made sense half revenge, it wasn't about her she wasn't part of the revenge it was Alex and his father she was just collateral damage in all of this. But this all meant
"he was killed........"