𝙃𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑:
I was waiting for this moment in my life. I wanted to see what drug cartels looked like in real life. Liam's shipment wasn't any different.
It was pure cocaine hidden in sunflower seeds. To anyone, it would look like a normal truck from Mexican farmlands delivering flowers and seeds to LA.
But I came to know through my spy that this thing costs 20 million dollars. Liam foolishly made a deal with his allies to double the shipments. And his greediness is going to be a major setback for him.
If you want to dethrone a king you have to weaken them first. Liam is the only supplier of drugs in Hollywood. If it's shown that he can't protect his shipments, soon he will lose power. His allies will cut him off.
I set up dynamites under the truck with 2 mins timer. Natasha was standing next to me checking the time.
There it was. The truck exploded right after 2 minutes. It was nice to see Liam's 20 million burning in flames.
I felt the overwhelming feeling of triumph. This is the knife to the heart for Liam and he is going down this time.
" Come on, baby. It's time to go and celebrate our victory." We both got in the car. I put on some pop music and I was happy. Until I got a call from my father.
" What's up, Dad? "
" Why did you abandon your sister? " he yelled.
Sometimes I feel like I am the only intelligent person in my family. Seriously, my dad will be lost without me. " We can't risk everything that we have achieved so far. So many assassins died for the mission. I can't let their sacrifice go waste for her."
" I made a big mistake of leaving her in your control. You assured me that you will stop the wedding and eliminate Liam but you didn't. And just now I got a message that you insulin poisoned Hannah. Tell me it's a lie."
Now he is just annoying me. " I poisoned her. But you have to look through the bigger picture here. I got to divert Liam and destroy his shipments which worth 20 million. And now Liam thinks that we don't care if Hannah lives or dies. He is going to release her soon and we will have her back. This is a win-win situation for everyone. "
He was silent for a while. " So is it okay for you to risk your sister's life? If anything happens to Hannah, then you are cut off. " He hung up after that.
I almost hit the lamp post while turning. How dare he talks to me like that? After all that I have done to him, he says to me that he will abandon me for a slut? This is so unfair.
Natasha looked at me worried. " Don't worry Hec, we will come with something to capture Hannah," she assured me.
I'm really lucky to have such a sweetie by my side.
𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑:
I went inside the emergency room. Hannah was awake and she noticed me entering.
" Are you alright? ", I asked her.
" I'm fine. It was my brother, right? "she asked.
I nodded. She looked so gloomy. I almost felt sorry for her.
" You are going to stay in my penthouse near San Diego for a few days. It's not safe for you here right now. You are leaving tomorrow on my private plane. "
She rolled her eyes. " Why are you doing this much for me? Are you starting to like me? "
I felt like someone stuck me with lightning. Does she think that I like her? She must be crazy.
" Do I look like a 16-year-old to you? Why is your whole family crazy?"
" What do you mean by my whole family? My parents were good people." she snapped.
I could only feel pity for her now. She doesn't even know who is her real parents. And her brother is a psychopath. The more I looked at her, the more sorry I felt for her.
I went outside the emergency room without replying to her and Larry was waiting for me outside. "Looks like you are falling for her. "
Why is everyone thinking like this? I can never fall in love with anyone.
" I'm only concerned about her because she is vulnerable and her brother wants to kill her. " I answered hoping he would understand.
But he still wasn't convinced. " I have never seen you care for any girl as you do with her. There is nothing wrong with having feelings for someone. Don't suppress your feelings. "
What is happening to everyone around me? Ever since I met Hannah, everyone is treating me like a miserable Romeo.
I don't have feelings for her. I just pity her. She had a tragic past. Her
But these people are just assuming things like this. Whatever, I need to keep her safe now.
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I reached the mansion and Ricky was looking anxious.
" There has been a situation with our shipments," he said.
So this is happening again. " Okay, did you try to retrieve our shipments? "
Ricky shook his head. " No sir, it's impossible. Because this time they burned the shipments. "
I felt blank for a moment. Because it was worth more than 20 million. If the Mexican empire knew about this loss, we are in grave danger.
This is what Hector planned. He distracted us all by poisoning Hannah. When we were all focused on taking her to the emergency room, he just stepped in and tampered with my shipments again.
Now my chances of maintaining my empire back are getting thin. I'm not ready to lose to a sadist.
I need to capture Hector immediately. Just then Ricky's phone started to ring. He took out his phone and his face turned pale when he saw it.
" It's Cece!!!", he whispered.
He answered the call and put it on speaker. " Ricky, please listen to me. I surrender to Liam. I'll do everything to bring Hector down. I miss you. I need to see you again and even if you lock me up or kill me, I'll accept it. "
" That is one hell of a speech Cece. I'm mind blown by your love for Ricky. " I said.
" Mr. Eaton, is it you? Please listen to me. I surrender. "
Ricky and I both exchanged confused looks. We both couldn't figure out if this is one of her strategies or if she is surrendering.
" Cece, I respect your concern but if you wanted to surrender, why didn't you do it before? Why didn't you warn me that Hector is going to poison Hannah? Why did you not warn me about my shipments? "
So it looks like she is playing a strategy to get us. She didn't answer anything for a few seconds.
". Listen, Hector is the leader for all of us and he doesn't include me in all of his plans. He is mad at me right now as I sabotaged the mission by involving Hannah. If I had known that he was going to poison Hannah, I would have stopped him. "
Her explanation was convincing enough but she has to prove her loyalty. " Look Cece, you can't just come and surrender to me now. You should be there and tip me all of Hector's next plan.
" I'll do it. I return just want to be in your circle like old times," she said.
Looks like she is a bitch with a heart after all. Ricky's face lit up instantly. He was so depressed for the last few days. Now he looked very much better. So it's proved that love makes people do crazy things, including switching sides and sabotaging missions.
"Okay, then just give up the location of Hector and all the other assassins. If you do this, then you are back in our circle. "
" Only Hector has access to the location of all the assassins."
" Okay, send the location of Hector. "
" I don't know his location. He gave up his apartment to me just today and went away to a new location. We are distributed in the city as common people. There are still a few assassins in disguise even in your gang. You seriously need to come up with a plan to capture Hector. "
I should appreciate the intelligence of Hector. He plans everything in his comfort zone and not even trusts his own people. I should break his shield and make him vulnerable.
" Listen carefully Cece, I'm going to keep Hannah in the penthouse near San Pedro for the next few days. You should somehow convince Hector into attacking the penthouse. I'll make it look like I'm just sending her with just two of my men. He will be completely ambushed and we'll be able to capture Hector easily. If you manage to pull this out, you are back in the circle. " I explained to her carefully. This way I can set a trap for Hector.
" Looks like a good plan to me. I'll tell him that Ricky is still in love with me and wants to join the assassins. That way he won't feel suspicious that I have switched sides. "
Ricky looked pale as he heard her mention his name. This guy is acting like a lovesick puppy. I never thought him to be this emotional.
Well, everyone isn't strong like me. I have lost my family when I was young and I don't get close to anyone now.
" That's your job to manipulate Hector. Now I'll just give privacy to you both love birds. " I said and walked away from them.
I always saw my brother Chris in Ricky. My brother always had a serious relationship with girls, while I had a playboy lifestyle. But the only time when he tried to hook up with a girl whom he had just met in a bar, he ended up dead.
I wish he had continued having a serious relationship in his life. Then he would have been alive now. I missed my brother so much.
I took a deep breath to erase off the pang of sadness I felt. I'll avenge his death for sure.