Inside AIRC company, Charles was sweating in both his hands and palms, as he was talking to a man in a white suit. "Tell me Charles, was it too hard for four of your incompetent goons to kidnap a ten-year-old child? Is that what you are telling me now?" the man on the screen spoke gently, but the way he glared at Charles was enough to give him goosebumps.
"No, that's not what I was saying, sir. The thing is—I did not know what happened on the operation because none of the people I hired made it back alive but trust me, everything would be resolved soon, please give me another chance" Charles begged, his usual icy demeanour replaced to like a child begging for an ice-cream.
The man sighed and rubbed his temples. "I don't think I can trust you with these matters again. You have failed me more than once, and now, I would destroy your life, starting with your filthy company" the man said, about to disconnect the conference call.
"No sir, please wait! I received an intel a week ago about the person responsible for this, and I promise I would take that person out. I also know where the boys currently stay, and nobody knows this family than I do. Please, sir, I'm begging you, give me one last chance, just one, and if I fail you again, you can do anything you want" Charles begged profusely, practically kneeling.
The man on the screen then sighed, spoke a few words to his bodyguard who was sitting next to him, and stared at the screen. "Alright, one last chance, and if you screw this up, you know what is going to happen. I'm sure the news would love to know what your company does in the dark" the man said and immediately disconnected the call.
Charles sighed deeply and rested his chin on his hands and placed them on the table. "I will make sure I kill you with my hands Amy Penn!" he said with gritted teeth. Just then, someone came into his office.
"What's up brother," Henry said as soon as he walked in. "Ohh someone has been stress-eating, come on brother, cheer up" Henry joked and made his way to the nearest seat. "Henry, can you stop joking at a time like this? This is not funny!" Charles glared at Henry angrily.
Henry laughed and raised his hands in defence "Alright, alright I hear ya. But seriously, why this sour mood of yours? Did the mission fail?" Henry asked with a serious face.
Charles did not respond immediately, instead, he turned around and took a document, then passed it to Henry. "Look at what your stupid girlfriend just did," Charles said furiously. Henry opened the document and read the contents and was shocked.
"Don't tell me she did all this?" Henry demanded. Charles raised his head and twisted his face in rage "Who else apart from her! I tracked her movement weeks ago, and she went to Boston a day after I fired her. What did you think she was doing there, having a vacation?" Charles then opened the bottled water and drank quickly.
Henry then dropped the document on the table and smiled "Why did you not tell me about all these, brother, I would have offered you some help. Luckily, you're sitting with the person that knows Amy from A to Z, I can help you coax her to end this."
"No Henry I'm done with being the nice guy. After helping her wretched life for more than five years, this is what she's doing to repay me, I want her out of the picture Henry, I want her dead!" Charles hollered, then calmed down and typed on his computer.
Henry fell into deep thought. He knew why Amy was doing this to her. Since her boyfriend died, her character took an opposite turn, and she became wild, angry, vengeful, and bitter. She even had the guts to snub him when he was talking to her.
"I should have killed you and your boyfriend together" Henry mumbled angrily, before looking up with a determined face. "I will bring her here. Don't worry, since she's the problem here, let me drag her back so that she will join her boyfriend in hell!" Henry said agitatedly.
"No Henry, you are not going at all. I've hired professionals to do the job. Just go back to work" Charles said without looking up from the monitor. "The same professionals that that wimpy girl took out? The same professionals that failed to kidnap an unarmed kid? Tsk tsk, you must be kidding Charles." Henry said with an obvious mockery in his tone.
Charles looked up and stared at Henry "Don't test me, Henry. Go back to work, I've got this." Charles growled, before facing his monitor once again. Henry stared at Charles for a couple of seconds, then proceeded to stand up. "This is gonna fail Charles, just like the other previous missions," Henry said as he exited the office.
"Idiot" Charles said.
Henry walked out of the office and quickly walked to his office. "Mike!" Henry screamed. A thin man with a slightly oversized suit came rushing into his office. 'Yes s-sir?" he stuttered. Henry glared at him and said "Where were you, you know what, never mind. I will not be around for a while, so in my absence, you attend to the clients that come to my office and finish all the paperwork on my table, you understand?"
"Y-yes sir, I understand" the thin assistant said in a tiny voice. Henry then took his briefcase and stuffed some documents before exiting his office, but he came back and stared at his assistant "One more thing, don't appear like this tomorrow, go buy an appropriate suit and wear them. If I hear that you come to work looking like this, consider yourself fired!" Henry warned and left, leaving the thin man shivering in fear.