Damon leaned into his chair and folded his arms, as he starred at Paige. She pouted her lips at him when he starred at her with a hard look.
"Whose face is that?"
"Our traitor's".
"What traitor?"
"The one responsible for all our problems, about the diamond".
Damon took in a deep breath to calm himself. "Which traitor?" He asked in a low, controlled voice.
"No need to get testy, I'll explain," she hurriedly said when she saw Damon's face go a few shades darker. She made herself comfortable on a chair and started filling her plate with food before she began, "I thought about what Rhys said, about the crossbow killer being Gina Giambelli and for good reasons too. Unless she's some kind of boo bitch or zombie, she didn't die...."
"Fast - forward to the end!" Rhys exclaimed.
"Shut it asshole!" She continued, "one of the goons had to have snuck her out with the rest of the corpse, so I went to Bruno to confirm. He said they were only two goons that got rid of the bodies, him and a guy called Seth, after that, Seth disappeared". She drank the wine, too quickly for pleasure, and poured a second glass for herself. "You wouldn't believe what that sucker did, he took her to his brother and father, who are also mercenaries, and obviously they rubbed off on her. She trained till she was a mother - fucking - killing - machine". Paige finished.
"So that's Seth?" Rhys asked and Paige answered in the affirmative. "Well that was exciting. She took out Theo, Sebas, Spider, ant, am next"
"Well Seth mentioned she spent her days thinking of only one thing, revenge, so I think it's safe to say she's not the forgiving type". Paige pointed out.
" Jeez, who would have thought?" Rhys asked sarcastically.
"Definitely not you"
" just what I need now".
"Brutal honesty? I got you covered".
Rhys was about to retort when Damon voice roared. "Shut up! Just shut the fuck up the both of you! " Just like bickering children. He turned to Paige, "You've got a plan?"
"We use Rhys as bait." She said smirking at the dumbstruck look on Rhys face.
"Take a few men with you," Damon said.
"I think I can handle one girl".
"Just bring back my diamond, Okay?" Paige shook her head. "Better still, I'll go with you, I want to be there to witness the death of a Giambelli". Rhys couldn't believe that is life was being put in the line so easily, without fret or worry.
Inside Paige's condo....
Paige franticly searched her already messed up condo . She tossed her clothes out the cupboard creating a pile in the floor. She searched under her bed, before turning every furniture upside down before she found it. Her guns, she smiled in relief as she caressed the weapons.
Her twin pair of H&K USP pistols also known as Sid and Nancy, with a golden slider with her initials on and a black frame. It's a semi - automatic handgun with a muzzle compensator that reduces muzzle climb.
Paige went down to meet Rhys who both had a cigarette between his fingers. She took a deep , appreciate sniff of the smoke - stung air. She took the cigarette from Rhys and passively inhaled the smoke before crushing it and burying it under the mulch on the side of the path. "Lets go". They all got into the red car and drove off...
They stopped inside an abandoned amusement park and went into the fun house, which was now the dark house. The place was dark and ominous, a real fright for children. Paige led them to an elevator, she punched her finger on a button and the election started to move. Paige hummed a song on the way up.
They elevator stopped at the top of the fun house. The top was a light house it had a huge light that faced the lake.
"How do you she'd find us?" Rhys asked as he plopped himself on a sofa.
"She will, she was probably even following us". Paige said. "I'll stay behind those crates, you just make yourself comfortable..."
"How thoughtful...."
"Before your death," Paige finished. She walked away smiling but stopped in her tracks for a moment before turning back. "Am not going to let you die, okay? I don't want you to die". She isn't going to lose anyone else, wasn't ready to...
Rhys was shocked, 'did she just sound emotional or I did not hear right? NAAH, I didn't hear right', he concluded but the look in her eyes showed otherwise. It showed so much Pain that even he didn't want to die so he won't add to it. He knew she gets like this, even worse than this, but never in front of anyone. She was the kind to cry late at night and come back the next morning smiling. If her smiles could show her heart we would all be crying for her. It's amazing what a smile can hide.
He patted the seat next to him and Paige complied with his unspoken order. She sat next to him and he placed her head on his shoulder. "Remember when we first met?" Rhys asked with his head in hers.
"Of course", she stated and started to recollect their first meeting. "It was in the alley behind the club".
"Hmm mm".
"You walked out of the club and found me sitting in the club's scenic alley".
"I said, ' hey, you're the singer no one listens to' ".
"And I said, ' hi, you're the asshole no one likes' " they both laughed at themselves. "Lets see any other first meetings top that".
"I did listen to your song, it was kinda hard not to with a voice like yours, little bird". He mimicked the tone Damon uses to call her.
"Well, am happy my songs could reach someone, especially the darkest of soul. If you die I'll never forgive you".
"I wouldn't want to have unfinished business with the living". They both laughed.
"Do you wanna play a game?" Paige raised her face to meet his.
"Now?"
"To pass time".
"Fine, am going on a Picnic and bringing, sandwich, cake, lemonade, apples, pie, ice cream...beer!" Paige Chuckled at Rhys last addition to the list.
They were playing 'Am going on a Picnic and bringing..." everyone would add an item to the list and the next person would have to recall the whole list before making an addition of their own.
It was silly and childish but it was their favorite game. Neither of them got to play any childhood games. Rhys was abandoned by his mother, she left him in an orphanage the day he was born. The place was called, ' The sisters of quiet mercy ', a place for troubled youth and the left behind. He absconded the place at the age of ten and fend for himself ever since. He lived of the street, doing some minimal work or whatever it took to feed.
While Paige parents never had her time, to play with her or to take her to an actual picnic. All she was to them was a career stopper and home wrecker. It felt like there was this train to the left of her life and she missed it, now she's stuck in this limbo.
Suddenly the glass shattered into several pieces and hit the floor as a figure swing through the window. Paige and Rhys jolted to their feet and aimed their gun at person. They were both shocked at the presence in the room with them.
"What the hell are you doing here Montez!? And did you just swing into here?"
"I followed you, and yes".
"Nice going Rhys, you got us followed".
"You wanted us followed."
"Yeah, but not by her".
"Maybe you could have checked if we were being unnecessary followed".
"We'll talk about how you did a bad job later".
"Me?"
"Why did you follow us?"
"You're here to do Damon Smith's dirty work. Why do you do it? Why do you work for him?"
"Well like the saying goes, behind every successfully business man there's a badass broad making it all happen."
"Well, you're making things happen for the man who killed your family. He killed your sister and mother".
"Stop saying lies to save your own skin. I shouldn't work for Damon, then who should I work for, you? That's probably why you're here. Where were you when my sister got kidnapped, when my mother was left on the road, in the pool of her blood, broken bones and a bullet holes. You could have changed a life. The police also had a hand in destroying our life. And now you come here, asking me to work for you, yeah good luck with that".
"Am sorry about, I truly am, but if we don't stop Damon Smith, countless families will go through what yours had to, and That's not happening on my watch."
Paige heard a ding and turned. She watched the elevator door open and the person we've been waiting for finally arrives. She aimed her crossbow and fired....