In the morning by the beach. Giselle laid by the waters.
"Oh My Gosh!",Giselle exclaimed breathlessly as she sat upright looking around the shores and immediately stood up on her feet.
Memories of the previous night flashed rapidly causing her a slight dizziness.
"How am I still alive!" Her tears rolled down her cheeks.
Looking up to the sky ,she yelled in anguish, "Just take me too. You don't have to save me. I hate it already. You took my parents and left the blame on me. But why?!" .
Giselle covered her face in her palms and wailed.
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Meanwhile, At Vex's apartment.
Vex pushed the door open into a room that had a board of pictures, arranged according to ranks in the Twero mafia clan except the Boss that had a question mark.
He went ahead to cross out the three men he had shot dead the previous night with a highlighter then counted that there weres only 37 men left of the grey mask soldiers.
His cell phone rung before he could circle the capo of the grey mask soldiers .
He received orders to find Giselle and end her then hung up.
Vex shifted the highlighter to his own soldiers, the blood red mask soldiers and noted minus 20 out of the 40 soldiers.
He took up a brown goon mask from his collection and walked out the door, locked it and opened the door to another room.
Vex walked into his sitting room and made a call as he poured wine into the glass.
" Assemble 20 of the best gunmen. It's gonna be a long night", he hung up and gulped up his wine.
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Mr Winsley walked into the police inspector's office and took a seat.
"Good day sir, how may I help you?", a young man's voice said from behind . Mr Winsley turned his head to see.
Inspector, Surgent Jaron Numa, handsome ,tanned skin and black brush cut hair.
Jaron took his seat as Mr Winsley asked him about Giselle's whereabouts.
"Sorry Sir, still no news .But if you know of any places she may have run to hide, please tell us . We need her statement."
"I will if I recall . But please handle her alittle carefully."
"I apologise for yesterday. Unfortunately the two lost their lives ,I would have punished them myself. Just a reminder, if you are hiding her from the law, you will be taken as an accomplice so just hand her over at sight." He warned as he took up his ringing phone.
Mr Winsley walked out offended but didn't express because Jaron had put the phone to his ear.
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Giselle looked at her hands then quickly rushed to the waters and washed off the blood stains.
"Uncle." She ran towards the exit but before she could proceed to the gate. She took cover behind a standing post after seeing Jaron and three policemen go to the gatekeeper.
"How did they…" She peeped and blushed ," Oh My eyes!.....I wish we met under different circumstances…..Now I need to get to Uncle ".
Giselle peeped and confirmed the policemen and the gatekeeper were in the security room.
Swiftly She ran out the gate and kept running as she looked back to see if she was being followed.
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"Did you find out where she is?",Vex asked his soldier as he cleaned his glock pistol with a towel.
"No Sir".
"Assign men to keep an eye on every one of her relatives and friends. She will need refuge soon . When you find her, position 20 soldiers to take her hostage. Don't kill her yet".
"Yes sir". He walked away and closed the door behind him.
Vex counted the bullets to 20 then added an extra bullet. " I owe you one. little girl". He smirked.
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Giselle knocked at the gate to Winsley's home. Once the gate was opened, she fainted at the glimpse of Mr Winsley and his daughter.
Later in the night, Giselle gasped at waking from her nightmare. She looked around breathing heavily and got off bed and went into the washroom with the clothes that were on the couch.
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"Sir, 20 men are staged in location waiting for your signal", he said and walked out of Vex's office.
Vex smirked," Naive .…..One last chance ". He arose from his seat and wore black gloves .
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Giselle walked out the room after she cleaned up and changed to a clean dress.
As she walked towards the kitchen, she could hear voices in disagreement. Giselle rushed to eavesdrop.
"But that is the best way we can help out", Winsley insisted.
"No Dad, I disagree. Informing the police isn't…."
Giselle ran as soon as she heard Blanca mention the police. She opened the main door and saw the gate being opened for the police cars .she immediately thought of an alternative escape and ran towards the back small gate.
Giselle was now out but unlucky because she was faced with a policeman. He made a quick walkie-talkie report as Giselle fled to the sidewalks. Running as fast as her feet could take her as she looked back from time to time. After realising that she was slowing her pace, Giselle branched off route through the alleys till she figured there might be policemen in wait at the end of the alley.
She had barely decided on whether she should continue running through the alleys or head toward the main road when she felt a pull by the hand.
Giselle's mouth was covered as a strong arm wrapped over her arms. Two policemen ran fast past them without looking back.
Giselle was released, she turned quick to see who had helped her.
He wore a black pull-up hoodie that covered the black beanie on his head along with a black face mask
Before Giselle could utter a word ,he put a finger on his own lips then took her hand and dragged her along . Giselle just followed wondering what was going on until they had reached by the side walk of the road.
He stood still then suddenly pulled Giselle to his chest as if leaning in for a kiss. Giselle tried pushing his chest but he tightened his hold on her waist as his left hand caped her chick.
Giselle's heart beat was fast that she wondered why. Could it be because she was nervous ...or scared out of her skin. He had his face so close to Giselle that she could inhale his breath.
Giselle looked up to his gaze as her hands relaxed on his chest.He had beautiful sparkling round eyes that briefly had Giselle mesmerised.
He whispered to Giselle's lips , "Run on this path, as fast as you can." His deep voice sounded sweet even if he was whispering and the closeness had her love struck.
Giselle nodded after coming back to her senses then started running as she looked at the back of the stranger that had intervened to help her escape. She wondered if he knew that she is innocent of the charges against her, was he there, Can he stand witness on her behalf . Alot of questions but no answers.
Some policemen saw Giselle pass by ,quickly started running after her as they shouted to alert their fellow colleagues to join in.
Suddenly gunshots were fired at the policemen they had to take cover behind poles and started shooting to the expected directions.
The mysterious man in the black hoodie joined in shooting everywhere except the police. His skills proved perfect because his targets were so accurate that he didn't miss a single shot until policemen started shooting in his direction. He had to flee from the Site to keep his identity unknown.
Giselle ran until she saw a group of young women boarding a black tinted 15 passenger taxi. She hopped in without asking and as soon as the door was closed she saw young women slumbering then next she found herself feeling weak as her eyes felt heavy and heavier then it went dark.
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Vex sat cross leg with a glass of wine in his right hand and a burning cigarette on the other.
A man bumped into his office covered in blood .
"Sir , we failed to get her. All our men have been shot dead . Only I survived".
Vex arose and furiously threw his glass of win across the room.
"How did you let that happen?" ,he yelled.
"There were policemen after her " He bowed his head.
Vex walked over to him ," Policemen you say. You failed because.."
"There was a man too. In a black hoodie. We couldn't see his face",he panicked
Vex turned and banged the table in rage as he groaned
"Get out",he commanded.
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Giselle and the others started waking up one by one as they looked around. They were all young and natural beauties around 8 with Giselle being 9th and the youngest. They were in a room and as soon as they were fully awake they started asking each other if anyone knew where they were. Giselle arose and rushed to the door .it was locked . The others looked at each other as fear started showing on their faces.
In no time, all of them focused silently towards the door being opened . A woman in her late 20s walked in with two gun men behind her.
"I see you're all awake...and bothered." She mouthed counting and looked to one of the men." Weren't they supposed to be 8?".
One man pointed to Giselle and whispered to her ears.
She smiled and walked to Giselle.
"Call me Stariz", she touched Giselle's cheek diwn to her chin. Giselle shove Stariz's hand.
"Quite bold, aren't you. Rose suits you", she walked to the others that were terrified.
"Is that how you look at your manager?! All your applications were accepted. You will start work tomorrow. Warning, Don't dare try or think of leaving this proximity. Or else …" She took a pistol from one of the men," peww and the end. No one'sgoing to miss you. Obey and live". She walked out with the men and locked the door.
One of the ladies asked Giselle, " What did you apply for?"
Giselle gave no response as she looked at each one of them.
"I am Selly, I applied to be a cashier in a casino. " the others mummered to each other in agreement to Selly.
"I am Coral , I guess we all applied for the same post." The rest agreed saying they had applied for cashier in a casino. "So that being said. I am the best candidate for this post",Coral added.
Giselle rolled her eyes then looked away as the girls went on introducing each other and attacking each other on who was best for the job except Selly. She was rather calm and reserved.
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Vex unbuttoned his shirt and threw it on the bed as he rushed to the bathroom mirror. He took off the bandage that was soaked in blood. He took out the first aid kit from the shelf and opened it and cleaned the wound on his shoulder then dressed it.
"Where is she?" ,he asked looking at his reflection.
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In the morning,
Vex sat by his dine table with a glass of wine in his hand as he read the documents before him. He took a sip then put the glass on the table and took up a picture of a beautiful woman in her early 30s.
He dialed and put the phone on loud speaker.
"I got your message. Give me details ".
The other side of the call was a woman's voice .
"Goodmorning Laudel , About those files. That woman is Vira Cuma , Owner of Wang chain casinos. Everything looks legal until you get a V.I.P invitation. She has an underground business. Probably drugs ,weapons, illegal stuff. I can't tell. Most of the guests invited are top notch wealthy conglomerates. Why are you suddenly into casinos anyway?"
Vex smirked," Ever heard the word mind your business!....look it up"
"I can feel your smirk you jerk. Good luck with whatever you want to get yourself into "
Vex hung up and took a sip of his wine then pushed his chair and arranged the papers then burnt them.
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Coral stood up and crossed her arms,"Shouldn't we be doing an interview by now. They took our phones ,gave us meals but say nothing about working"
Selly sat next to Giselle, " Hi. You haven't talked to anyone since yesterday ".
Giselle replied, "They're annoying as it is" ,Giselle looked at the others and felt the difference. For the fact that she was from a wealthy background,
Selly observed Giselle's attitude ,"You look young. how old are you? And, something about you gives off a rich girl vibe ,I hope you're not offended. "
Giselle looked back at Selly and replied, "I just made nineteen.....Rich , huh....I don't know",she sighed then made a brief smile and turned her body to face Selly.
"You know , It was wrong of you all to fall for a night interview. Don't you find it odd, non of us know where we are because we slept during the ride. Only to find ourselves in a room like this. Is it possible that…" The door was opened and everyone went silent.
"You've started talking gibberish",said the gun man as he took Giselle by the arms. Everyone else was puzzled and by instinct Giselle scanned the whole room and spotted a beeping red light ,she was right ,it was a camera and voice recorder. she made an eye contact with Selly then looked to the camera. Selly traced Giselle's sight and discovered what was going on. The gun man took Giselle out of the room leaving the others in question as Selly reckoned what Giselle had said.
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Later in the night. A mysterious figure broke into the Twero's secret room and fled off with a folder of the clan's top secrets leaving the alarms off as the armies rushed about the whole building.
The mysterious thief stood and looked back then took a black bird hair pin and threw it in the grass outside the fence wall.
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