Everyone who belonged to the upper crust part of South-Hills had gathered at Bartholomew White's fundraiser event.
It included the whole Wilson family, the Fords, Dwane Farehya and Ricky.
Bartholomew was closely associated with Fred Wilson, which is why the Wilson family had heavily funded his Mayoral campaign.
Like any other social event, Michelle and Ricky took their corner while Alec socialised.
"You seem distracted." Michelle told Ricky who was actually looking for Isobelle.
"Umm.. nothing." he replied without paying attention to her words.
"Dwane came in this morning."
"Uh-huh" Ricky replied.
"He was talking about Mr. White."
"He is fine. " Ricky replied absentmindedly
"And then he strangled me." Michelle said as she gauged his reaction.
"Yeah sure."
She punched him on his shoulder, "Richie!"
"Ouch." He whimpered in pain.
"What are you distracted about?" She elaborated each word.
"What's wrong?" Alec walked towards them with Isobelle while Ricky's face was still scrunched up in pain.
"She hit me." he complained.
"I didn't hit you. Stop being a child." She snapped her hand at him.
"Ouch, it hurts." he acted out, making everyone, including himself, burst into loud chuckles.
They saw Lyla and Daniel approaching them,
"You must be socialising in such events Michelle, it'll be good for your business." Lyla suggested.
"Yes, Mom." Her formal nature with Lyla didn't go unnoticed from the people around her.
"Come along, I'll introduce you to some of them." Alec walked with her.
With time the crowd was busy enjoying their time at the fundraiser.
"BANG…"
Everyone was in a state of panic and turmoil when they heard the gunshot sound. They saw a man standing in front of them holding a gun to Mr. White's 7 year old son.
Seeing the crowd running in all directions the man fired the gun up in the air, further scaring the crowd.
"Everyone stay still and keep your hands up in the air." He roared.
"ALEC WILSON step forward."
Michelle and Alec exchanged glances. She widened her eyes and slightly shook her head at him warning him to not step forward.
It was Michelle instead, who stepped forward,
"He isn't here." she said out loud.
Daniel and Lyla's blood ran cold when they heard Michelle.
"Nonsense, he is the prime funder of this corrupt campaign. Step forward Alec Wilson or this child will die now."
"NO.." Mrs White cried out as she almost fainted.
Everyone else around stood still in utter shock. In the state of extreme panic, only a few people tried to remain calm, Michelle was one of them.
"You know you'll get nowhere by harming the child, Let Him Go." Michelle said as he stepped towards the man.
Everyone close to Michelle was scared and shocked at her audacity.
'Does she have a death wish?' Dwane thought.
"No Way, why should I show any pity towards this pig's child." He scoffed looking at Mr. White.
"When he threw hundreds of us out of job" He spat.
"And now he wants to be the Mayor? Alec Wilson is equally responsible for our loss." He sneered.
"You won't get your job back by hurting a child, let him go and we'll talk about it. Put the gun down." She calmly spoke to him as she walked further close.
The man wasn't a criminal but an aggravated commoner. As Michelle approached him, his hands started trembling. He pointed the gun to her,
"Stay right there Lady, don't take a further step."
She saw him trembling and decided to distract him with words.
"Whatever happens, you can't leave Scott free, now it's only your actions that'll determine how long you'll be imprisoned. Drop the gun now, it'll only be a few months. The people who lost their jobs will be reemployed. Trust me on it." She continued to speak while her focus was on the gun.
Everyone else around were holding their breaths in fear.
"Do anything dangerous and you are in for life, think wisely sir.."
She was able to distract him as he started to think about consequences.
Michelle started to move closer as she talked with him. Before anyone could comprehend the sudden actions, she swung her leg up in the air, kicking his hand.
The gun fell from his hands and Mr. White's son also managed to wriggle out from his other arm.
The man saw armed guards approaching him, in no time he pulled Michelle and placed a knife on her throat. His actions made everyone stop
"No.. Mich.." Lyla cried but Daniel tried to stop her.
"Step Forward Alec Wilson." He screamed again.
"Alec Don't." Michelle said before Alec could move.
The man got annoyed and tightened his grip on her, bringing the knife much closer to her throat.
"Step forward Mr. Wilson or this woman dies" he howled.
Michelle's face got menacingly dark,
"Do I look like someone who is afraid of Death?"
she whispered in a plain yet sinister manner startling the man behind her.
With brute force she pushed her head backwards hitting his chin. He pulled his hand to himself in sheer pain and doing it, the knife slightly cut through Michelle's skin on the side of her neck.
Getting their window, the guards captured the man and pulled him out.
"Bartholomew White is a corrupt pig, the city will starve if he becomes the mayor…" he continued to make severe inarticulate allegations and comments on him as he was dragged out by the guards.