"Arm's POV"
"What are you doing here, Arm?"
"I brought a document to Khun Vegas."
"He went after you at the main family mansion."
"Are you serious?!Damn...my phone is dead...Is it Pete home?"
"Pete?!"
"Yeah...I want to say hi to him...We haven't seen each other for a while."
"Well..."
"Something wrong, Nop?"
"No...nothing...he's already sleeping with Venice. Come another day. I'll text Khun Vegas that you're heading back to the main family mansion."
Something is fishy...Nop rushes to push me toward the exit, but I dodge him and run for the stairs.
"PETE! PETE!"
I call out for Pete as I climb the flights of stairs. Nop runs after me threatening to shoot.
I know he won't.
Suddenly I stop at the top of the stairs and motion for Nop to be quiet.
"Don't you have bodyguards up here?" I whisper to him
"Yes, we have..."
" So why didn't anyone come to hold me?!"
"..."
Nops speaks softly through the eavesdropper and makes a worried expression.
"So..."
"Nobody answers me...not even from the control room."
We both draw our guns.
"Where's Pete, Nop? What is happening?"
"Khun Vegas ordered Pete to stay locked in his room until further notice."
"But...why??"
"So that he doesn't run away and can be protected here."
"Protected? Why? Can Pete defend himself in that room?"
I notice Nop's look of shame and concern.
"He's in chains, Arm."
"FUCK! What direction?"
"Go straight the hall, Arm! I must call Khun Vegas."
Before Nop can deal to Vegas, a bullet goes through the device.
A shower of bullets greets us in the hall and gas bombs turn everything white.
"To the floor!" I yell, pulling Nop down.
...
Vegas' POV
"Hey, stop crying already! otherwise your eyes will pop out, Chay!"
"You' re so mean, Macau!"
As I get out of the car, I hear Macau get out of the car right behind, talking impatiently with Porsche's younger brother.
Macau turns to face me at the entrance to the main family's house, startled.
"Hey, bro! What are you doing here?"
"You didn't come to pick me up to take me back home, did you? I've just arrived! I don't even..."
"I came to talk to Arm."
"Oh no, why?? We didn't do anything! I haven't seen him for days! You guys are burying him under a lot of work and we can't even..."
"Calm down, Macau! It has nothing to do with you. I just need him for a job"
"Another one?!"
"What do you mean?! Did he happen to tell you..."
"No! He didn't say anything, I don't know anything."
"Son of a bitch! What did he tell you??"
"Uh?W-what? Tell what? Nothing! You won't shoot ARM!"
"It doesn't matter now. I need Arm."
"Come on! It's not fair! I need him too!"
"Arm's not here, Khun Vegas." A voice makes us turn around.
"Where's he, Pol?" Macau asks annoyed "Don't tell me P'Kinn sent him on another mission!"
"I actually took him to the minor family mansion."
"To my house?!" I ask, puzzled.
"He said he had something important to deliver to you, Khun Vegas."
Arm found out who the ghost in the video is!!Damn...he's good.
"What do you mean? He went home to see my brother?! What about me?! He didn't even send a message to me!!!"
"He's phone was dead."
I nod to Pol.
"I'm going back to the mansion." I release the driver. "I'm going to drive myself."
"I'm going with you!"
Macau jumps on the hood of the car to get to the passenger side.
"Hey...Macau..." Pol calls out to him through the window.
"Yes..."
"I think you guys should talk."
"Sure we will talk! I came here just to see Arm... make a surprise...and his only concern is complying with my brother's orders?! Macau glare at me, furiously. "He goes to the mansion to take documents to Hia, but not to see me?! He doesn't even care if I'm hanging out without him.
Macau seems to be upset.
"Macau...actually, we went after you at the bar. Arm wanted to see you... surprise you. And I would bring Porchay back home."
"But I didn't see you there..." Macau gets surprised...his anger turns to daze.
"But we saw you..." Pol looks embarrassed.
"Why didn't you come and talk to us?"
"Because you and Porchay were kissing each other, Macau."
"WHAT?!?!NO!! It was not a kiss! Not from my part! Chay was throwing up in that alley, for God's sake!!He was drunk!"
"You kissed someone who was vomiting...?!"
"Of course not, bro!!"
"Oh...okay."
"HE kissed me!!"
"Ew!" Pol makes a disgusted face too.
"Damn! Drive, bro! I need to talk to Arm."
Macau keeps rushing me the whole way.
"Okay, but I need to talk to him before you do."
"Come on, bro! Saving my relationship is top priority! Oooh, maaan!"
"I'm going to ask Nop to hold Arm in the mansion."
While Macau is whining in the car, I call Nop.
Voicemail.
"Weird."
"What?"
"Nop isn't answering the phone.
I call the mansion's control room.
"FUCK!"
"What's up, bro...you're worrying me."
"Nobody answers at the mansion."
I stop the car on the side of the road. The three security cars escorting me stop too.
"Get out of the car, Macau. You go with your bodyguards back to the main family house."
I get out of the car and open the trunk to grab my gun bag.
"What you gonna do?" Macau yells from inside the car.
I return to the car, tossing the huge suitcase onto the backseat.
"Macau, I don't have time for this! GET OUT!"
"NO! I'M NOT GOING! WHATEVER IS HAPPENING, IT'S ABOUT MY FAMILY TOO! INCLUDING ARM!"
Suddenly my phone rings.
The number is unknown.
"Khun Vegas! Cough, cough, cough"
"NOP?! IS THAT YOU?!"
"KHUN VEGAS, The mansion... We are under attack...cough...cough...we are trapped."
Panic invades me.
"PETE! Pete is imprisoned in our bedroom. RELEASE PETE, NOP! RELEASE PETE!"
"NOP?"
"NOP?"
"OH MY GOD!"
I start punching the steering wheel in desperation. "FUCK! FUCK! What have I done?!"
Macau holds my fists tightly.
"Just drive, brother. Drive as fast as you can."
...
Pete's POV
The shadow of a gun has me quickly pulling Venice out of the crib and jumping with him to the floor behind the furniture.
As the bullets hit the mattress of the crib, I draw my gun and shoot the masked man's head, who was shooting my son.
At a glance I see those two bodyguards who were in front of the room, lying on the floor, probably dead.
Both my gun and the masked man's have silencers. The mansion is too big for the commotion in the room to be heard easily. Guards' upstairs are probably dead. But how has this guy entered inside the mansion so easily? bypassing the security cameras and control room? Where's Nop???
Before I can move, another masked man enters through the bedroom balcony and starts shooting in our direction.
There aren't many places to hide in a kid's room. I push Venice under the baby rocking chair as I lunge to the other side to attract the bullets to me.
Venice is still soundly sleeping.
Please don't wake up, son.
I manage to shoot the man's hand, making him drop the gun on the ground. But I'm also out of bullets.
When I try to change the clip of bullets, the man throws himself towards me, causing my gun to be thrown far away.
We start a hand to hand fight.
This guy is very skilled, and he hits my stomach several times painfully.
Venice is my reason to resist the blows and fight back.
I feel like I'm winning the fight, when another armed masked guy appears at the door.
The gun is pointed in my direction, and all I can do is focus my strength and throw the first man forward so that he takes the bullets for me.
However, I'm stuck now...no shield...no gun.
How do I save Venice?
I raise my hands.
"Just kill me...but before you do, tell me who hired you so that I know who I must wait in hell."
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