Chapter 42 - RUSSIAN

"fuck it" Selena said after another failed attempt to loosen the ropes, she wished it had been hand cuffs instead of ropes, escaping from ropes was really difficult. 

Selena stopped struggling and decided to try something else, she placed her hand on the ground as she tried to get up but she fell hard on the floor. 

"Curse you Diana" Selena spoke as her body hit the floor, Diana had tied her hands together with her legs making it almost impossible for Selena to walk. 

Selena sighed again, she was restless, she wasn't comfortable in this situation. Selena was sure that hours had passed since she woke up, no one was coming to save her. Selena couldn't say she wasn't disappointed, infact she was devastated but then again, people disappoint, you just have to get used to it. 

Selena thought that things would be easier if she could see, and so she tried taking the blind fold off, her hands were down and so Selena had to bend her head down so she could reach her face. 

Selena gently pulled the blind fold several times before it was finally off, Selena was relieved, she had to blink several times to get used to the dim light. The place wasn't so dark, Selena could see a few things, she looked around and judging from the structure she could guess it was a building. 

Selena sighed in relief, now all she had to do was look for something sharp to cut herself loose. Selena looked behind her and noticed that she was leaning on a table, she reached her hand to feel what was on it. 

Selena quickly grabbed an object when she felt it's pointy end, she brought it down and her face was filled with horror once she saw what it was. 

Selena was staring at a knife, a small knife, she also had one of these in her apartment, they were special knives that can be kept in pockets or inside your dresses. 

Selena swallowed the lump in her throat as she looked at it, she wondered what else was on the table. If Diana had this with her then.....'Oh God' Selena thought. All of a sudden she was scared, Selena dropped the knife down. 

Her hands were shaky, but it was not just the thought of dying that scared her, but the knife, Selena remembered how many she had killed with it. Tears pooled in her eyes as thoughts flooded her mind, she could remember everything, the shouts, the cry for help. Selena couldn't believe that Diana choose to punish her like this, the memories, Selena wasn't proud of it, she had always tried to push those memories behind her, starting anew with Damien was helping her, she thought she was okay. 

Of course, how could she escape reality, she was no wife, she was not the dothing fiance, she was a killer, she killed for money, that was her life, she wasn't going to fool anyone. 

Selena sighed, she took a deep breath as she reached her hands to hold the knife again. Selena brought the knife closer to her hand as she tried cutting the rope and then her eyes saw something inscribed on it. 

Selena paused again, she knew that name, how could she forget, she would always hear that name in her dreams, the little girl would always call out to her, nightmares, Selena remembered everything. 

"Damn it" Selena cursed, now she knew what Diana was trying to do, but Selena had to fight it. Selena closed her eyes and she started cutting he rope, she first cut her hands loose before cutting the other. 

Selena got up and then she saw something more horrifying. Selena sighed and closed her eyes and when she opened them it was gone, it was just an hallucination. 

Selena stared at the items on the table, they were all hers, all of this, she remembered having them, they were suppose to be at her old apartment. Diana must have brought them here so as to punish her, Selena picked up the knife and kept it in her pocket before walking away. 

Selena couldn't see very well in the dark so she was careful not to stumble on something, her steps were slow, one leg after the other and then she stepped on something. 

"Beep" 

Selena heard the sound of something beep and then she heard the sound of doors clanking. Selena knew something was wrong and so she removed her foot and reached her hand out to check what it was.

"Beep beep beep beep" 

Selena's gaze hardened when she saw this, it was a bomb and she mistakenly activated it so now the timer was on. Selena cursed as she squatted on the ground and started disarming the bomb, the timer said she had less than twenty minutes, Selena didn't know if that was enough time. 

...

Earlier ...

Damien packed his car by the side of the road and walked out, the men he called were already standing there. They were about a dozen men dressed in black. 

Dylan couldn't recognize them, for sure this was not Damien's men, so who the hell were they? Dylan didn't voice out his thoughts but he took a note to ask Damien after all of this is over. 

"Did you find her?" Damien asked as he walked closer to the group, he had his hands in his pocket with his face looking still and emotionless as ever. Whatever he was feeling right now, he had to hide it from this men,one slip up from his part then he might just be giving his enemy an opportunity in the future. 

"Well is that how you greet an old friend?" The man said, he seem to be the leader of the group since he was standing in the middle but unlike the rest that dressed like they were going for war, the man was dressed in a simple suit. 

"Russian?"Dylan asked when he heard the Russian ascent from the man, he looked at Damien with raised brows but Damien had ignored him and only had his eyes on the man in front of him. 

"Well if I wanted to welcome you, I would have invited you over for a cup of tea" Damien retorted as he stopped a few meters away from the man. 

"Well a cup of tea does sound nice" The man said as his lips pulled up while he walked closer to Damien. "It's nice to see you too brother" The man said as he shook Damien's hand.