"Lorraine! Lorraine! Lorraine! Wake up." James shook her motionless body violently, his eyes shimmering with fears and unnamed emotions. Her body was heavy, her eyes tightly closed and her lips were still soft.James positioned his hands on her neck to feel how warm her jugular veins were. There was still life in the veins. He carried her to his room and lowered her on his bed.It was not a good idea to take her to the hospital nor was it a good idea to let their family doctor take care of Lorraine in this critical condition. James picked up his phone and called his friend, Jason.In no time, Jason arrived and began to attend to Lorraine. James had gone to go get some snacks and do a little shopping when his phone began to buzz. He raised it and saw that it was Kyle. "What? Lorraine?! How?" He stopped picking the things he was shopping for and hurriedly paid for the few things in his cart and rushed into his car and drove back home.On his way, James almost ran into a truck, he coul
Somewhere in a bar at night, Kelvin was sitting before a group of strippers who were dancing on the bar pole as the different party colours twinkled around the airtight room. He was completely not interested in the display before him. He had been trying hard to keep himself away from the nostalgic feeling that had been trying to take over him. But the club doesn't seem to be the answer to his problem. After about three hours in the club, he was still not feeling any better.He loathed this particular mood he was in right now. Wasn't it possible to just live and forget about the past?Though It was true that the past shaped the future but fuck it! His own past was trying to wreck his future. These memories were like symbols sculpted on a rock in his mind. The more he tried to wash them away the more he found himself getting hurt.Of all places, why have his memories chosen a rock when the memories could have written themselves at a riverbank for the tide to wash them away? He drunken
James unbuttoned his black Jacket, pulled it off his body and dropped it on one of the chair's hands before lowering his body into the chair.He placed his right leg first on the desk before crossing it with his left leg. A short wicked and mischievous smile curved out of his mouth as he watched David tie Kelvin to a chair tightly."The son of a bitch never thought we were ever going to find him," David stood from his bent posture and moved some inches away from Kelvin. He lowered his body and carried the bucket of water they had brought into the room earlier. He pursed his lips and threw the whole water on Kelvin.Kelvin tensed as he gained back consciousness. Slowly his eyes began to open. At first, everything was a blur but slowly it got clearer and he saw James sitting opposite him, legs crossed. He tensed and struggled to free his hands from the rope but he stopped when he realized all his efforts were not going to help.When his eyes finally opened, he looked around the airtight
"What do you want to know?" He finally gave in with a grunt.David's lips curled negligibly into a smile. They had finally gotten him where they wanted. Now it was time for James to get the words out of Kelvin's stomach piece by piece. David wouldn't have minded if James would let him do the questioning but…James unbuttoned the two upper buttons of his shirt, he then flipped the collar outside and bent over to begin after he had taken a moment to ponder the perfect question, to begin with. "Where did you get the information from?" James requested, keeping his eyes on Kelvin. David spun the knife-cutter in his hand like a jester in performance. "He meant who told you everything you know… about us?" Kelvin eyed David, raking his eyes from his head to toe. His inspection of David didn't last more than a split second. Suddenly, the angry look on his face changed into something else- mockery. "Your team member, Kayla, told me everything I wanted to know in exchange for my time and aff
"So how are we going to do it?" James asked. He knew his question was totally unnecessary. It was certainly going to be them abducting the mayor's family and using them to get what they want from the mayor. Kidnap, of course. Exactly how kidnapping happens," David repeated sarcastically and grinned at the rather unnecessary question his brother asked. "I'll get us a sketch of the mayor's house and the nearby surroundings so we can plan it out.""Mary really had us all fucked up. I never thought she would do that though," James raked his hands through his hair. Indeed she really had peddled them out. "At least, she did it to survive." David knew who James was referring to with the last statement, it was Kayla. However, Kayla was the least of their problems right now. As long as they don't do anything that would create suspicions about Kelvin. "I'll take care of Mary later, trust me. She'll regret what she has done. I'll make her feel it would have been better to have Samuel kill he
James's POV Jason had left after making me understand that there was nothing medically wrong with Lorraine.He tapped me tightly on my shoulder as I heaved a sigh of relief and smiled at him.Jason was about five feet seven tall. With squinty eyes that nearly close when he smiles.I had known him since when he was straight. He had moved from that to being bisexual and now, was gay.I don't even want to think about what happened between Jason and I.Yuck…! How could he even think about it? But I'm not as angry as I was back then now that I remember it. It was all funny to me now. ****I was sitting, thinking about what exactly might be wrong with Lorraine and why she had lost consciousness.Suddenly, Ellie came to my mind again, I don't know why Ellie keeps coming to my mind. I have a strong feeling she knew what was happening, I just don't know why she's not telling me anything.I grabbed my phone and called Ellie again, after about a few seconds of the receiver whistling whirring
James's POV "First, I want you to tell me who you are working with. I need names." I muttered, wishing he'd cooperate and not let things go out of hand. I really don't enjoy torturing people.But Kelvin remained mute, he did answer. I gave David a go ahead to put a leather over Kelvin's neck to limit airflow.David bent his head down and began to pour water on his face. As the cloth bag became soaked, it stopped the airflow completely."I've got all day long to do this," was all David said and continued the torture, he seemed to be enjoying every bit of it."I'll ask you again," I said and repeated the question, "Who are you working with?" I knew what David was going to do to Kelvin, he was going to make sure he made him suffer."He's not going to talk. Stop wasting your time and let me do my thing." A wide grin marred David's face and it turned into a faint giggle. "What happens if I tell you what you want to know?" Kelvin finally spoke, his breathing was heavy and he was pretty exh
The mayor's aide was walking around the office, taking a thorough look at the work the painter was doing when his phone began to ring. He loathed calls from unknown numbers so he took his time before he answered the call."Tell the mayor we've got his family, if he loves them he better call back," the voice was simple but threatening. The call ended immediately the voice whispered what it wanted to say. It was a man's voice and the message passed was one thing, the mayor's wife and son had been kidnapped.The mayor's aide sprinted into the mayor's office as fast as he could. His heart plummeted inside his chest. He was breathing heavily from the run.He was still holding the cell phone in his hand when he entered the office, he slammed the door behind him and the mayor tensed at the sound.The mayor was cross-examining the documents that would finalise the authorisation of the deforestation."We have a great problem, sir." The aide said, breathing heavily as he stopped to catch his