Seth pulled her closer instantly and grabbed her arm softly but firmly. Phoebe, I said no, this is too dangerous. I can't let you do this. If something goes wrong, I am never going to forgive myself.”Phoebe looked at him right in the eye and she was determined. ‘And if we don’t do anything, Marlin will keep coming for you, Seth.’ He’ll never stop until he gets what he wants. I can’t just sit idly by and watch him bring ruin to all that we hold dear and the people we love.Seth looked at her, feeling the urge to shield her from everything and at the same time, realizing the position they are in. His voice softened. "You mean too much to me. I can't risk you like that."Phoebe, her eyes filled with tears, caressed his cheek. And you mean too much to me to let him take you away. We have to end this, Seth. I’ll be okay. We’ll all be okay."Christian who was watching the exchange said something in a very concerned tone. "We have to move fast. Marlin’s not going to sit around and do nothin

The room went cold. Phoebe felt the blood rush to her head as she looked at the gun in Marlin’s hand. It was no more a war of the tongue or the mind. Anticipated risks were considerably higher than ever before. She felt her heart in her throat as she swallowed hard afraid of what was going to happen next.Seth did not flinch, and he stared right back into Marlin’s eyes. “You actually think this is going to make me quit?” Seth said it, his tone even and calm. They will say, ‘If you pull that trigger, everything you want will slip through your fingers.’ The authorities will be on you before you even leave the building. You’ll lose everything."Marlin’s smirk flickered for a moment before it resumed again. "Ah, Seth. Always so noble. But do you really think that I do not have an evacuation strategy? You don’t really think that I have not considered all of the angles do you? The only thing that separates you and me is that you are not willing to go the extra mile. You? You are still tryin

“Oh my God, that was a close one,” Phoebe said under her breath, drawing back just enough to search Seth’s gaze. The worries left her lips, and she looked into his face expecting to find confidence, but instead she saw confusion, anger, and fear. He nodded, unable to say anything and wrapped her in a tighter embrace.Christian went to them slowly, looking at the mess that had been created. “From now on we will enhance security for both of you,” he stated, scowling and grinding his teeth. “There will be no other opportunity for Marlin to get such a good chance.”Seth stared at the door through which Marlin had been carried; he nodded at the words spoken to him. “He’ll come back,” Seth said more to himself than to the others. Many a man like him does not surrender as a result of a simple issue like that. We have to be prepared.”Phoebe exhaled deeply, the tension of the moment bearing down on her. “We can’t live like this, Seth.” Living in fear and being on the defensive all the time wa

”Phoebe sat on the couch in silence for a moment the room charged with unsaid fears. Phoebe relaxed her body against Seth, her head laying on his shoulder, her heart was still racing a little.“We’ve been through so much,” she said softly, as if she was afraid of waking someone up. But I don’t know if I can keep living like this, Seth.” Living in fear, always waiting for the next punch to come.”Seth’s hand around her hand became even tighter. “I know. And I don’t want you to. But we don’t have a choice right now. Marlin is in jail, but his influence… his organization… it will not fade away anytime soon.Phoebe stepped back a little, and looked into his eyes. “So what do we do? So, they can just wait for him to strike again?Seth shook his head and narrowed his eyes, “No.” “We don’t wait anymore. We are in charge of this situation. We expose him, like you said. We ensure that the world knows the real man he is.”Phoebe stared at the table and thought about the situation. To expose Mar

“It is so obvious that someone on the inside is leaking information to him.” This is because Marlin has eyes all over the place, and he is not missing a thing that we are doing.Seth’s face was tense when he digested the new information. This means that we are not as privileged as we once thought we were in terms of time. It is high time we do something or the other before the man buries the evidence deep enough to make it impossible to dig them out.Phoebe’s thinking was not interrupted and her resolve weakened a bit under the new challenge. But then she was able to look at Seth, the determined set of his face helping her to regain her concentration.“Well, what do we do now?” she asked firmly.Christian put the briefcase on the table and opened it: there were papers inside and on top of them there was a pile of documents. ‘These are all the financial records we have been able to obtain’. It is not enough to bring him down but it is the first step in achieving that. We need something