The night was young and Jake was still glued to the monitor The mouse cursor hovered on the screen Jake took in a sharp deep breath He knew there was no way he could win this If he discarded the message he would never know who Valen truly was If he accepted, Valen would gain access into Omnipower system but Jake will also have access to Valen’s system His finger twitched ACCEPT In a split second, the Omnipower system firewall was open for the hacker to access Jake’s eyes widened, he had made the wrong choice The hackers had nothing on their own system for Jack to see It was only facade, a bait to make him think he will see their system too No internal routes No exposed data The hacker never intended to be traced The open system was fake “Shit” Jake exclaimed, immediately typing codes on the keyboard In seconds, Jake was able to reroutes the hacker’s access through a dead relay OMNIPOWER SYSTEM LOCKED Jake leaned back slowly, heart poun

Jake was sat in front of the monitor, his hands typing on the keyboard One minute his boss wanted out of Tara’s life Closed her surveillance contract with Omnipower, signed the divorce papers The second minute he is concerned about her whereabout “Gottacha” Jake said under his breathe as he zoomed into the footage He was able to track her phone and it lead him straight to her current location through a supermarket’s camera What Omnipower system could do On the screen Tara Vorene was making a transfer for her purchases She looked fine to Jake, just normal He typed on his system : Boss, Tara is fine. Current location is Buymore mall Jack watched her pay with the swipe of her card and cash : Good Jake read the message and returned to the monitor, doing other tasks His phone beeped again : Need a car, a place to stay and good clothes As Jake read the text he wondered, was Leon no longer keeping a low profile? Was he ready to make the world know that he infact

Lillian’s hands trembled as she clutched the phone “You gold digger! Bring back my daughter” she cried “I will pay whatever amount you want” “Tara? She hasn’t returned home?” Leon asked back “You are crook! Her grandfather ordered a divorce then you kidnap her so you could get ransom!” Lilian shouted to “Please bring back my daughter, bring back Tara” Lillian cried the phone hanged up Two days ago yet no sign of Tara Tara still had not returned. Not a call. Not a message They had filed a missing person report already with the police “Tara would never do such a thing, ghost us? Ghost her company?” Charles spoke looking into space Lilian eyes were red from crying, she fared the worst had to her daughter She sank into the velvet chair in the grand living room A police officer walked in briskly and composed “Good day, Mr and Mrs Vorene” “Officer did you find my daughter” Charles didn’t respond to his greetings Lillian’s hands shook as she pointed a trembling finge

In Tara’s company, the board room all the chairs were taken except one Sir Chio sat at the head of the tableTwo bodyguard dressed in suit, standing like statues, silent and watchful stood beside him His cane resting against his knee, fingers folded calmly over the handleFor two days now Tara didnt show up to work He couldn’t care less The slideshow presentation played on the screen until a board member interrupted “Miss Tara is absent” he said carefully “We cannot make this decision without her present”Sir Chio’s cane struck the floorThe sharp sound echoed through the room“Who says so?” Sir Chio asked coldlyNo one dared reply “I am the acting CEO of this company” he continued, voice steady and authoritative “By virtue of necessity. My son is incapacitated. This board installed me. I make the decisions now”A few board members shifted uncomfortablyThey didn’t like Sir Chio’s decision Rico the deputy CEO cleared his throat. “With respect, Sir Chio, Miss…Miss Tara is still

Detective Raina car was parked across the street from the library Her finger tapped the steering wheel to the slow RNb music playing from the car radio She lifted her coffee cup and took a sip Then placed the cup back in the cup holder Sitting there with the soft music humming from the radio helped eased her exhaustion Few minutes and she will be out of the car Amy Newton was at the library working her shift It ended by five Raina had to wait patiently till she was closed for the day Raina sipped the coffee again as she adjusted in her seat Her eyes were fixed on the glass doors of the library. She had been there for an hour already, watching people drift in and out Students, Elders, Parents Suddenly the song cut “BREAKING NEWS.” The radio crackled as the announcer’s voice replaced the music. “On the news this noon, The Zyrai police force has confirmed that prime suspect, John Avery of the narcotics found in Vorene food company died in the precinc