The night was still 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, hear

Tara’s head pounded as the sunray beamed on her faceHer ears ranged and dizziness washed over herShe was still tied up, still breathing, still alive not dead yetThe man had injected doses into her to make her sleep “Morning princess” his voice called out from the dark end of the room Tara turned to looked at his direction, he was sat on a chair “Did you sleep? Or you were scared too scared because I could escape?” Tara asked The man chuckled “I know you wouldn’t” he stood up, steeping into the light “What i dosed you with, keeps you asleep for six hours max”Tara looked down at her wrist, there were needle marks “How many hours have I been-”“Two days”“What?” Tara asked in disbelief, it only seemed like an hour ago she walked out of the police station to drive home before she was kidnapped “The plans changed, so I am instructed to keep you longer while the new plan unfold”“Kendra’s puppet” Tara cursed under her breathe “What did you just call me?” he asked arching his brow

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 messageThey 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 roomA 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 finger in the air

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 libraryHer finger tapped the steering wheel to the slow RNb music playing from the car radioShe lifted her coffee cup and took a sipThen 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 fiveRaina 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 outStudents, Elders, ParentsSuddenly 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 precinct. However the cause of deat