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51. Asking for too much
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
50. One-way ticket
AUTHOR’S WARNING: This chapter contains mild domestic violence just for the plot, thanks. *** The front door opened, he walked in and it closed behind him His wife was on the sofa sleeping soundly she didn’t hear when he walked in “Fiona!” he shouted the first time, she didn’t wake up “Fiona!” The second shout was enough to wake the lady up Seeing her husband standing with a blood shot eyes, he was drunk again His tie was loose, his shirt creased, his eyes bloodshot. Alcohol clung to him, heavy and sour. She had been waiting for him to return before she suddenly fell asleep on the sofa “Welcome home, Jimmy” she smiled a little standing to help take off his suit “Get off me!” he pushed Fiona so hard that she landed on the bare floor, pains jolting in her shoulder “Is my food ready?” “Yes” Fiona spoke quietly as she pushed herself up from the floor Minutes later, Jimmy was on the dinning table waiting to get served Fiona dropped the plates on the table and
49. No next move
Leon walked for a long time before he realized he had no destination The city lights of Zyrai stretched endlessly before him Cars passed, pedestrians walked passed him Life moved on as if nothing had changed But everything had His phone buzzed again This time, Leon stopped walking He stared at the screen, jaw tight, then finally answered “Boss. I believe Valen knew I was there, someone tried to hack into my system” Jake spoke first Leon’s voice was low “Valen has security cameras in every hectare surrounding his territory, I’m not surprised” “If he traced me” Jake continued “Then he knows it was Omnipower. The plates-“ “He saw the plates” Leon cut in “And he let you leave-“ There was a pause on the line “That means he isn’t sure yet” Leon continued calmly “Whether we’re allies or enemies” Jake exhaled slowly “So what’s the next move?” Leon looked up to the sky Everything just seemed so wrong Was he barely chasing shadows? His plan seemed right until suddenly “We h
48. Not done yet
The detectives entered the briefing room one after the other The door slammed shut behind them Outside the precinct, reporters crowded the entrance, cameras flashing, voices overlapping. Inside, the room fell silent. The room was so tense no one spoke Detective Raina was the first to curse “Shit!” she exclaimed hitting her hands on the table “Those reporters should get another job!” “They won’t stop, tomorrow there will be more cameras, reporters and more questions” Harris replied calmly, his hands crossed “We need to give the public an answer” one of the detective said taking a seat and dropping his jacket on the next chair “Our answers have to be a clear explanation of what the heck we were all doing when a man under our custody was murdered” another detective replied almost shouting “A man murdered in police custody” another shot back “That’s not an answer, it’s a disaster.” “Fuck it!” Raina cursed again “So what? We lie?” “He was murdered here! His murdere
47. Birthmark
Senator Alex sat opposite Leon in his study The air smelled faintly of polished wood, expensive cologne and whiskey Senator Alex had offered whiskey but Leon rejected Leon wasn’t there for fun or to catch up He didn’t want to waste time on pleasantries He was there for a divorce with Tara Senator Alex had arranged the marriage between Leon and his grand daughter, three days ago Now Leon wanted him to fix the divorce “Where is the damn lawyer?” Leon asked “Sorry young master for keeping you waiting” Senator Alex apologized “I will be back” The senator stood to his feet and left the study Leon sat in silence Calm as ever The voices didn’t call out to him this time It was peaceful but there was no peace for him Until he got to the root of what happened five years ago to his family The Judge, his ex fiancé Fiona, her father Valen and many others were still alive More recently his Uncle and the council His plans had to be set right, divorcing T
46. This has to end
Leon hailed a taxi that will take him to senator Alex’s mansion Inside the taxi he tried to send the message again to Jake : Retreat, Valen has an army Just then the message went through : Copied Jake message came through Leon gave a breath of relief In the senator’s mansion, the old man walked outside to receive Leon “Young master, I am sorry if my family has caused you any problem” he said bowing his head to Leon Leon remained silent He didn’t need apologies or pity He needed a divorce and nothing could change that “The…the lawyer will be here shortly” Senator Alex replied “Please may you come in while we wait for him?” Leon hesitated, before walking into the mansion *** Kendra’s car pulled in the parking lot of the restaurant Eight PM She had to leave her reporting job to meet the Don The Don was already seated when Kendra arrived. The restaurant was quite Beside the Don stood his loyal consigliere She sat down and crossed her le
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