Chapter 52: That Day

Noah had never been taken a step beyond this floor since he was brought here. Only once, he had had a direct conversation with the boss, in this same room, about the topic. That was last week. Jayson had not told him he could not go out. He might not prevent him if he tried, but he didn’t want to escape alone.

At the time, he had been the initiator. “Boss.”

He wouldn’t dare to address him by name as much as he found the man to be a disgusting human being. He had found out Macio was behind the famous underage cases around Paradox.

“Boss.”

Macio swiveled in his chair, looking away from a crime news hologram dwelling amidst the gathering. He occasionally did that, watching the presenters wrongly reporting criminal cases, especially if he was somehow involved, just to make fun of them.

“Speak. Get to the point.”

“Can I go out of this place? Am I still–”

“I see,” he interrupted. “You can, on one condition. Come here. Closer. Kill somebody.”

“Are you–” he almost asked if he was serious.