Episode 91 don't

08:11AM

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El Deols, Anthanna.

"There's some problem sir," Florence said into the mouthpiece of the headset. She was pacing gently about her room.

"What problem?" Aaron asked from the other end.

"There's an heavy presence of security officers around the girl's house," Florence replied.

"What do you mean by heavy presence?"

"The building is surrounded by nothing less than fifteen men from the Federal Security Service and I can envisage some more inside," she answered.

"How did they know you were coming?"

"I think the deaths were linked, I was almost stopped by police officers last night."

"You have killed the first two men directly linked to Frank, you can return." Aaron replied.

"Huh?" Florence could not believe her ears, she had thought he would insist for her to continue in her quest to kill the man.

"Yeah, return to Bethanna."

"Oh! Alright," she heaved a sigh.

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Sheila's Apartment

Sheila and Adrian were watching the eight o'clock news when Emery Jack entered flanged by two bodyguards.

"Dad!" Sheila got up to hug her father as he proceeded towards her.

"Hey dear," he hugged and kissed her on the cheek. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, how was your flight?" She asked.

"Smooth," he answered and stared at his daughter's face for a while as if to check if she was okay. He turned his gaze to Adrian who was already standing up to greet him.

"Good morning sir," he bowed slightly.

"Good morning Adrian," Emery greeted back, offering him a handshake.

Adrian smiled as he looked at the man's face, surprised that he knew his name.

"Hope you are fully recovered now?" Emery asked.

"Yes, thank you sir." Adrian replied. He concluded in his mind that Sheila must have told her father a lot about him.

Emery made his way to the three seater sofa and settled in it while Sheila sat behind him.

"Have the police officers come here this morning?"

"Not yet Dad, but they called that they would be coming." Sheila replied.

Emery Jack picked out his phone and dialed a number.

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Somewhere in Bethanna

"Hello," Henry heard Jenny said in low tone.

"Have you gotten out Jenny?" he asked.

"I'm getting better already, thanks." She replied.

"Getting better? What are you talking about?"

"I'll be out of the hospital in a few days," she answered.

Henry instantly knew that something had gone wrong.

"What's wrong Jenny, do you have everything under control?"

"No, but I'm trying to." She answered. "I'll be alright."

"Are you sure Jenny?"

"Yes, I will be alright. Thanks for your care," she answered.

Henry ended the call. He took a glance at his side mirror and saw the cars still giving him a close chase. He had already gotten to the destination he was leading them to. He made a turn from the road into a large compound through the wide opened gate and drove further in to the center before he made a sudden swerve and held the brakes. He turned his neck slowly towards the gate to watch the cars driving in after him. He stretched his hand to the back to pick the long gun and quickly loaded it. He refilled his revolver also. By the time he looked up, six cars had already surrounded him.

He waited patiently and watched as they stepped out from the cars one after the other. He only saw guns with two of the men, the others had other weapons with them. They began to encroach his vehicle slowly. He could tell from their motion that they were out with a mission to capture him. He pulled up his mask and put on his cap. He put his revolver in his pocket and slowly stepped out, putting his hand in the air. He closed the door and turned slowly around, his eyes scanning all the men.

"I don't have him in this car," he said aloud.

"We know fool," the man who led the chase moved closer to him, he was one of the two holding a gun. He got so close to Henry and touched Henry's chest with the tip of his gun. He turned briefly to the left and then the right, giving two men signals.

Henry watched as the men he signalled marched forward. He knew they were coming to capture him. He took a glance left and right and then sharply grabbed the man's stretched hand by the wrist, he stretched it to the right as he delivered a punch into the man's belly. The man's finger pulled the trigger and fired a bullet into the man coming from the right hand side.

Henry pulled him closer and grabbed him by the neck with his right fist, he turned him one-eighty degree slamming his back to the car. He pulled out his gun as he delivered a knee kick into the man's belly. He landed a kick on the chest of the second man who was coming closer and fire two shots to two other men at a distant. He bent to dodge a bullet after taking the gun from the leader's hand. He delivered another blow to the man's belly and grabbed his groin with the right hand, he placed the other hand below his chest and rolled the man over, slamming him to the ground. He turned quickly and fired a two more shots.

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Jenny placed the phone back on the bed and only glanced at the men's face like nothing had happened. She kept on stirring her tea until they turned back and walked out of the ward. She continued stirring for some more time, listening carefully to the sounds and shouts she was hearing from outside the place. After the noise in the passage subsided a little, she dropped the cup and hurried quickly to the door. She listened again before she opened the door carefully and peeped. She closed the door back quickly as she sighted some of the men at the exit of the corridor. They had their backs turned to her direction and did not hear the sound of the opening door.

She walked back slowly, thinking of what next to do.

"Sir, she's no where to be found?" Hutton rolled down his window to hear from one of the men.

"Search for her, pick one of the hospital staffs to join the search with you."

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08:54AM

El Deols, Anthanna.

"Sorry we came behind our proposed time," the officer apologized after they were being allowed to sit. The police officer who led was the same who led the questioning at Sheila's firm.

"It's okay Inspector, I'm ready to answer whatever questions you have," Sheila replied him. She still had her father sitting in the same sofa with her and Adrian sitting not too far away.

The officer had come with another police officer who stood at the entrance. Two other men were sitting beside the police officer but they were dressed in a different uniform and had their faces partially covered.

"The reasons we actually came late is because we had to settled some things with the FOX men here," the officer said, making reference to the men beside him. "They've been on an investigation on the first murdered man Frank and they seem to have gone ahead in the case than the police. So they would be asking the questions."

He stopped talking and glanced at the man sitting close to him to signal that he had handed over to them.

"So these men are from the FOX?" Emery Jack put in before any other person could talk.

"Yes, they are." the police officer nodded in confirmation.

Emery Jack narrowed his gaze at the faces of the two specially dressed men. He kept his focus on their eyes especially. He noticed Sheila staring at them also.

Daniel cleared his throat. "Miss, I'll like to go straight to the point. Did you have any direct contact with Frank before his death?"

Sheila took a while before she answered the question. The mention of the FOX organization had reminded her of the word FOX had brought memories of Henry back to her mind.

"No, I never did. Mr Charles and Moses made the contact with him," she finally answered when they were all began to wonder why she was staring only blankly.

"Can you tell me about this particular product Mr Frank was interested in?"

"Well, I was told he was interested in more than one of our products but he was not ready to agree with the terms and that's why the process of the total transfer was delayed."

"Was no there no specific product he was more interested in?"

"Ermm, I think he took more interest in a particular product and that was the major reason he contacted us. It was a sensor, I personally built. It's an electronic device," Sheila answered.

Daniel took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and opened it. He got up and proceeded towards Sheila.

"Do you recognize this?" He asked as he returned to his seat, taking steps slowly without turning back.

Sheila stared at the paper for some seconds and squinted at Daniel's face.

"This is it," she said. "How did you get it? We only sent pictures of the inbuilt structure to him."

"We got it from those Frank works with," Daniel replied.

There was silence for a while.

"You built it personally, why and what was it built for?"

Sheila stared at him blankly, she wasn't ready for the question he had just asked. There was no way she would tell him why she built it. There was no way she could say she had built it for Henry, or Carl Winston and why she had built it was something she couldn't say also. It was one of the items she had wanted to show Henry when she travelled to Bethanna.

All eyes were on her, waiting for her response. It would be difficult to respond with a lie, she believed the FOX man had an idea of what the device was built for already. She sat there still unable to open her mouth or even look at anyone's face.

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Restless - Episode 92

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"Sheila," Emery Jack called on seeing his daughter mute and looking lost in thoughts. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes," she sighed and shook her head as she looked up.

"You're not talking," Emery squinted at her.

"I'm fine," she replied. "The question only made me remember Henry."

She turned her face to the officers and met the eyes of the questioner. She looked away for a second.

"I began to work on it when I had my friend Henry here with me, he started development classes and was more interested in VIU mechanisms. So I started a project for him but he left shortly after I started, he didn't even get to know I was on a project to teach him. After he left, I decided to add it to our products in the company."

"You mean you had a friend Henry who stayed here with you?" Daniel questioned.

"Yes," Sheila answered.

"Can I get to know more about him?"

"I helped him after an accident and he had to stay here for a while before going back to his family."

"You said he never knew about this device?"

"Yes, I couldn't tell him before he left."

"Okay, can you tell me the main reason why you designed this particular device for him?"

"I said it already. While he was here recuperating, he also started taking coding and programming classes, he had some interest about VIU mechanisms. I also took interest and began to work on the area."

"Do you have any idea what Mr Frank wanted to do with it?"

"No idea, I was only told he visited and requested of something of such."

"Okay ma'am, thanks." Daniel nodded gently and began to connect all the answers she had given him in his mind to know his next line of questioning.

Sheila heaved a sigh after being able to say what would stop the officers from asking further questions about Henry. She glanced at her father's face and could see the look in his eyes, she knew she had more questions to answer from her father."

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The men were unwilling to give up in their search, they began to search all the rooms and offices they had searched previously with the hospital staffs now following and helping them to check and confirm the patient's in the wards were real patients.

The same two men accompanied by a nurse barged into the ward Jennifer occupied. They saw the chair empty this time and no signs of the patient they had seen earlier.

"There was a girl here," one of the men said as he moved towards the empty chair. He saw the cup of tea and bread on the drawer and they looked untouched.

The other man walked towards the toilet door, he paused at the entrance and bent to check under the bed from where he was. He saw nothing. He held the knob of the toilet door and turned but it did not open. He turned again more forcefully but it still did not open.

He pulled out his gun and fired at the lock before the door gave way. He walked in to find an almost completely naked middle aged woman on the floor beside the covered water closet with her hands and legs tied and her mouth gagged. A white jacket and blue jean trouser hung carelessly over the wash hand basin. The man recognized the white jacket and blue jean, even though they had not seen the lady's face well, they had seen what she wore perfectly when she was on the corridor of the main entrance.

"Damn it! She was the girl here," he said as he cocked his gun and turned back towards the door.

He hurried to the door while his partner walked to the toilet to check what he saw. The partner followed him hurriedly leaving the nurse alone with the woman.

The nurse was shocked to find the patient in the state she was. Her chest was uncovered, revealing her breasts, only her pants were left on. She moved closer and began to untie the poor woman.

"She still lurking somewhere around, she's dressed in the blue patient's wear." the thug said into his phone to inform the other men.

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"Please, this patient is in a critical condition," Jenny could hear a female voice say as they entered into the ward. She had left the section she was previously into totally and she was now in the intensive care unit section, hiding in the toilet of a ward. The patient in the ward was unconscious and on life support.

She got up from the water closet where she sat and hid beside the closed door of the restroom, she put her hand in her pocket to hold her gun in readiness. Soon, the door of the restroom was opened just like she expected. She remained behind the opened door and couldn't see the man that opened it.

"There's no one here," a male voice said and the door was closed.

She heaved a deep sigh, relieved that the man did not bother to enter the rest room.

She waited and listened until she heard the main door of the ward closed before she stepped out of the restroom. She walked quickly to the door and paused to listen. The corridor was quiet, a sign that the men searching for her had left the section. She opened the door carefully and looked out boldly to avoid causing suspicion in case anyone was watching the door. She saw only one person in the corridor and the woman was holding a mop and a mop bucket.

"Please, I need some help here." Jenny said in a low and draggy tone, pretending to be weak.

The woman looked at her. "Should I call a doctor?"

Jenny shook her head. "No please, I only want to pick something but I can't bend." she said with a sad look.

The cleaner motioned forward without suspicions. Jenny took a step back and left the door for the cleaner to come in.

The innocent cleaner dropped the items in her hand beside the entrance of the ward and pushed the door gently in. She had taken just two steps in when she was grabbed and pushed to the wall. Jenny closed the door gently with a hand and held the woman by the neck to the wall with the other hand. She took out her gun before releasing her grip on the woman's neck.

"Go this way," Jenny ordered, pointing towards the toilet.

The panicking woman walked slowly and stopped at the entrance, trembling.

"Get in and take off your overall quickly," Jenny said to her. The woman obeyed.

Jenny took a quick look around the ward before she proceeded into the restroom to join the woman. She took off the patients' wear and took the cleaners' uniform from the woman. She struck a blow with the butt of her gun to back of the woman's head to make her unconscious and placed her carefully on the ground. She then changed into the cleaners' uniform and proceeded out of the ward. She picked the mop and bucket where it was placed by the woman before heading in the same direction the cleaner was headed in before being called.

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Henry wasted no time in dealing with the men. With a gun and his fists, he got eight killed and fifteen severely injured and unable to stand in fifteen minutes. The remaining three men included the leader of the chase whom he had purposely kept conscious an two other men who were already halfway beaten to unconsciousness.

One of the men who had been forced to land on his butt seconds past managed to get up on his feet again and rushed to attack Henry. Henry dodged his launched blow and grabbed him by the arm close to his shoulder. He grabbed his neck and lifted him up. He turned and slammed him to the bonnet of the car close by. He pulled him again and turned towards the second one running so fast towards him, he pushed him towards the approaching one and followed after.

The fall of the man in front of the one running one made him almost loose his balance and before he could look up, two kicks landed on his chest and he fell to the floor on his butt and almost rolled over but managed to stay on his butt. Henry stepped closer to him and stamped his foot heavily on his chest, making him land the back of his head on the ground on the floor with dust covering his face and chest.

Henry turned immediately and walked to the leader of the men who was laying sprawled on the floor, part of his face covered with blood from his bleeding nose. Henry checked his trouser pockets and took two phones; an android whose screen had been cracked during the fight and the a smaller cellphone. He held the phones in his left hand and pulled the man by the collar halfway up, he dragged him to his car and placed him on the ground behind the boot. He got into the car and took out ropes and a tape. He taped the man's mouth and tied his hands and his legs together before putting him into the boot.

He got into the car and checked his phone, he saw a text message from Jenny.

"Trapped in the hospital, I was followed in by two buses full of men."

"Shi*t!" Henry cursed under his breath. He had seen the possibility of men following her but he hadn't thought it would be as soon as that. That was the reason he had isntructed her to leave the hospital immediately after getting the sick man from Kebba in. He tried to recall if he saw someone watching while he dropped the sick man into Jenny's car, he hadn't noticed any. The other possible way was through the CCTV cameras. He had thought of that even before they embarked on the task to rescue Rex but there was no way his team could have hacked the Bethanna security cameras server while in South Husan and even if it was hacked, there was no way they could have kept the server down since they were all busy with other things.

He put the car key into the keyhole and was about to turn when the small phone he picked from the man's pocket began to ring. He picked it up and stared at the screen. The caller ID displayed was "The Boss". He took in a breath calmly before he answered the call. He placed the phone close to his ear without saying anything.

There was also an unusual silence from the other end as if the caller was expecting the receiver to speak first. Henry took a glance at the phone's screen just to be sure the call was still connected.

"Carl Winston," Henry didn't expect to hear his name, he frowned. A chuckle followed from the other end. "Impressive! You have in no way reduced in strength over the months. Remaining alive despite the number of bullets that were sent into your body and being strong enough to pull such a wonderful and intelligent move today shows you're still as hard as ever. Bravo!"

There was silence for a few seconds. Henry checked the screen of the phone to see if the call was still connected and if he could record the call but the phone had no such feature on the cellphone.

"I know you must have put down all the men who chased you and you must have gotten Rex to a safe place already. I only want to tell you that you'd hear from me again, soon enough."

"Who are you?" Henry asked but the connection went off immediately.

He thought of dialing the number back but he knew the call would probably not be answered. He also had to get out of the place he was before the security officials get there to meet him.

He started the car engine and made a reverse motion until he got out of the area surrounded by vehicles, he turned and zoomed out of the place, heading for the hospital.

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Hutton took out his other phone and dialed the number of one of the men that had gone into the hospital. He placed it close to his ear while waiting for the call to be answered.

"Hey! Have you found her yet?" He asked immediately the call was answered.

"Not yet but we would get her for sure," the call receiver replied.

"Stop the search, get all the men to come out immediately, we're leaving here in two minutes." He ordered.

"Boss?" The call receiver seemed surprised at the order.

"Get everyone out, anyone not here in a minute would be left behind."

"I'd give the instruction right away."

Hutton ended the call and dropped the phone. He placed his tablet device on his laps and unlocked it. He opened his tracking app and selected the profile tracking the number he had just spoken to Carl Winston with. It displayed the moving position of the item on the map. The direction of the tracked object confirmed to him that Carl Winston was on his way there.

He knew Carl Winston would be aware he was being tracked but would be ready to face whatever was in the way. He felt like waiting to challenge Carl Winston to his face but concluded it was not yet the right time and right place for them to meet.

Soon, almost all the men who went in to search for Jenny stepped out of the hospital. The Mercedez Bus in which Hutton was drove out first while the other bus followed a minute after.

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Jenny peeped from where she was, behind a wall, over ten metres away from where her car was parked. She had gotten there by passing throught the back exit of the hospital to the backyard. She could see the second car driving our and she couldn't believe her eyes. She had thought with the intensity of their search that the men would not give up until they found her but they had chosen to end their search abruptly for reasons best known to them. She picked out her phone and dialed Henry's number.

"Jenny, where are you?" She heard Henry ask her.

"Still in the hospital, I just watched the men leave now, all of them, they stopped searching for me." She replied.

"Stay hidden for now, don't step out until I'm there. I'm only seven minutes away." Henry instructed.

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Hutton was silent as they drove back in the vehicle. He however felt no sense of loss or defeat, the anger he felt when he found out Carl had deceived them by taking another man instead of Rex had completely left him. Even though he didn't get to capture Rex and the lady at the hospital, he still had Samantha and Wilson with him and he had also found out an important information about Carl Winston's team which Wilson couldn't give him and which Samantha wasn't ready to give, that is, the number of efficient men Carl Winston had working with him. Two men had been spotted at the home of sacrifice, a lady at the hospital and Samantha in his custody - four fighters. He knew Carl Winston's pattern of always getting all his men involved and was sure there wasn't any other left somewhere else. He noticed the deficiency in Carl's team - the lack of backup for the lady at the hospital and the absence of any of Carl's men trying to use the CCTV database at the same time as he, even though that would have not worked because he was keeping the CCTV cameras server up. Now that he had such information about Carl Winston's team, his plan to use Samantha could be made to work more perfectly. It wasn't a waste of time after all.

To be continued

Restless - Episode 93

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"Did you see any of their faces?" Henry asked Jenny after she settled into the car. She was still dressed in the cleaners uniform.

"I saw some of them but couldn't stare much not to cause suspicion, I'm not sure I can recognise any of them." she replied.

Henry drew in a breath. He kept his eyes staring blankly through the windscreen for a while. He turned off the phones in his hands and threw them back.

"How did you notice they were following you?" Henry asked.

"I didn't, I got into here already before I saw them coming in through the gate."

Henry bit his lower lip and licked it gently for a second before raising his head. He fastened his seat belt and held te gear to reverse out of the parking space.

"Call Cole," he instructed as he got into the roadway and began to drive in direction of the gate.

Jenny picked out her phone to make the call.

As she spoke with Cole, Henry made a review of the just completed task of getting Rex from Kebba. His strategy had worked as planned even though it almost went rough with Jenny. He had thought of giving Jenny's role to Dave while he made his plans but the duo of Dave and Cole just seemed to be his best option in conveying Rex safe to Bexford.

"They're close to Bexford and they have no issues," Jenny gave the report from her call.

Henry had not expected them to have issues, especially if they followed the well laid plan of Cole monitoring the movement and staying with Rex while Dave drove.

As they got onto the road, the voice of the man who had spoken to Henry on the phone echoed again in his head. He wondered who exactly the man was, the confidence and calmness in the tone of the man when he spoke to him showed he had something well planned, or it could just be mere theatrics to put some fear in him. Henry was certain the man was not just someone who knew of Carl Winston but someone who knew more than the face and image.

"Pick my tab and check the link between the bridge and the border, check if it's free of security officials." Henry instructed Jenny.

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El Deols, Anthanna.

"What are you hiding from me?" Emery Jack asked his daughter as they both stepped into the corridor leading to her room. The security officials were gone after the session of interrogation and Emery called Sheila aside to have a private discussion with her.

"Nothing Dad, I said everything I had to say to the Investigators." Sheila replied, She knew her Dad would question her after the men left but still hoped somehow that he would disappoint.

"It was obvious you were hiding something when you were asked for the reason you began the device," Emery insisted.

"I wanted to hide something but I didn't," she replied in a defensive voice. He raised his brows. "I did not want to mention Henry's name."

"Why? What does Henry has to do with this?" Emery squinted at her.

"I made it for him but he left before I thought of showing it to him," she answered.

"And why would you not want to mention his name?"

"I wouldn't want anything that would involve him in the mess, he has a lot of troubles in his life already."

Emery Jack kept his gaze on her face and remained quiet for a while. "I really do hope you are not hiding anything from me."

"I'm not Dad," she insisted.

He shrugged and raised his wrist to check the watch. "I've got an appointment to catch in an hour, I've got to leave now."

"Alright Dad," she smiled. "Thanks for coming, and for standing by me always."

He smiled back, stared at her face lovingly for a moment and then turned slowly and walked out of the corridor with Sheila following behind.

"Hey man! I've got to go now," Emery hailed Adrian as he walked back into the sitting room. He stretched out his hands to him for another firm handshake before he proceeded to the door.

"I'll be back," Sheila said to Adrian while she followed her father out.

"So, you know you have to stay indoor till everything is cleared and the investigations are completed," Emery said as he walked down her balcony with Sheila by his side and his body guards following at a good distance behind.

"Yes Dad, I hope it would not tarry for long though."

Emery Jack stopped after taking an extra step, he was already so close to his car. "No matter how long the investigation takes, I'm not going to let you go out of here till I'm sure you're safe."

Sheila shook her head, she knew there was no point arguing with her father as he would always prevail against her.

The door to the owner sit of the vehicle was opened before Emery got to the car. He placed a hand on the door and turned to his daughter again. He placed the other hand on her shoulder and stared deeply into her eyes. "There's one other thing you really need to do."

She squinted at his face. "What's that?"

"You need to forget about Henry," he stated, his eyes still staring into hers.

She nodded gently and smile faintly. "Yeah, sure."

"I love you baby," Emery said before getting into his vehicle.

"I love you Dad," she replied in a low voice and stepped back as she watched his driver and the guard getting into the vehicle.

She watched them driving towards the gate before she turned back to the house. She met the gate guard smiling at her as she got close to the balcony.

'"Good morning Ma'am," he greeted her with a smile.

"Hey! Good morning," She stopped and stared at him. She glanced back towards the gate and looked at his face again. "You seem to be on break right?"

"Kind of," he replied with a shrug. He was really on break from the gate as the security officials employed by Emery Jack to secure Sheila had manned everywhere around the house. "Ma'am," he called again as she made way to proceed up the balcony.

"Yeah?" She turned back. It seemed as if he wanted to say something important to her.

"Did you got to see Master Henry yesterday morning?" He asked in a cheerful tone.

She squinted at him and turned properly. "What are you talking about?"

He frowned. "Didn't he call you? He told me he was going to see you yesterday."

She stepped down from the corridor. "Where did you see Henry?"

"He was here on Monday night, he came in but didn't stay up to two minutes. He told me he forgot something he needed to give to you and was going to see you the next morning."

She widened her eyes in shock. "Are you sure of what you're saying?"

"Of course ma'am."

"Why are you just telling me?"

"He asked me not to let you know that night, he wanted to make it a surprise for you the next morning."

Sheila was surprised. How could Henry have come in without her knowing. She remembered that she had been with Adrian that night and suddenly recalled that they had been involved in a romance. "What time was he here?" she stared at him widely.

"Ermm, I think it should be between eight thirty... to nine o'clock," the man stuttered.

"Eight thirty?" Sheila squinted as she tried to recall what she was doing around that time. "Did he get into the house?"

"I didn't see him, but it's possible for him to have gotten in within the short duration of time he spent in."

"Was he holding anything?"

The guard squinted as he tried to remember. "He was with a flower, he went back with the flower."

"Oh Damn! No, " Sheila heaved a sigh of frustration and turned running her fingers into her hair. It meant Henry probably had seen she and Adrian kissing in the living room that night.

"Is everything okay ma'am?" he questioned.

"Yes, please." she stretched out her hand to wave him away and hurried back into the house.

She hurried through the sitting room to her room without giving Adrian attention.

"Hey Sheila," he called after her but got no response. He got up and watched her walk out of sight. He wondered what was wrong.

She got into her room and searched quickly for the bag which she had kept the card she found in the living room that Monday night. She took out the card and began to read the words.

To my love,

It's been a long time and I know I have not been the best of myself

But I want you to know that you never left my heart for a single day

I sleep dreaming and wake up thinking about you,

My heart yearning and my soul longing for you in every way

For the imaginations of you to me is better than the greatest piece of art,

The thoughts of you and our memories is the best thing I keep in my heart,

I hope these words provides some warmth in your heart for me

And make you overlook all the days that I've kept you lonely

Yours truly.

"Oh God!" She let out a cry of frustration. She could now understand what every word of the card meant.

She had thought Henry would never come back for her or he did not feel anything towards her but with the content of the card and how he had left immediately after seeing them in the act, it was obvious he had feelings for her and was hurt by what he saw. Now that he had seen her with Adrian, he could believe she never really felt anything for him but just wanted to enjoy the moment. It was her fault! She blamed herself. How could she have easily let herself get carried away so much with Adrian? She should have been more patient.

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"I don't believe her," Dan said to the man sitting with him at the back of the car.

"Why?" he questioned.

"She's hiding something, there's something she's hiding about the reason she made the device." Dan said.

"What do you think she could be hiding? You think the guy she claimed stayed with her has some connections with Frank?"

"Not really, her reason could be totally made up. She probably has direct connections with Frank herself," Dan said.

"Sir," the policeman sitting at the right hand side in front joined the conversation. "I do think if she has a direct connection with Frank, she wouldn't have needed the assassin to kill Charles before she knew she could be the next target."

"The Wolves have a kind of tricky way, they hardly keep direct connections with each other," Dan replied, the other men remained silent. "Our next line should be to find out if she had any direct connection with the late Frank."

"How do we go about it?" The policeman asked.

"We need to check her movements and call histories during and around the days Antonio Carlos and Vincent Shawn visited Anthanna," Dan answered. "This needs to be done between today and tomorrow."

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10:59AM

Suntan Farms, Bexford.

"Why don't you pick up your call?" Jacob stared at Evelyn.

She glanced at him and smiled. "I'll attend to it in few seconds after I get this done," she answered and continued with her brushing the floor.

They were dressed in their work overalls as usual and had covers on their nose and mouth with handgloves for their palms also. They were in a store for pesticides and other chemicals and they were cleaning to make room for the store to be reloaded.

Her phone began to ring again for the umpteenth time. She glanced at Jacob and already saw him looking at her. She smiled and dropped her brush beside the wall.

"I'll go attend to it now," she said as she walked out of the store quickly. She took off the hand gloves from her right hand and took out her phone, looking at the screen as she walked some more distance away from the store.

"Hey! What's up?" she placed the phone close to her ears. She looked around to confirm that there was no one close by who could listen to her conversation.

"I just traced Mr Daysman's car into the car park, he drove in about an hour ago and I didn't see him drive or walk out but he's currently not in the car or anywhere around," the female voice said.

"He must have left in some other car, you have to wait and watch until he returns, put a tracker on the car he returns with and also check the CCTV footages for the movement." Evelyn said to her.

"Okay boss, I'll update you once he's back."

She ended the call and was about to lock the phone but discovered there was a missed call notification from another contact. He clicked on the notification and found out that Steve had also called her. She dialed his number back.

"Good morning sir," she greeted, her eyes looking around as she spoke.

"Good morning Agent," Steve replied. "What have you found from the few days you spent in there?"

"Our target has no dark deal from his office here, he does everything from outside." she replied.

"Is there any more to discover?" He asked.

"Yes sir, a lot more and we're so close already."

"Okay," Steve said and paused for a second. "I thought of reminding you that the seven days is almost expiring."

"I have that in mind sir," she replied.

"Good, talk to you later."

She ended the call and locked the phone. She looked around carefully and then walked back into the store.

___

Unknown Location

Bethanna.

Jenny wondered where Henry was heading to with the route he took, he had left the major expressway to take a smaller one which was in a different direction from Bexford. She remained mute and decided not to ask any question, trusting that he would tell her whatever he had in mind soon.

He soon drove off the road into an isolated street and stopped in front of a old haggard aluminium gate. He glanced at Jenny as he opened the door to step out.

"We need to do something important here briefly, it would help us to determine if we would proceed straight to Bexford now or not." he said before stepping out.

She watched him step out and close the door and she watched him walk to the gate. He pushed in the door to the smaller entrance and stepped into the place without closing it. In some seconds, he opened both wings of the gate wide from the center. He returned into the car and proceeded into the place.

The whole compound was a plot of land and the building in it only covered a quarter of the area. The building also looked old like the gate and apart from the bare area of land by the left side of the building which was meant to be a garden was covered with bushes already. The land around the house apart from the garden which was covered with interlocks also had some grasses already growing out through the connecting spaces between the interlock bricks.

"Help me with the gate," Henry stopped, after driving only about five metres in.

Jenny stepped out quickly and turned towards the gate to lock it. Henry proceeded further in and parked only few metres away from the main building. He turned off the engine and stepped out of the car. He walked to the boot and opened it, he carried out the man in the boot and dropped him on the floor. He took off the piece of material used to gag the man's mouth and flung it away. He stepped back and closed the boot, he rested his bum against the car and folded his arms staring at the man in his curled position.

The man's hands were tied together and the rope was extended to his legs, so tight in a way he could stretch any part of his body except for his neck which he could move.

"Look up," Henry said in a calm voice. The man managed to raise his gaze up to his Henry's face. "I would not like to hurt you anymore, I only need you to tell me all I want. Are you ready?"

The man nodded his head quickly in response. Henry smiled and step forward, he turned and opened the back seat of the car. He took out a piece of metal and a revolver and closed the door. He walked back to untie the man and returned his leaning position against the boot.

Jenny joined them, looking surprised. She had no idea that Henry kept anyone in the boot. She stopped beside the boot of the car and stared at the face of the man who was now able to stretch but still laying on his side on the floor unable to sit up due to weakness in his body.

Henry helped him up, carrying him with both arms and moved him to the side of the car, making him sit in by the back tyre and rest his back against the car. He took two steps back and stood in front of him. Jenny also turned.

"So tell me, who are you working for?"

"We call him the boss," the man began in a weak voice. "My boys have been around Kebba for almost two months waiting for you."

"Waiting for me?"

"Yeah, the boss asked that we stay there and watch for signs of first time visitors in Kebba."

"So, for two months, there have been no first time visitors except me?"

"There have been a several but the boss always said we haven't gotten our target every time we report the visit," he answered.

"So, how did you know your target?"

"The boss called few days before your arrival that we should be ready, I joined them that day."

"So you watched us from the moment we got into Kebba?"

"No, there was no way we could know at the exact moment. We only got to know few hours after, we made our enquires and found out the hotel you lodged."

"How?"

"We knew we got to find out who took you to the hotel and all we did was to ask him where he took the strangers to, he told us unsuspectingly."

Henry was silent for a while. He bit his lips gently.

"So, you installed the cameras outside the hotel?"

"Yes, and we watched all day to know the time you go out and come in. The only time we miss it is when you go out before the day becomes bright but we always notice when it's morning and on the second day we found your vehicle parked around the Home Of Sacrifice. That confirmed you were our target, the boss has always told us the patient our target would come for was not in the popular healing centres but the Priests abode."

Henry stared thinly above the car, it was obvious whoever this boss was had been following his activities and was only waiting to get him, Rex happened to be the perfect trap for him.

He stared at the man on the floor as he moved closer, he sauatted before him and stared straight into his eyes.

"Where can I find this boss now?"

"I don't..."

Henry did not allow him complete his statement before striking a blow to his face. The man fell on his side.

Henry got up and paced around for a moment, he turned to the man again. "You're gonna make things difficult for yourself," he threatened.

"I swear I don't know," the man managed to voice out. His previously bleeding nose that stopped already began to bleed again. "I can tell you his previous location but I'm sure you won't find him there again."

"He camped in Eris, a village 120 kilometers away from the border."

"Where exactly in Eris is he?"

"It's a remote village, I can't describe with a proper address but the building is located at the centre and it's the biggest building in the village."

"Where else can we find him apart him Eris?"

"I don't know, I don't know so much about him, I've only seen him once."

Henry turned to Jenny, she was already using his tablet device and was busy with it.

"Confirm the location Jenny," he said and moved closer to the man, he bent and twisted his neck with a sharp brute force. The man fell to the ground.

"It's 200 kilometres away from here," Jenny said to him.

"Search for directions and the fastest route, we'd head there and dump this body," Henry said as he turned to open the boot again. He put the lifeless body into the boot and then walked into the car.

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Unknown Street,

Bexford Bethanna.

Doctor Alan was sitting calmly in the living room when he noticed a sound at the door. He got up immediately and faced the door, he was sure it was Dave and Cole returning, they had called him earlier to tell him they were close.

The door soon opened and Dave stepped in quickly and held it open for Cole to wheel in Morris. He locked the door after and followed slowly behind.

Doctor Alan at first did not recognize the man on the wheelchair until they got so close to him in the living room. He opened his eyes and mouth wide in shock. Henry had only told him the men were bringing someone paralyzed but never told him it was Rex and he also never had it cross his mind that the person might just be Rex.

He dropped to his knees in front of the wheelchair and widened his eyes at Rex's face, still trembling in shock. Tears filled his eyes as he held both arms of the chair.

___

13:09PM

Unknown location, Bethanna.

"Eris is just ten minutes away from here, we can't go there now." Henry said as he slowed down his driving.

"What do we do?"

"You search for any hotel around, we'd camp there until night time." Henry answered.

Jenny immediately typed the word hotel into the search box. "Do you think we can still find them there?" She asked while her search loaded.

"No, they would have left. It's possible they left a trap for us there," Henry replied.

Jenny flashed a quick glance at his face. "Are we walking into their trap?"

"No, we won't go into that building." Henry answered. "The only thing I'm here to do is to find the building owner's information."

He pulled over to a curb and parked, he stared at her waiting to get information about the nearest hotel.

"Five minutes drive away from here, there's a guest house." She finally said.

Henry heaved a sigh. He could tell that the person they were dealing with was some professional of some sort and he knew it could be difficult to get the new location where Samantha and Wilson could be.

He stretched his hand to the back to pick the phone he dropped there and turned the cellphone on. Jenny stared at him in surprise. She knew he was well aware that they could be tracked through the phone he was turning on.

"It might be almost impossible to find their location, if we can't find theirs, we'd have to let them find us." Henry explained himself to her.

She was more shocked and afraid. She began to imagine what would happen if all those men she saw at the hospital and many others came to attack them, they would be outnumbered and without help. It would even be more difficult because the place wasn't an area she and Henry were familiar with but the men would be more familiar with the area.

Just as Henry wanted to return the phone to the backseat, it began to ring. He checked the screen and the call was from "The Boss". He answered the call and placed it close to his ear.

"Hey Carl! I've been trying to reach you for hours now. Why did you turn the phone off?" The caller asked in a calm manner, every single syllable of the words mentioned in the baritone voice without rushing.

Henry tightened his face and clenched his teeth without answering the question.

"I know you turned on the phone to make me find you, but I'm not about to do that " The man paused and chuckled. "You must have also heard that I was in Eris with your devoted Samantha and Wilson, it's a pity that information helps you in no way."

Henry remained silent.

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Unknown location,

Bethanna.

Samantha watched the man in disgust as he spoke on phone. She knew from his words that he was speaking with Henry but there she was tied to a chair and her mouth taped. She had been tied that way before they left the previous location. Her eyes were covered during the journey.

Her hands and legs had been previously cuffed where she was put in the old location and she was served breakfast that way. It was only until they were about to move she was tied to the chair, her mouth taped and her eyes covered and was carried into the vehicle. She had thought they were taking her where she was going to be killed only for them to carry her out of the vehicle and drop her after some minutes. Her eyes were uncovered after and she realized they had only changed location. She was left in the room for sometime, only for them to just return.

The man in white who was the boss was about to start talking to her when someone interrupted and delivered a message to him. It was after that he took out a phone to make the call.

"You must have also heard that I was in Eris with your devoted Samantha and Wilson, it's a pity that information helps you in no way." She heard Hutton speak into the phone.

He was previously sitting in the chair in front of her but had gotten up to make the call.

"Well, I have an important information for you," Hutton continued. "There'd be bomb blasts tomorrow, two in Bexford and one in Oreo. One of them will take the a minimum number of three hundred souls and the agent who would deliver that bomb is your devoted Samantha."

"Huh? What the hell..." He finally heard Carl speak since he began to call but cut it immediately without letting Carl land. He turned off the phone before he proceeded back to Samantha's front. Instead of sitting, he stood behind the chair.

"You heard it already," he smirked. "You'd kill three hundred people tomorrow, be prepared."

He let out an evil grin and turned back immediately. He could hear the sound of her muffled protests as he got to the door but proceeded out without turning back.

To be continued

Restless - Episode 94

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20:45PM
Paul Edwards' Residence,
Bexford, Bethanna

"Your phone has been ringing sir," the maid said to him as he handed over the phone to the man.

"Thank you," Paul Edwards replied and collected the phone from her. He closed the door and walked back to his bed, checking the missed call notification. He had just finished taking his bath in his room and was dressed in his night wear. He had been hearing the knock at the door while he was taking his bath but he took his time to enjoy his bath.

He had left one of his phones in the living room, the phone which he used for personal communication with his family and friends. His official phone was always with him and he never allowed anyone gain access to it.

The missed call was from an unsaved number, he dialed it back as he sat at the edge of his bed but the call did not connect. He dialed the second time and it gave him the same response, he dropped the phone and was about to get up when his official line began to ring. He shifted close to the headboard where the phone was placed. He checked the caller and it was from the office.

"Good evening Agent," he responded to the greeting from the other end.

"Ten minutes ago, we got and anonymous mail and a phone call to the office, telling us there would be three bomb attacks tomorrow and that we should make sure it doesn't happen."

Paul frowned his face. "Have you tracked the location the mail and phone call was from?"

"It was anonymous, we can't find the location yet but we are still on it." the person replied.

"Be quick with it," Paul said as he got up to his feet and began to pace gently around. "What other information did you get from the caller?"

"She said the bomb attacks were being planned by the Wolves and that they would be using innocent victims to trigger the explosions."

"It was a woman?"

"Yes, it was."

"Did she give any personal information at all?"

"No, she didn't."

Paul was silent for a few seconds. "Make sure you find the location where the call was made from and also pick out her voice from the stored recording and screen voices of female criminals on Our list to get a match."

"We'd do that sir," the voice replied.

"Thank you," Paul said and ended the call.

He sat on one of the sofas and opened his contact list to pick a number. He selected Agent Steve's number and dialed it.

"Good evening sir," Steve said immediately the call was answered.

"A call was received at the office few minutes ago, telling us about three bomb attacks which would happen tomorrow. Do you have any information regarding that?"

"Ermm... Nothing of such sir," Steve replied.

"Get to work man, whether true or not, we must find the location from which the information about the threats came and we must also uncover every possible ploy to cause havoc in any area."

"Yes sir, right away."

Paul ended his call and got up from the sofa. He walked straight to the wardrobe and took off his night wears. He turned back quickly as something came to his mind and reached for his phone, he dialed the number that had called him before he called Steve.

"Agent, give orders for all agents to report back to the office immediately." Paul commanded.

"Right away sir," the man replied.

"Call me back in five minutes after you do this."

Paul cut the call and located another number in his contact lists.

"Hey Man," Paul said into the phone.

"Good day Chairman, it's been a long while."

"Yeah truly, we do have a lot of catching up to do later. Now, I've got something important you need to do for me right away."

"Okay, I'm all ears."

"I need every broadcasting radio stations and television stations airing in the nation to send out information to residents in all parts of the country especially those in Bethanna. They should ask everyone to be careful and watchful, any suspicious activity should be reported immediately. The number they need to call is 811," Paul instructed.

"Uhm, I'll do that but I hope there's no serious problem." The man questioned.

"We are doing this to avoid a serious problem," Paul stated. "Please, give instructions for the information not to be relayed in a way that would cause panic all over the nation. It should just be an information to make people watchful and vigilant."

"I'll spread the instructions right away."

"Thank you," Paul ended the call again. Immediately the call from the office was returned.

"I just finished instructing everyone to return," the man said.

"I'll be calling the Inspector of Police and Army General in a minute from now, the forces would have to combine and cover all road blocks for tonight including major entrances and exits from Bexford. Every vehicle passing has to be checked well and there must be Bomb disposal technicians close to every unit."

"Okay sir, I'll start organizing the men right away."

"Good, I'll join you in the office soon."

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"The emails have been read and delivered," Jenny said and got up from the seat. She turned to Henry who was sitting on the footstool and facing the laptop on the bed. He glanced at her.

"In the next few minutes, we'd be on our way to Bethanna." Henry said to her.

"Any luck with the building's owner information?" Jenny asked.

"No, the real owner died twelve years ago and his next of kin died five years after, the villagers said it was sold to the people currently using it but the owner's information in the land registration online hasn't changed."

"So, what do we do?" Jenny asked.

"We forget about it," he said as he moved the cursor to the computer start button. He clicked on it and selected "shut down". "The important thing now is getting Samantha and Wilson."

"How do we do that?"

Henry stared at her face for a moment. He didn't have the answer to her question, but he knew it had to happen somehow. He didn't have the FOX team agents to give instructions or give orders to, neither did he or his team have access to the sophisticated facilities available in the FOX offices which would have been useful in searching out the possible locations of the bomb threats issued by the Wolves and that was why he had sent messages to the FOX to get them to use their facilities.

His phone rang and distracted him from his thoughts and also the tension to give Jenny a reply, he reached for his phone and answered the call.

"Hey Dave," he said into the mouthpiece.

"Boss, we have to stay somewhere in Oreo."

"Why? That's not far enough from Bexford," Henry questioned.

"Yes but the doctor has said we should not go too far because of Rex's state of health. The vehicle movement is not good for him and we already had a long journey earlier today," Cole explained.

"Okay, how safe is where you are now?"

"It's safe enough and very far from the team's previous location in Vincil," Cole replied.

"Please be careful," Henry said before hanging up.

He dropped the phone and looked up to see Jenny still staring at him, he remembered she asked him a question but he was still unprepared for the answer.

He packed up the laptop and got up to his feet. "We need to leave now, we'll talk about that later."

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Vincil, Bethanna.

Dave and Cole walked into the room where Sophia had been placed in a bed. Her legs and hands were tied tightly and her mouth was covered with a tape. Dave moved closer and tried to help her take off the tape but she began to struggle with him and tried to kick him off the bed with her feet. He however overpowered her and took the tape off her mouth.

"You need to stop misbehaving girl, we're trying to keep you safe here and you're making things difficult." Dave complained.

"I don't want to stay here, let me go home." Sophia shouted in frustration.

Cole let out a chuckle, her way she spoke seemed a bit funny to him.

"I explained to you that your brother is in danger and we are trying to keep you from danger," Dave replied her.

"I don't want to stay here with you, I can go to the police or other security officials if I need to be safe."

"The police can't save you girl, now just shut up and let me take the ropes off you." Dave said and motioned forward. She restricted and hit him in the chest with her feet.

"You people are kidnappers, I and my brother has no money to pay for ransom. Please let me go," she shouted.

Dave got out of the bed frustrated. "I can't deal with this girl," he said to Cole, shaking his head and walking out of the room.

Cole smiled lightly and stared until Dave closed the door behind. He stepped forward slowly and sat at the bed.

She stared at him from where she was. His face was new. She had just seen him earlier that day and he seemed to her less cruel than Dave.

"Sophia, can I talk to you?" Cole asked calmly.

"I don't want to talk, I want to be alone." she sulked.

"Okay then, let me help you take off the ropes so that you can be free to eat this night."

"No, I want to remain like this until you let me go," she protested. "You tied me like an animal and brought me here like this, let me remain this way."

Cole smiled lightly and turned to wards her in the bed, he moved both legs in the bed and moved closer to her in her lying position.

She stared up at his face, wondering what he was doing. She had been tied when they wanted to leave Bethanna. She tried to shout for help immediately she was allowed to step out of the building and the team had no choice than to find a way to keep her silent.

"I apologize for the way we treated you, I'm sorry. Would you let me untie you so we can talk about why you are here?"

Sophia took in a deep breath. Her mind was softened a bit by the calmness of Cole's voice. He had also promised to tell her why she was been kept, which was what she had been requesting to be told. She stared at him for a while before she nodded for him to go untie her.

It took him two minutes to untie her and she sat at the other edge of the bed on the same side where he was sitting.

"I'm sorry again for having you tied throughout our journey here, we had to do so because we were instructed to leave that location urgently but you were not cooperating." Cole explained and glanced at her face. She was quiet. "I was told you were taken forcefully from your house..."

"Why am I here?" she interrupted him.

"To keep you safe," Cole replied.

She stared at his face. "How the hell am I in danger?"

"You may not know but we know," he stared back at her.

"You're not making any sense," she slammed angrily.

"Do you know where your brother is?"

She stared at him silently for a moment and then looked away. "He went in search for someone."

"He went with a friend in search of Morris," Cole stated. She looked at his face. He turned back to her. "Do you know where Morris is?"

Her look changed from that of anger to a confused one. She wondered how Cole knew Morris.

"Where?" She raised a brow. "I don't know, Wilson and Morris' friend went to look for him."

Cole stared at her silently for some seconds. "Morris is right here with us."

She stared at him with disbelieving eyes.

"We came with him to Bexford, he was in the bus and you would have seen him if you had cooperated with us."

She shook her head in disbelief. "If Morris is here, then where is Wilson and the man who went in search of him?"

"That's why we are here, those who are after Morris' life are also after Henry his friend and now after Wilson, the reason we have taken you away is to keep you in safety."

She closed her eyes and shook her head again. It was not yet making sense to her. "So, can I see Morris now?"

"Yes, let's go." Cole said and got up to his feet.

She stared at his face for a while and also got up.

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El Deols, Anthanna

Adrian holding his phone in his hand dialed Sheila's number for the fifth time, that night. He placed it on loudspeakers and listened. It rang again like it had done for the first four occasions but the call wasn't answered.

He sighed. He couldn't understand what had happened to Sheila. She had walked in after seeing her Dad off and without saying anything to him, walked to her room. He had thought she would return to the living room after few minutes but she did not. He sent one of the maids to check for her but the maid had returned saying Sheila was not opening the door nor answering her. He stayed and tried for some more hours to reach her but she refused to step out of the room. He had no other choice than to leave for his home. He concluded that her Dad had told her something that got her very angry and she was reacting badly to it.

He dialed her number once again as he reached for the cup of water on the footstool in front of him. It rang in it's usual pattern and ended up not being answered. He dropped the phone on the arm of the sofa and gulped down the content.

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Unknown Location

Bexford, Bethanna.

After many hours of Samantha being alone in the room, the door flung open and three men walked in, the first one holding a tray of food and the second a small table.

The table was placed in front of Samantha and the tray was placed on it. The third man walked to the back of the chair Samantha was sitting on and began to untie her. It took him about five minutes to complete the process and he carefully folded the ropes aside.

Samantha felt some freedom and was able to stretch a little even though her wrists and ankles were still cuffed. The man who untied her took out a key from his pocket and stepped in front of her, he held her hands up and put the key into the hole, he moved her hands closer to her left side before turning the key to unlock the manacles. He released her right hand and cuffed the second part to the arm of the chair, putting her left hand still in bondage.

"I need to ease myself first," Samantha objected.

The man raised his gaze and stared at her face with a suspicious look. He took in a breath before uncuffing her other hand from the chair. He stepped back and stared at her.

"Your legs are still cuffed, I hope you're wise enough not to try any stupid move." The man said in a warning tone
Samantha stared at him and only shook her head in response.

"That's the toilet," he pointed a door close to the back end of the room. She glanced back at the place before getting up. The manacles on her legs had a length of twenty centimetres, so it gave her room to walk without so much discomfort.

As she walked there, she thought about how possible it would be for her to make any move with her feet still cuffed. The men in the room with her and the other men she had seen earlier did not look like men that would be easy for her to beat. And even if she was going to make a move, she needed to know where the key to the manacles binding her feet was first.

She got out the toilet ten minutes after going in. She looked refreshed and less heavier as she walked back to the seat. She wiped her wet hands on her clothes to make them dry. The men had their eyes on her even as she settled on the seat.

She stared at the man who untied her, expecting that he would come back to cuff her hand to the chair but he remained where he was.

"After you finish eating," he said to her when he noticed she was expecting him to do so.

She took the cover off the food and placed it gently under the plate. The aroma was inviting as usual and it made her belly let out a cry for food. She stared at it for a while, still contemplating whether to eat or not. Hutton's threat had been on her mind since she heard him make the call and she wasn't able to figure out in her mind what his plans could be. After about a minute, she decided on eating. She would need enough strength for the next day.

She looked up at the faces of the men who were still surrounding her, feeling uncomfortable with their closeness to her.

"I'm not going to disappear into the food, am I? she frowned at the man who untied her.

He signalled to the rest and they all stepped back, giving her enough space. She ate slowly, still having a lot in her mind. Hutton's words keep echoing in her head and she couldn't imagine being labelled a suicide bomber or a terrorist. She believed whatever Hutton's plan was, she needed to fight it.

A thought came to her mind after eating the food halfway. She wondered what Henry and the rest of the team were doing to get them out. There have been no signs of their efforts and she couldn't tell if they were making any. She thought it was stupid to remain loyal to a team that had probably dismissed her as dead already.

She looked up suddenly and signalled to the man who untied her. She tried to say something but a cough came out instead. She paused to take water.

"I need to see your boss," she said after clearing her throat.

'What for?"

"Tell him I have something important to tell him," she said.

The man squinted at her questioningly.

"Tell him now," she said.

The man took out a phone and dialed Hutton's number.

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Kala - Bexford Expressway,

"Isn't there anyway Cole could help us get the location of the call?" Jenny asked Henry who was sitting at the right side of the vehicle while she drove.

He glanced at her.

"No," Henry replied her. "Those guys use a high security system just like us, we can only locate them if there's a breach from an insider there."

They were on their way to Bexford, both of them having changed their clothes and being slightly disguised. They had also emptied the vehicle of all the guns which were previously in it.

Henry knew after his tip to the FOX that they would take measures to detect security threats even on the roads and now that they were on their way to Bexford, they could be delayed by the security officers if weapons were found in their car.

His mind was filled with questions on how to get Samantha and Wilson but it seemed like a dead end. He had tried to contact "The Boss" who told him about the planned bomb attacks but the line had been unreachable since then. He only hoped now that the man would call him back again and let out more information.

He wasn't sure of what step to take but he knew he could not afford to fail Samantha. If Samantha was allowed to die, it would mean he had also failed the whole team and failed himself. He had to get her out some way and somehow.

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Unknown Location,

Bethanna.

"You called for me," Hutton said as he marched slowly towards her.

"I'll tell you all you need to know about Carl Winston," she said.

Hutton squinted at her, he suspected she was planning something fishy.

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"I don't know what you plan to do, but I'd rather give out information about Carl Winston than let three hundred people die through my hands."

Hutton chuckled.

To be continued.

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