I breathed a sigh of relief when she agreed to the contract and left to attend to some business before moving to the capital.
"So, how did it go?" Gary asked with a gossipy expression.
"She agreed," I replied with a smile.
"Just like I predicted, who can refuse the mighty Kendrick Black" he said with an exaggerated tone.
"Why didn’t you bring her along?" He asked with a serious expression.
I sometimes wonder how his mood changes so fast.
"Where? To the office?" I asked him with a frown.
Why would I bring her to the office?.
"You gave her some money before signing the contract right? What if she runs away?" He asked with a raised brow.
"I had Evans keep a watch on her" I informed him and he took a visible breath of relief.
I was interrupted by an incoming message notification and I picked up my phone to check as whatever it was must be important as it was my personal phone.
"Boss, she left just like you suspected"
It was from Evans , the man I stationed to watch her, I frowned after reading the content of the message. I thought she would prove me wrong.
"What’s wrong?" Gary asked with a scrutinizing gaze.
"She left," I said plainly before dialing Evan’s number.
"Boss" he picked up the second ring and greeted me.
"Where is she now?" I asked him with a serious tone.
"She went to a bank, I am waiting outside for her," he replied emotionlessly.
"keep an eye on her and keep me updated" I instructed him before hanging up.
"I am leaving" I said to Gary as I picked up my jacket.
"I am coming too, I will not miss such a good show" he said with a smirk.
We took an elevator to the underground parking lot and were about to get into the car when my phone rang.
"Boss, she went back to her parents house, something seems fishy and she is acting strange" Evans said before I could even ask him.
Wasn’t she being hunted down by her father?
Why would she go back?
I thought before getting into the car and driving out of the parking lot.
"Check it for me" I said to Gary as I focused on driving.
"He sent his love location, they are in the suburbs" he said after checking the message.
I quickly drove towards the location with the help of GPS navigation.
As soon as I arrived at the location, a car that was hurrying out of the place crashed into my car.
An elderly man, Benjamin Scott, whom I recognize as Christy’s father from my previous investigation, came out of the car with an extremely ugly expression.
"Who are you and why are you blocking the entrance of my house?" He tapped my car window and questioned angrily.
I opened the door to have a word with him but Evans had already appeared and pinned him to the floor.
"She went into the house and hasn’t come out but I saw him locking the door from outside" he informed me expressionlessly.
"Where is she?" I asked him with a serious tone.
"I don’t know who you are talking about, just let go of me" Benjamin denied with a defensive tone.
"We will just have to check it out for ourselves" Gary said as he got out of the car and we both headed towards the house.
"Hello, what happened?" A young girl, whom I recognized as her sister asked while blocking our way.
I frowned as I shoved her aside and hurried towards the entrance of the house.
I kicked the door open and the scene that greeted me made my blood boil.
Christy was resting against the wall, blood was flowing out of the corner of her lips while three men were staring at her like starved beasts. A woman laid lifeless on the side of the room.
She looked in my direction before losing consciousness.
I quickly picked her up while Gary took care of the three men.
They didn’t stand a chance against him.
"Boss" I met Evans and a few other of my people on my way out of the house.
He must have called for backup.
"Take the three of them to the basement" I said to Evans before rushing to my car and driving to the nearest hospital.
I couldn’t take chances, she must recover.
I finally found a possible breakthrough in my situation and this just happened out of nowhere.
"Denzel, there is an emergency. Be ready to receive the patient in a few minutes" I called the head doctor of the closest hospital.
As soon as I drove in, a stretcher was quickly brought over to carry her in.
She was rushed into the emergency room and I had to wait outside.
A few minutes later, I heard a rush of footsteps behind me but I didn’t turn back as I already knew who was coming.
"How is she?" Gary asked while patting my shoulder.
"She lost a lot of blood and some other serious injuries" I said with an exhausted sigh.
"Why don’t you pay a visit to the basement to blow off some steam?" He suggested with a smile.
I immediately got up and headed out of the hospital. A car was already waiting at the entrance for me.
"Let’s go" I said to Evans and he immediately sped off.
I didn’t bother changing my blood stained clothes as I walked into the basement.
The three men were tied to chairs and their faces were already swollen thanks to Gary.
"You are going to tell me everything, from the beginning to the end" I said while looking at their faces.
"Let’s go with you" I chose the potbellied man.
"Be a man" I said with disgust when I saw that he had urinated on his pants.
I turned to the thugs and picked the fierce looking one.
"I ...I ..didn’t do anything to her, I was employed by her sister " he said with a shaky voice.
"Her sister?" I asked with a frown.
From my previous investigation, the sisters were extremely close and Christy has made a lot of sacrifices for her little sister to have a good life.
"Keep talking," I said to the man.
"The sister is madam Collete and Benjamin’s daughter, she plotted with her parents to deceive Christy into coming back by acting like she was being held hostage by her father" the other thug quickly added.
"And him?" I asked while pointing to the potbellied man.
"What was his role in all of this?" I asked while staring at him.
"He bought Christy from them, the plan was to make her his toy" one of the thugs said quickly.
"Which hand did you use to touch her?" I asked the man but he just kept quiet.
He was doing his best to appear calm but his trembling legs betrayed him.
"Then I will just take both of your hands" I said and Evans immediately handed me a sword.
"What ...are.. you doing?
"Do you know who I am?"
His questions came to an abrupt stop when I cut off his hands.
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"Throw him into the sea to feed the fishes. Leave no trace" I instructed Evans before walking out of the basement.
I smiled as I remembered that she didn’t run away with the money like I predicted.
The sound of my phone ringing pulled me out of my thoughts.
"We are losing her" Gary’s anxious voice came through as soon as I picked up.