Chapter 8 The First Breathe of Freedom

The atmosphere was calm, and both groups approached each other with their cars. The Underground cartel was in a black BMW car with five members of their gang, all of them holding a loaded gun in their hands, along with their leader, Henderson. The second group approached in their black Mercedes-Benz. All the seats were occupied by 6 people with their heavily loaded guns.

The Soviet leader, 'Fabian', stepped out slowly with his gangs, one of them holding two briefcases fully loaded with Cocaine in each briefcase. They stood on alert waiting for the Underground cartel to step out of their car.

Henderson instructed his gang to allow them to come out first before they did, to check if it was a trap or not. After a few seconds, he gave them the order to go out. The tinted-haired man came down with his gun, which he grabbed with his two hands, properly putting his key finger on the trigger. He was followed by the rest of them as soon as he got out of the car.

They checked the perimeter before they opened the door for Henderson to come down. As soon as he stepped on the floor of the old warehouse, they made way for him to the front to see his packages and to see his business colleagues.

Fabian removed his coat and gave it to one of his gang at his right-hand side while he progressed to the front also, gazing directly at the briefcase the Soviet cartel placed on their car.

"Henderson, my friend, you are late again for our beautiful party, but never mind what is important, staring at my pretty face and I can't rub its head," Fabian said jokingly.

Henderson smiled at him and faced his gang behind him, then he clapped his two hands stylishly telling one of them to bring his tobacco and a lighter. He received it and put it in his mouth in grand style, then he responded to him.

"I'm so sorry, my darling, for coming late again to our great re-union. I promise to never do that again if this party goes well."

Fabian was so serious that he signaled his boy to take the box to the front step by step. Mr Henderson also gave the same order and one of his gang took the cocaine box towards the middle of the transaction.

Mr Diego at the moment was seeing everyone from the lens attached on top of his sniper gun. He had loaded it to take out anyone at a round, he saw the two people approaching each other. They were almost through with the exchange, and he was ready to shoot his gun.

Suddenly, his phone rang so loud, it was a call from his wife at the hospital. She was pregnant, and she was about to give birth, and he forgot to silence his phone. They overheard the sound and the silent warehouse turned into a battlefield.

Both groups targeted each other directly, shooting mercilessly at each other's members and also targeting their guns in the direction where Mr Diego was standing. His gun lay down for some of the gang to rest, but unfortunately he was shot in the leg while he was trying to escape.

He went straight to Johnson's mansion. Mr Patrick took him immediately and treated his wound, then he told him he had to stay with him from now on if he wanted to be alive for long.

He has never heard from his family since then, and he has been worried and lonely for many years now. He had promised to help him find his family, but he failed to keep the promises he had made and kept on using him to safely guard his family.

Mr Diego had been searching for his wife and child ever since then, but now he is close to finding them and Maria is the key to finding his family, if he wishes to see them again.

Every corner of her small comfort zone was silent, and the fan could speak through the air. She had never looked away from the wristwatch on her left wrist for a second.

Mr Diego had told her to come and meet him when everyone is asleep, and he calmly instructed she shouldn't bring Max along, but instead she should cover him with her blanket and record her voice, to play automatically with the artificial intelligence installed on the phone he gave to her.

She watched the minutes on her wristwatch at 12 at midnight. She wore her beautiful red and blue gown, matching the colors of Christmas, like a follower of Santa Claus. She quietly spoke in the ears of Max.

"Max, you've always been having back since the day we met. I need your assistance again tonight. Please don't make any noise while I am gone and if anyone tries to enter my room, I need you to scare them away from here." Maria said to her dog.

Then she brought out the smartphone given to him by Mr Diego which she had recorded her voice and she had properly timed it for every hour and minute in which Mrs John or her som Marvin would try to communicate with her.

Then she walked slowly and gently like a cat, a cat with no claws of sound, she was perfect at sneaking out of the mansion, she was as brave as a lion.

She had done that after three months of her marriage when Marvin came to her room at midnight. She pretended to be co-operating with him in order to make him drunk, which enabled her to sneak out of the room without being noticed. She slept in the sitting room with Max and sneaked back to her bedroom before morning.

She walked accurately and smartly to the mansion stable. He was already waiting patiently for her. He handed a piece of card to her which she kept in a small pocket attached to her top.

He led her to an underground path known to him. He had to follow her through the underground tunnel to avoid unnecessary issues. They got to the outside entrance of the tunnel, and he gave her a key to the car he packed at the entrance, covered with a disguise.

She was so shocked to see that she had been living with a genius in the mansion for a whole year, and she didn't know.

She drove off from the tunnel entrance immediately. He reminded her to come back before 4 in the morning, to avoid complications.