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All this while, I didn’t know James and Justin trailed me. They drove in James’s car. How quickly they resolved their issues.
They were going to create another problem for me I thought. I was at the point of death yet the only thing that crossed my mind was Justin and James making the issue worse.
Dean inflicted pain on me physically and emotionally but I cared less about myself. My decision still stood. If he wanted me as a slave in exchange for my Children’s safety then I didn’t care.
Dean chuckled and lifted his gun away from my head. Justin and James were behind us.
James was holding a pistol and pointing it directly at Dean. He always had one in his car.
A few months ago, James and I were about to leave for a date when I found the gun laying harmless inside of his armrest. I asked him curiosity what he was doing with a gun and he told me it was a licensed gun and he had gotten one for security purposes.
His reasons for having a gun were unclear to me but he explained with proof that he was doing nothing wrong. I was uncomfortable with the weapon that day because it was lying carelessly in his car but on that particular day of terror, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. Not after all they had gone through.
“Ah…. Interesting. ”
” A full house.”
“On one hand is Isabelle’s husband, Justin and on the other hand it is her boyfriend. Mr lover boy. ” Dean whispered mysteriously.
He had already known so much about it. A lot of information said that he was able to differentiate who and what from who.
When James pointed his gun at Dean, his entire men faced their fully loaded AK 27 towards them. Stupid in love one could say. James was ready to get killed by unknown masked men to save me and the children.
” I’m sure you know what it means to have all these men by my side.”
“Go ahead, pull the trigger, and alongside the dead body, yours and your beloved would be dragged out of here .”
“Don’t be stupid. ” Dean James who was still determined to kill Dean.
“Isabelle…. You are still that charming woman who was able to pull a mean with a fuss. ”
” I must commend.”
“You have two men here who are willing to put their lives on the line to save yours. Brilliant. “.
Didn’t you tell them how callous I can be? He pulled my hair again, so tight that my scalp began to hurt. His teeth were gritted and his face was flushed with fury.
“Didn’t you tell them”
He forcefully let go of my hair.
“I said let her go,” James yelled out.
Dean kissed his teeth and shook his head with a slap on my face.
“With every word you utter, Isabelle pays for it. ”
Aiden and Amelia were crying, Justin was heartbroken and so was James after the slap. None of them could bear the sight of the pain I went through.
“Put the gun down, ” Justin told James.
For my safety, He reluctantly placed the gun on the ground.
My cheeks were swollen and red, my lips were bleeding and my entire body was covered with dust. I couldn’t complain or react to anything. How could I?
“Great….”
“Now that I have a full house, I have enough drama.”
“Tie them up .” He ordered two out of the four men in the room. The other two men were behind the kids.
Dean stood by my side with his gun on my head. We were all I’m a difficult situation.
One missed step and we were gone. Just what Dean wanted. He wanted all of us dead and for that, he was ready to do anything.
He had committed so many murders in the past without being caught or apprehended. How many more?
James looked at me with a reassuring puzzled look that I couldn’t really understand.
His men walked up to them and ushered them to another wooden chair.
They were about to take their seats when Justin and James glanced at each other, pulled the guns out of the men’s hands, swiftly and carefully, y and immediately pulled the trigger. So quickly that I couldn’t tell how they did or when it all happened. The loud sound of the trigger frightens Aiden and Amelia. The poor children were so terrible.
They shouldn’t have seen that. They should have experienced all that had happened. So young and innocent yet they were forced to face the cruelty of the world.
Dean’s men dropped dead on the ground. While James and Justin held their guns. Pointing with threats of pulling the trigger at Dean and the other men who were now directing their guns at them.
Dean burst into laughter shaking his head and moving away from me. His laughter was misleading. James and Justin were having the upper hand and it was only a matter of time before they eliminated his other men and set us free yet he didn’t seem to care. Something about everything just seemed to amaze him.
James wasted no time. He again pulled his trigger and shot the men behind the kids.
In the twinkling of an eye, James and Justin eliminated the men in the room. Aiden and Amelia were still tied down, but I was glad the guns and the men behind them were out of the way.
Aiden, Amelia, James, and Justin were all in the room with Dean as the only obstacle holding us back.
When his men were shot dead, I was expecting him to retaliate. I knew Dean to be the short-tempered aggressive man who never took no and defeat for an answer but today……
When I saw that Dean took steps away from me, I instantly regained my strength and pulled myself closer to Aiden and Amelia on the chair.
I was breathing shakingly and my hands were moving Nervously on their body. I had all the time to untie them. One of them at least but I was too scared of what Dean would do if I tried to.
I knelt in front of them and buried my head in between their shoulders assuring them everything was going to fall into place.
“Aww… my humble servant.” He snapped his tongue.
“Where do I begin to look for more competent workers now?” He smirked, looking at the lifeless body of his men.
“Oh well… ”
“TEAMWORK”
“You both remind me of how fierce and fearless this God-forsaken bitch was all those years ago.”
“Untie them.”
“Untie them, Aisha. ”
“What…. ?” I sniffled and raised my head
“Isn’t that what you wanted? ”
“Untie your darling children ”
Dean’s words were rather Unbelievable to me. He wanted me to Untie Aiden and Amelia. He wanted to let them go?
I could believe any lies he told me but I was unable to believe this.
“Don’t make me change my mind,” he said again.
James still pointed his gun at Dean.
When Justin heard what Dean had to say, he rushed over to them and started to Untie them.
Maybe the battle was over? He thought but I knew it wasn’t. I knew Dean would never end it all that easily, not after what James and Justin did. I knew but my children’s safety mattered more.
With my hands and Justin’s support, we were able to Untie the kids quickly. Aiden, Amelia, and I immediately embraced Justin. It felt like forever without us together. We were wrapped in each other’s arms, comforting and spending the little time we had together. Justin Kept on kissing my head and forehead. He was happy to see me and the children freed at least in his arms again.
“Do you want to kill yourselves for a woman who will never love you ?” Dean asked James after he saw the reunion going on between Justin, me, and the kids
“She will never love you. ”
“You can try to prove mighty in her eyes but the truth is Isabelle sees you as nothing more than a void fill.”
“You were nothing but a void fill for her when Justin left.”
“You will always be her second option. ”
“Even today, Isabelle will still choose Justin over you. Again and again.”
“I feel pity for you .”
“I know what it’s like to love a woman that will never reciprocate that same love. ”
“You are nothing to her or the children. ”
“You are nothing to them. ”
“You will never be able to find love in Isabelle. ”
Oh… Dean knew how to play the mind games really well. He knew how to take one’s pain and use it to his advantage. He knew all this really well and Here he was using it on Jamess’ pain.
His words were getting James furious. Dean was making James face the reality he was trying so hard to cover up. He was using his pain to infuriate him and it was only a matter of time before James gave in completely.
“Justin’s mistakes gave you Isabelle once and now his cover-up will take her back. ”
“That is not your business. ” James said
“Why is it so hard for you to see the truth?”
“Isabelle and Justin have kids together. ”
“You will never be good enough for her .”
“She will never love you and will never see you as worthy.”
“You are nothing but a worthless punk.”
Dean kept on hammering those words into James’ ears.
“Don’t listen to him ”
James …. I called out his name but it seemed James was too far now.
“You Are nothing to her. ”
“Shut up….”
James shouted at once. His voice echoed through the room.
He fired the gun and Dean fell to the ground bleeding from his arm.
Dean was In pain yet he didn’t seize to make a joke out of the situation.
He chuckled in pain on the ground with his gun in his other hand.
“You can’t hide from the truth. ”
“We need to leave….”
I said Nervously and worried. James still pointed the gun at Dean.
His eyes were burning with anger and pain.
We need to go James. Please….
Justin ushered the kids in front of him while I pulled James away. Dean was lying on the floor bleeding.
Justin, Amelia, and Aiden were already ahead. Almost out of the room while James and I were behind.
“See you in hell Isabelle” Dean fired his gun ……..