Xavier’s Point of View.
“Not yet, so don’t say something stupid to make me throw you out of here”
“He really wants you dead, do you think he is responsible for your parents death?”
“I know you are bad at maths but now you are just fucking stupid ”
“What! Not possible he was same age as us then”
“What will he gain from this?”
“The company and his stupid fathers recognition ”
“He has daddy issues?”
“Yes, he does but his grandfather should be more than enough to make him keep his sanity ”
“You know him so well?”
“… We were once friends, best friends”
“You and Marcus were best friends!!”
“Stop shouting, you will shoot my eardrums off”
“What happened, tell me?”
“I thought there is one more recording ”
“Avoiding the subject are we?”
“Just let it be Mike ”
“Ok, I won’t pry, I think this last recording is Jessica’s ”
(RECORDING STARTS )
“I want you to kill that fucking bitch, I want her dead, I want all of them dead”
“I can’t get you at all, calm down and speak clearly”
“That bastard Xavier and his pathetic wife Jessica, I will send you the files on them, kill them, make no mistakes, am not cleaning up after you again ”
“Huh, what do you mean?”
“The last time you worked for me, I had to clean up after you, to avoid more losses on your side, do a clean job and leave no traces, I want you to do it yourself ”
“It will cost you more”
“I don’t fucking care and so I look like money is my problem right now?”
“No you don’t ”
“Good, I will send you a million dollars now, after the job I will send another million dollars you, make it neat”
“Are you sure about this, you sound inebriated?”
“Am fucking fine, stop asking and do the damn job ”
“Beeeeppppp”
(RECORDING ENDS…..)
“This is where the had issues, he seems not to know anything about the gang he hired”
“To show that he is a fucking newbie in the underworld ”
“Well it works in our favour so who am I to complain ”
“Yeah you are right, I think we need to hire guards for your wife”
“I just thought about it now, that HE refused to work with him doesn’t mean others will, there are many assassins and gangs that will do it with just five hundred dollars so we need to be vigilant ”
“I will arrange for my top tier guards to guide her and Laura including me”
“What about me?”
“Huh? You? Of course you can take care of yourself ”
“And you can’t?”
“Am not meant for fighting assassins ”
“Thanks men”
“Thank me with that limited edition Tesla you made”
“I take my ‘thank you’ back”
He laughed out loud and I soon joined him before we became silent and thought of our next plan.
Jessica’s POV
The thing the man told me kept resounding in my mind, I couldn’t rest one bit, what does that mean, am I in danger, who was that man, is he a friend or foe, does he mean good, is he in my side, these questions kept buzzing around my head distracting me.
My phone buzzed in my bag and I answered,
“I know you have a lot of questions now”
I looked at my phone again, it was an unknown number, I didn’t recognise the voice at all.
“Who is this?”
“You forgot pretty quickly Miss Jessica ”
“Is this the guy I bumped into earlier today?”
“You do remember me”
“Of course I do, is it a crime not to?”
“It isn’t but Mrs Jessica you need to be careful and trust no one not even your husband”
“If I don’t trust him then who am I to trust ”
“Okay, well I don’t know how close you two are but your life is in danger, if you trust your husband as you say, tell him”
“Okay but why are you telling this, I don’t even know you ”
“You don’t need to know me, just trust my words if you could ”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Okay, go on”
“Why are you doing this? What do you gain from it?”
“You are quite smart small lady, am not doing this because am a saint or anything, it’s because our enemy is common ”
“Enemy of my enemy is my friend ”
“Smart one aren’t you, that’s why am doing this, our interest aligned perfectly, your husband will fill you in on the rest of the information”
“Okay, then, even though you are doing it out of your own interests, thank you”
“Thank me when you see alive after everything ”
“You will”
He ended the call and I sat down contemplating what was going on, who wants me dead, did Xavier’s enemy found out am the one that told him everything? Or is it…. is it Marcus? That’s plausible but mar is doesn’t kill, it’s only throwing a tantrum he does.
The day ended and I went out to the lounge area downstairs to wait for Xavier, I decided that the best thing to do is to wait where people are crowded, and besides the office felt suffocating for me, I needed fresh air.
I felt eyes glaring at my back, I turned to look for the culprit making sure he wouldn’t be alerted by lifting the book up a little and pretending to read, I used my peripheral vision to look for the person but I saw no one, everyone was conversing, typing into their laptop or reading, I didn’t see anyone suspicious or anything.
Xavier arrived and I went out to met him, I entered and we drove off, the silence in the car was kinda thick with unsaid words, we had a mutual silent agreement to talk at home.
“How was work?”
“Nice and yours?”
“Good, I have something to say to you when we get home”
“Same here, it’s talk at home”
I nodded and he gave me a warm smile that fluttered my stomach like butterfly, he is sweet.