Chapter 24

Nancy muttered over the phone with vigor in her voice and Lisa nodded.
"Thanks for the advice, Nancy. But, I have a meeting by 5 so I have to go now. I'll call you when I get back, okay?" Lisa said lazily, ready to end the call. She thought she would get better after calling her best friend but she only got more confused about her feelings for Herry.

"Okay then, don't forget everything I discussed with you." Nancy said finally.

"Okay ... I won't" Lisa replied and and ended the call.

"What shall I wear?I want something beautiful and at the same time casual... I need to put on something very good and elegant.." She kept mumbling to herself while looking at the mirror.

She opened her closet, searched through her best of gowns and she picked the best outfit for the evening. It was a very expensive short red gown she just got for an interview she did a month ago. It was so expensive that ken nearly went crazy when he heard about it and but she was so glad she got it then because it came in handy right now.
She put it on and moved to check herself in the mirror but it wasn't good enough in her eyes... "Nah... too short!" she said and pulled it off.

She put on a white middle length gown again and shook her head in disagreement.
"Nope, too innocent. I'll look innocent and gentle. He won't even look at me if I have this on. " she mumbled to herself and put off the gown for the fourth time.

She rummaged her closets and put on a short belted red gown,, it had normal and high end designs and it screamed of wealth!.
"Perfect! Its just the aura I need. this is just right! "she said, admiring herself . She truly looked beautiful!.

She combed her curly black hair till it was all bouncy and fell on her shoulders, giving her the rich elegant look of a royal princess!.

She put on a pair of red shoes and a black bag to compliment her hair.
She looked so beautiful and sharp,a powerful aura that followed her anywhere she went but still she looked so delicate. She was sure to capture every heart she met with today!.

She went down stairs, ready to go for the rendezvous but she saw ken in the living room reading some papers and she stopped in her track..

"I'm going for a meeting, I won't stay long"she said and rolled her eyes secretly as she made for the door. ken still continued to doubt her that she slept with Herry to release him.

"A meeting?"ken asked, looking up at her.

"Yes, A meeting. Any problems with that?"she questioned back, not wanting to continue the conversation.

"Of course not, but don't you think your dressing is too...." he wanted to complain that her dressing was too much but she was quick to cut him off.

"You have no right to tell me what and what I can wear! besides I've gotten a new assistant and he'll be resuming on Monday so I don't need your assistance! " Lisa flared up and left the house, slamming the door.
" He still thinks he can talk with me after making a fool of me and even doubting me?!" She lamented as she stormed toward her car.

ken was so shocked to hear Lisa talk to him that way and he couldn't utter a word as he just stared at the closed door in awe.
"My services are no longer needed"he mumbled sadly and sighed bitterly. It was a sad evening for him after all!.

Lisa drove straight down to the location and stopped at the restaurant's car park. She entered the restaurant but she realized it was empty and she noticed Herry immediately as he was sitting in the vip section.


She walked toward him elegantly and proudly...
"Hello, Mr Herry!"she greeted as she took a seat opposite him.

Herry looked up at her and was shocked by her looks
"Wow, you look different today. what's the occasion? Are you visiting your boyfriend today or do you have a date?" Herry said, teasingly.

"Enough of this, what do you want us to talk about?" she asked, acting like she had something doing and was really busy when she wasn't.
Herry shrugged and decided to start the conversation. "Well..."he was cut short by the sound of a bullet which flew directly over his head.

"What the hell! "he mumbled , looking around to see who shot it but there was no one at all!.

"What's happening? "Lisa asked panicking..

Immediately, Ray ran in with Herry's bodyguards.
"What happened?! we heard a gunshot! Are you okay, Herry?! " Ray asked, looking so flushed and scared as he searched his friend over and over again with concern filled eyes.

Herry searched his pocket and found his gun " I'm coming! He shouted and ran off!.
" where are you going?!" Lisa shouted worriedly but Herry didn't even bother to look back as he ran like a thunderbolt toward a room.
Lisa clenched her fist tightly...
" Is someone after Herry's life?"she thought to herself. She knew about it before but she never thought it was this worst.

"I'm so sorry, Miss Lisa, for the disturbance. we'll fix another date for the rendezvous and my guard will escort you home so your mind can be at peace.."
Ray muttered and he walked out of the restaurant with some of his guards and the remaining were to escort her home. He was going to search the environment to see where the silly men hid themselves.

She stood up and the guards followed her,opened her car for her and drove her home. She wanted to protest! She wanted to stay and find those men with them but she couldn't afford to be an hindrance to their search.

Immediately she got, home she went up to her room.
"What's going on?is Herry in danger? that bullet could have killed him?"she said worriedly.

She picked up her phone to call if he was alright, this was her first time calling Herry and it was because their ego was always ahead of them.

She dialed his number and he picked the call almost immediately.
"Hello"he said in his thick masculine voice.

"Hi" she said unaware of how to start a conversation even though she was so worried.

"What do you want?"he said dryly.

"Nothing actually,I just wanted to ask if you were fine and thank you for the escort"she said uncertain of her emotions.

"I'm okay and about the guards, it's fine. I don't want you dead, you know?"he said in a playful voice..

"Well goodnight then"she said calmly.

"Good night Miss Lisa"he said and ended the call.

She felt a warm feeling after talking to Herry,she felt a feeling she couldn't explain. He doesn't want me dead? It felt so warm to her ears.

"What's wrong with me?"she said, putting her hand on her forehead.

She had her shower and lied down in her bed,she couldn't help but ponder on what happened today.

It then came to her mind "Who is after Herry's life?".
Ray walked into Herry's office
"I've gotten all the information you need sir"Ray said.
"Good,so what did you find out"he said tapping his hands aggressively on the table.

"He has two children. a boy and a girl and his wife is presently pregnant"Ray said as he looked at him master's face for a signal if he had to continue.

"Continue"Herry said coldly.

"His name is Jake and he just moved into a new apartment with his family last week and he resigned as the treasurer of his company. According to his wife,he has been away from home for the past three days" Ray said and paused.

"Anything more?" Herry asked with a brutal look on his face. The man had really stepped on his nerve for what they did yesterday!. He had captured and killed six men in the room yesterday but his anger never subsided!.

"He has been on drugs for sometime and he actually loves his family so much"Ray added.

"Exactly what I needed, how old is he?"Herry asked with an evil smile.

"He is 32 years old sir and today is his son's birthday" Ray replied with a slight smile on his face. He too had became merciless after he nearly lost his best friend yesterday!.

"Perfect!. bring them to me. If I'm going to get that asshole to talk his family needs to be on the line" Herry said and smirked.

"Is it necessary for his wife to be here?she's heavily pregnant"Ray asked with sympathy. He didn't want to hurt a pregnant woman and he knew Herry wasn't merciless either but only got shaken by what happened yesterday.

Herry returned a deadly glare at Ray ...

"I'll be right back!" He quickly said and hastingly left the room..

"I'll be sure to make him talk"Herry muttered to himself coldly.

In a very dark room, the man captured was tied on a chair and surrounded by Herry's guards.

Herry had a long whip in his hand and a black mask on his face. .
"Who sent you?"he asked, sending a whip to the man's bare back.

"Aggh"the man shouted in pain and gritted his teeth.

"Talk!" Herry shouted, sending another stroke of the whip.

"I don't know.."the man replied arrogantly. The beating and all didn't matter to him at all and he was enduring it well even though he was almost battered up.
"You're still not ready to talk, huh you? you must have sworn an oath or so, right?" He asked, placing his leg on the man's toes and pressing them down.

"I'm serious! I don't know who he is!" the man shouted in pain,his face was bleeding and his back was swollen.

"And you expect me to believe that? ,you don't Know who sent you but you want to kill me? " Herry questioned with a raised brow as he kicked the man on his chest.

"Please have mercy!,I don't know who he is!" The man said as he coughed out blood due to the aggressive kicking.

"I see you're not ready to comply with me, Ray!"Herry called out.

Ray came in with the heavily pregnant woman blindfolded as she cried in fear.
She was the man's wife!.

"What are you doing with my wife?" the man asked with fear in his eyes.

"Watch and see!" Herry collected a gun from one of his guards and pointed it at his wife.

"What....are you doing?"the man asked stammering and with clenched teeth.

"I give you 10 minutes to tell me who sent you or I will shoot your wife!" Herry shouted, aiming for her head.
"She has nothing to do with this please spare her"the man said shouting on top of his voice.

"1.."Herry started counting.

"I swear I don't know who he is , please let my wife go,the man said trying to free himself and save his wife..

"2...3....4..."Herry kept on counting with lack of emotions on his face.

"I beg you please don't do this"the man kept on begging.

"5...6...7..."Herry cocked the gun...

"If I tell you he'll kill me!"he man shouted admist tears!

"And If you don't tell me, I'll kill your family and then kill you! 8..9..." Herry said as he positioned the gun ready to shoot.

"Please"the man begged further.

"10."Herry said and was about to shoot.

"Wait!"the man shouted at the top of his voice.

"What?"Herry said without throwing an eye at him..

"I don't know who he is but I can take you to our hide out"the man said breathing heavily..

"Good enough"Herry said as he threw the gun to the floor.

"But you have to promise me that you will release my family right after I show you our hideout" The man bargained.

"I don't think you're in a position to make a deal"Herry said placing his leg on his laps.

"I can take you there when you're ready" The man said immediately.

"What's the location?"Herry asked already angry by his words..

"You can never get the location even if I tell you,I will have to show you" the man said with fear in his eyes as he looked at his wife.

"What ever, we'll check their out tommorow"Herry said leaving the room...

"What about my wife and my children, will they be safe?"the man asked Ray who stood behind his blindfolded wife.

"Yes they will but only if you cooperate." Ray replied and left the room and he was immediately followed by some of his men..

Herry entered his car along with Ray later on...
"Sir, do you think we can trust this man?,it could be a bloody trapa"Ray shouted, scared his best friend might fall into a trap.

"A man never lies when his family is on the line"Herry said with a smirk...

"I still think you should let us check it out while you stay behind Herry"Ray said still worried about his safety.

"I've made my decision and I'm ready for the worst"Herry said fearlessly and winked at his friend.

"But you know there is a meeting tommorow at the board and your absence will just give Lisa a point a head of you. What are you going to do concerning that?" He asked Herry with a raised brow.

"She can't win over me "he said with a tone of finality, indicating he didn't want to proceed with the conversation.

Ray retorted so as not to get on Herry's nerves and to also trust his friend's move.
The next day...
"Are you ready to take us to your damn hideout?"Herry asked the man impatiently.

"Do I have a choice? but where we are going is a very dangerous place and you going is at your own risk." The man said like he was trying to scare Herry.

"Did I tell you I'm a coward like the person that sent you?" Herry asked , a bit annoyed.. " when I get hold of him, I'll kill him and show you how ruthless i can be." Herry said with his face as scary as hell.


The drive took about 4 hours before they finally saw the residence ahead.
"Sir, are we sure he's not making this up?"Ray asked, still having an uncertain feeling about this.

"If he lies, not only his life will be on the line but also his family" Herry said loud enough for the man to hear...

They finally arrived at an isolated area,it looked like an abandoned community.
"Are you sure this is the area?"Herry asked the man, scanning the environment.

"Do I look like a child? of course this is the place, just keep on moving!."the man shouted desperately and he was slapped by one of the guards beside him for shouting on their boss.
He knew he would be killed sooner or later by the agency for revealing hide out but the slap really got him hard.
"One more word and I'll shoot you!"Herry said, already frustrated by the man's words.

"Do that and you won't have a lead to my master"the man named Jake said.

Jake on his side kept thinking of what will become of his life after he must have betrayed his master and what will become of his family incase he doesn鈥檛 see his master.
"I'm in a big mess,I won't make it out of this alive"he thought.

His wife had always told him to quit this dirty job but he just couldn鈥檛 because the cash was good and his only source of survival, and besides, their master had been fair to them and loved them like his sons even though they knew the love was all fake and he didn't care about what happened to them at all but the pay was so enticing that none of them cared.
He felt bad he had to do this and relieved at the same time.

He turned to Herry. .
"Do you know what may happen to me and my family if he finds out that i betrayed him?"the man asked fearfully.
His master was the wrong person to mess with and he knew that.
"He can't do anything when he is dead" Herry replied coldly.

"You really think it's easy to kill my master? you really don't know who you are up against". The man sneered.

They drove pass the church ,then they drove pass the cemetery few minutes later. they passed the market going foward to the North just as jake directed.

They turned left at a certain point ,jake asked Herry to untie him because they were getting closer and the place was well secured.

"You will have to stay low"Jake said as they arrived at a big building painted black.
"Fine, but you better don't try anything funny"Herry said as he hid behind the back sit..

After successfully gaining access to the building.
They got down and entered the main hall with Herry's men surrounding the area.

"Where the hell is your master?!"he yelled out immediately he entered the room.
All of the men were shocked to see a stranger enter the room because no one could ever find out this place or else they where brought here but they were quick to bring out their guns and pointed it at Herry.

"So you brought them here Jake?"Don their master's right hand man asked with a little smirk on his face.

"I'm sorry Don"Jake said bowing his head,he couldn't look into their eyes.

"Shut the fuck up and answer my question?!" Herry shouted, pointing the gun at Don.

"Didn't you tell them?"Don asked while laughing.

"Tell us what?" Herry asked with a raised brow as he cocked his head to the side, making sure not to drop his guard because he was sure the men were all fully trained.

"Our master can never be caught or killed, but he does know how to deal with betrayers"Don said as he dropped a smoke gord....

"where are they?" Herry said trying to locate them in the smoke.
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