Peter could see a guy outside cleaning the door glass and there was something weird about that guy’s demeanour. So he inched closer, but before he could open the door, that guy was gone but that guy had heard what he wanted to.

Unable to find the fishy looking man outside, Peter came back in as he saw a team of doctors approaching the room. They quickly tended to his wound while doing a fast scan and then sent him for a CT scan.

After getting the news that there were nothing serious about the injury, Peter was relieved and finally decided to get something to eat. He waited in front of the lift for quite sometime, but both the times it was filled with patients, so he decided to take the stairs and that was the biggest mistake that he did.

He had just taken a couple of stairs, when he felt a slight sting in his arm and saw a man brush past him. But he was unable to see who he was and two seconds later he collapsed.

Given that it was a hospital, no one suspected anything when Sebastian put him in a stretcher arranged by Conrad and took him to the parking area avoiding all the CC TV installations by wearing masks and caps.

“He will wake up in another thirty minutes or so. I couldn’t find any high potent one!” Sebastian said and looked at Conrad.

“That’s OK. That much will do.” 

Conrad sighed and put Peter in the boot of his car.

“You know what you have to do right?” asked Sebastian and gave the exact gun model to Conrad which Conrad had earlier taken picture of and had sent to him.

Conrad nodded and then took out the gun that Vikram had used and took out one bullet from it and loaded it the gun provided by Sebastian. Then taking a deep breath, he handed over Vikram’s gun to Conrad and said, “Room Number 1102.”

Both the brothers looked at each other without saying a new word.

There was a silent understanding in between them. An understanding to protect Raymond at any cost.

“It’s time”, said Sebastian and Conrad started his car and left the parking lot, but Sebastian stayed there for some more time till his lawyer arrived and when he did, the first thing that he did was to give a file to Sebastian.

His experienced eyes glanced over the papers quickly just to make sure there were no loopholes in it. It was a non-disclosure agreement for Vikram, if broken then he would have to pay 300 million US dollars, which basically way more than the total evaluation of his entire company and all his assets. And that inherently meant that if broken, he would be on the road, homeless, jobless and penniless.

A wicked yet satisfactory smile etched on the face of Sebastian, and he said,

“That would be all.”

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Conrad drove his car to an old abandoned dockyard and after reaching there, he tied him to a pole and waited patiently for him to open his eyes because before silencing him forever, they needed to know if he had told about it to anyone else.

Conrad paced around the dockyard for a moment and then quickly ran towards his car and removed the number plate. He had to make sure that he left no trace at the scene. After dumping the plate in the boot, he came back and saw that Peter was faintly groaning.

“Mmhhhh…”

“Mmhhhh…”

“Open your eyes Peter!” yelled Conrad and that very instant Peter opened his eyes all scared.

“Where the hell am I? Why have you tied me down here?” 

Conrad gave him a loathing look and grunted, “You are not the one who should be asking questions. Answer me well and maybe I will consider sparing your life.” His voice instilled nothing but acute fear in the heart of Peter, and he begged.

“Please! I haven’t done anything wrong to you. What do you need?”

Conrad’s jaws tightened and he asked,

“Apart from you, who else knows about the real truth behind Akira’s parents’ death?”

Peter’s heart just stopped after hearing that question. Even though deep down he was expecting that this was the reason, he still had hope in his heart that Conrad didn’t know that he knew about it. He tried to jerk open the knot, but in vain. It was clear now that the only way to escape from Conrad was to cooperate with him. As far as he knew, Conrad was not ferocious like his brother, so he hoped that he would spare him.

“Just me! Only me!”

“And how would I know that you are telling the truth?” asked Conrad.

Peter stayed silent for a second and then said, “I have no way to prove it, but you have to trust me on that. If anybody else was aware then would I have called them to help Vikram?”

Conrad went close to him and looked directly into his eyes and yelled,

“Look me in the eye and tell!”

“I swear, no one knows. Only Vikram and me!” he panted but looking at his pupils, Conrad knew that he was telling the truth.

He took a couple of steps backwards, and sighed a breath of relief.

Seeing the aggression melting away from his face, Peter also felt the weight on his chest reducing. 

Conrad took out his phone and called up Sebastian,

“Just him!. No one else knows about it brother.”

“That’s good!” replied Sebastian. “Now put a knot at the end of the loose thread.”

The call was disconnected and Conrad slowly walked towards Peter. There was something weird about his walk and his expression that Peter couldn’t comprehend. But when he saw him untying him, he thanked his stars that it was Conrad and not Sebastian.

“I promise you that I will ask Vikram to change. I promise you that we will keep it a secret!” Peter said and without waiting for any response from Conrad he started running as fast as he could.

Little did he know that one can never outrun a bullet.

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A sneak peek into my new book – HEAVEN CAN WAIT

[Warning: MATURE CONTENT]

“Don’t look at me like that Morpheous! Please!”

Her quivering lips begged, but her ignited breath flamed nothing but sinful desires in him.

“Ask me anything tonight Caroline, but don’t ask me to stay away from you.” Echoed his raspy voice that made her close her eyes as he cupped her chin tenderly. His smoldering amber eyes were fixated on her lips, aching to touch her softness for just a fleeting second.

But the moment he leaned closer, something got etched on the wall next to her in a hue of yellow and vermilion.

Taking a step back, he cursed.

“You!”

“You need to stay away from me!”

And she saw his amber eyes burn with a flicker of blue!

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