NovelEnglishHis whole body was tense.
He looked at the leader, thinking of the possibility of his escape from this place.
From their conversation, Joey could guess that they were in the village.
How far was this village from the urban area?
He wondered if he would be able to escape.
Could he ask the villagers to rescue him?
Joey pursed his lips, thinking of ways to escape.
He didn’t notice that the leader was observing him.
“Ahem… Ahem…” The room was not properly ventilated.
Smoke from the leader’s cigarette filled the room since its windows and door were closed.
The lack of fresh and cool air made Joey cough seriously.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe coughing stirred up his back pain to the point of discomfort.
He raised his hand to cover his nose as he was breathing in cigarette smoke.
“Put your hand down,” the leader said tersely and Joey’s hand stopped in midair.
Joey looked at the leader with a frown.
He knew that it was not the right tfor him to go against the leader.
After a moment of hesitation, he put his hand down.
This made the leader smile.
He seemed pleased with himself.
Joey did his bidding even if he was coughing from taking in cigarette smoke.
“Boss, it’s raining heavily.
This place is remote and the cell phone signal is bad,” said the man who cin from the balcony.
His clothes were dripping.
“I tried calling them twice but no one answered.” He continued dialing numbers on his phone.
Swoosh!
Bang!
It was the squealing of tires when a car suddenly stopped.
The tires created skid marks on the rough cement ground.
Almost simultaneously, a gunshot was heard.
The loud sound shocked the people in the room.
The leader and the man exchanged looks of apprehension.
“Boss, I’ll go out to have a look,” said the man, walking hurriedly towards the porch.
His one hand was reaching to the back of his waist.
The leader stood up to follow the man and see what was going on.
He stopped in his tracks when something flashed through his mind.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe turned to look at Joey.
He almost forgot about Joey.
The leader didn’t know what was going on outside.
But he always kept careful watch of things around him because of the dangerous things he did all year round.
He had a hunch that the gunshot and grinding brakes were related to the child in front of him.
So, the most important thing now was to hide this child.
The leader strode forward, carried Joey on his shoulder, and walked to the second floor.
In the yard
There were clear tire tracks on the ground.
The black and slick
Maybach was parked there.
If someone looked closer, he could find a small dent on the front of the car, and it was a new dent.
The bullet lay beside the tire.
Standing by the door, the man looked through the hole in the door.
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