Chapter 82 Hey lover boy
The night was filled with dark clouds, so dark that there were hardly any stars and the moon was equally hidden away. It was also chilly and the road I was driving through seemed lifeless because the atmosphere was only filled with fall leaves and the rustling of the trees nearby and nothing else.
The mission had been going smoothly and It had almost come to an end, my heart calmed at the realization that everything would soon be concluded and I could finally have all that I'd ever wanted.
I was driving with a convoy after we'd picked up the shipment successfully, we only needed to get it to the safe house and we could tag the mission as a complete success. The road we were driving on was specially reserved at this time of the night for us alone, to the rest of the public it was closed temporarily due to unknown road hazards.
This road blockage was orchestrated by a member of our team that worked in high places amongst the state's traffic wardens. It was done so that we wouldn't mistakenly run into any rivals that had hoped to hijack the shipment and no one would think to block us on a road in the midst of nowhere since it had been officially closed off by government officials.
As I drove, memories of Lisa began to fill my mind and it immediately put me in an ecstatic mood. I was simply excited by the thought of how much she would smile when I surprised her with all sorts of good news after the mission was finalized. I'd never been as in love with anyone as I was with her, it was a feeling strong enough to ruin me but one I welcomed with a force I'd never embraced
anything with.
I loved every single thing about her, from her hyper-independence because she'd been brought up to look after herself to how soft and feminine she was with me. After all, she trusted my presence to be enough protection for her. I was mesmerized by the way her eyes shone whenever I pulled off anything romantic and how she'd stare quietly at it just so she could take everything in without distractions. She had the most supple skin I'd ever come in contact with and her lashes danced over her lower lids beautifully whenever she laughed out loud.
If anyone had ever told me I would be hopelessly in love with Lisa, I would've had them beaten up for daring to say such a thing. But now, it's the most beautiful feeling I've ever experienced and I was willing to go to unimaginable lengths to make sure she remained mine forever. I mean, here I was with plans to get the blessings of a man that had grown to hate my family his entire life but I needed it to work out, I wanted to have her all to myself and to do it the right way this time around.
I knew that the best way to win Lisa's father over was to present him with something worth his time rather than meaningless peace treaties, so I planned to hand over a major territory of ours that he'd had his eyes on for years. It would be a huge loss on my path but I sincerely didn't care about that in comparison to what it was worth gaining the blessing of the family of the woman I loved so dearly. I would easily give up anything to be with Lisa because the entire world didn't matter to me, she was my world and everything I cherished revolved around her pretty little fingers and of course, she
had no idea.
One might think I was raging mad at this point because I'd thought about proposing to her several times but I knew she was still easing into the relationship and I didn't want to scare her so I kept holding back. But at least, once I get her family's approval I would be one step closer to putting a ring on her finger.
I chuckled slowly at how infatuated with her I'd gotten in no time, I was missing her terribly after she was the one that threw tantrums while I got ready to leave. I couldn't wait to see her again and finally have her in my arms, the thought alone calmed me and excited me simultaneously. Immediately after the drop-off was completed, I would find her wherever she was and simply bask in her presence, I didn't want to go to bed for another night without feeling her essence around me.
Suddenly, I heard a screech and looked out of my side mirror to find some cars approaching our convoy at an unusually fast speed that scared me. I was greatly alarmed because no one was meant to know that this road was functioning or that we'd taken this route. Worse still, I was a fucking double lane and cars weren't supposed to be driving towards us for any reason, this road was also especially emptied for the mission tonight- what the actual fuck was going down? I gripped my steering wheel angrily as the cars came dangerously close.
I quickly grabbed my phone to place a call to one of the truck drivers, I needed to make sure that they turned back at least so that the shipment would be saved. As I dialed the number hurriedly, a loud
An explosion from a machine gun startled me, and two cars from our convoy somersaulted from the impact.
At that very moment, I realized that our mission had been compromised and we'd landed in a fucking trap. My head was spinning at the mere possibility of being sabotaged and I couldn't process it, how the fuck would anyone have known our plans? We were extremely secretive and even devised a special code for the mission.
I knew it wasn't the best time to dwell on those thoughts so I dropped my phone and reached for the walkie-talkie instead to warn the other cars that were still far behind.
"Retreat! Retreat! Fucking Retreat!" I screamed at the top of my voice and before I could say anymore I heard another explosion that made my ears ring in pain.
I heard gunshots right then and noticed that the two trucks carrying the goods from the shipment had stopped, of course, that made me realize that they must've been the ones that had just gotten shot. My ears rang painfully and everything was a mess around me, my eyes couldn't process any of the damage we'd just suffered and I wasn't getting any feedback from the message I'd sent out. It almost felt like a fucking dream, my heart raced and I panicked because I knew that I needed to at least get out of there alive, and wallowing in shock would only make me an easy target. The explosion had made everything in front of me appear like a pile of burning shit, car parts were everywhere and men were grunting in pain from the harsh impact of the explosions we'd witnessed. I trained my eyes carefully on my side mirror to check if my back was clear for retreat, I could barely see anything but I decided I would simply reverse and get the fuck out of there before shit went
through the roof any worse than it already had. Without overthinking my decision, I reversed quickly at an unbelievably high speed but it backfired in seconds when my car hit an obstacle and somersaulted for the impact caused by the high speed. My car was upside down and I was barely hanging on, my seat belt was around me luckily so I appeared to be dangling from my seat as a result of my reckless actions.
Still determined to fight back, I reached for my gun instantly as I heard loud footsteps approaching me. I could see blood dripping from my face and my head hurt like hell from the impact of the somersault I'd just suffered but I was more focused on seeing whoever was walking towards me, this person probably wanted to finish the job by killing me off as well but no matter how weak I was, I would never surrender without a fight and that wasn't about to change now.
It felt like forever as I kept hearing footsteps approaching me but I finally began to go see a pair of red heels in front of the group walking towards me. As I tried to focus, my head hurt even more and the blood that dripped from the cut on my head had blurred my vision greatly which made looking at something from a distance almost impossible.
As I noticed the red heels became clearer as they drew closer to where I helplessly lay, the one thought that was dominant in my mind was how Red was Lisa's favorite color and I'd called her that.
lowest, seeing the color red made me think of her and it equally made my heart flutter, I knew that I couldn't let myself give up or die if it meant that I would never see Lisa again and that
Even at my
would break her heart.
With a renewed sense of determination, I held my gun tighter and groaned angrily even though I wasn't sure who my target would be. I just wanted to get the first shot and take them by surprise. Before they had the chance to kill me and with the thought of getting back to Lisa as my motivation, I knew that nothing on earth or above it could dare to stop me from leaving this place alive. I didn't know if it was the thought of Lisa that had made me delusional but as the red heels before me got even closer and slightly clearer, I began to feel Lisa's presence as though she was there with me I, however, couldn't bring myself to believe that the person before me was Lisa so I tried to point my gun and shot but because of how weak I was, I couldn't focus enough to get a clear shot at my target, my hands also failed me woefully as they were unsteady and the gun somehow felt heavier than usual.
At this point, I could hear the lady's low chuckle amidst the chaos that surrounded us and I wondered what kind of twisted person would possibly find a reason to laugh in a scenario such as this. It made me angrier than ever that I also thought her chuckle sounded familiar, and to be more precise- it sounded like Lisa's laughter.
Finally, after what felt like forever she was standing right in front of me and she bent slowly until she was at face level with me and in that very moment, my heart stopped and the entire world froze as
I saw her face.
It was Lisa.
Every familiar scent that I'd longed to get back to earlier hit my nose and this time caused me unbeatable pain as I realized that she had betrayed me. My entire body felt numb and I stared at her as
though my entire world had collapsed right before my very eyes.
Her lips were coated in red, and even now she looked sinfully beautiful, so beautiful that my heart ached at the thought of her betrayal once again. As much as it hurt me to look at her, I couldn't tear
my eyes away from her and I wished so badly that I would wake up from this nightmare, it couldn't possibly be real.
She smiled at me and finally spoke.
"Hey, lover boy"
My heart dropped.