Chapter 104
—Present Time—
Lydia entered the Inferno chamber, taking the documents away from Elder Creed's table.
"Matron?" He asked.
"She has been frequenting the church these days" Lydia replied.
"Go to the church and check" Elder Creed said.
"Do you...not trust her?" Lydia asked.
"Now that I think about it...I haven't been giving her any attention at all." Elder Creed replied, and Lydia bowed.
"Also... I've taken care of the press and the cops... Young Lord's killing at the shop is under the rug...the girl is a Dominican, no family record so it was easy. There'll be no charges against him" she reported.
Elder Creed's next words were interrupted by the ringing of Lydia's phone.
She went to the door to pick, and her eyes widened as she rushed back to the elder.
"Unknown masked women bursted the homeless foundation five minutes ago, and ten kids are gone" she said.
"What!"
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\[Clover's Place, 5PM\]
Clover has been in bed since daybreak, unable to get up.
The tobacco pipe Matron slapped him with affected his teeth, and he had to go to the hospital for checkup, but it's still not getting better.
He managed to get away from bed this evening and was sweating with pale lips as he walked to his living room and turned on the TV.
As expected, news of the foundation burst is already on TV, so he sat on the couch, groaning as his phone buzzed.
He brought out the phone and saw it's a message from Boss... Matron.
• Shipping is tonight, the merchants are in town.
Clover groaned out, his gum hurting like shit.
Shipping is supposed to happen next week, what's with the sudden rush?
He groaned out again, shutting his eyes back.
He's unaware of when he slept off on that couch.
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\[8PM, Era Cinema\]
Ixora came out of Warren's car at the valet parking lot, and she began looking around for a sign of him.
He had texted her to meet here tonight, and thankfully, she can walk properly now. Her legs are fine.
She looked down at herself, checking out her outfit again.
Her bum shorts hugged her hips and outlined her waist since she's wearing armless crop top, there's a jacket on top though.
Satisfied that she looks good, she proceeded inside to get their popcorn and tickets since he's not yet here.
While walking, she received a text...
W: I'll be there in thirty, something came up.
She quickly replied..
Ixora: No qualms, the movie starts in thirty, can't wait to see you.
She pocketed the phone, and when she moved forward to take their popcorns, her @ss was spanked suddenly from behind, and she gasped.
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\[Penny Dork\]
It's some minutes past 7, and the dork is silent except from the sound of a car that's just coming on the waterside.
There's a waiting ship on the water, and immediately the car stopped on the deck, three foreign merchants came out of the ship.
Matron came out of the car, dressed in a black chiffon gown and shawl to cover her head.
Another car drove in, but it's a bus this time, driven by the top stripper and four other strippers.
The bus trunk was opened, and the ten bounded kids were thrown out to the ground, together with Kelsey who's crying loudly.
She's roped completely, so she can't even move.
"Why the hell is there an adult? We don't do business like that, Lula. You know" one of the merchants said, dragging Kelsey up.
"I just thought there'd be a change of rules this time" Matron replied.
"There's never gon be a change, we deal with kids, not adults" the merchant said, bringing Kelsey to the edge of the dork.
"No... please" her eyes widened, but she screamed out when the man pushed her, and she fell with a splash into the sea.
"For the ten kids, I'm taking ten million dollars each" Matron said.
"That wasn't our agreement" the fattest merchant said.
"Well I brought an adult but you threw her in the sea, I should at least charge you for the energy I wasted to bring her" Matron replied.
"5M dollars per kid, as usual" the head merchant said with a voice of finality.
"Are you paying with gold? Cash?" Matron asked impatiently, checking the time.
Why is Clover not here yet?
The men began taking out bags of cash from the ship, and as they landed at Matron's feet, she smiled greedily.
Another billion achieved.
The ten bags landed at her feet before they began bundling the kids into the ship, but they've only taken one of them when a sudden roar of gunshots came from a black water tank beside the sea.
Two of the merchants dropped into the sea with shot foreheads, and Matron quickly drew her Glock, turning to that angle swiftly.
Her strippers stayed behind her, pulling out their guns too, even the remaining merchants.
A shootout of guns began, and bullets flew around like snacks, gunfire filling the dork atmosphere as the bullets landed on the metallic ground with crispy sounds.
The strippers covered Matron, and she stayed in the middle when her gun ran out of bullets.
By now, her merchants are already gone, all of them got shot and are dead in the sea, chilling with Kelsey.
The fact that the shooters have a clearer view of the dork gave them the upper hand, and soon, the strippers began hitting the ground too, their blood flowing into the sea as the drumming gunshots never stopped coming.
Matron's chest was murky with fear as she continued staying in the middle.
What's going on?
This has never happened before.
This is her 20th year in this business, nothing like this has ever occurred.
Her chest nearly crashed when the last stripper fell beside her, so she quickly picked up her gun.
She turned around to resume shooting at the shooters angle, but what she saw shocked her.
Four guys.
Four deaths.
Four sins'
Coming for her like the agents of her death, their eyes already chewing her alive as they advanced.
They're led by the one she knows too well, the boy she raised like her own son.
Warren.