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"IS IT DONE?" Those were the words that were barked at Alexei on the other end of the phone, demanding him to give an update. The brusque voice that was lambasting him with orders, had not made contact to generally chit-chat with his accomplice.
Neither had it called to hear bad news.
It had called to receive an assurance from Alexei's own lips that the wheels were in motion.
But Alexei did not convey that message back.
"I'll call you later. I can't talk ri — " Alexei tried to placate the voice and not draw suspicion to himself.
"Alexei," He could sense the displeasure in the voice's tone that he was dodging to answer a simple question that had been posed to him, "Is it done?"
There was a silence, an uncomfortable one, that the voice didn't like the sound of. Now hadn't been the time for Alexei to grow a bone of empathy overnight but his non-answer wasn't due to second thoughts he might have possibly had about the couple.
He had been on the prowl for a blind spot — away from the surveillance that monitored every walking move, as a preventative measure for their own safety.
Since their lives were so public, their home was intended to be their own shield of privacy.
But, Alexei and those he worked for didn't intend to give them that — he had come to fuck their shit up.
"Alexei?" The voice seemed to run out of patience.
"It is," replied an unfeeling Alexei, who had just signed the death warrant of the happy couple.
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I know this chapter is really short... but I kinda wanted to do something different and slow the book down and who doesn't love a bit of suspense?
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