The Three Lanes

Chapter Thirteen

Meanwhile in Dubai, Christina woke up to her normal breakfast in bed service arranged by her beloved husband, then she takes a swim with some friends she made and the highlight of her day is playing tennis on top of the mega five star hotel with the best of the best Williams sisters.

Serena and Venus were in Dubai for a holiday and Caleb had arranged they train with his wife, which was another of his unending surprises to express the love he had for her, He calls her every day to ensure she's well, safe and enjoying herself.

Days after Caleb left to deal with the trouble at home, she received a phone call for her to visit the house the family had bought and she was picked from the hotel. It was her first time on the man-made islands and was taken around the house to confirm it's per their expectations.

Soon after that day she got picked up every afternoon to oversee the arrival of their furniture, speed boat and the day the World Bank leader was shot, a sheikh arrived in a helicopter to deliver the islands title deed and the papers to validate the purchase of the island and the property on it.

Everything was going well for the family as their Dubai and Mauritius properties were ready for them to move in but their mission was incomplete so till then they were just expensive unused merchandise.

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Inside the agency impermanent office Caleb was heard shouting, "gotcha you son of a bitch" he had tracked Shambugu and some of his people in Frankfurt, Germany. He got into the next flight with nine of the finest special agents who had been recalled back from their undercover operations in different parts of the world.

They arrived on Saturday morning to the news that another prominent figure of the European Union had been eliminated during his holiday trip in Egypt and he knew his brother had been busy helping some organization other than the one he claims to work for.

Caleb and his people tracked their target to an offline cyber facility where some hacking was happening and they dispatched the alpha team to the location where they found Abel carrying out his talent on the European stock exchange by moving large amounts of money to offshore accounts.

They apprehended him and put him into a interrogation room to ask about the killings that have been happening all over Europe and how that affects the stock exchange plus how much money had been stolen due to everyone distracted by the deaths. Caleb had so many questions and no answers; he left the room and send in two guys to roughen the suspect up for some minutes.

After an hour, he walked in and asked, "Where is your general?" no answer, "How much millions has been lost or stolen during this fracas?" no answer from Abel, "Who had the idea to bankrupt the euro currency?" no answer once more from him.

He sat down, faced him and smiled wickedly, opened his shirt and showed him his flesh wound then described to him how he got it, "This wound was afflicted by one of your colleagues, Cain and do you want to know what I did with him? I whooped his ass, broke him and when he didn't answer my questions I shot him dead in an instant." Showed him a picture of the dead Cain on his phone then left the room to give him time to think on his next move.

Abel called out to them to indicate that he has decided to talk, Caleb walked in and asked him the same questions but he denied answering them completely and counter offered them the location of his general which obviously was interesting to Caleb and the whole agency.

They gave him his phone back to communicate with the general and they headed to the arranged site with him, put a wire on him for tracking purposes and also record their voices to confirm the presence of the most wanted individual by the Agency.

Shambugu showed up to the site wearing a hood to block his face from the cameras and Abel explained in coded language that he had moved the money in their many offshore accounts and handed him a memory chip but enlightened him that there is need to confirm transfer in the Milan bank account so he should send someone there to do that.

"Why send someone and you are more qualified for this exercise?" he asked Abel, "I can't do it right now boss, it's been awesome working with all of you" he replied and got his boss suspicious who knew something wasn't right when he turned around and saw agents closing in on him.

"What have you done my boy, you should have died there with them or lead them elsewhere" he reached for his weapon when abruptly Abel noticed the laser aimed at the general's head and in a split second pushed him off the jetty into the water while he took the bullet for him and died instantly before the agents reached him.

"Shit Shit Shit" shouted Caleb when he reached to find Shambugu gone once more, he told the team to move out, they had to get to the city of Milan to see if he will be there to facilitate that transaction Abel explained to him before saving his life.

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Natasha was sitting outside a café with her boyfriend chatting about life and lust when he abruptly asked her, "Do you think you are ready to walk away from this life and run to the sunset with me?" she hesitated for a moment before replying, "I still need some time to decide, it's a major decision."

Trying to cheer the mood she whispered to him seductively, "I have no panties on naughty boy, come and meet me in the bathroom stall?" he looked at her and told her, "you are always kinky, I think you drained me completely so let's do a movie instead."

Gabriel was worried that she may not leave her life behind to be with him and he wasn't in the mood of having sex with her to avoid the subject because it's all they have been doing the past week and he felt it was about time he made up his mind considering he was capable of landing any beautiful girl in any continent.

As they were walking in the mall, he noticed all movies were whack and he told her, "On second thought, let me drop you somewhere because I have someone important to see about some things" she shrugged and asked, "Someone else more important than me?" he smiled and said, "Depends on what kind of definition you have of importance, loyalty and us."

Gabe dropped her at her house after being silent all the way there, switched off his phone and moved on the road till he reached Britney's house and knocked on the door feeling overwhelming and confused as to why it has taken her so long to make a verdict to start a new life with him.

He heard an unfamiliar male voice ask from inside, "Are you expecting someone else?" and heard her reply, "No, but let me get it" seconds later she got to the front door and saw him reaching to open his car door and waved at him signaling him to come back but he voiced a silent "No".

Britney walked over to him and he started smoothly, "Hi, look I'm sorry I should have called, didn't expect you to have someone around as you didn't mention anything about him when I was here last time." She looked at him and asked, "How long were we distant? Two to three years? You think I became celibate or whatnot? Anyway the guy inside is a workmate, he's gay and I'm helping him with his end month reports. I enjoyed your visit last time but if this is going to be a regular thing, it's humane to call first and bring a small present of sorts."

Gabriel shook his head, got into his car and furiously drove off and minutes later was back at her door holding a bouquet of red flowers and a box of dark chocolate, she received them with a smile as he told her, "It's been a while since any girl spoke to me like that I feel like doing bad things to you with my hands and my growing part" she smiled and teased, "What are you waiting for?" then ran inside.

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