The Colonel's Daughter

Chapter 4 : Death

As morning arrived, Bary entered the room where Iriana was being held, a breakfast tray in hand.

"Good morning here!" he said, laughing.

Iriana had awakened, and upon seeing Bary, she smiled.

"How did you know I was starving right now?" she joked.

"You haven't eaten since yesterday, I remind you... And besides, we agreed that if I cooked for you, you would eat this time."

"But I didn't agree to that."

"True, but I won't wait for your approval to do something you need," Bary said, jokingly.

"Where are the others?" asked Iriana, starting to eat her cheese omelet with bread and guava juice.

"My brother isn't here yet, and as for Fredy, I've sent him to bother once again to search for things at the pharmacy."

"Ah..."

"By the way, I also wanted to reassure you about something, don't worry about the injection for today... Because I'm going to swap the drugs with vitamins."

"Why would you do that?" asked Iriana, surprised.

"I don't know... I... Maybe I'm just tired of living, haha, risking my life by secretly doing you all these favors."

"I really appreciate what you're doing, Bary, but I wouldn't want you to risk so much for me."

When Bary was about to reply, he heard his brother's car arriving.

"Finish your plate! I'll go check," he said to Iriana.

He then left the room and closed the door.
After a few seconds, Iriana heard the voices of Bary and Marco rising, it sounded like they were arguing. Iriana couldn't finish her breakfast, she had a kind of premonition. She started to worry a lot. The brothers were shouting louder and louder then... A gunshot, followed by a heavy silence.

The sound of the gunshot startled Iriana, and she murmured:

"Bary..."

Strangely, she heard nothing more after that, she got up slowly wanting to know what had happened. But she hadn't even finished when Marco opened the door abruptly.

"What was that noise?" she asked.

"Here, you're not in a position to ask anything! Furthermore, your father didn't take us seriously, we'll have to shoot another video that will be more explicit."

"What?" she asked, terrified.

Fredy barged in with the injection on a tray like the day before.

"Here you go, boss!"

"Hold the camera, Fredy."

At that moment, Iriana was terrified and worried, where is Bary? Who prepared this injection? Did Bary really manage to swap the drugs for supplements? What do they mean by "your father didn't take us seriously"?

Fredy started filming, while Marco spoke through his mask.

"Dear Colonel, we have been informed of the massacre you committed in the north district, except that, as you must know, you targeted the wrong people... You eliminated the wrong kidnappers, we who hold your dear daughter are still here, safe and sound. You didn't follow the rules so we must inflict punishment: the second destructive substance."

Then he injected it into Iriana's neck while holding her down. The young girl screamed in pain. Then he continued:

"Mr. Colonel, one more injection and your daughter will bid you a final farewell, let's see if you still want to play cat and mouse. And that's not all, your daughter is now suffering from a dog bite, you're prolonging her suffering... And to finish, we double the ransom! Delivery will be tomorrow or never."