the chosen spy

Chapter 4 Lies

Juliet
"No", the colour drained from my face. I shook my head despite the sharp edges of knife on my throat.
"Please! Not my mother", I pleaded knowing that there wasn't much that could be done.
I could not fight him when he has my mother as captive. He smiled wicked smile.

Tears welled up in my eyes and soon started streaming down my face. I loved her no matter what.  I couldn't bear the thought of her being a captive. His men might be torturing her.... for what??

ME!!! Yes. If I would just agree to his demand he might release her. If not then he would spare no time in killing her... or worse. I cringed at the thought.

"Please leave her. She is innocent. I... I'll d.... do anything you say. Anything! Just.... just leave her", my voice was wavering, barely than a whisper.

" Be my spy. Work for me. Do everything I want you to do. I'll pay you and also leave your mom. For that you have to quit your present job. Right now you don't fight, you don't struggle. It will take me just one call to take your mom's life", he stated everything in simple words. He was a total bastard. Nevertheless, I nodded as if this was something we usually talked about. My vision was blurry.
Slowy but surely, he backed away– the steel no more touching my throat. I slumped to the ground.
"I'm taking you home. She'll be there. Your work will start tomorrow. Be here at
2 a.m sharp. You'll know the address. I'll explain everything then only".

Pointing a gun at me, he led me towards his car.
I was not chained this time. We both knew that my attempts to fight or struggle would be useless. Now that he has mom. From his looks this guy seemed filthy rich. Yet I still wondered why didn't he have a chauffeur to drive his car?? Maybe he didn't wanted anyone to know about me.
"How do know me?", I asked as soon as we were in the car.
"That doesn't matter now, does it?".
"How much do you know about me?"
"Practically everything", came his short reply.
"What's your name? Who are you and how do you know me?", I asked once again.
"Not your concern", a curt reply came from his side.
Damn this man!! Calm down Juliet. Patience.
"I think I've seen you before–", I said controlling my anger.
"Sure you did".
So he won't speak that easily.
After some time of  contemplating where I had seen him, I gave up.
" Look Mister Whoever You Are, you have hired me to be your spy by force and we are starting tomorrow. You'll be informing me about my so called mission so I think I should know what to call you."
"Yeah you should".
What the hell man. I mean what kind of reply is that? yeah you should! Deep breaths Juliet, just calm down. He has your mom and you're helpless. Anything can happen and you would be unable to do anything.
"So what should I call you then?", I asked with some hope that he'd tell me.
"Lucas", he pronounced, attention still on the road.
"Lucas what? Full name?", I prodded.
"Miss Juliet Casper would you just shut up and let me drive?"
That did the trick to shut me up. Fine then! But his name didn't seemed familiar. This man knew everything about me. And I knew nothing.

My thoughts drifted back to mom. What would they be doing to her. She might be chained just like I was. Scared. She doesn't know who's doing this.
What if she's hurt or ... or...
NO!!! That can't happen. Bad thoughts entered my mind. Her throat slit open and her corpse lying on the chair. Empty black eyes staring at the ceiling.
Or maybe I'll enter home to find a pool of blood on the ground.
NO. Such thoughts were enough to brings tears in my eyes.
It was his doing. HIS!! If something happened to her, I will never be able to forgive myself. After all this was happening because of me. He'll do it if I don't listen to him. He'll do it. Bastard. I'll skin him alive if mom's hurt.
I came out of the trance when the car stopped. My apartment building.
"She's there. Don't forget 2 a.m sharp. I don't tolerate tardiness".
I glared at him with teary eyes.
"If something happened to my mom, I swear I'll spread your entrails in the whole town".

He was dumbstruck. I didn't even wait for his reply and got out of the car.
Climbing the stairs I called out to mom.
"MOM!!", I shouted.
I opened the door of my flat with force.
"Mom??", I called out again. She wasn't there in her room. Not in the kitchen either. Not the living room.
I was sweating now. She wasn't there as I frantically searched the house.
"Mom where are you?". That was when she came out of the laundry room.
"Juliet!", her face was relieved when she saw me. "Honey! where had you been? I was worried sick. You didn't came home", she hugged me tightly, tears raining down her cheeks.
I too hugged her. But then I pulled back.
" I was fine mom. What about you?? Did they hurt you?", I asked.
"Who?", she asked as if she didn't knew anything.
"They the kidnappers. Did they hurt you? Did they took you captive?", my eyes searching her face for any kind of injury.
"Juliet what are you talking about? There were no kidnappers. No one hurt me and niether did they took me captive", she said as if not understanding any of this.
"Mom look, you can tell me about it. You don't understand. They told me they had you as captive... and.. and.."
"Juliet stop. Nothing happened to me. You're being hysterical. Since yesterday you did not came. You scared the hell out of me. I was at home the whole time. Nothing happened to me. No one came here. O called at the hospital to find that you had already left. I contacted the police. Their searches had been in vain. Now you came home and you're asking me about my health whereas it should be me who must be asking for your wellbeing", she said, " I think you need to rest".

He had been lying to me the whole time?? How stupid was I to believe him without any proof? He must be laughing at my foolishness. Damn him.
" Lucas I'm going to tear you apart", I cursed out loudly .

Hello guys !!
English is not my first language and any mistakes can be pointed out. The corrections are whole–heartedly acceptable.
Now you know that lucas had been lying. He did not had Juliet's mother as captive.