masterminded

Chapter 33: JASMINE.

"I figured out you would be hungry" Venom said as he entered the dimly lit room Jasmine was held in.

"I thought you were going to kill me" Jasmine replied very weakly.

"Oh yes but not with starvation" he answered.

Jasmine hung her head. She was very weak and the wrists of her hands were sore from being tied with a rope for more than twenty four hours.

Jasmine had not eaten any food before the funeral as she was mourning her brother. She never imagined that she'll be kidnapped.

Venom called out "bring it in"

"Yes boss" a deep voice answered him.

The men came in carrying a table accompanied with a plastic bag on it; and set it in front of her.

"Inside the plastic bag is hamburger and a bottle of water, that should keep you alive" Venom said to Jasmine and was about to leave.

"Aren't you going to feed me master?" Jasmine asked sarcastically.

"Untie her Ace" Venom ordered.

The man called Ace rounded Jasmine's chair and cut the ropes open with a knife.

"Ow!" Jasmine cried out softly.

Venom looked at her then signaled to the others to follow him out when another guy said they were running out of time.

They shut the door behind them.

That's it? They left me alone. I could escape, Jasmine thought. Now.

Then her stomach rumbled. Yeah she had to eat first.

She got the hamburger out. What if he poisoned it, she thought. No he didn't seem like that kind of person. And he wouldn't kill me now, not without Albert.

She bit into the hamburger. It tasted so good. "Hmm" she relished the taste of it slowly.

Then the door opened and Ace walked in. Jasmine stopped chewing.

"You didn't think master would leave you here fully strengthened and loose. Well you thought wrong" he said and sat on an empty chair far away from her.

Jasmine swallowed.

Sure Venom isn't dumb.

She bit into her hamburger and chewed slowly thinking about the fact that she was spending her last days in the worst place.

She took the bottle of water, opened it and placed it in her mouth but her hands were shaking so she spilled some onto her shirt.

"Shit!" She muttered and placed the bottle back on the table.

Her shirt soaked in the water, making the line, curve and shape of her bra to show.

She looked at Ace through her eyelashes and caught him staring at her chest. The cloth clung to her breast.

What must he be imagining now? She thought.

She kept looking at h. She was fixated on it.

Jasmine smiled, unnoticeably, to herself.

If Venom isn't dumb at least Ace is.
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"I called you several but you weren't answering. What's up with you!" Fiona barked at Claudia immediately she reached Fiona's car.

"Hey I got my own life okay? And you don't get to talk to me like that" Claudia replied heatedly.

"Okay. I'm sorry. I need your help." Fiona said.

"You always need my help", Claudia muttered.

Fiona passed that, "I need you to find out who's with Jasmine."

"Why?" Claudia asked.

"Because I want to deal with her myself. I need some things from her" Fiona replied.

"You should be grateful someone else is unknowingly taking care of your problem for you free of charge. Why bother yourself?" Claudia said.

"It's none of your business. Just do as I say" Fiona snapped at her.

"Okay. So what's in it for me?" Claudia asked.

Fiona looked on.

"What? You ain't expect me to do a job for you for free anymore. Besides, I'm over Carl now, so if you need my help, you'll have to make me happy" Claudia stated.

"This wasn't our deal Claudia" Fiona said.

"Yeah. Our deal was I get Carl and you take care of Jasmine e but Carl is out there worrying over Jasmine and I don't stand a chance. So what's gonna replace Carl?" Claudia replied.

Fiona bit her lip "what do you want?"

"Money"

"How much money?"

"Ti-ti-ti, haven't thought of that yet. When I am through with the job, I'll notify you it's cost. Got it?" Claudia asked her.

Fiona shook her head sideways slowly, squinting her eyes.

"Look, I've got to run. Bye" Claudia said and left.

"Don't get on my nerves Claudia. You'll hate it" Fiona murmured angrily, got into her car and drove off.
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I'm thinking of changing the title to bitter. Should I?

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