A Bundle of Secrets

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter 19

Kay opened her eyes as the pain of the beat down she received kicked in. She clutched her right side when she felt something in her right jacket pocket. She placed her hand in her pocket and pulled out a bracelet with a small charm on it. The charm was styled to look like an ace of hearts. Kay smiled, shaking her head slightly; Cameron must have snuck it in her pocket at some point.

She had to get out of here, wherever here was. She made a painful attempt to get up but did manage to succeed in getting up when the door opened again. Kay quickly placed the necklace back in her pocket. The mystery woman came back in, "Hello Kay."

Kay scoffed, "What do you want?"

"Simply to say hello, see how you're doing."

Kay rolled her eyes, "Look, I'm not telling you anything. I would never betray Cameron's trust."

The mystery woman shook her head, "So loyal. I do wonder about that loyalty."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, I can't help but wonder just how far you're willing to go for Cameron. How much you're willing to do for him." Kay didn't answer, "I mean, when you think about it, he's really not worth it. He can be pretty selfish."

Kay scoffed and shook her head, "You have no idea what you're talking about. I've never met anyone more stupidly self-sacrificing than him. It's only fair that I try to do the same for him."

"Would you even be willing to take this?" The mystery woman pulled out a small vial with some sort of clear liquid inside.

"What is that?" Kay asked.

"Just a simple serum."

"A serum... Like the one Jonathan has?"

"Do you know what it does?"

"I-it creates a sort of vegetable state in the person who takes it."

The mystery woman raised an eyebrow, "Not just that. You see you may be in this locked-in state but you are fully aware of what goes on around you. You'd sleep and wake up like anyone else but you just wouldn't move... and then one day... your heart will just... stop. The autopsy would rule it as a heart attack." She holds it out towards the agent.

"Why are you giving it to me?"

"I want you to take it." She grinned, "And drink it."

Kay's eyes widened, "Why would I do that?" The FBI agent couldn't see any reason as to how she would willingly take that serum.

"Because I'm willing to make a deal. You take the serum and I leave Cameron, Jonathan and their little family alone. Forever. If anything happens to them, I will not be responsible for it."

"And if I refuse to do it?"

"Then by my orders, you will die execution style. We will leave your body for Cameron to find and will continue to pick off each of his little deception group including Jonathan until he is left all alone."

"Cameron wouldn't abandon Farrah... even if all that happened."

"But it would break him. So much so that I doubt any reasonable judge wouldn't accept that Farrah would be better off with her grandparents."

Kay sighed, "Why do they want Farrah so badly? They hadn't spoken to Shawn for years and-wait." Kay's eyes widened with realization, "That's why... They want her to be their... their do-over, don't they?"