Assassin Bodyguard [GirlxGirl]

Knowing or Not

Chapter 3

When we reach the base, I hop out of the car and start walking toward my bike. I'll have August just wire me the money this time, I need to get home and sleep.

"HALEY! Wait!"

I turn around to look at the idiot.

"Say my name any louder, why don't you!"

"Relax, it's not like it's your real name"

"It is to the outside world!"

I sigh in frustration.

"Listen Jefferson, I need sleep. So, I'm going home, and you better not be calling me anytime soon!"

"Ouch, hitting me by my last name. You should just give in and call me dad"

"Can I kill you?"

He starts laughing.

"Okay, okay. But seriously, before you go, we need to talk"

My body is facing him now.

"So...Talk"

He sighs.

"Look you need to get rid of that orphanage, it is..."

"Not a loose end, so relax, I..."

"IT IS A THREAT TO YOU!"

I look at him seriously and listen.

"Look! Those kids will grow up one day and when they do, they will come after you! YOU! The person who assassinated their parents! The one who left them orphaned in the first place!"

He took a breath.

"If you want, I'll get rid of them for you..."

"Jefferson, do you think I'm an idiot like you?"

He stares at me dumbfounded.

"I know that they could be a threat in the future. And I have already taken measure to ensure that, that won't happen. Jefferson what are orphan children most curious about?"

"Um... How to get candy?"

Is he playing with me?

"No, their past! Who their parents were and why they are in an orphanage! I have made each child a file about their past, a made up one. In the file for each kid has a fake birth certificate with a false birth name, fake back story and different false reasons they have been put in the orphanage. So, if any of the kids were feeling sneaky, they can find their file and nothing would really happen. They wouldn't know anything about their real past or real parents. Which is a good thing"

"All those false documents must have cost you a fortune! Why do that for a bunch of kids?"

"Because they actually have a chance. With a fake normal life backstory, they can all live on to have a potentially normal future! If they knew the truth that their parents were all murders, rapists, and worse, what would that do? It would just ruin them; know they share blood with the worst kinds of people. I should know, I do research on all my targets a month in advance, so I know about all their dirty laundry and secrets"

"But this last guy, you just took him out no problem"

"That's because I have had my eye on him for a while. Thomas Douglas, age 45, important business man by day, serial rapist murder by night! He uses his job to go to different cities and abducts innocent girls. He owns this abandoned warehouse under another name, 45 miles out of the city. It's where he takes his victims. From my count, 23 women have died by his hand, maybe even more. My guess is that the kid I found is one of his victim's child."

Jefferson just stared at me, almost shocked.

"There's no good in those kids knowing what monsters their parents were. So, it's killing two birds with one stone, no future threat for me, and a normal life for them. Win, win"

'That's right...Sometimes knowing the past hurts more than not' I thought.

I ended the conversation on that note and headed out, driving back my apartment, ready for my long awaited sleep.

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A/N

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