GUNSHOT ➪ Zayn

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Chapter 11➵ I took his life away

Zayn went down the elevator and walked to the parking reserved for the agents. He picked at random a car, a white Maserati Ghibli, and turned the engine on.
The man took a deep breath, 'Am I gon' do that?' he thought.
He threw this idea off his mind and started driving. More than one hour later, he parked the car in front of the big black building out of Vegas. He turned off the engine and got out of the vehicle.
His foot hit the floor, making an echo to the sound in his head. Zayn finally passed the glass-opening doors. He walked two steps, and immediately someone stuck a cold-charged gun on his forehead. Zayn raised his hands as a sign of peace.

'Jason, let him!' A leather-dressed woman screamed. The golden-eyed agent could not see her face clearly because of the low luminosity that surrounded the hall. 'I've been waiting for this for almost ten years...' the sadistic-unknown-woman said.
'Fine.' Jason growled, letting go of him.
'Come with me, dumbass.' The leather addict ordered as she started to walk, Zayn following her; she passed her badge on the detector, and they waited 2 minutes before the elevator opened its doors.

'What did you came here, Javadd?' She asked, turning her head to him.
Javadd? No one but them used to call him like that. His mind disconnected his body when he realized who was standing in front of you.
'I missed you...' He replied.
'Don't fool me!' She laughed, getting closer to him.
'Does it matter?' He repeated like he was out of breathing because of the tension between the two.
'It always matters to me, Javadd."'
'Gotta talk to the boss.' He said, without giving any other explanations.
'Really?'
'Man things, baby.' He sarcastically said.
'Then you're gonna need this.' She grabbed his hands and dumped him on the wall.
'Victoria... I know you missed that body, but...'

Zayn interrupted himself when he heard the 'click' of the handcuffs she just chained him with.
'Still as insightful as ever, honey.' Zayn whispered to him in her ear.
'Thought you were here for my uncle.' Victoria stopped him.
'Thought you didn't miss me.' He continued.
'We'll see that. Here's his office. You know where I'll be.' Victoria concluded, knocking on the door of her uncle's office.
'How did it go?' Victoria asked the man, intrigued.
'Not that bad....' Zayn replied as he got out of the office. 'I'm back working here, I'm officially done with 'em...' he added, with a stupid smile glued on his face.
' Wow, Javadd is finally back... I was waiting for this!' She laughed, taping Zayn's shoulders. 'Cmon man, you know where our cafeteria is, let's celebrate that.'

As they were talking, the Pakistani remembered every single word he pronounced. He realized the matter they had but couldn't regret them when the memory of Alyssa and Sean kissing blinded him.
'Who is it?' Evans replied through the walls.
'I'm here with a sort of... surprise...' Victoria weirdly declared.
'Cmon in V.' The boss said.
The leather-dressed woman opened the door and came in with her surprise.
'That's the best surprise I've ever had.' He coldly affirmed.
'He wants to talk to you.'
'What do you want, Malik?' The boss directly asked Zayn.
'I have something to offer you...' Zayn replied, eyes wide open.
'Victoria, please, can you...'
'Sure, Anna probably needs me, anyway.' She cut her uncle off, leaving the room.
'Take a seat, kid.' The 45 years-old-red-haired men said.
Zayn sat as the boss asked him to. He took a deep breath, and the words came quickly.

'Douglas, I know what I've done. I wake up every morning with his blood on my hands. I made a terrible mistake, and I know you're not going to forgive me, and I don't know if I'd leave this office one day, but the only thing I ...'
'What do you wanna say, Malik?'
'I know my capacity, and I know you're going to treat me right. I can help you, you, and all your employees. I've been working with Spoon for more than ten years, and I know how he works. You can think whatever you want about me, but if you wanna fight and win, you need me as much as I need you.' He finished his speech, praying for Douglas to understand him.
'Why would you do that? Spoon protected you for ten years. Your life is there.' The boss asked.
'No, I sacrificed the past ten years for him, but doing the same kind of mission every day and fuckin' round won't make me wake up weightless!' Zayn revealed.
'One life, for one life? I like that...'Douglas agreed, the pen taping on his red bear.