Players of the Game

Chapter 6: Everything Was A Lie

Becky stared over at Roman as a man bled out on her basement floor. As Roman tried to take a step towards Becky she backed away.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Roman told her.

"Why are you here? How did you get in my house?" Becky asked him.

"Look, right now we don't have time for twenty questions. We've got to take care of this body." Roman told him.

"You mean call the police?" Becky asked.

"What are the cops going to do? He's already dead." Roman told her.

"He tried to kill me. They will give me some kind of security or something." Becky said as she pulled out her phone.

"Why do you think I'm here?" Roman asked her.

Becky looked at him in confusion.

"Just stay here, okay? I'm gonna make a phone call." Roman told her.

As he pulled out his phone, Becky looked him up and down skeptically.

"Hey. We've got a problem." Roman said over the phone.

"What kind of problem?" Hunter asked.

Roman looked back at Becky for a moment.

"The girl saw me. Someone just tried to take her out." Roman said.

"Plan b." Hunter told him.

"Yes, Sir." Roman said before hanging up.

Becky looked down at the dead body again and suddenly got queasy.

"Come with me." Roman said as he lead the way upstairs.

Becky wasn't so sure why she trusted him so much but she did. She followed him upstairs and out to the driveway.

"Who did you call just now?" Becky asked as Roman opened his trunk.

"My boss." Roman said as he grabbed a giant tool box.

"And who is your boss? Who do you work for?" Becky asked curiously.

Roman laughed and hanged her the tool box.

"Again with the questions." Roman said as he grabbed two duffle bags and shut the trunk.

"What is all this?" Becky asked as they walked back towards the house.

Roman shook his head and opened the door for Becky. He threw down the duffle bags.

"This is my shit. My boss wants me to stay here with you." Roman told her.

"Um.. No. that's not happening." Becky told him.

"Yes it is." Roman said as he took the tool box from her.

Becky began to follow along with him as he walked back towards the basement.

"What's in the tool box?" Becky asked him.

Roman stoped at the top of the stairs and looked at Becky.

"It's probably better you don't know. As a matter of fact, just stay up here. Let me do my job and stay out of my way." Roman told her.

Becky began to squint her eyes at him.

"And don't even think about leaving. Because I will find you and I really don't feel like chasing you around town. So just save me the trouble and don't try to run away." Roman told her before walking down to the basement.