GUNSHOT ➪ Zayn

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Chapter 14 ➵ hope is the worst part (corrected)

'Do you think he left because of what happened?' James asked her.

'What?' Aly replied, surprised that he was aware of the blondie's mistake.

'Yeah...' her new partner frowned. 'I mean, I love Zayn, but he fought with five of our agents and almost killed one.'

'Maybe.' She sighed as if she didn't care.

'Jonshon? Are you listenin' to me?'

'Can we stop talking about Zayn?' She protested. 'That won't make him coming back.'

'Believe it or not, he wouldn't have left without telling me!' The Métis defended his best friend.

'Whatever, is he here? No, he's not. Please stop hurting yourself for someone that abandoned us.'

'There was something between you two?' James murmured, unsurprised.

'Of course not!' The young woman lied, falsely repulsed. 'I was talking about all of us.'

'There must be an explanation.' The man continued.

'Holy Shit! When are you gonna stop? He left without telling anyone and did it on purpose! He's just gone, Bell.' Alyssa pointed out, knowing this was hurting her new partner.

James signed, about to continue his discourse, when she interrupted him:

'You know what, James, keep hoping if you want, the only thing I'm asking you is to be productive; and for the love of God, please, please, don't talk about this with me, please.'

Not only was she hurting, Alyssa felt abandoned once again. She wasn't even wondering where he was if he was alive or left because of Sean or to join Victoria.

Alyssa understood what James felt, she has been in the same situation, and she knew how hard it was to hope and end up disappointed. It was even worse than trying to mourn this person immediately after their passing.

Zayn eventually woke up, and he immediately called Victoria:

'Hi baby, are you ready?'

'Yeah. I wanna end this up as soon as possible.' He instantly replied.

'Are you scared?' His girlfriend worried.

'No. I mean, I did that a hundred times.' The charming prince declared.

'Don't worry, the plan is great!' She tried to comfort him.

'Stop thinking that I'm scared! I've been doing this for years, Victoria!'

'Okay, okay, it's fine, baby. Well, I've ordered a croissant and a coffee for you. The room service brought it to the living room of your suite. So take your breakfast and text me when you're ready!'

The Pakistani threw his phone on the bed and massaged his temples, exasperated. 'I'll never hold.' he thought.

Unintentionally, Zayn's thoughts turned to Alyssa and the simplicity of their so-called relationship. At that moment, she'd have taken his head between her tiny hands and told him, 'You've got this, nincompoop.'

If he hadn't left, he would probably be by her side and would never have betrayed anyone by joining their enemies.

The golden-eyed man looked at the breakfast, no more hungry;

He put his protective suit on and send a message to Victoria:

'Ready.'

Zayn took his laser pen and cut a circle on the ceiling. Then, he pulled the trigger on the grappling-hook-gun towards the hole.

The string rewound, and the black-dressed secret agent holding in his left arm the ceiling piece went up to the air ducts.

'I'm in. Raise the alarm.' He said, pressing his earphone.

Equipped with a professional GPS and a T-Ray camera, the new generation of X-rays. Zayn crept on the ducts to the 2384th room. He heard the sound of the alarm and Victoria's voice:

'Please, M. Hinb's, you have to leave the room, right now!'

'I've to take something first!' The man claimed.

'Are you sure?' Victoria insisted, plunging her hand on the pocket of her leather jacket.

'Do I look like an indecisive person?' He replied, looking for his brunch of keys.

Victoria stuck an old rag with an anesthetic agent on his nose:

'What are you do...'

The businessman hasn't been able to finish his sentence. He fell asleep.

'Excuse me, he had a breakdown.' She told an employee passing by. Both women pulled the man out of the room and took him to the ground floor.

Zayn drilled a hole in the ceiling. He moved down to the room searched the USB key with the camera. A red circle flashed on the screen, and he ran to the locked drawer, where the USB was. He dispatched it to unlock it and took the USB flash drive. He connected it to Hinb's computer.

Successfully unlocked, he clicked on the '18Bombpw1000m' file and downloaded it on another key. In the original drive, he deleted two pages of the plan. Next, Hinb explained how to defuse the most complicated and powerful bomb existing.

He opened the door and ran to the stairs leading to the rooftop.

The spy man shot on the doorknob. He punched the hatch and grabbed the scale the other side's black helicopter threw him. Victoria grabbed his arm and asked:

'Did you find it?'

'Who do you think I am?' He laughed, out of breath. 'Of course, I did!'