~ California, Beach house ~
Inside the study…
Sarah and Aiden are seated on the wide sofa, facing Jesse who is in the sofa chair.
"You must wonder why we invited you here." Sarah started.
"I suspect that you know I'm hiding sothing and that story I told you when we t is not the truth." Jesse was surprised with the words that he spoke, but only for a second.
He frowned while looking at Sarah and Aiden. It didn't take him long to realize that he can't hold back from saying what is on his mind, and he wondered at what ti he got drugged. He had food and drinks with everyone else.
Jesse scolded himself silently at the thought that he was careless and sighed because he was supposed to expect sothing like this. On the other side, him being drugged without noticing, confird that he didn't make a mistake when he decided to follow this young couple. He witnessed their sparring match earlier that day, and now this… really, he made a wise choice to co with them.
Sarah leaned onto Aiden and smiled while looking at Jesse whose face showed mix of emotions.
After about a minute, Jesse composed himself, and Sarah spoke: "Let's start with who you are. From the beginning. Tell us your life story. Don't skip on the important parts."
Jesse grimaced for few seconds, trying to keep his mouth shut.
"Wow! You are fighting it!", Sarah exclaid and almost jumped up.
Jesse knows that he is drugged, and did his best to prevent himself from talking, but he was not successful.
"My birth na is Amadin Conteh Kamara." He bit his lip, desperately trying to stop his mouth from opening again.
Sarah glanced at Aiden. "Amazing… he is fighting it!"
Jesse put up a struggle for another few seconds before realizing that he can't fight the urge to talk. It was ntally painful to stay quiet. He relaxed and imdiately words started pouring out of him: "I am the second prince in my tribe. My tribe is integrated into a modern society and everyone lives in the city. At the age of seven I was sent to United Kingdom for education…"
Jesse told them that he attended private schools under na Michael Kamara. He excelled in academics… At twelve years old he was approached by a secret organization. They trained him in variety of martial arts and weapons handling… At age fifteen he got his first mission where he needed to obtain so information… At age seventeen he kissed a girl for the first ti… At age of twenty one, he got his permanent address in Germany. Two bedroom apartnt in Munich... His missions around the world continued… At age twenty two he had his first sexual experience and he was heartbroken when after two months Louisa left him…
(Fast forward to important parts…)
Two years ago, Jesse was assigned to a mission in Egypt and they were betrayed. All his teammates and contacts were killed. He tried reaching out to his base directly, but he was not successful. Since then, there were multiple attempts on his life; at least one every few weeks. And they found him no matter where he moved… He was tired of running and went back ho trying to see his family for the last ti. When he reached, neighbors told him that his whole family, father, mother and two brothers disappeared overnight without a trace, and that happened few months prior. He stayed that night in his family ho and was attacked by two assassins. He killed them. Next few days (or maybe weeks) he was mostly drinking himself into blacking out while waiting for the next assassins to co… until one day, he woke up hangover in a diamond mine, chained.
Jesse exhaled, like a big burden fell off his chest.
"Why didn't you escape the mine?", Sarah was curious. A man with his capabilities should be able to escape, right?
Jesse was pitiful while answering: "Where would I go? Whoever is after , found within few days how I got there. I am on the run for last two years… I was tired… and I gave up on running. I was waiting for them to co and end my life. After so ti, I realized that no one is coming. Conditions in the mine were not good, but at least I got my chance to rest without worrying about assassins."
"For soone who is an agent of a secret organization for more than ten years, you are easily giving up." Aiden said in a cold voice.
"They trained to steal, fight and kill. They would call and say: co here at this ti. Others ca up with detailed plans, I executed on them. I was never good at logistics and communication… at first, I was motivated to fight and figure out what happened, but whatever I tried, I ended up being the one hunted. Eventually I realized that I can't do it and I gave up." Jesse explained.
Sarah shoot her next question: "Why did you decide to join us?"
Jesse looked Sarah in the eyes while answering. "If I have a choice, I don't want to stay in that mine, and I don't want to die either. If you can help stay alive, I will offer you my services. I already told you that I can be useful. Put to so use. I can't go to a normal life… I don't know what that is, and whoever is after would find within few days… I saw Aiden fighting and he reminded how good it feels to do sothing. And then I heard your kids talk about all the training you are providing to them and I knew you are not simple people and that you have a mission. When I heard that you are offering better life to the kids, I realized that you are good people."
Aiden had difficulty holding back his anger. "Those people found you within few days… did you ever think that by being here you are putting all these kids in danger?"
Jesse waved his arms defensively. "I don't have any trackers on . I checked. It could be the phone numbers, or ATM or sothing else they used to find … but since I ended up in the mine, I was without access to any electronic devices, and they didn't co after ."
Aiden was close to snapping as he spoke through his teeth: "Don't you feel any guilt?"
The thought that this man has assassins after him and he ca here, enraged Aiden. What if assassins ca previous day when their kids were by themselves? He would never forgive himself if the kids and staff got hurt just because he brought Jesse with him.
Jesse defended his actions: "I admit I lied to you, and I am ashad that I did that. But if I told you the truth, would you accept ? Would you even believe ?"
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