"Goodness, woman. Why do you always point a gun at my head when you et ?" he huffed. He cradled my head and tried to help out. "Contrary to what you believe, I have a lot of other work than to find out ways how to kill you or win your heart over." He paused, giving a firm stare. I stood by myself, but I could see that he was prepared to hold up if I faltered.
"You don't need to be here," I groaned. "I can take care of myself."
"I know," he ground out, but his eyes were not on . His eyes were planted on the building towering over us. "He's not on the roof anymore."
"He'll be down in a minute," I told him pointlessly. "You can go. I'll handle this from here."
"Don't be stubborn, Mia. I haven't been following you just so I could leave without talking to you," he ground out. I don't even know who these people are, or how many of them are there, but I didn't want him helping anymore.
"I'm not being stu-"
"Then let stay," he whispered. He placed his hand on my shoulder, firmly squeezing it. I knew that the chances of surviving an ambush were higher if I had backup, and he could be my backup, we had always worked so well together.
"I don't have ti for this," I mumbled before I sighed. A triumphant smile spread over his features and his hand dropped from my shoulders. He pulled out the gun from his waistband and then placed himself in front of . The urge to grab hold of his shirt was strong, but my need to protect myself, stronger. I shouldn't even need him to save myself.
I would not beco one of those other agents, I promised myself.
A dark figure appeared out of the alley and then found its way towards us. As the face of the shooter beca visible, I cringed.
"John?" I called out, shocked.
"Who is that?" Anthony asked, confusion evident in his voice. He did not turn back to look at , though.
"A student of mine..." I grumbled. "Why did they send him on such a mission when they knew that he could die?" And then I rembered that the organization never saw the age of the people who were being pushed into the slaughterhouse, just that the task was done.
"What?"
"Finally found you. For all those bullshit lectures you gave us, you sure are easy to find," he guffawed. I would have rolled my eyes if I didn't pity the boy.
"Who sent you?" Anthony asked. I knew the answer already, but I wasn't ready to acknowledge the irony of the situation.
"This is my first mission," John spoke proudly.
"And your last," Anthony replied. There was little sound and the sound of a body hitting the concrete. I didn't turn to look at the body; I didn't need to see it to know that it was a clean kill.
"Mia," he said sternly. "What does this an?" Anthony Murray did not know what was happening for the first ti in his life, and it made giddy. It made feel like he was indeed human, that we were on the sa plane. This ti I had an advantage over him.
"Soone put a hit on ," I told him matter-of-factly.
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His face turned hard and his finger twitched on the trigger. I kept my smile to myself and walked back to my car.
"How can you be so nonchalant about this? Don't you rember how it works?" his voice sounded strained. I could imagine his free hand travelling to his hair and pulling at it painfully as he spoke the words.
"I've been working for them for a long ti, so yes. I know." I turned to him, my hand planted firmly on my hips. No point in beating around the bush.
"They are going to send more people until the mission is done. This is a hit, not an undercover job. They sent in a sniper, for heaven's sake!" he threw his hands up in the air.
"You can hardly call that boy a sniper;" I snorted. "He was a spoiled brat that needed to be taught a lesson... I bet he was delighted when he got the assignnt. He always had a thing against ." I pondered on the thought for a second. "He didn't have to die for his attitude problem, though." I sighed.
I crawled inside the thing and retrieved my cell phone and ring.
"Why didn't that pitiful fiancé of yours not stop the hit from being carried out?" he hissed. Of course, the words were ant to insult.
"He was with ," I rolled my eyes as I saw his fists clench at his sides. "He's not my fiancé any longer, though," I inford him. There was no need to, but I couldn't control the information from slipping out of my lips. His eyes widened with surprise at the news.
"Is that why he put a hit on you?" he asked, astonished that soone could do that, but he—of all people, should know how easy it would be to betray soone you said you loved. I think the look in my eyes told him exactly what I thought. He stood his ground, though. He knew what he had done, and if he thought soone had done the sa, he would be a hypocrite and kick their ass for . I knew he would.
In reality, I just wanted to believe that I knew him. Loving him was not an easy task, and disillusionnt seed like the best way for it to hurt less, to part without letting my hands get tainted with more blood. I wanted a new life and none of the grief from my present one.
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