HAMERTON 2 Chapter 4 episode 8

HAMERTON 2

Thank you God for this opportunity.

Hamerton. A large school offering the finest Education to the students of the state and overseas. Natalie joins this school arriving from Brooklyn and she has grief over her lost friends who were murdered in Hamerton. She teams up with Ingrid and their fellow seniors against the House of Representatives to prevent a bomb blast that could cause a large massacre.

Happy weekend viewers!

previously on Hamerton; Nicky hacks the Hamerton power system with Gale's help and together, they cut the electricity supply in Hamerton. 

Natalie is interrogated by Officer bard who hardly accepts her statement. 

Nicky and Gale manage to get Maggie out of the room where she is locked in and they end up in Hamerton's chief building vestibule only to embrace a large crowd of the students struggling to leave the dark hall. 

The three meet Ingrid and Ivan and it happens that, Ivan is Maggie's younger brother.  

“Hallow?” A man called to a telephone receiver after picking it up.

“Good evening. This is LPF reception desk. Can we speak to Sir Howls?” a lady’s voice sounded.

The man placed the receiver on another hand and with first, fetched a paper and a pencil from his desk. “Officer Howls is not in. But, can you leave a message? Is there a case or something?”

“There is one girl here named Natalie Bradley. She says that, she is a friend to Maggreth Howls’ brother. Apparently, the brother is sick and he asked this girl with us, to come to London to look for Officer Howls so that, he can reach his sister, I mean, Mrs. Howls.”

The man scribbled a bit. “Okay. I get that. Where is the girl now?”

“She is here in the central station.”

“Okay. Let me reach Officer Howls and send you feedback.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.” the man said and hang up.

He rose with the paper from his desk and started out of his small cozy office.

He opened the exit door and took an elevator of glass cubicle that, raised him many floors up the building.

Crossing the heights, the man passed a bunch of other floors with lots of computers and people working here and there wearing black outfits.

He tapped his foot, waiting anxiously to reach the ground floor.

When the elevator opened, he emerged into a kitchen of a local restaurant. There were a few people there, wearing aprons and white huts.

“Hello Fin?” the man greeted the chef who was busy preparing beef stew.

“Hey. What’s up?” the young chef replied without giving the man a glance.

“Is Sir Howls in?”

“Yeah. He has been around all evening with Mr. Tommy. Anything new?”

“Yes. I’ll just get to him.”

“Okay.” The chef said and the man walked out.

***

“Hamerton? How?” Maggreth asked after Nicky disclosed to her where they were.

“I’ll tell you in the van, Maggie. Now, we have no time. If the power goes back, worse could happen.” Nicky replied.

“So, you were the one who cut the power?” Ingrid asked.

“What has my sister been doing here? And why are you wearing that?” Ivan asked seemingly very upset.

“She is your sister?” Ingrid asked him.

“Guys. Just know that, we came here to save Maggie. These were Corny’s orders. Now, you will do well if you let us go. Or, follow us in the van and we can talk. The bad guys are still out there.” Nicky said impatiently.

“Bad guys?” Ivan repeated.

“Let’s go to your van.” Ingrid said, hardening her look on Nicky.

Nicky sighed with relief. “Great. Thank you. Now, please, follow my lead.”

Ivan took her sister’s hand and walked together with Ingrid, behind Nicky and Gale.

They came out of the school compound through the front gate, when Nicky made the guards sleep with a paralyzing gas.

Gale opened the back door of the van for them and they all got in while he, took a seat behind the wheels.

“Who’s he?” Ingrid asked Nicky, after they all sat in the van facing each other.

Ivan sat with his sister on one side and Ingrid sat with Nicky, opposite them.

“My boyfriend but, don’t tell Howls about him.” Nicky replied.

“It’s okay. Your secret is safe with me.”

Nicky smiled a little.

“So, tell us what happened.” Ivan suggested.

Nicky glanced at him. “And are you her guy?”

“I’m her brother.” Ivan retorted, waving his head toward Maggie. “So, what happened? Why did you have to save her?”

“I was kidnapped.” Maggie answered.

“What!” Ivan exclaimed. “When did that happen? Why wasn’t I told?” he asked.

“It doesn’t matter now Ivan. I’m already safe.” Maggie told him and turned to Nicky. “You will take me back to Howls, right?”

“Yes.” Nicky affirmed just when Gale started the car.

“Where to now?” he called from the driver’s seat.

“Wait. We still have school.” Ingrid reminded.

“It’s weekend Ingrid.” Nicky told her and replied to Gale. “London.”

“Okay.” Gale replied. “Just tell me where the road map to your famous city is.”

“In the glove compartment.” Nicky replied and turned back to the rest. “You don’t mind spending the night on the road, do you?”

“I just want answers.” Ivan confessed.

Nicky nodded to him.

“Tell me how you are alive.” Ingrid added. “I thought I killed you.”

“Did you want to kill me?” Nicky asked with a frown on her face.

“No. Steve told me that, it was necessary. You were going to kill Natalie.”

“I faked shooting her to scare her and you. Steve told me to do anything possible to show that, I provoked you to kill me.”

Ingrid furrowed her eyebrows. “He told you that?”

“Yes. And he added that, you’ll shoot me in the arm so that, I wouldn’t really die and he would come to rescue me afterward.”

“He never told me that. In fact, he never showed that, he was part of the unit.”

“No? But, he has been working with the unit. He told me to break Erin’s toilet and ‘appear’ when you and Natalie would come for Erin’s encrypted message in Erin’s favorite bathroom.”

Ingrid was silent at that. “I’m confused. Steven never told me any of that. I thought that, I really killed you.”

“So, how come you shot my shoulder?” Nicky asked.

“To make you get rid of the gun.” Ingrid replied and her eyes showed deep distress. “You were going to kill Natalie and she was so innocent. Nicky, when I heard later that, you died, I never had peace in my heart. We never got along that much but, I never meant to harm you.”

“Wait a minute, guys.” Ivan, who was following the story for the whole while, interrupted. “Who is this Steven?”

“The guy who took my life.” Nicky replied dreadfully. She now blamed Steven for making her have a fake identity and a life that, was not hers. She turned back to Ingrid. “Tell me the honest truth Ingrid, Steven did not tell you Mr. Tommy’s plans to get me out of the picture and Natalie seeing it all?”

“I swear to you. I don’t know what you are talking about. I personally haven’t heard from Mr. Tommy or Bill since the day that I came to Hamerton.”

“And Howls?” Nicky asked desperately.

“No. I didn’t even know that, Maggie was kidnapped and held in our school.” Ingrid said honestly.

 Nicky drew a deep sigh and remained silent, digesting the conundrum.

“Do you remember who saved your life?” Ivan asked, to help Nicky with her confused state.

“No but, I remember meeting Howls in a hospital and he told me that, the whole of Hamerton thought I was dead. He asked me how but, I saved myself from the explanation thinking that, he knew everything. I asked him if I could start a new life. I also wanted to be free of the responsibilities that involved Trevor.” Nicky replied and sighed again. “I never thought that, Steven lied to me.” She said and turned to Ingrid. “If Steven lied about the unit then he also lied about taking Trevor to a referral hospital in London. Tell me what happened to Trevor.”

“He is alive and well.” Maggie informed with a warm smile on her face. “We were studying together.”

Nicky smiled. “Thank you.”

“So, who is Steven?” Ivan asked for all.

“Good question, Ivan.” Ingrid replied.  

**

“Excuse me, sir?” the man came to Howls and Trevor at their dining table and greeted.

Howls turned to him with a smile on his face. “Yes, Damian?” he asked and added quickly. “By the way, you can release the Unit from their duties. My wife is safe now.”

The man’s face lit up. “Oh. That is excellent news sir.”

“Yes. I am very happy. Amh. Turn on my receiver. I want to talk to Maggie.”

“Okay sir. Amh. I diverted the calls from your office, like you asked and directed them to be received from the Unit quarters.” Damian begun before Corny interrupted him.

“That is no longer necessary Damian. Please let the office have access to them as usual. Is officer Millies downstairs?”

“Yes sir.” Damian replied.

“Please call her up here.”

Trevor was following the conversation closely. He noticed that, Damian had news related to the call for Corny’s office. “Did you have anything from Howls’ office?”

Damian turned to him. “Yes sir.”

“What’s that?” Corny asked. For a while, only his wife’s news, occupied his mind.

“There was a call from the Central station.” Damian said to him and turned to Trevor. “Miss Natalie Bradley is there. She says that, her friend and Mrs. Howls’ brother, is ill and that she came to London, to find you and get to Mrs. Howls.”

At that news, Trevor immediately rose from his seat. “Natalie!” he exclaimed. “She came to London to look for me. That, story of Ivan must be her excuse to get to you and consequently, me.” He said in realization.

“Calm down, Trevor.” Corny asked him.

“No, Howls. It’s late. She doesn’t know anyone in London. She’s also in a police station, she could get nervous, scared. I have to get to her!” Trevor insisted.

Corny turned to Damian. “Thank you for the news. Amh, take care of informing Millies that, my wife is alright.”

Damian nodded and asked. “Shall you both go to the station, sir?”

“Yes.” Corny replied, pushing his chair and rising as well.

“You have to get an escort. They already made an attempt on your wife, you can’t go anywhere now without an escort.” Damian advised.

“Damian, I am a cop.”

“Maybe, but, he isn't.” Damian said, throwing a quick glance at Trevor.

“I don’t want to take long to pick her up, Howls.” Trevor told him.

“Don’t worry, you will find the convoy out in just a second.” Damian promised.

“Damian, this is not any official visit to the central police station.” Corny warned him. “I don’t want any publicity.”

“Okay.” Damian agreed. “But, you will take the escort.”

“Do I have a choice?”

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HAMERTON Chapter 4 episode 7

HAMERTON 2

Thank you God for this opportunity.

Hamerton. A large school offering the finest Education to the students of the state and overseas. Natalie joins this school arriving from Brooklyn and she has grief over her lost friends who were murdered in Hamerton. She teams up with Ingrid and their fellow seniors against the House of Representatives to prevent a bomb blast that could cause a large massacre.

Happy weekend viewers!

previously on Hamerton; a heavy noise fills the Chief Building's cafeteria and the dining hall's lights go off. Ivan and Ingrid go out to find out what happened. 

Natalie arrives London and after roaming the enters a police station and tells the officers that, she is looking for Corny Howls. She is taken for interrogation. 

Corny hears his wife through the video tape that, Henry plays over the phone and after Maggie comes back on air, they realize that, she is still alive and is held hostage in Hamerton. 

Continuez s'il vous plaît / please continue;

Maggie opened her eyes but, only to find herself in a dark room. There was no longer a bright light above her head and she could not feel the cords around her hands and legs.

Clearly, she was lying on a bed.

“Hallow?” she called, louder and with fright this time. Her voice did not echo. She imagined that, the room was small and stuffy.

“Maggie?” a voice came to her ear.

She sighed with relief. “Howls. You are there.” She reckoned with excitement.

“No Maggie.” Henry corrected her. “But, Howls knows that, you are alive. Please calm down okay? We are trying our best to save you.”

Maggie lowered her voice to a whisper. “Thank you Henry. But, these people, they want something with Trevor. They are going to ask him for my life. Please tell my husband that.” She warned, this time, groping on the bed for the end of it.

“Yes. Both him and Trevor already know that. Amh. Do you already know where you are? Do you remember anything that, they did to you?”

“They only poured water on me and almost electrocuted me when I could not provide some info about Trevor. I don’t know where I am Henry. I, I also heard a name, different from their code names. Hannah. From what I gathered, the person with that name was the one who confirmed to the guys that Trevor is in England.”

“Okay. Hannah, Hannah. I will take account of that.”

“There’s someone coming.” Maggie announced when she heard footsteps close to the room.

“Stay strong Maggie. They won’t do anything to you unless they have Trevor. We have a bargain.”

Maggie gulped. “I don’t want anything to happen to Trevor because of me. He means a lot to Howls and he is faultless.”

There was a sound of a tilting knob.

Maggie trembled with fright. She thought that she was about to face death itself.

“We will rescue you, Maggie.” Henry said as in her comfort. “I promise you.”

 Two minutes ago

“Why didn't you tell your boss that, his wife is being held in your former school?” Gale asked Nicky when they secretly arrived the power control booth of the chief building of Hamerton.

The booth had a big generator and a computer that together were used to coordinate the supply of electricity throughout the school compound.

Gale and Nicky wore dark outfits and masks and she carried a backpack on her back.

They made their way up there, by sneaking into the campus through The Wall when, everyone was occupied for supper.

Nicky took off her bag. “There was no need to scare him. If SOHOT wanted Trevor, they wanted him here. Trevor is the only one who knows the coordinates to work this thing.” She replied, drawing near to the computer. “Please hurry and take out the Calculator from my bag.

“Okay.” He agreed, bending down to reach the bag. “So, Trevor knows electronics of these things. Forgive me but, I know beverages and salads.” He said and she giggled. “So, do you?”

“I know that, there is a chip that, the directors replaced with an old one some years ago. If I remove the chip, I can work the generator manually.”

“Here.” He said, offering her the calculator.

She took it and thanked him.

“Then you will switch off?” he asked, as she opened a compartment from the computer and took out a small chip.

“Fit Mega Sixty.” She murmured holding the small red card in her fingers.

“Excuse me?” he asked.

She inserted the chip into the calculator. “Fit Mega Sixty. Latest technology of chips such as these that control power supply of a wide area network.”

He crossed his face in queer. “Okay. Now, I know who will put the power in the new project that Baeyer Luxus is overseeing in Amalfi Coast in Italy.”

“Wow.” She said, tapping the calculator quickly. She did not want to get her concentration off of it. “You are building a hotel there?” she asked.

“Yeah. And I want to put it under your name.”

“Done!” she announced and waved the device to him. “Aaw Gale. You are so sweet.”

“I just love you and you know, after my parents died in that horrible disaster, I have had no one to fill their place but you. I want to make you happy, always.”

She looked at him with much appreciation and ended up smiling. “And all I want is you, Gale. Your love and trust. Nothing else matters.”

He draw near to her, taking her hands. “Nothing else.” He repeated.

She nodded and drew her hands free. “Okay. We have less than two minutes to take Howls’ wife out of here. I have managed to set the generator to turn on in five minutes.” She said and he nodded. She walked to the generator where a large plug was.

“Can you handle that, all on your own?” he asked.

“You would be surprised by what I can do. Okay. This will be very loud.”

He walked forward to her. “Don’t worry. I will cover your ears.”

She smiled at this, feeling his palms shielding her ears. She then pulled the plug with all her strength and there made a very loud purr.

Gale squeezed his eyes shut. Sadly, he could not do the same for his ears.

Hamerton went dark.

**

A couple of guys became alerted when their room lights went off, following a loud voice of a moving object in the upper floor.

“What was that?” the one asked the other.

“Power cut.” His friend replied.

“So, do you think that, we should warn the boss?”

“No. The hostage will be safe so long as we are keeping guard the door.”

Unto their surprise, they both became drowsy and heavily dropped on the floor with unconsciousness.

Another group, moved the men and searched their pockets for a key to the basement door.

***

“What is your name?” Officer Bard asked Natalie who sat across the desk with him in an interrogation room.

A notary sat at the back of the room, typing her statement.

Natalie sighed. She imagined that the process will take long. “Natalie Bradley.”

“Where do you live?”

“In New York but, I study in Hamerton so, I stay there.”

“Oh okay. How old are you?”

“Eighteen.”

“Really? When were you born?”

She grimaced. Seriously? “March. 1995.”

“Okay. So, what made you leave school and come to London?”

“To find Corny… I mean, officer Corny Howls.”

“How is he related to you?”

“We are not related but, I know him from a case that, he helped me with.” She said and thinking that, she could make her case complicated, added. “A long time ago. But, I have to talk to him. It’s urgent. Can you please help me?”

“Miss Bradley, do you understand the rank that the official you’re asking for, is holding in the police force?”

She shook her head. “No. But, we met in an interrogation room like this not so long ago. I was in trouble and he helped me.”

The officer narrowed his eyes. “What trouble was that?”

Natalie sighed. “It was just a case that, happened in our school. Not such a big deal.”

“When was that?”

“About eight months ago.”

The officer leaned forward. “Miss Bradley. Officer Howls is no longer working in interrogation rooms like this. If you were not informed, he has been through a series of promotions.”

“So, I can’t see him?” she asked. “But, please, I need to see him. I have to see him. He knows me.”

The policeman chuckled. “Sir Corny Howls, know you? That is impossible. If you are from America then, you must know Michael Tommy. He is friends with Sir Corny Howls. The man’s son, some Trevy Tommy is also acquainted with Sir Howls.”

Natalie glazed at him. Her expression remained mild.

“So, Miss Bradley. If Sir Howls met you in a case before, I’m sure that, he forgot you.”

Natalie shook her head and sighed. I do not believe this. She thought.

“So, will you tell me the real reason why you want to meet this high police official?”

Natalie stared at him for a while, making a decision. “Yes.” She agreed.

The officer gloated. “I hear you.”

***

Now

Maggie took in a deep breath, bracing herself to combat the incomer.

“Who’s there?” she called, when the room door opened and there were multiple footsteps drawing close to her bed.

“Maggie Howls. Right?” A lady’s voice sounded.

Maggreth panted with terror. “Who are you? Please don’t hurt me.”

“We are not here to hurt you, Maggie.” The girl went on softly.

“Wait. Nicky?” Henry sounded in Maggie’s ear.

Maggreth neglected him, blindly staring at the lady and her anonymous companion. “Who are you?” she asked.

“Somebody who will bring you back to your husband. I’m from the unit and they sent me to rescue you.” the lady replied.

Maggie sighed with relief. “Really? Howls sent you?” she asked with disbelief.

“Yes. That is Nicky. Go with her Maggie.” Henry said over the receiver.

“You have to come with us quickly.” Nicky added, reaching out for Maggie’s hand in the dark.

“Us?” henry wondered aloud.

“How can you see me?” Maggie inquired instead.

“Infrared glasses. We caused the blackout. Now. There is no time. If the power goes back, your escape will be jeopardized. Please, take hold of my hand. We will guide you out of here.”

Maggie vainly looked around the room. “You and?”

“Me.” A man’s voice came from inside the same room.

Maggie got off the bed.

“Maggie. Please ask Nicky who is the man that she is with. I know Howls would have told me if, he was sending two people in your rescue mission.” Henry instructed over the receiver.

Maggie swallowed to ask. “Amh. May I know, who is the new guy?”

Nicky sounded chuckling. “I assume that you are communicating with Howls, right?”

“No. Henry.” She replied.

“Well, Henry. He is none of your business.” She said, loud enough for Henry to hear.

Maggie, who was the least concerned about their jokes, told her. “He says that, concentrate on taking me to safety.”

“Yes. Okay. We have no time. Let’s go.” Nicky agreed and ushered them out.

***

One minute later

Nicky led the way out of the basement to the lobby of the chief building which was heavily flocked with students, moving here and there.

“What now?” Gale asked, standing behind the ladies.

The lobby itself was dimly lit with some light that slanted through the glass windows and doors of the hall.

Some people walked around with torchlights and most of them, aimed toward the exit.

“Stay away from the lights.” Nicky instructed.

“Okay.” Gale agreed.

Maggie’s vision had improved by that time. “Where are we?” she asked.

“It doesn't matter yet.” Nicky replied, leading their way out of the lobby, clinging to the walls.

“I think that, there is someone coming.” Gale said, lowering his goggles when torchlight collided with his infrared lenses.

Nicky looked around the hall for solutions. “Let’s increase speed.” She suggested.

They did but, as it seemed, so did their pursuers.

“Argh.” Nicky groaned and covered her eyes when the torchlight illuminated her.

She released Maggie and they had to pause.

The people with the torchlight, halted in front of the three, with shock on their faces.

There was a girl and a boy.

“Maggie?” the boy reckoned.

“Nicky?” the girl called, lowering the torchlight.

Maggie’s mouth dropped with surprise. “Ivan.” She exclaimed and ran into his arms. “Oh you little.” She cried.

Nicky took off her goggles to brace the event. She pulled a serious face when her eyes landed on the girl. “Ingrid.”

Ingrid glanced at Ivan and the lady then turned back to Nicky. “But, you’re dead.”

Nicky crossed her face with queer. “You were not supposed to kill me, right?”

Before Ingrid could answer, Maggie withdrew from hugging Ivan and turned to Ingrid. “And you, Ingrid. How are you here? Where am I?”

Nicky turned to Maggie and announced. “Hamerton.”

Maggie was shocked.

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HAMERTON Chapter4 episode 4

HAMERTON 2

Thank you God for this opportunity.

Hamerton. A large school offering the finest Education to the students of the state and overseas. Natalie joins this school arriving from Brooklyn and she has grief over her lost friends who were murdered in Hamerton. She teams up with Ingrid and their fellow seniors against the House of Representatives to prevent a bomb blast that could cause a large massacre.

Hallow viewers!

Previously on Hamerton; Nicky agreed with Steven's plan to play being shot and killed by Ingrid so that, Natalie would see it and their secrets be concealed.

continue; 

The air inside a hotel room grew tense as a couple got closer to each other, exchanging passion and desire for each other.

The guy maneuvered the girl onto the bed and she held her tie, struggling to pull it off him. Halfway, the guy jerk her hand and with vigor, attacked her lips to throw throbbing kisses to her.

“I am going to marry you, Adeline.” He promised her, with his face lurking close to her neck.

She did not reply, shutting her eyes to feel her deft fingers spread across her body.

Just then, her cellphone rang on a night stand beside the table.

The girl cursed. “Who could think of calling me at this time?”

He kissed her. “Let it go, you’ll check her or him, later.”

She consented his idea at first but, then, the phone rang again.

“Switch it off.” He suggested.

“Let me see who it is first.” She said.

He sighed and moved aside.

She set in place her lop-sided blouse laces and got off the bed to where her phone was.

Her eyebrows furrowed at the number on the screen.

The caller was in England.

She slid the green button on the screen and received it. “Hallo?”

“Nicole.” A man’s voice came.

The girl’s expression changed to seriousness. She drew to a corner of the room. “Howls?”

“Yes it’s me.” The man replied.

She took in a deep breath and asked. “What do you want from me?”

“My wife was kidnapped.” He informed.

“You got married.” She reckoned instead.

“Yes. Just a few months after you disappeared.”

“With Millies?”

“No, no. With another person. But, hey, that is not important what is, is that, she was kidnapped by SOHOT and so far, you are the only one who can find her.”

She took a few seconds, digesting his words. “When did this happen?” She asked first.

“About a day ago. Listen, they want Trevor in exchange for her. They have given us a day to deliver Trevor to them or else they are going to kill Maggie.”

“That’s her name?” she asked. “Maggie?”

“Yes. She is a bit chubby, she has brown hair and a very cute face.”

“Okay. I get that. Amh, so, you are saying that, they want Trevor in exchange for her life?”

“Exactly.”

“Oh. I’m sorry Howls that, you already have to go through this.”

There was a deep sigh. “Thank you Nicky. Honestly, I really need your help.”

“I promise to do whatever I can. Listen, where did the kidnapping take place?”

“At the University where Trevor was admitted to, by her father. The men used to observe Maggie from an adjacent room. They took her from her hostel room.”

“Okay. Did the bad guys mention where you are supposed to deliver Trevor?”

“They won’t say until tomorrow night.”

“Does Mr. Tommy know?”

“No. Trevor insisted on staying in London to help me find Maggie. Henry replaced him in LA with his father.”

Nicky sighed. “Oh Howls. This is such a big mess.”

“You can’t imagine how I’m taking it.”

“We’ll find your wife, alright?”

“I hope so, Nicky. Do you know where they could be hiding her? In London?”

“There’s a building but, you won’t be able to get in. Only I can.”

“But, they know that you are dead.”

“I will try to get in and leave with Maggie without anyone seeing me.”

“Thank you, Nicky. But, you’ll tell us where you are going so that we can keep you safe.”

“Alright.”

“How fast can you get here?”

She checked her watch. “Maybe by 5pm. I’ll go to the airport right away.”

“Let me arrange your flight then. Are you still using the name, Adeline?”

“Yeah.” She replied, sadly.

“Okay. We’ll be waiting for you.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

“No. Thank you.”

Nicky smiled a little, lowering the phone. She felt good to connect with her old life.

Concluding his training earlier than them, Corny Howls became the couch to Nicky and Ingrid. In those brief years, Nicky and Howls also shared a romance but, it lasted for a short time because, she was assigned to love Trevor Tommy. An assignment that, she fell for.

After a year or two, she was shifted to Hamerton and there, Trevor treated her like a shadow of a past that, he resented so much.

Nicky learned later that, Trevor grew attached to her fellow trainee, Ingrid. Nicky figured their tasks as emotional manipulation. She did not know whether Ingrid liked him back or she was just following Mr. Tommy’s or Bill’s instructions.

But, after her figurative death, Nicky sought to move on. She was not needed in the ‘field’ and she had cash to start a new life.

She thought of completing High school but, her idea was crashed by all the requirements she needed to study in a new country.

So, she looked for work and found one at a bar. When she got harassments she found another work in a hotel. Luckily for her, she was hired in a very classic hotel in Geneva.

She served as a Chef’s aid. He was a kind old man who pitied her because of what she told her about her life story.

The man with her in the room was six years older than she was. They first met outside a shopping mall, when he knocked her with his car.

Nicky got a spasm on her shoulder that made her stop in front of the road.

He took her into his ride and rushed her to a hospital where he also took care of her. They got acquainted with a lot of difficult on her part.

Later, he offered her a job in his hotel. There, she served as the chef’s assistance. 

She turned around and met with a diamond heart ring with a silver band.

Gale held it in his fingers with a smile on his face. “Adeline. I am serious about us. Will you please, marry me?”

Nicole’s eyes filled with tears. She had never felt that joyous in her life.

Gale Baeyer was the only real and clean thing that ever happened to her.

He took her left hand as she remained speechless, apparently too exhilarated by his request.

He got on his knees as she watched at him with glee on her face.  

“Adeline X X.” He said and they both laughed. “Will you please, marry me?”

She released a tear, feeling so overwhelmed with happiness. She was more than willing to agree and say yes but, though the word was close to her lips, she could not repeat it to the man that she came to love.

“Oh Gale.” She sighed. She sounded to clearly hold something back. Or at least, something held her back. Her past.

She did not think that, Gale would marry her; a young woman sentenced to protect some wealthy kid for the rest of her life.

Gale furrowed his eyebrows. “What’s wrong? Don’t you love me?”

“No.” she denied quickly. “I love you. With all my heart. It’s just that.” She said, beginning to excuse herself. She ended up sighing. “I can’t explain.”

He rose, still holding her hands. “Adeline. You can trust me with anything. I know that, we don’t know each other much but, whatever you have done in your life before me, doesn't matter. I love you now and to me, the present and future is all that, counts.”

His words touched her heart but, the more they did, the more she felt to stay away from him.

“Adeline.” He called.

She looked down. “I have to leave.”

“Adeline?” he called with devastation in his voice.

She glanced at him. Pain etched in her eyes. “Now.”

“What is it, Adeline? Tell me?” he begged.

She sighed deeply, releasing tears. “Gale. I love you. So much. You are the first person in my life who make me feel complete. I never thought that, I could be happy until I met you.” she said and paused. He smiled at the words that came out of her mouth but, her relenting, made him worry. “But, I don’t think that, I could ever be happy.”

He furrowed her eyebrows. “Why?”

“Because, I have other responsibilities and they wear me down. I don’t want to involve you in my issues. You will think differently of me and I wouldn't want that.”

“But, Adeline, whatever, whatever you are going through, you can tell me. I will protect you. I want to be a part of your life. I love you.”

She squeezed her eyes shut, releasing a lot of tears. “I’m scared.” She said and unto his surprise, threw her hands around him, embracing him, strongly.

He hugged her back. “I will help you, Adeline. I promise you that, I love you more than anything.”

She just hoped that, she could rely on his promise.

What happened next? Stay tuned to find out!

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