12 Ready Or No (2/2)

'That b.a.s.t.a.r.d, Anthony!'

I smiled to myself in satisfaction. I was going to begin my dream job. I closed my eyes again, the smile still on my face.

Ready or not . . . Here I come.

It was almost four in the morning when I peeped out from under my sheets and looked at the digital clock on my nightstand. My eyes were still heavy with sleep. I'd gotten very little sleep the night before. With the excitement of starting my mission mixed with my obsessive thoughts about the black files, sleep had not come easily to me.

It took me a while to get back to my senses and get ready to leave.

He didn't even tell me where to go! I thought for a moment and then checked my mobile to see who had called last. It was a private number. d.a.m.n.

The man was testing me. How the h.e.l.l was I supposed to reach him by five in the morning if I didn't know where to go? I ran to my room and fired up my computer.

's.h.i.+t. Half an hour to go!'

I connected my cell phone to my computer and tried to find out the number.

No. It didn't come out. I racked my mind and tried again. This time I tried to re-dial the number.

'Bingo!'

I pressed the okay b.u.t.ton and pulled the phone to my ears.

”Good morning, Mia. How are you doing this fine morning?” I could hear the amus.e.m.e.nt in his voice.

He wasn't impressed. It took me too long to get back to him. He probably had expected me to call him back last night, like the a.s.shole he is. He was testing my limits and my emotions were incapacitating me, rendering me incompetent. He was good. He was probably trying to break my will.

Does he suspect something? Maybe.

'I need to find out.'

”You never mentioned where I was supposed to reach,” I said in a clipped tone. He chuckled lightly and then sighed.

”You're late.” f.u.c.k. ”Get to the mansion in ten minutes. I'll be waiting for you there.” He hung up.

He sure loved to be rude to people. Every phone call I had heard him take had been the same.

'Doesn't he want to increase his empire or hold onto it? If he behaves like this with everyone, they would all turn against him and probably kill him one day!'

I didn't think I would ever understand the man. He was a mystery, a mystery I had to unravel in front of the world.

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