Chapter 553 - COUNT TO TEN (1/2)

Bonnie walked around the hostages and stopped beside the beautiful girl Clyde had questioned earlier for taking too many pictures of her food. Then, she asked the girl to stand up from her crouching position behind the table.

Bonnie used the muzzle of her gun to caress the cheek of the girl lightly.

Tears flowed out of the girl's eyes involuntarily as she faced her nightmare.

”You are some kind of influencer or social something, aren't you?” Bonnie asked softly.

The girl nodded, even though she wanted to scream and run. She did not dare do anything after seeing how that guy had died so quickly while trying to escape. While he was a bit of a jerk for trying to leave his girlfriend, he did not deserve death.

”You should be a little braver if you are going to make it in life,” Bonnie advised. ”Now, I have a very important task for you.. If you fail me, I will be very unhappy. And when I am unhappy, bad things happen. Understood?”

The girl nodded again.

”I want to hear you say it,” Bonnie said.

”I understand.” The girl said in a shaky voice.

”Great. I want you to be the director and cameraman for our little show. You should be very experienced with matters involving angles, lighting and storylines.” Bonnie said with a pleased smile. ”I want you to capture this scene perfectly.”

”The priority is to make the players stand out. And our audience must understand and sympathise with the characters. You cannot afford to be careless. This one is for the history books, wiki or whatever people will use to store information in the future. Understood?”

The girl was still afraid, but she spoke up. ”I understand.”

”That is great. Give me your phone.” Bonnie said.

The girl handed over her phone, and Bonnie gave her the phone where the Watch app was still running. The girl's hands were shaking as she took it.

”Keep those hands steady, girl,” Bonnie warned. ”If this phone falls, there will be a lot of unhappy people. It will be hard to pacify them. They might even find you if you manage to escape from this place.”

The girl tried to remain calm, but it was impossible in the situation. But if she did not follow Bonnie's request, she would probably end up dead.

”Here is a trick I learned when I was a little girl,” Bonnie spoke like a mature auntie to a younger generation. ”When you are in pain and scared, do not think about the big picture. You only need to worry about surviving to the count of ten.”

”Your entire life is those ten seconds. Do not worry about the rest of the future except for those ten seconds. If you survive them, try again. Before you know it, you will be a grown-up with control over your life. Or in your case, you will be posting dumb stories and stupid pictures online again.”

With that, Bonnie turned away while taking the snatched phone away.