Chapter 635 - Oleg & Milena (1/2)
~ Eastern Asia, undisclosed location ~
Oleg, aka Stella's brother Owen, is in an underground facility. He is chatting casually with two men who are wearing dark green tight fitting tops and camo pants.
After some time, two men said that their sentry duty starts in few minutes, and they walked away toward the exit at the end of the hallway.
Oleg glanced at the time and waited for two men to get out of sight before taking the staircases to descend two levels. He does not have access to levels below this, only few people have, so he needs to be stealthy.
He remembered instructions given to him by Milena to move while keeping his back close to the wall on his right for three meters, before at exactly full minute switching to the left wall and proceeding in the same manner down the hallway. He knows that these instructions are so that he uses blind spots of the security cameras, but he didn't know how Milena found out about this. And in such detail!
He reached his target door and entered pin that Milena gave him. To his surprise, door cracked open soundlessly, and just how Milena said, there was a tall cabinet in the room on the right with number of servers in them. He placed an USB from his pocket into third server from his right on the second shelf and followed instructions to start file copy. ' Two minutes and seventeen seconds until completed ', he silently read the progress from the screen in front of him.
It might be only two minutes, but to someone who is trying to steal information under dangerous circumstances, every second feels like an eternity.
He saw what he is copying. It is the information that King collected on Hill family. Oleg knows that Milena is concerned about her family, especially her daughters. And she is concerned about Edward also, because he is useless. Oleg will never understand what could a magnificent woman, like Milena, see in that good-for-nothing-foreigner. Edward is not outstanding in any way… even he, himself, is so much better partner for Milena.
Oleg remembered when Elder Jovanovic brought him to village of Lebedev family when he was eight years old. Milena was six at the time.
Oleg was originally from the branch family, and because he was a healthy young boy with promising start in martial arts as well as strong results in math, Elder Jovanovic took him in. It's like an adoption, but without required paperwork to make it legal. That is a common practice, and anyone from the branch family is honored to have their member join the main one.
Oleg was very confident in his skills. Why wouldn't he be? Those skills were the reason why he was brought into the main family.
Few days later he met a delicate girl. Three elders observed their sparring match, and the girl wiped the floor with him. That was the moment when he realized how much he is lacking. He can't even take down a girl who is so much smaller than him. His confidence took a hit while she looked unphased.
After that incident, he found out that girl's name is Milena, and she is two years younger than him.
Oleg admired her. She always practiced diligently. No matter how many times she fell, she would get up. No matter how much she got hit, she would brush it off and say in a stubborn voice: 'снова!'* He smiled. In his mind he can still hear that voice.