AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“You have some balls on, little lady,” she heard a voice say. She instantly knew who it was. Pablo. Janet turned and saw him walking into the warehouse.
“Pablo,” she said as tears flowed down her face.
“You dared to do what most men wouldn’t do, leave the cartel,” he said.
“I was only your secretary. I wasn’t really part of the cartel. I didn’t mean anything to you or your business.” She tried to plead with Pablo by making him realize that she was too insignificant to kill.
Pablo approached her and stood above her looking down at her. “You know far too much for me to keep you alive,” he said to her.
“I won’t tell anyone anything, please let me go.”
Pablo crouched down and leveled his face with hers. She could smell the cigarettes and cheap cologne. The smell just made her sick. “All this time, you’ve been living with Basil. That’s another reason for me to kill you,” he said.
“Basil? I just work as a housemaid, that is all.”
“For Basil though.” His expression grew dark and scary. Janet wondered how Pablo knew Basil. He seemed to hate the fact that she worked for Basil. It didn’t make sense to her why he was bothered by that.
“Mateo, shall we kill her slowly or quickly?” Pablo asked his right-hand man.
“Slowly, she doesn’t deserve the mercy of a quick death,” Mateo replied. His scar deepened as he smiled at Janet. His smile gave her shivers. The other men were leaning against the wall, watching the entire thing.
“I agree,” said Pablo. “I liked you, you know.” Pablo pulled out a long steel knife out of his pocket. He took out his handkerchief and wiped it slowly while keeping eye contact with Janet.
In that moment, all Janet could think about was Basil. She didn’t want to die before she had the chance to be with him. She had known him for a short while, but he had quickly become an important part of her life. She had gotten used to seeing him every day and spending time with him on the patio.
More tears rolled down her cheeks as she mourned the relationship that hadn’t gotten a chance to begin. Janet also felt sad about leaving Sanaa alone. She had grown to love the little girl. She couldn’t bear not being able to see her again.
At least my family is safe, she thought to herself. She was glad that they were under the care of the sheikh. She didn’t want anything to happen to them.
“Before I kill you, I need to know why you ran away,” Pablo said to her. Janet swallowed before she answered.
“I knew what you were going to use that truck for, and I didn’t want to be a part of that or work for someone who kills people.”
Pablo gave her half a smile. In a swift movement, he cut Janet’s arm, causing her to scream out in pain. “It’s sharp enough,” Pablo said, looking at the knife and smiling in satisfaction.
Suddenly, the metal door of the warehouse was flung open. Janet screamed and hugged herself and looked down. She thought more members of the cartel were coming in.
“Back away from her right now.” Janet heard a familiar voice.
Chapter 16
Janet looked at Basil standing in the doorway. Pablo rose to his feet and squared his shoulders. “Basil,” he said.
“Touch another hair on her head, and I’ll kill you myself,” said Basil.
“Basil!” Janet cried out. “It’s not safe here; you should go.”
“Yeah, Basil, you should go,” Mateo said mockingly, imitating Janet’s voice. The other members of the cartel laughed in response.
“Let’s see if you’ll be laughing in a minute.” The sheikh walked into the warehouse with authority, head held up high and shoulders squared. Janet was scared for him; it wasn’t safe there with the cartel. She didn’t want anything to happen to Basil; she would never forgive herself.
“FBI!” A group of officers dressed in bulletproof vests ran into the warehouse with guns in their hands.
“What?” Pablo spat out. The color drained from his face as he saw the FBI officers running into the warehouse. He tried to reach for his gun, but then Basil approached him and punched him in the face. Janet gasped as Pablo staggered backwards. He came back in full force and swung for Basil, but Basil blocked his fist.
Basil punched him a few times before he kicked him. Pablo fell to the floor with blood trickling down from his nose. Mateo tried to get involved but was stopped by an unfamiliar man with a ponytail and a beard. The other members of the cartel were getting cuffed by the FBI.
“We’ll take it from here, sheikh,” one of the FBI officers said to the sheikh.
