Chapter 8
Cmill knew this was the play to make but he told C Lee he needed 24 hours to think about it,
They had lunch and then Cmill went outside and sat on the porch swing,after a few minutes thinking he called for Kmack and she came reluctantly outside
Cmill:"Kmack get Emily"
Kmack:"Why ?"
Cmill:"Just get her,you'll see"
Kmack brought Emily outside and sat down next to Cmill on the swing with Emily on her knee
Cmill:"Emily.......i think your daddy gave you something,something important,something special that you were to keep as your secret,now i know you're afraid but you can talk to me and Kmack,we are only trying to help you......what did your daddy give you"
Emily looked at him with tears in her eyes but didn't speak,she reached into her sweater and took out a locket and unhooked it........Cmill reached out his hand........Emily placed it in his palm and turned into Kmack hugging her tight.
Cmill opened it and inside was a small disc.....Cmill smiled and muttered to himself
Cmill:"these things just get smaller"
Kmack:"Is that what this is all about ?"
Cmill:"Yes"
Kmack:"All these ppl have died for something the size of a thumbnail"
Cmill:"No these ppl have died because money makes the world turn and some ppl want it at any cost because it buys the most important commodity of all.....Power"
Kmack:"*Sigh*Are we gonna accept C Lee's offer ?"
Cmill:"I don't know yet,i'll call him tonight"
Kmack:"So we have the rest of the day free ?"
Cmill:"Yes....why ?"
Kmack:"I have an idea:" she smiled and went inside
She came back out with NDX carrying a box
Cmill:"What's in there ?"
Kmack took out a bat and ball.....Cmill raised is eyebrow,him and Kmack used to play stick ball as kids....he smiled
The 4 of them spent the afternoon in a game of 2 on 2 ball,with Emily and Cmill against Kmack and NDX,it was fun and the first time emily had smiled in a week
Kmack made a lunch and they ate outside and then played tag,it was simple stuff but the first time in years that Cmill had been involved in something that was just silly fun and didn't revolve around life or death situations......then Emily tripped and hurt her knee,she cried and Kmack cradled her....Suddenly Cmill's mind was with his wife and daughter as they lay dying at the hands of the cartel hitman even though he'd never seen what had happened,maybe his vision was worse than it was......but it was so intense a vision the pain was almost physical,he shook it off and got up
Cmill:"I have to go,i'll be back later"
Cmill went to his car and started it up,as he pulled out of the retreat a car started up and followed him,it was Bella
Cmill sat in the forge hotel bar drinking his way through a bottle of Jack Daniels,around 20:00PM Bella made her move,she entered the bar wearing a classy black dress,the type Cmill's dead wife would wear,sexy but reserved,her hair was dyed blonde and made up the way Kate would wear hers,Cmill looked up as she approached his table and almost fell off his chair
Bella:"Hey,mind if i join you ?"
Cmill Did a double take and started to get his senses back
Cmill:"Sure,take a seat"
They talked small talk for a while,Bella was careful not to make to obvious a move,it wouldn't have been Kate-like
Bella:"You have great pain in your eyes"
Cmill:"Until a few days ago ppl said that when they looked into my eyes they saw nothing"
Bella:"Well they say the eyes are the window to the soul"
Cmill:"If that's the case,then my soul was empty"
Bella:"I know how you feel,i'm knew in this city and it seems like everyone just passes on by without any connection at all"
Cmill:"It's the way of most of these cities,they house the businesses that keep the US powerful,the theme here isn't one of connection but of cold efficency,success is all that matters"
Bella:"Don't you want to connect though ? i mean if we don't as humans then aren't we basically drones ?"
Cmill:"I'll drink to that,hell right now i'll drink to anything"
Bella:"I don't mean to be forward or seem ****ty but do you want to get a room ? i just don't want another night alone in this place"
Cmill thought for a moment
Cmill:"Sure....."
Bella went and booked them a room and Cmill followed her to the lift,they reached the room and Bella opened the door,as she did Cmill grabbed her and slammed her against the wall and pulled her dress up
Bella:"Woah,you like it rough eh ?"
Cmill felt along her panties and then moved his hands up to her breasts,he pushed them inside her bra and pulled ripping part of it away,he threw Bella onto the bed
Bella:"Hey!"
Cmill pulled his gun out
Bella:"What is this,are you some sicko ? there's no need to do this i'm not the shy retiring type,if you wanna get kinky i can get kinky,there's no need for the gun"
Cmill:"nice...but you can drop the act,i know who you are,your name is Bella,you're physc grad from CLU who was kicked out for an affair with a professor who you the blackmailed,you wanted easy money so you combined your skill at profiling ppl with your knack for seduction and god given looks and made a career as a hitwoman,seducing targets and then when you had them most vunerable you'd slit their throats with this little surgical knife i took from your bra"
He held up the slim bladed knife
Bella:"I guess you are as good as they say"
Cmill:"Yes and you aren't as good as you think,you did your homework on me but you tried to play me like a regular mark,that was your mistake"
Bella:"I see........anything else you'd like to teach me ?"
Bella uncrossed her legs
Cmill:"Please sweetheart,you think your the first woman that thought a few ****e tricks could save her ass when staring at a gun ?.....I want information,i want to know who the mob boss is that is calling the shots and sending you and the other pack of freaks after the kid and i want to know how you knew where we were"
Bella:"i don't know anyt...."
Cmill:"That's foolish and you know it,i'm not some amateur that will just sit here and eat up your BS,either tell me what i need to know or i'll hurt you"
He grabbed her arm and bent it up her back
Bella:"Owww you're hurting me"
Cmill:"honey i haven't even got started yet,if you did your homework you know i will have no reservation to twist,break,tear and mutilate every part of your being until i get what i need....now be smart and talk"
Bella:"Ok.....Mister J is the mobster,he runs the biggest operations in LA,he funds the streets,the rackets and just about every other illegal operation going,his right hand man is Sarge,a sadistic creep who enjoys torturing ppl that cross Mister J,as for who gave me your location,it was sarge,i swear i don't know who gave it to him"
Cmill spun her round and grabbed her throat.....he looked into her eyes just as he had done many times before with ppl he was coercing information out of......the resembelance to his wife made him soften his grip for a moment then he tightened,bella winced......she was telling the truth
Cmill released her and stepped back
Cmill:"now that's out of the way come here"
Bella straightened herself
Bella:"What you still wanna screw ?"
Cmill's eyes narrowed
Cmill:"Ive got nothing else to do"
Bella slid forward and Cmill grabbed her and they started kissing,it was rough and had little affection or feeling
Cmill pushed her back onto the bed and in a tangle of ripping and unbuttoning they were having sex,Cmill's eyes staring coldly at the wall as he rammed into Bella
30 minutes later and Cmill slid to the end of the bed and fastoned his shirt,he got up and put his coat on and holstered his gun
Bella slid to the end of the bed
Bella:"So no hard feelings ? other than the ones a few minutes ago heh"
Cmill smiled
Cmill:"Of course not it was only business"
he moved forward and put his arms out,Bella smiled and hugged him,suddenly pain shot through her stomach and she arched gasping for breath.....Cmill had the surgical knife fatally driven into her
Cmill:"Go to sleep now"
he moved his hand over eyelids to close them and laid her lifeless body on the bed.....he straightened his coat and left the room..............
Cmill returned to the retreat,kmack,NDX and Emily were sitting playing cards at the kitchen table
Cmill:"NDX,make the call to Lee and set up the meet,we're going through with it"
He brushed past kmack to head for the stairs when Emily got off her chair and ran to him,she grabbed his hand as he turned to look at her.......suddenly she spoke
Emily:"Are you gonna stop those men from hurting me and make this all go away ?"
Cmill's expression softened and he knelt down so he was at Emily's level and brushed the hair out of her eye
Cmill:"i can't promise you that Emily,but i'll do everything i can to protect you"
she smiled and then hugged him...he was taken aback for a moment but then hugged her to.....Cmill then picked her up and carried her to Kmack
Cmill:"Eveyone get some sleep,we got a big day tomorrow"
With that Cmill went up to bed
To Be Continued
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