Witness Protection

Chapter 20

Christina

We took deep breaths as we prepared ourselves. I placed my bullet proof vest on along with my gun and extra mags. Calvin came over and tested my earpiece to make sure we could hear each other perfectly. I placed a stick of mint gum in my mouth to calm my nerves.

"Alright our target along with the hostage is inside that house. Detective Baker will deactivate their entire system which includes cameras and alarms but that only gives us forty five minutes to get in and get our hostage out safely before the emergency generators kick in."

After months after months of searching, I've finally found her. That asshole not only took her out of the state, but out of the fucking country. So now here I am along with Calvin and a few officers who had worked with me on the case that killed Tina. They either had retired or quit but I managed to gather all five of them here all the way in Canada tonight.

"Alright...Calvin, Teresa you're with me. Ricky I need you to keep your eyes on the outside. Mark, Wiley, and Kennedy you three take the back. Shoot anything that moves expect for Melanie."

"This gon' be good. I feel like I'm back in my 20s again."

I rolled my eyes at Mark. He's as dumb as a buck sometimes but he's damn good with a gun. We got into positions as Kennedy picked the lock to the front door. As soon as I heard it unlocked, I signaled for them to follow behind me. We moved swiftly but quietly through the mansion.

"Movement ahead. T...get ahead of us and take em out. Spare no one."

She smiled at me taking out her knives. I watched as she effortlessly took down a maid and a possible guard. We made our way through the living room but ran into some problems along the way. Once that was handled we headed towards the kitchen area. I saw a woman with her back turned to us rummaging through the fridge. I raised my gun getting ready to shoot until she turned around. Her eyes widened in shock as did mines.

"Christina?"

"Melanie?"

Melanie

It was late in the night as Demetrius and I laid in bed watching a movie. He held me as he rubbed my pregnant belly. I heard and felt my stomach growling causing the both of us to laugh.

"Looks like someone's hungry. Want me to go get you something?"

"No I got it...you stay right here."

I got my robe putting it on then headed downstairs. I softly hummed a tune as I made my way towards the fridge.

" What's mommy's baby hungry for hmm?"

I searched and searched until I found some dill pickles and chocolate sauce and creamed cheese. My eyes lit up in pure joy just thinking about eating. I gathered my snacks and turned around only to come face to face with a gun pointed directly at my head. I wanted to scream but my mouth had a pickle in it (get y'all head out the gutter 😂) so I dropped my snacks instead.

I took a real good look at the woman holding the gun and my eyes widened in horror and surprise. She seemed to be just as surprised to see me as I was to see her but our reactions were for two different reasons.