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C H A P T E R 37

It was five in the evening when I got back from the aquarium to the beach house. I was a little disappointed that Kenny left, but I know how important it was for him to go. Not everything is about me. There are hundreds of girls who needed to be saved from being trafficked. My problems can wait. As soon as Kenny comes back, I will tell him the truth. I won't delay this any longer than I already did.

I've been watching a movie for atleast thirty minutes now, and if you ask me, I don't even know what's happening. All I see is people moving, I even hear their voices here and there. But other than that, I can't concentrate on anything. I'm feeling anxious, scared, nervous. I don't know how this will turn out, I've been making scenarios in my head about how Kenny will react when I tell him, what he'll do, what he'll say. I'm going crazy just sitting in this couch and overthinking everything.

I took my phone on the coffee table and dialled Maddie's number. Only she will know what to say, she's the only one that can calm me down and make me feel less anxious. "Hey Lu." She said as soon as she answered.

"Hey, Madds. How are you ?" I responded.

"I'm fine, but you don't sound fine. Are you okay ? Where are you ?" She asked and I could hear the worry in her voice. Maddie knew me well enough to detect it when I'm not feeling well - I wasn't suprised by it. Plus even I could hear myself, I sounded miserable.

"I'm fine. I'm at the Maldives."

"What!! What are you doing there?! I thought Gaddafi said he'd take care of it." She said, she sounded panicked and shocked.

"Maddie what are you talking about ? Take care of what ? what does Gaddafi.. ?" I trailed off confusedly.

"Wait you aren't there with Gaddafi ?" She asked and I replied no. "Then what are you doing there ?" She asked.

"Kenny is here for some work. Is Gaddafi here ?"

"No, but he's on a flight to the Maldives." Maddie answered.

"Why ?"

"Valvoski is there. He's trafficking hundreds of girls. He's shipping them off to Australia by using the Indian ocean." Maddie explained. "Helicopters have been looking for him from the sky but there's no ship on the ocean."

"Australian borders have been blocked so it means he isn't there yet. He must be on one of the islands since the Maldives are in the middle of the Indian ocean." I guessed and Maddie agreed.

"Wait these must be the same girls Kenny and his team came to save, and I thought Valvoski was arrested with the rest of the Sixty eight's ?" I asked her.

"He was the only member of the Sixty eight's that got away." Maddie answered. "Gaddafi wanted to get rid of him once and for all, that's why he's coming there."

"But the police found found the girls, Valvoski might escape before Gaddafi actually gets here." I replied. "Track him for me."

"Are you sure ?" Maddie asked. "Blue this might be risky, especially with Kenny there."

"I'm sure Madds. Valvoski is smart so he's definitely far away from the location he kept the girls in." I said. "He has people to do his dirty work for him, he doesn't get his hands dirty. That's why he'll escape before Gaddafi even gets here. I will eliminate him before he gets a chance to run away."

"Okay, I'll send you his location." Maddie responded. "I'm also boarding a plane to come there, I need to make sure I clean everything. I can't trust Gaddafi's IT guys with your life."

"Okay." I chuckled. "Even I can only trust you to keep me out of jail."

Maddie and I said our goodbyes and hung up. Seconds later I got a message from her, Valvoski's location. He was at a hotel not far away from here. I decided to get up and go upstairs to prepare myself. This might be just what I needed, a kill to kill my nerves. Killing Valvoski will distract me from telling Kenny the truth for a moment. It will reduce my nerves and pass time until Kenny comes back. I would also be doing the world a favour by killing that son of a bitch Valvoski.