Her breath hitched when she saw him pull out a strip of cloth from his jean's pocket. It was black. It was ominous. It meant only one thing and that was to blindfold her.
Quickly, she shook her head. 'No... you can't do this!'
Nic gave out no reacti...
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The next day was a different day. Cielle and Alex weren't even awake when an unfamiliar man and a woman in shirt and jeans stepped inside.
"There, take the boy!" shouted the man in his native tongue to his companion. The woman with a short bob nodded.
Cielle immediately sat up and embraced Alex in her arms, trying to protect him.
"Oi, give him to me," said the woman in Filipino.
Cielle shook her head vigorously and gave them sharp glares. "What are you going to do with him?"
"Huh, Engleesh speaking!" the man mocked and both he and his companion, grinned.
"The boss needs the boy. His mother wants to speak to him to ensure that he is still alive," the woman explained.
"Then I will go with him!" declared Cielle.
If they weren't saying the truth, at least she would be there to protect the boy whatever happens.
The woman looked at her comrade and waited for his decision.
After a few seconds of deliberating, he nodded. "Okay, that would be better. The boy won't be thrashing around if you are with him."
Cielle nodded and then quickly got up. In one scoop, she brought the silent but confused Alex in her arms.
"Hey, we are going to talk to your mommy on the phone. Do you like it?"
Alex quickly bobbed his head with a beaming smile. "Yes!"
Then, the three of them strolled out of the room and into the hallway.
The man led them to another concrete house just a few meters away from their underground prison. This side of the island not only has coconut trees but also huge acacia and mango trees.
Cielle was in awe with how the house looked like. It was two-storey with elegant balconies in every side, well-painted with white and boasted a front portico and a mahogany door.
If she were to judge it, they were about to go inside the criminal boss' lair.
Alex was still in her arms, putting his small palms on her neck while she climbed up the stairs.
Before she could step in the entrance door though, she heard a male voice shout, "Wooohooo! Here is the man who got some points last night!"
She paused and looked at the source, Don, who was standing in the front yard of the house patting Nic's back as if congratulating him.
The latter didn't show any expression on his face whatsoever and it got Cielle raising a brow.
How could Don say that when in fact nothing happened between Nic and her?
