Chapter 80

---------------Medellin, Colombia.

----------------------------Next day, 5:00pm. Martinez's Villa.

Miss Ji Hae Soo

I was running out of time. Shim Seon Ah was out there and I was a fugitive. Everything I owned, all the properties, the connections, the hitmen, the weapons and the power I had. They were all gone. All because of some ordinary family. I had nothing left. The only person that was giving me a little bit of hope now was Uncle Alejo but he himself was broken because of the words his adopted daughter spat at him.

The girl broke his heart and the old man was sulking.

Yes, Alejandro Martinez was sulking because his daughter failed his test and now he had to kill her.

The same man who had a heart of stone was heartbroken.

It was true that everyone has his weak point. Alexandra Martinez was his.

I was going to make sure I got my revenge on that Faryah Edwards Mustapha before the police got to me. I had to execute my plans as soon as possible. I was going to leave her family alone and go directly for her this time.

Killing both mother and daughter were going to suffice my thirst for revenge now that I didn't know the amount of time I had left before the police caught up with me. I'd honestly rather die than go to jail to where all those peasants were. I wasn't going to be like Jake.

" Tío Alejo, necesito algunos hombres que me ayuden a sacar a la niña Faryah de Los Ángeles y traerla aquí para que pueda tomar su último aliento (Uncle Alejo, I need some men to help me get the Faryah girl from Los Angeles and bring her here so she can take her last breath)" I said to Uncle Alejo as I watched him swallow down another shot of Hennessy in his study. " Por supuesto. Haz lo que quieras (Sure. Do whatever you want)" He answered and smoked his cigar and I left him alone in his study.

I couldn't do anything to help him. For now, before Faryah's brought me, I'm going to torture his daughter until the bitch tells me where Seon Ah is. She sent her on a train to Cartagena, we wouldn't have found out if it wasn't for Tyler. He didn't get to see the address she sent her to but Uncle Alejo's men were already searching for her.

I was going to get a hold of Faryah in only a few hours and I'm going to make sure the way she and her daughter are going to die is going to please me.

Big time.

----------------Los Angeles, California.

---------------------------Valentine's residence, 6:00pm

" Sandra said she's going to come over later tonight so you guys can talk on what you'll wear for your wedding" Sophia said to me as my mind wondered to Zarah. I really couldn't stop thinking about her and the talk we had yesterday. She was with Miss Hae Soo and Alejandro Martinez now and I didn't stop praying for their safety. " cool" I answered as I set the plates on the table for dinner.

Khalid's going to be on his way here immediately he prayed Maghrib in the mosque and I was still off. I wasn't so excited about the wedding plans and everything, not that I wasn't happy I was getting married or anything. I wasn't even doing anything serious to plan my wedding. Raihannah, Firdaus, Miriam, Ummah and Ummi were all handling everything so I didn't need to disturb myself with plans. I was just not excited, Najmah wasn't here and Zarah has put herself at risk just to save my daughter and finally put an end to the past that's always going to keep on haunting her if she doesn't do anything about it.

Zarah was right about what she told us, if miss Hae Soo's caught just like that, she was going to find a way to come back to us. Luckily, the police were only able to seize her properties and stop all her shady businesses. They arrested like a thousand of her workers and hit men all around the world and they also made sure they apprehended all her partners.

She was weak now, and the only she person she had to run to was Alejandro Martinez, Zarah's adopted father.

May Allah continue to protect them there and us here as well.

" You're thinking about Najmah and Zarah right?, don't worry. Let's just keep on praying for them. They'll be back safe and sound" Sophia said with a reassuring smile as she came closer to me and gently caressed my back like I was baby Kim. " In Sha’a Allah" I responded and took in deep breaths.

" We'll serve dinner when Khalid and Mother arrive" She added as she kept a dessert fork beside the plate that was in front of me.

I gasped slightly as all the lights in the house went off so suddenly. That triggered the memory I had from when I was taken from my family in the salon. The lights went out, just like that. " Everyone stay where you are. I'll just go check what happened at the back" We heard Ethan say from the living room and I squinted my eyes from the sudden extremely bright light that came from Sophia's Samsung Galaxy S10.

" Stay here Faryah. I'll go check up on Kimberly upstairs"

" No" I cried almost instantly. " I'll come with you, let's go" I was scared. I was alone last time and that was how I became mute and spent my childhood days away from my family.

" Let's go then" I heard Sophia say as I took my phone out from my side pocket and instantly turned on the flashlight. " I wonder what happened, this has never happened before. We haven't had a single problem with our electricity here" Sophia complained as we walked up the stairs together in a hurry. " First time for it I guess" I answered and I heard her sigh. " I just hope it's nothing serious" Sophia said and loud screams from us followed as a figure jumped out of no where and stopped right in front of us, making Sophia tripped and with a loud scream, she fell down the flight of stairs.

" Oh my Allah. Sophia!!" I screamed and I felt a tight hold pull me closer to them and covered my nose with a handkerchief that was dabbed with the usual sweet smelling aesthetic.

My legs became wobbly and my eyesight, blurry. I could feel myself being pulled by a strong body as I tried my best to keep my eyes open but I couldn't resist.

I needed some shut eye.

-----------------------Basement, 7:00pm

My eyes flew open as I felt a heavy wave of water hit my face and I almost ran out of breath.

My head was twirling round and round in circles as I tried to adjust my eyes to the well lit basement.

I was alive.

Alhamdulillah.

" Now, I am going to ask you again and I hope to get a good answer from you, unless you want us to go the hard way" I could see a blurry vision of the woman with the mask. I needed to take in deep breaths so I could be myself again. My scarf was off my head and I was soaked with water.

" Where is Shim Seon Ah?" I heard her ask as I looked around me. I was no longer on the wooden chair anymore. I was buckled on an electric chair this time. " I don't know what you're talking about" I answered as I looked her in the eye this time. I could see clearly now. It was just me and her in the basement now.

" Where is Shim Seon Ah?" No matter how hard she was going to torture me, I wasn't going to say anything. I have been through worse situations.

" You know you're not going to get anything from me" I answered as I looked straight into her eyes and watch her growl. " Well then, let's see if you won't talk now" She took a brass knuckle from her pocket and wore it on her fingers. This lady was funny. How many times have I been seriously beat up with multiple brass knuckles and here I was still alive.

She was lame.

" Where is Shim Seon Ah? " She raged and all I did was laugh at her supposedly cruel display and of course, that pissed her off big time and in no time, her brass knuckles hit my chin and I felt the usual sting I always felt from it. She hit me again on the nose and I just knew, my nose was broken already, it hurt a lot honestly.

" Are you willing to talk now or should we go further?" I spat out blood from my mouth and she was very close to me, so I spat on her.

Heh.

Good one Zarah.

"arrgh...... you bitch" she growled and she threw her fists towards my left eye and my head began to twirl. " Stop that. That's not how to torture her. Let me take care of that" That was Alejo's voice.

I pulled my bloody self together and watched him walk closer to me with a blurry vision. He was walking closer to me with a few of his body guards behind him.

" I'll take care of her from here. Just go and do something else" Pa Alejo dismissed Miss Hae Soo. " Okay then. I'll go wait for the arrival of the soon to be dead girl" She answered and I began to wonder who she was talking about. " Okay. I hope you have fun with her"

" I sure will" She called as my eyes adjusted themselves to the surrounding so I could see clearer. She was leaving the basement.

" So Alex, how are you?" Pa Alejo asked with a cunning smile and walked closer to where I sat, restricted. " I know you're doing fine. You've gone through more than this. I have a little surprise for you before you finally die" He said with a cackle and ordered his men to bring someone into the room.

A female's struggling voice began to fill the room as I watched his men carry a woman with a blindfold and handcuffs into the basement. They threw her right in front of me and beside Pa Alejo. " remove the blind fold" he took out a pistol from behind him as I took in a closer look at the chestnut brown eyes that were trying to adjust themselves to bright light in the basement. I took a closer look at the long and curly dark hair, and the small heart shaped lips that were exactly like mine.

"Mom?" My heart broke as the word escaped my lips and images from when she killed father came clouding my head.

She fixed her eyes firmly on me and stopped struggling with Alejo's guards. " Do you like the surprise?, I wanted you to meet her before she passed away. Sorry, before the both of you pass way" Pa Alejo said as he played with her curled hair and she looked away from me.

" Take your hands off me. I have no reason to be here" She struggled again and I watched pa Alejo hit her hard across, making her fall on the ground. " You have every reason to be here. You have birth to this pesky bitch and I'm giving you the pleasure of watching her die" He yelled at her and I watched her steal some looks at me. She knew who I was.

" I didn't give birth to a daughter. I don't know her. You got the wrong person" Oh wow.

Just wow.

I was already imagining her apologizing to me for what she did and how she killed father but Lo and behold.

She was denying me.

" Oh so you're denying her now?" Pa Alejo said and cracked his gun. " I don't know her. I am not supposed to be here. Please let me go" She cried and a gun shot to her head followed.

Subhanallah.

I wasn't feeling anything. I knew she had already forgotten about me so why bother feeling hurt?.

Why bother sulking?.

Yes she was my mother but she never fulfilled her duties to me properly. She never acted as a mother towards me.

" did you like that surprise?. I know you feel good about her finally dying. Someone killed her just like the way she killed your dear father"

" she did nothing wrong to you so why kill her?" I answered sternly and watched him stick his face very close to mine. " She gave birth to you. That's how she wronged me" He answered and collected a remote from one of his men. He was going to electrocute me again.

" You coming into this world was a mistake, Zarah bint walid" His words were so not going to affect me.

" And I'm going to take pleasure in watching you leave. Save a spot for me in hell"

" At least you know you're going to hell" I spat and felt the currents contract my entire body. He was increasing the voltage slowly and it was making my heart contract and bleed rapidly.

" Don't give up Zarah" I could do this. I could take all of this.

I am strong and I could handle all this. The sweat pouring down my face was like a tap turned on with lots of water gushing out of it.

" Boss the police are here" I heard Tyler's voice say in panic and heart stopped contracting. I tried to catch my breath as I tried to listen to what they were saying. " They have surrounded the whole villa. We need to get out of here fast"

" What the hell do you mean?!. How did that happen!?" I could just imagine the frustrated look on his face right now.

Tyler finally came to his senses. Well right on time, Alhamdulillah.

" There's no time for you to ask questions. Just get out of here and go upstairs. Your helicopter is waiting for you"

" Finish her off and meet me at the top" I watched him order Tyler and run out with his men behind him. Coward.

" You called the police right?" See!!

I just knew he had a good side. " Yeah and we need to get you out of here so we can stop him before he leaves" He said as he hurriedly unbuckled the belts that tied my hand down.

He helped me unbuckle the belts that tied my legs to the chair and I got up almost instantly. " What should we do with that body?" I heard Tyler asked as he looked at mother's cold figure.

The least I could do was to give her a proper burial, even though she denied me. For my Abbah's sake. " We'll let the police find her, then I'll identify her body and we'll give her a proper burial from there" I answered as Tyler handed two loaded pistols to me. " For now, we need to make sure Alejo doesn't leave" I answered as I took a closer look at her. She was still the same and we looked very much alike.

There were times when she honestly made me envy my younger brother just from the way she treated him like a Ruby and I, like a pile of old clothes.

No one wanted them.

But my Abbah was always there for both me and my brother and she, she neglected me.

It's all in the past now.

" Shall we?. We do not want to miss this opportunity to get a hold of him before the police do "

" Sure, sure let's go" I answered him as I snapped back to reality. We hurriedly rushed out of the basement and found our way up to the helipad at the top of the mansion.

Everyone was evacuating the whole house as fast as they could. Who thought this was ever going to happen?.

The police were raiding Alejandro Martinez's Villa. Finally after so many years, they're finally aware about its existence. After so many years of hiding with very loyal employees and clean tracks, the asshole has been found.

" Take that ladder, it leads upstairs. I'm sure you're aware of that. I'll meet you there in three" I heard Tyler say as we reached the last floor. Where Grandpa Alejo's study was. There was a ladder in the fire place in his study that only a slim person could fit in .

Thank you very much genes. " Alright" He was going to take the elevator that led directly up.

We were taking different routes so we could attack from different angles.

I rushed into his study and found the place turned upside down. He took his important files and of course money. He wasn't going to get away In Sha’a Allah.

The fire place wasn't lit up so I quickly got rid of the wood present there to get further access to the ladder.

Getting to the top, I pushed the cover open and got out quickly. Tyler was already there with him inside the heli, of course so he wouldn't suspect anything.

The helicopter was about to take off the minute I shot at it and Tyler got off. My bullet didn't really do any damage to it. The fans of the helicopter were already twirling noisily. It was going to be hard to hear a word from this noise.

I shot further at it but it still kept on going up. Goodness!

"What happened to your perfect aim Zarah" I said to myself as I shot further at it but nothing. He was leaving. Where the hell were the police at?

" Use this one" Tyler said as he handed a rifle he was holding and I immediately, carefully set my target and boom!

The helicopter was already above the ground and Yayy!!.

I got it right this time.

" You got it" Tyler chirped as we both watched the helicopter set ablaze and start spinning around. He was going to die in the crash.

He deserved more than that.

" They're going to crash" Tyler whispered into my ear as I took his pistol and shot more at the flaming helicopter. I really wanted him to die like that. He honestly really deserved it but it wasn't enough to pay for all the crimes he has committed.

A loud gasp escaped my lips as both I and Tyler watched a bloody body of Pa Alejo jump down from the helicopter immediately the police arrived. He was going to kill himself, the distance between the ground and the helicopter was not that much but very much enough to break some bones.

Pa Alejo fell flat on the helipad and I and Tyler rushed to him after the jet crashed right in front of the gate to the Villa.

Pa Alejo was struggling to move and it honestly looked like he couldn't move his legs but was trying so hard. " You need some help?" Tyler asked him and I could see tears abundantly pouring out from his eyes.

Look who's suffering now?.

This clearly shows why Allah said what you do unto others will be done unto you. The burns, scars and bruises all over his face and arms that were exposed were much and his clothes were torn and stained from the blood.

And he has probably lost his legs.

This was what he made a lot of people go through. He burnt family heads like he was burning trash in the incinerator and he beat people up badly. Not once in all the years I've lived with Pa Alejo have I ever seen him bruised or scared but look at him.

On the floor, in pain and crying helplessly.

" Please help me" He cried as some of the policemen came to pick him up and handcuff him. " This is how heartless people like you end up in this world. What's going to come after this when you finally die will be much worse and I am more than glad that you're going to experience that" I spat at him as he was pulled away by the cops.

" You're both under arrest as well" We heard some policemen say from behind us. We could explain things to them at the police station and all will be fine.

" Excuse me. Did you by any chance take hold of a Korean woman?" I asked the policeman that handcuffed I and Tyler and he responded with a negative answer.

She was planning something big and I just hoped we could stop her before anything bad happened. I honestly hoped that she didn't find Seon Ah.

I was trying to wrap my head around 'soon to be dead girl' she was talking about earlier.

I was hopefully going to find out what she was up to before it was late.

In Sha’a Allah.

Allah's definitely with me and he has always been with me.