Chapter 42

Ace walked in a haste to his boss's office, He knocked the door and didn't wait for a reply before opening the door and walking in.

He met Brian sitting and talking with the officer. “Morning sir" Ace said and took his seat next to Brian's.

“Morning Ace, we've collected more data about the suspect, here are useful information that will surely help you in finding him, And don't forget his name is Josh Ford" He said and handed Ace a file. Ace took it and opened the files and glanced at the papers.

“Brian would be working with you and we hope you guys find him soon, i wish you best of luck" The officer said.

Ace stood up and walked out, he went to his car and got in. He continued staring at the files, The car door suddenly opened and Brian got in.

“Sorry about Jerry's death, I would be glad to work with you and..". “Can we just focus on what we're to do and skip the chit chat part?" Ace asked him.

Brian sighed and nodded, “We're gonna go check the address he dropped when we brought him in earlier " Ace said and started driving.

Ace drove through the city till they got to the address, “Yep, I think this is it" Ace said and got down from the vehicle. He walked slowly to the old looking house and knocked, The door opened itself.

Ace stared at Brian who was holding his gun and breathing heavily, “Stay close" Ace said to him, Brian nodded.

He pushed the door and slowly walked in, Brain followed him steadily, With a loud yell they were both hanging upside down and swing left and right in the room. they had just walked into a booby trap.

They were dangling around and Ace was struggling to reach the rope. He was not able to reach it and after few more tries, He gave up.

“Hey, Hey Brian ” Ace called to Brian who was still swinging. He didn't get a reply from him. Ace stared around and yelled for help.

He suddenly stopped when he heard a footstep. Ace paused and all that could be heard was him breathing heavily. He heard the footstep again. He was sure someone was hanging around close by.

The footstep was not heard anymore, Ace called on Brian to check i f he would respond but it seemed he had already passed out. “He's unconscious ” A voice said interrupting Ace.

Ace paused and tried to see where the voice was coming from, But the darkness won't just let him. “You know, I can just kill you right now if I want but I won't, well I will but not yet.. ” The voice said.

“Who the hell are you, what do you want, Do you even know who I am" Ace yelled angrily. “Yeah, I know who you are, I know you have a friend named Jerry.. may his wicked soul burn in hell!! ” The voice yelled and a giggled was heard.

“You killed him. its you, Josh..” Ace said slowly. “Yep it's me" The voice said and the light bulb in the room was suddenly turned on, Ace could now see the face of the man.

“It's you, what do you want, why the hell did you kill Jerry ” Ace yelled angrily as he continued struggling to free himself from the rope.

“You don't remember the white van you stole from a pizza guy" The man asked. “Pizza..oh the van is in Jerry's apartment, i can get you the van, just let me go first” Ace said.

“Not so fast, Let me tell you a Short story" The man said and sat on a wooden chair.

“Once upon a time, a delivery man named Josh has a little baby girl. he had lost his wife during childbirth. The little girl suddenly fell sick one day and Josh had to work hard to get some money for her drugs, He worked day and night to get the money by delivering pizzas around the city, His car unfortunately got stolen one day by some hoodlums, And the money for Josh's girl disappeared into thin air” The man said and paused. He stared at Ace who was wearing a remorseful face and continued his story.

“Josh had no choice but to take a loan, He paid for his daughter's drugs and she was finally well again, but the story doesn't end there.. A faithful day, The little girl kept on pestering Josh for candy, He took her to the street to get some candy. After getting some candy they started walking home. They soon reached a zebra crossing and as her Dad had taught her she could roam freely on a zebra crossing, she immediately ran across the road”

“Josh yelled her name and smiled as he watched her running with her tinny legs. He started walking towards her when a strong force suddenly pushed him back, causing him to fall with a great thud, He was unconscious for some while but soon stood up when some splash of waters touched his face. He stood up and stared around to see people running away from the scene and some bodies lying on the floor"

“He saw a car burning with fire fighters struggling to stop it. He suddenly remembered his little girl and ran to the car, All he met was the lifeless body of his daughter lying on the floor. He grabbed the body and cried hard, Medics soon arrived and grabbed the body away from him. He watched sadly as The body of his daughter was placed in an ambulance it was soon gathered that the car had an explosive on it ”

“The government vowed to unveil the root of the incident but nothing was heard afterwards. Few years later and with the help of his friends, Josh was able to gather information about the people responsible for the death of her daughter,And their names are: Ace, Jane, Jerry, Shaw and a secret agent named Annie" The man said and stood up, He walked to Ace and patted him on the cheek.

“Am sorry for what happened, Killing us won't bring back your daughter..just kill me and let the rest go” Ace said.

“of cause it won't.. As I said earlier I can kill you now if I want to but I won't, you will watch your close ones die first before finally dying” The man said.

“Find your way out of here, I'll see you later" The man said and walked out of the room.