The South Ace

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”Yes, yes… do as you please. ” The young man lays down and gets to close his eyes, but before the boss leaves Nigel alone, he grabbed one of the knives displayed on the wall to throw at Nigel. Luckily, with Nigels fast sense and reflex, he was able to dodge. ”Hmm. Maybe some other day. ” His boss chuckled.

”You wish, old man! ” Nigel snickers.

Then hours kept passing by. The incomplete transaction is putting the clients life at stake. ”Dear, why must we run away? Please tell me the reason. ” The clients wife is getting scared by her husbands behavior. The poor man looks anxious while packing up their things and stuffing everything on their carriage.

”Shut it woman! Just do as I say! ” He even hit his wife because she was eating up his patience. ”…we must hurry, or else theyll… ” he can admit to his wife that he hired an assassin to kill the murderer of their daughter. And it was truly unfortunate that he can pay the full bill, half of the agreed amount is actually their whole life savings.

”Theres nothing left! Nothing… ” he cried looking at his emptied wallet. ”…we must get away before he comes, so quit asking me questions and do as I say! ” He yelled at his wife.

And a few minutes left until the given deadline. Nigel was already hiding at the attic of their client, waiting for the time to come before he kills the client. ”The countdown begins, you have thirty seconds left dear client… ” Nigel mumbled.

30, 29, 28, 27, 26…

The client was almost done putting all their stuff in the carriage.

…25, 24, 23, 22, 21…

The clients wife boards the carriage, still confused with whats going on.

…20, 19, 18, 17, 16…

”Please dear, tell me what is happening exactly? ” The wife asked again. The client still can admit to his wife the truth, so he closed the carriage door on her.

…15, 14, 13, 12, 11…

Nigel moves out of the house and approached the clients carriage.

…10, 9, 8, 7, 6…

The client was all good to go, he grabs the rope attached to the horses and signaled it to move.

…5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

”W-Who are you!? ” The wife panicked as Nigel boarded the carriage without the client noticing them. ”Me? That doesn matter to someone like you. ” He said, pulling out his revolver and shot the woman dead.

The carriage stopped when the client heard the gunshot. ”Mary!? ” He checked on his wife and his body instantly turned cold when he saw Nigel inside the carriage with the corpse of his wife.

Nigel point the revolver to the client this time, and told him a few words. ”A fool who can afford revenge is a coward that can afford to live. Goodbye dear client. ”

Bang.

The corpse of the client fell on the ground. Before Nigel retreats, he takes the dead mans head as proof that he killed the client.

Total earnings for the mission: 5,000/10,000 pounds.