Ace

"Three cars and a trunk on the right."

"Yes, I can see them, little one. Don't worry, I have a plan."

We were going fast on the road, the men from Ethan were following us closely, but the tinted windows couldn't let me see them clearly.

"He may know about it." I was worried, gosh, we should have called my men. "They are a lot of them."

"But I also have someone else helping us." He smirked and winked at me. He always did that when he had an ace up his sleeve. Well, now I feel relieved, the ones to cross his path would always end losing when he was scheming things. How wonderful days were them.

Heh, I would love to see that asshole's face when his little dream disappears from his fingers. He was so close.

"Is it a new team?"

"You will see, little one."

"Goodness, can you stop calling me that?"

"Nope, you are my little one forever."

"It is so weird looking at you with that face. When did you arrive in this world? How is it that I never noticed?"

I remember his face, he looked a bit like me. However, how is he looking like that, is it because of Ian's genes, but he is also my biological brother, isn't he?

"I came sometime after you escaped. Everyone came at a different time, and I believe that many others are not here yet..." He kept silent and observed from the window.

"There is a helicopter nearby, Ethan may be there."

Then his phone rang. What a strange ringtone, it was like jingle bells.

"It's him."

"Ethan?"

"Don't talk"

He connected the call to the car speaker.

"Is she with you?"

The voice of that asshole echoed on the car. How much I wanted to give him a good beating, only for a minute would be enough. Maybe some kicks on the stomach and maybe a bit lower to not let any innocent kid carry his stupid genes. They are innocent, for crying out loud.

"Yes, she is asleep."

"Good, stop the car in the next street, I will take her to my car, then you will receive what we agreed upon."

"No, you will give it to me now, or I won't send her to you."

"You don't have a choice, Ian, my men are surrounding you, don't be stupid."

"Then I can just kill her."

Ha ha ha… what a good brother, is he negotiating with my life?

"... You won't gain anything with that, Ian."

"No, but you neither."

"…"

This cunning brother. I will have to punish him later. How dare he propose to kill me. I will have to teach him a lesson and my darling Mila will help me, hehe, I bet my dear brother had never changed some powerful diapers from a sly princess like my dear Mila.

"Then… Ethan?"

"I will do the transference of the property. Now give her to me."

"Until I am assured of the transference, I will send her to you. Goodbye."

This man. Goodness!

"Eve, we will change cars, get ready."

"…"

"Eve? Are you angry?"

"…"

"Eve?"

"Of course not."

"…"

He slowed the car when we were inside a tunnel. A big truck came behind us quickly and covered us from the view. I see, so this was his whole plan. But... Ethan is not someone easy to dupe.

"Don't worry little one, trust me, they won't be able to catch us, even if Ethan has good skill, his men don't."

Impressive, now he can read my mind or my face.

Then with a sudden movement, the truck behind us hooked the car from behind. It seemed as if he was still driving, but he wasn't.

Just then, another car aligned beside us. He made me jump into it and threw the body of the crazy woman too. Auch! That would leave a painful bruise when she wakes up later. I don't know where they threw the car, but I heard a loud explosion after some seconds.

"James, drive faster," Ian was handcuffing the woman Tatoki1 and injecting her with some substance. I don't want to know what that is, I certainly don't, it will never be good to know as he will make her suffer for a while. He was always the mastermind behind all the field operations and the interrogation. "They will check the security cameras."

"No, if I can help."

I used my cellphone to disable any camera near us for a frame of a few minutes and made some big transit chaos everywhere. At least I could do that, if he had told me before, it would be less troublesome.

"It's okay now."

I heaved a breath of relief, but he just smiled. Tch, I bet he knew I would do that.

"We should go to the White Mansion. Ian."

"Yes,"

I was resting my eyes when suddenly I realize something. James? Did he say, James? Is he the idiotic little brother that I once beat up? The one on the driver's seat turned around a little and I could see the same blue eyes from the brat I remember. What?!

"Hello, sis."

He looked older and more mature. He surely bloomed like a truly handsome man. Look at those muscles, he had been training a lot. Even his eyes looked a lot smarter than before, and his temper also... wow, time, you did a good job on this one.

But something feels off. He is with Ian, how?

"Ian? Who... who is he?"

I had a hunch, a very hopeful hunch. Ian just smiled. It can't be.

"A… Alex?"

"Mmm… yes, I think that was my name."

"But… but you..."

"Sigh… dear Eva… long time no see."

He was my younger brother. The other one who knew my name. But he disappeared long ago, much longer than the time of the explosion. I thought he was dead. Master told me he was dead.