STANDOFF

REN spent all his frustrations inside his private gym. He hit and kicked the punching bag nonstop until he was out of breath. Facing the reality that his mission failed and the man who gave him the contract was involved in his family's death made his emotions stirred.

"Damn it!" The punching bag swayed when his fist landed again. 

Ren held his clean-cut hair when Shari's words reverberated in his mind. How could fate be so cruel to him? Ren was aware that he had done wrong in the past, especially with Shari. He admitted that he cheated in her absence before, and his guilt for doing so made him decide to help her when he learned that she had gone missing.

It had been half a decade, but everything was clear in his mind. He saw Hirsch's dreadful state. Ren thought the man would not survive.