First Merging (1)

"What?" Boss Howell howled. "He knew nothing?!"

The man was furious. He did send Greg and Zachary again to extort information about Erik from the old man he worked with. Still, apparently, he knew nothing, so the duo was forced to kill him.

"It's not our fault, boss!" Greg said.

"Yeah, we even tortured him! But it didn't work."

Boss Howell sighed deeply before speaking in a calmer tone than usual: "We can get someone else then… Someone who knows more…" Greg said. "He has many friends; we could do something about it! If the old man knew nothing, their friends probably will!" he added.

Howell looked up at his men. They both nodded solemnly at each other as a sign of reassurance and as they waited for their leader to decide.

The men could tell by the way he kept looking down on them that their failure would be met with punishment. They were both terrified of getting punished when all this was over.