CHAPTER-06

CHAPTER -06

"THE DECISION"

Ace thought like he was running in a maze in his dream.

He ran ahead and looked back but there was nothing there.

Only darkness and he stood there in the darkness.

"Father," Ace didn't know why he called for his.

Then he remembered that his father was already dead.

Someone killed his father. Someone killed the only person in this world who took care of Ace,who could solve Ace's evey problem.

Ace started to run again and this time,he came to a small wooden cabin near the river.

He remembered this place.

His father used to take him here in summer vacation. They would go fishing in the river, swam in the river,then had grilled fish sitting in front of the river.

"Father,"he tried to call again but no one was there.

It was empty.

Ace stood there and watched everything getting vanished into the darkness.

Only the darkness and emptiness remained.

Ace woke up from his sleep. He didn't get up from the bed. He kept staring at the ceiling lying on the bed.

Soon, Ace started to cry. His cheeks started to get pained with the colour of his sadness,his shoulders protested against his sadness and clenched.

But he didn't wiped his tears away. He let them fall freely.

It was the first time Ace cried after hearing the news of death of his father.

It was also the first time,Ace realized how alone he was in this huge world.

He didn't know what he should do now or where should he go now.

All of his life,Ace never took any major decisions. He just followed his father's footsteps and now,he felt lost. He didn't know his way around his own life.

Should he continue his job?

He didn't know.

Should he take Uncle Ben's assignment?

He didn't know.

Should he take revenge for his father as a son?

He didn't know.

He felt so lost.

He kept lying in his bed as the sun woke and came out of his bedroom and the sky lighten up meeting his lover after a long night.

Their union made the sky blush and she got a rosy appearance.

Ace looked out of his window beside his bed and watched their union.

He felt jealous of them. They seemed happy together.

Soon,the initial stage of the love of the sun and sky finished and the sun started to get more and more energetic.

Ace got up from his bed and went to take a shower.

Ace's whole body ached due to lack of sleep.

"I should hit the gym," he thought as the hot water touched his body.

He sighed in relief.

It was the early days of July.

The weather was really hot but Ace still preferred hot shower.

After the shower,he went to the kitchen and made himself a cup of coffee.

He opened his fridge and thought about what to eat for breakfast and decided to make some sweet french toast.

Ace took his second cup of coffee and french toast and went to the living room.

Sitting in front of the television,he turned it on and started to eat.

"Last night,it seemed to be there was a gang war between two gangs in the 18 road.

The police had found 10dead bodies and some of them had a gun shot in their forehead and some had their throats cut.

According to our inner source,The Mafia was involved in this matter.

The Chief of police said that they are working on identifying the bodies first but he refused to comment about the Mafia," Ace heard the news reporters reading the news in BBC.

"Mafia again,"he thought.

Why was the Mafia coming in his life?

He didn't want to get involved with the Mafia.

Ace finished his breakfast,then made another cup of coffee and started to read a book.

It was soon the time of lunch but Ace didn't feel like eating so he decided to skip lunch.

Ace was way much interested in his book now.

Soon,it started to get dark outside as the sky once again got ready to say goodbye to his lover,Sun at the end of the day and their union made the sky red again.

The sun went back and the sky welcomed the moon but the Moon wasn't a passionate lover like the Sun.

She didn't make the sky shy or red. She hugged the sky softly and comfortably. She let the sky relax and take a rest.

It was almost 10pm when Ace finished his book,then went to the kitchen to make some dinner.

Ace made some simple kitchen roast and white rice.

After the dinner,Ace decided to go out for a walk. He took his jacket and went out.

Ace was walking slowly humming softly when he suddenly heard some urgent footsteps coming closer to him.

He became alert and waited for them to come close but no one came for some time.

So, Ace walked ahead softly,not making any sound.

Suddenly,someone ran past Ace so fast that it almost knocked him out.

Ace turned around but found the figure gone. So Ace also ran too follow the figure.

Ace couldn't find the figure anywhere near so he kept running in the same direction.

Ace found the figure in an old building two blocks away.

But this time there were someone else too.

Ace hid behind one corner and tried to find out what was happening.

Ace saw man kneeling in the ground. The man seemed about thirty years old. He wasn't American.

Ace thought that maybe he was Chinese.

And there was another figure standing in front of the kneeling man, holding a gun on his forehead.

The other figure was fully covered in black. Ace couldn't even tell if it was a man or woman.

The face was also covered by a mask.

"Nǐ zuìhòu de qídǎo"Ace heard the figure, holding the gun saying and before the kneeling man could say anything,he was shot in his forehead, middle of the eyes.

"Shot in the forehead,"Ace remembered the news in the morning.

"This is a Mafia business," Ace thought.

Suddenly,Ace felt a gaze on him and when he looked up,he met a piercing gaze.

Ace felt like he was being hypnotized by that firy gaze. He even forgot to hide.

Then,he felt that the figure in the black was smiling at him and the smile made Ace felt a shiver running down his spine.

Ace looked away in hurry and hid behind the wall again.

But when Ace looked back again,the black figure was already gone.

Ace walked inside the room hurriedly but he found only the dead body there.

Ace sighed thinking about those eyes again.

He took out his phone and called the police.

Then,left the place. He had no desire to get involved with the police. It could be really tiring.

Ace went back to his apartment and called Benjamin Robertson.

"Ace,it was fast. Did you make a decision?asked the old man.

"I'll take the job," Ace said.

His mind went back to those eyes again.

"That's good. Come to the headquarters. We'll give everything you need for your job," Ace heard the old man saying.

"Ok

," Ace said and cut the call.

He had made the decision. He would find that figure. He would find those eyes.