BOOKSDRAMA Chapter 1763
Chapter 1763: Asking the wrong requests
BANG!
Brad froze. His face slowly crumpled as he looked down at his chest. Blood quickly soaked his shirt from within, crawling like spider webs across the fabric.
BANG!
The second bullet struck his hand, making him drop his weapon. Slowly, he turned toward the source. Through his blurred vision, he first caught the smoke rising from a handgun's muzzle.
And then, he saw her. The one holding it was...
Penelope Bennet.
BANG!
The third shot hit him again, and this time, he was not sure where. Brad collapsed backward with a loud thud. His fall felt slower than it should, with pain blooming from his chest and hand, spreading through his entire body.
'Damn you, Shawn...' he cursed internally, before finally hitting the floor.
THUD.
"Ugh..." he groaned, clutching at his chest-or rather, somewhere near his armpit. But the pain had already spread across his shoulders and down to every inch of him.
Meanwhile, Penny sat up, panting. The gun in her hand trembled. She swallowed hard, then locked eyes with Shawn.
Regret still flickered in his gaze, but despite the sharpness in her own, she gave him a small nod.
[A short flashback]
"This time... I might kill you right here and now. The code."
A heavy silence settled between them. A gun pressed against her forehead. Shawn was looking down at her sternly. Yet Penny showed no fear.
How could she, when the one holding the gun was trembling-more afraid of pulling the trigger than she was of dying?
"I don't have it," she said calmly.
"You have it," Shawn muttered, voice low but firm. "I know... because Zoren Pierson handed it to you."
He nodded slightly toward the corner. "I wiretapped this place. Listened to all your conversations."
Penny exhaled and gave the smallest nod.
"The code. Now," Shawn repeated, his hand shaking.
Another long silence followed, making his chest swell with tension.
"Now!" he shouted.
Still, Penny didn't flinch. She just stared back at him. After a beat, she finally spoke.
"I'll give you the code," she said. "But Shawn... after working for me, you should know the thing I hate most-betrayal."
"You're asking me not to make you pull the trigger? That's the wrong thing to ask."
She relaxed her posture slightly.
"It should be: don't make me hate you for this betrayal... Shawn Lowie."
Because she had been betrayed once before. No-she had been betrayed all her life, right from the beginning. She wouldn't allow it to happen again.
Penny knew she wasn't perfect. And she might not be able to forgive this time around.
"Don't make me accept this betrayal," she whispered, each word razor-sharp. "Don't."
Shawn's breath hitched. The gun shook in his hand. The corners of his eyes reddened, his already broken resolve crumbling further.
'I don't want you to hate me,' his heart screamed.
But his mouth wouldn't move.
Penny stared into his soul, reading him like an open book. Maybe it was because she'd spent so much time around inmates in her past life—she knew how to read what the heart said, not just the words the mouth spoke.
Not everyone in that hellhole wanted to be there. She wasn't saying they were innocent but some had simply made a terrible, stupid mistake. And a single mistake had ruined their whole life.
Right now, the man with the gun... wasn't pointing it at her.
He was pleading.
Save me.
Help me.
Please...
That's what his eyes said.
So how could she fear him?
Penny exhaled deeply and then finally, made a move.
In a flash, she disarmed him. Snatching the gun in the blink of an eye, the muzzle
now pointed at him.
Her sudden movement snapped him out of it. His hands shot up on instinct.
"I told you," she said calmly. "You've worked for me long enough to know-don't give me a chance. I'll take it. No matter how small it is."
Shawn took a cautious step back, eyes fixed on her, then on the gun. He gulped. But oddly, even now, with the gun aimed at him... he felt relieved.
"Kill me," he whispered, meeting her eyes again. "If you don't... one of us will die. The other will be left broken."
Slowly, he dropped to his knees. Hands raised at his sides.
"Please."
Penny kept her eyes on him, pistol steady.
"Please," he repeated, voice softer. "Don't give me the chance."
Silence.
Penny didn't move as her gaze briefly swept the room.
"Where did you plant the device?" she asked, eyes flicking back to him.
This time, Shawn said nothing. Head down. Hands still raised.
"Please..." His lips quivered. "I was—"
Clang.
His words died in his throat when something slid across the floor near him. He
looked and his brows shot up.
It was the gun. The same gun he'd used to threaten her. The one she had just
taken from him.
Now... it was lying there within reach.
His eyes went wide, and his gaze snapped back to her.
"What are you" he stopped.
She was back in her chair, slouched, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Fuck..." she muttered, peeking at him through one eye. Her expression was
exasperated. "Stupid."
"??" Confusion clouded Shawn's face.
Penny rested for a second, then pushed herself up with a sigh, hands planted on
her desk.
"You're a real idiot, Shawn."
She studied the train wreck kneeling just steps from her desk.
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"Like I said, you've worked closely
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"And by now, you should've learned how to ask the right questions and
requests."
Another sigh escaped her.
"Idiot. Don't ask me to kill you that's the wrong question. It's just plain wrong.
Ask me..."
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She paused, pressing her hands to
the desk again. Then she picked up
the book Zoren had given her and
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It landed right in front of him.
"...ask me if I'd cross the line for my people."
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"You already know the answer to
that," she said, voice softer nowM watching as a single tear rolled down
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"I'd even cross Satan if he messed with me-or my people."
Her voice dropped to a whisper. "You are one of them... aren't you? Or are you not?"