When Fate Decided to Play its Part

CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX:

RUN

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Inside a black van was a chaotic 5 men. The rock music coming from the speakers were loud, it was irritating in the ear, but for some reason, the men inside were also shouting along the music. Their drive is not steady at all since their drive look drunk and all. They were so noisy that their noise even escaped the van, but no passerby nor other vehicles are annoyed by it. Because there were none in the first place. The black van was driving alone on an abandoned road. The road was rocky and grassy. It looks like it has not been maintained for a long time. Their surrounding was quiet, the only source of sounds were their noise and the rustling of the leaves when birds fly away from the trees or landing to take a rest on the branches.

Other than that, the place is oddly dark and silent. They can see nothing but the bumpy straight road and the tall trees. They were in the middle of a forest.

“Hey, hey, hey!” The man in the front seat called out for his noisy companion on the back that were playing cards. He as a bandage on his head, the white bandage has a hint of blood oozing out from the back of his head. “What do you want to do with the money we have?”

“Boss!” A man shouted against the loud music. “What else? Woman! Liquor! And Gambles! The money is big as fuck- we have to enjoy to the fullest!”

The man next to him laughed out loud then smacked him on his shoulder. “Fuck yeah! We have to thoroughly enjoy it. That kind of amount is hard to come by- we have to use it as soon as possible!”

The three on the back started laughing in agreement then went back to playing their cards. The man with the bandage looked at them like he is looking at a trash that magically had a mouth, arms, and legs.

These three stupid idiots, that amount of money is hard to come by so they must spend it wisely! Yet these men with muscular bodies have nothing but stupid things in their mind. It was irking him. Whatever, they will split the money, and about what kind of stupidity they will do to theirs, he has no say about it. He has no rights to intervene, nor do they have to his. Everything’s fine as long as they won’t crawl towards him with empty pockets.

The driver looked at their boss’s and immediately knew what is going inside his head. He laughed it off and said, “Don’t come knocking on our door is you lost everything you have to gambling, okay?! If you do, I’ll make sure to bury a bullet inside your head!”

The three, not taking it seriously, saluted at him. “Yes sir!”

Then they went back to playing cards again. The driver focused on the road even though he is a little bit tipsy. “But you know what, the amount is really ridiculously big. We did not even do anything.”

The boss looked at him and shrugged. “That’s the best part of it; we did nothing that bid but we still got a huge amount of dollars.” His lips stretched out into a big sinister grin. “I don’t mind if she contact us again. I’ll be more than happy to take any request she’ll have.”

“…” The driver was silent. “Still, it’s suspicious.”

“Huff! What’s not suspicious when you deal with people from the ‘underground’? As long as the deal is fulfilled- it’s okay!”

“Well, you’re not wrong…” Their boss’s phone vibrated. There was message.

Five pair of eyes looked at the phone that was lying on the dashboard. After seeing whose number it was, the excitement in their blood boiled. One of the men on the back threw his card away and nudged their boss. “Boss- boss! Read it! It’s our employer for today!”

up,” he shouted at the man before lowing down the volume of the

to not contact the employer first. So, seeing them sending a message

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Sender: #########

but, unfortunately, I am dissatisfied with something. I was thinking of getting back the money I wasted on you, but I also thought it’s not enough to quench

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talking about?” The driver said. He completely stopped the van. “Dissatisfied to what? I thought

calling. The five exchanged glances before the

near. The boss called out again but like the other wasted seconds,

of bullshit makes them scared? They killed countless of

denies, the loud thumping of his chest

He’s scared.

surrounded them,

hearts and the ‘beep, beep’ tone of the phone that indicates the end off the call was loud and clear. The phone vibrated again, and

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Sender: #########

I did something that

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or so they thought. But when

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Sender: #########

Run!

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message sent

I knew it!

was panicking too, but he tried to hide it. If all of them

of them agreed. “They can’t! We are under that

as long were in that group- no one can

it and read the message. Every word he reads, the

were not part of them- we were betrayed!” His eyes begun to flare in anger. “They betrayed us! They abandoned

way how fast it’s thumping is, you can easily mistake it

is it this