“Don’t wait up, got some work,” Oscar says as he kisses his wife before turning to leave.

“Ok,” Fiona says embracing him. She knows he’s nervous about something, but she doesn’t ask knowing her tendency to freak out over simple cases. As he smiles and leaves, Fiona sighs hoping everything will work out well.

Now, Andrew now stands at Ryz palace among the rubble, his feet unsteady as he notices the full moon appear behind the clouds. A cold breeze slowly brushes his cheek as he shivers in anticipation.

It was after a lot of questions, discussions and even quarrels over the note that everyone’s curiosity got the better of them. Ben knew he needed backup and wanted Oscar to be there. Despite his fight with Ann, Oscar couldn’t refuse Ben’s secret invitation and unknown to Ann her brother was tagging along in the distance. Ben also mentioned the incident to Tom but he decided to let Ben update him on the situation instead of joining them. And despite Emma’s interest, she too had to sit this one out.

They all wait at the appointed time with Ann and Ben hiding nearby by the trees and Oscar and Aron, Oscar’s assistant for the night, carefully hiding in the scenery around them. Oscar holds his breath, unsure of what he’s expecting. Ben tries to remain calm, but as time passes by he begins looking around impatiently. A lot rests on tonight’s supposed meeting in a certain way, even if it’s not the answers they expect, it will put their minds to rest for a little while.

Andrew keeps looking at the watch and tries not to look at Ben and Ann’s hiding place. Andrew too grew more tired of waiting and despite wanting to talk to the ones hiding, he holds his tongue. After half an hour, Andrew is now sure it was all some cruel prank. He looks up at the night sky disappointed, as everyone feels the same way. As he is about to turn and walk away, he hears footsteps.

“Who’s there?” Andrew asks turning around swiftly, his eyes scanning the area. He sees a small person approaching him, wearing an oversized shirt, a cap and a mask carrying a backpack. As the person walked towards him everyone leaned forward trying to examine this mysterious person. “Who are you?” his question caused the person to stop just a few feet away from him. The person then looked around, as if to ensure no one would see them.

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“You came alone?” A woman’s voice echoed as everyone looked in surprise.

“Yes. No one knows about the note,” Andrew lies as convincingly as possible. The woman then took off her mask and to everyone’s shock, Fiona reveals her face.

“Fiona…?” Oscar’s words escape his mouth softly as the man was baffled to find his wife standing before Andrew. Ben didn’t think Fiona was capable of such a cruel prank and wanted to say something. But Ann tugged on Ben’s shirt before anything could be said or done, causing him to sit there relaxed, as if ready to watch a show.

“What’s going on?” Andrew asks confused.

“You don’t have to pretend anymore, it’s just us. Let’s talk,” Fiona was serious, everyone could tell that much, but no one could see a reason why.

“What are you saying?”

“Don’t play the fool, Nicholas. We both know what you’re after.” Oscar fears that Fiona is trying to get a confession out of the man and he braces himself ready to step in.

‘What is she doing?’ Ben thinks. He knows his sister cares about him, but pulling a prank like this was the dumbest thing she could have done in his eyes. He also wondered why she wouldn’t tell him about such a plan, but his concerns throw all his questions out the window as he watches on nervously.

“Nicholas?” Andrew took a moment to gather himself. “But Fiona, what does Nicholas have to do with this? I mean, I heard I looked like him but…”

“I’m tired of you pretending alright, when I paid you, I told you to leave and never come back,” Fiona says aggressively. “It’s because of you there’s bound to be trouble, I don’t want my brother getting hurt again. He already got hurt once because of you.”

“But what did I do to your brother? I never…” Andrew is aggressively interrupted.

“Don’t even try to blame me,” Fiona says letting out a taunt. “You were the one who killed them ok, I had nothing to do with it.”

“What do you mean?” Andrew’s voice trembles and his face turns pale.

“Still playing games, are we?” Fiona says sounding impatient. “I have no time for this, take the money and leave,” she says throwing a bag on the ground.

“What?”

“Stop acting like you don’t know! You said so yourself that you would come to see her, you came here to get Ann back didn’t you? I am telling you right now to leave and never come back!" Fiona shouts.

“Fiona, I think you misunderstand…,” Andrew says trying to remain composed.

“I know you’ll do anything for money,” Fiona lashes out. “Do you want another assignment? You want me to find another one of Ben’s ex’s for you to kill?”

“What?”