Fred looked up and stared at Ben's face who glared at him with the pistol still in his hand. Carl was already blinking so hard this time and half trembling. He wanted to say something when the up door cracked open and troop of cops ran down. Instantly, he sighed heavily in relief with his eyes shut.
"You're under arrest Mr Ben" a smart looking female cops who had her brown hair in ponytail said aiming the gun at Mr Ben while the rest of the cops which numbered of about ten did the same thing.
Ben looked really shocked and furious at the same time. He clenched onto the gun, refusing to let go of it though he has taken it back from Fred's face. The other two guards did the same by not letting go of the gun as they aimed it back at the cops
"Don't try to fool yourself Mr Ben. Drop your gun and tell them to do so or do you think you can still escape?" She asked and brought out her phone.
"Listen to yourself" she said and played the video which revealed him confessing and threatening Fred right there in the underground
"Oh! You think you can move around in this Paris or France anymore? Check yourself in the NeWS"
"You're trending beyond celebrity now" another smart looking guy who looks like an officer cut in
"So just drop that fucking gun now and surrender!!!" He thundered and the gun fell off Ben's hand. The other cops rushed up to handcuff him while some did the same to the two guards and the rest released Fred and Carl.
Mr Ben was led out and it was so surprising that outside had been filled with a lot of people most especially the press, immediately as he was led out they began snapping them and most especially, concentrating the camera on his face. He felt so ashamed and wished he could be swallowed up by the ground, all his attempt to hide his face from the camera was to no avail.
The cops finally led him and the guards away and Fred and Carl came out, some press moved forward to ask them one or two question in which they answered in a short form and just as Fred excused himself away from their mist. Lucy sighted him from afar and rushed up to him.
She collapsed into his embrace and bursted out "Oh God! I was afraid he'd shot you then"
"But I wasn't" Fred said and she broke off from him
"What?" She frowned
"I said I wasn't afraid" he repeated
"Why? He was pointing the gun at your forehead and had it been we've not make it on time..."
"You will" he cut in and she frowned again
"I believed you will make it on time. I trust my smart and brilliant sister will do a perfect job" he smiled and she blushed
"I'm sorry to have not start trusting you from the beginning. You're really strong" he winked and she laughed and hugged him again
"I love you brother" she whispered and he smiled and patted her back
"I love you too baby" he replied and Carl joined them from the Press.
"Hm, love love" he giggled and Lucy broke from the hug to hit him on his chest
"God save you you came back alive you frightened cat"
"Me frightened?" He alarmed and Fred laughed at him
"You think I wouldn't notice that?" Lucy replied and Fred looked up and saw Iris from afar. It seem she'd not see them until he looked up and when their face met, she started running down to him and Fred left Lucy and Carl to catch up with her. Unexpectedly Iris set her hands out and hugged him tight with her hands crossed together on his nape
"Oh goodness! We thought we're going to loose you"
"Really?" Fred said holding her by her waist to keep her from releasing herself from him.
"Yeah. He was pointing the gun at your forehead" she said breathlessly and when she released her hands from her nape, he was still holding her by her waist.
"But I wasn't shot" he said and finally released her a bit that they are facing each other.
"Thank you so much Iris" he said softly
"For what? I mean what did I do?" She chuckled
"For everything. And you did a lot of thing, thank you for staying by me even when I ignored you and wasn't grateful, you stood till the end and here" he placed his right palm on his chest.
"You've won my heart. Don't get me wrong... You didn't just do that now" he stuttered and sighed. Then he centred his eyes back on hers' and stared deeply into the brown angelic eyes
"I love you Iris, I really do" he said and she seams to flinched and with her hand on his arm she held a harmful of his shirt into her hand unnoticedly, Fred was tempted as he nudged her closer, still his hand on his waist. At the moment, they felt they are the only one in the world, alone, in their world, oblivious of the people around, the noises and the flashes. He dipped his head slower to hers and enclosed her lip with his...
TBC...
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