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Chapter Fourteen

Paul woke up early in the morning. He got to work by 8:00am. He and his back-ups were ready. By 9:00am, they planned their moves. They set out at exactly 9:15am. They got there around 9:30. It took them some time to find out where they were. It was an uncompleted building. Paul and his back-ups were keeping a watch over Sarah, especially Michael. Michael couldn't bring himself to the fact that he liked Sarah.

To him, she was the most beautiful person on earth. She was everything he needed in a lifetime.

It was 9:50. Only ten more minutes to go.

"Let's burst these guys and save your sister" whispered Samson. "Calm down" whispered Paul. Michael was not interested in their chit-chat. To him, it seemed unnecessary. He only kept a close watch over Sarah and he had his g*n with him to strike incase anything happens.

As they were watching, they heard one of the kidnappers say that the people who gave them the job told them not to collect any ransom but just kill her, while, the other person answered him saying if they brought the ransom, he would shoot Sarah and escape which was a way of getting more money.

Michael checked the time and saw that it remained just 1 minute. "Let's burst these guys, save your sister and arrest them" whispered Samson again hearing what they said and seeing that they already pointed a g*n at Sarah.

"Calm down, I need to strategise the..." whispered Paul as he took his attention off Sarah to talk to Samson but was interrupted by the sound of a g*n closely followed by another one. "You were not at alert! They've shot your sister and I had no choice but to strike back" said Michael angrily. "My sister" said Paul in shock as he went there. He saw that Sarah was tied to a chair and was struggling to come out.

The person who wanted to kill her was shot in the leg by Michael and the other person was handcuffed by Samson.

Sarah was rescued. The kidnappers were taken to prison. They later confessed that the girls sent them. The girls were arrested and the girls and the kidnappers were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Sarah later explained that she knew the kidnapper was about to pull the trigger of the g*n. So she shifted and fell because she was tied to the chair. Michael shot because, immediately the g*n sounded, she fell. He thought she was shot, so he decided to shoot back.

After Sarah was rescued, she went to her parents house to show them that she was hale and hearty.

Michael got there a bit late. Then he whispered something into Paul's ear. Paul stood up from where he was sitting and told his parents. Their countenance changed and they became happy. Paul then went into his room. He came downstairs and pretended to fall from the stairs. "Ah" he exclaimed. "Paul. What happened" asked Sarah as she ran to meet him. "I tripped off and fell" said Paul. Paul pointed back and when she looked back, she saw Michael kneeling on one knee with a ring in his hand. "Will you marry me" asked Michael staring into Sarah's eyes. Sarah was speechless for some seconds. She then answered, "Yes. Yes I will" said Sarah as she stretched out her hand and pulled him up. He wore the ring into her hands and kissed her long and hard. As they were kissing, Paul cleared his throat as a form of interruption. "I am jealous oh" said Paul. "If you are jealous, then go get married" said Sarah as she hugged Michael tightly. "Yes you should" supported Mr and Mrs Smith.

The end had unraveled all mysteries.