TASTEFUL REVENGE

Plan in motion

IRENE’S POV

‘10 years later’’

‘Davis, cover me!’ My partner, Agent Denver, yelled.

‘Copy that’ I said as I shot furiously at the target and finally brought one of the culprits down. After my parents died, I became an agent just like I was advised by Agent Jackson , the man who approached me in the hospital.

At first, I joined solely to get revenge for my parents' death, but now I actually love my job, but I still feel empty.

It has been 10 years, and all I have done is hunt down other bad guys and not the bad guys that ruined my family. Agent Jackson said I was not ready yet.

I spent all these years studying the Denero family, watching them, learning their every moves and studying them.

I know Xavier Denero is the eldest son and the current CEO of Denero group, Ralph Denero is his dad and the chairman of the Denero group. As much as I have watched them and studied them, I could not seem to get hold of as much information as I need, they kept their activities rather inconspicuous, and I found that strange.

They were a strange family. Agent Jackson told me my mum and dad went under cover and worked for them and, in the process, found some really incriminating evidence that could ruin them, so they killed them before they could expose them.

I grew angrier these past years and longed for the day I ruined and destroyed that family like they did to mine.

‘That was a clean shot’ Agent Denver said and gave me a small shoulder nudge.

‘Thank you’ I said, smiling. Shortly after, the police came and apprehended the guy I shot down. Then me and Agent Denver and I proceeded to the office to file our report and maybe start working on another case.

‘Uhm, you were pretty good today’ Agent Denver said, and I let out a warm smile.

‘Thank you’ I replied, smiling back at him.

‘Uhm so I was wondering if we could go out for drinks sometime’ he said nervously, and I just knew this was coming.

I knew he had a crush on me since, like forever, but I did not let the crush advance into anything and usually just brushed him off. I could not let myself get distracted, I had a goal, and I needed to see it to see it to the very end.

But I sometime wonder what it would be like to just have a little fun, I mean I was now 28 years old, never dated, never gone to a party, just so busy plotting revenge that I have forgotten how to live.

Ever since my parents died, things had never remained the same. I cut off all my friends, broke up with my then boyfriend and just went into a shell, and told myself I could only come out of the shell after I got revenge, but after my parents died, something strange happened.

My senses heightened, I could hear things from a distance, smell things from a distance and all sort of things. I thought it was just part of growing up but when I consulted a doctor, I was told that was definitely not normal and after series of tests were ran on me, it was discovered that nothing was wrong with me, so I just lived with it ever since.

‘Are you listening?’ Agent Denver said, breaking me out of my thought.

‘Oh I am sorry for zoning out, I would love to’ I said without thinking and immediately regretted my decision, I needed to see detective Jackson about how he can get me close to the Denero Family to get more information and now I just stupidly agreed to a date with my partner.

‘Great,tonight?’ he said.

‘Tonight is great’ I said.

‘I need to go see Agent Jackson’ I said and just left him standing there. I walked towards his office and took a deep breath before I knocked on his door. He muttered some words, and I took it as him signalling I should come in, so I did.

‘I did not say you should come in’ he said immediately. I stepped in, with his head buried in some paperwork.

‘Well I heard you mutter some words and took it as my sign to come in’ I said swiftly, defending myself.

‘I was whispering to myself, how could you have heard’ he said, finally looking up at me.

‘I don’t know’ I said nervously, scared he would know about my heightened senses. Well, I did not tell him about it. Something just told me not to tell him, and I did not tell him. It’s not like I don’t trust him, I just did not know how I could tell him a thing like that.

‘Good thing you came, I was just about to call for you’ he said, standing up from his seat and walking towards me.

‘But why are you here’ he directed at me.

‘I came to tell you I need to get closer to the Denero family, I just can’t keep doing other jobs when the main reason I joined the force has not been met, I want Revenge Agent Jackson it has been 10 years, you keep saying that I am not ready, but I want you to know I am ready and...’

‘Really?’ he said, cutting me off with a smirk on his face as he walked about.

‘Yes I am ready’ I said, and he just kept quiet and looked me in the eyes, I did not break the contact to show him how serious I was.

‘Well you will be pleased to know I just got you a job as the assistant to Xavier Denero’ he said, and I mentally screamed.

‘Are you serious?’ I said, wanting to confirm if he was not toying with me.

‘Yes you start next Monday’ he said and went back to his seat.

‘Thank you, thank you’ I said and proceeded to leave but was stopped in my tracks by him calling me.

‘Irene’ he called, and I looked back at him.

‘Don’t screw this up’ he said with a dark voice, and I nodded quickly with a smile and exited his office.

After ten long years of waiting, my revenge plan was finally in motion.