Untrue Affection

She pushed the leaves aside as she ran without looking back. "Get her!" She heard the men scream. They got into a forest and she was already tired of running away from them. She stopped running and turned back. She calculated the men with their eyes and saw that they were only three. She hissed and rolled her eyes. "Kneels down, hands up" One of the men ordered and she obeyed. They got to her and two dragged her up. "You think you can steal from us and go free? Huh? 50 thousand dollars is not a joke" The third one said as he took the bag from her back. Valerie frowned, she didn't want to let the money go like that. She needed to think of a way to collect it from them. "Has anyone told you that you are too fat?" She asked the man that collected the bag from her. "It even got you lazy and that's why you don't bath, for your information you stink!" She said and spat on his face. The man got furious, he gave her a slap, scattering her hair all over her face. "You daughter of a b***h" Yelled the man as he gave her another. The two men holding her started dragging her away and the third one followed. She smirked and before they could fathom what was going on, she freed herself from their grip and kicked the third man on his stomach, making him to fall on the floor. The other two charged towards her but she was quick to avoid their punches. She flip one of them over and punched the other one so hard on his face. She collected the bag of money that was already on the floor and then made to walk away but the man who had slapped her earlier dragged her legs and she fell on the floor, injuring her elbow in the process. "Son of a b***h" She stood up and kicked his d**k. "Arggg" The man screamed in pain. "Lazy fools" She muttered as she started heading home with the bag of money, making sure no one was following her. She got to the gate and was scanned severally, despite being the boss's daughter. "Valerie" Few of the people she saw inside the house all greeted her as she walked in. She headed straight to her father's room and when she got there she saw him talking to her brother. Damien smiled seeing his sister but he immediately frowned when he saw her elbow bleeding. "You are hurt" He muttered and rushed to her. "It's nothing" Valerie tried to hide it but it was too late. "You got hurt?" Cole asked, not moving from his old position. "I fell, not that I was beaten" She replied. "Good, cause it would have been three hours of hard training if you were beaten" He said. "I will go bring the first aid box" Damien said and walked out. Valerie threw the bag of money on the floor. "It's 50 thousand dollars" She told him. "You did well" Cole stood up and walked to meet her. "I found your mum" He suddenly said to her. Valerie eyes widened as she heard those words. "Really" She brightened up like Christmas tree. "Yes. But I won't spare you her location so easily, you have to work for it" He added and Valerie's face fell in disappointment. "Is it something I can do?" She asked instead of pleading with her father to give her the location, it was because she knew it would be pointless. To Cole, nothing is free, you have to earn it. Even his children apply his law while asking him for something. He didn't immediately reply, he walked to his drawer and brought out a file which he gave to her. "Andre Davison, CEO of his family's company" He started introducing the target. Valerie read the file, the file contained a picture of him, his occupation, age, hobbies, etcetera. "Fortunately for us, he loves beautiful girls, despite being married. Andre's rival brought us this job, he wants you to get him information that can bring Andre down". "Information like?" She asked. "Dirty things that could stain his image and reputation" Cole replied. "And how am I gonna do that?" She further asked. "Am I supposed to tell you? I am getting old so no ideas. You do the work in exchange for your mum's location" He said. "Accepted" She didn't even think twice. She loved rough jobs and it was also gonna benefit her. "It is written here that he lives in France, so we have to start preparing my flight" She said, smiling. "Someone loves travelling to France" Cole teased. "That's me" Valerie replied and her dad chuckled. "Can you still speak French?" He asked. " Bien sûr, c'est là que j'ai grandi" She spoke french. Meaning, (Of course, it's where i grew up). " Bon appétit" She said, making Cole to laugh. "Am I eating?" He chuckled. "No, just practising" She said and bowed before walking away. She opened the door only to find Damien there, he was quite shocked when she opened the door. "Have you been eavesdropping?" She chuckled. "Yeah, whatever" Damien rolled his eyes. "You really going to France?" He asked and she nodded. "I missed everyone there, including Sharon. I know you miss her too" She replied. "Of course, she's my childhood friend. We practiced together, we went to missions together, we did lots of things together" He muttered. "Yeah, whatever. I have to go, I need to do some research about this man here" She showed him the file. "Andre Davison,,, dad could have sent someone else instead" He scoffed. "Are you saying I ain't fit for the assignment" She furrowed her brows. "I won't be there tomorrow morning when you would be leaving. Be safe, don't hesitate to contact us when you can't handle it anymore, okay" He stated. "Okay, I will miss you" She mumbled and he hugged her. "Don't act as if it's your first time going on such mission, the last one you went you spent six f*****g months" He chuckled and pulled out of the hug. "Am off" He said and walked away. "Mum, I hope I complete this mission on time so I would get to see you" She muttered and sighed.