Extortion

On the other end, Daniel Brooke reached at 'Y' city with his assistant Henry August. Very soon they checked in a hotel. In the hotel room, they both are working together sipping coffee.

Daniel Brooke asked Henry August "Did you find out the location from where the mysterious man called?"

"Yes, boss. He called from a busy railway station of 'Y' city. He is very clever."

"Hmm."

After dinner, Daniel Brooke was lying on the bed trying to sleep. But his mind was filled with the thought of the mysterious man. He hastily came to 'Y' city but he was somewhat not feeling confident. He was worried if it was a trap then he might risk his life. But he was also thinking that if this man really had the evidence that could prove Albert Harrison guilty, then no one could stop him to be a famous lawyer.

He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed deeply. Whatever this mysterious man was planning he couldn't find out if he didn't meet him, so he put aside his worries and prepared himself mentally to meet him.

After few moments of tossing and turning, he fell asleep.

At midnight his phone started ringing. He looked at his phone and saw an unknown number was flashing on the screen.

He immediately answered the call "Hello."

He heard a bone-chilling deep voice from the other end "Hello Mr. Daniel Brooke. You finally come to the 'Y' city."

"Who are you?"

"Cut the crap. I don't have much time to gossip. I need one million dollars in cash by tomorrow. I will call you tomorrow again. Arrange the money."

The phone hung up immediately after these words before Daniel Brooke could digest what he just heard. He dialed the number again but it was switched off.

He got so annoyed that he cursed loudly "Fu*k."

He ran his hands through his hair in frustration and called Henry August to come to his room. Very soon Henry August was inside his room and asked curiously "Boss, is everything ok?"

"I just received a call from an unknown number. He asked me to arrange one million dollars in cash by tomorrow."

"What?"

Henry August was stunned and he was about to collapse to hear this.

He heard Daniel Brooke "Track the number and find out who the hell is he."

"Ok Boss."

Henry August dialed a number and instructed the other party to track the number from which Daniel Brooke received a call just now.

He looked at Daniel Brooke and asked "Boss are you really going to arrange the money?"

Daniel Brooke thought for a moment before he said "Wait.... If he is the mysterious man then why did he call me? He used to call you. Why didn't he call you tonight?"

Henry August thought for a while and said "No idea Boss. Could it be that it is from our enemy? Might be our enemy planned a trap for us."

He was in frustration and said "As off now we have to play along. We will withdraw money tomorrow morning but we have to be more careful."

Both of them sat down on the sofa and started discussing how to deal with this situation. At that time Henry August received a call and he answered "Hello."

After hearing something from the other end, he nodded and said "Ok."

He looked at Daniel Brooke and said "Boss, this phone call came from an area around a graveyard and as usual the number is switched off now and it is registered in fake ID. Usually, these things are quite common with the mysterious man."

Daniel Brooke chuckled and said "He is playing cat- mouse game with us."

He paused for a moment and asked "What about Albert Harrison?"

"He is busy in partying with friends and beauties."

"Good. Let him enjoy it."

The next day in the morning Daniel Brooke went to the bank with Henry August to withdraw the money. After several hours they finally came out from the bank and went directly to the hotel and waited for the call from a mysterious man. Daniel Brooke instructed Henry August to assign someone to follow him closely.

In the afternoon Daniel Brooke received a call from an unknown number again.

Immediately he answered "Hello."

"Did you arrange the money?"

"Yes."

"Put the money in a bag. There is a dump yard seventy kilometers away from 'Y' city. You drop the bag there."

"Wait.... Why should I trust you? If you don't give the evidence after getting money then...."

"Do you want the evidence or not? If you don't want then I'll hung up first. I don't have time to waste."

Daniel Brooke said hurriedly "Wait....don't cut the call. One million dollars is not a small amount, so I just worried that if you cheat on me."

The man chuckled and said "If you don't trust me then you will not come here in 'Y' city. Once I get the money you will get your precious evidence."

Dud...dud...dud...

Henry August was staring at Daniel Brooke during this entire time and he heard him to say "Henry tell your man to keep an eye in the dump yard seventy kilometers away from 'Y' city. I need this man."

"Ok Boss."

Henry August left the room hurriedly after saying that.

...

In the 'X' city

Thomas Brooke was working in his office. Suddenly there was a knock on his office door.

"Come in." Thomas Brooke said without lifting his head.

"Boss something is going on with Master Daniel."

He lifted his head only to see his assistant David Allen. He frowned deeply and asked "What is it?"

David Allen looked flustered. He was very aware of the bad temper of his Boss so he hesitated for a moment to say anything. He heard Thomas Brooke's cold voice "Speak."

"Master Daniel is in 'Y' city and today morning he withdrew one million dollars."

Thomas Brooke was stunned by the information and shouted in surprise "What? When did he go to 'Y' city and why anyone didn't inform me about this?"

David Allen was shivering in fear and he was standing on the spot lowering his head without saying anything.

He heard Thomas Brooke to say "You all are useless. Track him closely. I want every detail of him and make sure he comes back home safely. If anything happens to him I will not spare you. Now get lost."

"Y-Yes Boss."

David Allen rushed away from the office immediately.

Once he left the office Thomas Brooke's expression turned gloomy and he started thinking something deeply. After few moments he dialed a number.

Very soon the call connected and a small smile appeared on his face and he started saying "How are you old friend? Seems you are very busy these days. You almost forgot your friend."

He heard a loud laugh from the other side of the phone and also heard a deep voice "You are joking. How can I forget my old friend? Tell me how can I help you?"

Thomas Brooke chuckled and said "How is Jasmine? When is she coming back?"

"Ha ha... She is coming back by the end of this month. You remember our promise, do you?"

"Mr. Mayor I remember everything. Once she comes back let them engage."

"Ha ha.. you are saying the same what I am thinking. For me, nothing is more important than her happiness. I can do anything to make her happy."

He laughed and said "Then we should become relatives very soon."

He paused for a moment and continued "I need your favor."

"Tell me how can I help you?"

"I want protection for Daniel."

"No problem. I will arrange."

After few random chats Thomas Brooke hung up the phone and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

.....

In Bill Roth hospital

While Lisa was talking to his father happily she received a call from Anna Green.

"Hello Anna."

"Hello.... How is uncle?"

"He is better now. Tomorrow the doctor will perform PCI."

"Oh..."

Lisa frowned and paused for a moment. Then she started saying "Anna, are you all right?"

"Um... Yeah. I am fine."

There were a few moments of pause. Then Lisa heard Anna to say "Lisa can we talk in private?"

Lisa frowned and thought for a while before she responded "OK. Meet me at the coffee shop near our school in the afternoon."

Then she hung up the phone and returned to deep thought. She thought Anna Green was a very cheerful girl but she sounded worried today. She never saw her like this. There was definitely something that made her worried.

She was snatched back to the reality by Mark Holmes's next words "Is everything alright dear?"

She shook her head and said with smile "Everything is fine Dad. It's Anna, she wants to meet me. Don't worry you sleep for a while."