Wires

So she was involved in it, all of a sudden. They included her to obtain her signature to allow the plan to go through.

Two teams. Good and bad.

Although I knew he was not on my side, against me in fact, I could not help my feelings towards him, and I knew he felt the same way. He had both charm and charisma. It was torture to resist the fact I was falling for him.

The plan was to bring me to their head quarters, a big and modern office building, and coax me into signing those papers. He was being confident and of course intimidating as he lead the way to top floor.

As he pushed through the glass door, he held my hand. I could almost see him blush. My heart skipped a beat.

I sat down, and they handed me a stack of documents. His hand was still on mine. Then I noticed key cards, hanging on his waist. I slowly slid my hand and took them. He didn't notice of course. But secretly, I think he did. He wanted me to have the keys, he wanted to do me a favor.

I was on the next train. I had to diffuse it before it was too late. Using the key card in hand, I rushed to the top of the clock tower. The bomb was set to explode in an hour, so it was not one of those moments of suspense or anything. I had plenty of time.

Success.

Then I was on my way. I had a family dinner that night. My grandfather congratulated me. He was pleased. Indeed he was.

Then I saw him. Standing across the room, for some reason. Was he waiting for me?

He was smiling, and that made me smile. He had an amazing smile. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous. He asked "Did it work?"