The Best Friend's Contract

"Why didn't you tell me that it's her first day? I would've asked you to take the day off," I say.

Gerald has been loyal ever since he got a job here and by far, a very good listener. He understands me quite a lot because he has been with me through my hard years, with all those that I've done in the past. It's easier to talk to him about things, he gives off the best advice.

"It's fine, Mr. Ashton. Just by looking at her picture was enough for me because I know that she'll be telling me everything when I get home," He says as I turn to look out the window, seeing the amount of people walking down the pavement before closing my eyes again, the pain spreading to the nape of my neck which causes me to frown.

As soon as we've arrived, Gerald steps out of the car to open the door for me in which I appreciate as I walk inside the building with Flynn following closely behind me, a couple of steps away. My eyes wander around to the amount of people here before letting out a deep sigh, knowing that it'll be quite awhile before they start calling the numbers.

Just as I'm about to take further steps towards the counter, I begin to feel the aching pain to increase which causes me to stop walking immediately; trying to grab onto something to hold, luckily Flynn manages to grab me by the arm before I could fall onto the ground. "Mr. Ashton, what's wrong?" He asks, worriedly.

I blink a few times to get a clearer vision before taking a seat, "Nothing. Nothing's wrong, Flynn. Can you please handle these cheques for me? I don't think I can make it through without collapsing." I reply and he nods, grabbing the cheques from me as he makes his way towards the counter while I close my eyes, trying to relieve the pain.

To my surprise, the sound of guns are loud and clear which causes everyone in the building to scream in shock. My eyes widen at the sight of men with masks covering their faces as they point guns at innocent people, trying to make sure that they put their hands up high in the sky.

"Shut up! Shut the hell up!" One of the men says as they begin to shoot around the building without having any target, causing everyone to remain silent as I slowly sit down on the ground; trying to be out of view as possible.

I instantly turn to look at Flynn who is currently hiding away the cheques in his coat which causes me to frown as he starts to drop onto the ground on his knees; everyone doing the same.

"One sound and I'll pull the trigger for the bullets to go through your skulls. Do you get me?!" The other says, pointing the gun at everyone in the room as they all look down onto the ground, afraid to make any noise or movement while I start to feel my head hurting more and more, leaving me to close my eyes; trying to calm myself down.

They begin to run towards behind the counter before they start to place some sort of high technology code breaker by the door, causing it to unlock as a couple of men goes inside, heading straight towards the vault.

The sound of a baby crying has caused the man who's in charge to groan loudly, "Can you shut him up or I'll shoot you and your goddamn son? For fuck's sake, lady, shut him up!" He points the gun at her and her son as he continues to cry, in which she tries hard to calm him down.

"Please... he's just a baby," She cries.

"A noisy one at that!" He replies, "Tell him to shut the fuck up, lady. Don't make me shoot him,"

She pats onto her baby's back as she starts to whisper words in his ear, trying to soothe him down but his cries are only getting louder. My eyes wander to the people around here to see their reaction and to me, they're just as scared as the rest of us as they keep their heads low. "Fuck!" The man shouts, shooting the ceiling.

"Don't, please. You're scaring him!" She pleads, securing him tightly in her arms. "Please, please, don't hurt my baby. Don't hurt my baby,"

"I didn't sign up for this, woman. I didn't sigh up to deal with a crying baby nor your stupid begging. So, shut the fuck up, will you? You're pissing me off and you don't want to know what will happen when someone pisses me off!" He says, angrily as he grabs onto the back of her hair, making her squirm in pain. as tears are streaming down her

cheeks.

To my surprise, the man grabs onto the baby which causes her to cry even louder, trying to take his son back in his arms but the man begins to point the gun at his head, threatening the mother while I blink a few times, trying to make sense of what's happening. A man with a baseball bat walks out from one of the rooms with a big black bag, throwing it off on the ground as he turns to look at us.

"Don't hurt him, please!" She begs.

Just as I begin to crawl towards

from

Flynn, trying to get closer towards him, my phone starts to ring which causes everyone to turn and look at me especially the two men with guns. He adjusts his gun away the baby's head before directing it at me as I stop making any further movements, mentally cursing myself.

The man drops the baseball bat onto the ground before approaching me, grabbing onto my arm to make me stand on both feet as I feel the aching pain beginning to form again but I keep quiet, afraid if I might risk my life.

"What do we have here?" The manFrom NôvelDrama.Org.

that has been holding the baby, walks towards me as he eyes my face; trying to get a better look. Both of his eyes wander to my features "If it isn't the famous billionaire Aidan Gabriel Ashton! What a fucking coincidence to see you here, MP. Ashton." He says out loud, grabbing everyone's attention as the other man grips harder onto my

arm.

"I mean... I'm a little bit surprised actually," He circles around me, eyeing me up and down. "It's not everyday that you get to meet one of the richest man in the world, right? So, let me have this moment." He laughs, patting lightly onto the baby's head.

The man continues to chuckle and the only thing that comes up on my mind is that... is he Joker? Then, where's Batman? My heart feels like it's going to thump out of my chest due to beating utterly fast in fear but at the same time, I find myself trying to find some source of peace.