Ch.30
Luis snuck around the back growing increasingly familiar with his surroundings.
"I know they have to be here somewhere," he said, looking around. "But where?"
The compounds consisted of numerous buildings. They could be in any one of them.
Luis went to the closest one and searched.
Nothing.
He quickly darted to the next two buildings, also finding nothing.
As he walked by the back entrance to the third building, he saw Rebecca in the kitchen, making drinks. He kept looking as he walked, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw her put two white tablets into one the drinks. She watched as she walked away and handed the drink to someone.
He couldn't see who it was.
He knew anyway.
"Damn it Fox," He said. "Don't drink it!"
He looked around frantically.
~ What am I going to do? ~ He thought.
He reached for the knob on the door, slowly turning it.
It opened and he carefully and quietly walked in, knowing that if he was caught, he could ruin everything.
He made his way to the room entrance, Rebecca's back turned away from him.
Fox was putting the drink to his lips.
Luis waved his arms frantically, trying to get his attention.
Fox was just about to sip when something caught his eye.
Startled, his eyes grew large.
~ Luis! ~ He thought. ~ What is he doing here? ~
"Don't drink it," Luis mouthed.
Fox squinted in confusion, trying to focus on Rebecca. He had no clue was Luis was saying.
Luis ran back into the kitchen and grabbed the empty tablet containers. He rushed back to the door and held them up for Fox to see.
Fox carefully darted his eyes away from Rebecca and looked over.
"In your drink," Luis mouthed, signaling to his glass.
Fox looked down at his glass.
"Oh god," he said, throwing the glass down onto the ground, shattering it.
"What's the matter with you?" Rebecca yelled.
Luis, knowing that Fox would be alright, snuck back outside. He never realized that as he left, he dropped something.
"I- I thought I saw something in my drink," Fox stammered.
~ Poison ~ he thought. ~ I should have known. ~
"Look at this mess!" Rebecca yelled. " Go get a towel from the bathroom so you can clean it up."
Fox did as he was told. When he got to the bathroom, he shut the door.
He put his hands on the sink counter, looking into the mirror.
"That bitch," he said to himself.
"I have to be more careful."
He grabbed a towel and hurried back to the room.
When he returned, Rebecca wasn't there.
She was in the kitchen.
"How could that not have worked?" She asked herself. " That moron should be dead by now!"
She angrily searched the room. Then, she saw something on the floor.
"What is this?" she asked picking it up.
She held it in her hand, examining it.
"Oh my god," she said as she looked at the ring.
"He's here."
She took the ring and re read the inscription on the inside of it again:
To my Darling Luis.
"Luis is back," she said placing the ring in her pocket.
"Things have just gotten very interesting…"