Somewhere in a deserted warehouse, Julia was starting to wake from her drug induced sleep.
Arthur who was pacing the floor in front of the wall, looking at the different places Cross had been over the past year, stopped pacing as he heard a distant moaning. He walked over towards where his computers were and saw that the one that was synchronized with Gideon's, had come to life, bringing a live video feed. Laying down on a bed was Julia. Her arms were shackled and chained to the wall behind the bed and her legs were just the same at the bedposts.
It took a couple of minutes for her to completely wake up and take in the situation she was in and one was worse, she was there more vulnerable as ever, someone had taken the liberty of removing her top and shorts, leaving her in her bra and tanga. Very quickly the vulnerability dissipated and turned into rage as she tried to free herself from the shackles.
"Jake! You fucking coward"!
Even though the situation wasn't amusing at all, Arthur couldn't help but feel some sort of pride. The fire she had in her that he knew she had, was surfacing and if Cross thought she would go down without a fight, he was wrong.
The door opened and Jake walked in dressed in a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Arthur took snapshots of the video, hoping that an element in the background as the door was opened would help him locate them.
"You are a fucking coward! Are you scared of what I'm going to do to you if my hands aren't tied!? I want my clothes back"!
Jake walked over to the wall next to the bed and leaned against it, his arms crossed at his chest. He was beaming as he looked her over.
"This is not much fun Julia, might as well make the most of it and you have no idea how right now, I'm getting off watching you wrestle half-naked on that bed".
Julie immediately stopped wriggling on the bed trying to free her arms and legs. "You make me sick".
Jake took a step towards the bed and sat next to Julia, placing his hand on her bare leg. "Do I? Am I that different from Bishop? You think he's never done something like this before? What you thought you were special"?
Julia said nothing, she wanted to believe that she had been special but after having heard Arthur talk with her father, she wasn't so sure anymore.
"You know", said Jake as his hand moved slightly up her leg, "I bet you he's watching right now". Jake turned towards the camera. "Aren't you Bishop"?
Jake removed his hand from her leg and she gave a quiet sigh of relief. He then placed a finger on her neck.
"I get it Bishop, I do. How could any man resist her"?
Arthur's blood was boiling as he watched Jake's finger slide down towards Julia's chest, knowing full well she was helpless and couldn't do anything to prevent him from it.
"Such a beautiful body and soft skin".
Jake's finger kept moving down between her breasts, down to her navel and stop at the hem of her tanga, all the while his eyes on Julia.
"Did you moan of pleasure Julia when he was screwing you? Did you scream out his name as he banged you? Before this is over, you'll be screaming my name and it'll feel so good, you'll beg me not to stop"!
He slid his hand inside her tanga and she spit on him. His rage was quick in return as he slapped her across the face and grabbed her throat with his strong and firm hand. She looked at him with a look that Bishop knew too well, the desire to kill.
"I would rather be dead than to give you the satisfaction of hearing me call out your name. Bishop didn't bang me or screw me, Cross, that is where the difference between you and him is. What he did is something you well never be able to do, because you know nothing about love"!
Jake wasn't the only one taken aback by what Julia had just said, Bishop was too. Regardless of what she had heard in her father's office, there was a small chance that she truly believed that he had genuine feelings for her, and he did.
Jake released his hold on her neck.
"Let me guess", said Julia. "Your initial plan was to seduce me, giving you the perfect opportunity to put your plan in motion. But my father didn't trust you, did he? Not enough to have you watch over me. He hired Bishop to do that and it got under your skin and when you saw us holding hands, you knew that he'd beaten you to the pole, it drove you mad. You knew that as long as Bishop was in the picture, things would never go the way you planned and that's why you didn't stop me from going down that hallway, hoping I'd hear something".
She paused for a moment and stared directly at the camera as if she was talking directly to Arthur. "And like a fool I fell right into your trap and Bishop was removed from the equation. And, it's all my fault. I was the one who insisted that he come with me".
Arthur kept working as he watched and listened. He was trying to pinpoint the origin of the video signal.
Jake laughed. "I have to hand it to you Julia, you are really smart. Don't give Bishop too much credit though, either way, it was going to happen tonight. Sure, things would have been easier if he hadn't been by your side, but I knew exactly that your father would never accept a man like Bishop to get involved with his daughter, sleeping with you was not part of the contract".
Jake stood. "You really thought your father, who is so hung up on social appearances, would let his daughter have a serious relationship with a hitman? A criminal? A murderer? How often have I heard you say that money can't buy a lot of things.. let me tell you this, money can buy someone and Bishop would have forgotten about you with the right amount of money".
Julia stared at him, tears in her eyes.
"Hurts doesn't it princess, when you realize that your prince isn't as charming as you think".
He headed to the door and opened it, he waved three guys over. "Get her ready, I want my money"!
He gave one last look at Julia. "If I recall properly, you're a good swimmer. I wonder how long you can hold your breath".