***A Choose Your Own Adventure Story. Instructions and explanations can be found in Chapter One.***
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Chapter Fourteen: Point Made
Thomas's hand hovered over Higgins' phone, and he was just about to take it, when his little voice practically screamed at him: No!
He took a step back and turned away from the device, worrying what would happen if Ivan found out he had another phone. The fact that Higgins' phone had been sitting there, just begging to be taken and used to get help, seemed suspicious. Wouldn't Ivan's men have disabled the phone rather than leave it behind in pristine condition?
Magnum chose to leave the phone behind, sensing it was a trap waiting to be sprung. It would have been nice to have it, but he could do without. There was more than one way to communicate with his brothers and drop a clue or two about what was going on without using any potentially compromised technology.
He was half way back to the guest house when the burner phone in his pocket began to ring.
Thomas stopped in his tracks and accepted the call on the third ring. "Hello?"
"I'm quite relieved that, having been in Naval Intelligence," Ivan begins, sounding condescending, "You were smart enough to know not to take that phone and call for help. However, to drive the point home…"
Before Magnum could say anything, he hears flesh hitting flesh twice with a cry of pain the second time, which he unfortunately was able to recognize.
Juliet.
"Don't make me hurt her again," Ivan said, the call ending with the implication next time the punishment would cause much more damage to Higgins.
After taking a moment to get his bearings, Thomas resumed walking towards the guest house, letting his mind fill with potential plans.
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