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Silent Secrets
Chapter 7
Glen Nichols stared at the tiny flat that was part of a group of six flats housed together on the outskirts of the city. He had followed his sister here to the safe house that NCIS had organised following Sharni's meeting with the NCIS team at the boatshed. He was always aware of Sharni's doubts about him and his activities so he made sure he had stealthily attached a small GPS device inside her body, without her even realising it. Glen had a doctor friend who agreed, for a large sum of money, to plant the locator inside Sharni's arm after one of his beatings that left her unconscious for three days, six months ago. There were some things he couldn't control in his life, but he knew that having control over Sharni was important to him. She was one thing he could control and he held that hold on her for years. To find out how badly she wanted to escape him by talking to the authorities was a breach of loyalty to him as far as he was concerned and that made him angry, validating in his own mind of that what she had just done was justification of what he was about to do to Sharni and make her regret her dishonesty and disloyalty to him in a way she would never imagine.
He saw the flat was covered by three men, one standing outside the front and one at the rear of the building and another inside with Sharni. He moved to a thick brush of hedge near the side, where he could see a perfect view of the flat better. Unzipping the black bag by his side, he pulled out a long range, high-calibre rifle and methodically pieced it together, adding the silencer and eyesight. Loaded with ammunition, he watched silently in the dark, ready to make his move. The focus of his attention was the one man inside with Sharni. He waited until the line of sight was perfect before pulling on the trigger. The front window shattered the instant the bullet crashed through it, landing perfectly lodged in the head of the guardsman, as he slumped to the floor. A second shot rang out immediately at the front door man, causing him also to gain a shot he wasn't expecting. The last guard rushed into the flat, pushing Sharni to the floor, ordering her to stay down and not move. He crept to the window and pistol in his hand he glanced out to the darkness, knowing he was blind to a marksman who had the advantage. Not knowing that Glen had moved to just outside the window, the guard inched his head a little further outside. The cool metal of a hand gun pressed against the side of his temple. He closed his eyes at the sound of the bang and the guard fell onto the shards of glass below his feet.
Glen burst inside the flat seeing Sharni trying to make a run for the back door. Sweeping her feet from under her he callously grabbed her hair forcing her to stand and held the pistol to her head. He tied her hands around her back and dragged her outside to the block behind the block of flats to his waiting car. Glen opened the side door and pushed her inside. He walked around to the driver's side and got in, locked all the doors then started the engine.
"No, please Glen stop. You can't do this….please!" Sharni screamed in terror. Glen turned around to look at his sister aiming the gun right in her face.
"I looked after you after our parents died and this is how you thank me? You go to the authorities and tell lies about me?" Glen shouted as pushed the car to accelerate faster.
"I….I'm sorry, Glen. I don't want to get hurt by you anymore. I don't deserve that", Sharni stammered.
"Now you will truly feel what being hurt by me will be Sharni. Now you will pay".