Totally unexpected, Flynn now sat in front of her. His palm had slowly cupped her cheek whilst his thumb removed the last tear. At first she did not felt at ease, but after their eyes met she knew he meant no harm. What he said next, made Alyson smile whilst shedding out a few more tears. “You pussy..” she mumbled, noticing Flynn was about to take his hand off her cheek in anger. But instead Alyson placed her hand on top of his, closing her eyes and enjoying his warmth. “Thank you, Flynn.” Was all she could bring out. Although she had no certainty he was telling her the truth, but that didn’t matter right now. Alyson wasn’t planning on leaving him anytime soon. All she wanted was him to stay here a while more, although she knew that was a lie. Actually, she already wanted him to stay.
Meanwhile, David had arrived in the basement. “Alyson? You here?” He shouted through the kitchen. He walked back and forth between the offices and the kitchen, but there was nobody there. He was pacing back and forth, obviously nervous and stressed out. “Where the heck is this girl..” As he pulled out his phone, he dialled her number.
Down in the basement the silence had been interrupted by Alyson’s phone ringing. It was an old school telephone ringtone. “Oh shoot..” Alyson had take her hand from his, and by moving a lot as she was looking for her phone he also had to let go of her cheek. “One moment, sorry.” Alyson then picked up her phone. “What? D? I can’t hear you properly I’m in the..” Her eyes widened. She had told David she was going to get rid of Flynn last night, but yet here he was, clearly alive. “No no no I’ll come up, stay there!” She nervously shouted and got up from the floor. “I’ll be right back. Stay here.. Well..” Alyson then giggled as if she was a 16year old girl and made her way upstairs. She felt bad leaving Flynn all of a sudden, but she couldn’t handle David getting upset with her right now. She would have to find a way to move Flynn to a more private property of hers. She had two more, hidden from her friends.
“What up D?” David was sitting in the living area, clearly freaking out. “You know, that prisoner of yours? He is damn famous out in Curao. He handed in our good client Fred, our partner Polo and now Dr. Tomaho is arrested for helping out drug mobs.” David took the backpack from the table and opened it up. He took out a few documents clearly stating a Mister Flynn Taggart had been busy the couple last months. And in this area too. Although Dr. Tomaho was not written under his name but another one, he did receive a payment for being a ‘support’. Alyson knew he was good, but she couldn’t punish him for just doing his job. Yes, Polo and Fred were close friends to them, but there was nothing she could do for them now.
“Well?” She then said, looking up at her clearly distressed friend. “Well?! Planet Curao is packed with bounty hunters, all spreading around your picture! I guess they all picked up that this area had loads of drug mobs. Like us, remember?” Alyson nodded when he spoke, trying to understand what he was saying. “We have to leave Al. This place is not safe anymore. This morning, 6 unknown ships have tried to land on our planet. We’re doomed. Before we know it they’re gonna blow us to pieces.” A deep sigh escaped from his mouth when he walked back to the exit of the basement. “Pack your stuff. Alice, Sarah and Grunt are already on their way to find a new hide out.” And with those words, David left.
This couldn’t be happening. Alyson took a few seconds to understand what David just told her, but she couldn’t quite believe it. Still shocked, Alyson walked back to the basement. Without a word, she stared down at Flynn, still sitting on the ground. She took two bars in her palms and bit her under lip. “We have a problem.”