LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - SEASON 2 CHAPTER 54
“Are you sure about this, daughter? Is there really no other way to stop you?” Mrs. Chan sighed as she gloomily looked at her daughter.
After visiting the Lim Family, she and her husband had gone directly to Keira’s dorm at the military base. When they arrived there, her daughter was already busy preparing her things for the mission. The special task force team would embark on the rescue operation tomorrow.
Keira smiled as she held her mother’s hands and said, “Mom, don’t worry… Everything will be fine. I will return with Zach and we will give you a lot of grandchildren soon.”
Mrs. Chan gave Keira a weary expression as she contested, “No, just return home safe and I will be at peace.”
“Yes, you should first focus on returning home safely with Zach, daughter. Only then can you fulfill your promise to give us grandchildren to play with,” interrupted Field Marshal Chan in jest.
Keira laughed and gave her dad a wink before she replied, “Of course, Dad. I will. So please stop worrying.”
“Oh, this child! You know we can’t stop worrying…” Mrs. Chan whined. She burst out crying. Keira was their only treasure in this world. They cherished her so much that it was difficult for her to let her go, especially when she knew how dangerous the place to which Keira would need to go.
Keira hugged her mom tightly and tried to pacify her by saying, “I know you can’t, Mom. And I really feel bad for making you two worry about me. But please have faith. Everything will be fine, nothing would happen to me and I will bring your son-in-law back soon.”
She was so excited yet also nervous, that it was hard for her to get her sleep after her parents left that night.
Finally, she would see her husband again. Finally, she would be able to get him back.
She looked at the couple bracelet she was wearing. Just like Zach’s bracelet, it also had a tracking device. She would ask Thea to wear it inside the ship. She hoped that Leon’s new security system would not be able to detect it.
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The special team that would go undercover to rescue Zach was made of thirty well-chosen special task force members, including Keira, May, Lana and Drey. Jeru would lead the entire operation.
Thea was introduced to Keira’s friends. Although everyone already knew her, it was their first time to meet Thea in person.
They all boarded a private plane with their disguises already on, except Thea and Chin. Keira was disguised as a wealthy sixty year old lady.
The tournament would officially open tonight and they had managed to get an invitation as special guests who would shower the tournament with a huge amount of money in betting.
Keira and Jeru had put up a lot of their own as well as their family’s money to make their disguise look more convincing and real.
Once the plane landed they would be split into two groups; the guests and their bodyguards. Jeru, Keira and May would act as guests while Lyra and Drey would act as their bodyguards, along with the rest of the team.
They would have the opportunity to stay inside the ship for three days during the tournament.
They would have three whole days. That was more than enough time to rescue Zach. They were all just praying for one thing… That at least one of the tracking devices that were put on Thea would work well and would not be detected.
May noticed that Thea and Jeru had been stealing glances at each other when they thought no one was looking. She smelled something fishy, so she elbowed Lana and pointed her lips to Thea and Jeru. The two had been acting very suspicious.
Lana gestured for May to stop and not to mind other people’s business. But May could not help it. She looked intently at Thea who was seated only a few meters in front of them.
“Did Jeru harass you when you were staying at his place?” She asked bluntly. Jeru’s face crumpled at May’s straightforwardness. He had become close with Keira’s friends during the three years that he had spent with them. So he knew how savage this group of friends could be when they were joking and bantering.
Thea’s face turned crimson red while May who had just confirmed her hunch from Thea’s reaction laughed out loud.
May looked at Jeru with excitement as she said, “Oh my gosh! It looks like my second lead syndrome would finally turn into a male lead soon!”
Jeru’s eyes narrowed at May as he murmured irritably, “Stop it, May, or I’ll have you assigned to a post where there’ll be limited food or no food at all!”
May’s eyes rounded instantly. She knew Jeru would really do it, so she could only swallow hard and zip her mouth tightly.
Lana laughed and looked at Thea. She whispered to her, “Don’t mind them. They are always like that whenever they are together. Also, I hope you don’t mind it, but this is just how our group is… We love to have fun, but we also make fun of each other a lot.”
Thea gave Lana a timid smile. May twitched her mouth while still giving Jeru a teasing look which the latter ignored.
Thea released a silent sigh of relief. After that kiss, she and Jeru had become awkward with each other again. ‘It’s not my fault,’ she comforted herself, because it was Jeru who clearly kissed her first.
She was really confused and wanted to confront him about the kiss, but she knew that it was not right to do it now, considering the situation that they were in.
Keira, on the other hand, smiled as she watched her friends banter from the other side of the aisle. She felt lucky and blessed to have such wonderful and supportive people around her.
Drey could sense that Keira was nervous so he held her hands and kept them warm by rubbing them together.
“Everything will be fine. I can feel it… We will rescue him and the two of you will soon be together again,” Drey said with a smile. Keira smiled back and nodded as she emitted a loud sigh.
The plane had landed and they had to part ways. Drey and Lana headed first…
Jeru proceeded to examine all the tracking devices on Thea to make sure that they were functioning properly. He then whispered, “Just relax and you will be fine. We will pull you out of there immediately.”
May could not help but tease them. She whistled and hummed before she commented, “Thea looks relaxed enough to me, while you don’t, Jeru. You’ve been looking so anxious ever since we boarded the plane. And I wonder why…”
Jeru’s face reddened from embarrassment, but he ignored May’s teasing.
Keira had also noticed that something was going on between Thea and Jeru, so she let out a small chuckle before she elbowed May to warn her, “Stop it.” May answered her with a shrug and walked to their assigned car.
Keira held Thea’s hands and said, “We can do this. Let’s all hang out together once everything is done.”
Thea smiled and nodded. “We should go,” Chin interrupted so Thea followed.
When Keira and Jeru walked to their car, Keira casually stated, “I think Thea also deserves to be happy. And you two would actually make a good pair.”
“What?!” Jeru shrieked and turned to face Keira, but Keira had already run to the car while laughing.
She was really nervous, so she needed something like this to relieve her tension. But what she said was true. She really thought that Jeru and Thea looked good together.
It was already 5:00 PM. All of the guests had headed to the docks that had been assigned to them, which also served as a checkpoint where they would be searched thoroughly before they were allowed entry.
Only after they passed the inspection, would they be able to board a speedboat that would bring them to the main ship.
Thea and Chin went in without an invitation. They had come to the same checkpoint which Keira and the team had also been assigned to.
“Where’s your invitation?” Asked Leon’s man.
Thea sighed and said, “Tell your Boss it’s Thea. I’m his woman!”
Keira and Jeru were disguised as an old couple, with May as their assistant and the rest of the team as their bodyguards. They had been keeping watch on Thea and Chin who had barged their way through to Leon’s men.
“Go and tell the Boss about the commotion here,” instructed one of the men to his partner.
The partner went out and after a few moments he shouted, “The Boss wanted to see her on the camera!”
The man pointed the camera on his mobile phone directly at Thea and they could all hear Leon’s voice. He was laughing as he said, “Check her thoroughly and ki|| whoever is with her!”
Thea’s face paled when a gun was pointed at Chin. She had anticipated that this could happen so she quickly took out a small knife that she had brought with her from her purse and pointed it to her own neck.
“Go ahead and fire that gun at Chin and you will see me cut my throat immediately!” Thea shouted frantically.
Jeru was about to move but Keira stopped him. They must remain calm.
“Fools! How long are you planning to keep us waiting? Get done with it or else we will no longer watch that d@mn tournament!” Keira demanded in a disguised thin and shaky voice, resembling that of an old lady.
Leon who was still on the phone laughed and ordered, “Alright, let Chin enter with her. But if you find anything suspicious on Chin… ki|| her on the spot!”
“Boss, how about the Madam? Should we ki|| her too if we find anything on her?” Asked the man.
Leon cursed at him several times, “You, twit! Dare touch a single hair on her, and I will ki|| you myself, you stupid moron! Of course if there’s anything on her that triggers the security system, you should take it off of her! Remove it all from her! But don’t you dare touch her!”
Keira heard Jeru’s quiet sigh. Both of them were taken aback by Thea’s sudden action and they were waiting with bated breath for what would happen next. But as Thea had already said, she had known Leon for so many years, and true enough, she was indeed one of Leon’s weaknesses.
Chin was cleared and Thea was next to be checked. Keira held her breath when the machine made a lot of beeping sounds.
‘Oh crap!’ She cautioned inwardly when Thea was asked to remove her earrings. Then another beep, she was asked to remove her hair clip. Another beep and she removed her necklace, pin in her dress, her ring… Even her contact lenses had been detected.
Leon’s man shook his head and jeered, “Can we just have her strip? I think that would be easier!”
Followed by the sounds of laughter from the other men…
Jeru’s face turned dark as he barked, “Aren’t you done yet!? Why would she be served first when we arrived earlier than her!?”
The other man signaled his partner to search Thea faster. Keira almost jumped for joy when Thea passed the check with the bracelet still clasped around her wrist.
Thea was about to walk towards the speedboat when one of Leon’s men commented, “Isn’t it weird that all of her accessories were bugged, except for this bracelet? I think we should ask her to remove that brace…”
Keira heard it and she did not let the man finish as she abruptly exclaimed, “Darling, I think we should just go and skip this stupid tournament! These bastards are so slow and my poor feet are starting to hurt!”
Leon’s men began to panic and they quickly turned their attention to Keira and her company.
“Sorry about that, Madam. We will now check your group…” said the man, who had suddenly gotten nervous at the thought of losing an important guest that would bring their boss a lot of money.
He sighed in relief when he saw the old madam walk towards them, which meant that she was still going to watch the tournament.
If the old madam had decided to ditch the tournament, he and the rest of the men would surely have had to say goodbye to their lives.
Keira gave the man a fierce glare as she demanded, “You had better be giving us your utmost priority, because we will be throwing a lot of money in that tournament!”
The man nodded and quickly signalled the other men to search the rest of the old madam’s group as he performed the check on the old madam herself.
Nothing was found on them except for the ton loads of cash money that they had brought with them.
Keira silently sighed in relief and excitement when she saw that the speedboat, which carried Thea and Chin, had embarked for the main ship.
Her falling star couple bracelet had successfully passed the security check, which meant… They would be tracked soon!