Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 145

Ahern was the name of the one they called the boss. He always wore dark sunglasses.

He held the beer bottle that was mixed with the aphrodisiac and handed it to Ted who had just been attacked by Carla. Ted grabbed the bottle from his hand and with one hand held Carla's head back, he poured the beer into her mouth.

Carla tried to shake her head from side to side and stop the beer mixture from going down her throat.

She chocked and sputtered and spat the beer out of her mouth.

"Shit!" cried Ted, who copped a face full of beer from Carla's mouth. He briefly let go of her to wipe his face with his hand, yelling, "It turns out that you're a bit of a wild cat. Well, the wilder you are the more fun I'm going to have with you!"

Ted then grabbed her chin roughly and pushed the bottle in her mouth forcing her to drink the contents from the bottle again.

Just at that moment, Jimmy came rushing towards them in a panic after he had a look downstairs.

"What do we do? We've been found out. Some vehicles are heading this way! They're fucking military vehicles!" shouted Jimmy in a frenzy.

They expected to see police cars. But when they saw the military vehicles they knew that the woman they had been holding hostage must be very important indeed. They were shocked and terrified.

"Who would have thought this bitch had someone in the military on her side? Just calm down! We've still got the hostage here," replied Ahern as he glanced anxiously downstairs.

"Take her to the roof. If they dare shoot, we will kill her before they reach us,"

ordered Ahern, with his cruel and cold voice. He seldom did these kinds of jobs anymore. But the promise of a lot of cash made him greedy and he decided to take the risk.

However, the risk involved might prove to have outweighed the profit in the end. Now things had suddenly become much more complicated and dangerous.

No wonder the employer banned them from casing the branches in advance. Instead, the employer asked them to wait till they were told to take action.

It turned out that maybe the employer didn't want them to sense that someone powerful was on her side. He feared that they would become afraid and refuse to take the job in the end.

"You two, take her to the roof. Find a good place to hide yourselves! Go quick!" Quintin said to the two gunmen and turned to Ahern.

Jimmy and Ted quickly grabbed Carla by the arms and dragged her up the stairs.

"Ahern, what should we do now?" he asked him anxiously.

Ahern, who had been wearing his sunglasses up until now, slowly took them off. One eye was missing and the other bulged slightly. He looked gruesome.

No wonder he always wore his sunglasses.

"Quintin, we have no choice but to sacrifice those two for our safety. There is an exit at the underground garage. Take some explosives with you and detonate the explosives there. Then we can get out of here," Ahern said as he wiped his sunglasses clean. He put them back on and continued, "Listen to me. I'm going upstairs to calm Jimmy and Ted down. Until you hear my order, don't detonate any of the explosives. Got it?"

Quintin frowned, for he didn't like the idea, "What about Jimmy and Ted? They will be killed."

"Quintin, we came here in a team of four, but right now only two of us can get out. You choose yourself what you want to do, but I'm getting out of here! Unless you've got any better ideas?" said Ahern. Then he urged, "Well, come on! Move it! Once we get out of here, there'll be a lot of money waiting for us. We'll only have to split it fifty-fifty. Then we can do whatever we want."

Naturally, Quintin chose to save himself. So without further hesitation he turned and went downstairs quickly.

Carla was out of breath by the time she was pushed and dragged up to the rooftop. She landed hard on her ass. 'Damn it!' she cursed.

Never in her wildest nightmare would she dream of something like this happening to her.

'Damn you Terence!

This is all because of you!

If I get out of here alive, I am going to end our relationship once and for all!'

At that moment she heard, "Chuff! Chuff! Chuff!" She looked up and saw a military helicopter flying overhead.

She looked down and saw the whole abandoned building had been surrounded.

Carla sighed with relief.

She thought, 'Terence, thank goodness you are coming just in time. If you arrived a little later, I might have been killed or raped by them!'

All of a sudden Carla felt something cold and hard pressed against her temple. She instinctively turned her head and saw a freshly polished black gun pointed straight at her head. She swallowed a lump in her throat.

Carla glanced at Jimmy from the corner of her eye, who was standing nervously on her left side with the gun to her head. He glared at the flying helicopter outside the window and shouted, "Don't come down here or I will kill her!"

Terence was in the helicopter, but Carla couldn't see him.

Terence's grandfather was once the military chief of JA City. When he was younger, he bravely served in the war more than once. When Terence was old enough he was forced to serve in the military area for five years by his grandfather.

During those five years he didn't get any special treatment because of his background. Instead, he was trained more than the others, for he was the child of the An family and he must become the strongest one.

"Terence, can you manage it?"

asked the officer, who was wearing a camouflage uniform as he handed Terence the rifle.

The officer was concerned if Terence was up to it. Not only had it been a long time since he faced a situation like this, but also, the person he was saving meant everything to him and it was personal.

There was one sniper in the helicopter which would be Terence and another placed strategically where he had view of the gunmen. Given the present situation, two were required. In order to guarantee Carla's safety, the two snipers had to shoot the two gunmen at the same time.

Terence frowned slightly. It had been a long time since he held a rifle in his hands. During those five years, he was always chosen as one of the most excellent soldiers every year. Before he retired from the army, he was even ranked as a Major. However, his excellence in the military didn't mean that he enjoyed that kind of life to be a soldier.

When he was younger, Terence hated all kinds of bloodshed and killing. His grandfather thought that he wasn't masculine enough and forced him to join the army to toughen him up.

"No problem. I'll be in charge of shooting,"

replied Terence as he took the rifle without any hesitation. Then he skillfully loaded the M99 sniper rifle and took aim.

"Good, you still remember how to use the rifle," said the officer who was Terence's sergeant when he was in the army. He squeezed his shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry. Your girl will be fine."

Terence pressed his lips together. Narrowing his eyes, he focused his gaze fully on the men hiding inside the building.

When he saw Carla, he felt as if he had run out of air.

His heart was in his throat and it seemed like someone had him by the nuts.

"Terence, listen to me. First, take aim. Next, wait for a good chance. Then after hearing my order. Take the shot," said the officer. Then he got himself ready.

While on the roof, Jimmy and Ted were hiding inside an empty concrete wall. They looked at each other for a moment and then Ted asked, "Why haven't Ahern and Quintin come here yet?

Do you think they've already escaped from here without telling us?"

Jimmy shook his head, "No, no, no. That's not gonna happen. I think Ahern is thinking of a plan to get us all out. I remember he once mentioned that there was an exit at the underground garage. My guess is that he and Quintin are gonna explode the exit for us. I'm sure we will be getting out of here. I trust him."

But in fact, Ahern just used them as a distraction, so he could have more time to get out of the building with Quintin.

Carla heard their conversation and without having to think much about it, she knew that there was infighting among the four gunmen. 'In this survival situation, perhaps the boss has already got out of the building, leaving these two behind, ' thought she.

"Can I say something? Please trust me, okay? I can persuade them to let you go. Or at least, I can persuade them to give you a chance to leave here,"

Carla said to them.

She was sure that Terence would listen to her. As long as they guaranteed her safety, it was likely that Terence would give them a chance to leave here.

However, after she finished talking, Jimmy just shoved the gun harder into her temple and yelled, "You shut up!"

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. I will shut up and stay quiet! I was just trying to help you out. Also, I think in a survival situation, your lives are more important than friendship. Don't you think so?

Okay, I'll stop now. Please don't kill me!"

Carla put her hands to her mouth and took the chance to move a little closer to the window without them noticing.

Suddenly, Ted spoke up, "Jimmy, it's not a good idea to hide and wait here the whole time. Let me make a call to Ahern."

Ted then took the cell phone and began to dial Ahern's number.

But there was no reception in the area so he couldn't get through.

That was when Ted began to panic. He kept on trying to dial his number, traipsing in front of the window from time to time.

Jimmy began to freak out too. He shouted, "Just stop going in front of the window, okay? Don't you know there are a lot of guns aiming at us right now?"

"Jimmy, I think there's something wrong. I can't get through to Ahern or Quintin and they still haven't shown up. Are we going to just wait here till they pop us off like sitting ducks?" Ted shouted back. He was becoming stir-crazy with all the waiting.

Jimmy gritted his teeth and said, "Ted, our brotherhood will last forever. Since we're not coming out of here alive today, let's take this woman with us. So we're not lonely in the underworld. What do you say?"