"I'm..." The person bends down...
It's—
Janella.
The silence in the room was thick...
"Janella? You..."
"I did kidnap you." Janella interrupted Sebastian.
"Now tell me where the pendant is..." Said Janella while she was tracing the knife with her hand.
"Untie me." The air around them turns cold when Leo commanded.
Janella frowns, "Who are you?" She asked.
"I. said. Untie. Me." The tension gets heavier.
"Where's the pendant?" Janella asked while pressing the tip of the knife against Sebastian's chin.
"We won't tell you." Said Sebastian while shifting his gaze away from Janella.
"If you don't tell me, then I won't mind killing my best friend if I have to." Janella said with a small, cruel smile.
"You won't hurt Eleanor." Leo said firmly.
"Oooh~ it stings, isn't it?" Janella said with a mocking voice, "But i have no choice."
"It's with Eleanor." Sebastian gasps out.
Janella puts down the knife, "Look, that wasn't hard, was it?" And smiles before saying, "Meet you later again. But, if you try anything 'smart,' you'll see Eleanor's death face next." And leaves the room, intentionally leaving the knife near them.
Janella went back home, she was cooking and Eleanor was working on her laptop.
"So... how was your mission with the Handler? Did he mention me?" Eleanor looks up at Janella as she asks that.
"Mhm... the Handler asked for some pendant you've got."
Eleanor's eyes narrowed, "Pendant?" She mumbled under her breath.
And without questioning, she gave Janella the pendant.
"You can have that. Just give it to Handler as soon as possible."
Janella nods and puts the pendant back in her pocket.
The night fell, Janella was outside, sipping wine as she looked at the boy in the pendant.
She swallows before saying, "I've lost everything..."
PAST
"Mom!" A young Janella came in with her results.
"I've topped again!" Her eyes were glimmering.
Janella's mother, Holly Winters, looks at her down at Janella, she beams proudly as she says, "That's my daughter! Now take some rest, I'll lay the table."
Her younger brother, Louis, was playing with his toy car and ran up to Janella and asked, "Where's my treat, sissy?"
Janella shook her head and said, "No treat."
Louis pouts, and Janella chuckled before handing him a chocolate.
The door opens, and her father, Gabriel Winters, enters with groceries, "Hey, kiddos? What's up with chocolates? Am I missing some chocolate distribution?"
Janella chuckles as she shakes her head, "Louis was asking for a treat because I topped."
Gabriel softly smiles and pulls Janella into a hug, "You did it... again..."
Holly steps out, "Everything's aside. Gabriel, you forgot to bring the bread. Jane, take Louis and go get the bread, darlings."
Janella pouts and turns back to Gabriel, "Dad, why do you forget?"
Gabriel just chuckles and says, "Sorry, Darling."
Janella calls out, "Hey, Louis! Get ready! We need to go!"
Louis steps downstairs and says, "Did Daddy forget something?"
Janella shakes her head to yes, "It is a tradition now."
And she held Louis hand and went to the shop.
After 15 minutes, she returns with Louis, she was taking of her shoes outside and
"AHHHHHHHH!" Louis screams...
Janella rushed inside and gasps... her—