Recalling

Daniel spent the night at a hotel after the events that transpired between Katherine and himself.

He had his eyes glued on his laptop all through the night. He had been secretly monitoring Elena ever since the very first day he met her years back.

Back when he was an unknown stranger to everyone, when he was not the famous Daniel Murphy of Danny's Corp.

<Elena walked elegantly out of the city towns hall with two hefty armed men trailing behind her.< p>

It was late at night on a Tuesday. She just rounded up her meeting with the press concerning the recent developments of her father's company.

Since Stanley was out on a trip with Selena, Elena had to represent the company and speak to the press.

She handled all the business affairs of the company through out the day, so she had no time to meet with the press during day time.

The moment she walked out of the hall, lights flashed brightly from the cameras of the various news department that were present.

She was used to the flashing cameras as her life had always been a show for the people since she was the daughter of one of the richest men in the state.

Elena sat at the back seat of her family's latest Ford car, browsing through her iPad, caring less about the outside world.

Her guards had left earlier since she insisted on going out with her friends alone.

*Screech* The car came to a sudden halt as the driver stepped on the brakes like his life depended on it.

Elena was taken unaware and her body was thrown forward, with only the seat belt holding her back.

She bumped her head on the driver's seat.

"What the fuck's wrong with you? Do you call that driving?" Elena yelled out as she held onto her aching forehead.

"I'm really sorry, Ma." The driver sincerely apologized, but Elena was having none of it.

She had no idea that the driver had stopped cause of the group of armed boys that were standing in the middle of the road.

They were in a very secluded part of town, which was filled with thugs. The main road had been closed due to unknown reasons, so the driver had to take this very part of town that was prone for kidnapping.

It was a planned attack, specially set for Elena. She looked up to find thugs of around her age, gesturing for her to come out of the vehicle.

They all had their face covered with scarfs. She did as she was told, for fear of her life.

Elena almost cried out. She was no longer bossy as she followed the thug leader's every word diligently.

"Hey pretty thing, what a coincidence for you to stop by. Don't you know how dangerous these part of town is for young fragile girls like you?" The thug leader said as he gently caressed her face.

"Please don't kill me. I promise to pay you any amount of money you want. Just name your price. My dad is very rich and can pay you whatsoever amount you request of." Elena said with tears flowing down her eyes.

The thug leader seemed to be a lot older than the other boys. It was like an elderly man recruiting toddlers to kill.

"I know who you are miss Morgan." He simply said laughing out loud.

"Isn't it cute to see the bitchy daughter of the Morgans beg for her life?

Oh how I've waited patiently for this day to come. To make Stanley Morgan suffer and beg for his life." The leader stared into thin air with so much rage.

"How does any of this have to do with me? Why do you want to keep me hostage?" Elena said still crying.

"For a rich brat, you are really dumb. Let me break it down to you numbskull.

I will use you as bait to lure your dad into my trap, and then I'll make him pay for all the things he has done to my kind. Do you understand now, princess?" The leader said through gritted teeth as he clenched Elena's jaws tightly.

How he so much hated those on top. They always look down on the less privilege and treat them as nothing.

Elena cried out in pain. "My dad will come for you. That I promise you." She said amidst the pain she felt in her jaw.

The leader pushed her to the floor in anger. "That's the plan sweetheart." He said laughing maniacally.

*Bang* The wall of the building was blown into pieces as FBI agents flooded the building.

The thugs were all surprised. They had planned the attack for half a year. They had everything mapped out.

They were in a very untraceable environment, so how? How did the cops find them?

"No no no no no. This can't be. How is this possible? I had it all planned out. How did you find me?" The leader cried out in disbelief as they were all surrounded by the FBI agents.

Just then a loud laughter echoed in the room. "Sorry sweetheart, but you can't hold me hostage and just go free with it.

Have you forgotten who I am, huh? I'm the motherfucking daughter of the motherfucking Morgans, bitch." Elena said as she punched the leader real hard in his groin.

The blow was so heavy that the leader spat out blood as he fell to his knees.

She had been faking weakness all along to give her parents time to pin down her location.

Right from her childhood, her parents had put a tracker on her ever since the firat time she was kidnapped.

Signals were sent to her parents whenever she's in any serious pain.

She laughed out loud again as she kicked the leader in his stomach with a great force that made him to cough out more blood.

"You might have out smarted me this time, but I won't let you have your way." The leader said as he stood up

He grabbed the gun of the FBI agent in front him and shot at Elena as a means of creating a distraction to enable the younger thugs to escape.

The bullet missed Elena as she was pushed out of the way. She felt warm fluid on her face.

She used her palm to wipe her cheek, and noticed she was bleeding. The gun had scratched her left cheek which made her really angry.

She took a gun and shot the leader in his stomach.

"Don't ever mess with me asshole." She stood up from the ground, staring at the shocked middle aged man that was lying dead on the floor.