They want her gone.

Remi walked out of the door simply like that, leaving them watching her from the back. Not even sparring a glance except towards Arthur, that waved at her proudly. Roman was in a trance, trying to recall if he had ever met her. Her eyes looked familiar, and he knew he must have seen them somewhere.

Selene, on the other hand, clenched her nail deep into her palm, annoyed with being humiliated what is more embarrassing than having someone calling you out on wearing fake diamonds.

Cody was so stunned he won't be able to stop himself from gaping. He is impressed and entirely on board with hiring her.

They knew they needed her to work for them more than anything else.

"Draft employment contract," Roman instructed Arthur and stood up to leave back for his office.

He has to admit she is beautiful and confident. Her eyes lit up during the entire time she was analyzing the stones. Her nose is cute. It is like a little button, and her lips it's peachy and plump.

Roman stopped on his track. Did he think about Clarissa Henson's lips? He focused his mind on removing unwanted thoughts; this might be because he felt terrible for her and because it had been a while since he had sex. These thoughts melded into one pot, which is precisely why he has thought of it. "He is sure" of it.

Remi, on the other hand, rushed to leave the company as fast as she could; during the time she was inspecting the stones, she took a glimpse by accident towards Roman and saw him propping his jaw that was covering certain parts of his face. A quick examination of the side of his hand confirmed the injuries. He was the man that she cut the wire from his bike. Not wanting to be recognized, she needed to leave in a hurry to hail a taxi to go home and wait to receive a call from Arthur for the job.

Accidentally meeting Natalie Nguyen at the hospital has proven to be beneficial. She saw a series of stalls at the new flea market selling all kinds of food and drinks. Her stomach rumbled again, so she asked the taxi driver to drop her at the side of the street.

Strolling, she went to each of the vendors and enjoyed her instant moment. She thought to herself when the last time she had ever been able leisurely to walk around aimlessly was. It was a long time ago.

From food vendors to handmade crafts, she enjoys picking the times and the beautiful craftsmanship it has.

It reminds her of Anders's flea market. She saw a dog collar made with exquisite leather and metal button; she had to buy it for cocoa butter.

Looking around the stall for something else, she felt the crowd suddenly congested with foot traffic. Incoming people and a few men were standing at the vendor flipping the items he sells.

Eerie feelings suddenly engulfed her, and before she could react, a sharp pointy metallic was pressed slightly in her waist. She froze, digesting what the odds she was exposed to are.

The man with a mask lowered his head to whisper in her ear.

"Now..now..don't make a scene; just come with us slowly."

Remi knew better than to scream here and endanger other innocent people; she obeyed the guy and followed him side by side while a knife was pointed at her waist.

"what do you want? I don't have money," she asked.

"We don't need money; we merely obey orders," the guy smirked.

"who's orders?" Remi needs to know while still keeping an eye on how many people are involved in this.

He replied with silence. The man seems to be tight-lipped about it.

They arrived at the side of the road, and a van was waiting for them there. Remi knew once she got into the truck, her chances of escaping after were slim to none.

She dropped herself to the ground, pretending to trip, to see how many people jerked when she did it. She saw only two.

"Get up!!" the man commanded her in an annoyed tone.

"It hurts! I can't walk anymore" she acted weak so she would be taken as harmless.

"Get up!" She was jerked and yanked to get up. However, Remi used her entire body weight to stay on the ground. Finally, the man lost his patience, and about to pick her up, she used her hand to uppercut him from his jaw and kick his chest while he was squatting.

As much as she wanted to know more about who had been sent to harm her, she needed to run as fast as possible to escape them. Going back to the crowd, she saw both men come back, trying to locate her.

She left for a small tavern serving alcohol and walked through the kitchen area to get out to the other side of the city.

Once she confirmed no one is following her, she hailed a cab and left to go back to her house and call Baldie and Rachel. Her guts are telling her, It's Clarissa they are after, not her.

But why? Clarissa is harmless..who wants to get rid of her so badly? Why do these people want her gone?

'What did you do, Clarissa' Remi keeps chanting the words in her head like a mantra.