A Deadly Chase

Though Alex had no way of knowing it, Richard had placed a five million dollar bounty on his head. An open contract that anybody who was even remotely aware of it could attempt to claim. This meant that every hired gun in the city, and not just Amahle, was gunning for Alex's and Diana's asses.

Of course, Richard threw money around like it was meaningless to him, hiring genuine professionals like Amahle to claim their lives as well. But he was not the kind of man to put all of his eggs in one basket, and thus, Alex was being tailed by some rather unsavory individuals while he was driving Emily home.

This was something that he immediately realized and quickly turned away from the direction of Emily's house. Where he was actually headed, only he knew. But Emily took notice of this sudden change and asked Alex what he was doing.

"Alex, you missed the turn! What are you doing?"