Husband With Benefits
Chapter 153: The Escape Plan

Chapter 153: The Escape Plan

Demetri lay on the couch watching Nora as she studied with concentration. Even as his eyes scanned her from head to toe, his brain kept on wondering what it was about this girl that he simply could not stop thinking of her. Thousands of questions and as many answers went through his mind. He’d never thought that he’d fall first for a woman and fall this hard. The stark difference between the period before her and after her was almost like moving from black and white to high-definition-colored pictures.

He liked the way her eyes narrowed unconsciously as her gaze lingered on something she found difficult to grasp or the way her lips lifted up from the corner when she understood the answer. Like a little fool, he found himself committing every micro-expression of hers to his memory.

His concentration and good mood were however broken by the sound of a notification popping up on his phone. As he read the notification and opened the app, showing the surveillance video, his eyes hardened and the traces of any softness or tenderness disappeared.

His eyes were now glued to the flickering cameras that displayed the winding corridors of the forbidding mental institution. The images on the screen were grainy, however, it was not difficult for him to know who it was that had triggered the silent alarm.

He felt a shadow cast over him and adjusted the position so that Nora could slip into his arms and lie next to him as they watched Sara and a woman in nurse clothing, running hand in hand through the labyrinth of the corridors.

Even though the two people were walking hurriedly, they could see the calm way in which the nurse handled the checkpoints, avoiding the guards who were patrolling silently. She pushed Sara against a wall when needed and pulled her along to felicitate their escape.

Nora’s heart clenched as she watched the scene and she turned her head to look a Demetri carefully before turning back to the escape. If he had not already raised an alarm, he must have had some plan to stop Sara from escaping.

She bit her lip to stop herself from screaming at the screen as they barely missed a few passing guards. Were these people blind to the tension that hung in the air? Could they not be more vigilant? A single turn of the head and they could have spotted Sara and that nurse easily.

Nora could feel herself palpitating as Sara and the nurse edged closer to the part of the building that led to their exit. "Are you not going to call the people there? They are going to escape, Demetri. Once Sara escapes, everything will be ruined."

Demetri patted her arm as he shook his head once," No need. Let her escape."

"You knew she was going to escape?" Nora asked in shock as she realized that Demetri was not even the least bit shocked about this attempt.

"Hmm. In fact, I planned it. It is why none of the guards have stumbled upon them."

"You are planning Sara’s escape? Why?", Nora asked in confusion.

"That nurse is an undercover agent. The moment you told me about the man’s threat to keep away from Lara and his daughter, I knew that he would definitely try to rescue Sara. And since he has always remained hidden, this would be the perfect opportunity to reveal him. This is the best chance we might have. All of the staff at the place have already been under our control and the moment someone contacted the nurse to blackmail her to help get Sara, we’ve had a lead."

"How did you know that it would the nurse?" Nora questioned, unable to imagine how he could have been so sure... "Because of her past. She has been questioned in the past about harming some of the patients because she has a gambling problem. What the man does not know is that her entire past has been fabricated."

"So, the nurse is going to take Sara to that man? And then you are going to catch him?"

Demetri continue to stare at the screen, as the nurse looked at the camera one last time before making a run down towards the gate between the building and the small courtyard, "I don’t think so. The man has been really careful in the entire process. I doubt he will reveal himself easily. For now, Sara will probably be handed over to some decoy and then passed to a few people before she is handed over to him"

"Then...how will you get her? If she slips through our fingers then..."

"We need to wait, kitten."

As they watched Sara and the nurse slip through the exit gate, disappearing into the night, Nora couldn’t help but be filled with a sense of unease. It felt like all she did was wait for the next move. She wanted this to end at the soonest but with her mother’s disappearance, it seemed that she had been sentenced to wait endlessly.

And now that Sara was being allowed to escape, she felt herself grow even more tense. It was a good plan of course to force their hand and make them show themselves but she did not like the risks.

However, she knew she had to trust Demetri’s instincts in such a case.

Just as she continued to stare at the now empty corridors on the screen, Demetri received a call which he moved to answer on the speaker phone. A man’s voice then sounded on the phone as he spoke," The seasoning has been added to the pot, we can now wait for the dish to simmer and the flavours to release."

Demetri disconnected the call and turned his head to meet Nora’s worried eyes. Gently he kissed her forehead and reassured her," Trust me. She will be within our grasp soon along with her dear parents."

***

Sara watched as the nurse handed her over to a strange man who took her to a hotel room, quickly ordering her to change. As she did, she was scanned for any signs of trackers that could lead someone to her. Once the GPS tracker on her wrist had been disabled, a few men soon escorted her away from the hotel...

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