Chapter 3 - The Midnight Strike
Jagged glass rained down aggressively across the polished marble floor of the kitchen.
Ethan instinctively threw his arms up to frantically protect his face from the flying debris.
Naomi moved significantly faster than he could ever possibly blink.
She tackled Ethan fiercely to the ground just as a silenced bullet embedded itself deeply into the stainless steel refrigerator door.
"Stay down on the floor and do not move a muscle," Naomi commanded in a hardened voice Ethan had never heard before.
It was absolutely not the polite voice of a housekeeper.
It was the commanding voice of a highly trained soldier.
Two men dressed entirely in black tactical gear climbed swiftly through the broken window frame.
They held advanced suppressed pistols and began scanning the dark room for their targets.
Naomi silently grabbed a heavy cast-iron skillet from the lower kitchen cabinet.
She crawled completely silently around the massive kitchen island, disappearing entirely into the deep shadows.
The first masked gunman stepped forward cautiously, searching blindly for the hidden pair.
Naomi surged rapidly upward and swung the heavy iron skillet with absolutely devastating force.
The solid metal connected viciously with the man's temple, dropping him instantly to the floor.
The second highly trained gunman turned quickly and raised his lethal weapon.
Naomi disarmed him effortlessly with a swift, brutal wrist lock before delivering a crushing knee directly to his chest.
Ethan watched in absolute shock as his exceptionally quiet housekeeper completely dismantled two armed assassins in under ten seconds.
Naomi swiftly dragged the two unconscious men into the walk-in pantry and firmly locked the heavy door.
She turned slowly back to Ethan, her breathing remaining perfectly steady and controlled.
"Vanessa's massive debts have finally caught up to her, and they are trying to eliminate you before you can review the prenuptial agreements," Naomi explained.
Ethan simply stared at her as if he was looking at a complete stranger.
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"Who exactly are you, Naomi?" Ethan whispered in awe.
Naomi opened her mouth to finally tell him the truth, but the kitchen wall phone suddenly began to ring loudly.
