I hadn’t seen Santonio since our arrival but I’d lost count of the number of guys I’d had to tell off in the last 30 minutes.“There’s this guy I’ve been seeing…” I moved my focus on my funny-looking drink to Thea who was on her third glass. Thea didn’t like to talk much about guys she saw because most of them were flings.‘This must be pretty serious.’ I thought to myself.“Oh really? Who’s he?”“I don’t know. Some guy who owns multiple businesses. It’s not that big a deal but I think I like him.”“Not that big a deal? I haven’t seen you like a guy in years.” She waved the matter off like it didn’t matter.“He texted me not quite long. He’s supposed to be here tonight.” She pouted. My brows shot up in surprise.“We’ve been talking online mostly. We’ve only seen a couple of times actually, when he has work here.”Long distance? Nah. It was a big deal. If there was someone who hated long distance relationships more than me, it was her. She slurped her drink until there was nothing in t
“Let her go.” The deadly calm in Kol’s voice scared me but seemed to have no effect on the drunken idiot who still had a tight grip on my wrist.“Who the f*ck are you?”“The man who will leave you unrecognisable if you don’t let my woman go.”Maybe it was the alcohol or the cold in the air but this stranger didn’t let go. Kol approached him with an almost silent stride. I tried to pull my wrist from his hold and begged him to let me go.Kol was much taller and more built than he was. Even if he was an expert fighter, he was drunk. I was doing him a favour.“Shut up b*tch.” Kol didn’t spend a lot of time talking. He let his fist do that. The first punch sent him doubling over, causing him to drop my hand to hold his stomach. Kol approached him again but I pulled him back.“Hey, I’m okay. Let’s just go.” I knew it took everything for Kol to leave him just like that. The man had refused to do as he asked and further insulted me.“Kol?” I saw his eyes narrow at the figure on the floor and
“What’s up with him?”“Okay, don’t take this the wrong way but I know him.” I gulped hard.“Why would I take that the wrong way. Of course you’d know him. I’d be surprised if you didn’t.” My eyes widened a fraction and then narrowed in confusion.“He told me he also does tech stuff. So, it’s plausible that you’ve met.” She clarified.“I don’t mean like that. Okay.” She put her popcorn aside, her attention fully on me.“Do you remember when I worked at Jaskey’s and I found out my boss cheated me?” Her eyes darkened as she remembered the event.“Yeah. I remember. I did say that if I found him, I’d beat him to pulp.”“Well, technically speaking, you have. Jace…” I shook my head.“Jason is my boss’s boss.”“What?” She cleaned her ears like she hadn’t heard right.“Are you f*cking serious right now?” I nodded my head in all seriousness.“But… he doesn’t seem like that kind of person.” Was she seriously defending him?“He’s not a good person Thea. Trust me, I know.” Thea sent me a sharp loo
I rushed to put on outside clothes as fast as I could.“How on earth is she at the police station?” I whispered to Kol who was seated behind the policeman with me.“I dunno. The man said a DUI?”“So, she spent the night there?”“There was a minor accident.” The policeman had heard us conversing at the back.“What?” My heart hadn’t calmed down and now, sweat licked my back.“She’s fine. She barely sustained any injury.”“She should be at the hospital. Not jail.” I yelled at the man, not minding the fact that he was a police officer.“I don’t like your tone young lady. Like I said, she’s fine. The doctor gave us the okay.” He scowled at me from the rear-view. I needed to see her.***“Oh My God, Thea.”She groaned and squinted her eyes to see who had disturbed her sleep. She looked so rough and tired but other than that, she seemed fine. No bruises or cuts I could see.“Tori?” She moved her hair away from her face and I saw the puffy and swollen face clearly. She had been crying.“It’s
“Josh?”“Hey.” Josh was smiling, all teeth. Something was up. Why was he even here in the first place? Last I checked, he couldn’t be here because he had to take of things back at work. Thea looked just as puzzled as I was.“I’m not sure what’s going on either. I need me some coffee.”“Me too.” Josh called out after her.“I wasn’t asking you.” Josh clamped his mouth shut. Yeah. Early morning Thea was ‘not nice’ Thea. I moved closer to them once Thea was out of view.“What the h*ll is going on?” The smile on Josh’s face fell sharply and I looked to Kol who had a grim expression on his face. Josh looked to Kol, as if asking permission or waiting for him to say something. I wasn’t patient enough to tell which it was.“Kol?” I whispered loudly enough for him to hear, my heart palpitating in my chest.“Show her.” I took deep breaths to calm my racing heart but Kol wasn’t making it easy.Josh moved to show me some images on his phone.“What is it?” I grabbed his phone and looked closely at
“I won’t be too far behind ma’am.” I looked sourly at Dimitri who had refused to call me by my name. I nodded at him anyway and walked towards the burial site.Charlie waved from afar off and I waved back. Seeing her after not talking to her for so long had me smiling a little regardless of what the day represented.I had opted for a simple black gown and my hair was packed neatly behind my ears in a bun.“Hey.” Charlie attacked me with a hug. I’d missed her too. I looked around for David.“He’s not here. He never comes visiting.” My lips took a downturn. All the more reason to hate him.“It’s not like that. He just…” The closed-off expression on my face shut her up. At least she was here and she hadn’t even met her either.The sky had turned cloudy and rumbled loudly with thunder. Rain in March?Hardly had we paid our respects when David came, a thunder introducing him. I looked up at the sky with a scowl on my face. Dramatic much?Then, I looked at Charlie with a “I thought you said
Dimitri’s POV“Yes sir. Another car came through earlier. Seemed to be Mr Rivers.”“He’s there?” My boss’s voice echoed angrily over the phone. I didn’t know much about Miss Victoria’s private life but from what I’d seen from driving her to and back from places, there’s no love lost between them.“Yes sir.” He cursed under his breath and exhaled loudly the same time thunder roared.“Just...keep your eyes on her.” The call ended.I’d have to move closer than we had originally planned. I turned on the wiper to rid the windshield of the trickling droplets of water. I couldn’t imagine Miss Victoria in the rain, just standing there. The rain had been so unexpected that no one thought to bring an umbrella and I couldn’t go meet her. She wouldn’t like that.All that fog, rain, phone call and distance was all it took for me to lose sight of her.A car whizzed past me and I looked at the car, alarmed. It was the same car that drove Mr Rivers. So, where was Miss Victoria?I drove right up to the
It was probably unhealthy but I was back at work. My bruises had healed but my mental health was still recovering.I was working like never before. I didn’t pick calls from Charlie either. I needed space from the family. If she thought an apology could somehow fix that, she was dead wrong. People whispered behind my back as I went through the day. Only Dara had the guts to ask what happened.“I just fell sick for a couple of days. Nothing too serious.” I faked a smile. My voice wasn’t back a hundred percent but I was clear enough for people who came close to me.She smiled sadly and got back to work but not before telling me to delegate some of my work to her if I was feeling tired. I nodded in response and continued what I was doing.I was far behind on my work on my personal project because of the recent happenings around me. Well, no more. I wasn’t going to let anyone or anything distract me, not even gossip.***“I heard she and boss are seeing eachother.”“Really? Eww! She’s so s