Luisa’s PovThe first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Kingston’s hand on my stomach. His body shook a little as I stared down at him. He had kept the promise and stayed with us until I woke up. He looked so peaceful sleeping that I didn’t want to wake him. I removed his hand slowly from my stomach trying to get to Chris. Chris's eyes were still shut, but I needed to check his temperature to see if he was still running a fever. I peeled Kingston’s finger off my stomach little by little, but he stirred and opened his eyes as if he wasn’t just sleeping a moment ago.“How are you?” His eyes moved around my body.“I feel good. I need to check on Chris.” He let go off me, and in a second I was beside Chris checking his temperature. It was better than when I had left him in Kingston's hand. The hot water and towel were gone. I sighed in relief, “I think he is better now. I was scared.”Kingston held my hand, “You don’t need to be scared alone. You have me. Anything that’s
Derek’s POVThis place smells like shit and urine. I could barely breathe without feeling the urge to let out the content of my stomach. Not that there was anything to let out of my stomach, I could barely leave this hole I was hiding in not to about finding something to eat. The wounds on my face had healed all by itself. Fuck, Sanchez. The guy beside me stared at me with wide eyes before bringing out a donut. The smell of food made my stomach rumble, and I dragged myself beside him. The closer I moved towards him, the further he moved from me. I moved closer, he moved further until he hit a wall. He turned to glare at me. “What's your problem, man?”I tried to speak, but my throat felt dry, and I couldn’t bring myself to say, Please, I want some food. I don’t beg for things. If I wanted something, I take it and make it mine. I tilted my head towards the donut. “Ya want my food.”I nodded.He chuckled. Fuck him. I could feed the likes of him if it wasn’t for the situat
Luisa’s POV“What are you doing?” I stared at the dressed Kingston placed on the bed. I had moved into his room because it was sometimes difficult to sleep alone. Sometimes I feel like Derek was in my room smiling at me. The fact that he hadn’t been caught didn’t sit well with me in any way. “Why did you place all this dress on the bed?”“It’s simple Luisa. We are going out.”I rolled my eyes. “I don’t want to go out. I am very comfortable staying indoors.”He sighed, “You have to go out someday. You can’t keep hiding yourself from the world. It’s just not done that way.”“I am not hiding from the world. I am just comfortable inside. That’s not so hard to understand, is it?“You have been hiding. I didn’t have to persuade you to stop going to stop. You withdraw to an online class yourself. Something is wrong, Luisa. Talk to me.”Derek was still out there. I know Kingston had men looking for him everywhere, but the fact that he was out there somewhere didn’t actually give
Kingston’s POVIt looked like Derek had dropped off the earth without a trace; he hadn’t left the country, according to records, and no one had seen him. Yet, I wouldn’t believe he was dead until I saw his body, and got to bury it underground. The fact that I didn’t see his body meant, he was somehow alive. Clarissa had been living a low-key life, apart from a few visitors that sees her, and she rarely does anything with her life. She was the shadow of the girl she used to be.“Yes, I need an in-house doctor.” I paused to listen to the doctor’s report. Luisa's condition had me bothered. She was a woman who loved to go out even when I was against it. She had always tried to find a way, but now she doesn’t care a bit for the world outside. She was comfortable with the wall she had surrounded herself with. “Yes. I want someone you can trust with your life at this time. If the same thing that happened during the DNA happens again, I won’t hesitate to sue you guys. And I will make s
Derek’s POVThe best things in life take time. I have learned how to take my time whenever I am doing important things, especially when I want a good result in the end. Everything was all about timing. If I hadn’t missed the time then, I won’t be here without the love of my life. The only reason I was still breathing.“Boss, I don’t think it’s going to be easy to infiltrate that mansion you talked about. The security is amazing. I had to glance at it from a far place. I took a picture, so you can see, boss.”I collected the phone from him and squints my eyes to get a good look at it. Everyone knew the Sanchez mansion had lots of security, but it was now better. They were trying to block every, and anything out of the mansion. I returned the phone to him. “Interesting.”“I also went to the woman you talked about, but she said she had no idea who Derek was.”Clarissa had denied me, although, I had expected that. I abandoned her first. Clarissa had always been a simple woman, h
Kingston’s POVThe Blindfold was fixed on Luisa's eyes. She keeps trying to move it up, but my hand held unto it firmly. Jenny was in charge of taking care of Chris since she was the only other person he allows to carry him now. She no longer works as a maid in the house but assists Luisa with Chris. It was a duty that took a lot of convincing for her to start. She was reluctant, claiming there was no way she could watch her godson for money; it wasn’t a job. Luisa had to beg her mother to convince her before she agreed to it.“Where are you taking me to?” She questioned, obviously trying to remove the blindfold.The doctor had insisted I don’t put a lot of pressure into making her go out when she wasn’t ready to. So, I decided to bring whatever she could do outside, inside. There was no way I would allow her to keep doing the same thing every time without change.The garden was filled with a bench, a small cloth on the floor, and picnic baskets. I might have told Miss Andrea
“Derek made use of his card.” Those were the words Stan told me when I picked up his call. I had insisted that he was to keep watch on Derek’s phone, card usage, account, and everything linked to his name. I wanted every piece of information I could get on it. If he made use of it in any way I wanted to be the first to know.“Where is the location?”“It was in some shopping hall in ‘Area B’.”I nodded, picking up my car keys immediately. Luisa moved her head to stare at me, “Where are you going?”“I just got some information about Derek. I am on my way there.”She nodded, “Do you think you will capture him this time around?”“I will have to see him first to be here but know I will give it my best shot. I will do everything I can to see that he is no longer a threat to our family.”Luisa looked scared. Any words regarding Derek usually make her scared, it was through a lot of assurances that she had to calm down. “I wish you the best of luck.”I pecked her on her checks and als
Kingston’s POV“What happened to you?” Jimmy's hand hitched closer to my face, but he stopped himself before he could hold it. Unfortunately, the place the fool had hit me had a small purple bruise. Another reason I avoided going home, I didn’t want Luisa bothering herself with something like a little bruise. It could easily deepen her fear of the outside world.“It’s nothing serious, Jim. I think I finally found a way to get hold of Derek.”His eyes widened at the mention of Derek’s name; he had been ashamed for losing him at the seaport that day, not that I blamed him for it. I was too engrossed in my family that I made a call to him so late. Yet, he kept saying if only he had been a bit faster. He felt guilty that we could barely enjoy our newly married life because of everything going on.“How? Did you see Derek? Was he the one that gave you this bruise?”How I wish it was Derek. At least, I would have carried the bruise with pride, but it was some unknown fucker. I touched
Kingston’s P.O.V.“Derek’s dead.”Luisa dropped on the bed. I guessed regardless of how she thought she hated him, his death was still shocking to her. I was pretty shocked myself. I wanted to be the one who ended his life slowly, but I never thought he could be so cowardly. He chose his death to be tortured, but then he had been so sure of himself, so I wondered why he suddenly changed his mind and died.She looked around, avoiding my gaze and biting her lower lips.“I told the guys to bury him silently. He doesn’t have any family.”She sighed, “Do you also think it’s our fault? If we had handed him over to the police, he might not have killed himself, right?”Holding her shoulder, I shook my head, “It’s not our fault, Luisa. All we did was protect our family. Anyone will do anything for family’s sake. And we didn’t kill him. He chose death.”She paused to assimilate that and nodded, “I went to him yesterday, alone.”My hold on her tightened, “What?”“After we left Derek, I went to s
Luisa’s POV I trailed back the path I just left with Kingston. I wasn’t supposed to be back here, but I had been doing daring things and was ready to take it up a notch. I wasn’t trying to be brave or pretending to be, but I wanted to make something clear to him, and I know I’m the only one who can pass the message loud and clear. I was expecting some kind of security to guard the building in case of an attempted escape – and I have my perfect excuse at the tip of my tongue.Alas! There was no one.The door was closed firmly, and the key was attached to it. It made no sense, but barely anything makes sense these days. When I came with Kingston, there was no one at the door, but I had expected that was because Kingston was there. I thought once he left, someone would be guiding him, like Jimmy, ensuring there was no way to escape.Well, I guessed attaching a key to the lock made it safe. I unlocked the door and stepped in slowly. My senses were on alert. Maybe someone was guiding hi
Luisa’s POVI wasn’t wicked. I wasn’t the type that sees others in pain and gets happy, but I was when I saw Derek there. I thought it would be a painful experience, but it was just the closure I needed – knowing he wasn’t anywhere that could be dangerous to my family. Knowing he couldn’t escape gave me some peace of mind.After walking a few distances from him, Kingston stopped us, “Are you okay?”I frowned. I know he was trying to protect me, but I wasn’t some kind of weak female. I wanted him to know that. “I’m fine.”He didn’t smile, “I just want to make sure you are really fine. It’s your first time seeing such a sight.”That’s true. I might have felt pity for someone else, but I didn’t feel pity towards him. We continued walking, and an idea boomed in my head, “How about we celebrate?”“Celebrate.”I nod, “Remember that we couldn’t go on our honeymoon because of the situation. How about we start our celebration now?”He raised a brow in astonishment. He had rubbed on me. No
Kingston’s POV.My hand hurt, and I wrapped a cloth around it bruises on it. I wasn’t ready to stop what I was doing. I grabbed Derek’s collar and moved him closer to me, but he was all limp. His lips were bruised and covered in blood. I was certain, I must have knocked off one or two of his teeth, but he forced a smile towards me, showing his bloody teeth.It was getting boring to me.I loved it when he struggled, and could still talk about how Luisa was his. How all I was doing wouldn’t make him leave her alone? How she was going to realize I wasn’t good enough for her?It was fun when he had the fight in him, but now, it was boring. He could barely talk, even if he wanted to.I threw him back, flexing my hand, and turned towards Jimmy who stood at the edge of the door. “No food for him today?”Jimmy nodded, and I headed to the bathroom washing off his filthy blood. I bathed thoroughly and changed my clothes before heading to my family. There was no way to hide my bruises so
Luisa POVI didn’t take my eyes off Derek from the rearview. I could hardly believe he was her in the car with handcuffs. My gaze momentarily went to Rena and I paled – it was my fault. The bruise on her lips was all because of me. It should be my lips, not hers.“I am sorry, Rena.”She turned towards me and winced a bit touching the bruise, “It's okay. It’s what I signed up for.”I chuckled, “You didn’t sign up for a bruise on your face, that’s all on me.”She shrugged, “Regardless, I am just glad to be of help. Honestly.”Fabian snorted. I glared at him, but that didn’t keep him shut.“I can’t believe you lied to me, Jenny. You were the one I was looking for and you sent me up.”If it wasn’t for the bruise on Rena’s lips, I might have felt guilty for lying to him, but I felt nothing. “That’s because you weren’t willing to know the truth. You only heard the story from one person's perspective and you jumped to a conclusion. I can’t put my trust in someone who blindly trusts
Kingston’s POVThis place was a hotel in disguise. It was hard to believe that there was a hotel without security, but the first point of contact was the receptionist. While we were trying to follow Rena’s dot, she stopped us with a smile.“Welcome to Numb Hotel. How can we be of service to you?”I frowned, and turned towards her, improvising, “We need a room.”She mentioned the price, and I could hardly believe how cheap this hotel was. It might have been the reason they lacked security and safety. She pressed a bell on the table, and we waited – each second painfully long until another woman came out from somewhere. She was fat and her stomach seemed to be obstructing her from moving normally.“Follow me.” She said.She started moving us in the opposite direction of the blue dot. I stopped and she copied me, “Any problem?”I pointed towards the direction, “I want a room on that side.”She sighed as if she had been afraid we were planning on canceling. I guess they do need mon
Luisa’s POVTracking someone wasn’t as easy as it was portrayed in movies. It was way more stressful, and it didn’t help that they were on foot while we were following them in a car. They kept boarding different public buses. After some time I took a nap. It took a while for me to wake up and see that we were following a new bus. Kingston turned and smiled at me, “You are awake. I think we are almost there. This is the mall where I met that idiot.”I looked out of the window. Of course, I knew the idiot he was talking about, but I didn’t say a word. The town Derek seemed to be hiding in wasn’t what I expected. It looked like a small town with fewer people. The mall Kingston had pointed out didn’t have a lot of people shopping there. It might have been the reason they were able to corner him without anyone to help him.“Where are they now?”“In the bus, ma,” Jimmy responded. I nodded thinking of what Rena would feel like at the moment. Her last words ring in my head, but I can
Kingston’s POV“I think we should be getting ready now.”The moment I heard Luisa say that I placed my hand on the steering, but I didn’t move. I could see the eagerness in Luisa, but nothing was happening. It was just Rena looking around as if she was searching for someone; probably she was looking for that Fabian guy. No one had seen him this morning. They know to report to me once he was sight, but I haven’t received any message from anyone, it only meant one thing, no one has seen him. Rena stopped and placed her phone in her ears.“I think she is calling Fabian,” Luisa said. I smirked at her, everyone could see that but she was so eager to point everything out. If it was up to me, she wouldn’t be following us in this operation, but she had planned and worked on everything. I wouldn’t want to be the one to deprive her of the joy of achieving something. Plus, it would be good for her to see that Derek wasn’t invisible. I wanted nothing more than for her to be at ease with
Luisa’s POVI didn’t sleep all through the night. Kingston didn’t sleep either. He kept trying to keep me calm, but I had a lot of things going through my head. I had handed Chris over to Jenny. Kingston had instructed the security in the house to increase immediately after we were out of the mansion. He didn’t believe Fabian would keep it a secret from Derek. According to him, Fabian was the loyal type, and it would be difficult for someone loyal to keep a secret from his boss. That didn’t help my anxiety, it only added to it.All I did was pace around trying to figure out what hadn’t happened. I had never felt so paranoid in my life.“Calm down, dear. Nothing bad is going to happen.” Kingston said. He was sitting on the bed, his gaze continued to follow me as I moved.“I know, but what if he hurts Rena before we get there.”He sighed, “We are going to get him before he gets close to Rena.”I nodded because I trusted Kingston. I believe if he says it was going to happen, then