CHAPTER EIGHTY EIGHTSCOT“Sue, I need you to find me Phil’s car and I need it right now.” I say into my phone.“Is anything wrong?” Sue, our operator replies“I just need to know where he is, he is not picking up his calls and he is holding a high value asset with him. I am scared something might have happened.”“Alright, Give me a second.”“Hurry.” I sayThe panic is already evident in my voice, I can feel it in my bones that something is definitely wrong. Phil is always with his phone, no matter when I call or text he is always there to answer so the fact that he isn’t answering now is enough indication that something is wrong. What could possibly have happened? What is going on right now?We combed the area for over an hour and there was still no sign of Javier and some of his men, he is definitely in the wind right now. Could it be possible that this was his doing? No, that shouldn’t be, how could he possibly have known I sent Catalina with Phil? He couldn’t have even known what
CHAPTER EIGHTY NINECATALINALooking around the dimly lit room, I try to figure out where I am but I soon realize that it is of no use. There’s no way that I will know that, not from in here at least. I need to find a way out of here and I need to do it quickly. The walls seem to be closing in all around me as I can feel the fear in me growing. My father; I don’t even know if I should be calling him that right now, stepped out of the room a minute ago to make a call. I wonder what his thought process is right now, why the fuck is he doing this to me?The look he had on his face when he walked in earlier was one of disgust and utter disappointment. I had seen the latter before, in a way I had even gotten used to it over the years. He tried his best not to show it sometimes but I have always known that when he looks at me he has always wished that I was a boy instead, somebody that could effectively carry on his legacy. Over the years I had tried my best to be just that, the perfect dau
CHAPTER NINETYSCOT“If you want to see her alive, you are going to do exactly as I say.”From the tone of his voice I can tell he means every word that he speaks. Could he really be heartless enough to harm his own daughter? Is that even an option? I know he is ruthless but isn’t there supposed to be a line to all of this? Right now I do not really have so much of a choice, I have to listen to what he has to say.“What do you want?” I ask him“Well a series of things actually.”“Don’t push your luck.” I say as I already feel myself getting irritated by the sound of his voice.“Oh trust me, everything I want you to do is within your power. You see I have done my research on you and I know all about the promotion you recently got from my case, I know that that opens up new doors, gives you more access to things which is why my request is going to be very simple for you to do.”“What is it? I do not have all day.”“You and your agency have something that belongs to me and I want it back
CHAPTER NINETY ONECATALINAThought after thought pops into my head as I stare upon the face of the man I called my father for all my life. Is what I am thinking true? Is it possible that he killed her? No, he adored her entire existence. Could it be?Lately I have been feeling like any moment now my whole world will come crashing down all around me and there is nothing I will be able to do about it. My mind feels just like my present predicament, tied down. I feel powerless as I sit there contemplating on all that I have heard. Suicide they had said or rather he had said.He had never brought her up ever since her death, even forbidding me to talk about her at some point. I had felt it was because of how much it hurt him as well so I accepted without giving it much thought, locking away the emotions that stemmed from her passing as well just like he did. A part of me had forgotten what she looked like, even now as I try to picture her I know that the image I have in my head is not a
CHAPTER NINETY TWOSCOTWe both sit there in the car in silence considering all of our options and the solution that had just been proffered.“Just to ensure we are on the same page here, you are talking about us waltzing into the station and stealing the drugs right?” I ask Nickolas.“When you put it like that it makes it sound a lot worse.”“That is because it is.”“The way I see it, we don’t have that many options available. We could look for drugs from other sources but then again Javier will definitely know it is not the same and who knows how he is going to react to that revelation. Besides, where else are we supposed to get that large quantity of drugs on such short notice?”“I don’t know.” I say, as I keep on thinking.“It was just a suggestion, I am not saying we have to do it but then we are already here.” Nick says, “It is all up to you, you know I will back you up no matter what.”“Damn.”I hit my hands on the car as I try to clear my head and calm myself down. This is cer
CHAPTER NINETY THREECATALINA“I have what you want.” Scot’s voice says over the speaker.He could have chosen to answer the call anywhere else but he decided to do it in my presence no doubt in order to spite me. I watch as Carlos and Dante listen in on the conversation, Dante perched in the corner of the room leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.Hearing Scot’s voice nearly puts a smile on my face as a part of me never thought I would hear it again. I would have smiled but then I need to put on a stromg face here, I can’t have them know how much I actually care for him. That would just make everything a hundred times worse.“That was fast, I knew you would be able to do it.” my father replies,“What next?” he asks,“Now, I will send you an address for you to bring the bag to.”“I don’t care about that, where is she? I want to talk to her.” Scot says.His laughter rings through the entire room as he locks his eyes with mine“What makes you think you are in any position to ma
CHAPTER NINETY FOURSCOTStaring at my phone as Nickolas continues driving, her voice keeps on playing in my head as I picture what she must be going through right now. I had heard him strike her through the phone after she had objected to me coming, the thought of him hitting her had made my whole body vibrate with anger. The things I had imagined doing to him in that very moment were things not worthy of a man of law. I guess I shouldn’t really call myself a man of law anymore, especially not after what I just did some minutes ago.The pinging of my phone resonates through the entire car, I know what that indicates before I even look at it. There it is, the address for the meetup.“Where is it?” Nickolas asks,“Not too far away from here actually.” I say, as I show him the message on my phone.“This is both Good and bad, I know this place. The neighborhood it is in is very notorious, a lot of bad things happen there. On a normal day I would have said you should choose another meetup
CHAPTER NINETY FIVECATALINAIt has been a while since Dante walked out of the room leaving me with Javier. I have been watching him pace the room, making call after call and issuing different orders to subordinates. The initial plans for his escape out of the country seem to have fallen through and now he is looking for alternatives to it. He has that look of worry on his face that he normally has when things do not seem to be going according to plan. Of course they are not going according to plan, he had decided to abandon the plan halfway and become the wanted man he is now with half of the police force looking for him.Getting out of the country with this amount of heat will be virtually impossible, he is going to have to wait for things to calm down which means that we are all going to have to wait.“Fucking useless!” he yells at the phone as he gets off another call.Struggling hard to suppress the urge to laugh that is slowly building up in me, I like to see how distressed he i