CHAPTER FORTY NINELILYI enter into the room and head straight for the bed. There are so many thoughts in my head and I have no idea what I am supposed to do with all these pent up emotions I currently have. All I want to do is sleep but then again I know my mind will not let me. I crash on the bed and lift up the pillow to my face. As I scream into it at the top of my lungs I think about my life and the past few days. There was meeting Nickolas, the boat cruise, the revelation that my parent’s aren’t actually my parents, the meetup with my actual mother, her death at the hands of the man I call my father and now here I am lying down here with these tears in my eyes that I can’t seem to control. My life feels like a roller-coster right now but all it is doing is just going downhill. This is definitely not how I thought the trajectory of my life would go. I mean I am the daughter of Robert Blake after all, or rather I was. That should have counted for something right. Countless peop
CHAPTER FIFTYNICKOLASScot comes into my room holding my phone in his hand, he points it at me and I can see it vibrating in his hand. I collect it from him and look at the number calling and it is an unknown number. I am hesitant to pick it this time as I look at Scot, the last time I had picked an unknown number someone had ended up dead and right now the mans face was playing in my head over and over again. Scot nods for me to pick it up but just as I am about to, the call comes to an end.We stand in my room exchanging glances at each other without saying a word. From his eyes I can tell that he knows why I hesitated in picking up. I do not think I can bear another death like that on my conscience. “You should pick up, you do not know who it is.” Scot says.“That is the problem.” He is about to say something else when the phone rings again. He nods at me to pick up and this time I do.“Hello?” I say into the phone.“I have information that I feel will be important to you.” a v
CHAPTER FIFTY ONELILYI can feel my eyes getting tired gradually, they have been going through the journals for hours and for some reason I have not gotten tired. The food Scot brought in earlier was a great booster, he is actually a really nice guy. We spent sometime talking about things mostly involving Nickolas and to some extent I think I know him a bit better now even though I am sure he hid a lot of things from me but that is still fine. Better to know some things than nothing at all right.I think I will call it a night soon though, today has been really hectic and I can not remember the last time I actually had a good rest. It is long overdue. The main reason why I can’t seem to stop reading is I am fully engrossed in this part of Ingrid’s life. She is currently working in our house and apparently she is in love, the whole dynamic of everything is so bizarre. Ingrid never mentions the name of the man or how they even met but I know it is someone extremely close to her. Earl
CHAPTER FIFTY TWONICKOLASImmediately the words come out of my mouth I catch myself. My eyes bounce around the room as I see the reaction on Lily’s face begin to form, she is processing what I have just said and so am I.“What do you mean by that?” Lily asks,I am totally silent as I look at Scot who is currently signalling me from behind Lily not to utter another word, he is not in her line of sight so she can’t see him.“Nickolas? Answer me.” she says again as she notices I have not said a word.Processing everything in my head I know there are two ways I can play this. I can tell her the truth about everything I know and let her know everything or I could outright lie in her face and downplay what I just said.I know the first option will come with a multitude of questions and the letter which I found and hid from her will have to come up if I am to be totally honest with her. Maybe this will be for the best, I don’t think I should be lying to her about things like this, she dese
CHAPTER FIFTY THREELILYRobert is your father, he always has been.The statement keeps on ringing in my head as I stand in the middle of Nick’s room where he left me. Could it really be? Was he just trying to get back at me or something?No. The look he had in his eyes, those eyes. I still remember the hate I saw in them as he looked at me. Is there something he knows that I don’t?“Fuck!” I yell as I sit on his bed and put my face in my hands.I hate this so much, this uncertainty. What is going on here? Where did Nickolas go and why was he so mad when he came back? I thought everything was alright when he left? Is this just a tantrum he is throwing? Could I possibly be over thinking things?The questions keep on twirling in my head nonstop, my mind keeps on coming up with different scenarios that threatens to drive me crazy. Why am I the one in this situation? Why is it always me?I let out a huge sigh in frustration as I get up from the bed and begin pacing around the room.This i
CHAPTER FIFTY FOURNICKOLASI couldn’t do it. I couldn’t pull the trigger. He was laying right there in front of me, all I had to do was squeeze the trigger and it would all be over. With that one singular act I would have successfully avenged all the evil he has done over the years. The murder of Ingrid, the stealing of her daughter, all his illegal businesses and of course the death of my father. All of it would be over right now if I had just been able to pull the trigger but then again so would my life.There is no way I would have been able to get away with killing him, I am sure right now he is probably on the phone with the cops telling them about how I threatened his life or perhaps he will send his men after me. I have poked the hornet's nest and right now I am sure I will get stung but that is not the major issue here.One face kept on popping into my head as I held the gun to Robert’s face. Lily. She was the one thought that was in my head. Was I really going to kill her fa
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVELILY“You knew. Is that why you did all of this? Taking me from her when I was young? Finally killing her when I found out about her? You did all this for whatever twisted reason of yours?” I yell at the monster sitting in front of me because I know that this is no man anymore.“I had no idea. I had my suspicions but it should not be possible, you should not be here. What are the odds?” he says.As he talks I can see the shock on his face, he is shaken by the news. He really had no idea. Then again, he could be lying about this. It will not be the first time he has lied to me.“What are the two of you talking about?” my mom asks. She is completely lost as she walks closer to my dad and demands an answer from him, “What is going on here Robert? Someone answer me.”Her eyes dart from me to him and back to me again.“Ask your husband. I am sure he has a lot of explaining to do.”“What the hell is she talking about?” she asks again this time facing Robert.She reaches f
CHAPTER FIFTY SIXNICKOLASI am driving too crazy but at this point I do not think it matters more than getting to Lily so I can explain to her that whatever it is she is thinking is not true.I had come back to their lives with just the intention of revenge and to make Robert Blake pay for everything he had done to me and my family but it did not matter anymore.I knew it when I pointed that gun to his head and the only thing that had stopped me from taking a shot and ending it all right now was Lily.I cared about her as much as I hated to admit it and I was too much a fool to see the truth right in front of me. The truth that I still loved Lily… I had loved her as a young teenager and I stilled loved her now as an adult.Not because she was Robert’s Blake daughter or she was some rich heiress but because of her heart. She was nothing like the people that had trained her. She was pure and kind and always loved to see the best in people even when there wasn’t anything good about them
EPILOGUE SCOT SIX MONTHS LATER I could feel the wind in my face and the harsh glare of the sun on my skin. I inhaled, sighing at how content and fulfilled I felt with the woman in my arms. It has been six months since everything went down… six months since my life changed for the better and since I realized I would live and die for the woman I held in my arms. We had gone on this holiday after cutting all her ties with the clan and bidding them farewell. She was no longer with that life and the danger it entailed. She had no idea of course about everything I had planned for today and I could not wait to see the look on her face when she realizes that I am going to ask her today to complete me for as long as the world and our lives continue. I turned to the left, to the man holding the signal and he winked in my direction to let me know that everything was in place and it was time for the commotion. “Hey baby” I whispered in her ear, feeling her stir and open her eyes. “I think
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVECATALINADespite all the air flowing all around in the open yard I can feel myself struggling to get air into my system, the whole atmosphere around is so tense as both Dante and Scot face off in the middle of the square.This looks extremely familiar to me, I have watched so many fights take place in this same yard during my training but none of them held as high a stake as this. Everything is hanging on this showdown, whatever happens here is definitely going to change a lot of things drastically.“You came,” Dante says to Scot, “I see you are not a coward after all. Just a man with a death wish.”“Yes I have a death wish, but not mine.” Scot says laughing,I can tell Dante is furious by the blank look he has on his face as he turns to me, he still has the same expressions from when we were younger.“So this is it, your plan is to challenge me with this lowlife.” he says, addressing me.“He is not a lowlife.” I reply,“And now you defend him. What went wrong, Ca
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURSCOT“You should get dressed.” I tell her as I get up from the bed and begin to search for my clothes which are strewn across the floor.I can see the fear in her eyes as she clutches tightly onto the sheets and speaks,“No, please, you can’t go. This will be suicide.”Looking at her as I grab my shoes from the corner of the room and begin to put it on“I do not think we have a choice anymore, you heard what they said.”“There’s always a choice,” she says, getting up and rushing to kneel right in front of me as I put on my shoes. “We can run, go anywhere else but here, that’s a choice.”Her eyes tell me that she means everything that she says as they reflect the deep pain and worry which she feels right now.“Are you willing to elope with me?” I ask,“Yes.” She says without hesitation, cupping my face in her hands. “I will go with you wherever and we will be able to get away from them.”For the first time in a long time I understand what this feeling is no
CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THREECATALINAHe sleeps so soundly.I have a smile on my face as I look at Scot’s face as he lay there with his eyes closed. Last night was extremely draining for the both of us as I recall the nasty things we did to each other all through. Some of the best sex I have ever had in this life is definitely with this man who is laying here clutching on to my naked body. He had not let me go all night, the memory of me disappearing on him like the last time definitely still haunts him but this time is different though, I have no plans of doing such. I love it here, snuggling closer to him.“Is that how you always stare or am I just that special?” he asks, with his eyes still closed.“You are awake.”“Yes, I could feel you looking.”“Sorry I woke you,”“It’s fine, you could have been more creative about it though.” he says,“Oh really.” I reply, gliding my hands into the bedspread that covered our bodies and tracing his abs till I reach his lower region.The gasp escape
CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWOSCOT“Do you want to get out of here?” she asks, out of the blues.The question takes me by surprise as I stand there still looking at her. Before I can say anything she grabs my hand and begins walking really fast towards the exit. Watching her from behind, it is a surprise she is moving as fast as she is in that dress and those heels she has on. She looks extremely hot.We get out of the club and turn right, continuing our little stroll in silence as the music blasting from the club gets more and more distant, eventually fading away completely. A brief look behind us reveals to me that we are being followed by the men who had thrown out the madman at the club earlier.“Friends of yours?” I ask, as we continue walking.“More like CCTV.” she replies, without bothering to turn around.“I count three of them, don’t you think that’s too much for your security? I mean you did say you can take care of yourself after all.” I say, shooting the snide remark in her dire
CHAPTER HUNDRED AND ONECATALINAThe room is spinning right now in my mind as I struggle to get my thoughts together. It’s harder to do thanks to the mixture of alcohol coursing through my veins and the shock that I can still feel reverberating through my entire system as I see him standing in front of me.This all feels like a dream, a trance that I am not sure what to make of. Is he really here? I am tempted to reach out and touch him in order to confirm but I try my best to hold myself. Scot in Italy? What the fuck could he possibly be doing here? Especially now that I am trying to let go of the past, trying to forget the one man that has consistently ruled my thoughts for the past week and now here he is standing before me once again.Short of words right now as my brain is still processing all of what is happening, trying to make sense of it. All I can do now is stare at this gorgeous hunk of a man standing before me. In the sim light of the club, all his features seem more prono
CHAPTER ONE HUNDREDSCOTA week…Seven days I have spent here and still I haven’t been able to get in contact with her. I know where she is but then I also know if I show up over there I am going to be dead before I will have the opportunity to even get to see her face. Javier is definitely not going to stand for it.Making enquiries about them had all led to the same thing.Stay away from the Vega’sEveryone I had asked turned out to be scared of them, even all of Nickolas’s contacts that I had reached out to when I first landed hung on me when they heard the name I was asking about. I knew they were a big deal in Italy but I never thought it would be up to this.What was I expecting though? Javier runs the biggest crime syndicate in the country, Of course they were feared.Recalling what Pascal; the man I had spoke to yesterday said,“If you keep on asking about the Vega’s you will end up dead, besides how good could the pussy have been for you to want to fly over from the states fo
CHAPTER NINETY NINECATALINA“I don’t think I should give you more drinks, anymore and you will be puking your guts out by the side of the road.” the bartender says to me,“Oh come on, I deserve it.” I say in between giggles, “After what I have gone through in the past couple of days, I most definitely need it.”He gives me a look and I reply with a pleading look of my own.“Pleaseee” I say, mustering the biggest baby eyes I can manage to pull in the state that I am in.“Fine,” he says, “two more and then no more. I will have the men take you home.”“You are no fun, let loose a little. I know that’s why I am here.” I say,“Well I am on duty, this isn’t as fun for me as it appears to be for you.” he says, chuckling.“How about me and you having a little fun?” I say, winking at him and putting on my best flirtatious smile.He looks back at me as he gets what I am hinting at.and a smile breaks across his face. Even in the dim light of the bar, I can tell how handsome of a man he is with
CHAPTER NINETY EIGHTSCOTWe all stand around in a circle with Javier’s man in the center of the room and the bag by his side. I do not want to let him out of my sight as we wait for the arrival of Javier. He had already made a phone call earlier and had indicated that he was already on his way. I told a couple of men to keep an eye on the entrance of the building so we would know exactly when they were coming.Finally he will be here soon and we will be able to settle all of this nasty business once and for all. My top priority is Catalina but in the event that the opportunity to take both her and Javier in safely arrives then I will take it as well. It will be a very big arrest for the department and I am sure the chief will be willing to look past the stealing of drugs and some of the other things I have done to achieve the goal. Catalina is the first priority though, all other things are secondary. Once I have her then we can figure the others out.Here I am risking my entire exis