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
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVENLILYI awaken to the soft morning light that filters through the curtains and as I slowly open my eyes.Turning my head ever so gently, I watch Nick sleeping peacefully next to me, his chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm.A smile tug at the corners of my lips, as memories of how we had first met filtered through my mind.I can still remember that day he and I had met as kids… his defiant eyes as he watched me on the swing and the rapid way he had switched from Spanish to English.I should have known it was the fates conspiring to bring us together and now after our encounter and after everything that has happened between us… I can not believe we are at this point.A soft sigh escapes Nick’s lips as he stirs beside me, his eyelids fluttering open.His eyes meet mine, and a tender smile spread across his face. It is a smile that held a multitude of emotions, a silent declaration of love and maybe a little bit of confusion right before it cleared up."Good mo