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
CHAPTER NINETY SIXSCOTStaring past the barrel of the gun pointed at me at the man wielding it, his steely gray eyes search me for any sign of weakness. So this was the plan all along, get me to bring the drugs and then kill me? Nickolas’s suspicions proved to be right all along. I know Javier is a scumbag but a part of me had hoped that he would keep to his word.Standing my ground as I stare right back into the eyes of this man who seems hell bent on killing me. I wonder who he is. He certainly was not with the group that protected Catalina and neither was he with Javier that night at the warehouse, so who exactly is he? A hired gun? Javier doesn’t seem like the type of man that would trust a hired gun for such a sensitive mission as this but then again do I really know what Javier can and can not do? At this point in time there is nothing on this earth that I can say for certain.“Any last words, detective or are you too scared to speak?” He asks, with a creepy smile on his face.
CHAPTER NINETY SEVENCATALINACarlos and I continue staring at each other in the room as I think about what he just said. I knew about his wife and kids, so did my father. Is it possible that he could have threatened them? All so that Carlos could turn on me? I can’t put it past him but is that really how much of a threat he views me as? Why would he go to these lengths just to keep an eye on me? It all makes no sense. From the look in Carlos' eyes, I can see the sincerity but then again he is an expert liar, this could all just be a lie.So many things run through my head as I look at him,“Tell me what happened, Carlos. What happened at the meeting between Dante and Scot?”He looks at me and I can see the hesitance to speak written all over his face.“Tell me, I want to know.”He is about to speak when the door swings open again and my father walks in. His face looks so foul as he stares down Carlos with an extreme look of disdain making him cower in fear. It takes a lot to make a m
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
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 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 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 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