CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVECATALINA“What do you mean by no?” He says.“You heard me, I said no.” I repeat again as I stand there rooted to the spot. I have been lost in thought for a while now trying to figure out what next to do. It feels like I have been fighting a battle in my head as I can feel the thoughts in my head seemingly caving in threatening to collapse all around me. A battle between my pride, my emotions, my way of life and what would undoubtedly be common sense in this instance. “No, I will not run away from this. I will stand and I will fight because that is how I have been trained. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, this is what I have to do.” The words coming out of my mouth do not make sense to even me but then again I know that I am taken control of by my emotions that seem to be swaying all over the place like a piece of paper stuck in the middle of a hurricane. Similar to the piece of paper, I know that I will be torn to bits if I do not get myself together rig
CHAPTER SEVENTY SIXSCOTShe hasn’t uttered a word ever since we got into the car, ever since I told her about the news concerning her father. I steal a glance at her as she looks out of the window completely lost in thought, I can not even begin to imagine the thoughts that must be going through her head right now. Her father’s escape can only mean one thing for her right now and that is death. I have seen the horrid things the mafia does to people that they consider traitors and from the look of things, Javier is as ruthless as they come, I do not think her being his daughter will change anything If at all it might just make things worse for her.The look on her face the moment I told her had shown me everything I needed to know about Javier as a father, the fear that had enveloped her face at that very moment was one I had only seen on children that had lived in homes where they had been abused. She might have grown to see it as a normal thing but there is nothing normal about a fa
CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVENCATALINAAs we walk into the apartment, I am overwhelmed by how distinct it looks. The colors of the walls are all over the place and for someone like me who likes an extremely well put together decor this certainly doesn’t appeal to me. I am sure whoever designed this must have thought they were creating an art piece, some type of modern art. Ihave never quite been able to understand modern art no matter how much I tried and believe me I did try.A woman approaches us and hugs Scot, he is all smiles with her as they exchange pleasantries. She is so beautiful is the first thought in my head as I see her standing there conversing with Scot, he is all smiles as he looks at her and for some weird reason for the first time in my life I find myself feeling a tad bit territorial. I do not like the fact that he is all smiles with this strange woman, who was she to him? Perhaps the owner of this house? Or maybe she is the friend he talked about. What is their relationshi
CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHTSCOTThe slow realization creeps on Lily’s face as she realizes exactly what I just said, her father is dead.“Dead?” She says in shock, trying to confirm exactly what she just heard.“Yeah, I just got the call now.”She glances at Nickolas as he stands there shocked as well. This was also my reaction when I heard about it, I was not going to say anything at first until I was sure exactly what had happened but Catalina had kept on pressuring me and now she stood right in front of me in shock as well.“What do you mean by he is dead?” Nickolas asks, “How?”“I have no idea, my partner just called that he was found dead in his cell. I will not be entirely sure until I get there and confirm it myself.”“Dead?” Lily blurts out in shock to no one in particular as she walks around the apartment absent mindedly.Her brain must be trying to process everything right now, no matter what happened between all of us Robert was still her father and there is no way in hell she w
CHAPTER SEVENTY NINECATALINAThis overwhelming ache in my heart takes over as I watch him walk out of the room, he obviously doesn’t understand what is coming. This is way worse than all of them think it is, my father is going to do anything he can to get to me. Robert’s death is just the first step, there is only one way this can end. I have to face him myself.I never ever thought it would turn out like this, why is he after me? What did I do? Maybe there is a way I can talk some sense into him, all of this might just be one big misunderstanding. There should be a way I can reach out to him right?What the fuck am I thinking about? This is my father I am thinking of, Javier Vega. Once he has his mind focused on something it is hard to get him to back down or to change it. He has given out the order and he would rather die than go back on what he has said. There will be no negotiating my way out of this one, I can only fight my way out and it will not be easy.A part of me deeply wa
CHAPTER EIGHTYSCOTThe view of the city in the distance from the rooftop is simply exquisite, it has always been one of my highlights everytime I found myself in Nick’s house but right now as I stand here there is too much on my mind already for me to fully appreciate the scenery.There are so many questions running through my head as I stand here with the breeze running through my hair. I have to actually calm down and think deeply about everything that is going on, that is the only way that I can come up with a solution for this madness that is currently happening all around me.It is just like my father always used to sayCalm down and analyze the facts.A smile forms on my face as I hear his voice ringing in my head, I have a lot to thank that man for. He is one of the reasons I got into the force in the first place and definitely the main reason why I stayed.The facts I have right now are very simple. Robert is dead, Javier has escaped and I am not entirely sure of how much tru
CHAPTER EIGHTY ONECATALINAWe both sit in silence, drinks in hand as we are both lost in our thoughts. Underneath that hardened exterior of his Nickolas seems like he is a nice guy quite like Scot, I mean he was the one that came to check up on me when every other person seemed to be pissed at me. From the vibe I got earlier from him I definitely did not expect that we would be in this close proximity without ripping each other's heads off.“How are you feeling now?” Nickolas asks out of the blues.I look up at him but then I notice he is not referring to me as Lily just entered into the room with Scot following closely behind her. A slight smile creeps on my face as I realize what they just did, divide and conquer tactics. She took him and he took me. From the look of calm Scot now has on his face I think it might have worked, I can’t be so sure though so I had better continue keeping my distance.“I am not sure, I am not as upset as I was before and I do not know if that’s a good o
CHAPTER EIGHTY TWOSCOTMy body keeps on tossing and turning as I try to lay down in bed to sleep. Nickolas had insisted on taking the first watch earlier to enable me to get some rest but then there is no way I can get some rest at least not when my mind is not at rest. So many things are going on at once, so many thoughts swirling around in my mind that are causing my body to stir and sleep is definitely not one of them.Sitting up on the bed, I stare down at the floor as I recall the conversation we had in the afternoon. Catalina had made it so clear that she didn’t trust me after everything that I had done. I could see it in her eyes, the doubt. I tried my best to make sure she saw it but Javier is such a sweet talker, he has planted the seeds of doubt in her mind and now it sure as hell is germinating and will very soon turn into a mighty seed of its own.Every atom of trust I have managed to build over the past few hours has certainly been thrown out of the window by that one ph