CHAPTER SEVENTYSCOT“Hello Mr. Vega.” I say, addressing the man seated in front of me as I walk into the room.He has his eyes locked on me in a steely gaze, I can sense the murderous intent through them as they trail me, walk up and take my seat in front of him. I place the file that I just walked in with carefully on the table.This is the first time I am interacting with this man since the cops made the arrest. We were extremely lucky to even get our hands on him, if Robert had kept his mouth shut longer for just a few hours we would have missed him completely as he was set to travel back to Italy some minutes before he was picked.Taking a good look at the man sitting in front of me now I can instantly tell by his demeanor that we have the right man. Quite like Robert, he exudes an aura of power and authority that commands respect and fear in equal measure but his is way stronger than Roberts as I can feel it even now that we are both locked in this room together in a station. De
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONECATALINAThe phone is glued to my hands as my eyes peruse each and every word in the four word sentence he had just sent. This was definitely the last thing I was expecting to see when I picked up the phone and I was just thinking about him. Did he feel it? That’s nonsense, there is no such thing as that.My mind wanders trying to figure out what it is he could possibly want to talk to me about, could he have had a rethink about what I offered him and perhaps come to his senses? Is he going to agree to help me get my father out? These are some of the questions running through my head as my eyes are still glued to my screen.Or could this be a trap? Does he want to capture me? He can’t have anything against me and he won’t be so stupid as to try and kidnap me so the pictures do not get out. He should know that won’t work, Carlos knows to release the pictures if anything happens to me. I have played out every single scenario in my head and I still can’t figure out th
CHAPTER SEVENTY TWOSCOTMy eyes are fixed on her as I watch her move so elegantly and take the seat on the couch. She looks totally in disbelief over all that I have heard and I can’t even blame her for it. How are you going to believe someone who you call an enemy telling you that your own father is ordering a hit on you? It is not so feasible and that’s why I have to do this. I have to prove it to her.Why do I even feel the need to do this? For some reason I feel this deep desire to protect her and I have no idea why. Maybe it’s my cop instinct kicking in but at the same time maybe it is something else. I guess I will just have to wait and find out but this is something I have to do.If she sees it herself then maybe she will be more open to me and I will be able to get her to turn on her father. If I am able to get her on my side I can only imagine the type of information she has in her mind. She must know things that can bring down the whole mafia, imagine such a weapon on the
CHAPTER SEVENTY THREECATALINAThe sound of beating grows louder and louder in the room as I watch it spinning. I look around trying to pinpoint exactly where the sound is coming from until finally I figure it out. It is me. The sound is the frantic beating of my heart as I can not seem to accept what I had just watched. Each beat reverberating through me, a thunderous crescendo of pain that threatened to drown out the world around me.This is the last thing I was expecting to see when I walked into this room. Carlos? Betray me? The one person I have trusted the most in this world turns out to be a spy for my father right under my nose and now he is hunting me under orders. The orders of my own father.I slump down on the chair with my hands on my face trying to keep all the thoughts that are in my head from spilling out because I feel if I do not hold it all in I might just come undone.My own father now wishes to kill me even though I have been busting my ass to get him out of jail
CHAPTER SEVENTY FOURSCOTI can feel the heat pulsating through her body as she stands in front of the screen watching everything that goes on in the room. From the look she has on her face I can tell that she meant every single word that she had said to Carlos right before she dropped the call. The only other person I had ever seen with that look of determination on his face was Nickolas, the both of them have similar characteristics. As she stands there watching the men evacuate the room one by one, I can see her boring a hole with her eyes through the man she called Carlos. From her reaction I can tell that his betrayal had hurt the most out of all of them in there.Her emotions must be all over the place right now, I can’t even begin to start imagining what must be going on through her mind right now. There is one thing I am certain of though, she wants to fight. It must be engraved in her DNA, I can tell from the one reaction I had with her father. If she is indeed his daughter s
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
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