Chapter 25Sadie WildePOV“I’m sorry about earlier…” Tia apologizes.I roll my eyes. “I know what I said upset you, don’t worry I’m not upset about that.” I wave her off.“This place kind of gives me the creeps…” Tia says softly.I nod, Gracie’s apartment seems to be on the weird side of town, I’ve never even been on this side before.“What’s up with you, you’ve been moody for a while now.” Tia asks.“It’s Beck, his been acting weird and it’s made me angry, and I don’t know why. I have no idea why I’m even angry. It’s what I wanted but the thought of him going out partying with his brother pisses me off for some reason.She stops walking and looks over at me. “So, you’re mad because he is going to spend time with this brother tonight even though you’re not going to be home and partying yourself?” she’s looking at me with a scrutinizing look on her face.“Yes, but I’m not going to be meeting with other guys.” I glare at the stairs ahead of me.She chuckles. “Why are you getting mad? I
Chapter 26Beckett KingPOVI watch Sadie laying head under her pillow, mumbling to herself. She’s been incoherent since she came home pass two this morning, it took all of my energy to get her to bed. She tried hitting on me, calling me the tall sexy man. She took my hair out of my hair tie saying she loved my hair done. She tried seducing me when she couldn’t even walk straight or on her own. The most hilarious this was when she tried stripping for me, but tripping over her own two feet and nearly knocking her own teeth out.I have no idea what the fuck she drank at Gracie’s place but she smelt like a damn bar. I’ve seen Sadie drunk but this wasn’t drunk this was beyond wasted.“Come on get up, we got to get going…” I tell her.She mumbles some more. I shake my head. I had a date planned for us, it was around six in the evening, she’s slept the entire day and I let her.She slowly gets out from under the covers and pillow. “I’m telling you, she found out about us fucking and now she
Chapter 27One week laterBeckett KingPOVI let Sadie walk ahead of me up the stairs. I was horny as bloody hell. We have not fucked since she has had her period, her period ended yesterday. But watching her ass in those fucking slacks makes me want to throw her over my shoulder and go into one of the empty offices upstairs. We were at fucking work and all I could think about was fucking Sadie over at damn desk. There was something wrong with me at this point."I can feel your eyes burning into my ass…" she says softly."Well you’ve got a good fucking ass and I can’t help but look at it.” I comment.She bursts out laughing. "I see... I’m sorry I’m a woman and you had to go a week without your fix." She says looking back at me. She has got a wide smile on her face.Damn doesn't she look like the hottest woman in the world? Her dirty blonde hair tied in a ponytail perfectly neat, I so badly want to mess it up."Oh?" I raise a brow at her"Yeah, if I remember correctly there is an empty
Chapter 28One week laterSadie WildePOVWhen I woke up I was in my room I got up when I saw a note on my bedside table.{Hey Sadie, gone over to my parents place, I’ll be over at my apartment tonight so enjoy your day speak to you in the morning...}I pull a face, his going again? Beck has been acting strangely all week, if his not in a mood, he’s agitated with something. I know I didn’t do shit, but this started after he went out with his brothers, so I blame them. I’m not brave enough to say it to their faces of course. Those guys are built like fucking bricks. Every off-day Beck has is now spent with his family. He doesn’t sleep over anymore, he only slept over last night because he was exhausted after we fucked.I take a shower and change into a pair of navy yoga pants and a white sports bra. Throw a baggie hoodie over... with a pair of beige Uggs... I tie my hair into a messy bun. I sit down on my bed. I open my bedside table, I reach under the draw, I take out three pictures.
Chapter 29Sadie WildePOV«Start of Dream»"Mommy, mommy" a little boy runs to me... His face full of tears from crying "Mommy... daddy got hurt.”I pick up the little kid that looks like the exact copy of Beckett. He must be mistaken there’s no way I was his mother.What the fuck? When did we have a child? Is this really our son?I wipe his tears off his face. "Are you okay?" I ask him."Mommy you have to save daddy..." he says tears forming in his eyes again. I decide to calm him down I’ll play along until I find his parents.I look around the house for his parents. I don’t know where the fuck I am either. "Okay I'll save daddy... Don't worry about daddy..."Beckett walks up to us with a smile on his face, he has an apron on. I smile when I see him looking all domestic. “My two favorite people together in the same room.” Beck says with a bright smile. Beck hugs us. We hear a bang upstairs. Beck looks upstairs when he looks back at me, he looks panicked. He pushes both the boy an
I looked at him. I realised he never told me what we’re doing at some sort of hiking trail. Fuck this is so much work, why can’t he just take me eating like normal men do. I had an intense workout with my self-defence trainer last night. I’ve got fucking bruises on my arms and legs... The bruises on my ribs don’t look at bad as the rest of my body. Beck knows about my classes so he wasn’t surprised when I came home looking like I lost a fucking fight.He smiled and then looked back at the road. I did not say anything and looked back out of the window. "What are we doing at a hiking trail?" I ask him praying we’re just checking the view. I was in shape sure but fuck I was sore."We're going to hike for a few hours. There’s something I want to show you." he says excitedlyI groan inwardly “Awesome…” I smile. “This is one of the best places to hike in Chicago. It’s called the Lakefront trail. I really hope you like it. I’ve never been, this will be my first time as well.” he says hope
Chapter 30Gracie AlmadaPOVI stand with the rest of the station, we all here to support Beckett. The waiting room filled with firefighters, we all filled with the smell of smoke and dirty from the ash, but we couldn’t care less.I bite my thumb nail, the stress of not knowing what’s going on with Beckett is getting to me, I couldn’t stop the tears from falling.I want Beckett to be alright so we can be together. I couldn’t help but think whether his girlfriend is with his parents. I couldn’t help but wonder if his parents approve of her, whether she has lunch and dinners with them. If Damon, Beckett’s older brother likes her, he is hard to please is what I’ve heard from Anastasia. He likes Ana but if he doesn’t like someone he wouldn’t give them the time of day. Which was why I was praying he didn’t like Beckett’s girlfriend.Did that make me a bad person for wanting to be with the man I loved? Of course not."You all from the fire department?" I turn to see Damon King, or should I
Chapter 30.5Sadie WildePOVThe doctor lead Tia and I to where Dante was. He only walked us until by the door, letting us in.Tia and I walk into Dante’s room, I smile when I see him awake and well. I couldn’t explain how relieved I am to see him awake.“Tia, Sadie.” He smiles. He coughs. “Sorry, my chest hurts a little.” He whispers. Rubbing his chest.I nod.Tia walks up to him and holds his hand. She kisses his cheek and hands.I smile when I see her doing that. Dante looks at my best friend lovingly. “Baby I’m okay…” he tells her.When he starts coughing again, he places the mask back on his face.Tia fusses over him, I could see him loving it. He made a couple of nurses jokes about her taking care of him.“How is Beckett?” he asks after a while.I look at him and shake my head. “He hasn’t woken up yet, from what his brother told us, he hasn’t woken us yet, they don’t know why he’s in a coma they’re running tests to find out why.” I told him what Damon told me.I watch Dante shak
Epilogue two - Meeting after ten yearsEighteen years laterRiver was currently driving to a shoot, and she switched on the radio of her car. She was running late because she’s always late. But she really tried to be on time this time. It’s been hard since moving to LA and being without her family.Her favourite song came on and it brought her back to when she met the guy she’s been in love with since she was a little girl. He was her cousin’s best friend. Joshua Riddle… Joshua moved away when I was fifteen, and that was ten years ago, I haven’t seen him since.{Song – Leave me in the dark by Alexander Stewart.}And she started thinking about the past…+++++++ fifteen years ago, +++++++"So, who do you like of all the girls in our class?" Barrett asks.I hide behind the door listening to them talk. I like Josh and I didn’t want him to like any of the other girls in our class."Leigh’s cute…" Andrew says.I roll my eyes all the guys liked Leigh because of her blonde hair and her blue e
Epilogue 5 years later Axel and Anastasia’s house "Mommy, Mommy. Daddy, Daddy wake up its my and Colby’s birthday" Halston shouts running into her parents’ room, waking her parents in the process. She jumps on their bed. Axel was less than pleased with this daughter. He was dead tired and butt naked under the sheets. "Halston, I’ve told you a hundred times. You’re not allowed in mommy and daddy’s room so early in the morning. I'm going to count to three if you’re still here when I count to three, we’re not going out today." Axel said in a stern tone, he rarely used on his girls, but he needed to teach Halston some boundaries. What if Ana and him were doing it when she came in? Ana smiled at Axel but didn’t say anything. she hugged her youngest daughter. "Hallz bellz happy birthday." She gives her a kiss. She gets out of bed and leads her daughter out of the room. She winks at Axel before making her way out of the room. All the King children slept over last night. The house was
Chapter 36 – I LOVE YOU.Anastasia KingPOVWhen I woke up, I knew I was in a hospital. When I tried to sit up, I couldn’t, what alarmed me was my flat stomach.“Beaton you’re away.” Axel says in surprise…I look up to see him rushing to me.“The babies?” I asked. Nearly chocked.He smiles. “They’re fine, they’ve been transferred to the hospital Damon works at. My mother and father went with to make sure they were fine.” he explains.I let out sigh of relief. Then I remember what got me into this mess in the first place. “Axel, It’s Gracie, you need to arrest her, she plans to kill Sadie, you need to protect Sadie.” I say hurriedly.His eyed darken. “Your best friend Gracie?” he asks in a low tone of voice.I nod. “I heard her over the phone asking if they were sure Sadie was dead. I’m sure it’s her.” I tell him.He nods but doesn’t say anything… It takes him a minute… “Now tell me what happened from the very beginning…” he tells me.I start to speak when he stops me. “Wait let me cal
Chapter 35 - Anastasia is found.Two hours earlier…Axel KingPOVI look at the asshole in front of me, giving me attitude. I wanted nothing more than to strangle him, even if he didn’t know where Beaton was, he deserved everything coming.I open his file. “So, Gavin Granger…” I pause looking at him. “You know you’re going away for a very long time… You’ll die in here, there’s no way you’ll see the outside of a jail sell for the rest of your sick life.” I tell him calmly.I promised how the police chief I wouldn’t kill the guy or blow this case. We’ve been working on getting these guys for months. I wanted nothing more than to nail them, knowing they know where Anastasia is, is the only reason I haven’t tried to kill him yet.“You want to know something funny?” he asks with a smirk on his face.I humor him. “What?” I sit back crossing my arms.“You’re going to regret this… I’ll be out of here in an hour tops.” He crosses his arms mimicking me.My smile widens. “God you’re stupid…” I t
Chapter 34 – She escapes.Gracie AlmadaPOVMy burner ringing causes me to frown. Who would call me on this cell? I don’t have any numbers saved. I haven’t even given the number to anyone yet.I was planning to call Gavin later with it. that was the only reason I had it with me.I answer, but I couldn’t hear a word the other person was saying on the other line. Frustrated I nearly strangle Francis.So, I walked out of the cabin, I make my way further away.“What did you say?” when I finally have signal, I ask.“Gavin and the rest have been arrested. I cleared all contact between the two of you. You need to lay low for a couple of days. Make sure the girl doesn’t have anything on her that can be traced. We can’t let them find you. I’ll deal with Gavin…” She hangs up soon after.I frown and throw the phone against a tree. That stupid idiot! He got himself arrested! Why would he go on a job now when the police are all over?I knew he was useless. I wasn’t done using him yet and he got hi
Chapter 33 – The arrest. Gracie Almada POV What’s taking them so long? Why aren’t they here yet? Anastasia’s brothers and Axel just left my apartment. Glad I wasn’t dumb enough to actually bring her here. Gavin’s bright idea to bring her here was wrong. I knew Axel would come to me. Honestly, I didn’t think he loved Anastasia that much. The panicked look on his face told me he loved her a lot. Which worried me. He wasn’t going to give up until he found her. I clench my fists in anger. If she wasn’t a damn busy body. Listening in on my phone call. She thinks I didn’t notice her behind me when she tried to back away? I don’t know how much she heard, but the way she rushed out of here, I knew she knew I wanted to kill Sadie. She couldn’t live. I was going to wait until she gave birth to kill her, but I couldn’t wait any longer. If she told anybody I would be as good as dead. If it wasn’t for my fast thinking and asking Gavin to get her before she got to her dad’s place she would h
Chapter 32 – Axel can’t find Ana. Axel King POV We had to call it in… Anastasia is now a missing person’s case. Anastasia Beaton – King is missing without a trace. Because she’s a cop as well they’re having other stations help look for her. I know we’ll find her. We have to find her. Anastasia is pregnant. but she’s still a cop. She’s still a cop through and through. She can handle it herself. At the same time that’s what worries me most. I keep asking myself. Why did she ask to meet me? Everything that happened today worried me. Her phone was found on the side of the road. She’s just gone missing into thin air. There’s no trace of her. The team seems to think the rapist took her. It had to have been them, said Lucy. She said that they’d been following her for months. So, it had to have been them. I’m worried for Beaton, she’s at least six months pregnant. I know she could defend herself in normal circumstances but she’s pregnant. I’m worried she might get hurt protecting the b
Chapter 31 – Ana overhears Gracie on the phone…Anastasia KingPOVGracie and I have been hanging out at her apartment for about an hour now, we’ve talking about what we’ve got planned for the future. Gracie has plans to be an EMT now because she doesn’t like the station, she’s at. I one hundred percent support her in whatever she chooses to do. That’s what friends are for.We went shopping this morning. I got a couple of things for the twins now that I know the genders. I got a couple of pillows and blankets. What shocked me most was how happy Gracie seemed today. I think she’s got a boyfriend. She wouldn’t tell me, but I’m not going to push her into telling me, I’ll wait until she’s ready. She went crazy with shopping she got a couple of sexy lingerie and a bunch of low-cut dresses and went to get her hair done.It was a bit weird for me, because I couldn’t step into the salon without feeling the urge to throw up, so I waited in the car. Her hair looks really great. She bleached her
Chapter 30 – Sadie is hurt.One week laterAxel KingPOVI’ve been feeling down lately, while not down, upset. Since seeing Beaton with that guy, these weird thoughts keep running through my mind. Like confronting her and asking her who the hell that guy is. Locking her in the house and never letting her leave. You know those kinds of thoughts.“Yo, Axel check this out.” Lucy calls from across the room. I look over and see her eyeing her computer screens.I walk over. “What’s up?” I asked her.“I found this guy. He dated five of the victims. He is pretty crafty; he deleted all the posts with him in it. I found him while checking their friends’ social media. How he deleted it from the victims’ pages is beyond me. They’ve got to have someone tech savvy amongst them…” Lucy goes on to talk but I’m eyeing the punk on the screen. He is with two of the victims.“Who is this punk?” I ask.“The names Hank Walters. He’s got no criminal history, the only link we have is that he knew five of the