POV: Raphael “It's deeper than you can ever imagine, Hawkins boy!I’ve made a promise to a lot of people, lives will be lost if the truth comes to light. Families will be destroyed and a lot of people will have their lives destroyed by the damn truth. Everything I’ve worked for will be destroyed!I won’t do it, I can’t let that happen!” she said, her voice trembling with anger and sadness.“A promise, huh?A promise that is costing you the relationship you have with your and your entire family. You need to act fast because that promise is costing you your daughters’ love and trust,” I replied to her, my tone firm yet emotional. “You need to be the one to tell them. They deserve to know who they are and it’s only fair that they hear it from you and not the press, or Miguel. This is your mess, and you need to clean it up before it gets worse.” I told her. Silence hung between us, it was so thick and heavy that we both felt it in our hearts. Eloise’s gaze dropped to the floor, her stre
POV: RaphaelOutside, the moon dipped lower in the sky, casting a calm glow over the house. I took a moment to breathe, feeling the weight of the world shift slightly. The truth was a powerful force, and I hoped it would lead us all to a brighter future. Yeah, I hoped in my heart that everything would go according to plan so we could all heal and get past these lies. That is the only way we can move on with our lives and I hoped in my heart that it happened that way.But something is off, I can feel it in my bones. I kept feeling weird even after I left her room and took a walk around the house to be sure our security locks were secured. I was pacing my room for no just reason and it’s making me edgy and furious. This only happens when I’ve made a mistake or a bad business deal. Usually, when I feel this way, I know exactly what to do. It’s either I find my way to correctly mistake before it is too late, or if it’s a business deal that is making me feel this way, I’ll simply back dow
POV: Raphael Yeah, I left her and went back to my room, but just before she shut the door, she said me a question that made me realize that despite all the drama she was putting on, she was still thoughtful and over-calculative. She said, “One more thing before you leave my room, Raphael Hawkins. How did you find out I called someone when you left, and how did you hear the exact words I said to the person. Are you monitoring my affairs, is my room bugged?” She asked me, while her eyes looked around the room, searching for a camera or anything that would explain how I found out. “Goodnight, Eloise. Let’s see how tomorrow works out for you and the girls.” I told her with a smile. She smirked in response, tusking playfully.“I’ll find out, Ralph. Whatever you think you are hiding from me, I will find out and I will hit you back where it hurts the most. Do not think I would let this go easily.” She told me with a smile, looking right at me.“You took the words right out of my mouth, El
POV: Victoria You know, the first time was a bomb. The first time we met, we had spent some time shopping and talking about our lives. I always enjoy my time with him because he makes me feel special and he makes me forget my problems with my family. All my life, I have always felt that I needed a friend I could confide in. That void in her heart was filled when I met Miguel, he is my other half that I never even knew was missing. He looks just like me, not to mention the fact that we share the same likes and dislikes, we also share the same sense of humor and do many other things. It’s amazing how he felt so perfect for me, I felt happy to be with him, and to be honest, I couldn't wait to be with him and spend some good time with him. I agreed to have lunch with him, but my anticipation and excitement were just too much. I couldn't even wait for lunch, I woke up feeling so happy to see him. Yeah, I know what you are thinking. You think I only woke up happy because Raphael and I ha
POV: Victoria He kept mute and just stared at me, his hands holding mine on the table. He didn’t need to say too much, his silence and action were enough evidence that he meant what he was saying to me. He doesn’t look too good either, I could tell that he feels hurt. He doesn’t want to hurt me, but he has no choice."I don't understand," I whispered to him, my voice trembling. "How can I be your sister, Marisol? I've lived my whole life as Victoria, and I have a family. I have a mom and a dad, I even have a sister. Eloise and Austin Kendall are my parents, not some kidnappers you are making them out to be. You need to stop saying these things about my family, I don’t want to lose our friendship, but I will walk away if you don’t stop right now.If you think I’m your sister because I look like you, then what about Claire?!Is she your sister too?Well, news flash, pretty boy. Claire looks nothing like you, and she is my sister. So how do you explain that?" I asked him furiously, tr
POV: Victoria “Are you feeling okay, Mari, do you need me to come with you?I think you need someone by your side when you confront your family. I want us to do it together, I want to be by your side when you ask her about your real family. I want to see what she has to say for herself.” He told me firmly, trying to coax me to let him tag along. I know he doesn’t really want to hear anything she has to say. He simply wants to be by my side when I find out the truth from the woman I have called mother all my life.He cares, he truly cares. If we had grown up together, we would have been inseparable. How did I survive without him all these years?“No, Miguel, I want to do this alone. I can’t face her if you are there with me. I’ll come right back after I speak with her. I want to know everything too, I want to spend more time with you and get to know you better. I thought I was crazy when I felt drawn to you, mom nearly went mad with rage I told her about you and admitted that I wish t
POV: Victoria“You slapped me?Why would you hit me like that, have you gone crazy?” Claire yelled angrily, her palm holding her cheek as she glared at Mom. “One more rude word from you and you will find out what I’m capable of, you stupid child. To think that you chose a ruthless thug over your family and you said mean things about me to your sister, making her question her paternity. This is all your fault, you ruined our family, you ruined our beautiful family!” Mom screamed at her, looking even more angry than we were a few minutes ago. She is holding her phone like a gun and she is pointing it at her, making her move backwards in fear. I saw her face from the corner where I was hiding, and I could swear that she thought she was actually holding a gun, and she would have accidentally or even knowingly shot her. She is not the mom I know, she looks like a monster.I stayed in the shadows and watched as she paced the room in anger and frustration, forcing Claire to sit in a corner
POV: VictoriaMom’s face twisted in anguish. She could not believe that I would be this blunt with her. I guess she never thought I could stand up to her like Claire did. She reached out to me and tried to hold my hand, but I pulled my hand away, taking a step back to put some distance between us, moving away from her.“I am only here because I want to hear your side of the story. I want to hear what you have to say, I want to give you a chance to come clean and be honest with me. I could get Miguel to back down and not open any investigation on my kidnap if only you could confide in me and tell me the whole truth. But if you don’t tell me the truth, mom. I will leave you and never look back, I will turn a blind eye to your plight when my family comes with the police. You will never see me again mom, I will never come back here!” I told her sternly, meaning every damn word.“Are you fucking kidding me right now?!” Claire asked in anger, glaring at me furiously. “Why is everyone bein
POV: RaphaelIt took a few days for the girls to get back on their feet. Turns out the poison Eloise used on them is a deadly chemical that could turn them invalid for the rest of their lives if not handled properly. If they had stayed there longer for her to administer another dosage, it would have been detrimental to their health. Good thing we got to them on time, good thing we took her out before she could hurt them more than she already has, especially Victoria who is a few weeks pregnant with my child. She had no idea she was pregnant, I had no fucking idea. It was discovered during her body exam at the hospital, and I couldn’t be happier in my life. This changes everything…It doesn’t just validate our relationship; it’s going to keep every other man away from her; it will be the one reason why I will fight everyone, including my grandfather, just to keep her. I couldn’t take my eyes away from her, even when she fell asleep on the hospital bed. It’s amazing to know that a lit
POV: VictoriaSo it turns out that Eloise Kendall was still lying and playing games with us down to the last minute. After the building exploded, Raphael got up as fast as he could and ran up to me, making sure I was okay. Miguel was here the next second, and they smothered me with love and care, checking to see if I was not hurt. “Claire…My sister…Where is my sister, where is Claire?” I managed to ask in my confused state, turning around to find her. They heard me asking for her, and they turned around with me, searching for her. We spotted her in Dominic’s arms as he struggled to get her to wake up.“No! No! No! No!Claire!Wake up!Claire!” I called out to her, struggling to get up but failing miserably as usual. Raphael took one look at me, and he turned in my direction, and he knew I needed my sister. “Stay with her; keep her safe!” he told Miguel as he left my side and ran to Claire’s side, administering mouth-to-mouth while Dominic called out to her, yelling at the top of h
POV: Victoria“Move away from here; she has a bomb; she is going to kill us all!” I yelled in Carl’s direction as I saw him approaching us slowly, thinking that my Mom was not seeing him. Of course, she is seeing him through the device in her hand; she knew the moment they took off the power grid that they were here. She came up to us and smiled excitedly, clapping her hands as if it were the happiest day of her life.“The guys are here to save you. Your Prince Charming has arrived, and they came prepared to save you. Are you not excited?” She asked us, smiling so happily. I turned to Claire in fear, and she had the same look of fear on her face, too. “Let them go, Mom; they don’t have to die because of us,” I begged her.“Of course, they do. Why the hell would you ever think that they deserve to live, why would you think that?” she asked me angrily.“I have been waiting for them for so long, they are the reason why we are still here. Of course, they would get what they deserve; the
POV: Raphael“How is he?” I asked Miguel a few minutes later after he spoke to the guys he put in charge of his parents. We have been waiting for their report and for a minute there we thought that something bad has happened, we thought they were under another attack from Eloise. We were contemplating whether or not to cancel the mission tomorrow and go back to Havana to save the Myers and get them out of town before coming back to face Eloise. But the call came in just a few minutes before we made the decision to cancel the mission. Turns out that the guys are even more efficient than we thought. Immediately after Shaun came out from surgery, they moved him and the Myers out of the hospital and took them to a safe house outside the city. “You did good, guys; I’m proud of you. Where are they now? Where did you take them?” he asked the boys after confirming that they were safe. “I’m sorry boss, but we can’t disclose our location to anyone yet, not even you, Mr Myers.” They told him
POV: RaphaelWe were all awake all night, going over the plans over and over again, looking for any flaws. Dominic and I did not have any misunderstanding as we worked together, in fact, you will never know that we even had a fight before we started. Saving the girls is more important to us and that’s what we focused on.We could not walk up to the front gate together because that was where she was expecting us to follow. We flew a drone over the property, and we saw that half of her security guards were stationed at the entrance, waiting patiently for us. I’m sure that she must be expecting us to show up at her gate any moment from now. I mean, she wasn’t expecting us to back down, was she?“Get the helo ready, we leave two hours after the ground team,” I instructed Carl. We decided to split the teams into two so one team could create a diversion while the second team sneaks into the house and saves the girls. We agreed to use a helicopter to drop a few guys on the building while th
POV: Raphael“If you are here to give me attitude and make my job more difficult for me, I suggest you get the fuck out of here right now. I’m too busy to deal with your attitude, Raphael, I mean it!” He told me furiously, glaring daggers at me. It’s obvious to everyone looking that this guy is angry with me for a completely different reason. I mean, he cannot be this furious because I said I wasn’t helping, right?“I’ll do anything to save Victoria, even if it means putting up with your bullshit!” I told him, repeating my earlier response and ignoring his earlier comments about my attitude.“Are you testing my patience? Are you trying to piss me off?” he yelled at me, letting the others turn to us curiously as they wondered what was going on between us. I turned to face him and he came to stand in front of me, glaring at me as if he wanted to punch me.“If you have something to say, why don’t you say it to my fucking face, Dominic. You keep saying you have moved past my betrayal, but
POV: Raphael“Shaun, what is going on over there, Are you hurt?” Miguel asked him in a panicked tone as he got up immediately and viewed his body to see where he was shot. I’d already seen it when the nurse took his phone but I didn’t say anything because I don’t want to get him more worried and upset than he is presently. He was shot in the chest and stomach, and I could tell that he is in pain, but he is just faking it to put Miguel’s mind at ease. It would break Everyone if something bad happens to him. I know I only just met the guy today, but trust me, I would feel it too because he is such a great guy and he doesn’t deserve to die. I see him like Carl, he is loyal to a fault, just like Carl. I could see it in his eyes that he would do anything to protect the Myer’s, even putting his life at risk for them. He is still bleeding from the gunshots, the bullet has not been taken out and the bleeding has not stopped. He must have lost a lot of blood while waiting for Juliette Mye
POV: Raphael“If you had a way of getting them back all this while, why haven’t you done so yet, why are they still being held hostage, Mr perfect plans?” Dominic retorted angrily.“ It’s your perfect plans that got me into trouble with Carlos Gonzalez in the first place, remember?” He asked again, scoffing at my words. I wanted to refute his decision one more time, but he stopped me with a wave of his hand, dismissing what I had to say as if it didn’t matter. “Save it, Ralph, I don’t want to hear it!” He told me angrily, glaring at me. “Tomorrow, I’m saving the girls and bringing them home to their family and loved ones. You can keep planning and stalling for as long as you want, I don’t care. But I’ll advise you to stay the fuck out of my way before you get hurt!” he warned me, walking past me and heading back outside. He turned around when he got to the door and he turned to Miguel and said,“I'm going out there to make plans on how to save your sister and my woman. You can
POV: RaphaelI didn’t want to deal with Dominic now because I knew that he must be so furious with me for keeping him in the dark all this while. I have not been sending updates to him as he instructed. I’ve been too busy to even think about him. As expected, he was angry with me, and his tone was so rude when I called to inform him that Miguel and I were crashing at his house tonight. I thought he was just being unnecessarily angry. I mean, I know I didn’t call him to give him updates, but he should have called me to, right?When he didn’t hear from either me, Carl, or even Miguel, he should have known that something was wrong, and he should have called to find out what was happening. He knows the enemy we are facing is so cunning and evil. He should have called us to check up on us and see if we were okay. But he didn’t call either, and now he is pissed at me for nothing.I was getting ready to give him a piece of my mind, but when I set my eyes on him, I immediately felt guilt