“Will she be alright?” The words escaped me before I could stop them, soft and laced with more worry than I cared to admit.A smile crept across Luke’s lips, and it was that smile that made my insides churn. It was a proud smile, but there was something wrong with it. “Boy,” Luke said, his voice alm
OliviaI kept the mask of a brave face firmly in place, hiding the storm of emotions brewing within me. I had to; for my husband, Nick, and for Ethan, who seemed so unaware of the deep fear clawing at me. The reality was, though, that I was crumbling on the inside.It wasn’t just the men Nick and Lu
Olivia“Olivia! Where are you going? Can’t you hear the gunshots outside?” Marcus's voice was frantic, laced with desperation as it cut through the tense silence that had gripped the house. I didn’t have time to stop. I didn’t have time to explain. I was already halfway to the door, driven by a sing
And then, just when I thought I was losing my mind, I heard a voice. It came from behind me, faint but clear, cutting through the chaos.“Mam! We are here.”I whipped around, my heart leaping into my throat. There, partially hidden behind a large flowerpot near the entrance, I saw the guard, James.
ELODIE“How the hell did Luke train you? you are all such morons! How could you let them slip through your fingers like that, are you blind?” I was livid, they were supposed to be the best and yet I felt like I was dealing with armatures! When father was still alive, men like these died every day. T
I had no choice now. The call had to be made, and I would be the one to make it. There was no turning back. The weight of the decision pressed down on me, but I didn’t hesitate. This was part of the job now, the hard part. And if I was going to carry the weight of this family, this operation, then I
NICKWhen I heard about the shooting at Olivia’s house, my mind went blank. Samuel had been outside at the time. The thought of what could have happened made my blood boil. Without hesitation, I stormed into the room where we kept Xander.The moment I saw him, rage took over. By the time I realized what I was doing, my fists were already slamming into him. He had been asleep, only to wake up to a beating. My arm ached, but I didn’t care.Xander groaned, coughing. “Nick, I’ve told you everything I know. What more do you want?” His voice cracked, his eyes pleading. I didn’t think men like him could plead.“You’ve tortured me enough. I didn’t even torture Olivia this much. Just kill me if you have to, but stop dragging this out.”I chuckled darkly. “Funny how people like you hate the pain you so easily inflict on others.”He said nothing, just stared at me with hollow eyes.“Your men shot up Olivia’s house today,” I said coldly. “They almost killed my son.”His eyes widened, and he shook
OLIVIAAs a mother seeing my son like that broke my heart. I was helpless in the situation; I couldn’t even take him to therapy as we didn’t know what would happen if we left the house. Those men could still be out there for all we knew. I didn’t want to put my son through more trauma.But what was I going to do? Watching him curled up into a ball in his bed shaking in fear because the might mares was not something I wanted to see. I wanted to see my son sleeping peacefully a night. He was so traumatized that he wet his bed. Samuel stopped wetting the bed a long time ago. I couldn’t stand what was happening and I wanted it to end.My son didn’t do anything to deserve that. he was afraid to sleep, and I didn’t sleep at all watching him. to be there for him when he woke up crying at night from a nightmare. Marcus and I would have to look for another house again because Samuel would never feel safe there again.Those were the results of my father’s past doing and his work. That man targe
OLIVIA“When will you stop controlling people? These are not your employees Marcus; they are our friends. what you said to her was wrong, I too was not going to let her be with the kids, you didn’t have to treat her like a criminal when she has done nothing.”I sighed putting my phone aside after Et
ETHANPain, that was what I felt when Marcus used Samuel to tame me and Olivia letting him. I got where he was coming from, and I got where Olivia was coming from, but my Emily was different, and we were working on ourselves. Going to therapy as they requested, there was no need for them to go that
MARCUSI sat there and watched my wife. From the first moment we arrived at the restaurant, and she saw the guys to the moment that woman arrived. When she saw the guys, she had been disappointed, she wanted the celebration to be just us.I got that but I didn’t want them coming to our home, I had p
OLIVIAThe last three months had been…I didn’t know how to describe them. Quiet was not the right word, maybe lonely would have been better in that situation. It took a while for us to get used to being alone, just us. It had never been just us since we got married. Nick and Ethan always hung around
NICKI wanted to wipe that smug look off his face with a punch, who the hell did he think he was? to blackmail me like that. Using my son! I looked him dead in the eyes ready to punch him. “Go ahead, punch me. it will be more evidence against you.” He smirked, “See these cameras around?” the bastard
MARCUSI looked at the man, the audacity he had to come into my house after everything he had done. He even looked scared as if he were a man caught cheating by his wife. What the hell was going through that moron’s mind?I couldn’t even be angry at him anymore, it was no use, Nick was obsessed with
MARCUSAnger, that was what I felt as I left that room. leaving my hurting wife behind not knowing what the hell happened to her while she was away. She was happy when she left, she couldn’t wait to see Lupita. What did that woman do to her?I walked downstairs with Ethan following me behind. “How i
OLIVIAI was holding tears the whole drive home. My chest burned and my heart was sore. Our families and those closest to us could deceive us sometimes. Tell us we were good, doing good, but they failed to point it out when we were doing wrong. When we were hurting those, we claimed to love.No one
OLIVIAI straightened on my seat looking at her for a moment without saying anything. I knew she was hurting, and I wanted to find the right words to say to her. “I know I have put you through a lot, being around me has put your life in danger many times and I am sorry I neglected you in all those t