The suit Anna was wearing hugged her body tight and also made her look classy. Her legs were killing her from all the walks she had been doing.She was up and down and had t gotten any moment for her to rest but things had to be done. Containers were filled everywhere and wondered where her containers were.She had thought of this happening and had come prepared like always.Workers were busy loading the containers and some getting them off and she was curious how many people smuggled their goods there.The people that stared at her wondered what a lady like her was doing in that part of town with two biff men standing behind her.She looked like a boss even by the way she walked.Her lips opened up in a smile the moment she saw Dylan who was elated seeing her. It had only been a couple of days since he had last seen her but it felt like it was forever."Hey ", he said as he came in for a hug and then he noticed the men who were with her.He wanted to ask her why she had a whole prote
Anna's heart was beating first as she made her way to where the sheriff was standing. The stench of liquor and cigarettes on him was intoxicating but he looked sober.He looked like a man who was in his fifties but he looked fit compared to the customs officer. The customs officer was already pissing off Anna."Hello ", the customs officer said as she created the sheriff."Hello Donald ", the sheriff said as he ignored the hand that the man had stretched out to him."What a pleasant surprise today but I didn't know you were dropping by ", Donald said trying to smile at the sheriff."Yes it was impromptu I heard my friend was in town and I wanted to say hi to her ", the sheriff said as he glanced at Anna and she went along with the lie."Oh I didn't know you two were friends ", Donald said trying to look at both of them at the same time but they were all smiling and he didn't detect any lie told."You don't expect to know all my friends now do you Donald ?", the sheriff asked him as he
"Would you like something to eat ?", the sheriff asked as he pulled a chair for Anna."Yeah maybe some coffee ", Anna said as she sat down. She was starving she couldn't even remember the last time she had something to eat."They make amazing waffles I bring my daughter here every Saturday morning before soccer practice ", the sheriff said as the waiter brought them their coffee."Could you please bring me waffles too ", Anna said to the waiter who smiled sweetly at her and she could tell she wasn't being sweet. It was just part of the job."I hear you've been doing business with my twin without my permission", the sheriff said breaking the ice."I wasn't informed I was to come and see you first if I had known you would have been my first stop ", Anna said as she took a sip of the coffee it was strong.The sheriff stared at Anna and wondered how old she was. He knew the name and whose wife she was but he couldn't understand what she was doing in his town.What was his husband doing w
Kids lived in the running all over the playground and for some reason, it pissed Anna off. Maybe it was because of all the notices that they made that were giving her a headache.The little bag she was carrying was filled with groceries and some toys that she had come with.She could see where Jason was and she knew she did not have a lot of time to do what she wanted to do.As if he could feel her thinking of her Jason turned his head and saw her. The little boyish smile on his face made her realize that he liked her.He left the ball and ran over to where she was standing."Hey ", Anna said as she crouched down to be able to talk to him face to face.Jason saw the toys and his hands grabbed them as he squealed."Hello ", Jason said as she hugged one of the plushies to his chest."Do you love it ?", Anna asked him."Yes I do ", Jason said as he looked at yer with adoration."Do you want to come with me so you can see my daughter and play with her ?", Anna asked and could see the look
As the car neared the hacienda Jason was filled with excitement. He had not been able to shut up for the whole flight and Anna wondered how much energy he had.Other kids would have been asleep for the whole flight or were puking.He couldn't wait to see Anna's daughter. It was all he had been talking about. The things that he was going to teach her and the stories he would tell her.You would think that they were besties who were finally getting to see each other.The car stopped and Jason tried to open the door as fast as he could but he failed. Mateo was at his door in a second opening the door for the little boy.Jason looked around in awe wondering where it was they had brought him. It was the most beautiful place that he had visited.The flowers that were grown around made the place look even more appealing. He jumped around and squealed.Anna could see Neegan coming their way and on his side was a little girl. Anna didn't know what she had expected but the girl was different fr
Vanessa could control the tears that rolled down her cheeks. Her hands were shaking and no matter how much she tried to calm her it wasn't working.She was panicking. How could she not though She didn't know how Jason was doing and no matter how much the men that were guarding them told her he was going to be okay she couldn't believe them.There was no way he had followed the other kids home. He knew better than to go to people's houses She had known that it was going to happen one day. What she hadn't known was how much it was going to hurt her She felt like her heart was beating out of her chest and it wanted to be let out Whoever it was that had taken her son knew how he was and who his father was. She couldn't sit still and do nothing She stood you from her couch and went to her bedroom and in a minute she emerged with her bag ready to leave.She was going to see Scarface he had to make sure her baby boy was back home safe.They had asked for the most normal life and even t
Neegan looked pissed as he went to his office with Anna following closely behind him. He shut the door as she entered and took the seat.She knew he was going to react the way that he did but she didn't see anything wrong that she had done. She had come up with the best solution in the time if neededIf anything he was supposed to be happy. Happy that she had managed to handle business without calling every minute to know what he would do.He sat down and he didn't speak they just looked at each other.She could see the veins on his head popping up and wondered what was brewing in his head.She had made great sales he couldn't deny that. He knew there was going to be trouble but not the kind of trouble she was in.She had proved him wrong in every way possible. He had thought that she was just some soft lady who was going to use emotions in every situation.She was just like him.He stared at her and wid weed what had happened when she had gone home. Something bad must have happened
Vanessa followed Scarface as he went to look for the guards.The other owners who were getting ready for work saw him and stopped whatever they were going through the moment they saw the gun in his hands.The girl's hands all were behind their backs and Vanessa wondered how many times something like that had happened."Where is he ?", he asked shouting and some of the girls flinched.The door opened as one of the guards entered and before he could even make a step into the club they heard a gunshot.No one screamed or anything they all just stood there and stared hoping they were not next. The guards groaned in pain as held ok to his leg that had been shot."How many times did I tell you to make sure nothing happened to my son huh ?", Scarface asked as he walked to where the guard was standing.His movements were slow as he struggle to get to where the guard was. He knew how much being shot in the knee hurt because it had happened to him."I told you before that the only thing that ma
VANESSA'S POV. The silence in the car as we drove over to Austin's house did not bother me. I did not know how I was even going to tell him. I was pregnant.I didn't know how he was going to react. I knew what my choices were but they were not what I wanted. I had never been in such a position before so I had no idea what to do. I had never even thought I would get pregnant, to begin with. I had turned into what I had hated. I had turned into my mum and I hated that discovery. It wasn't like she wasn't a good person or a good mum, she was just sad. She had spent all her life being a mum and I did not want to be her.We were her everything it was as if her life revolved around us. We were all she knew and I sometimes wondered what would have happened if she had never gotten pregnant with me.I always wondered what her life was like in another lifetime. Did she get to pursue her dreams and get everything she always wanted?Was she happy?What did she even look like? My father was th
VANESSA'S POV "Positive "A world that could be so much, good and bad. I still hadn't wrapped my head around it. I stood there like a zombie. I could see the blondie's mouth moving but I could not hear anything she was saying.I felt like I was caged and I couldn't breathe. My vision was starting to get hazy and my legs weaker as I stared at the test that was clutched in her hand.It couldn't be true there was no way it was true.It couldn't be positive maybe she had read it all wrong. I could feel the world closing in on me.I wasn't even crying anymore I just stood there in shock as someone who had found out someone had died."Vanessa ", she said tapping me and I turned to look at her. It was only then that I allowed the tears to flow."It can't be true ", I said amid tears."Baby it's true ", she said as I sat down on her bathroom floor. I didn't care if it was clean or dirty I just wanted to sit down before my legs gave up. It can't be. I couldn't have just ruined my life like t
Tick ...tock.I had a raging headache and I was all to blame. My body hurt and I wondered if I had gotten into a fight. I opened my eyes and immediately regretted it. Why would anyone open their windows after a night out?Wait where was I?I opened my eyes this time round I did not care if they stung. I was not at my place and neither was I at either of my friend's places.I could feel a body beside me and I was scared. What had I done?Did I come home with someone?"Calm down it's me ", an unfamiliar voice said and I wondered why they would. think I know them.I turned around to come face-to-face with her. Her blonde hair was even prettier when it was in a messy bun. Her button nose sat perfectly on her pretty face."What am I doing here ?", I asked her as I sat up. "Sleeping, what does it look like you're doing ", she said scoffing. "I meant what am I doing at your place why am I not at my house ?", I asked her.I had no recollection of the night before. Everything was a blur a
VANESSA'S POV. A MONTH LATER.It had been a month since it had happened and I was starting to be happy again. I had gotten out of my depressive episode. I was going back to school and I was finally starting to make friends, life couldn't be any better. I rarely thought about him. He had forgotten me and I was trying to forget him. I did not miss him, I just missed some. moments we had.I had seen him around but he was ignoring me the same way I was avoiding him, not that I wanted to talk to him.My friend never mentioned him and no one ever asked what led to our separation they were just glad it had ended.As I stared at myself in the mirror I smiled at myself. There was no way I was going to let a stupid boy make me sad.He had started dating the blonde girl and was walking around with her just like a trophy.He had not even waited for a day to go out with her after we had ended things, showing how much he had loved me.I had lost so much weight in the month that I did not even r
VANESSA'S POV. "You're not being fair you know ", he said and I was taken back a little."Please tell me how am not being fair 'cause I would honestly love to know ', I said."I loved you and you knew that. You are just here talking about all the bad things I ever did what about the good things? Didn't they mean anything to you ?", he asked me."I didn't say you didn't do anything good. Just because you loved me doesn't mean I felt loved by you. Most of the time I felt unlovable, you even told me once during an argument I would never find anyone who loved me the way you did ", I said to Uim and he looked like he was shocked."You loved me in your language or another girl's version. Just because whoever you were with before me preferred things a certain way doesn't mean that is what I like too ", I said to him.Were all boys dumb?I couldn't believe there was a time when I had wanted a family with him. I had seen myself with him for years with kids and being happy in love. Maybe it wa
THIRD POVThe truck outside told him what he already knew. Scarface was in the house. He hated the days when they got to see each other. One could think that he hated his brother but for some reason, Scarface hated Raul more than anyone he had ever encountered in his life including the people he worked with.He forced a smile as he opened the door to the house and he could hear lively chatter from the kitchen and wondered who was in there.He saw Scarface in the living room and there were seconds of silence as the two brothers stared at each other as they both waited for one of them to break the ice.Raul could not blame his brother for hating him."Hello I didn't know how you were coming around ", Scarface said as he shifted from the place he was sitting and his face scrunched in pain.Raul could not even start to say sorry or tell. he knew he knew how he felt cause he didn't. Every time Scarface saw Raul he wanted to rip him apart. There was nothing in this world that Raul could
The smile on her face did not match what she was feeling on the inside. There was a fire inside her that was burning. She could feel everything in her collapsing but she couldn't let people see her like that.She couldn't be weak. She was a woman. If she cried she was going to be branded like a weak person. She hadn't gone through everything that she had gone through just to be called weak.She smiled.Smiled and pretended that everything was going okay cause what was she going to do?Was she supposed to sit in bed and cry herself to sleep? That was like giving up and there was no way she was allowing herself to fall into that cycle.She waited to have that longing to go back to Vincenzo but it was but there. She felt nothing for him.It wasn't hate and neither was it live She was just dining and for some reason that made her sad. He was someone that she had planned her future with. Someone that she had wanted to start a future together with. To have a family with. As she said this
I always wondered what it felt like to have everything you ever wanted. What it felt like growing up in an environment where you were loved.It was an environment where you were allowed to be a kid and do what other kids did. I never had that and maybe that's why I felt like there was something in me that was broken.I had wanted that life too. I wanted to have a mom and dad that loved each other not ones that wanted to kill each other.Was it fair?Was it fair that I was put in that situation as a child? Sometimes I sat down and thought to myself and said maybe she didn't know.She didn't know that any of those things were going to happen but that did not excuse her.Was I being mean for blaming her for putting us in such a situation?I know people said things like it's their first time being a mom or a parent but weren't parents supposed to protect their children?She didn't and every waking day it was all I could think of. The things that I could have avoided if she had fallen in l
Some people are born sad. There's no reason as to why they are like that it just happened. They bruise easily and cry easily. Raul was that kind of person.There was a reason why he was the way he was. He was closed and people found him to be exciting at all.It was hard to be a chirpy person when you didn't even have a childhood.To him, he was still the sad little bit that he was while growing up.I think that it's best if everyone had their childhood while growing up. A childhood where they could play with people their age and not worry about how things were going to be at home that evening.Running around with friends chasing the sunset as if that was the last day they were going to see the sunset.It was so sad not to have that. I wish every child could be able to have that freedom as a child. Not them to have to worry if they had something to eat at home.No matter how much people tried to blame their parents for everything they did, maybe they were also clueless.They were pare