Rachael was famished, but she still stared at the food kept in front of her in aversion. Richard noticed her retaliation and dropped the fork back on the tray."Why?" He asked and Rachael stared at him in wonder alongside astonishment. Did he expect her to eat comfortably when she was held against her will?"I don't want anything from you" she whispers loud enough for him to hear the contempt in her voice."The alcohol you had yesterday night surely rendered you hungry. Stop pretending" he said to her, but Rachael didn't budge.When he got frustrated by her stubbornness, he grabbed her by the chin and pressed his index finger and thumb against her chin to force her mouth open. After much struggle, Rachael finally gave in to his strong grip and opened her mouth. He inserted the fork filled with bacon into the tiny hole he managed to create and withdrew his hand, giving her death stares, daring her to spit it out.Tears welled up in her eyes as she ate the food which had a metallic tast
"I never thought I would see you in a long time, Collin," Alessandro said, taking Xavier's hands for a handshake." I also didn't think I would see you, especially in Chicago" Xavier took a seat opposite Alessandro."Even a boss sometimes needs to clear his head. I heard of the unfortunate event that happened to your brother" he said, peering his wrinkled brown eyes into Xavier's, and all Xavier could do was nod.Alessandro was an Italian Mafia boss who Xavier's father allied with before he died. Even with his father's death, Alessandro still showed his faithfulness to the Collin family."Have you finally tamed that wild dog, Richard?" Alessandro asked, watching Xavier who poured wine into his cup and handed it to him."He just keeps getting impossible day after day" Xavier remembered Rachael and his blood boiled. The warehouse was empty when he got there. He knew Anthony wasn't lying because he didn't have the guts to. Richard must have seen it coming, that's why he moved her as quic
"Anthony what were you thinking!" Jerry asked. All Anthony could do was a seat with a casual demeanor. He didn't feel scared a bit. For all he cared, Richard could do whatever he wanted because he was done with the confraternity."I did what I had to do. He was going to kill that lady""Now he will kill you. How clever was it for you to come up with this?""He won't find out I snitched to Xavier""You think Richard is stupid. He will figure it out with a snap of the finger""I'm not scared of him" Anthony snapped angrily at Jerry and leaned back in his seat."Of course, you are not. Do you realize how crazy Richard can be? If he gets the slightest clue that you betrayed him, he will end you"Anthony turned to look at Jerry in annoyance. "Whose side are you on?""Of course, I'm on your side"Jerry yelled."Then act like this. Richard is weak. He only barks but doesn't bite. If he wants to take me down, I won't without a fight" he spoke with a lot of determination in his voice.Silence f
XAVIER. "I will take down every of his warehouses if that's what it takes to get Rachael" he spat out in anger. Alessandro laughed. "You speak from anger, not from wisdom"."What do you suppose I do, sit back and watch?""Of course not" Alessandro tapped the tip of his cigarette to take the ashes off. "Did you do what I told you to do?""That man is a demon. He doesn't have anybody close to him. I tried Alessandro, I did" "Fair enough. But burning his warehouse isn't going to bring her back. You might even get her killed. Do you know how much mafia lords cherish their warehouses?"Xavier sighed in frustration."Give him what he wants. He wants to see you break""You want me to beg him?" Xavier flared up. "How dare you tell me to do such""The reason you called me was to ask for my opinion. If you didn't trust me, you wouldn't be seating there listening to the nonsense coming out of my mouth"He was right, but wrong about one thing; Xavier begs no one. He was not going to give Richa
"Then tell me about it" "I didn't have a pleasant childhood. You can tell" he spoke and she nodded, not saying a word. "My father was the cause. He wanted to shape me into this perfect, fearless son. I wasn't, but he forced me. Each time I messed up, he did cruel things to me. When I became a teen, my father and my mother divorced and I was forced to stay with my father. I wanted to stay with my mum, but he was too powerful. He won the court case and took me. My mum only visited once" he paused, looking at Rachael to make sure she was listening."Go on" "The whole trauma made me a sociopath. At least that's what the therapist said. I didn't let him break me, I got stronger and wiser. I ran away from home to fend for myself and when I turned 25, I went back home and killed that bastard""You killed your father?" Racheal was taken aback."Yes, he deserved to die," he frowned. "Now isn't this such a wonderful story," he said in sarcasm and all Rachael could do was nod."Now tell me abo
*****"You sounded urgent over the phone," Richard said to Jerry who was seated in front of him."Yes boss" "Spill" he instructed, lighting the cigarette stick on his lips."Anthony is planning on taking over this confraternity. He wants to kill you " he blurted out.Richard chortled, puffing out the excess smoke from his lips. "How is he going to do that?""I don't know, but that's what he told me"Richard leaned forward to get closer to Jerry. "Now why would he tell you this?""Because he is in love with me"Richard leaned back on his seat "Gay lovers in my confraternity, how absurd" he chuckled at his words."I'm telling you this because of how loyal I am to you and this confraternity""That's smart of you. You will be rewarded. So where is this lover boy now?""He plans on leaving Chicago tomorrow. You can stop him before then""How do I know this isn't one of your skims to get me killed""It's not""Well then. Since he trusts you, you will be the one to kill him. Then your rewar
The car stopped in a big field. Rachael looked out from the car window, trying to discern where they were. It was just an open field with not a single soul."Richard, what are we doing here?" she asked as he grabbed her hand roughly."Let's go bitch" he ordered, holding her hand and dragging her out.The strong wind hit her skin as soon as she stepped out of the car. His men were all arranged behind them with guns in their hands. Her hands shook by her side at the thought of getting killed."Are you going to kill me?" she asked in fear, but he only scowled at her."Can't you keep your mouth shut for once?" he asked as he dialed a number on his phone."I got your girl," he said gruffly. "I can't tell you our location, why don't you track us like an expert?" he cut the call"Relax, your look tense" Rachael heard him, but that didn't do anything, rather it made her more apprehensive."Blindfold her," he ordered one of his men."What are you going to do with me, Richard? If you kill me,
Rachael held Xavier's hands as she cried. He wasn't moving, just lying on the hospital bed, pale white. Rachael's eyes were already red and puffy. She had no intention to stop crying because her paranoid brain kept bringing up different scenarios of him ending up dead.The door opened and Rachael's sister walked in. Bella's eyes were red too, but she tried to act tough, fighting the urge not to cry."Can you leave the two of us together?" As she said those words, her eyes never left her brother. Rachael was stunned. There was no way his sister didn't know her as Hardy's murderer. Yet she didn't look at her with disdain or anger. Probably she was too concerned for Xavier to pay attention to the murder suspect by his side. Rachael, after standing up from where she had crouched, walked quietly to the door When Bella was left all alone with Xavier, she began to sob. "Fine you win" she admitted. "You broke me" "I was so devastated when I heard what happened. I could breathe. There was
Rachael's POV.Mr gruffy had been fired!I didn't doubt Xavier a bit when he said he was going to deal with him, but I didn't know it was going to happen so fast.I thought I was going to be transferred to another place entirely, but I was transferred to another room instead. It was a private room. At first, I enjoyed it, but after 2 days, I felt like I was losing my mind. Not being with anyone gave me more room to think, about how much of a mess I was in. Sometimes, I felt the need to scream out in pain and anger to take my anger on the universe due to how it landed me in this mess.“Anderson" I heard a voice. I hadn't even realized when the door to the room was opened. I stayed in my bed as I turned my head to look at the officer.It was time.“It's time," he said and I gulped. What if Xavier's plan didn't work out?******Silvia's POV.“Aren't we going to tell Mark at least?" Gary asked. I could already see the fear in his eyes as he panicked.“No Gary, we are not. Mark is with Xav
I wanted Xavier to stay with me, but I knew that was close to impossible. He had other things to do and most importantly, he was free. He could do whatever he wanted while I had to stay within the four walls of a place that suffocated me.I was grateful Mr gruffly wasn't the one who walked me back to my room. I couldn't bear another baton being raised at me. I was already broken inside, I didn't want to break outside.I was taken back to my room. My roommates looked at me creepily, but that didn't stop me from stealthily walking back to my bed.“You got a visit and it's not even visiting day" the lady who always stared at me weirdly said. There was anger in her eyes and it freaked me out even though I tried to act like I wasn't affected.“Little Miss favorite" She muttered under her breath“I thought you can get visits anytime. It's jail not prison after all" I said and it seemed that only made her angry. Not only her but all of them.“Is that what they told you? How the fuck are you
I wanted Xavier to stay with me, but I knew that was close to impossible. He had other things to do and most importantly, he was free. He could do whatever he wanted while I had to stay within the four walls of a place that suffocated me.I was grateful Mr gruffly wasn't the one who walked me back to my room. I couldn't bear another baton being raised at me. I was already broken inside, I didn't want to break outside.I was taken back to my room. My roommates looked at me creepily, but that didn't stop me from stealthily walking back to my bed.“You got a visit and it's not even visiting day" the lady who always stared at me weirdly said. There was anger in her eyes and it freaked me out even though I tried to act like I wasn't affected.“Little Miss favorite" She muttered under her breath“I thought you can get visits anytime. It's jail not prison after all" I said and it seemed that only made her angry. Not only her but all of them.“Is that what they told you? How the fuck are you
Rachael's POV When I saw the tiny bit of sun creep in through the tiny window, I heaved a sigh of relief. I wasn't myself through the night. I couldn't sleep a wink because I kept getting the image of myself being smothered in my sleep. I wasn't being paranoid, it could likely happen in prison. One of the women was awake too, staring at me at intervals, probably waiting for me to sleep. She had a book in front of her, but I was certain she wasn't reading it because she had been on the same page for hours.“Good morning Anderson," the same lady said from her bed and I froze. I didn't want to give her a response. If I didn't, maybe she would get the cue that I wasn't interested in mingling with her and would leave me alone.I tossed to the other side of the bed and I heard her say. “Rude" I scoffed but didn't give her a response. It was ruder to stare at someone like a freak all night.The door to the prison cell opened, but I still didn't turn around. I wasn't being rude, so I wouldn
Rachael POV I stood by the door not sure of what to do as I listened to what they all said. My mouth seemed too heavy to produce words. When they were done saying everything they wanted to say, I parted my lips to speak “Where can I sleep please?" My voice was very distorted. That was a result of how scared I was. Plus there was this girl who didn't say a word like the rest of the inmates. She just kept staring at me as if she knew me from somewhere.The chubby lady chuckled when I asked that question."Don't be such an uptight girl. This is a prison, you can do whatever you want and I didn't expect our blood queen to be so timid”I glared at her. “I am not your blood queen," I said under my breath.“Ohhhhh someone is getting angry," the lady who sat on the floor said."How the fuck were you even able to murder a guy like Hardy? He is so powerful” I almost cried when one of them asked me that.I wanted to scream 'I didn't kill him' but I knew they were all going to laugh and probably
A/N Hello guys, from now on, I will be writing in first person POV. That's what I'm comfortable with. I hope you guys would understand. Also thanks for staying this long in the story. I promise, it will get way better a long the way. Rachael's POV.Since Xavier said I couldn't stay at my house anymore, I had been staying at his house, visiting him at the hospital once in a while. The court date was drawing closer and each time I thought about it, cold shivers went down my spine. I just wanted that date to remain stagnant and not come any closer.I unwrapped my hair from the messy bun it had been and let it cascade down my shoulders. I was going to visit Xavier that day. He was doing much better and the doctor said he was going to discharged anytime soon. As I brushed my hair, there was a knock on the door.“Yes come in" I mumbled and the door was opened. It was one of Xavier's guards, Billy.“Is there a problem?" I asked as I continued brushing my hair.“Ma'am the police are here"M
Rachael cried her eyes out when her mother was confirmed dead. She saw her whole world shatter before her eyes. She didn't want to believe it, but it was the heartbreaking reality that she had to accept sooner or later.Andrew didn't try to console her. He let her cry her eyes out while they waited for the doctor to get back with the cause of her death. He felt It would be better if he let her cry her pain away. But there was something he didn't know and that was the fact that the pain couldn't just go away. It was a pain that could most likely linger for the rest of her life.The doctor came out shortly and Andrew was the first to get up in anticipation. Rachael on the other hand was too broken to pay attention to anything."Miss Davies" he called out to Rachael who finally looked at the doctor. Then she stood up."How did she die doctor?" Her voice was hoarse from too much cryingThe doctor let out a sharp exhale. "It was kind of strange, but I found red markings around her neck whi
Something flashed in his eyes immediately after Rachael said those words, but it was too quick to be deciphered."What do you think Mr. Smith?" she asked, pushing further but he only shrugged."How would I know? I am just a lawyer" he said, but Rachael knew there was more to this and he knew exactly what."Did you know Hardy Collin very well?""Yes, I did. I was the family lawyer. That means I was his lawyer too""What was he like?"Rachael leaned closer from her seat as her eyes peered into his in anticipation."Cheerful, Uhm." When he looked into Rachael's curious eyes, he realized there was no need to lie anymore. "Cold, heartless" he blurted out the truth.Rachael wasn't surprised a bit. She remembered how he was that night. At the club, he was loving and caring, but in the hotel room, the true beast in him came out."Who do you think is the most likely to kill him?"He hesitated. Then parted his lips to speak, but closed them back. From his eyes, it was certain he had a lot to say
Her eyes widened in shock. Her lips parted to scream, but only a whisper was heard. This wasn't happening. She stared at the blood in revulsion. It trickled like water from his head. He had shot himself under the jaw. But why did he do it and why in her house?She looked upstairs. Gladly, her mother hadn't come out of her room. She was still asleep. The sight wasn't something too pleasant for her mother to watch.Her cell phone was smashed by him so she had to go to the telephone by the door to call 911."Hello," Her voice came out differently. It was due to the strong fear she felt. Her mouth felt patched, her throat hurt, and her body trembled."Yes, who is this and where are you calling from?""Rachael Davies. Heddie's street. 104 apartment" she made sure she said the name of her apartment before anything else. In case another freak barged in and did something even crazier. "Why did you call Miss Rachael?""A freak broke into my house." She whimpered. She hadn't even realized she h