Justin POV"I'll owe you one more," I tell Luke as he parks the car in front of Chris's house."Go get your girl already."That's right. I can't let Jade be in any more danger; she's just a victim. Luke had some contacts with the house security, and we got all the info about when Chris comes and goes. He wouldn't be back for hours.I got out of the car and managed to enter the house without any problems. It was creepy. It looked like a sick person's house, or rather, it was a sick person's house."Justin?" It wasn't Jade's voice, but it was a very familiar voice. It had been a long time since I heard it.I turned towards a hallway where the voice had come from. "Caitlin.""My God! What are you doing here?" she asks, pulling me into a room; I realized later it was a bathroom. "Ethan is homeless."What does she mean? Why is she helping me?"Where's Jade?" was the only thing I could manage to ask."She's upstairs...""Great! I'll go get her." She grabs me."She's up there with Ethan," sh
pov justin.After we finished eating, I went to sort out some things with Cassie in the kitchen and ended up laughing at one or two jokes she told me. But nothing cheered me up much. Remembering Ethan with Jade destroyed everything inside me. "Looks like the ice cream effect doesn't last long," the waitress appears in front of me. It took me a few seconds to reason and remember. I chuckled weakly. "Oh, but thank you very much for the tip anyway...""Ellen.""Well, you already know my name," we laughed, "Nice to meet you, Ellen.""Next time bring your wife, I bet she'll love it just like your son did."I couldn't reply anything else, just smiled at her and called David to go home.Two months later.**pov josh "I'm so sleepy," Anne grumbles once again, leaning her head on my shoulder. "Why did we come so early?" "Early, Anne? It's almost eleven," I grumble, shaking her to wake her up. "I'm tired of this. Being pregnant is sad." "As your mother says..." "Miss Anne Sullivan?" the
Tyler POV"What if we put me out in the field?" Luke suggests. "They'll trust me." "They'll want to kill you; everyone already knows you're working with me." "How many shipments did we lose last month, Justin?" I ask. "Twelve. A loss of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars." "I have to sort this out soon." "Rachel told me that at Ethan's club, when she still worked there, she heard about some girls who were being held against their will, like, being threatened," Luke says seriously. "That's bad, obviously, but how does that help us?"- "Most of them were Latina; you know what that means? They're tricked, and when they get here, they're forced into prostitution.""I didn't know that kind of business was so prevalent," Justin says, looking somewhat surprised. "Yeah, and you know what? These traffickers are the worst people in the world, but when it comes to innocent girls, they follow rules, like how they follow loyalty rules." "So all we need to do is take down Ethan's busin
Emily POVI was so happy about what I had just found out, yet insecure. But I was radiant. I wanted to tell Tyler right away. I went down the stairs to meet him, but as I reached the living room, he was leaving. I glanced at the clock, and it was eleven o'clock at night. Where could he be going at this hour? I couldn't help but worry; there are many people wanting him dead. I decided to follow him.Not that I was suspicious of my husband, but I honestly don't want to raise two children alone. That's what I wanted to tell him. I waited a whole month to be sure, and now all I had to do was take good care of myself. I confess I envied Anne. She will have a peaceful and stable pregnancy, while I will probably have a turbulent and dangerous one, but it will be worth it. Who knows, maybe a boy will come, and he can fulfill Tyler's dream of having a little boy?I almost lost sight of his car three times, but I managed to keep up with him. He had stopped in front of a nature reserve, with a l
Justin's POV"Come on, Uncle, please!" Olivia insists once again on going to Beth's house to see Josh.Tyler asked me to take her out of the house for a while to stop her from asking for her mother. I did what he asked. I don't agree with it at all, but I know he won't hurt her. Tyler isn't stupid enough to do that. Well, actually, he is, if he went to meet Caitlin, but he wouldn't lay a finger on Emily, not again."Uncle!" This time it was David; he pretends like none of that father story was true. He keeps calling me "Uncle," and I don't blame him. I'm not used to it either."Alright," I say; the restaurant was already closed anyway. "Cassie, ask one of the security guys to take you home; I'll swing by later to pick them up.""Okay, just a few bills left for you to close," she says, leaving with the two kids."Bye, you ungrateful brats," I say to them, and they laugh.In a matter of seconds, they vanish, and the silence is great. Honestly, these two are very noisy, they never stop,
Emily's POVNearly two days.Tyler must be going crazy. He didn't sleep here; it bothers me a bit not to know where he slept. After all, how did we get to this point again?I've been trying to stay calm this whole time. I can't afford any more stress. The doctor's orders were to rest throughout the entire pregnancy, especially the first five months.He wasn't treating me poorly; on the contrary, he was trying to get closer. Every time he brought food for me, he attempted to approach me. I didn't let him. This time, I won't swallow infidelity easily.I got up from bed feeling a bit heavy-headed, stopped for a few seconds to let my body adjust, and went to the vanity where I kept the vitamins and the tranquilizer. When I was about to take them, Tyler walked into the room and looked at me in astonishment."What's this?" he asks."Medicine.""You're not sick," he comes over to me and takes the pills from me, "What were you thinking of doing with this tranquilizer?""Seriously? Are you ser
Emily's POV:I couldn't think straight when I saw my daughter lying there on the floor covered in blood. For a moment, I think I just froze, which is why I only snapped back to myself when Tyler was already near her, calling her name. I ran to the floor and could see where all that blood was coming from; it was from her left arm. I tried to keep as calm as possible; no one taught me how to help my own daughter, how to think clearly. The blood was spraying like a broken pipe gushing water."Olivia?" I called her. She was somewhat unconscious but still awake.I looked at the arm more closely; the bullet hadn't entered, it wasn't there, but it had caused enormous damage."Mom, it hurts," she says with a trembling voice."It's okay, my love, you're strong, remember?"So much blood. I urgently needed to stop that bleeding, but I couldn't figure out where it was coming from, from the arm, of course, but it seemed to be coming from nowhere. I remembered something I learned in one of the earl
Tyler POV"WHERE'S THAT SON OF A BITCH?" I enter Ethan's house shouting with rage. The maid was saying something about calling security, as if there were any left alive."Sir, I need you to leave, or I'll have to call the police.""Call the police?" I laugh. "Great, I bet your boss will be the first to get the silver handcuffs.""What's all this shouting about here?" Caitlin appears, and as soon as she sees me, she freezes. "What are you doing here?""I want to talk to your damn brother.""How rude, you shouldn't call someone who will be your family like that," she says, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear."What are you talking about?""When those two leave your life, Tyler, you and I are going to get married, and then we'll all be a family," Caitlin says with a convinced look, completely out of the ordinary."You're crazy. I would never join with people as dirty as you and your brother.""That's not how it seemed when you kissed me that day.""It's really amazing what alcohol can
### Pov Olivia"Are you ready, my daughter?" my mother asked, gently tapping on the door.I finished putting on my hat and nodded. She took my hand and led me to the car, where my father was already waiting in the driver's seat. We arrived early at the cemetery, and for now, only Justin and Ingrid were there, both with expressions heavy with sorrow as they gazed at the coffin.We approached slowly, and they greeted us with somber looks."We're burying him in an hour... you didn't have to come so early," Uncle Justin said sternly, trying to hide the anger and pain in his voice."She wanted to come say goodbye," my mother replied, looking at me with an encouraging glance. She signaled for me to approach the coffin.With a heavy heart, I took a few steps toward David's coffin. Each step felt heavier than the last. Ingrid placed her hand on my shoulder and tried to muster a smile. "He would have liked to see you one last time. He loved you, Olivia," she said, her voice trembling but since
### POV Olivia"Antony..." I murmured nervously, looking at his body lying in front of me. Tears blurred my vision, but I couldn't waste any time."Come on, Olivia, we don't have much time. Forget about Antony, he's gone now. You need to live!" David said, gripping my arm tightly and dragging me towards the trees."How did you find me?" I asked in surprise, hearing footsteps of people running after us."I tracked your phone," he said seriously, looking for a place for us to hide."But it's turned off. They removed the SIM... and there's no internet signal here..." I grumbled, confused."I put a tracker on your phone," he replied."Oh my God, you creep, why did you do that?" I let go of his hand, stepping back in fear.David took a deep breath for a moment and looked at me seriously. "Olivia, I did it because I love you. I couldn't stand seeing you pining over Peter. That day, when I saw you kissing him at your father's house, since that day I felt hatred, resentment. I wanted to kill
### POV Tyler"Are you crazy? That man is a scumbag! How can you do business with him?" Emily nearly vomited with indignation when I told her who my new ally was."I know," I replied, trying to stay calm. "But if we want to get our daughter back, he's the only person who knows Ethan's location. Remember when I asked Antony to check all the warehouses in the city? We found out that guy was the only one Ethan was doing business with. The frequency and his employees were so discreet it was almost imperceptible." I shrugged and collapsed onto the bed, exhausted. "Any news from Josh and Justin?" I asked, noticing the worried look on Emily's face. She shook her head, confirming there wasn't."Anne can't stop crying. She's having to deal with everything alone. To make matters worse, Noah keeps saying Ethan is his father. She's devastated, and Ingrid can't stop looking for her kidnapped niece," she replied sadly, the pain evident in her voice."That's all the more reason I need to rip the hea
### POV Tyler"So, what do you intend to give me in exchange for this information?" the fat man with his cane asked suspiciously, his small, calculating eyes fixed on me."I'll release some of your men I've captured and stay away from your business for at least three months. You'll have carte blanche to do whatever you want during that time," I replied seriously, taking a sip of the whiskey on the table."Tyler... Tyler... who would have thought that after all this time, you'd come to me proposing a deal..." He laughed cynically, his eyes gleaming with malice. "What do you want with Ethan?" He raised an eyebrow, clearly suspicious."That's none of your business! It's personal... I want to know if you accept my deal," I responded curtly, shrugging, not caring about his suspicions."Tyler... Tyler... you’re as arrogant as ever!" He shook his head, thoughtful. "Do you think I'll let you come into my house and deceive me? Have you and that worthless Ethan made some kind of deal to take me
**POV Olivia**I woke up again feeling dizzy, with lapses of memory, alternating between waking and falling asleep without being able to keep my eyes open for long."Look, the little princess is awake!" Alana entered the room with a cynical look, while my hands and feet were tied to the chair, preventing me from escaping."This won't end like this. What have you done to me? Why do I feel so..." I couldn't finish the sentence. My lips were numb, and my mouth tingled."Sedated? Perhaps because you're under the effect of sedatives. We already know you're a match, but we had to run a lot of tests to check if your bone marrow is in good condition, considering the amount of alcohol you consume at your father's parties. We'll need at least two more days to detox you from all the medications. Don't worry, this is the last sedative!" She winked, applying that greenish liquid into my bloodstream again."My bone marrow? What do you want with it?" I asked, trying not to succumb to the anesthesia c
**POV Tyler**"Tyler... Tyler, wake up!" I heard a female voice beside me, shaking my body. The voice seemed distant, and I felt weak. After much insistence, I slowly opened my eyes. The brightness hurt my retinas. The room was all white, filled with equipment. I tried to move, but felt something attached to my arm. Then, a gentle touch on my face and a tight hug."Tyler... I thought you were dead. I'm so happy you're alive!"I opened my eyes and saw Emily in tears, her face red and swollen, looking like she had been crying for hours. I looked around and realized I was strapped to a hospital bed, with various machines monitoring my vital signs."What happened? How long have I been here?" I asked desperately. Emily stepped back, swallowing hard."Seven days. You've been in a coma for seven days. Josh and Justin still haven't woken up. The doctor said they're in critical condition, worse than you... we don't know when they'll wake up," Emily replied, lowering her head."No... that's imp
**POV Tyler**With my heart racing, I got into the car and started the engine. As I drove through the nearly deserted streets, a fierce determination took hold of me. No matter what it took, I would bring Sara back safely. Josh and Justin were my closest friends, and I knew I could count on them.When I arrived at the meeting point, I saw Josh and Justin already waiting. They looked at me seriously, ready for what was to come."We're going to get Sara and make sure she comes home safely," I said, looking at both of them."We're with you, Tyler," Josh replied firmly. Justin nodded, the same determination reflected in his eyes.We arrived near the warehouse, having meticulously planned every detail. There were a few men at the back of the building, and I had positioned some patrol cars at key points on the streets to prevent possible escapes. After rescuing Sara, the plan was to interrogate one of Ethan's men and find out what he was planning and why he was so fixated on Noah."Let's go
**POV Olivia**"It's better this way, honey. We need to trust your father. He wants the best for us," my mother said, smiling and stroking my hair as I lay on the bed, crying in anger.She wiped away one of the tears running down my face and suggested, "How about we watch a movie together? It's been a while since I arrived, but we haven't had time to do normal mother-daughter things. We've been apart for so long... I want to know more about you," she smiled, excited."Thank you, Mom... I would love that," I replied, a slight smile forming on my lips, and she nodded.As soon as she left the room, I sent a message to Peter, asking if he knew anything. I fiddled with my phone to pass the time while my mother made popcorn in the microwave. Finally, I received a message."Do you want to find that bitch Sarah? And your dear friend David, who betrayed you? Come to Xavier Marques Street, near the dark alley. I'll be there and take you to them..."There was no sender. It was another one of tho
**POV Tyler**"Okay... Does Emily have a twin sister that her father sold to a couple when she was born?" I asked again, shaking my head, unable to believe my own words."Yes, Alana Parker was a victim of human trafficking..." Olivia replied seriously, while Emily swallowed hard. "She helped me find my mom, but now it seems like she wants some kind of payment for her help..." Olivia finished her sentence."What does this crazy woman want? Money? Could she be working for Ethan?" I stood up from the table nervously, unable to stay still."I don't know... I didn't go with her... but she really wanted me to," Olivia muttered, hugging Emily, who didn't want to let go of her."Alana is dangerous. I always suspected her and doubted she was on our side. I don't know what she wants, but we have to protect our daughter, Tyler!" Emily said nervously.The anguish in Emily's eyes was evident. She clearly didn't want to lose Olivia after already losing so many years of raising her."Emily, we will