All Chapters of Love in the Darkness: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Adam"Given his record," the prosecutor said."Objection, your honor, all previous charges against my client were dropped," my attorney interrupted.My plan to avoid prison would go into action soon. In the meantime, my attorney was trying to negotiate a way for me to not go to jail. Luckily, I had given him a heads up on what was to come. I didn't go into specific detail about the whole situation, but I gave my attorney enough information that he could plan out how the entire case would go.Despite knowing everything would work out in my favor, I worried about the person sitting two rows behind me. I didn't expect Daphnie to attend the hearing. Although she accepted me when she found out I had a record, would she stay by my side now that accusations were made? Would she believe those accusations? I knew she didn't want to."Your honor, the victim identified Mr. Carter immediately.""The victim has yet to be considered a reliable witness," my attorney defended. "He just woke up from a

DaphnieThank God my father's coworkers and boss stepped up to talk to the police about his mental issues. After a couple of weeks, Adam was found not guilty and released from House Arrest. As expected, Detective Halstead was pissed and said he would be closely watching Adam. Once his bank accounts were unfrozen, Adam immediately went back to work to get things up and running again. He was swamped for two weeks.As for my father, I signed off on him being sent to a mental institution for the rest of his life and completely disowned him. I even changed my last name to Hernandez, my mother's name, making me feel liberated.I didn't tell Amber about everything that happened with Adam being arrested or my father being thrown out of my life. Adam and I agreed it was best not to talk about it to anyone; we wanted to put everything behind us.I could tell that Adam was afraid of me leaving him again. Whenever we were together, he would hold me at every opportunity, whether just standing in l

Adam"What the fuck do you want?" I asked."I would watch my language if I were you, Adam."It took everything in me not to go off on him. The only reason I didn't threaten to kill him was that I knew he could do worse than that fire. I took a deep breath."I would like to rediscuss being business partners, and I will honor my original offer to you. This time, however, you will need to get your hands dirty, but I'm sure you'll find a way out of any trouble you find yourself in.""What makes you so sure?""I've been watching you very closely, Adam. I am very impressed by how you got yourself out of going to jail for those assault charges. Even after weeks of studying, my men couldn't find a single flaw in your plan that would lead the police to continue to believe you were guilty."I knew my plan would bite me in the ass, but I didn't think it would hit me this way. I let out a sigh. I couldn't believe I was back in this situation."What do you want?""We will do business together for

AdamI hung up the phone and put my head down on the table. Working for Don Emilio was just as stressful as I assumed. As soon as I introduced his wine to my hotels, it was a bestseller, and his wine brought more business.In three months, I served Don Emilio's wine in all my hotels and eliminated three of the five other brands I sold. Don Emilio's weekly profit, for wine alone, was an average of eighty-five thousand dollars. As for drugs, he was making a thirty million dollar profit a week. All were just working through me. Like most powerful men, Don Emilio wanted more, so I bought and remodeled twenty-seven hotels and started building eighteen more.I was conflicted about how successful I was. The good thing was that Daphnie would be safe. The bad thing, Don Emilio would want me to work closer to him once six months had passed. I didn't understand why he chose me out of all people. Plenty of people had more connections and were better than me. Either way, there was no backing out.

AdamIt was pouring outside, and the rain was accompanied by repetitive thunder and lightning. I stood behind the glass doors of my balcony, staring out at the storm. The thunder sounded like gunshots."Ready. Aim. Fire."The final set of shots was made.I watched as the flag was folded and passed to my comrade's family. His parents broke down in tears. My heart broke as his mother cried, "My baby boy!" From my understanding, he was their only child.Once the funeral was over and the headstone was put in place, I approached my comrade's grave and saluted."Sir," Chad said from behind me. I kept my eyes on the storm."What?""Everything's ready.""All the men are prepared?""Yes, sir.""What about Emilio and Lorenzo?""They're taken care of.""Are you sure?""Yes, sir."I let out a sigh and turned around."Alright, let's go."I walked past Chad and to the door.It was an hour's drive to the lot where the trade would take place. I wanted to be somewhere secluded so that no one would see