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Cupping her elbow, I encourage her to follow. “Come on, baby, let’s get settled.”
“Okay,” she whispers, her voice hoarse.
“What do you want us to do with Alex? Enzo’s team have secured the girls, they’re safe.” Jax says as he leans back in his chair with a beer in his hand.
Zara looks up at me, her eyes alight. “He’s here?”
“For now, yes.”
She needs time to heal before she learns the truth. Yet, even now, I can hear her mind ticking.
58
ZARA
I lie awake, tossing and turning, my mind refusing to shut off. A burning rage that is inside me is taking over my every thought.
The people that killed my baby are still breathing.
Sitting up, I peel the covers away and tiptoe over to the wardrobe, trying not to disturb Frankie. He’s finally getting some rest. Pulling on my sneakers, Frankie’s phone keeps lighting up on the nightstand. Shit. I need to make sure it isn’t anything important.
I quietly pick it up. Messages from Enzo flash up one after another.I should be happy we saved all the girls, I just can’t focus on anything other than my grief.
The last one catches my attention. It isn’t from Enzo, it’s an email invoice from the hospital my mom used to be at with her name on it.
I tap the screen and open it up. Outstanding fees. My eyes widen as I take in the staggering amount. Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of treatment dating back to the start of the year.
“What the fuck?” I whisper.
My hands start to shake. My fucking father was never using Romano’s money to pay for Mom’s treatment. That was the only explanation I had for his part in all of his involvement with the shady organizations.
Anger clouds my vision, making it difficult to see. I feel my chest tightening as I grip the phone tightly.
That asshole.
He was the man who was supposed to protect me and Mom. Now he’s the man who is partly responsible for me losing the baby.
I can’t take it anymore knowing he’s out there making money trafficking innocent girls.
I hate him and everything he’s become.
“Fuck!” I scream, letting some of the pain go with it.Frankie’s phone launches across the room.
All I see is red. I look up at all of our clothes hanging perfectly in the wardrobe and start yanking them off and throwing them across the room.
“Zara!” Frankie calls out, I can hardly hear him over the ringing in my ears.
His hands grip onto my shoulders, and he spins me to face him.
“Zara, I need you to calm down.”
“No. Frankie. I’m not doing that. I fucking hate him!” My chest heaves.
“Who?” He blinks at me in confusion.
“My dad. Romano. Fucking Alex downstairs. All of them. They need to go. They’ve done this to us!”
My cheeks are wet with tears, and my fists are clenched as my body trembles uncontrollably.
