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Pushing the bike over a hundred miles per hour, I reach the small safe house in less time than expected. Every window is dark, leaving me to wonder if she’s even here. I drive around to the side of the house, looking for the basement window. I stop when I see it’s not blocked by anything.
That’s my way in.
ChapterTwenty-One
Scarlett
The darkness closes in on me now that Elena is gone. Leaving without the guards was the worst idea I’ve ever had. I had to see him though.
I won’t regret trying to talk to Frankie again. The boy needs my help. Not sure how to give it though surrounded by glass walls and darkness.
I drop down onto the mattress. It’s closer to me than the chair. Everything seems pretty fucking hopeless right now.
Nico doesn’t know where I am. And who knows if they family will be willing to send anyone to my rescue. The won’t take kindly to me ignoring their orders to go to church. I knew that when I made the decision to go.
Not that I ever expected an ambush in the house of God. Maybe Elena is right, I don’t know everything. And in my naïveté, I’m about to get everyone I care about killed.
I finally admit, that Nico is more to me than a business partner. Elena’s words parading through my head. Did Luis realize that I wanted Nico when I was younger. Even I hadn’t figured that out. Or maybe it was that Nico wanted me and Luis knew I’d fall into his arms if given the chance.
No matter the reason. I need to find a way to tell him everything. No more lies. Luis was hiding more than another woman and a child.
That poor child. Did they make him sit there and watch while they carried me out of the church? Was I just the first step in his initiation into a world of crime?
Damn you, Luis. How could you put us all in danger?
Did he really plan to leave me once Elena’s father was dead? The man I knew would have known that the family would never let him get away with that. He may have seen himself as the head of the family, but we all really know that we serve at the whim of Carlos and Andreas. They allow us to run the business in New York.
If they thought for one second that Luis would try and merge their New York empire with the DeLuca’s, they would have killed him themselves. Luis knew better.
At least, I thought he did. If I’ve learned anything the last few weeks, it’s that I truly knew nothing about my husband. He’s a complete mystery to me.
An asshole. That’s what he is. An asshole whose name I will no longer defend. He risked all of our lives for a woman and never gave a shit about his son. Well, I refuse to do the same.
Frankie needs our help. Our protection.
I lean back against the glass because right now I don’t see any way to get myself out of this glass box.
For a while, I heard footsteps walking around upstairs, then nothing. A rumble of an engine got farther and farther away.
I’ve been sitting here, on this dirty mattress trying to figure out what to do. That ruthless bitch will have my head if I give her the chance.
A chance that I’m not going to give her. She may have had my husband’s heart, but that is the only thing she will ever get from me.
I still don’t know why Luis was determined to keep Nico away from me. That’s a problem I can solve when I get out of this place.
The only way that I can protect Nico, Frankie and myself is to escape. I have to get out and warn them. Elena was alone this time. Who knows who she brings with her when she comes back.
Darkness surrounds me. My eyes have adjusted, but light from the moon outside makes it easier to see.
The moon.
I get up and walk in the direction of the moonlight. High up on the wall is a small window. Not small enough that I can’t fit through it. The bigger problem will be reaching it.
Then again, I won’t need to reach it if I can’t find a way to get out of this cell. I pick up the small wooden chair in the corner and slam it against the glass. It bounces off the glass and flies to the other side of the cell and I’m not in the least bit surprised.
Why would they place a chair in here if it could break that glass? Didn’t mean I wasn’t going to try it. I have to make every attempt to get out of here.
I won’t let sweet, kind Frankie succumb to his mother’s plan. She will ruin everything that is special about that boy if she tries to turn him in to a cold, ruthless bastard, like her and her father.
