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I kicked the door open and stormed inside. “How could you do business with that bastard. You said that you would find out who attacked me yet you go into business with them? How is making him richer avenging me?” Both men were with me during the tour.
Father's face turned red. His champagne glass filled to the brim fell to the floor. Crystal shards flew everywhere, and within two strides he was standing before me.
Whack.
My face whipped to the side from the force of his backhanded blow. Pain flowed across my lips as blood trickled down my mouth.
“Who do you think you're talking to?” His eyes narrowed as he towered over me.
“I'm talking to you. I thought you were my father. You said you were going to do something yet you’ve done nothing.” My eyes narrowed at him.
“Take that tone with me again, and I’ll knock your teeth out.”
“Do it.” I spat with my face dangerously close to his.
My father’s shocked expression was priceless. When he didn’t make a move to start beating the crap out of me, I stormed out of the office slamming the door. After I was back inside the bathroom, I collapsed to the floor. I picked myself up and filled the tub with a bubble bath. I opened the cabinet and grabbed my razor blade. I slid into the tub. Closing my eyes, I took a few minutes to savor the hot water.
All my life I had done everything Daddy asked of me. I knew more about the family business than most made men under their father’s rule. I had always thought that he loved me. Now, I realized that he only loved himself. I cut my wrists and slid down into the tub, watching the white bubbles turn red. Pain flowed through me as I sunk deeper into the water.
Bam. Bam.
“Anya, open the door. Are you almost done? Hurry up. You can't have a two-hour bath today,” said Mila.
Now, Mila will be on her own. I won’t be able to protect her. How can I protect her when I can't protect myself?
2
ANYA
SWISS ALPS, SWITZERLAND
My eyes fluttered open. A sense of dread and anger flowed through me as I focused on the white walls and the heavy scent of alcohol. I was at a hospital, which was the last place I wanted to be. At least the hospital seemed almost empty.
“If I had known you’d do something as stupid as trying to kill yourself, I would have had you guarded. Haven't I always given you everything you asked for? Am I not indulgent with all your reckless behaviors?”
I wasn't certain what father expected me to say because the truth was, he wasn't indulgent at all. He was so busy chasing his money he just didn't care. If I agreed to do whatever it was that he wanted me to do, he didn’t care about what happened in my personal life.
His hands gripped my shoulders, and his blunt chipped fingernails dug into my flesh.
“Snap the fuck out of it,” said Dad,
Focusing on the pain, I wished it would swallow me whole, but unfortunately, death by jagged nail wasn't in my future.
“I asked you to find my rapists but all you cared about was increasing your drug trafficking business.”
Wham.
“You might not be thinking clearly from the blood loss. If you continue to take that tone with me, I'll fucking kill you.”
I smiled. “What are you waiting for?”
My tongue snaked out to lick the blood that trickled down my cheek from the cut he initiated. The force of the blow from the backhand didn’t really bother me. Pain was pain and it was a sign that you were still alive.
He rolled his eyes. “I'm going to overlook your behavior. Your excessive blood loss must be affecting your cognitive thinking. I haven't forgotten about what happened to you.”
Bullshit. Your focus is on your empire and getting a piece of their billions. Your actions show what is important to you.
I had to research and investigate who was responsible for the rape myself. The information has come back, and I’ve confirmed that Qemal was behind the attack. Adan had nothing to do with it. The only schedule in his life was when he sees his girlfriend, which will be in two weeks.”
