047. What body ?

Killian

As expected, Alex came back. I've known him for quite a long time, so I know that he won't actually let me go against Nero on my own. Yes, he's terrified, but he has a soft spot.

He walked back into the room panting heavily and glaring at me. I folded my hands across my chest feigning ignorance.

“ I hate you, Killian and I hate that I hate you. And I hate that I know you and that we are friends." He said, tossing his briefcase on the couch.

I suppressed the smile that threatened to spread over my face.“ I didn't ask you to come back.”

His lips twitched.“Oh yeah? Then what are you going to do about your situation? The only thing in that head of yours are scalpels and drugs…you have no brains for this.”

I stared at him, amusement in my eyes.“ Just say you actually value our friendship too much to turn your back on me.”

He raises his fists, almost punching me in the face, but stops on realising that I was pale.“ I'm not helping your sorry ass…..I'm only here to point you in the right direction because you are a reckless bastard, and I swear if you don't listen to me this time, I'm out. Are we clear?”

My shoulders vibrated in laughter.“ It's called helping."

He stomped his hands on the bed.“ Are we clear?”

I sighed." Fine then....help me up so we can get over this." I tried to lift myself up but failed, and then my head started spinning, and my breathing doubled.

He pushed me back down and I was about to protest when he hit the red button on the wall, calling for the nurse.

My head whipped towards him.“ What the fuck are you doing?”

" If you are going to help me, then you have to get better, or you'll break down.” He said just as the nurse walked in.

" You called for me?” the nurse asked.

Alex turned to face her.“ Give him a sedative that'll take effect in one hour. He needs to rest or he'll keep moving around.”

My jaw tightened as I glared at the nurse who stopped in her tracks the moment our eyes met. She'd better not get any closer.

“ Don't be scared of him…. It's just his eyes, he is too weak to strangle you.” Alex mocked.

“ I need to be awake to actually sort things out, Alex.” I pinpointed when the nurse injected the sedative into my IV fluid.

He nodded.“ And that's why you'll be awake for just an hour ... .we can't have you having a mental breakdown from what we are going to discover.” He said and a chill ran down my spine.

I don't know if it was from the sedative or from the fact that I might discover something that I don't like.“ What are you talking about?”

The nurse finished, cleaned up and then left, while Alex brought out his notebook and tablet. He sat on the couch and crossed his legs, staring at the screen while I waited for his response.

" I saw your text so I did a little digging…Well, I already dug some days back when you told me about her lawsuit, but now I've just pieced a few things together.” He explained, and I just stared at him, trying to focus my mind.

“ Fill me in," I said, lifting myself up a little.

He got to his feet, tapping his pen on his chin as he paced the room slowly .“ I've been thinking….Raven got accused of child abuse, the evidence was fabricated, and then she got put in prison as a result of it. Then two days later she got bailed out and is nowhere to be found. That… doesn't sound like a coincidence to me.”

She's…she's nowhere to be found? My chest tightened violently as guilt and worry weighed down on me. All this happened while I was unconscious and because I failed to sort things out before her last trial.

“ Are you saying, Viktor planned all of this?" I asked, my hands tightened into fists.

“ Of course, Viktor framed her, but why did Nero appear all of a sudden to bail her out? unless…”

My breath hitched in my throat as I waited for him to speak.

Alex continued.“ Unless he has been around and watching all these while and waiting for the perfect moment to strike.”

It made sense but Nero had never really been in hiding. He just kept his distance." He has always been around her even when she was with Viktor.” I had seen him a few times while I stalked her. Turns out, I wasn't the only one stalking her at that time but I got her first.

Alex nodded." Yes, he was, but he only took action now, when she was behind bars, and you are being hospitalised and far away from her. It doesn't look like a coincidence if you ask me.”

I took in a sharp breath as it finally fell into place in my head.“ Do you think Viktor knows about Nero?”

He shrugged.“ He probably does, that only explains the five million he charged for damages.”

" That five million was to secure a partnership with Jonathan Lott.”

" The deal didn't push through, Killian. That was all a ruse.”

" What?.....”

" My theory is that the five million was Viktor's cut from the whole plan. A parting gift by Nero if he helped put Raven behind bars so he could bail her out and have her to himself, while he had sent someone to demobilise you and then he acted behind the scenes.”

My head started to spin again as I took it all in.

" He has always been watching and planning everything out and now he has her.”

I closed my ears.“ What the fuck are we supposed to do?”

He returned back to the couch and sat down.“ We have four options. Tell the cops that she's been kidnapped and a quiet search would be carried out.”

" And the second?”

" Hear me out ….. You expose his crimes along with yours so he'd finally be locked up for good. Or you go in search of him yourself, counting me out and risk dying while trying to solve your family problems and lastly, you just let go…keep your secret safe and start afresh. I strongly suggest we go with the first one.”

I twisted in the bed, unease growing in my chest.“ I'm going with the third.”

He shook his head disagreeing with me." If you are going with that, then count me out.”

" I'll do it myself then …."

He came up to me on the bed ….just as I felt the dizziness starting to sip in.“ You're not doing shit, Killian. Do you want another blood on your hands, huh? Do you?”

I chuckled weekly, had it been one hour already?“ I already got stains on my hands from when I was attacked."

His eyes widened.“ Holy fuck! You killed someone, again?.... Fuck! what.....Where is the body? “

My eyes were beginning to feel heavy as my vision blurred. I felt him tapping on my arm, trying to keep me awake. This was why I didn't want a sedative.

" Killian….Killian…where the fuck is the body?"

I heard him curse, his voice sounding so distant.“Wake up, man….where the fuck is the body?”

I snorted in my dizziness….I would be awake if you hadn't insisted I'd be sedative, dumbass.

“ Over the cliff….” I mumbled.

" What body?”

I creased my brows, didn't he just hear what I said? I forced my eyes open one last time to see Scarlett standing at the doorpost.

Oh crap!