Chapter Five
Brute
In a warehouse, i woke up to see some armed men and a rough looking lady in the room, I found myself tied to a chair, the rope was so tight, it was digging into my skin
"Em, where am I?" "It's about time, sleeping beauty""Who are you guys and what do you want from me?" i asked still trying to keep my eyes open, gosh! my head hurts, only if i knew it was about to get even worse"What can I possibly want from you?" the woman said looking at me with what appears to be envy before she continued "your husband have something of ours and we want it back, so princess, where is he?" "Who?"Slap! My ear started to ring so loud, i actually didn't see that coming "Let's try this again, where is he?"I don't knowAnd there another slap landed on my face, I really felt the urge to cry, I don't think I have ever been slapped so hard in my life. I felt my cheeks swell"You are going to start talking or this will get really ugly for you" she said enjoying herself, oh how i hated her"I don't know where he is, we had a fight, he barged out..before I could finish talking, so I don't...I don't know" I responded in between the pain, a tear ran down my cheek"It's okay sweetheart, it's okay, you don't have to cry, it's okay, I just don't believe you, you see. Make her talk!" the lady said before leaving the roomA very masculine man took over"So, sweetheart, you better start talking, or this is gonna get ugly from here" he said with a straight face, I was scared of out my mind, why won't they believe me, I really don't know were my husband is as I recently found out he doesn't work at the public office downtown like I thought before, I was scared for my life, I have seen this in the movies, oh God! he is going to destroy my face isn't he. And Dave, he doesn't even know where I am, he is probably not even home now. Where am I anyways? Is this the end? No, I have to get out of here so I started to beg"Please, I promise I don't know where he is, please just let me go""Tell me what I want to know or that pretty face of yours is not going to be so pretty by the time am done with you" the other one laughed. My face, I said it, I don't want my face destroyed, am suddenly I started to scream"Help, help me, somebody please help" there was a pause then they both burst out in laughter"What is she doing?" said the other guyYeah Sarah, what are you doing? You actually think anybody could hear you from here"Is she stupid?" He continuedYes are you stupid Sarah? I really felt stupid shouting for help like that without thinking but that was the least of my problems. "Please...I have told... told you I don't know" I said my voice shaking. He gave me a hit to the stomach, i groaned in pain"So tell me, where he is""I...I...I (groan) I could barely make out any word considering the rush of pain I am feeling right now"You know, you have a nice body" he said and then grabbed my boob, so this he is what he's been hitting, damn! I wish I had his part of the job, he licked my face, words can not express how disgusted I was, I felt sick instantly. I shook my body in an attempt to get his hand off"Just tell me where he is, this all ends and we can go have a good time""Fuck you!" I shouted "Oh you will be soon" He brought out a picket knife and cut the ropes, I can feel blood rush through my wrist and it was painful. He then grabbed me from the chair, kicked the chair away and gave me a heavy slap that got me on the floor. I groaned, i couldn't feel my face anymore, everything was blurry, i think am going to faint. I tried to get up but couldn't, i wasn't meant for this life, how did i get here"Get her up" I heard him say to the other guy"Brace yourself sweetheart, we are just getting started" Getting started? Why do they keep saying that after all they have done"Please, please stop, I don't know (groans) where he is" Another heavy slap landed on my face and i was down on the floor again. I can feel my head spin, my cheeks swell and my eyes blurry like I partially went blind. I tried to grab unto someone or something but it was just an empty space. I just crawled around in pain hoping to grab something"I'm so enjoying this, like man my shit is on, she is just my type, he laughedI have never hated someone so much in my life, i wished he dies the most horrifying way anyone can imagine, for what he is doing to me and the fact that his creepy ass enjoys it, makes it worst. He came close to me and kicked on my belly. I screamed in pain "Shut the fuck up bitch!" he shouted at me. I rolled on the floor holding my belly, I was vomiting blood at this time"This could all end, just tell me where he is" He grabbed me from the floor and was about to hit again when the Castillo the leader of the gang came in followed by the lady that was there earlier. "That's no way to treat a lady, put her down" ordered CastilloHe over to where I was touched my face and said"Hey pretty, how about you tell us what we wanna know and we all get to go home, what do you say?"I....pro...mise...I.. don't...don't know....where he.. is..please...ju..st let ..me go please" I cried "Ah, that sweetheart cannot be done you see, you have to give me what I asked in exchange for that" He then grabbed my neck and pinned me to the wall, squeezing my neck tighter and tighter. I began running out of air, i struggled to breathed but i was loosing, i managed to muster out "please""It's about to get very exciting for you sweetheart" he nodded to the girl, she brought out an injection and shot it into my veins. I suddenly felt my head light. "See? it isn't so bad" He quickly took his hand off her neck which made me slump to the floor heavily, slowly gasping for air as my eyes rolled up"Keep an eye on her and call me once she starts talking" he said before leaving the room.Mia's PoVThe next morning I prepared and headed to the office, I had a plan and the plan was to expose my boss for who he truly is and what he has truly done. I know he is smart enough not to implicate himself so I have to be very crafty with this. I need to push the call ight buttons or all is lost. I don't have the evidence the P.I gave me with me anymore since they were confiscated by the police after Liam dragged me into his mess once again. I have to be really smart about this actually because I do not have any other plan, if this doesn't work, I don't know what next to do. I have just one shot and I plan on making good use of it. I took a taxi to the office, ones I entered the premises, I told my secretary to let Mr. Edward know am here and that I want to meet with him. After she made the call, she told me that he said to send me in, which I know he wouod,. He must have been curious as to what brought me back here with everything that is going on in my life right now which am
"He said one thing at a time and promised everything is going to be alright" I said sitting down on the couch and stretching out my legs. It's been a really long day and my legs are aching badly. A massage would be such a bad idea right now. I desperately need one"Ana, do you think am stupid?" I asked"What? No, not at all" she answered quickly and I smiled"You are a good friend and I know you love me but I need an honest answer this time please" I said to her"Mia, you are the smartest woman that I know, I don't think you are stupid, you just made some wrong choices that's all and hell, who doesn't at some point?" She said"I'm not so sure about the smart part" I said as I started to get emotional again and tears started to line up"Mia, opening your heart to someone doesn't make you stupid, you were in love, it's not something that you can control, we can't control who we love" she said in a sweet voice"I don't know, I feel really stupid, I feel so empty" I said sobbing"Hey stop
"Liam took me there to see a building, he wanted me to start up private practice there, to start my own firm in the middle of nowhere. His wife said some things about him being an isolator and a control freak and am seeing that now"This is bad Mia" she said taking a sip from her glass then her phone began to ring, it was an unknown number. She picked up"Hello, who is this?" She asked"Hi Ana, this is Liam" he replied "It's Liam" she said to me"What?" I asked coming closer and whispering to her to put it on speaker"How the hell did you get this number?" she asked him"I just spoke to my lawyer, we really need to talk to Mia, it's really important, is she there with you?" He asked ignoring Ana's question"No she is not, whatever you want to tell her, you can tell it to me, i will just pass it on later" she said to him"I know you don't know me like that but I promise I didn't do all these things am being charged for, am innocent. It's just my wife and her lawyer that is doing all th
Mia PoVWhen we got to Ana's place, I sat down like someone whom the body was present but the mind was absent. Ana went over to her fridge and got out a bottle of alcohol and two glass cups. We came over to the couch and dropped them on the table then poured out the drinks into the two cups, and slide one my way as she took up her own glass and drank from it, a slight frown appeared on her face as she did"Are you going to tell me what happened now?" She said taking another sip"He was laundering money and dealing with really dangerous people" I said still sitting still"What? Mia did you know about this?" She asked surprised"No, I did not. You know I can never involve myself in something like that. Why would you even ask that" I said looking at her"Then why are they in your house and taking all your stuff?" She asked still doubting that I didn't know anything at all about the crimes "He asked me to move some money into my account but that was to keep it away from his wife, not bec
Ana's PovI drove over to Mia's place after she said not to come pick her again, I waiting for over an hour but she didn't come in, so I went across the street to get dinner but when I came back up the door was unlocked and wide open and there were police all over the place tossing everything around and moving things. I was so shocked I thought I went to the wrong room, but looking inside I realized I didn't go to the wrong room, I am at the right room, all of Mia's properties were there and the police officers were just touching everything."What the heck? What is going on here?" I asked as one police officer rushed out to stop me from entering the premises "is Mia inside that house?" I asked the police officer but before he was able to respond, Mia showed up, she was coming from the stairs and has no idea about all of this."You again?" She said to the police officer that came out to stop me from entering the place, I guess they know each other or have met at least"What the hell is
"Good news, he accepted to let you meet with him, he should be here any second" he said and I breathed out in relief and my face brightened up"Thank you" I said happy he did me the favour"Sure" he said. Then the door opened up and another officer led Liam into the room in handcuffs. I should really get used to seeing him like this since it's now happening more often. After the other officer brought him in, he left the room"I will let you two talk" the nice officer said before leaving us both alone in the room and closing the door behind him"Hey, listen" Liam started but I could wait for him to talk not after what he put me through today and all the things I found out about him"What the fuck Liam" I said upset"Look, listen to me. It's my wife and her lawyer lover, they are the ones setting me up, they are the ones doing all this. I can tell you I didn't do anything. They had all this planned out" he said desperately"Do you know how worried I was, when those guys carried you, I