chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO

                      Darcy's Pov 

To say I was on high alert was an understatement, every minute someone walked through that door my head snapped in the direction and I'm sure few of my bartenders have noticed but kept their mouth shut. 

Why did this have to happen now? 

I was just settling in and it's been years since I moved. Alexander was three when we came to this town and he is not a fan of moving around either. 

What will happen to my bar? 

Everything I have worked hard to build. 

I won't give up. I will fight and if it means going back to my old self then so be it. 

"Ma'am?" 

I diverted my attention from the door towards Hazel as she hovered in front of where I was sitting, "What? Anything?" I asked, referring to what we discussed two days ago. 

I told her to inform me if this stranger shows up again but it's been two days and he is nowhere to be found. 

Did I make a mistake? 

"Nothing, I think he is a tourist just looking for a good time, and maybe wanted to have a little something with you. I know you don't fraternize with the customers but you are extremely gorgeous so I guess you caught his attention. It's a shame he is gone now" She sighed and I nodded, swallowing a hard lump in my throat beads of sweat tickling down my forehead despite the air conditioner. 

Caught his attention?

He must have gone back to bring backup or report back to whoever he was working for? 

Hazel had no idea who I am so I wasn't surprised when she voiced out her thoughts on how the man wanted to get into my pants. 

It would take more than a drink to do that if that was really his goal, I haven't had sex in a long while. 

Six years if I'm being specific, after that night that resulted in having Alexander, I had sworn to be decent for my baby although I had no idea of his father. 

It was a rave for some bikers and I was stoned and high as fuck, I hooked up with one hot biker, his voice and the cute little black mole behind his right ear were all I remembered the next day. 

And of course, the best sex and most mind-blowing orgasm of my life. 

I didn't ask to be knocked up the asshole had fucked me without protection and I didn't oppose because I wasn't thinking straight. 

And I don't regret it because I got Alexander, and I still remember vividly the day I found out I was pregnant. My personal maid had reported to my mother and the next thing I knew my door flew open, Mom looked furious but it was nothing compared to Father's murderous glare from behind her. 

**** {Flashback}****

My body quavered as sobs escaped my lips with tears streaming down my chin, I couldn't look at my mother. 

I just couldn't. 

Rachel had betrayed me, I told her not to tell anyone but I should have known her loyalty lies with them not me. 

"When did it happen?" Don Santino asked, not my father. 

The voice was too cold to be my father's. 

"Dad-"

"Answer me!" He bellowed and I flinched, breaking down once more. 

"Two... Two weeks ago, I went to a..rave with my friends" I managed to say. 

"Those useless friends of yours? I warned you to stay away from them, didn't I?" Mom barked harshly and I sniffed nodding. 

"You should have listened princessa, I will have no choice but to send the boys after them," Father said and I lifted my gaze meeting his cold green eyes I got from him. 

I knew what he meant by that. 

He is going to kill my friends. 

Taylor, Chloe, and Casper will die because of me. 

"No!" I shook my head forcing my body to move from the ground, and I stood up glaring at him. 

"You will do no such thing! They didn't do anything Papi, I went to that party willingly and I ditched them" I explained sincerely. 

"I don't care, they influenced this wayward attitude on you and you will watch them die, you will learn never to disobey me or your mother again" He retorted and my heart skipped a bit. 

No. 

"And who is this boy?" Mom asked with disgust etched on her face. 

I didn't look at her and she let out a bitter laugh. 

"A bastard? Really Rosita?" She scoffed. 

"I didn't ask for this! Any of this! Those friends showed me what it felt like to live, I was locked in here for so long I had forgotten what that felt like. I have done all you've asked me and I will take over the clan but you can't keep treating me like a child all the time! Goddamnit!" I screeched and my mom moved so fast I didn't see it coming. 

The slap forced me back on the ground and a metallic taste burst in my mouth. 

"You will get rid of that thing, and just like your father said you will watch those friends of yours die. I will make sure it's slow and painful so the next time someone convinces you to sneak out of this house without permission you'll reject the idea. And you won't be going back to school, all you've learned was how to disobey me and your father" She said her brown eyes held no warmth as she gazed at me coldly. 

I wasn't their daughter, I was their pawn. 

"I want the baby" I found myself speaking. 

"You what? Are you insane?! You are only twenty years old and you want a child?! Do you even know what you are saying?" She scoffed. 

I wanted someone to call my own. 

To love and cherish. 

I hugged myself as if it would shield my unborn child from them. 

"Yes. I want it" I replied. 

"Erase that thought from your head before I put a bullet in your brain" Father snarled but I didn't shudder this time. 

"I will find the bastard who did this to you and I will make them pay," He added. 

"The doctor will be here this weekend, be prepared" Mother stated with finality. 

**** 

"Boss?" Hazel called jolting me out of my thoughts and I could tell from the look of worry on her face that she had been calling me. 

I forced a smile. 

Before I could speak the sound of glass shattering echoed and I looked in the direction to find some men holding Shawn hostage while one of them was slamming his fist on his face repeatedly. 

The fight had thrown the bar into disarray and I stood up when I spotted one of them with a gun!