WILLI stood in front of Nathan's bed, a terrible ache gripping my heart.When Jeff's call came in informing me about Nathan's accident, I felt the world closing in on me. I never expected to feel fear at such great length. The fear of losing Nathan forever scared me to death.Hell, I can even switch places with him now.How the fuck did it all turn out like this? One moment he was investigating the Italian guy and searching for Kim and the next he's in a comaI watched with hawk eyes as the doctors took rounds, checking on Nathan's monitor and scribbling something down on their pads. “Is there any difference?” I asked the doctors when I noticed his furrowed browThe doctor shook his head, heaving a sigh. “I'm sorry Mr Francis, the situation is still the same.” “But you said the worst if it is over. You said the operation was a success. But why hasn't he woken up? It's been days now” “That's right. The operation was a success, and there shouldn't be any issues, but waking up depen
KIMThe fear fueled my adrenaline, and I began dressing in the clothes that Sassy gave me. I need to leave here. And I need to leave as fast as possible. I emerged from the stall, dressed in identical clothing with sassy. I wore a blond wig that obscured my natural brunette hair and glasses. So far, I look the same but different. I'm not convinced this will work as a disguise. I huff an exasperated snort. “Will this work? I look the same” “No you don't. Trust me, even Giovanni won't recognise you.” She fished out a small box from somewhere in the bag and held it out to me. “Use this”I collected the box and opened it to see eye contact. I removed the glasses and expertly wore the contact lenses. I blink a little, and my hazel eyes changed to forest green eyes. Now that's a huge difference. Sassy really came all out. I shoved the glasses back on my face. It's time to test if this really works. “When you walk out of here, don't panic or fidget. Blend in with the crowd. Trust me,
KIMIt was as if Giovanni had known I had been planning to escape from the mall. All my plans to window shop and slip away into the crowd seem unattainable with Giovanni on my heels. He has been following me around the Mall, worst of all, he had our fingers linked together. And worse than him linking our fingers are the bodyguards that blended seamlessly with the crowd watching from the shadows.We left the house with a bunch of bodyguards in mufti. Giovanni had said it's for security purposes, which further fuels my suspicion that he might have known that I plan to escape, or why else would anyone need a bunch of shadow bodyguards when window shopping?We're currently checking out some winter collection clothes, and he still hasn't let go of my hand. Not that I mind anyway, my mind is busy calculating how to escape this hell of a place to register the contact of his skin on mine or his voice that is… calling out to me.“Kim!” He called again, breaking through my reverie. “Are you
KIMThe days that followed Sassy’s kidnapping had been quiet. I rarely step out of my room, but I made sure to eat and sleep so that my baby can survive. I haven't told Giovanni about my baby yet. Mother instinct I will call it.First I don't know how he will take it, not because I'm scared of how he will feel, but I fear what he might do to my baby.Secondly, I have lots of unanswered questions. After that conversation with Sassy, I tried to put the pieces together, which only added to my confusion. Sassy’s question keeps playing in a loop in my head.‘Have you ever stopped to ask how you're able to see us? The reason the cleaners are there at that particular moment. The reason why they let you take the Mastercard without stopping your attempts to enter a guest room.’How did she know about the cleaner and how I had snatched the Mastercard?How did she know they didn't stop my attempts to enter the room? At that moment, I thought the cleaners were scared because I threatened them
NATHAN I groan, pinching the bridge of my nose, already feeling a headache forming. Ever since my last discussion with my dad, we have been trying to gather evidence against Giovanni that will put him behind bars, but so far we have found nothing. The worst part of this situation is not knowing who was after me; it is the awareness I have, but I couldn't find the evidence to prosecute them.Giovanni is the brain behind this operation and it's not surprising that he had other people carry out his dirty job. He doesn't have a direct link to the operation and moreover, his alibi seems to be clean, too clean to suggest that it was probably staged.I pick up the latest file one of the hackers dropped on my desk and flip it through. It's just the same old garbage, there's nothing worthwhile to prosecute him.So far, the only person we have linked to him is the pharmacist guy who killed Jake, and that, too, is just our speculation since the pharmacist is from Giovanni's foundation. And t
GIOVANNI I left the ranch house in a hurry, but not without promising Maria that I would bring Kim back unscathed.I walk towards the helicopter settling on the ranch with Rossi behind me. “This is their current location boss”I collected the tablet from him, looking at the picture of some guys in black standing nonchalantly around a house in a quiet neighbourhood. Then another picture shows how Kim is being led into the house with a hood over her head I feel my rage spike over the roof at the thought of Sassy harming Kim because she couldn't get Nathan, but something doesn't sit right. Why would she pick such an easy-to-find and obviously open location to kidnap Kim? Unless she has no intentions of hurting her or simply because she's stupid.“Do we have guys in the police department in El Paso?” I shouted over the noise of the rotor blade as we neared the helicopter. “Yes, sir, we have some of the guys on our payroll,” Rossi shouted back in response. I nodded and boarded the hel