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
GIOVANNI I couldn't help the smile on my lips as the plane touched down at ABQ International Airport. I have been away from Kim for a month now and I couldn't wait to see her. I patted the carry-on bag that held the necklace I won at an auction in Las Vegas as I went through security checks. I don't know if Kim is going to like it.I spotted Rossi at the arrival and he led me to the car waiting outside the airport. “How was your flight boss?” Rossi asked as we walked to the car that one of my bodyguards held open for me. “Boring and burdensome.”“How was your meeting with Mr. Boss?” I scoffed, running a hand down my face. “Profitable. But the man is greedy as fuck. If not because he can get Dominic off my back, I wouldn't have partnered with him.” “We have no other reason to partner with him apart from that. Dominic is torn in the flesh.” I sat in the car and waited for Rossi to sit beside me so I could ask the one thing that's been bothering me. “How is everything on the ranc
KIMWe drove for a long time, a really long time.I don't know what time it is or where we're going. As soon as I entered the van, the guy put a black hood over my head. He didn't tie my hand or drug me to sleep like when Jake kidnapped me.They even offered me water from time to time, which I was sceptical about drinking at first, but soon, I relented when I felt thirsty. My baby had to survive. I tried to keep my hand over my stomach nonchalantly rather than protectively so that they wouldn't know of the baby. Not that they will know, I mean… my stomach is undeniably flat. I don't know who kidnapped me, but it will be weird to say these guys are nice.After a long time, the car stopped moving, and I heard the sound of the door opening and closing, followed by heavy footsteps.The chilling wind hit me when the door to my side slid open. The guy who was sitting beside me climbed down and gently pulled my arm to help me down from the van.I felt my knees buckle as soon as my feet t