Betrayal

Adam didn’t give a shit if Keith killed someone and he would have shot him right there but he couldn’t kill him as he wanted him alive. He wanted to know where Ariak was as he was up to no good. This time he wanted to end everything once and for all. Ariak ruined his life. He never go to say goodbye to his mother. His mother was killed in cold blood. And Ariak didn’t stop there, as now he’s after Adam, so he can get control of the mafia world.

“Okay just come down and we’ll discuss everything,” Mason spoke.

“ No. I won’t. Just move aside. Clear the path or she’ll die because of you,” Ketih says breathing heavily.

He has no men by his side right now as he dismissed all of them because he was having a party and he didn’t wanted people to know his truth. The guards were all outside and ran for their life as soon as they heard the gunshot. Adam and his men cleared the stairway and let him come down. He still had a gun held against Mariah’s head.

She came down along with him as she thought that the man holding her captive right now is not the Dr.Keith she knew and is able to do anything to her. Mariah trusted him with her life but never in her life she thought that he would be the one holding a gun against her head. Keith reaches for the door to open it and run outside to his car so he can flee from there but Adam shot him in the leg and the gun falls from Keith’s hand.

He is struggling to stand straight but fails due to the pain and falls against the door. Mariah is free now and can easily run outside to save herself but she’s terrified. The sound of the gunshot sent shivers down her spine. She knows that they’ll shoot her too if she does anything stupid. So she just stands there, trembling in fear.

“Dr.Mariah! Dr.Mariah! Help me. I can’t get up,” Keith pleas to Mariah but she can still see the guns in their hand pointing at her. She is too afraid to even move an inch.

Mariah’s eyes meet with Adam’s eyes. Mariah doesn’t dare to speak a word. Adam can see through her trembling eyes. He know that she’s terrified after witnessing everything and he can see how she’s standing by the doorway pretending to be strong but all she wants to do is run. He can see her eyes are full of tears.

Adam orders to take their guns down and asks his men to pick up Keith and put him in the car to bring him to his mansion so he can interrogate him about Ariak and his plans. He orders to bring Mariah too as he knows that Ariak would eventually come to know what happened and would come looking for anyone who witnessed all this and won’t even blink once before killing.

Adam is skeptical about this girl, because Keith tried to kill her. Adam thinks to himself that maybe she’s one of Ariak’s gang and maybe she knows about his plans too so she takes her to his mansion as well. Mason asks Mariah to come with him but Mariah retreats.

Mariah doesn’t know who these men are or what is their motive and what do they have to do with Keith. She has no idea what’s happening and is too terrified to process after witnessing everything. She has so many questions in her head.

“Who…who are you people? Why are you doing all this? I am a doctor and I have done nothing. Why are you taking me with you? I was just here for….for the party,” She sobs.

Mason explains that she has to come with them. Later or sooner Ariak’s men would take her and she would be in danger and if she doesn’t go with them, they’ll have to take her forcefully. Mariah refuses as she doesn’t want to go with them as she’s already broken by what Dr.Keith just did. She is confused and just wants to go home. Adam heard everything and had enough of Keith’s bullshit and is in no mood to hear a ‘no’ from any soul.

“Don’t waste my fucking time. Do you want to come with us or would you like to get shot just like him? The choice is yours,” Adam says slamming the wall with his fist right beside Mariah’s head.

Mariah closes her eyes as he is so close to her and she thought he was going to hit him. Mariah got goosebumps in that moment. She nods and says she’ll come. She takes a deep sigh when she realizes Adam isn’t around anymore. Mariah is shocked and thinks that she should’ve never come to the party. She should’ve just stayed at home.

On their way ,Mason asks Mariah not to worry as they won’t hurt her. But how could she trust him when the man she saved just a week ago threatened to kill her. They arrive at the mansion and Mason tells Adam that Keith is bleeding heavily if left untreated, then he’ll die soon.

“You’re a doctor, right? Treat him then.” Adam says while staring at Mariah whose just standing beside the car in fear.

Adam lets her treat Keith and provides her everything. Adam needs Keith. He needs him to tell what is Ariak up to. He can’t let him die. After treating Keith, Mason takes her to a room where she could wash herself up as she is covered with blood.

The mansion is as big a person can imagine. It’s like a royal mansion with wide grounds and lots of cars and huge bedrooms. But Mariah is determined to leave this place as soon as possible. She needs to find a way to get out of here. She doesn’t want to be around guns and strange people anymore. Mariah needs to call someone for help but she realizes that she gave her phone to Blaire before going to the washroom.

“Why can’t you just take care of your own belongings for once? Why do have to be so stupid. But no matter what I need o escape as soon as possible,” Mariah speaks to herself.

Mariah thinks that maybe Blaire would call police when she realizes that I’m missing and they would come get me but even she doesn’t know where she is right now so how would anyone be able to find her. The mansion is far away from the city, in the middle of the woods and the security is insane. No one can ever break into this huge mansion.

As Mariah’s searching for a way out, her eyes lay upon the window in the bedroom she’s in. She takes a look at the window and tries to open it. She manages to open the window but she decides not to take this path as it’s too high for her and even if she jumps she won’t be able to walk. After sometime, Mariah hears footsteps approaching the room and she’s scared to death.

The door opens and she sees Adam. Adam takes a few footsteps towards her while Mariah keeps taking footsteps backwards till she strikes with the wall. Adam puts his hand on the wall above Mariah’s head which sends shiver down her spine. Adam’s looking directly at her eyes. Mariah holds her breath as his gaze is making her tremble to the core but she doesn’t want him to know.

“ Where’s Ariak? And what does he have to do with you?” Adam asks, without breaking the eye contact.

“ I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was just there for the party. I haven’t even heard that name before,” Mariah replies after mustering up the courage to speak.

“Don’t you fucking lie to me,” Adam grabs Mariah by her neck which makes her whimper in pain.

“Don’t try to act smart. I’ll eventually know who you are and who you work for so don’t play any games with me,” Adam says with his dominating voice.

He releases his grip and sets her neck free. He can clearly see the bruise he left on her neck. Mariah coughs and breathes heavily.

“ You’ll be staying here until you tell me the truth yourself,” Adam says as he leaves the room. He asks his men lock the door and guard it so she won’t go anywhere.

Mariah breaks down and falls on the ground sobbing in tears. She never imagined that she would be paying such a big cost for just attending a party and for knowing Keith. Now she has to stay in this hell house for God know how many days.

Adam asks Mason to get all the details about Mariah and if she has any connections with someone in the mafia industry. Mason then tells Adam that Keith refuses Mariah’s association with Ariak but Adam still isn’t sure if he's telling the truth so he asks Mason to get him all the details so he can be sure.

Mason doesn’t argue and knows that Adam is not the man to believe someone’s words that easily. He has been like this since the accident that happened five years ago. He never trusted anyone after his mom died. But it’s not his fault as his father’s most trusted men left after the accident and joined Ariak.

He is ruthless because he has been hurt. Hurt by his own people. His own uncle is after him. How can he trust someone when his trust has been broken so many times. Mason understands Adam but he wants him to be happy. Adam is so blinded by revenge that he doesn’t even know what happiness feels like, what love feels like. Ariak killed Adam from the inside. He’s just living for revenge now.

Adam enters his fathers room and sits on the chair beside the bed as usual. He holds his father’s hand and buries his face in it. He checks up on his father every day and seeing his father in vegetative condition, his hatred increases and he becomes more determined to destroy everyone.

On the other hand, Blaire called the police as soon as she heard the gunshot during the party. She left as she realized that is was not safe at the mansion anymore. She thought that Mariah left too after hearing the gunshot but she couldn’t find her at her apartment and her phone was also not with her as she gave it to Blaire.

Blaire contacted police and they told her that no one was there at the mansion when they arrived. They checked each corner of that place but they found no one. The police knew Keith was Ariak’s man and they tried to cover everything up so they won’t get into trouble with the mafia gang. They released a statement saying that it was just a case of loot and nothing else.