Semua Bab Claim by the Don: Bab 261 - Bab 270

Melanie’s POV“Yep, I have a crush on a hot doctor,” Hayley answered.“I like talking about boys that aren’t related to me,” Aria said, “Tell me more.”"You're the one that always brings up your brother in our conversations," I argued. I had to defend myself.“That’s because you get all pouty and quiet if you’re not talking about him,” Aria replied.“Uh…huh, that’s why she’s letting him keep her up all night,” Hayley said and Aria turned her head so fast I thought she was going to snap it.“What did you say?”“I mean look at Melanie, she has sunken eyes and has been slow all day. I can only think of one thing that’ll have a person looking like that in the morning and it has a happy ending,” Hayley explained.I watched, Aria's shoulders relaxed in relief that I hadn't told, Hayley exactly what went down last night but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that she would think I told Hayley

Adriano’s POV“And you don’t have any leads on where the other warehouses are located?” I looked at my dad and said, “No, we don’t but Nik is on it so it’s only a matter of time before he locates the rest.”“You don’t expect them to do nothing about this attack do you?” he asked.I sighed in frustration and glanced at my uncle, Luciano for help but he was intentionally avoiding my gaze.“I’m well aware of that, Dad, but try as they may, they can’t hurt us. We have too much influence to let that happen.”“Never underestimate a desperate man, Adriano,” he chided.“I know. You’ve me that several times.”"And do you think he won't move the girls from the other locations?" Uncle Luc asked."I'm actually hoping he does. That way, there is a chance he might make an error and we can track him. It also puts all the girls in one location which honestly makes the job easier.""And the security is more complicated.""Your last raid was over within a minute because the security was shit and you h

Melanie’s POVI frowned in confusion. Orange was becoming listless on my lap so I let go of him and he was all too happy to jump away.“What do you mean by shade of gray?” I asked."This girl, the hypothetical one, seems to be the kind of person that sees life in black and white while the boy lives in the gray area," she said.“Is that a bad thing?” I asked."Not necessarily. Like I said earlier, it depends on the shade of gray," she replied. "I've lived on this earth long enough to know there is more to this world than just good or evil and most times, we need the gray area. The gray area allows us to make mistakes, and realize and recover from those mistakes. Some people survive in the gray area and there's nothing wrong with that."“So when does it become a problem?”“It becomes a problem when innocent people are involved especially if you derive joy from hurting the said innocent people. If that’s the

Melanie’s POVI didn't realize I wasn't saying anything until, Mom said, "Hello… are you still there?"I cleared my throat and replied, “Uhm… yes, I am. Sorry about that I got a little distracted.”“That’s okay, but did you hear my question,” she asked.“Could you repeat it?” I demanded, wanting to be sure that I heard her right."I asked if you would like to come home for Thanksgiving," she said.A few weeks ago, I would have been elated. Scratch that, I would have been over the moon an jumping on the chance to see my family but now, as much as I wanted to see them, I didn’t have the freedom to say yes.I could literally feel, Mom’s impatience through the phone, she was anxious for my answer and I had to be careful with my next words."I would love to come home for Thanksgiving, Mom," I replied slowly.“This wasn’t the kind of reaction I was expecting when I asked you the question s

Melanie’s POV I stared at, Alice expecting her to react to what I just said but she gave me nothing. Only took a sip of her tea and stared into space.“You’re not saying anything, Alice. That’s scary,” I said.“I don’t know what you want me to say,” she replied.“Just say something, anything apart from this silence would be great,” I begged.“I’m trying to figure out why you would look so sad about the prospect of seeing your family,” she said. “Don’t you want to see them?”“Of course I want to see them,” I replied.“Then I don’t see what the problem is. You should be happy.”“I guess it’s pretty obvious what the problem is,” I said.Alice stared at me with a blank expression on her face.“I can’t go for obvious reasons,” I said waving a hand around the house.“Because of, Mr. Alfonso?” she asked and I nodded.She smiled and shook her head. “When are you ever g