CHAPTER FIFTY TWONICKOLASImmediately the words come out of my mouth I catch myself. My eyes bounce around the room as I see the reaction on Lily’s face begin to form, she is processing what I have just said and so am I.“What do you mean by that?” Lily asks,I am totally silent as I look at Scot who is currently signalling me from behind Lily not to utter another word, he is not in her line of sight so she can’t see him.“Nickolas? Answer me.” she says again as she notices I have not said a word.Processing everything in my head I know there are two ways I can play this. I can tell her the truth about everything I know and let her know everything or I could outright lie in her face and downplay what I just said.I know the first option will come with a multitude of questions and the letter which I found and hid from her will have to come up if I am to be totally honest with her. Maybe this will be for the best, I don’t think I should be lying to her about things like this, she dese

CHAPTER FIFTY FOURNICKOLASI couldn’t do it. I couldn’t pull the trigger. He was laying right there in front of me, all I had to do was squeeze the trigger and it would all be over. With that one singular act I would have successfully avenged all the evil he has done over the years. The murder of Ingrid, the stealing of her daughter, all his illegal businesses and of course the death of my father. All of it would be over right now if I had just been able to pull the trigger but then again so would my life.There is no way I would have been able to get away with killing him, I am sure right now he is probably on the phone with the cops telling them about how I threatened his life or perhaps he will send his men after me. I have poked the hornet's nest and right now I am sure I will get stung but that is not the major issue here.One face kept on popping into my head as I held the gun to Robert’s face. Lily. She was the one thought that was in my head. Was I really going to kill her fa

CHAPTER FIFTY SIXNICKOLASI am driving too crazy but at this point I do not think it matters more than getting to Lily so I can explain to her that whatever it is she is thinking is not true.I had come back to their lives with just the intention of revenge and to make Robert Blake pay for everything he had done to me and my family but it did not matter anymore.I knew it when I pointed that gun to his head and the only thing that had stopped me from taking a shot and ending it all right now was Lily.I cared about her as much as I hated to admit it and I was too much a fool to see the truth right in front of me. The truth that I still loved Lily… I had loved her as a young teenager and I stilled loved her now as an adult.Not because she was Robert’s Blake daughter or she was some rich heiress but because of her heart. She was nothing like the people that had trained her. She was pure and kind and always loved to see the best in people even when there wasn’t anything good about them

CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHTNICKOLASThere is a low knock on the door, we exchange glances at each other as she wonders who is at the door as well. I put my finger to my lips signaling for her to be quiet, with any luck whoever it is will go away and we will be left in private. I do not want anybody interrupting this special moment we are sharing. For the first time in a very long time I feel completely at peace with someone, looking at her as she lays in bed. She looks extremely beautiful right now, I love it here and one thing is sure. I do not want this to end.The knock comes in again and she lets out a giggle as she watches me collapse on the bed in frustration. Why can’t whoever it is just go away?Lily stands up completely naked and I can not take my eyes off her. My brain keeps on replaying the thoughts from the steamy session we just said and it brings a smile to my face. She dresses up and walks out of the room to find out who is at the door.“Who is there?” she asks as she approach

CHAPTER SIXTYSCOTThe music continues blasting in through the speaker as I sit at the bar downing a glass of whiskey. I hate being here, this isn’t really my crowd, it never has actually been but I have always found myself in situations like this when my friends drag me out. This time there is no friend in sight, it is just me but still this was all Nick’s idea. He had persuaded me to go out for a celebratory drink. Sitting down here now by myself I kind of miss the motherfucker but then again he is probably somewhere living his best life and I am sure as hell happy for him.We never actually got the chance to celebrate all together though and there is really a lot for us to celebrate, my promotion for one. Cracking that case has put my career on a much faster trajectory than it was already, right now I feel like I am riding a bullet train to top so fast. It has been promotion after promotion that right now I have to admit it is beginning to scare me a little but then again success s