~ COLTON ~It was a Friday night and Colton couldn’t wait to get out of his office in Columbia. Sierra had no classes on Friday, so it was pretty useless for him to be there, except he still had to go because it was his job now.Time was passing by so slow and Colton kept checking his watch. It was February 28th today, which meant it was his birthday. Colton didn’t care too much about that because he pretty much stopped celebrating his birthday since his mother’s death. His mom passed away a day before his eleventh birthday. Ever since then, Colton thought his birthday was cursed.So, instead of going out and partying, Colton planned for a more casual night tonight. He was going to have dinner with Sierra at the apartment. Her dad was out of town on business, so she was able to sneak out, telling him that she was sleeping over at her cousin’s place. Colton let out the biggest sigh of relief when he could finally leave the office. No one even knew that it was his birthday because he m

~ COLTON ~“Yo, Colt,” Jackson said as he barged into Colton’s room, holding onto a brown envelope. “We got the file on Raphael Rothschild, just like you ask,”Jackson was followed shortly after by Levi. Meanwhile, Colton was standing in front of the mirror with an all black suit and tie, the same ones that most bodyguards would wear. It was Friday night and he was dressed for the part. “Took you guys long enough,” Colton said as he received the file from Jackson. “It ain’t easy, he kept himself clean,” Jackson said as he went over to the wet bar, pouring himself a glass of drink.“We can’t find much except for his connection with the Russian mob, but you can read through it, if you want,” Levi added, referring to the file.Colton looked through the file and scoffed. His cousins were investigating Raphael for a while now under his command, but the things they found were subliminal. It seemed that Raphael Rothschild was better at covering his tracks more than Colton thought. “This c

~ COLTON ~Colton was frantic. He knew Sierra must be inside that room. He tried calling and doing everything he could, but there wasn’t even any ringing. Desperately, he even used the ‘find my phone’ feature. It could only tell him that she was inside the hotel, but that was it. Colton realized he needed to find a way into that room without using the front door. Slipping through the sea of people, he headed for a window adjacent to that room. Swiftly and skillfully, he climbed out of the window and started scaling the walls like a real life Spiderman. Yes, he could fall and die at any moment. Did he care? Not so much.Colton only had one goal in mind and that was to make sure Sierra was okay. He kept replaying the image in his head of when she was harassed by those stupid frat guys at the party. They got her drunk, roofied her, and they were about to rape her. He remembered seeing their disgusting hands on her body and it made his blood boil. Sierra was a good girl with a pure hea

~ SIERRA ~Love was in the air for Sierra, Colton, Rosie, and Ethan. For an entire week long, the two couples enjoyed unparalleled romantic bliss. So much so that Ethan and Rosie started talking about eloping. It first started with just an idea. It was their last day in Paris and the four of them were enjoying a nice picnic at Luxembourg Gardens, sitting on the green grass drinking wine and eating macaroons-– when all of a sudden, Rosie said something crazy. “I think I’m in love with you, Ethan. Like, really in love,”Ethan kept his gaze on Rosie as Sierra and Colton watched them.“Me too, I love you too, Rosalyn Ann Waldorf,” he said.The lovebirds were definitely drunk on wine, but also on Paris. There was something in the air in that city. T. S. Eliot wasn’t kidding when he said, “the chief danger about Paris is that it's such a strong stimulant.”Ethan and Rosie were staring into each other’s eyes for a moment until suddenly, Rosie said, “Let’s just get married right now,”“Righ

~ COLTON ~- - - - - THREE DAYS LATER - - - - -“The number you are calling is currently unavailable. Please try again later—”Colton ended the call and threw his phone on the bed angrily. He had been hearing the same message again and again, it was getting ridiculous. After they parted ways in Paris, Sierra promised that she’d call after she talked to her dad, but she never did.Colton was patient at first. He waited another day, thinking maybe she was too exhausted from the plane ride that she hadn’t talked to her dad yet. But after two days passed and there was no news from her, he started to get worried. He sent several texts and made several calls, but all of them were unanswered. Sierra was using the phone Colton got her, so her dad shouldn’t know about it. He could also track her location through the phone and it said that she was in her house all three days.Did she get punished again? Is she being held against her will?All these thoughts were keeping Colton awake at night. H