Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ex and Son Beg, But I Never Turn Back: Kabanata 431 - Kabanata 440

Third Person POVThe way that Enzo looked at Sasha made her skin crawl. Realizing that Ava wasn’t home and that they were alone, panic swept over Sasha. She knew she was in a dangerous situation and her heart raced.Enzo stood up just as Sasha twisted her wrist away from him. She made a mad dash for the door, but he was fast and caught her around the waist. Spinning her, he pushed her up against the book shelf. It pressed into her back as he leaned in to her ear and whispered:“Relax. I won’t hurt you. Not unless you want me to.”For a moment, Sasha wondered if one of the maids or the butler would help her. If she yelled out, maybe they’d come. But she highly doubted it. One of the maids had put drugs in her tea when she first arrived. She had the sinking feeling that the maids were all loyal to Enzo.Besides, it was late at night and there was only a skeletal staff at this late hour. Which meant there were less people to hear her even if she did cry out.“Please don’t do this,” Sasha

Luigi’s POVThe entire room broke out into loud chatter. Some people stood up from their seats. In complete shock, I found myself standing at the podium, my hands cuffed behind me.“What are you doing?” I asked, as the police officer tightened the cuffs. “I don’t understand.”He told me what I was being arrested for, but I could barely process his words. Something about the grapes I’d used for Wine Not. Something about them not having FDA approval.That wasn’t true though. Sasha had shown us the approval papers herself. Obviously I’d asked if they were approved. I would never use a contraband substance. I would never do anything illegal.Willow rushed up to the podium, her eyes wild.“Uncuff him,” she said. “There’s been a mistake.”“Stand back, Miss,” one of the officers said.“There’s been a misunderstanding,” Logan said, stepping forward.“Who are you?” the officer who had handcuffed me asked.“I’m his business partner,” Logan told him. “We have the documents to prove that the grape

Willow’s POVHanging up the phone, I held it in my hand, frozen to the spot for a moment.“What is it?” Adonis asked, coming towards me. The morning sunlight flooded through the window, marking the beginning of a beautiful day. That didn’t feel right to me. It should be a gray morning, with drizzling rain, not a bright and sunny morning.“They’re in the county jail,” I said, my voice high and tight.“What?” Adonis balked.“Luigi said they were transferred there earlier this morning. He said….the charges were…substantial.”“Why would they transfer them to jail? They don’t have any evidence? This isn’t right,” Adonis shook his head.“Unless…” Jay interrupted. We both turned to him. He sighed heavily.“Unless what?” Adonis asked.Jay bit his lip. “I could be wrong, but, maybe they have evidence? Maybe they have something…”“That’s impossible,” I said. “Luigi and Logan did nothing wrong.”“Look, I know this is hard to hear,” Jay said. “But they have a protocol they have to follow. They can

Willow’s POVWith Luigi’s important file in hand, I made my way to the county jail. Nerves fluttered in my stomach. I’d never been to a jail before, and images of Luigi dressed in a striped jail outfit swam through my mind.The children were being brave on the outside, but underneath, I knew they were worried. Adonis and Jay were going to distract them with board games, and I really hoped that I’d return home with some good news about Luigi and Logan’s release date.Walking up to the jail, a shiver ran down my spine. I’d already gone through a massive gate with barbed wires all along the top, a security measure. An attendant had told me where to park my car, and now I stared up at the big cement walls of the jail.It looked like a big box, with tiny windows all along the walls, windows for the inmates, I realized. Were Luigi and Logan in the same cell? How were they holding up? This had all happened so fast, it didn’t even feel real. This time yesterday we’d been preparing for the Wine

Luigi’s POVStewart Sloane sat across from both Logan and I, his brows furrowed. The room was small and hot, with guards posted right outside the door. It was the first time I’d seen Logan since we’d been transferred to the jail.Logan and I were both wearing the same, matching jail clothes. Scratchy fabric, a simple blue shirt and black slacks. They’d taken all our clothes when they brought us here. All of our belongings too. Then they’d separated us into two different cells.I was grateful that our cells were individual ones, and that neither of us had a roommate. But the cell itself was so small and suffocating, that I’d almost lost my shit. Just a plain bed with a hard mattress, and a tiny toilet tucked away in the corner. The only window was barely a slit high above the bed.The cell reeked of urine and sweat. Metal bars separated the cell from the hallway. Not knowing what else to do, I’d just sat on the bed, reeling from the nightmare that had been the past twenty-four hours.