chapter. two.

SIX YEARS lATER.

JAMES.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!!

where the sounds that awoke me from my not so peaceful slumber. I got my my gun from my bedside and shouted for whichever pig was out there to come in.

"so what was so important that you had to wake me up from my sleep at three in the morning?"I asked.

"she's escaped!"Micheal said completely out of breath.

"who?"I asked as I rolled my eyes.

"the silver eyes girl Angelica".

The moment her name left his mouth my blood ran cold and froze , I was completely dumbstruck.

"boss boss boss!!" Michael shouted to get me out of my trance.

"what are you standing here for go and find her she can't escape!!!"I screamed at him.

she can't go! she can go!I kept screaming to myself before breaking anything I could find in arms reach she can't go!she can't escape I continued I love her.i whispered the last part to my self I love her.

I did truly love her ,the moment no saw those rare beautiful eyes at Meyer's house I knew I did love her .All these years I kept her away form the eyes of most men and killed anyone who dared to lay a finger at my golden beauty. I got her the best teachers to tutor her,have her the best meals and made sure she had everything she ever wanted.
The only thing I regret is making her watch as her mother pleased the clients but there was nothing I could do,I needed to make sure she knew and if I didn't people would have started to suspect something.

i hurriedly got the keys to my Lamborghini and drove off like a maniac not knowing where to go first.
a lot of men had their eyes on my golden beauty that many scenarios where running through my head ,she could have been kidnapped and I don't even want to imagine what they could be doing to her now. I made a Sharp right as I swore to take the life of the imbiscile that chose to take my golden beauty away from me.

my phone rang beside me and with an irritated sigh I picked up and boomed at whoever was on the other side of the line.

"what now!"

"boss Catalina was found dead in her room and the window is broken."

"shit"I cursed.

this changes everything cause it means that my golden beauty wasn't kidnapped but she ran away .a sudden feeling of relief filled me but was immediately replaced with anger.

"how did she die and how did the daughter escape with so much security surrounding the building?!"

"sir it seems she was overdosed and about how she escaped I don't know because all the windows are shatter proof."

"you all are useless!!how can a twenty year old girl manage to escape from you all?"I shouted as i ended the call.
but before I could put the phone down it ran again and without checking the caller ID I picked up and screamed

"what now you moron!"

"I'd watch how you talk to me if I were you James."I calm deadly voice said from.the other side.

"di...di... Diego ?"I statttured "am sorry don I didn't mean to am currently having a bad morning."

"and am not calling to make it any better,"he said in a voice too calm for this situation ."what is this am hearing about Meyer's daughter safely making it out without any of you noticing?"

"I'd love to say I know how she got out but I don't know"I responded

"James!you of all people know how much I hate slip ups I'd advise you to find her before I do cause if I do you and all your men will have to pay !!"

"yes boss."

I've known Diego long enough to know he doesn't make empty threats and no matter how long we've known each other I know he won't hesitate to put a bullet through my head if I don't find her.
now not only will I have to worry about losing my golden beauty I have to worry about losing my life great just Great!.

I had to find her and I had to find her quick.i got my phone and called Jordan one of the guys involved in security and tracking down people.

"Jordan tell me you have something."

"from everything we have so far the only direction she could have run to is the woods I'd suggest you look there boss."

I made a Sharp right and headed to the direction of the woods silently hoping Jordan was right.i was met by my men at the forest entrance a few minutes later.

go in and look for her and if any of you find her don't shoot at her cause I swear I will personally kill you and all your family members is that clear.

"yes boss" they said in unison as we entered the forest.

oh my golden beauty where could you possibly be?


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ANGELICA.

"faster !faster! faster"I said to myself .
get yourself as far as you can can before they notice you are gone.
ignoring the pain I felt as my bare feet held contact with the rough uneven forest grounds I ran as fast as I possibly could. The wind blew vigorously slightly blurring my vision as my heart pounded erratically.

after running for what I assumed was an hour I felt a sense of relief .when I was as far as I could possibly be from that hell hole,I sat behind a tree in an attempt to gain back my energy unknowingly drifting off to sleep.

as soon as my eyes shut all the memories came crushing back. I had just lost my mother ,the only light I had in this dark world.i had just lost the only person I truly loved. I started to sob as I silently drifted further into sleep. Just as I was every other night ,I was met with nightmares and this time I never had my mother to hold me.

I sat on my bed as my father hit my mother I knew she tried her best to be quite so I couldn't hear her.

"you're such a whore!"I'd hear my father say to my mother as he continuously hit her.

"please please Moses am sorry please forgive me ."my mother would apologise continuously ,I never knew what she apologized for since he was the one who came home drunk.

"you betrayed me!I trusted you Catalina ."he said as he continued to hit her.

in order to tune the sounds out I'd get my Sketch books and sketch my feelings out.
I could hear distant voices and thought I was only dreaming until gunshots went off somewhere in the woods.

the sound of the gunshots woke me up from my nightmare and I started to run faster than I did before.i could clearly hear the voices now followed by heavy footsteps and I knew it was me they were after.

I was in woods I've never been before running from the men who made my mother and I suffer. I slipped on a twig and was sent rolling down the sloppy hill in the woods.
as I landed at the bottom of the hill with a loud thump I was in the most pain I've ever been my whole life.
I could feel blood dropping off my sides as I took out the spear like stick that was able to penetrate my sides as I rolled of the hill. I was met by the most excruciating pain I've ever had as the the stick left my body. In that moment all I could think about was giving up. I thought of my mother and what she had to go through to get me out of that hell hole.
for six years we were planning our escape but she couldn't make. it out because she was overdosed and that's all it took ,the memory of my mother's lifeless body gave me the strength I needed as I wasn't going to let all her efforts go down the drain. in order to get revenge on those monsters I needed to be alive.

I picked myself up and started running again,I could hear the voices getting closer.

"boss I see ."said a voice I recognized very well as micheal's.

I kept running and running until I could see a tared road in the distance and for the first time in years I felt I was close to freedom.

"Angelica stop! or I'll shoot !'i heard James shout but the closer i got to the road the less I heard.
I was about to cross the road when I was hit by a care the last thing I remember was seeing a pair of the most beautiful royal blue eyes I had ever seen and a distant voice saying.

"where have you been my whole life?".
© Vanessa kasonde