“Where is the lady?” A voice thundered from inside, letting cold air escape through Cecil and her son’s noses, they were gripped with fear and were without weapons, they weren't ready for whoever it was,“We need to get out of here Logan,” Cecil said, grabbing him by the arm.“This must be Adam’s doing.” She said to him trying to convince him as to why they should leave,“But…but..mother.” He stammered and pointed towards the direction of the entrance of the hideout.Logan knew if he eloped from there, he would be in trouble and the big dog would surely find them and kill them as he was the one who brought the deal to the group,He had agreed with the men behind his mother’s back that when Leila was killed, they would sell her body parts rather than throw her away. And now his mission had brought woes to the group and he would be held responsible and the group would probably come for him and kill him.“I..can’t.”Logan said, sweating fervently while his hands and feet were shaking,“
Cecil and her son rummaged through the woods and found their way to the border bank, they had almost lost their breath and were thirsty and dehydrated. They had been running for hours and had finally come to a stop and tried to catch their breath.They got to a spot and sat down to get some rest.“What do we do now?” Logan asked his mother while trying to catch his breath, bending over and heaving,“They are going to come after me.” He added fearfully as his voice cracked.“Relax, son.” Cecil said, patting his back while her brain churned,“What is important right now is how we can get out of here.” She replied, trying to calm him down.“They might not even survive the wrath of Adam.” She added and winced at the thought of what the bastard could do.“He might have killed them all and wiped them all out.” She said with a mischievous smile as she continued to try and convince him.“What if he doesn’t?” He retorted and shrugged his mother’s hands off his shoulders.“What if they snitch
Raul drove the car as fast as he could as he noticed how restless Leila was becoming, getting antsy for Adam, In no time, they were at Adam’s house and found him in the driveway pacing around the driveway. Leila took a deep breath of relief as she saw him and couldn’t wait for Raul to pull over before hopping out of the car.“Careful ma’am.” Raul said swiftly as he saw her trying to get out of the car when the car was still in motion.Immediately the car stopped, she hopped out of the car and ran towards Adam into his arms for a tight hug. She held him tight as though she was never willing to let go,“Thank you for coming to my rescue once again.” She said to Adam as she burst into another round of tears.“Thank you for not letting those men kill me.” She said as she continued to sob into his chest,“I’ll never let harm come to you.” He said to her rubbing her back gently to calm her down,She continued to cry and in no time, she got Adam’s shirt all covered up in her tears, while
“How dare you?” Joan thundered at her sister.“You are with that loser of a lover?” She blasted her sister.“You left me hanging here to meet that man,” Joan asked fuming through the phone,“Listen to me Joan…let me explain.” Leila stammered amidst her sister’s anger.“What the hell do you have to explain?” Joan continued roaring at her sister.“You didn’t even think of Dad,” Joan said with a hurtful tone.“You didn’t think of your father, who has been in a coma all this while. You left us and ran into that man’s arms once again, now when your family needs you the most.” Joan said.Leila sat there, still as an igloo, listening to her sister’s words. She felt those words pierce through the skin of her chest right into the depths of her heart. Her warm tears dripped down her cheeks as her sister continued to spew out her hurtful words,“That's why your cock and bull story was inconsistent.” Joan continued to blast Leila who had her face covered with her palm,“You were kidnapped? And a
“Come and sit.”Adam said to her pointing to the chair opposite him, Leila reluctantly walked towards the chair and sat down, looking at the food in her front, bile almost rising in her throat, “I don’t know if I have the appetite for this.” She said, and quickly looked away from me,“You will have to eat it anyway,” Adam said and poured some herbal tea, “Take this, it would help with the migraine.” He said and handed her the mug. Leila reluctantly grabbed the mug from Adam and stared into the herbal tea,“Do you enjoy the migraine in your head?” Adam asked, raising a brow.“Nahhh,” she said and took a sip of the tea.“Argghhh.” She said as she tried to spit out the tea from her mouth but swallowed it as she got the memo of what to do from the look on Adam’s face.“It tastes horrible.” She said with a dreadful look.“Good things taste awful at first try,” Adam replied with a smirk on his face as he was enjoying the look on her face.“Can you add some sugar or something?” She asked a
Adam looked at her and thought about how much of an emotional wreck she was, she was already teary up for a story she had not even heard the tip of the iceberg and smiled at her,He nodded his head and grabbed a glass containing water and gulped it down his throat. He took a deep breath and continued,“Her mother sold her to child and drug traffickers.” Adam said and once again he noticed the look on her face change from pity to anger instantly, she had become pissed at what Adam had just said.“You mean, Louisa sold your baby to traffickers?” She asked him flaring up, almost flying out of her seat,“Mm..hmm,” Adam said simply and nodded.“How dare she?” She asked angrily.“Where were you? Why did you let that happen?” She asked Adam and stared at him awaiting his answer, he was silent for a while, his eyes lost in thought,“I was in jail.” He started, and shook his head,“I was framed and thrown into jail.” Adam went on, releasing a sigh,“What the hell?” She blurted out, her mouth
Logan stared at his mother silently and his silence gave Cecil the right answer she needed, she looked at him dumbfounded and knew within her that he had complicated things for them more.Taking a deep breath, she slowly released it before asking,“What deal did you make with that big dog?” Logan could hardly answer as he stood and continued to stare at her blankly,His silence infuriated Cecil, as she stared at him, fuming within her. In response, she grabbed him by the shirt and shook him more fervently, gritting her teeth as she held him. “What a deal did you make with that bastard?” She yelled, still fuming,Logan huffed and suddenly freed himself from her grasp, causing her to stumble in the process before he lashed out,“I didn’t have any other choice, Mother!!!”“That was the only way he would have agreed to be part of this, okay?!” He said before throwing his arms in the air.“What did you do?”Cecil asked loudly, clenching her fists as she bit her lower lip,“I…I..did..” H
“Hi officer.” Cecil greeted with a smile as the officer lowered his window to get a better view of them,“Ma’am, where are you headed and where are you from?” The police asked as he averted his gaze from Cecil to Logan,“We are travellers from Brazil, and we are headed to the southeastern province.” She said and cleared her throat while trying to maintain a smile,“We got displaced from our family and now we are stranded here.” She said to the officer, observing his facial expression to see if he had bought her story.“So, how about I take you to the nearest police station? So a search can be launched on your family to enable them to find you easily?” The officer asked and Cecil's face became pale immediately,“No...no...no, officer.” She retorted immediately,“That would not be necessary Sir.” She said immediately trying to feign a smile to convince the officer that everything was fine.“Uhmm, we just need a phone to put a call through to them.” She said and Logan seconded immediat