The formidable Aiden Romanov

Chapter five

Aiden frowned at her words, but it quickly disappeared before it was seen. It was dark and raining heavily, there was no way he could leave since he didn’t  have a car and hasn’t  thought of place to stay, there was only one place he could run to but he wasn’t  sure if it was still safe. He turned to the patriarch who was still looking in his direction with indifference. “I have to leave right away?” Aiden inquired.

The man nodded his head. “The five years are up and from now onwards, you would no longer be a part of our family so it is only right that you leave immediately. I won’t pursue what you did to my grandson.”

Aiden felt conflicted. “But it’s late-”

“And what does that got to do with us, why don’t you hurry out of here, we don’t have forever.” Ruby, his ex mother in law interrupted him. She couldn’t  wait for him to leave.

“My mother is right. Could you take your daughter and leave my house, and you must never return here.” Amelia said. 

“Okay, I hope you don’t regret your actions I’m the future,” With no other option, Aiden turned around and walked towards his daughter’s room. He carefully packed all of her things into a suitcase, all of them were bought by him so it wasn’t  right to leave them behind, once he was done, he gently roused the sleeping girl awake. “Sweetie.”

“Daddy?” Zia yawned as she sat up, she still looked very sleepy but she forced out a smile. “Is it morning yet? Is mummy here to see me?”

“No honey,” He wondered how to break the news to her but soon decided against it. “You and I are going on a trip.”

“Right now?” She looked at him suspiciously.

“Yes. Just you and I.”

“But it’s raining.”

“I know, it’s important that we go right away or we might miss the best part.” 

“What about mummy?”

“She would have to find us, we are going to play a game of hide and seek with her.” He lied to her once again. 

At the sound of the game, all sign of sleepiness disappeared from Zia’s eyes. “Okay!” she hurriedly got out of bed and slipped into her warm, comfortable bunny shoes. Aiden wore her a jacket to keep her warm, he found it hard to look her in the face since he was lying.

After getting her dressed up properly, he grabbed the suitcase and led her to the guestroom where he had stayed for five years but there was no emotional attachment to it. All he had could hardly fill up a suitcase, so he moved all of Zia’s things into the suitcase. 

“Zia, when you meet your mummy soon, do not say anything to her or anyone else, we can’t let her find us easily, do you understand?”

“Yes daddy. It would be a secret.”

“That’s my smart girl.” He gently ruffled her hair. Holding the suitcase in one hand and Zia with the other, they both set out of the room towards the living room where the rest of the family are gathered. Zia was true to her words, she was smiling as they were leaving and never did she say a word to anyone. 

As they stepped out of the house into the pouring rain, Aiden carried his daughter with one hand, placing her face on his shoulder to shield her from the rain, then pulled the suitcase with his free hand. It had wheels so it’s was easy to drag along.

It was dark and cold, no one could be seen on the streets, there were no taxis so under the pouring rain, Aiden could be seeing walking on the lonely road. Before he moved to the Reyes family, he had an apartment, he continued to renew the rent despite the fact that he wasn’t leaving in it. He still hoped that it was in a good shape for the night. It was quite a distance away  from the Reyes mansion but Aiden was determined to walk the distance. 

“Daddy, I want to walk.” Zia’s teeth were chittering and she was also shivering.

“Are you sure, honey? We would soon get to our hide out.”  He tried to convince her otherwise.

But she was insistent. “I’m a big girl, I want to walk.”

Without an option, he had to place her down so she could walk besides him. As Aiden was about to grab the suitcase, he heard the roaring of engine coming to life. It was so sudden, and Aiden felt the impact of a car hitting him, throwing him off balance and him being slammed on the wet group. He heard Zia’s loud scream as he crashed to the ground. 

The car drove off immediately, with the driver leaving this words “You should only blame your luck!”

Aiden carefully opened his eyes, he found the act of opening his eyelids very hard, coupled with the pain that was shooting from every corner of his body, he could only hiss in pain. When he could finally open his eyes, everything before him was blurry, he found it hard to breathe and his sides were hurting, which meant he must have broken at least a rib or two. 

“Daddy!” Zia rushed to his side, tears flowing down her cheeks uncontrollably.

“Sweetie, I’m fine. You have to stop crying.” Aiden forced himself to sit up, and pulled her into his arms. Zia didn’t stop crying so Aiden had to keep hugging her, reassuring her for a long time.

Moments later, he forced himself to his feet, ignoring the pain that was shooting from his sides. He gritted his teeth to prevent himself from yelling out, he went to grab the suitcase continued his journey with Zia who still sobbed quietly.

About an hour passed before the pair arrives before a small building, Aiden hurriedly fished out the key from his pocket. “We’re here.”