WHITNEY

Addams abandoned the hall with no more words, and no explanations, leaving us with all the stupefaction his contract has left us in.

"What is going on with your son," Mum asked Mr. Wilson

"I am as surprised as you are" he was in total lack of words.

"There is no other way to change the condition in which he wants to put us?" I asked.

This time I needed Mr. Wilson's support I didn't want to lose this opportunity to be close to them and the only connection we had was through this partnership. It was the only excuse I could have to inquire deeply about him and this man was about to break down all these illusions and hope I have developed.

"To tell you the truth, I need him in this cooperation more than anything else. Not because he is my son but as he said, he is the best in his domain, I won't find somebody with his experience, his participation in this business will make a great good for each of us both for our income and for the development of this Industry." He took his time to explain.

"If it wasn't for this circumstance, he would have never been part of this business" he added sternly with anger.

This man was a fucking bullshit, he just needed his son for his potential not because he wanted him to inherit something as he wanted us to believe.

"Does it implies we have no other option than cooperate with him?" Mom questioned, dazed by Mr. Wilson's assertion.

"There is no other option sorry. The only thing we have to do now is to pray that he changes his mind " he answered with a hopeful tone.

"DAMN. He won't change his mind and we all know that; he is a very rational man he has thought about everything before doing this" I explained angrily, and they sighed in approbation, they knew I was right.

"This man. Arghhh..!" I yelled, externalizing my frustration.

I couldn't believe, he have done it. At that moment I understood I have seen just an inch of what this man would be able to do.

A moment of silence filled the hall for about fifteen minutes, we were looking at each other without any word everyone deep in their thought. The meeting was over everything has been said.

Mom and I were on our path home, and in the vehicle, mum escaped a very loud laughed

"This man...I like the way he is ready for everything to get what he wants" she exclaimed.

"What the hell are you saying, mom?" I wasn't sure to understand what she was meaning.

"Don't tell me that you approve of the way he behaves?" I added frowning my eyebrow.

"Not at all, I just appreciate the way he claims what he thinks to be his, this man is clearly with a lot of surprises" she justified her assertion.

"What shall we do now?" she asked, she didn't want to take any decision for me, she wanted to leave me all this responsibility.

"Give me the time to think about mom" I pleaded.

"Don't worry, I know you will make the right decision" she encouraged me.

"Don't you find it odd mum?" I questioned

"I find it overexcited the way he had this courage" she replied, though it wasn't to what I was referring.

"Not that mom, I talk about the way they live in the woods, don't you see it weird as I do?"

"Eurh maybe they want to live far from the city and its movement" That was all mom's character, she didn't find or suspect anything against somebody until she found some proof, always trying to see the good in everyone.

Otherwise, for me, the way they were living connoted something not pleasant, and I would discover it.

I didn't want to argue then I surrendered. We drove and were out of the woods. I asked mom to stop the engine in front of a bar.

I wanted to be out of my world and all his challenges even if it was for just a minute.

Mom was reluctant, she wanted to go with me but I was steady, I wanted to stay alone.

She left me at the first lounge we saw.
"Don't get drunk" she was anxious. Though I didn't have the intention to stay for a long moment.

I walked in, a very nice place not too much lighted, I took a seat and ordered a drink. They gave me a glass of wine, and as I was sipping I noticed Addams's presence in the hall, he was at a distance looking at me as if he controlled me.

I then ordered another glass and another one, and on the third one, my head started spinning. I was not used to alcohol.

Why was this man following me? He didn't realize what he has done was enough.

A man came close to me though it was not Addams, and he started talking to me with weird manners. I saw it as an occasion to make Addams feel jealous, I wanted to hurt him.

However was it a good idea? I didn't care about it, I was directed by the drink.

I took this man's hand and walked out of the hall, I saw Addams who didn't make any move, so we went to an isolated place. As we reached the place he wrapped me in his arm, it was not how I foresaw things to occur.

"You are a very beautiful creature" one of his hands was cuddling my neck. I tried powerless to push him, I just wanted to hurt Addams not be raped by a fucking asshole, I was crying but nobody was around.

Suddenly Addam's husky voice scared him "You should leave her for your welfare" I have never seen him with such a ferocious look.

I immediately ran and hid behind Addams, his muscle and his built body put me in such a state of confidence.

"Who do you think you are? we aren't in a fucking movie there, so don't try to play this fucking heroic character" As he made the first move toward Addams, I heard a gunshot.

I try to look at what was happening, and this man was on the ground, yelling out.

Addams had shot his elbow, I looked at Addams frightened, this man was a devil.

"Now you will never use this hand again to touch her" he looked expressionless at the man on the ground.

He grabbed my hand, and took me to his black Lamborghini without a word, with every eye on us.