Chapter Twenty one
Cyrus
In all my years growing up I have never seen a police or ambulance come down our road. It stops at Frederick’s house and I get an icky feeling inside me that this has something to do with me somehow. Cullen is the first one to run out the door sprinting like the wind with my mom following behind. I start following them to find out what is going on but dad stops me with a hand as he talks on the phone
“I do not want them inside the premises. Stop them outside and call the clinic, I will be right there if there is any problem” he puts the phone in his pocket and looks at me
“Dad what’s going on?”
“You will stay right here. I don’t want you causing a bigger mess, if it has something to do with you” he says as he goes out
I watch him approach the ambulance and talking to the medics before they eventually leave, having done nothing. Is someone dead, did Bella tell his father the truth and he decided to off her to prevent the shame to his family? This is ridiculous and the questions in my head are killing me.
After excruciating hours or minutes, I didn’t check the time. Finally Cullen storms out of Bella’s home full of anger and rage which is not a very good sign. I leave my father’s office and run to meet him on the stairs as he gets into the house
“What’s going on over there?” I ask him
“Are you happy now? You nearly got what you always wanted” he answers as he starts climbing the stairs to meet me
“Which is? I don’t understand” I answer him. He pushes me aside and tries to bypass me but I stop him “hey, I am talking to you” I say, shaking him straight
“She tried to kill herself, okay?” he shouts back and I think he wants to cry by the sound of his voice.
“What?” I ask surprised. I expected everything from the drama princess but not this one, this is a new play and I wonder if it’s true or Cullen is trying to mess with me.
“Yes. She tried to commit suicide. Because of you and what you did to her. I hope this makes you very happy” he says close to my face and shakes himself from me
“No. Cullen wait” I call after him as he goes. I can’t believe it
“She is alive though right?” I shout at him but I doubt he heard my question anyway
I go back to my father’s office and just sit there, I don’t know what I am feeling inside right now but I know that it’s not a good feeling. I eventually went and did it this time. My father walks in after a while and goes straight for the liquor I would have had some too but I blame some of my decisions on it too. He takes his drink quietly watching the gardens that lead to Bella’s house.
“Is she okay? Is she alive?” I find myself asking, I can’t take it anymore
“She will be. Let’s talk strategy, we have to find an in with Alex and fast” my father says going straight to the point
“What about mom shouldn’t we wait for her?” I ask
“Have we always discussed business with your mother? She had to stay and look after Bella; we have to make sure she doesn’t tattle out on us. She doesn’t want to show it but this shook her, she really just wants to take care of her and remind herself that she is still her little girl” my father sighs and puts his business face on
“I think mom might have been right about Alex having feelings for Bella, maybe we should try that angle and if it fails it fails”
“If it fails it fail? Cyrus do you have any idea what’s on the line right now? That girl nearly took her own life after what you did, could you live with yourself if she had succeeded?” my father asks me. I guess he cares about that little witch after all
“It’s not my fault. How should I have known she was that stupid?” I shout angrily
“You know what you did and didn’t. I can’t save both your life and soul at the same time son” my father says resolved.
“Can we go back to discussing our deal with the Bratva now?” I ask him
“Your mothers instinct have mostly been right but I am reluctantly to try this love angle” the way my father says the word love likes it’s disgusting and that makes me laugh because I know he loves my mother with all his heart.
“We don’t have any other option right now, except blackmail and that’s not an option” I remind him
“Okay, how do we sell it?” father asks, throwing me the ball
“I know just the person to ask. If he really feels for her as we think he did then we have the perfect person to tell her how to let her go” I say. My father smiles wickedly as we share a look
“Go get him” he instructs.
I know Cullen is mad because I supposedly caused his little precious to commit suicide but she survived, we have bigger fish to fry and he better be over it already. I go check in his room and he isn’t there, please tell me he didn’t leave. I check his favorite place next which happens to be the music room, he spent a lot of time with Bella here even though they couldn’t play music for shit.
He is standing at the door looking in; I slow my steps as I approach him. He can hear me but he doesn’t acknowledge my presence. I watch his back for a while before I shake my head and move to stand beside him, I can’t keep apologizing because Bella did this or that he has to grow up. She wanted me yesterday night and she tried t kill herself today, I didn’t rape neither tried to kill her. My hands are squeaky clean.
“What now?” he asks since I have invaded his space
“Dad needs to see you in his office, it’s kind of urgent”
“So, you guys need me, huh?”
“You gave a promise”
“Fine. I’ll go”
We walk together into my father’s office in silence, father has some paperwork on his desk that he closes and gives us his attention.
“Let’s hear it” my father says
“Hear what?” Cullen asks
“You didn’t ask him?” my father asks me
“I was hoping you would do me the honors” I say throwing the ball back. I really don’t want to have this awkward conversation with Cullen, especially since I am about to marry Bella.
“Cullen, we all know you have feelings for Bella, what would make you let her go even if you could keep her” my father asks him straight
“you’re playing moms angle with Alex” Cullen points the obvious
“Yes. Now answer the damn question” my father shouts back
“Her. She is the only one who would make me let someone I love go.” Cullen says
“That makes no sense” I say because it doesn’t
“Her happiness. I am hoping to make her fall in love with me so I can give her everything and she can be happy for the rest of her life. But if she is miserable and unhappy with me that she would go to the lengths of killing herself to run away from me? if she were already in love with someone else and her heart would never be mine? Then all that would be for nothing if I had a shell of herself to me.”
“Fantastic! We have to leak this suicide very carefully so it doesn’t come back to us, let people know how she doesn’t want to marry the Bratva because she is deep in love with Cyrus. Let’s play the love triangle that’s our way in” my father says giving a smile to Cullen for a well schemed plan
We are then dismissed to our tasks which mine include making an appointment with Alex Lenkov before my father and his meet to figure out another way to stay in the contract. I get disgusted when I think of playing Romeo to Bella’s Juliet and show a weakness to that prideful asshole just so I can marry the woman I hate the most in the world.
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