Chapter 265: He Is Doing It For His Daughter
Chapter 265: He Is Doing It For His Daughter
Camilla
My eyes felt slightly sore as I woke up this morning but I knew that the reason for that was the tears that had fallen yesterday night. I couldn't explain them, I had no excuse for them but after what happened in the gym between Adriano and me, my heart got shot down with a rush of emotion I didn't know how to handle.
My need for him had been so overwhelming that I wished I could have stayed there forever but the aftershock hurt so goddamn bad I felt like I had been knocked over from the blow of it all. Being with Adriano had felt so right then, yet a sick feeling had washed over me after that I simply couldn't explain.
I didn't regret it but when I felt his body weight pressing against me, I started having a panic attack I didn't want him to see. I don't know what about the way he held me triggered it but what kind of a freak does that after receiving one of the best releases they have had in one year. I was embarrassed and scared, I couldn't handle the idea of breaking down with him there.
Instead, I ran but while I got into bed later that night and fell apart in some weird sense, I didn't feel like I was alone. I couldn't explain it but I felt like I was being held even in sleep, even in the darkest depth of my sorrow. This morning when I woke up, I still had that odd sensation prickling across my skin despite knowing I was alone based on the note I found at my door saying they would all be back by dinner and that I was free to enjoy anything the house could offer.
The three of them were already out looking for Ofomata by the time I made my way downstairs but dinner was a time I was both looking forward to and dreading. Last night made me realize that if this living arrangement was going to work then, I needed to make more of an effort to communicate with them when I could.
The truth is that there were a lot of secrets I needed to share and they needed to know and dinner tonight was when it was going to happen. I was certain about it because for some weird reason, my mind felt so much clearer today, like in a single night my shoulders stopped feeling so heavy. I couldn't tell if it was me, Adriano or simply the fact I was actually able to sleep after my breakdown but I felt a little more like myself right now. In some strange sense, I felt like I could breathe again.
Still curled up in my fleece lined hoodie, I remained wrapped up in bed for most of the morning, a good book held in one hand and an ice pack pressed against my stomach in the other, the bruise having grown ugly shades of yellow overnight. I was just thankful Adriano didn't see it when we were sparring last night, the injury a result of guarding an old man during a job I knew I had again in a few hours when the shift switched out at noon. It would last until eight in the night but a late dinner was more than easy to make happen.
The explanation part afterwards might not be so much but the men I would be returning to didn't need to know about the job itself. The thing they would be pissed about most was the fact it was being done under Lucas's order without them knowing. That would be a discussion for another day. Right now, I need to start getting ready and get the boss man on the phone so I could receive the rundown for tonight.
My father was always the one to call me though so I got ready with my phone by my side as I moved from task to task, conveniently enough having him call me with a toothbrush in hand and a month full of toothpaste. Always such great timing. Spitting everything out into the sink and letting the water wash down, I picked up the burner Lousie had sent me with before pressing the phone to my ear.
"Hello?" I answer with a slight upturn to my voice, the sound of a man breathing on the other end.
"Hellooo?" I tried again, hearing shut in the background only second before my father's voice appeared.
"Hey, Camilla, sorry about that." My father apologized as I listened to him sit down in what was probably his office chair, the waist likely because he was finding some privacy for our conversation.
"We were good now," he continued, flopping down onto my bed with the phone still pressed to my ear.
"All good?" I asked, knowing I needed this job to release all of the pent up anxiety I had bound within me.
Last night was meant to be a distraction but it was way too temporary to last the day. Guarding would be a distraction that would last me hours and considering what I planned to fess up tonight, l would need every minute possible.
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My heart skyrocketed as my feet hit the gravel pathway hard, taking off instantly and pulling the old man with me.
"Shit, come on, we were almost there." I said to him out of breath as the two people at our backs tried to close in on us.
If I could just get him to the safe house I would be able to focus on myself to get away but considering it was my fault we were currently being chased, I couldn't just ditch him. I have learned a lot of things in the last few hours I most certainly shouldn't have but there were twi facts in specific that urged me to hurry the fuck up. I now knew who was trying to kill him, why and that if the two people behind us recognized my face, I would be completely and utterly fucked.
"Sir, I need you to listen to me and I need you to listen closely." I urged as I kept him held by the elbow, forcing his slow movement to keep in pace with mine.
"In a few seconds, I am going to stop running and while I hold them off, you can't stop running until you are inside the house with the doors completely locked, okay? You lock the windows and every entrance possible."
I could see the fear in his eyes as I went through what needed to happen but I didn't give him much time to contemplate my words before I was letting go and shoving him forward, undoing my braid and praying it would shield my face enough to get me out of this clusterfuck.
"Go!" I yelled as one last extra measure before stopping in my place, knowing I was about to get my ass beat.
I was damn good at fighting, there was no doubt about it but the twins were fucking lethal. I now knew their intentions were more so to kidnap the old man than kill him for his crimes against the mafia but I can't even imagine the conversation I would be fated to have if they realized who I was and contacted any of the three men. I would be screwed and not in the good kind of way.
"Last chance, sweetie." A voice I recognized as Disha's called out from behind me, hearing the click of a gun at the sight of me drawing my dagger.
"Hand him over or we start shooting."
"He is only doing it for his daughter." I said as I raised both hands in the air, relaxing slightly at the sight of the old man stumbling into the house my father was lending him in the distance.
You might be wondering why we were out in the first place, not only with the mafia on his back but with Ofomata on mine. Initially, it had been my every intention to stay inside where it was safe, however I folded the second one and I got to talking about who was after him. At first, all he would tell me was that he stole a little over one hundred thousand men that would give me nightmares by just spending five minutes with them but when he explained it was to pay for his daughter's cancer treatment and I couldn't say no when he asked to visit her.
She has been living in the hospital for three weeks now and being hunted by people who were trying to kill her has made it impossible to go see her, to make her feel just a little less alone. His little girl was fifteen and terrified and when I eventually learned it was Vagas Blaster Family he had stolen, I was furious that Adriano, Domenico and Gregorio were the ones doing this. She was a child and even if her treatment was a million dollars, it would cost them nothing.
I planned damn well to tell them that too but I didn't want to be dragged back to the mansion and risk the old man's well-being in the process right now. Knowing I had stalled for long enough, I listened as Disah and her twin sister paused at my words, knowing they very likely recognized my voice. They may not know it was me yet but they had to have sensed it was familiar at the very last.
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