Chapter 204
“Stay away from Alexander!”
The feminine voice was raw with rage and pain.
She felt her chest growl as she stood over the unconscious man lying shattered at her feet with her eyes burning with fire.
She had no sympathy whatsoever for him. He has brought this on himself.
And then, all of a sudden, BOOM!
A section of the building burst into flames, torn of walls began to fly all over the place. She instinctively dodged, shielding her head with her arms as hot smoke and flame burst through the air around her, her ears ringing from the blast, her lungs stinging from the thick cloud of smoke, but she had little time to think about it.
As the dust dislodged she raised her head. She felt her heart beating against her ribs in fear.
Alexander.
She moved as fast as she could move towards the burning building.
And although one side of the building was completely blown off and open but the fire was too intense for her to risk. The flames roared like a beast and would not let anyone in.
Under her breath she cursed and ran back to the unconscious man. She fell back on he knees and began going through his pockets.
And finally, she found it, a bunch of keys.
Fumbling, she began testing each one against the heavy padlock which was securing the door. Her hands shook and frustration was bubbling up with every failed attempt.
“Come on, come on.” she muttered under her breath.
Then, click.
The padlock snapped open.
As she opened the door, the heavy heat hit her in the face and she stumbled backward with her instincts screaming at her to turn around and just leave.
But there was no way she would leave and leave him there to burn because he wouldn’t have just leave her there too.
She took a few steps in and held in her breath.
Inside the temperature was unbearable, the smoke was on full display.
The only thing she could call this place was death trap.
Biting down on her bottom lip, she forced herself forward.
“Alex? Alex, are you here?”
No response.
She took a couple of sharp panicked gasps as she went deeper into the house, looking around at the heavy smoke billowing
out of the window…
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And within a couple of seconds, she found him.
Her stomach twisted painfully.
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Alexander slumped in a chair, chains around his wrists and ankles, his head turned to one side, obviously unconscious, but thank goodness, the fire hadn’t yet reached him.
She darted toward him.
“Alex, wake up!” she hit him vigorously. “Come on, open your eyes.”
But nothing happened. Her heart ached with fear.
She grabbed the bunch of keys again and began testing them against the padlocks on his chains.
As soon as the last chain dropped to the ground, she wrapped her arms around his body, straining herself to lift him up. He was heavy, and she staggered under his weight, but she refused to let go.
They swayed dangerously, her legs nearly buckling beneath them.
The fire crackled louder, the heat becoming unbearable..
She tightened her grip..
open door. Desperately, she stumbled forward, dragging Alexander toward the
Smoke filled her lungs. Her vision blurred. The fire was closing in fast.
But she didn’t stop.
She couldn’t stop.
-And finally, they made it to the door.
A couple of meters away from the burning house, she laid Alexander down and looked at him. He looked so peaceful and Vivian couldn’t help the tears that rolled down her cheeks. “Alexander opened your eyes. I’m here. Your Vivi is here.”
Slowly, Alexander began to open his eyes and for a couple of seconds, he couldn’t understand where he was until, Vivian’s cries rang in his brain. He looked at her weakly with disbelief. His voice was coarse and it really hurt to speak but he needed to.”What are you doing here? You shouldn’t be here.”
“Shut up.” Vivian said, wrapping her arms around his neck as her sobbing increases.
““What about the twins and Emma?”
“I don’t know, the police are walking on it.” Vivian replied
Right at that moment, a gun click could be heard and both siblings, let go of each other and looked at the man holding the
gun.
The police siren filled the air.
With gritted teeth, Travis spoke, his anger and hatred for the siblings apparent. “Well, this makes my job easier.”
“Go to hell.” Vivian spat.
“Prepare a place for me over there.” He replied and the next second, he pulled the trigger.
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Jaden didn’t break his stride. “I have no problem, John. Last time I checked, your problems weren’t mine.”
John gritted his teeth. “This is about our dad.”
That stopped Jaden in his tracks.
John nearly collided with him as Jaden’s entire body went rigid. He slowly turned, his sharp eyes locking onto John like a blade pressing against flesh. His chest rose and fell heavily, his breathing uneven, and for a moment, John saw something flicker in his expression, concern, maybe, or something dangerously close to it.
But it was gone in a second, replaced by a look of pure, cold indifference.
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“Listen to me, and listen well, John.” Jaden’s voice was low, controlled, but laced with barely restrained anger. “I am not part of that family anymore. You all wanted me gone, and I wanted to leave just as badly. So go back home, tell Jake and the others whatever you want. Tell them how miserable my life is now because that’s what you came for, isn’t it?”
John clenched his fists at his sides and his nails dug into his palms. Jaden’s words stung like a whip across his skin, but deep down, he knew his brother wasn’t wrong.
For years, he had been Jake’s lackey, following orders, standing by as Jaden was pushed away. He had watched it happen, done nothing to stop it. And now, after all this time, he had come crawling back, expecting Jaden to listen to him? To trust
him?
John swallowed hard, his pasr mistakes was choking him, but he refused to back down now.
Steeling himself, he met Jaden’s gaze head–on, his eyes burning with determination, his voice thick with something raw, something dangerous.
“What if I know what really happened that night?”
