Water and Desert

23-Guest

"Boss we've searched everywhere in the city, in hospitals and her friends but she's nowhere to find." One of the guards told Nicholas.

"What do you mean nowhere to find?" Nicholas said aggressively. His face was red with anger and blood was rushing in his veins. "Where the fuck she went then?" He moved towards him grabbing him by his collar. "Find her and bring her to me, even if she's hidden under the ground, find her, go!!" He yelled giving him a jerk.

"Boss!" Another of his men called him.

"What?" He said angrily, putting his hands on his waist.

"Mr. Galitzine is calling you in his office." He told and Nicholas felt anxious to face his father. What would he tell him that he couldn't keep check on a small girl. His father would kill him for that careless behaviour.

"Ok I'm coming." He told and moved towards his father's office room.

Alejandro was dressed in a button up shirt and a dress pant, sitting comfortably on a chair, smoking his cigar as usual. Nicholas kept his eyes on floor as he couldn't dare to face his father.

"Where's Camila?" He asked standing up from his seat and Nicholas didn't speak anything.

"I said where's Camila? Do you hear me?" He said slightly louder.

"I-" He tried but stop.

"Don't look down my son..you know what is required to be a Alejandro Galitzine?" He said and Nicholas looked up to face his father when he received a hard slap on his face.

"This." Alejandro spat after slapping him on face. "And blood, the real blood, human blood, blood of your dear ones, the ones you loved the most...if you want to be like me then you've to be harsh but internally not externally." He told now putting his cigar back in the glass bowl on table. "What I told you about not scaring the girl, not pressuring her..Hun? She was a little girl who could easily be controlled by love..not everything needs hate and force to get controlled." He said calmly but with aggression in his expressions. "Now she left the country. Your men can't find her now"

"What? Country..how is it possible." Nicholas asked in shock.

"Shawn Mendes isn't here anymore, he left handing the training programme to his friend but you were too blind to see the little girl getting close to him."

"I swear we-" Nicholas began but cut off by Alejandro.

"I'm not in a mood to hear your excuses anymore. I thought you would handle it but I was wrong. Now don't waste the time..go and find out where the hell they've gone and I don't want anymore blunders.."

"Right." Nicholas noded and left the office.

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It wasn't winter yet in Toronto but the chill in the morning air was diminishing by the warm cigarette smoke. Waking up, he found nothing but a water in a freezer, so he decided to watch the city view from the balcony of his condo while inhaling the smoke in and out. Shawn sleepishly went towards the door to open it as the bell rang to find Zayn standing in his door.

"Hey Man! Wow look at you, more jacked than before. Miami did a good job." Zayn said hugging him while carrying grocery in his hands.

"Maybe.." He shrugged taking the grocery from him while zayn took a cigarette in exchange and started smoking it, plopping on the couch.

"Hey! dude don't do it here, go outside. I don't want my couch to smell like a smoke." Shawn warned him, taking out the eggs and putting them in fridge while other grocery was placed on a kitchen counter.