His Queen (18+)

Chapter VI

THE VISIT

Don't make me get violent,
I want my ring back, baby, that's a diamond,
You don't listen anyway, I'll be quiet.
I don't really feel like fighting.

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CHAPTER VI

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THE ADDRESS IN my car that my mother had given me shot back into my memory, making me clutch Teo tighter in my arms and speedwalk down the hallway to my car.

I needed to speak to my father. I needed him to protect me because now I was more vulnerable than ever. I hoped deep down that this was just a stupid prank that someone had decided to play on me, but I couldn't be so naive anymore.

I had so much to lose and so much to risk and I honestly just needed to take all the precautions that I could. That meant finding my father and asking the man that I wanted nothing to do with for protection.

There was a large part of me that doubted he would be able to do anything. I mean, if Daniel had found me now with all the efforts I had gone through to stay away from him, then what made me think that a man in prison could do something?

But he had seemed to have protected my mother for this long so what was there to lose?

I placed Teo in the backseat, placing a small kiss on his cheek so as to not worry him before getting into the driver's side and slamming the door shut behind me. My movements were frantic as I rummaged through the glove compartment for the small note paper with the address messily scrawled onto it.

For a second, I thought I had lost it but a breath of relief had escaped me once I had brushed a finger against the rough material of the paper. The ink was smudged and barely legible, but I refused to give up until I had the full address of the prison typed out onto Maps.

The directions popped up on screen and after that, I wasted no time in starting the car and driving off.

My phone received Derek's message that was most likely sent a couple minutes ago, but I didn't pick it up or even look at it because that wasn't where I was going.

The prison was surprisingly close to where my mother lived and would only take me an hour to get there minus traffic but I couldn't help but feel my stomach drop.

Why did I feel like I wasn't going to make it there on time?

I stepped on the gas pedal, ignoring the way my mind screamed how much of a bad idea this was. I had no guarantee that my father would help me. Would he even believe that I was his daughter? I didn't think any normal person would believe a stranger who just rocked up and claimed to be their offspring.

Would I even have the opportunity to see him? The last I checked, prison visits had to be booked and I didn't book anything. Even if I did get to see him, how was I going to bring Teo in with me? I couldn't just leave him in the car, but I couldn't take him in with me at the same time.

Every cell in my body was telling me to turn back around and just head to Derek's safe house, but against my better judgement, I only stepped on the gas pedal and followed the address on my phone.

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This was a bad idea.

I knew it. Everyone knew it. This was a very bad idea.

But I had already come this far.

I stared at the front doors leading to the reception of the prison and wondered why they had even let me in through the gates in the first place. They shouldn't have let me in.