Caim

30 | blast from the past 3

"Hii, Lucas" she greeted me just as I opened the cafe door, she didn't even need the reminder of the bell above to know my presence. I don't know if she has any superpower or something. "I see you have something with you today" she rounded the corner of the counter, there wasn't much rush today as it was still pretty early.

I looked behind my back to see the black box I carried with myself, this is it. I thought and took a deep breath, the boulder of guilt was pressing down on my shoulder. It felt wrong like she didn't deserve it.

'Never feel bad for saving your life, even if it cost you an innocent', my grandfather's voice echoed in my head. I'd been feeling so much guilt lately, it felt like I've been doing everything wrong from the start. She is a good person and just by giving her this locket I'm pushing her into danger. I could've opted for something which didn't involve any innocent person. She was being my Guinea pig and I was purposely handing her to Grey to slaughter.

"Ohh, it's nothing just a small gift for you for breaking your car," I said and smiled a little, I was surprised when the smile wasn't forced. It automatically stretched across my face when she smiled at me, I guess her sunshine attitude is rubbing on me.

"You didn't have to, I told you it's fine," she said but when I offered her the box, her eyes twinkled like the 4th of July, something is seriously wrong with this girl. How can someone be this happy just from a gift, she hasn't even opened it? I furrowed my brows when she threw her arms around my neck and hugged me. My skin felt on fire like she was burning me and all I wanted was to step back and break this hug. I was never a touchy person.

She stepped back after she realised that I wasn't hugging her back, I can't, it felt wrong like I'm invading her privacy. Hugs and Caim don't go together, that's how it is and that's how it's going to be.

"Ohh my God, it's beautiful" she gasped when she finally opened the box. There were two lockets, one was heart-shaped and the other a key to open the heart. The second one was important among both of them, the heart couldn't be opened with anything other than this key.

"Do you really like it?" I asked feigning nervousness, now that the locket has been handed to her, I can't take any responsibility for it. She has to keep it safe, while I would constantly keep an eye on her but still, it was on her now, whether she likes it or not.

"Like? I freaking love it! It's beautiful Lucas thank you" she said and again wrapped her arms around me. It still feels strange to hear her call me Lucas, it cringes the fuck out of me.

"It's nothing, I'm just compensating for breaking your window" she still has her hands around me, it was becoming uncomfortable now, she is really squeezing me. I took a step back to pull out from her embrace. She finally let me go, her focus fully on the necklace.

It's so easy to make women happy, just gift them jewellery.

"It's lovely, I really love it" her eyes remained on the piece of jewellery. Stroking the heart-shaped locket, she doesn't know how much information this neckpiece has, it can simply destroy the whole Mafia organisation and if lent into the wrong hands, this shit can make that Mafia the most powerful. So, it was best to keep it safe, away from everyone.

This was the last order I received from my father before he was killed by Alex, he wanted me to destroy this locket but when we got the news of Grey's returning into the Mafia business after losing everything, he told me to keep it safe for it has some very crucial information to annihilate the scorpions.

"Umm, Lucas can you help me with this?" A timid voice breaks me out of my trance. Layla has turned around, her back facing me with the necklace around her neck. Her hair was shifted to one side contrasting with her skin colour. Layla is beautiful, that much is true and if given other circumstances, I would've thought about taking her out but right now the only thing in my mind is keeping my father's last words safe.